Battle of the Blues ends in draw

10 March 2012 12:14 pm Views - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} 8 Bookmark

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The 133rd Battle of the Blues cricket encounter between Royal College and S. Thomas College ended in a draw at SSC grounds a short while ago. Royal college were 22 for one wicket at the end of their second innings chasing a target of 241 set by the Thomians.

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Gamini Udagepola Saturday, 10 March 2012 12:48 PM

Target way too much, 150 runs would have been reasonable to have a match of it. Finally, just another big match ended...

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kadalay Saturday, 10 March 2012 12:36 PM

Sadly, the Thomians didnt show their "grit" to try and make this into a match this year

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ramfer Saturday, 10 March 2012 01:33 PM

Ah really? If they were given 150 you would be writing that 50 would be reasonable.

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Lanka Silva Saturday, 10 March 2012 01:49 PM

Royal takes the honours and shows true grit, having come as the under dogs..

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Dinithi Saturday, 10 March 2012 03:06 PM

This match needs to be made a 4 day match. Easily this can be played on Sunday as well. Without longer games school players' grit cannot be improved. This will result in schools producing good test players.

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Amri123 Sunday, 11 March 2012 12:46 AM

Royal played well coming in as the under dogs,however didn't play well enough to beat the thomians. @Kadalay,both thomians and royalists showed true grit in this game. If it wasnt for a challenging 329 runs by the thomians this would have been a one sided game for the royalist. However at the end of the day the result is what matters. The royalists played well to try win the shield but the thomians played better to defend the shield.

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Gamini Udagepola Sunday, 11 March 2012 08:40 AM

Ro-Tho is a battle with full of traditions though played hard rivalry. Sporty declaration wasn't there this time around. How is that?

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Lakshan Monday, 12 March 2012 03:23 AM

Got to find out how many spectators are keen on 'Cricket' at Roy- Tho :)

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