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THURSTAN UNDER 15 DIVISION-1 TEAM QUALIFIED TO PRE QUARTER FINALS OF
THE SRI LANKA SCHOOL CRICKET ASSOCIATION CONDUCTED DIVISION A
TOURNAMENT.
They will play with Richmond College in Galle in the first week of September.
| Under 15 Division 1 Cricket Fixtures ? 2011 | |||
| 2ND ROUND | |||
| Date | Match Description | Venue | Result |
| 14. Aug. 2011 | TC-A VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE- KOTTAWA | Bauddhaloka Mw | Won by 28 runs |
| 17. Aug. 2011 | TC-A VS SIR JOHN KOTHALAWALA COLLEGE-KURUNEGALA | Kurunegala | Withdrawn from tournament |
| 28. Aug. 2011 | TC-A VS ST.SEBASTIANS COLLEGE-MORATUWA | Bauddhaloka Mw | Lost by 05 wickets |
| 30. Aug. 2011 | TC-A VS BEBARAWEWA CENTRAL COLLEGE | Thurstan Road | Won by 74 runs |
| DIVISION 1 | |||
| 1) VS DHARMAPALA COLLEGE-KOTTAWA PLAYED AT BAUDDHALOKA ON 14TH AUGUST 2011 | |||
| THURSTAN 161 ALL OUT IN 48.5 OVERS | |||
| ( ISURU FERNANDO 24,DILK NILAKSHA 23,CHARANA NANAYAKKARA 22) | |||
| DHARMAPALA COLLEGE 133 ALL OUT IN 46.2 OVERS | |||
| (GIHAN SHASHIRA 2/22, THIMIRA JAYASINGHE 2/24,SENAL WIJESINGHE 2/21,THANURA SILVA 3/14) | |||
| RESULT- WON BY 28 RUNS | |||
| 2) VS ST.SEBASTIANS COLLEGE-MORATUWA PLAYED AT BAUDDHALOKA ON 28TH AUGUST 2011 | |||
| THURSTAN 196 ALL OUT IN 49.2 OVERS | |||
| ( ISURU FERNANDO 52,THIMIRA JAYASINGHA 33,SAJITH GUNATHILAKA 45,GIHAN SHASHIRA 23) | |||
| DHARMAPALA COLLEGE 197/05 WICKETS IN 47.1 OVERS | |||
| (SAJITH GUNATHILAKA 02/37) | |||
| RESULT- LOST BY 05 WICKETS | |||
| 3) VS DEBARAWEWA CENTRAL COLLEGE PLAYED AT THURSTAN ROAD ON 30TH AUGUST 2011 | |||
| THURSTAN 209 ALL OUT IN 49 OVERS | |||
| ( ISURU FERNANDO 49,THIMIRA JAYASINGHE 43,GIHAN SHASHIRA 23,AKILA SHIWANTHA 19) | |||
| DEBARAWEWA CENTRAL COLLEGE 135 ALL OUT IN 36.5 OVERS | |||
| (THANURA SILVA 3/28,RAVEEN SAMARASINGHE 3/35) | |||
| RESULT- WON BY 74 RUNS | |||
| Thurstan Cricket 2011-2012 Office Bearers & Executive Committee | |||
| NAME | |||
| Patron:Mr.Y.A.N.D.Yapa | |||
| (Principal of Thurstan College) | |||
| 1 | President:Sirosha Gunathilake | ||
| 2 | Vice President Coaching:Niroshan Bandarathilaka | ||
| 3 | Vice President Fund raising:Noel Joseph | ||
| 4 | Secretary:Daminda Coorey | ||
| 5 | Assistant Secretary:Thilina Masmulla | ||
| 6 | Treasurer:Shantha Silva | ||
| 7 | Assistant Treasurer:Hemantha Botheju | ||
| Executive Committee Members | |||
| 8 | Priya Paranavitane | ||
| 9 | Deepal Madurapperuma | ||
| 10 | Wasantha Warnasooriya | ||
| 11 | Damith Indika | ||
| 12 | Chaminda Jayasinghe | ||
| 13 | Tharindu Wickramasinghe | ||
| 14 | Vijith Gamage | ||
| 15 | Amila Liyanarachchi | ||
| 16 | Rohitha Jayasinghe | ||
| 17 | Athula Akarawita | ||
| 18 | Charith Wickramarathne | ||
| 19 | K. Rohitha Priyantha | ||
| 20 | Nishantha Perera | ||
| 21 | Nalin Fonseka | ||
| 22 | Sarath Mahagamage | ||
| 23 | A. Rakitha Amendra | ||
| 24 | Bhathiya Seebert | ||
| 25 | Kulasiri Jayatilake | ||
| Stand by: Aflal Izzadeen | |||
