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The Legacy of Kumar Sangakkara

A more determined romantic is hard to find. He totally immerses himself in his mission. And his vision compels him to win any prize he sets his eyes on. He has two heart throbs. His wife Yehali and the other Cricket. The childhood romance started when she was at the Hillwood College hostel in Kandy. The school’s conservatism made it near impossible to permeate the purdah-like restrictions which were imposed  [ Read More ]

A few years ago Trinity College was best known for rugger and now apart from that image for rugger it seems to be painting up a picture for cricket as well. Trinity advanced to the semi finals of the Under 19 inter-school limited over cricket tournament with a comfortable ten wicket win over Gurukula MV Kelaniya in the quarter final encounter played at Maradana yesterday. Gurukula MV taking first lease  [ Read More ]

31st Limited Overs Encounter

The Asgiriya stadium in Kandy came to life when the Trinitians won their traditional limited overs match against St.Anthony’s College Katugastota  by 2 runs. The Trinitians regained the Sir Richard Aluwihare Trophy in their 31st limited overs clash with the Lions levelling the series 14 wins apiece. The matches in the series were not played due to bad weather with the year 2000 match not being played. The Trinity team  [ Read More ]

Big Match 2011

  The 95th Battle of the Blues ended in a draw at the Katugasthota Oval as Trinity College, Kandy and St. Anthony’s College, Katugasthota went head to head on the 11th and 12th of March. The Trinity outfit having secured a first innings victory decided against chasing an outright victory as they chose to bat out the final session of play, rather than invite the Anothonians to chase down a  [ Read More ]

 
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