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57th ‘Battle of Brothers’

Thurstan looking to repeat last year’s success

Thurstan College cricket team with officials: (Seated from left): Bawantha Jayasinghe, Lesley Harischandra (Master In Charge), Jayavihan Mahavithana (Captain), Luxman Dias (Acting Principal), Binara Ranathunga (Vice Captain), Thamara Abeyratne (Coach), Yo

Thurstan College who came out victorious last year after 27-years under the leadership of Sandaru Dias will be seeking for a repeat of that performance when they clash with traditional rivals Isipathana College in the 57th ‘Battle of the Brothers’ cricket encounter scheduled to take place on February 28 and 29 at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) grounds with play commencing from 9.30 am each day.

Thurstan leads the series with six wins against Isipathana’s four. This encounter will commence the start of a series of Big Matches that will follow in the weekends to come.

Thurstan will be skippered by third year coloursman Jayavihan Mahavithana who made a century on debut. He will strengthen the batting department having scored 613 runs inclusive of three half centuries.

Thurstan gained three outright wins out of 13 matches played this season against Maris Stella, Lumbini and St. Thomas’ Matara. They also won six occasions on first innings and lost four on first innings.

Third year Yohan Liyanage has scored 503 runs inclusive of two half tons and bagged 46 wickets. He will play a major role as an all-rounder while centurion of previous year’s encounter Avishka Kaushalya will be backing him with 350 runs and 11 wickets.

Right-handed batsman Ranesh Silva who has passed the 400-run mark and will be given fullest support to his team as wicket keeper. Another versatile player Bawantha Jayasinghe piled up 332 runs and captured 12 wickets while right handed Dananja Silva has scored 243 runs inclusive of one half century and bagged 20 wickets.

Seasoned campaigner and centurion Sanath Nandinu (245), Theneth Prabuddha (237), Vihanga Jayanama (206) and Prasanna Pushpakumara (190) will also contribute to uplift the scoreboard.

The Thurstan bowling will rely on spinners spearheaded by leg spinner Punthila Pushpakumara who has claimed 64 wickets. He has obtained 10 wickets in a match on two occasions and has six five-wicket hauls. Spinners Vihash Thewmika, Bimara Ranathunge, Navindu Fernando, Hirudith Hemachandra, Prasanna Pushpakumara, Dananja Silva, Yohan Liyanage and pacies Bavantha Jayasinghe and Avishka Kaushalya will support him to keep the opponents to a lower total.

Thurstan College Head Coach Thamara Abeyratne said, “I have coached the team since 2018 and I happy to say we gained a victory in 2019. We have a well balanced side and our three under 15 players will play in this encounter. I think they will give their fullest contribution to the team. We expect to give a good challenge to the opponents and looking for a repeat of last year’s victory.” Leslie Harischandra is the master-in-charge of the Thurstan team.

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56th Battle of the Brothers ushers in Big Match fever

Thurstan searching for elusive win

Thurstan College cricket team with officials

THURSTAN SQUAD: Sandaru Dias (captain), Ayesh Harshana (vice-captain), Bavantha Jayasinghe, Yohan Liyanage, Ranesh Silva, Jayavihan Mahavithana, Shalaka Bandara, Pruthuvi Tharukshaya, Sanath Nandina, Avishka Kaushalya, Anju Karunanayake, Prasanna Pushpakumara, Nimesh Perera, Rashmika Hiripitiya, Udith Wickramaarachchi, Dhasun Jayawardana, Nulaksha Malith.

The big match fever for 2019 will usher with traditional rivals Thurstan and Isipathana colleges clashing for the Blackham Wijewardene Memorial Trophy in their two day 56th “Battle of The Brothers” encounter due to be played on February 22 and 23 at the SSC ground.

Thurstan leads the series with five wins as against four to Isipathana with the rest ending in draws. No outright result has been recorded by either side since 1999 which was won by the Isipathana when the side was led by Krishantha Jayawardena.

For Thurstan an outright win is badly in need with their last win being in 1992 under Mackenzie Perera and no doubt they will put in all effort to break the 26-year winless hoodoo.

Third year coloursman Sandaru Dias will lead Thurstan who have played 14 matches this season securing five outright wins against St. Anthony’s Wattala, Dharmapala Vidyalaya Pannipitiya, St. Mary’s Kegalle, St. Anne’s Kurunegala and St. Thomas’ Matara.

He has also claimed 60 wickets and has the backing of his vice-captain Ayesh Harshana who is the leading wicket-taker of the team with 75 wickets and will lead the bowling attack.

Thurstan’s batting will revolve around Bavath Jayasinghe who has scored over 450 runs inclusive of two centuries against St. Mary’s and St. Anthony’s and last year’s Big Match centurion Jayavihan Mahavithana (400 runs), Yohan Liyanage (350) and Ranesh Silva (350).

Thurstan has a well-balanced side with talented batsmen and bowlers and one can expect them to put up a performance that will be worthy of a win. Looking back at the performances of the two teams this season unbeaten Thurstan has the edge, but this being a match that is something special it could be anybody’s game due to the fact that the underdogs have done better in a match of this nature.

But the need of the hour is to break the hoodoo and the two teams know that a win is needed for which positive cricket should be played if they are to achieve that.

Thurstan College Principal Lakshman Dias said, “I take this moment to wish both teams best of luck, play to your full potential and I hope we build more and more upon our brotherhood, whatever the result maybe. We have organized plenty of other events to experience the true spirit of Thurstan-Isipathana big match such as joint cycle parade, old boys match and teachers match.”

