Item circulated by Keith Bennett
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฎ…………………………………….. It’s fiesta of ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ in Sri Lanka right now, which commenced in February and expected to go on until May this year. Most of the Big Matches are now converted into 03 Days, after a request made by Sri Lanka Cricket and Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association to all the Schools who are playing traditional Big Matches to extend their play from two days to three days. Until this year, it was a norm for schools to opt to play for three days once crossed the 100 years, a tradition set by Royal College and S.Thomas’ College (Royal-Thomian Battle of the Blues) in 1979 with their centenary encounter.
Here’s a list of these on going traditional Big Matches where all Sri Lankans gather to celebrate. and rally around their alma mater and reminisce good old times with friends. All these traditional Schools’ Cricket 1st XI encounters, running continuously, overcoming World Wars, Riots, Insurgencies, Pandemics, and Economic crises will speak volumes of how ๐๐ถ๐ด these ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ are.
Here are the top 25 who have survived over the centuries and the ones who are building partnerships, and having their editions this year. All counts on actual matches played barring a few who base their count on the number of years since playing the first match!
๐ ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ย ๐จ๐ย ๐๐ข๐ ย ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ฌย ๐๐ญย ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐! Follow the matches, stories, trivia, and news this Big Match season at Quadrangle!
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ย ๐๐๐๐ย ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌย ๐๐ข๐ ย ๐๐๐ญ๐๐กย ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ย brought to you by;
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ Great Value. Big Smiles
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ย – Grooming partner for the confident man
๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐งย ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซย – The Hydration Partner
๐๐๐ย – Universal College Lanka, official Higher Education Partner
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