Old Royalists clinch 10th Battle of the Blues in Qatar

All-round performances from the Old Royalists helped them win the 10 th Battle of the Blues Cricket and Rugby encounter which was held on 04 th (Friday) May 2018 at the MIC Sports Complex in Qatar.

The 1st XI cricket match and rugby encounter as well as the ladies’ match was won by the Old Royalists with the Old Thomians only managing to win the Veterans cricket match. This year’s encounter was the 10th of its kind and Old Royalist Mr. Tissa Mendis, who represented the College Rugby team, and Old Thomian Mr. Dammika Bulankulame, who represented the College and National Cricket team, graced the occasion as guests of honor. The awards ceremony was held on Thursday 10th May 2018 at Mercure Grand Hotel, Doha.

Team Card and Match results are as follows;

Veterans (Over 35) Match: Old Thomians won by 8 wickets
10 overs-a-side match

• Old Royalists Team – Chamitha Dissanayaka (Capt), Niroshan Wijethilake, Rajeeve Gunawardena, Menaka Hemajith, Mohamed Husnee, Chamila Perera, Milinda Samarasekara, Jayaprakash Velu, Safraz Marikkar, Chaminda Dharmapala, Hisham Khan, Imesh Warnakula, Auna Malalasena, Insha Wafee
• Old Thomian Team – Hemakumar Ganesan (Capt), Dilshan Gunawardena, Dushan Senannayake, Manjula Sandanayaka, Priyantha Gunathilake, Nishyanden Kandavel, Tiron Navaratna Raj, Riyaz Rahman, Tharanga Rukshan, K M L Sampath Aravinda, Emmanuel J Ruban, Harish Abeywardena, Pragadeesh Thillainadarajah, Manoj Fernando
• Toss Won by – Old Thomians
• Old Royalists: 119/7 in 10 overs
  (Rajeeve Gunawardena 69, Dushan Senannayake 2 Wkts.)
• Old Thomians: 123/2 in 9 Overs
  (Dilshan Gunawardena 42*, Manjula Sandanayaka 41)

Ladies’ Match: Royal Ladies Won by 2 Runs
6-a-side, 5 overs a side match

• Royal Ladies Team – Narmada Jayaprakash (Capt), Sajeewani Vithana, Udani Ranasinghe, Deandra Salome, Nirosha Dilrukshi, Fathima Amirah
• Thomian Ladies Team – Mihiri Perera, Manori Rajaratnam, Ishani Sandanayake, Dilini Wijayarathne, Sula Fernando, Sachee Delwita, Netu Sandanayake, Zahida Yoosuf, Mihiri Paaris
• Toss Won by –Thomian Ladies
• Royal Ladies 48/1 5 Overs
  (Sajeewani Vithana 18*, Udani Ranasinghe 14)
• Thomian Ladies: 46/0 IN 5 Overs
  (Manori Rajaratnam 25*, Ishani Sandanayake 11*)

1st XI Cricket Match (Wiji Weerasingha Memorial Trophy): Old Royalist Won by 38 Runs
15 overs a side match

• Old Royalist Team – Ahmed Mahir (Capt), Niroshan Wijethilake, Rajeeve Gunawardena, Imal Liyanage, Tharaka Kottehewa, Dilshantha Hewagama, Prashantha Senarathna, Asela Pathirana, Nathal Dayarathna, Ahmed Yoosuf, Dakshina Wickramasinghe, Wazeem Akram, Kapilan Thaventhiran
• Old Thomian Team – Prasanna Fernando (Capt), Dilshan Gunawardena, Manjula Sandanayaka, Dilshad Fernando, Ifthikar Hanas, Dushan Senanayake, Hemakumar Ganesan, Mohamed Rifdhy Dahlan, Priyankara Fernando, Janarthanan Viswanathan, Pradeeshan Shan, Raj Amirdhanayagam, Tharanga Rukshan
• Toss Won by – Old Thomians
• Old Royalists: 169/10 IN 15 OVERS
  (Imal Liyanage 77, Ahmed Mahir 16, Dilshantha Hewagama 16, Prashantha Senarathna 16, Pradeeshan Shan 3 Wkts., Prasanna Fernando 2 Wkts.)
• Old Thomians: 131/7 IN 15 OVERS
  (Dilshan Gunawardena 37, Manjula Sandanayaka 26, Dushan Senanayake 22, Imal Liyanage 3 Wkts., Ahmed Mahir 2 Wkts.)

Rugby Encounter: Old Royalist Won 3:0
Touch rugby match (7-2-7 minutes)

• Old Royalist Team – Tuan Insha Wafee (Capt), Ahmed Yoosuf, Venkatesh Sandrasegaran, Frank Alexander, Dilshantha Hewagama, Prashantha Senarathna, Ahmed Aurangazib, Dakshina Wickramasinghe, Kapilan Thaventhiran, Niroshan Wijethilake, Imal Liyanage, Nathal Dayarathna,
• Old Thomian Team – Mohamed Rifdhy Dahlan (Capt), Dwayne Jason Marlon Ferreira, Milinda Delwita, Dilshad Fernando, Emmanuel J Ruban, Riyaz Rahman, Pradeeshan Shan, Tiron Navaratna Raj
• Final Scores: Old Royalists 3 (Insha Wafee, Prashantha Senarathna and Frank Alexander 1 try each): Old Thomians 0