Two new skippers at the same time, but leadership qualities....

SR Pathiravithana, in his column for the Sunday Times, says that Kumar Sangakkara, the heir apparent to Mahela Jayawardene, has finally has got his chance to prove his credentials. As for the newly appointed interim committee chairman D Somachandra de Silva, says Pathiravithana, he bowled a googly well to drive onto the hot seat, but quite a few still wonder how effective he would be in his new role.

In the same newspaper M Shamil Amit reports on the final of the Inter School's Annual Big Match, where true Thomian grit prevailed at the SSC as the lads from Mt. Lavinia, led by Faahim Saleem, halted the Royal victory charge with a clever display of patience at the crease.