Royal College won the toss and put S. Thomas’ College into bat in the 137th Battle of the Blues which began a short while ago at the SS ground in Colombo today (10).
Both Royal and S. Thomas’ have won 34 matches each during the past and this encounter will be anticipated to be a keen battle.
S. Thomas’: Yohan Mendis, Ravindu Kodituwakku, Sachitha Jayathilake (Capt), Rashmika Opatha, Dilendra Gunathilleka (wk), Romesh Nallaperuma, Ravindu Tillakaratne, Senal de Silva, Danush Peiris, Yohan Perera, Hansaka Liyanaarachchi.
Royal: Geeshath Panditharatne (Capt), Tiran Dhanapala (wk), Lasith Embuldeniya, Naveen Widanapathirana, Himesh Ramanayake, Helitha Vithanage, Ronuka Jayawardene, Ganith Sandeepa, Duvindu Hettiarachchi, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Malith Kariyawasam.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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