Prince of Wales–St. Sebastian's Cricket Encounter
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The Prince of Wales'–St. Sebastian's Cricket Encounter (The Battle of the Golds) is an annual cricket match played between Prince of Wales' College (PWC) and St. Sebastian's College (SSC) since 1933.[1][2] It is known as The Battle of the Golds due to the colours of the two school's flags i.e. Purple, Gold and Maroon of Prince of Wales' College and Green, White & Gold of St. Sebastian's College.
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Native name | මොරටු මහා රන් සටන (Moratu Mahā Ran Satana) |
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Other names | "The Battle of the Golds" |
Sport | Cricket |
Type | 2-day match (Test match) 1-day limited over match (50 overs) Twenty20 match |
Location | Moratuwa, Sri Lanka |
First meeting | 1933 |
Latest meeting | 2024 |
Next meeting | 2025 |
Broadcasters | Cambrians' Media and Broadcating Unit, SEBS MEDIA , Dialog TV and ThePapare.com |
Stadiums | De Soysa Stadium (Tyronne Fernando Stadium) Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground R. Premadasa Stadium P. Sara Oval Stadium |
Trophy | Cambrian - Sebastianite Challenge trophy (Other trophies list) |
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Meetings total | 2-day match – 74 1-day match – 39 T20 match – 02 |
All-time record | 2-day match – PWC leads, 6–4–64 1-day match – SSC leads, 20–15–4 T20 match – SSC leads, 2–0 |
Longest win streak | 2-day match – PWC, 3 (1935–1937) 1-day match – SSC, 4 (2015–2018) |
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