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There is nothing to match the Royal-Thomian - Asitha Jayaweera S. Thomas' played with great courage to come through a difficult period to somewhat make a fine recovery and make 245 for 7 wickets and then declare in their first innings late on the second day. The Thomians did well to recover from 91 for 6 wickets to total 245 for 7 wickets and then declare. It was a marvellous innings of 85 by skipper Kaushal Silva that helped S. Thomas' to make this splendid recovery. The bold approach of Silva paved the way for S. Thomas' to throw open a challenge to Royal. The Thomians declared with a deficit first innings score as Royal made 294 for 6 wickets declared in the first innings. This was the view of Asitha Jayaweera at the close of play on the second day of the match on Friday. Asitha Jayaweera needs no introduction to Sri Lanka cricket. He played cricket for Royal from 1968 to 1972, captaining the team in 1970 and 1972. He is now a qualified Civil engineer and working for a London Authority. This being a momentary occasion, Asitha Jayaweera had to be here for the 125th Royal-Thomian at the SSC grounds. "It's wonderful to come back and see the marvelous encounter," he said. It is the longest unbroken "Big Match" in the world. I don't think that there is anything like this anywhere else in the world. The spectacle we are seeing is marvellous. He said that he has witnessed school matches in England, including Harrow vs Eton gave and "I can vouch there is no atmosphere like what we get here in those games." Jayaweera said, and added "I think we should treasure this match and build on this." Besides playing for Royal, Asitha Jayaweera was Vice-Captain of the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Team that toured India in 1969. The captain of that team was Mithra Wettimuny. That team that toured India, had the future Sri Lanka Test cricketers like - Duleep Mendis, Bandula Warnapura, Ajith de Silva, Roy Dias and a host of other players who played good cricket. The names that I mentioned have gone on to play for Sri Lanka. After leaving school, he went across to England in 1972 to further his studies. (A.C.de S) |
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