The school has produced quite a few national players such as Amitha de Costa, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Hemantha Boteju and Lahiru Kumara.

Thurstan are coached by Thamara Abeyratne who took over as coach in September last year.

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Thurstan hoping to break 25-year hoodoo

Thurstan College cricket team: (Seated from left) Naveen Gunawardene, Saman Hewavitharana (Coaching Advisor), Charana Nanayakkara, Kasun Abeyratne (Captain), E.M.S. Ekanayake (Principal), Nipun Lakshan (Vice Captain), Leslie Harischandra (Vice Principal),

The 54th Battle of the Brothers between Thurstan College and Isipathana College at the SSC grounds on February 24 and 25 will mark the beginning of the ‘Big’ match season for 2017.

In the current season Thurstan has recorded seven outright wins from 14 matches against Dharmapala, Bandaranayake MMV, De Mazenod, Prince of Wales, St. Joseph Vas Wennappuwa, Nalanda and Maliyadeva with the rest of the matches ending in draws.

In the history of their traditional contest with Isipthana, Thurstan leads the series with five wins their last success coming way back in 1992 under the captaincy of Mackenzie Perera. In their batting the Thurstanites will be captained by Kasun Abeyratne who scored 147 in last year’s big match.

Last year’s skipper Charana Nanayakkara who represented Sri Lanka under 19 team is the most prolific run-getter with 701 runs including a century and five half tons. He has also claimed 48 wickets with best figures of 8 for 15 against St. Joseph’s.

Another centurion Prageesha Mendis has contributed 322 runs to the team while right hand batsman and right arm off spinner Sawan Prabash has scored 560 runs including with three fifties and captured 15 wickets.

Another key player in the side is Nimesh Lakshan who has scored 485 runs with four fifties.

In the bowling line-up left-arm leg-spinner Naveen Gunawardana is the leading wicket-taker with 70 wickets that includes the unique feat of taking all ten wickets in an innings (10/36) against D.S. Senanayake College. He nearly repeated that performance against Maliyadeva College snapping up nine wickets.

Thurstan has a well balanced squad comprising talented batsmen and bowlers such as Kasun Abeyratne (captain), Nipun Lakshan (vice-captain), Imesh Viranga, Sandaru Dias, Navod Samarakoon, Sawan Prabash, Jayavihan Mahavitharana, Akila Ranatunga, Yeshan Wickramarachchi, Thisara Deshan, Prageesha Mendis, Nimesh Lakshan, Thusal Madusanka, Bimara Ranatunga, Pansilu Deshan, Ayesh Harshana, Naveen Gunawardana, Janushke Fernando and Pramesh Dilushana.

Suneth Gunathilake who has coached the team since 2010 said, “We expect to put out a strong side and hope to break the hoodoo of not winning a big match for the past 25 years. Our opponents also have a very good batting line up and I think the SSC pitch will help the batsmen.”

Gunathilaka is assisted by Saman Hewavitharana who has served as Technical Instructor for the past 25 years. 

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Heads I win, tails you lose

President Mahinda Rajapaksa tosses the coin at the 50th Thurstan vs Isipatana inter school cricket match at the SSC grounds yesterday. He is watched closely by the captains of the two schools, as well as Y. A. N. D. Yapa (Thurstan Principal), A. C. Perera (Isipathana Principal) and Priya Paranavitane, a livewire of the Thurstan OBu. President Rajapaksa is an old boy of Thurstan.

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The Battle of Brothers 2012

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49TH THURSTAN-ISIPATHANA BIG MATCH

THURSTAN-ISIPATHANA 49 CRICKET ENCOUNTER PLAYED AT SSC GROUNDS ON FEBRUARY 24TH & 25TH

Thurstan skipper Sanjeewa Salgado winning the toss invited Isipathana to bat.

Thinking behind his decision was that the wicket was not covered by the SSC authorities and there was a tinge of grass which is normally not found in a SSC wicket, The Captain expected his 2 fast bowlers to exploit the conditions, but unfortunately they strayed in both line & length could not make use of the lift & movement which was available.

Isipathana opening pair batted cautiously and put on 72 runs by lunch off 36 overs. First over after lunch produced a wicket for Thurstan and in came the vice captain, the left handed Deshan Jayakumar who scored 73 in the last year?s big match. He settled in quickly and both he and left handed Sanka Thabrew batted in a technically correct manner and took the score to 145 for 1 wicket by tea, batting a total of 71 overs and 280 min. Slow going just over 2 runs and over & Thurstan maintained a healthy over rate.

After tea Isipthana accelerated their scoring rate, but it was still pedestrianly slow and when play was surprisingly stopped by the umpires at 5.15 PM with another 25 min for close of play Isipathana had scored 256 for 5 wickets in 99 overs and 380 min batting time with Jayakumar scoring a well deserved century to be unbeaten on 100.

In the post tea session Isipathana lost the wicket of Thabrew for a well deserved 85 runs his first 50 for the season. Thurstan was able to capture the wicket of Isipathana Skipper, the hard hitting Harith Wanigaarchchi for 1 run when the off-spinner Jaleel held on to powerful drive of his own bowling. Harith was the star batsman of the side scoring over 800 runs in the season with a century to his credit.

