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Big Match
Countries
Sri Lanka
Format
Test, One-Day and Twenty20
First edition
1879
Latest edition
2023
Next edition
2024
Number of teams
34 (as of 2023)
Most successful
Battle of the Blues (Colombo) (144 editions)
TV
Dialog TV, Peo TV
Website
ThePapare.com, Batsman.com
2023 Big Matches
In Sri Lankan cricket, a Big Match is an annual school cricket match often played between two rival schools in Sri Lanka. These schools have often competed against one another for many years, some for over a century. Big matches have become an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture, with school children and adults participating in the activity.
The oldest known example of a big match is the Royal–Thomian cricket encounter, played between S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and Royal College, Colombo since 1879.[1][2]
Most big matches are played over two days. Three Big Matches; Battle of the Blues (Colombo), Battle of the Blues (Matara) and Battle of the North; are notably played over three days.[3][4]
Battle of the Rocks (2009)Battle of the Maroons (2010)
^Big Match Fever 2010
^Archived 26 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^Amit, M. Shamil (18 March 2010). "St. Servatius – St. Thomas big match begins today". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 13 April 2013.
^Fernando, Reemus (21 February 2010). "Battles from North to South". The Island (Sri Lanka).
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