Favourites Royal College had a good outing on day one scoring a commanding 283 runs in their first innings for the loss of 9 wickets. They declared their innings with an hour’s play left in the game and were able to get a Thomian wicket before the close of play that of fresher Brian Dharmasena.

March 13, 2010, Colombo. Having received the unstinted cooperation from all stakeholders concerned, Science College Mount Lavinia is scheduled to launch a Rugby Academy that aims to develop and foster the sport in and around its immediate locality. 

When a charm, mild mannered young boy walked into the Royal College junior grounds four years ago, a bat and luggage in hand little did anyone think he would go on to become one of the most depended upon cricketers for the Royal College cricket team.

Thomian opening bat Kavindu Perera has been ruled out for the annual Royal Thomian encounter due to a fractured toe. Team sources told ThePapare that Perera had fractured his toe while fielding at the SSC at 10 am today. The loss of Perera who is a hard hitting batsman would be a big blow to the Thomians,Perera’s replacement is likely to be seventeen year old Brian Dharmasena.

Thepapare caught up with a very confident Royal College team before the 131^st encounter. They look to be shaping up well for the big one. We spoke to the skipper Banuka Rajapakse, vice captain Maneesha Tantrigoda, Senior players Kithruwan Withanage, Ramith Rambukwella, Chalaka Bogoda and fresher Imran Khan to get their views on the big match.