Surprisingly the under dogs Isipathana continued batting on the second day, the first time it had happened in this series of 49 matches that side continued to bat on the second day. Isipathana  who were on 256 runs for the loss of 5 wickets managed to add on a further 51 runs to end their innings on 307/9 in 108.5 over?s which was one run short of their series highest score of 308 for 9 made in 2005

Isipathana deputy skipper Deshan Jayakumar resuming on his overnight score of 100 not out went on to score 126 runs while Pawan Anjana ended with 12 on day two. Jayakumar who put on a solid 2nd wicket stand of 109 with Sanka Thabrew during the first day ensured that he took his side to safe shores on day two adding 26 runs to pass the 450 run mark for the season. He seems to be a batsman for the big occasion. Minhaj Jaleel tormented once more with his off spinners but failed to capture a wicket. However  right arm medium pacer Kavindu Silva added a solitary wicket to his overnight wicket tally to end on 2 for 46.

Favourties Thurstan College in their first innings mustered a formidable 331 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in quick time. It took them just 85.3 over?s to set up a good score and skipper Sajeewa Salgado muscled his way to another century 114 with 18 -4?s to take his tally of centuries to 5 for the season and his tally up to 1183 runs. Salgado starting his innings with his personal tally on 1069 runs went on a rampage to take the opposition bowling apart with some destructive batting which laid the foundation for the Thurstanites.

Opening batsman Minhaj Jaleel who had a good appearance with the ball gave a concrete start scoring 30 runs while adding 68 runs in 10 overs with the diminutive wicket keeper Sahan Hewavitharana 34 who was explosive with his drives and cuts over the cover fielders. Salgado had a stand of 138  with south paw Ramindu Kumarsinghe for the 4th wicket before retiring soon after his century with cramps and came back after the fall Kavindu Silva?s wicket. Kavindu Kulasekera scored 51 held the side together  to take their team to a first innings win

When Ramindu fell at the score of 222, the 4th wicket stand was 144 which is record for Thurstan eclipsing the record of 114 held by Kamal Mahendra [ 146 * ] & Gamini Nanaykkara [ 60 ] in 1990, when Thurstan registered the first of the series triple triumphs in 1990 -92.

The Pathanians relied a lot on their experienced captain to take wickets on a flat batting track and Harith Wanigarachchi came good for his team finishing with figures of 4 for 84. The left arm leg spinner together with his bowling partner Sidath Mallawarachchi claimed the bulk of the wickets while medium pacer Charith Rajapakse ended with 2/59.

It was a stale draw once more at the 49th encounter with the last win of the series coming 12 years ago in 1999. Thurstan last won the big match in 1992 under the captaincy of Mackenzie Perera while Isipathana won in 1999 under the leadership of Krishantha Jayawardena.

The crowed come to see results and to see records being broken, It is up to Isipathana to take the Challenge offered by Thurstan to limit the First Innings to 60 overs per side, so that one side could work towards a decision.

There were many batting records broken

  • First time that both sides topped the 300 run mark
  • First time, a players from both side scored centuries
  • Thurstan scored the highest total of 331 for 9, their highest and also the series eclipsing Isipathana score of 308 for 9 declared  made in 2005.
  • The most dubious records is Isipathana Continuing to bat for nearly one hour on the second day, which had never happened in the past 49 years !

Priya Paranavitane

         
  Thurstan  vs Isipathana   
 49h Cricket Encounter Played at SSC grounds   
  on February 24th & 25th,  2012   
         
   Isipathana 1st Innings     
Sanka Thabrew     b Perera 85
Salinda Ushan Perera   Lbw b Silva 26
Deshan Jayakumar [ V Capt ] ( 232 min, 1-6,11-4 ) run out       126
Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi [ Capt ]    c and b Jaleel 1
Mathesha Ranaweera   st Hewavitharana b Jaleel 25
Charith Rajapaksa      b Jaleel 0
Pavan Anjana    c Jaleel b Chanuka Wijeratna 12
Malin Dias   c Jaleel b Silva 6
Kaminda Dhananjaya   not out   1
Sidath Mallawaarachchi   \    
Gihan Avishan        
Extras     b-14,lb-3,nb-3,w-5 25
      Total8 wkts dec307
   2    1     4       5    6      3     8     7       108.5 overs
Fall of Wickets 72, 181,182, 251, 251, 291, 305, 307     (439 min)
Bowling  OMRW  
Kavindu Silva  173462  
Chanuka Dulan Wijeratna  8.50351  
Minhaj Jaleel  287633  
Ramindu Kumarasinghe  193520  
Tharindu Silva  2030  
Rajitha Perera  245611  
Kavindu Kulasekara  62110  
Avishka Peiris  20100  
S Salgado  2090  
   Thurstan 1st Innings     
Minhaj Jaleel    c Navishan b Wanigarachchi 30
Sahan Hewawitharana   c Anjana b Mallawaarachchi 34
Ashan Wanigaratna [ V Capt ]      b Dhananjaya 4
Sajeewa Salgado [ Capt ] ( 123 balls,18-4)    c Jayakumar b Mallawaarachchi 114
Ramindu Kumarasinghe     b Wanigarachchi 35
Kavindu Kulasekara   c Mallawaarachchi b Rajapaksa 51
Kavindu Silva   lbw b Wanigarachchi 9
Tharindu Silva   c Jayakumar b Wanigarachchi 27
Avishka Peiris   c Ranaweera [ wk ] b Rajapaksa 3
Rajitha Perera    Not Out   8
Dulan Chanuka Wijeratna   Not out   0
Extras     b-7,, nb 8,w 1, 16
      Total 9 for331
   1    2    3    5     7      4     8      9       6        85.3 overs
Fall of Wickets 68, 68, 78, 222, 234,  252, 305, 312, 326,     (382 min)
Bowling  OMRW  
Charith Rajapaksa  101432  
Malin Dias  11.21540  
Gihan Navishan  20220  
Harith Wanigarachchi  27.33844  
Sidath Mallawaarachchi  192592  
Kaminda Dhananjaya  110451  
Salinda Ushan Perera  3080  
Deshan Jayakumar  1.4090  
         