| President Mahinda Rajapaksa Inaugural T:20 Triangular Cricket Tournament among Richmond, Nalanda & Thurstan | ||||||||||
| on April 8th & 9th 2011 at Thurstan Sports Complex Prof Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha Colombo 7 | ||||||||||
| 1ST MATCH : THURSTAN VS NALANDA ON APRIL 8th MORNING | ||||||||||
| Thurstan College -137 for 7 in 20 overs: Kaveen Silva 34, Ramindu Kumarasinghe 25, Kavindu Kulasekara 24, | ||||||||||
| Sineth Gunawardana 2 / 41 [ 4 overs ], Malinda Vimukthi 2 / 15 [ 4 overs ] | ||||||||||
| Nalanda College – 98 all out in 19.1 overs : Sineth Gunawardana 33 | ||||||||||
| Prabodha Arthavidu 3 / 10, Minhaj Jaleel 3 / 22, Sachintha Wijesinghe 2 / 19 | ||||||||||
| RESULT – THURSTAN won by 39 runs | ||||||||||
| 2ND MATCH : THURSTAN VS RICHMOND COLLEGE ON APRIL 8th AFTERNOON | ||||||||||
| Thurstan College :125 for 9 in 20 overs Supun Nawaratna 40,Sajeewa Salgado 27, | ||||||||||
| Dhananjaya de Silva 2 / 27 | ||||||||||
| Richmond College : 129 for 8 in 19.5 overs Dhanajaya de Silva 31,Mahesh Sandaruwan 22,Kavindu Thimuth 27 | ||||||||||
| Sajeewa Salgado 3 / 18, Kaveen Silva 2 for 19 | ||||||||||
| RESULT – THURSTAN lost by 2 wickets | ||||||||||
| 3RD MATCH : RICHMOND VS NALANDA COLLEGE ON APRIL 9th MORNING | ||||||||||
| Richmond College :109 all out in 20 overs; Hasitha Madushan 22, Kavindu Thimuth 17, Kasun Chamara 17 | ||||||||||
| Malindu Vimukthi 3 / 15, Sineth Gunawardane 2 / 16 | ||||||||||
| Nalanda College : 100 all out in 16.3 overs : Koshan Dhanushka 47, Charith Kumarasinghe 17 | ||||||||||
| Kavindu Thimuth 3 / 15, Dileepa Priyadharshana 3 / 4 | ||||||||||
| RESULT – RICHMOND WON 9 RUNS | ||||||||||
| 4TH MATCH & FINALS: THURSTAN VS RICHMOND COLLEGE ON APRIL 9th AFTERNOON | ||||||||||
| Richmond College : 78 all out in 18.2 overs: Dhananjaya de Silva 18, Yashoda Lanka 16, Kavindu Thimuth 15 | ||||||||||
| Ramindu Kumarasinghe 3 / 10, Prabodha Arthavidu 2 / 24, Sachintha Wijesinghe 2 / 11 | ||||||||||
| Thurstan College :79 for 5 in 18.4 overs : Kavindu Kulasekara 17 not out, Prabodha Arthavidu 14, Supun Nawaratna 13 | ||||||||||
| Dileepa Priydharshana 3 / 16 | ||||||||||
| RESULT ? THURSTAN WON BY 5 WICKETS | ||||||||||
| WINNERS OF THE PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CHALLENGE TROPHY : THURSTAN COLLEGE | ||||||||||
| RUNNERS UP – RICHMOND COLLEGE | ||||||||||
| MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT – Prabodha Arthavidu [ Thurstan ] | ||||||||||
| MAN FOR THE FINALS – Ramindu Kumarasinghe [ Thurstan ] | ||||||||||
| BEST BATSMAN – Koshan Dhanushka [ Nalanda ] | ||||||||||
| BEST BOWLER – Prabadha Arthvidu [ Thurstan ] | ||||||||||
| BEST FIELDER – Yashoda Lanka [ Richmond ] | ||||||||||
| HIGHERST NUMBER OF SIXERS – Kaveen Silva [ Thurstan ] | ||||||||||
Thurstan Cricket [ Cricket wing of the OBU ] has organized the above tournament among schools that the President Honourable Mahinda Rajapaksa attended during his school career. The President has consented to give this trophy and he is schedule to grace the finals of this tournament and distribute awards to the winners.
