I am more than familiar with the sight of Aravinda de Silva walking across the boundary and walking into the middle to take on the world. Whether it was Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Glen McGrath or Anil Kumble at the trundling end he had the same composure and you could feel the stoic resolute running in his veins. On Thursday there was no difference.
In a match packed with more twists and turns than any writer of fiction could fabricate, Royal defeated Trinity by 38 points (three goals, one try, three penalties and one drop goal) to 37 (three goals, two tries and two penalties) in the first leg of 66th edition of the Bradby Shield played at the Royal College Sports Complex yesterday.