 Man of the Match Deshan Jayakumar     
 Best Batsman Sajeewa Salgado     
 Best Bowler Minhaj Jaleel     
 Best Fielder Deshan Jayakumar     
         
 Umpires T H Wjewardana     
   Pradeep Udawatta     
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THURSTAN – ISIPATHANA 48TH BIG MATCH

 

 Thurstan skipper Thisura Madurappereuma called correctly when the Chief-Guest Rtd Brig Lalith Peris tossed the coin.
 
The Chief Guest who was instrumental in leading Thurstan for it’s first victory way back in 1965 was conducted by the Thurstan College Western Band in a colourful opening ceremony and the teams then posed for the traditional group photograph.
 
Isipathana batted for 83 overs in 310 min and scored 254 runs. Captain Dimuth Warapitiya scored stoked filled 96 runs with some crisp drives & cuts on the offside and was unfortunate to miss a well deserved century. He was ably supported by Deshan Jayakumar who scored 63 & was associated with a record breaking partnership for the 5th wicket of 124 runs eclipsing the Isipathana record which stood for 26 years. At one stage Isipathana were struggling at 59 for 4 wickets when Jayakumar was missed in the slips by the Thurstan skipper before he had scored. Warapitiya was also dropped when he was in the 60’s. Feature was that Thurstan off spinner Sachith Dias who came into the match with 92 wickets in the season could not take a wicket on the plumb SSC track. A similar fate befell Isipathana’s champion Left arm Spinner Anusha Samaratunga who came to the big match last year with a record 141 wickets could capture only 1 wicket in both Innings. Simliar fate befell Dias in this year’s match.
 
Thurstan ended the day with 52 for 1 wicket in the19 remaining overs. But they batted the whole of the morning session of 140 minutes and scored a miserly 58 runs for the loss of another 4 wickets in 28 overs and at lunch were 110 for 5.Soon after averting the follow on Thurstan declared 89 runs behind & threw the match open to Isipathana. But Thurstan batted far too long 300 minutes which was not helped by the slow over rate of Isipathana who bowled only 70 overs.
 
Remembering last year’s spirited effort by Thurstan snatch victory when they chased 189 runs & fell short by only 14 runs, Isipathana played safe and made a token declaration at 120 for 4 leaving Thurstan to get 209 runs in 13 overs!!
 
There has been 12 consecutive draws from 1999 and it is high time that the organizers restrict the 1st Innings to 60 overs so that there a chance for side to manufacture a victory as a declaration in the 2nd Innings with less than 2 hours only give the side chasing a chance of victory as it is highly unlikely that a side could take 10 wickets in that time on the plumb SSC track

 

                 
  Thurstan  vs Isipathana  
  48th Cricket Encounter Played at SSC grounds   
  on February 26th & 27th,  2011  
   
