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Kandy's Battle of the Blues

St. Anthony's College, Katugastota, should have a slight edge over Trinity College when they clash in their 83rd 'Battle of the Blues' which will be played at the Asgiriya Stadium this Friday and Saturday.

The Trinitians are still ahead of the 82 battles by securing 22 wins against 11 by the Antonians who made their mark in the school cricket arena much later.

The Antonians though fielding a young side with most of the players being blooded from the junior team are led by all-rounder Amila Suranga Pinnaduwa.

The Trinitians led by third year player Kaushalya Weeraratne are fielding an experienced side this season.

The Trinitians have played 10 matches, won one and lost one and drawn the rest.

St. Anthony's College (from): Amila Suranga Pinnaduwa (captain), Ravindra Wickremapala (vice captain), Nafees Nizam, Romesh Deen, Kasun Jayaratne, Prasad Jayawardena, Prasad Ranawaka, Samson Burke, Mohammed Pawas, Susantha Basnayake, Raj Wickremapala, Prashantha Kurukulasuriya, Nuwan Bhagya Senarathmudali, Supun Muthukuda, Lahiru Fonseka, Nuwan Ratnayake, Gehan George, Ricardo Gunaratne and Nipuna Ratnayake.

Coach: H. M. Muthalib, MIC: S. Udugama, POG: N. Willamune

Trinity College (from): Kaushalya Weeraratne (captain), Sameer Samath (vice captain), Chaminda Aluthge, Anushka Imbuldeniya, Ishan Gamanpila, Randil Gamage, Harsha Fernando, Chithrangan Vandarkoon, Dilshan Rodrigo, Shihan Azeez, Selvadurai Selvakumar, Shafraz Abu Bakr, Mazoomi Zaman, Makshood Zaman, Isuru Wickremaratne.

Coach: Bernard Perera, MIC: D. B. Gunaratne, POG: S. Ariasingham