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A team of former Royalists led by Dhanushka Perera went on to win the Ameresekere Challenge Shield at the 26th Annual Royal-Thomian Cricket Encounter dubbed the ‘Battle of the Blues UK’ at the John Lyon Cricket Grounds in Harrow on 25 July, winning the match by 26 runs.
Royal Batting first made 144 runs in 38 overs while the Thomians managed only 118 all out in 37 overs of batting with Kasun Ranabahu bagging 4 wickets and Sineth Withanage assisting well with a haul of 3 wickets.
Man of the match: Kasun Ranabahu (Royal)
Best Batsman: Sameera Perera (Royal)
Best Bowler: Rajeev Ramasamy (St. Thomas')
Royal team: Dhanushka Perera (Captain), Gayan Maduranga, Sineth Withanage, Gihan Premachandra, Kasun Ranabahu, Samira Perera, Gopinath Navaratnam, Mathisha Dharmasiri, Nirosha Wijenayake, Anooka Samarakkody, Dulith Weeraratne, Shanaka Herath
In the over 40s match the Royal Veterans team went on to win the Warden de Alwis trophy for a fifth consecutive year which made it a unique Royal treble for Royal.
Royal Veterans: 170 for 3 in 20 overs (Hemantha Abhayawickrema 88, Gihan Malalasekera 32 not out)
Thomian Veterans: 138 for 6 in 20 overs (Arjuna Narendra 43, Rajkumar 41, Gopi Kandiah 3 for 14)
Royal Veterans won by 32 runs.
Man of the match: Hemantha Abeyawickrema (Royal Veterans)
Best Batsman: Arjuna Narendra (Thomian Veterans)
Best Bowler: Gopi Kandiah (Royal Veterans)
Royal Veterans team: Deutram Thambapillai (Captain), Hemantha Abeywickrema, Mohan Rajadurai, Siva Thambithurai, Ramesh de Silva, Gopi Kandiah, Shirley Jayarajah, Ajantha Jayatunge, Chanaka Olagama, S. Sathananthan, Mangala Ganegoda, Ajit Dandeniya, Indrajit Kumaraswamy, Gnana Sankaralingam
The Royal Treble - 2009
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