  Isipathana 1st Innings  
Nilusha Sasanka [ V.Capt ] ( 59 min, 28 balls, 3-4 ) c Perera b Wijewickrama 15
Chenutha Wickramasinghe ( 33 min,18 balls, 1-4 ) b Wijewickrama 8
Ravindu Jayawardane ( 5 min, 2 balls ) Lbw b Silva 0
Dimuth Warapitiya [ Capt ](213 min,151 balls,1-6,14-4) c Nawaratna b Perera 96
Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi ( 36 min, 23 balls, 1-4)   Lbw b Perera 11
Deshan Jayakumar ( 184 min, 161 balls,9-4 ) C and b Perera 63
Danushka Sandaruwan (2 min,3 balls) Lbw b Perera 0
Samitha Sulochana ( 90 min,85 balls,5-4) st Nawaratna b Arthavidu 48
Pavan Anjana ( 10 min, 9 balls,) c Nawaratna b Arthavidu 1
Bushana Nibanda ( 19 min, 21 balls,) c Nawaratna b Arthavidu 1
Charith Rajapaksa ( 23 min, 7 balls ) Not Out 0
Extras b-2,lb-2,nb-6,w-1 11
  Total all out 254
   2    3    1   5    4      7     6     9      10   8 83.4 overs
Fall of Wickets 13, 14 ,33, 59, 183, 189, 214, 217, 229,254 (310 min)
Bowling O M R W  
R Wijewickrama 11 1 52 2  
K Silva 8 2 25 1  
R Perera 25 7 50 4  
S Dias 16 1 58 0  
P Arthavidu 16.4 5 30 3  
T Madurapperuma 2 0 14 0  
S Wijesinghe 4 0 16 0  
S Salgado 1 0 5 0  
  Thurstan 1st Innings  
Supun Nawaratna ( 142 min, 92 balls,7-4 ) c Sasanka b Wanigarachchi 49
Harith Dias ( 33 min,11 balls,) c Sulochana b Rajapaksa 7
Sajeewa Salgado (65 min,52 balls,)  c Anjana b Nibanda 8
Prabodha Arthavidu [ V. Capt ] ( 82 min,49 balls,2-4 )  Lbw b Wanigarachchi 17
Thisura Madurapperuma[Capt] (142 min,92 balls,)  c Sasanka b Wanigarachchi 28
Ashan Wanigaratna (26 min,2 balls,1-4) c Sulochana lbw b Warapitiya 6
Kaveen Silva ( 20 min, 18 balls) c Anjana b Warapitiya 3
Sachith Dias ( 6 min,5 balls ) lbw b Warapitiya 2
Ranga Wijewickrama ( 86 min, 57 balls, 3-4 ) Not Out 25
Rajitha Perera ( 36 min, 27 balls ) Not Out 4
Sachintha Wijesinghe   
Extras b-2,,lb 2, nb 6,w 6, 16
  Total  8-Dec 165
   2    3    1    4     6      7     8      5   70 overs
Fall of Wickets 27, 60, 81, 90, 106, 1110, 112, 148, (300 min)
Bowling O M R W  
B Nibanda 12 1 50 1  
D Sandaruwan 2 0 10 0  
C Rajapaksa 14 3 24 1  
S Sulochana 15 8 20 0  
H Wanigarachchi 14 2 24 3  
D Warapitiya 13 2 33 3  
  Isipthana 2nd Innings  
Nilusha Sasanka [ V.Capt} ( 77 min, 72 balls,3-4 ) c Maduarapperuma b Arthavidu 39
Chanutha Wickramasinghe ( 79 min,69 balls, 4-4) b Arthavidu 29
Danuashka Sandaruwan ( 36 min, 29 balls,1-4)   Lbw b Dias 10
Dimuth Warapitiya [ Capt} ( 45 min, 31 balls,2-4 )  c S Dias b Perera 25
Harith Wanigarachchi ( 15 min, 17 balls, 1-4)  Not Out 8
Extras b-5,lb-2,nb-1 w-1 9
  Total 4 wkts dec 120
   2    1    3 4 36.1 overs
Fall of Wickets 72, 73 ,100,     120,  (125 min)
Bowling O M R W  
K Silva 1 0 7 0  
R Wijewickrama 2 0 15 0  
R Perera 11.1 4 27 1  
P Arathavidu 13 2 27 2  
S Wijesinghe 1 0 3 0  
S Dias 7 0 23 1  
T Madurapperuma 1 0 11 0  
   
  Thurstan 2nd Innings  
Supun Nawaratana (47 min,25 balls) ) Not out 13
Harith Dias ( 42 min, 26 balls,5-4)  Lbw Wanigarachchi 29
Sajeewa Salgado ( 4 min, 5 balls,1-4) 4
Extras w 1 1
  Total  3 wkt  47
  2 10 overs
Fall of Wickets 43, (45 min)
Bowling O M R W  
C Rajapaksa 3 0 25 0  
B Nibanda 1 0 4 0  
D Sandaruwan 2 0 10 0  
S Sulochana 2 1 2 0  
H Wanigarachchi 2 0 6 1  
  Man of the Match Dimuth Warapitiya  
  Best Batsman Deshan Jayakumar  
  Best Bowler Rajitha Perera  
  Best Fielder Nilusha Sasanka  
  Umpires   Lyndon Hannibal & Ravindra Wimalasiri    
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1st XI CRICKET SEASON- 2010/11 FINAL RESULTS & AVERAGES

 This year Thurstan 1st XI has played 20 traditional & tournament matches before the big match. 8 of them has been tournament matches arranged by the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association. We have won 2 matches outright, 3 on the 1st Innings, one No decision because of rain & lost 2 outright, but still lead the group. From all the matches played we have won 3 matches out right, won 8 on 1st Innings, lost 4 outright and also 4 on 1 st Innings with 1 No decision
 
Thurstan has had an indifferent season, mainly due to inconsistency of the batsman. Though there are 2 batsman scoring over 800 runs & one nearly 700 runs, only one batsman has an average of over 30. Thurstan has been heavily dependent on their spinner with Sachith Dias capturing 92 wickets almost doubling the his last year tally of 47 wickets.There are 2 other spinners who have captured 62 & 53. The 2 fast bowlers have not captured 30 wickets between them. This is also another reason for the lack of success.
 
With a convincing 1st Innings win in the Mini Big Match and resounding 10 wicket win in the 50 over Limited over Encounter, Thurstan should go into the Big match with confidence to break the 18 year old hoodoo.
 

 