This tournament is schedule to be held at Thurstan Grounds, Prof Stanley Wijesundera Mawatha Colombo 7 on Friday April 8th & Saturday April 9th . Preliminary matches will be played on a league basis & the winners & runners-up will play in the finals.
His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksha hands over the Mahinda Rajapaksha challenge Trophy to Thurstan College Principal Mr. Y.A.N.D. Yapa. Mr. Noel Joseph, Mr. Paranavithana, Mr. Noel Joseph, His Excellency Dixon Dela Bandara (High Commissioner to Maldives), Mr. S. Panditha Managing Director of Sierra Cables PLC & Mr. Daminda Cooray looks on.
Thurstan Comfortable winners in the 31st Encounter
Thurstan skipper Thisura Madurappereuma once again called correctly when the Chief-Guest Nimal Warusavithana tossed the coin.
The Chief Guest donated the trophy in memory of his father W A de Silva and this encounter commenced way back in 1981.
Isipathana put into bat were bundled out for their lowest total in this series for 92 runs in 35.2 overs in this 45 over match. The spiners led by the left armer orthodox spinner Sachintha Wijesinghe ably supported by Sachith Dias & Probadha Arthavidu had all the Isipthana batmen in knots & never gave the opportunity to get on top of the varied spin attack. They were helped by slow turning wickets
Isipathana also commenced the bowling with their best spinners Sulochana & Wanigaratchchi with an attcking field set by skipper Warapitiya made life difficult to the Thurstanites and one stage Thurstan were in trouble with the score reading 41 for 4.
At this stage Skipper Madurapperuma went on the attack scoring 25 runs with 1 six & 4 fours which relieved the pressure and the next pair of Kaveen Silva & Ashan Wanigaratna scored the remaing runs to steer Thurstan to a comfortable victory.
Thus Thurstan lead the series for the first time in the history with 16 matches to Isipathana’s 15.
| Thurstan vs Isipathana | ||||||||
| 31st Limited Over Cricket Encounter | ||||||||
| Played at SSC grounds on March 6th, 2011 | ||||||||
| (45 OVERS) | ||||||||
| Isipathana | ||||||||
| Nilusha Sasanka [ V.Capt ] ( 71 min, 31 balls, 2-4 ) st Kularatna | b Arthavidu | 18 | ||||||
| Chenutha Wickramasinghe ( 25 min,24 balls, 2-4 ) Lbw | b Wijewickrama | 11 | ||||||
| Sujith Priyashan ( 25 min, 17 balls ) | c Wanigaratna | b Wijewickrama | 5 | |||||
| Dimuth Warapitiya [ Capt ]( 42 min,30 balls ) c and | b Wijesinghe | 9 | ||||||
| Harith Kalindu Wanigarachchi ( 32 min, 27 balls ) c S Dias | b Wijesinghe | 8 | ||||||
| Deshan Jayakumar ( 23 min, 29 balls,1-4 ) | c Arthavidu | b S Dias | 10 | |||||
| Samitha Sulochana ( 32 min,20 balls,) | Lbw | b Wijesinghe | 8 | |||||
| Dhanushka Sadaruwan ( 12 min, 21 balls) | b S Dias | 5 | ||||||
| Pavan Anjana ( 12 min, 8 balls,) | b Wijesinghe | 4 | ||||||
| Ashan Wickrema ( 12 min, 7 balls ) | Not Out | 1 | ||||||
| Bushana Nibanda ( 5 min, 6 balls,) | b S Dias | 4 | ||||||
| Extras | lb1,w-8 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | all out | 92 | ||||||
| 2 3 1 | 4 5 6 8 7 9 11 | 35.2 overs | ||||||
| Fall of Wickets | 19, 34 ,42, 50, 59, 71, 79, 82, 87, 92 | (150 min) | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
