Big Match
Encyclopedia
A Big Match is an annual cricket
match played between teams from two different schools in Sri Lanka
. The matches are Test cricket
matches, even though limited overs cricket matches between those two schools are played, they are not considered a Big Match. The same schools have played one another for many years, some for over a century, and Big Matches form an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture with both school children and adults taking part in much of the activity that is part of the annual matches.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
match played between teams from two different schools in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. The matches are Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
matches, even though limited overs cricket matches between those two schools are played, they are not considered a Big Match. The same schools have played one another for many years, some for over a century, and Big Matches form an important part of modern Sri Lankan culture with both school children and adults taking part in much of the activity that is part of the annual matches.
List of Big Matches
- Royal–Thomian (1879 – present)
- Dharmaraja–Kingswood (1893 – present)
- Richmond–MahindaRichmond–Mahinda Cricket EncounterThe Richmond–Mahinda Cricket Encounter is an annual cricket big match played between the first XI cricket teams of Richmond College and Mahinda College in Galle, Sri Lanka. It is one of the longest cricket match series in Sri Lanka, having been played for 106 years. The match is also known as the...
(1905 – present) - Trinity-Trinity College, KandyTrinity College, Kandy founded in 1872 by Anglican missionaries, is an Independent elite private boys’ school providing primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka...
Anthony’s (1916 - present) - Ananda-NalandaAnanda-NalandaAnanda - Nalanda is a cricket match played between Ananda College Colombo, and Nalanda College Colombo. It was first played in 1924. Over the years both schools has produced many world famous cricketers....
(1924 – present) - St Peter's-St. Joseph'sBattle of the Saints (cricket)The Battle of the Saints is the annual cricket contest between St Peter's and St. Joseph's Colleges in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which takes place in March. Inaugurated in 1933 by the reverends of St. Peter's, the matches receive significant media and supporter attention, with the 2011 match being the...
(1933 – present) - Maliyadeva-St. Anne'sBattle of the RocksBattle of the Rocks , the annual Cricket encounter is a prominent sporting event played between two schools in North Western province of Sri Lanka....
(1959 – present) - Central–St.John (North) (1901 – present) (interrupted)