       
Date Opponent Venue RESULTS
24/25/26 SEP WESLY SIXES CAMPBELL PARK  
08/09 OCT ST.THOMAS COLLEGE MOUNT LAVINIA Lost on 1st Innings
11/12 OCT ST.PETERS COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
15/16 OCT ST.JOSEPHS COLLEGE ? Tournament Match THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
22/23 OCT TRINITY COLLEGE ASGIRIYA Lost- Outright
25/26 OCT WESLY COLLEGE ? Tournament Match CAMPBELL PARK Won on 1st Innings
30/31 OCT ROYAL COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Lost on 1st Innings
04/05 NOV PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
09/10 NOV ST.ANTHONY’S COLLEGE –Tournament Match KATUGASTHOTA No Decision
15/16 NOV NALANDA COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
18/19 NOV KALUTHARA MAHA VIDYALAYA- Tournament Match KALUTHARA Won- Outright
28/29 DEC ROYAL COLLEGE /PANADURA –Tournament Match THURSTAN GROUNDS Lost- Outright
2011      
03/04 JAN D.S.SENANAYAKA COLLEGE ? Tournament Match THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
07/08 JAN ST.SEBASTIANS COLLEGE MORATUWA Lost- Outright
13/14 JAN DHARMAPALA COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Lost on 1st Innings
17/18 JAN ST.BENEDICTS COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Lost on 1st Innings
20/21 JAN MAHANAMA COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won- Outright
25/26 JAN ZAHIRA COLLEGE ? Tournament Match THURSTAN GROUNDS Lost- Outright
11/12 FEB KINGSWOOD COLLEGE- Tournament Match THURSTAN GROUNDS Won- Outright
14/15 FEB MARISTELLA COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
21/22 FEB MALIYADEVA COLLEGE THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
17/18 FEB VS ISIPTHANA 2ND XI – MINI BIG MATCH THURSTAN GROUNDS Won on 1st Innings
26/27 FEB VS ISIPTHANA  BIG MATCH S.S.C.GROUNDS  
06 MARCH VS ISIPATHANA LIMITED OVER MATCH P.SARA STADIUM  
13 MARCH VS ISIPATHANA TWENTY20 MATCH THURSTAN GROUNDS  
                                  **Dates are to be reconfirmed**     
1ST MATCH -VS ST.THOMAS COLLEGE PLAYED AT MOUNT LAVINIA ON 08/09 OCT 2010
Thurstan College 1st Inn -197: Ashan Wanigarathna 70 no, Kaveen De Silva 29,Sachith Dias 30,Prabodha Arthavidu 17,
Ranga Wijewickrama 17,
St.Thomas College 1st Inn- 204: Prabodha Arthavidu 04/42,Sachith Dias 04/48,
Thurstan College 2nd Inn – 156 for 5 :Supun Navarathna 30, Prabodha Arthavidu 59,Thisura Madurapperuma 31, 
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS)  
2ND MATCH -VS ST.PETERS  COLLEGE PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 11/12 OCT 2010
St.Peters College 1st Innings-187 all out; Sachith Dias 05/73,Sachintha Wijesinghe 02/44,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -229: Harith Dias 34,Kaveen De Silva 29,Prabodha Arthavidu 39,Krishan Wickramaarachchi 25,
Ranga Wijewickrama 18*,
St.St.Peters  College 2nd Inn- 194/07: Sachintha Wijesinghe 02/69,Sachith Dias 02/50,Krishan Wickramaarachchi 02/32,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
3RD MATCH -VS ST.JOSEPHS  COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 15/16 OCT 2010
St.Josephs College 1st Innings-225 all out; Sachith Dias 03/91,Sachintha Wijesinghe 03/36,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/49,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -268/09 : Kaveen De Silva 33,Prabodha Arthavidu 23,Sachith Dias 57,Ashan Wanigarathna 60,
Supun Navarathna 22no,
St.St.Peters  College 2nd Inn- 127/08: Sachintha Wijesinghe 04/50,Sachith Dias 02/17,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
4TH MATCH -VS TRINITY  COLLEGE PLAYED AT ASGIRIYA  ON 22/23 OCT 2010
Thurstan College 1st Inn -161: Sachith Dias 25,Thisura Madurapperuma 23,Supun Nawarathna 29,
Ranga Wijewickrama 20,
Trinity  College 1st Inn- 243: Prabodha Arthavidu 06/67,Sachith Dias 02/50,
Thurstan College 2nd Inn ? 106: Prabodha Arthavidu 26,
Trinity  College 2nd Inn- 28/01:
RESULT ? LOST OUTRIGHT  
5TH MATCH -VS WESLY  COLLEGE  PLAYED AT CAMPBELL  PARK ON 25/26 OCT 2010
Wesly College 1st Innings-256 all out: Sachith Dias 03/74,Rajitha Perera 03/33,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -313 all out :Supun Navarathna 98, Kaveen De Silva 23,Prabodha Arthavidu 80,Sachith Dias 31,
Thisura Madurapperuma 29,
Wesly  College 2nd Inn- 105/07: Sachintha Wijesinghe 02/23,Kavindu Silva 02/20,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
6TH MATCH -VS ROYAL COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 30/31 OCT 2010
Royal College 1st Innings-230 all out: Sachith Dias 02/55,Sachintha Wijesinghe 06/93,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/46,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -116 all out :Supun Navarathna 22,Harith Dias 26 ,Sajeewa Salgado 17,
Thurstan  College 2nd Inn- 143/06: Prabodha Arthavidu 52,Sajeewa Salgado 27,Thisura Madurapperuma 21no,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS)  
7TH MATCH -VS PRINCE OF WALES COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 04/05 NOV 2010
Prince of Wales  College 1st Innings-188 all out: Sachintha Wijesinghe 07/74,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -211 all out :Supun Navarathna 30,Sajeewa Salgado 43,Thisura Madurapperuma 36, 
Ashan Wanigarathna 27,Yasiru Kularathna 18,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
8TH MATCH -VS ST.ANTHONYS  COLLEGE  PLAYED AT KATUGASTHOTA  ON 10/11 NOV 2010
ST.Anthony’s  College 1st Innings-243 all out: Sachith Dias 02/59,Ranga Wijewickrama 03/32,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/65,
Sachintha Wijesinghe 02/36,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -139/02  :Prabodha Arthavidu 54no,Sajeewa Salgado 50no,Kavindu Avishka 12,
RESULT ? NO DECISION  
9TH MATCH -VS NALANDA  COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 15/16 NOV 2010
Thurstan College 1st Inn -208 all out :Harith Dias 38,Thisura Madurapperuma 28,Ashan Wanigarathna 37,