| K Silva | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| R Wijewickrama | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | ||||
| R Perera | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| P Arthavidu | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| S Wijesinghe | 8 | 3 | 14 | 4 | ||||
| S Dias | 7.2 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||||
| Thurstan | ||||||||
| Yasuru Kularatna ( 8 min, 10 balls ) | c Sasanka | b Sulochana | 1 | |||||
| Harith Dias ( 42 min,27 balls,1-4 ) | Lbw | b Wanigarachchi | 9 | |||||
| Sajeewa Salgado (16 min,17 balls,1-6, 1-4 ) | c Sasanka | b Sulochana | 12 | |||||
| Prabodha Arthavidu [ V. Capt ] ( 29 min,19 balls,1-4 ) | b Priyashan | 7 | ||||||
| Thisura Madurapperuma[Capt] (49 min,46 balls,1-6, 4-4) Lbw | b Wanigarachchi | 25 | ||||||
| Kaveen Silva ( 71 min,39 balls,2-4 ) | Not Out | 20 | ||||||
| Ashan Wanigaratna (33 min,22 balls,1-4) | Not Out | 13 | ||||||
| Sachith Dias | Did not bat | |||||||
| Ranga Wijewickrama ) | Did not bat | |||||||
| Rajitha Perera | Did not bat | |||||||
| Sachintha Wijesinghe | Did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | lb 2, w 4, | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 5 Wkt dec | 93 | ||||||
| 2 3 1 4 6 7 8 5 | 30 overs | |||||||
| Fall of Wickets | 27, 60, 81, 90, 106, 1110, 112, 148, | (126 min) | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ||||
| S Sulochana | 9 | 1 | 19 | 2 | ||||
| H Wanigarachchi | 9 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||||
| Ashan Wickrema | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Sujith Priyashan | 6 | 1 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| D Warapitiya | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| D Nibandana | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Man of the Match | Sachintha Wijesinghe | |||||||
| Best Batsman | Thisura Madurapperuma | |||||||
| Best Bowler | Sachintha Wijesinghe | |||||||
| Best Fielder | Nilusha Sasanka | |||||||
| Umpires | Ruchira Palliyaguru & Graetian Liyanage | |||||||
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 | |||||||
| 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) |
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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
THURSTAN JUNIORS QUALIFED TO SEMIS
SLSCA- UNDER 13 BOC RANKEKULU
30 OVER KNOCK OUT TOURNAMENT- 2010/11
QUARTER FINALS
THURSTAN COLLEGE VS ISIPATHANA COLLEGE
PLAYED AT THURSTAN ROAD ON 13TH FEBRUARY 2011
THURSTAN COLLEGE WON BY 04 WICKETS
ISIPATHANA COLLEGE 115/09 IN 30 OVERS
(THULITHA NEELAKA 22,PRAMOD MADUWANTHA 45no, PUSHPIKA JAYASHANTHA 17, DHANUJA WEERASINGHE 2/18, THUSHAN WIJEWICKRAMA 2/26,ERANGA JAYASINGHE 3/14,)
THURSTAN COLLEGE 117/6 IN 25.4 OVERS
(AYESH WEERATHNE 24,CHARANA NANAYAKKARA 56,
UVINDU HERATH 3/25, RASHMIKA OPATHA 2/22,)
SEMI FINALS ON 21ST FEBRUARY AT PANADURA STADIUM THURSTAN WILL MEET THE WINNERS OF ST.SEBASTIANS VS HOMAGAMA M.M.V
2ND SEMIFINALS-
ROYAL COLLEGE-PANADURA WILL MEET PRINCE OF WALES
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
Please come in numbers to cheer the Thurstanites