144 Test players; which school has produced the most?
Sri Lanka have produced 144 Test cricketers so far with Roshen Silva being the latest capped Test cricketer when he made his debut in the third and final Test against India last month.
We at ThePapare.com take a detailed look...
A look back at 2022 – Sri Lanka’s top performers in an eventful year!
2022 has been a remarkable year for Sri Lankan Cricket, possibly the best post Sanga-Mahela retirement in 2015.
Now it’s time to have a look at the record books and see how well the team performed throughout the year and...
60th Battle of the Brothers to kick-start March Madness
Isipathana College and Thurstan College are ready to kick off the 60th Battle of the Brothers, set to be held on the 24th and 25th of February at the Sinhalese Sports Club Grounds, Colombo.
Out of previous 59 battles, 48...
141st Battle of the Blues – Miscellaneous Records
The Royal – Thomian, needs no special introduction. The 141 year-old tradition goes back to 1879, when Mr. Ashley Walker, the Cricket master at Colombo Academy (Former Royal College), took the initiative of playing against S. Thomas’.
In 1880 it...
Sri Lanka’s best first-class players who failed to win the Cap
Since playing their first-ever game of Cricket which had international status during the 1975 World Cup against West Indies in Manchester, Sri Lanka has been represented by several hundreds of players through the years. These cricketers are the luckiest...
Standing out and together Roger & Russel Wijesuriya – a unique record
Moratuwa was a town of cricket. Home to the great Duleep Mendis and many others. It also bred a pair of youngsters that took the town by storm in their day. The Wijesuriya brothers from St Sebastian’s College ended...
Stars of the U19 Super Provincial 2019
The U19 Super Provincial tournament which was organized by Sri Lanka Cricket as a preparation and selection tournament for the school players targeting the U19 World Cup 2020 in South Africa, was concluded on 23rd July, crowning Team Colombo...
The emotion called “Sanath Jayasuriya”
One of the relief teachers in a seventh-grade class asked a bunch of students to scrawl about their favorite personality and all the kids wrote about their parents, except one who went full nerdy for one and a half...
Potential future fast-bowling all-rounders in Sri Lanka
The need of the hour for Sri Lanka Cricket is a fast-bowling all-rounder like Ben Stokes (England), Hardik Pandya (India), Jason Holder (West Indies), Chris Morris (South Africa) or Corey Anderson (New Zealand). Someone who could bat in the...
Like Father, like Son – Tagenarine Chanderpaul has arrived
Shivnarine Chanderpaul is a name that most cricket fans from the 90s and the 2000s will never forget. His unique stance and signature stickers underneath the eyes will always be remembered along with the hours and hours which he...