Maduka Wedisinghe 35, Prabodha Arthavidu 19,Sajeewa Salgado 18,
Nalanda  College 1st Innings-125 all out: Sachith Dias 05/20,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/33,Sachintha Wijesinghe 03/21,
Thurstan College 2nd Inn -173/01 Dec  :Prabodha Arthavidu 77,Sajeewa Salgado 45no,Supun Navarathna 46no,
Nalanda  College 2nd Innings-100/02: 
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
10TH MATCH -VS KALUTHARA VIDYALAYA   PLAYED AT KALUTHARA  ON 19/20 NOV 2010
Kaluthara Vidyalaya 1st Innings-124 all out: Sachith Dias 04/35,Kaveen Silva 03/17,Sachintha Wijesinghe 02/38,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -222/09 Dec  :Supun Navarathna 21,Harith Dias 57,Kaveen Silva 46,Maduka Wedisinghe 22,
Ashan Wanigarathna 29,
Kaluthara Vidyalaya 2nd Innings-66 all out: Sachith Dias 02/12,Prabodha Arthavidu 04/16,
RESULT ? WON OUTRIGHT  
11TH MATCH -VS ROYAL COLLEGE-PANADURA  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 28/29 DEC 2010
Royal College 1st Innings-117 all out: Prabodha Arthavidu 02/22,Sachintha Wijesinghe 05/53,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -84 all out  :Harith Dias 18, Kavindu Kulasekara 15n.o,
Royal College 2nd Innings-156 all out:Sachith Dias 05/57, Sachintha Wijesinghe 04/47, 
Thurstan College 2nd Inn -185 all out :Harith Dias 39,Prabodha Arthavidu 70,
RESULT ? LOST OUTRIGHT  
12TH MATCH -VS D.S.SENANAYAKA COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 02/03 JAN 2011
Thurstan College 1st Inn -306/09 Dec.:Supun Nawarathna 100, Harith Dias 70,Ranga Wijewickrama 21,
Kavindu Silva 28n.o,
D.S.S.  College 1st Innings-114 all out: Sachith Dias 03/44,Prabodha Arthavidu 04/42,Sachintha Wijesinghe 03/22,
D.S.S.College 2nd Innings-255/04:Prabodha Arthavidu 02/46, 
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
13TH MATCH -VS ST.SEBASTIONS COLLEGE  PLAYED AT MORATUWA ON 07/08 JAN 2011
Thurstan College 1st Inn -210 all out :Sajeewa Salgado 68,Kavindu Kulasekara 22,Ranga Wijayawickrama 35,
St.Sebastions College 1st Innings-304 all out: Sachith Dias 03/79,Sachintha Wijesinghe 03/82,
Thurstan College 2nd Inn -172 all out : Sajeewa Salgado 38,Supun Navarathna 53,Ranga Wijewickrama 22,
Kavindu Silva 21,
St.Sebastions College 2nd Innings-81 for no loss. 
RESULT ? LOST OUTRIGHT  
14TH MATCH -VS DHARMAPALA VIDYALAYA  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 13/14 JAN 2011
Thurstan College 1st Inn -206 all out.:Sajeewa Salgado 67,Kaveen Silva 73,Ranga Wijewickrama 17,
Dharmapala Vidyalaya  1st Innings-247 all out: Sachith Dias 03/74,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/59,Sachintha Wijesinghe 04/50,
Thurstan College 2nd Innings-168/09:Supun Nawarathna 29,Harith Dias 21,Prabodha Arthavidu 26,Sajeewa Salgado 21, 
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS)  
15TH MATCH -VS ST.BENADICTS COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 17/18 JAN 2011
St.Benadicts College 1st Innings 232 aall out : Sachith Dias 5/88,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/34,
Thurstan College 1st Inn -221 all out.:Supun Navarathna 51,Sachith Dias 49,Prabobha Arthavidu 32,Sajeewa Salgado 19,
Ashan Wanigarathna 43,
St.Benabicts College  2nd Innings-157/5 : Ranga Wijewickrama 02/26,
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN LOST ON 1ST INNINGS)  
16TH MATCH -VS MAHANAMA COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 20/21 JAN 2011
Mahanama College 1st Innings 211 all out : Sachith Dias 3/56,
Thurstan College 1st Inn-198 all out:Harith Dias 21,Prabobha Arthavidu 43,Sajeewa Salgado 41,Thisura Madurapperuma 43,
Mahanama College 2nd Innings 153 all out: Ranga Wijewickrama 02/18,Sachith Dias 02/55,Rajitha Perera 04/14,
Thurstan College  2nd Innings-170/8 : Supun Nawarathna 38, Harith Dias 21,Thisura Madurapperuma 21,
Ashan Wanigarathna 38,Sachth Dias 16,
RESULT ? WON OUTRIGHT  
17TH MATCH -VS ZAHIRA COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 24/25 JAN 2011
Zahira  College 1st Innings 205 all out : Sachith Dias 06/67,Rajitha Perera 02/42,
Thurstan College 1st Inn-149 all out:Harith Dias 49,Supun Nawarathna 41,
Zahira College 2nd Innings 165/9 dec: Sachith Dias 02/48,Prabodha Arthavidu 3/44,Sachintha Wijesinghe 3/31,
Thurstan College  2nd Innings-92 all out :Harith Dias 25,
RESULT ? LOST OUTRIGHT  
18TH MATCH -VS KINGSWOOD COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 11/12 FEB 2011
Kingswood  College 1st Innings 118 all out : Sachith Dias 02/34,Rajitha Perera 03/15,Prabodha Arthavidu 02/16,
Thurstan College 1st Inn-231/08 Dec.:Harith Dias 49,Supun Nawarathna 28,Sajeewa Salgado 34,
Ashan Wanigarathna 34,Ranga Wijewickrama 19no,Sachith Dias 26no,
Kingswood College 2nd Innings 80 all out: Sachith Dias 02/18,Prabodha Arthavidu 3/17,Kaveen Silva 02/20,
RESULT ? WON OUTRIGHT  
19TH MATCH -VS MARISTELLA COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 14/15 FEB 2011
Maristella College 1st Innings 158 all out : Sachith Dias 05/39,Rajitha Perera 05/39,
Thurstan College 1st Inn-196 all out: Supun Nawarathna 28,Sajeewa Salgado 27,Thisura Madurapperuma 31,
Ashan Wanigarathna 21,Kaveen Silva 54no,
Maristella College 2nd Innings 248/9 Dec: Prabodha Arthavidu 02/59,Rajitha Perera 07/78,
Thurstan College 2nd Inn – 172/05 :Supun Navarathna 20, Prabodha Arthavidu 64,Thisura Madurapperuma 42, 
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)  
20TH MATCH -VS MALIYADEVA COLLEGE  PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS  ON 21/22 FEB 2011
Maliyadeva College 1st Innings 152 all out : Sachith Dias 07/38,Rajitha Perera 02/25,
Thurstan College 1st Inn-287/07 Dec: Supun Nawarathna 105,Sajeewa Salgado 68,Thisura Madurapperuma 35,
Prabodha Arthavidu 32,
Maliyadeva  College 2nd Innings 190/9 Dec: Sachith Dias 03/56,Thisura Madurapperuma 04/58,
Thurstan College 2nd Innings -04 for no loss  :
RESULT – DRAWN -(THURSTAN WON ON 1ST INNINGS)    

