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Big Match season set to commence on Friday
by Reemus Fernando
Thurstan and Isipatana will kick start a Big Match season inclusive of at least 12 three-day matches. The long season commences on Friday with the Battle of Brothers encounter at the SSC.
It is the first time, the majority of Big Matches are played as three day encounters. It has become possible after Sri Lanka Cricket decided to fund schools who are interested in extending their matches to three days from this season.
Apart from the historic Battle of the Blues between Royal and S. Thomas’, the Battle of the North between St. John’s and Central College Jaffna and the annual encounter between St. Thomas’ Matara and St. Servatius’ other matches have been played as two-day encounters.
The Big Match season starting this week will last till April.
Apart from the traditional matches listed below there are other Big Matches which have been played for decades. The organisers of these matches are yet to confirm the dates and venues of their matches.
