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The High Road

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Chamath Gomez sails one to the boundary, as Wesley mount a spirited but ultimately futile chase, the Double Blues falling at the double Nelson, 19 runs short of St Benedict’s 241, in the Luke Shield one-day encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. 25th May 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1250 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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Contortions Pay Off

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Dinath Senila of St Benedict’s (above) sends Wesley batsman Sanithu Amarasinghe (below) back to the pavilion, caught behind.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1600 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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The Bens celebrate the dismissal on their way to beating Wesley College by 19 runs in the Luke Shield one-day encounter at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Colombo, 25th March 2023.

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The Yorker

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Wesley’s Chamath Gomez scrapes one off his toes, as they chase the Bens’ total of 241, in the Luke Shield one-day match, at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo. 25th March 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO1600 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

‘Taking Cool What E’er Befall…’

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Spirits flag in the Wesley stands as their team mounts a futile chase of the Bens’ 241 runs, at the Sinhalese Sports Club, in Colombo. 25th March 2023. By close of play, St Benedict’s College had retained the Luke Shield, Wesley College falling short by 19 runs.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/1250 • ISO3200 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

Front Foot, Back Foot

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St Benedict’s skipper, Chamath Chathurya, pulls one to the boundary on his way to 46, as the Bens beat Wesley College by 19 runs at the Sinhalese Sports Club to retain the Luke Shield, on 25th March 2023.

• 800mm • f/11 • 1/500 • ISO800 • Canon R6, with an RF800/11 courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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Left Arm, Over the Wicket

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Wesley spinner Jathon Wieman bowls against St Benedict’s, during the Luke Shield one-day encounter on 25th March 2023. St Benedict’s College retained the shield, beating Wesley College by 19 runs.

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Battle Scarred

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Sri Lanka and Gateway College Colombo basketball player, Aron Fonseka, shot on assignment for Smart Media and Gateway College. Sri Lanka, November 2018.

Kitesurfer, Kalpitiya Lagoon, Sri Lanka #4

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Shot on assignment for Serendib magazine. My photo story on kiteboarding in Kalpitiya, “Wind Riders“, ran in the September 2017 issue.