 

 

 

 

 

MINI BIG MATCH PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 17TH & 18TH FEBRUARY 2011

 

ISIPATHANA COLLEGE 1ST INNINGS 129 ALL OUT.

(RAVINDU JAYAWARDENA 62,KAVINDU SILVA 04/34,MINHAJ JALEEL 02/25,RAMINDU KUMARASINGHE 02/10,)

 

THURSTAN COLLEGE 1ST INNINGS 281/07 DEC.

(YASARU KULARATHNA 148,RAMINDU KUMARASINGHE 103,CHARITH RAJAPAKSHA 05/45,

  WIMARASHANA THILAKARATHNA 02/35 )

 

ISIPATHANA COLLEGE 2ND INNINGS 199/06 AT CLOSE

(RAVINDU JAYAWARDENA 82,KELUM NUGANDANA 21,MALIN DIAS 29no,SACHINTHA WIJESINGHE 04/51)

 

RESULT-MATCH DRAWN

 

Man of the match – Yasuru Kularathna

Best batsman – Ravindu Jayawardana

Best bowler – Charith Rajapaksa

Best Fieldsman – Nisala Madusanka

 

 

OLD BOYS MATCH PLAYED AT THURSTAN GROUNDS ON 19TH FEBRUARY 2011

 

ISIPATHANA OLD BOYS 129 ALL OUT IN 30.4 OVERS

(SAMAN NISHANTHA 23,ISURU VINDANA 24,NIROSHAN BANDARATHILAKA 03/12,

 KRISHAN DHARMASENA 02/24,DEEPAL MADURAPPERUMA 03/06 )

 

THURSTAN OLD BOYS 134 FOR NO WICKETS IN 18.1 OVERS

(THILINA MASMULLA 52no, CHARITH GAYAN PERERA 79no )

 

RESULT-THURSTAN WON BY 10 WICKETS

 

Man of the Match- Charith Gayan Perera

Best Batsman – Thilina Masmulla

Best Bowler – Deepal Madurapperuma

 

 

 

 

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THURSTAN-ISIPATHANA MATCHES 2011

Thurstan-Isipathana matches for 2011 are schedule to be played as follows
  • 48 Big Match on Saturday Feb 26th & Sunday Feb 27th at SSC – Chief Guest – Rtd Brigadier Lalith Peiris, Captain of Thurstan in 1965 lead Thurstan to the 1st win over Isipathana [ Match shifted to Saturday & Sunday as Sri Lanka-Pakistan World Cup is being played on Saturday 26th ]
  • 31st Limited Over Match on Sunday March 6th at P Sara Oval – Chief Guest Mahesh Manamperi Played in the Big Matches from 1980-82, Managing Director Foster & Reed (PVT) Ltd. Guest of Honour Nimal Warusavithana, donor of the W A de Silva Trophy
  • 4th Twenty;20 Match on Sunday March 13th at Thurstan Grounds – Chief Guest Jayalath Aponso Played in the Big Match in 1970 and former Coach of Thurstan, This match will be preceded by the Twenty:20 Old Boys match
  • Old Boys 50 over match will be played at Thurstan Grounds on Saturday February 19th

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