BIG MATCH
FLY LANKA · SRI LANKAN SCHOOL CRICKET CIRCUIT
BESPOKE 12-DAY TOUR · COLOMBO · KANDY · GALLE
CRICKET TOUR · SRI LANKA
Your team. Sri Lanka. The cricket tour we build around you.
Twelve days. Six match days. A custom circuit through the country that invented school cricket as a national obsession.DAYS
12On the ground in Sri LankaMATCH DAYS
6Real fixtures, not exhibitionsSCHOOLS
6Top-tier school cricket sidesBESPOKE TOUR
01Built around your squad's calendarYOUR TOUR DIFFERENCE · NO FIXED TOURNAMENT
We don't slot you into a tournament.
We build the circuit around your team.
You tell us your dates, your age group and the level you want to play. We design the fixtures, secure the grounds, and walk your squad onto pitches that have hosted Sri Lanka's biggest schools' rivalries since the 1800s.
Your datesYour age groupYour level of opponentYour route
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Tell us your datesWHY SRI LANKA
You're touring the country that turned schoolboy cricket into a national event.
School cricket here doesn't sit in the shadow of the international game. Big match weeks have full TV coverage, sold-out stands, and old-boy generations turning up for the same fixture their grandfathers played in.
BATTLE OF THE BLUES
SINCE 1879Royal College vs S. Thomas' College
The oldest cricket fixture in the country. Three days at SSC Grounds in Colombo, broadcast live, attended by old boys flown in from across the world.
BATTLE OF THE SAINTS
SINCE 1933St. Joseph's College vs St. Peter's College
Two Catholic schools meeting in the centre of Colombo. Floodlit T20 nights, brass bands, baila music and seriously good cricket.
BATTLE OF THE MAROONS
SINCE 1924Ananda College vs Nalanda College
The flagship Buddhist schools clash, drawing one of Sri Lanka's biggest non-international school cricket crowds each year.
144YEARS OF UNBROKEN BIG-MATCH FIXTURES
30+FIRST-XI SCHOOL SIDES ON THE CIRCUIT
22SRI LANKAN TEST CAPS WHO PLAYED THESE FIXTURES
100KPEAK CROWD ACROSS A SINGLE BIG-MATCH WEEK
YOUR SQUAD ON THE CIRCUITTell us the age group and standard, and we'll shape the right school fixtures.
Build your school circuitWHEN YOU TOUR
Pick a season. We'll build the fixtures.
Sri Lankan school cricket runs March-September, but your tour can run year-round. We'll match your school's calendar, not the other way round.
YEAR-ROUND TOURING WINDOW
In-season Off-season Your custom window
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
IN-SEASON
PEAKMarch - September
You play during Sri Lanka's traditional schools cricket season. Big-match weeks, full crowds, scoreboard pressure.
OFF-SEASON
QUIETEROctober - February
Schools are still happy to play friendlies. Cooler training conditions, easier flights, lower pricing.
YOUR WINDOW
FLEXIBLEWhenever your team can travel
Term breaks, end-of-season tours, pre-season conditioning. Tell us your dates and we'll find the fixtures.
Term break, preseason, or end-of-season?
Send us the window you can travel and we'll map the fixtures around it.
SAMPLE 12-DAY ITINERARY · BUILT AROUND YOUR SQUAD
A sample tour shape — yours will be built around your dates, your budget, and your squad.
This is one version of a 12-day tour to show you what's possible. Every detail — match line-up, hotels, side trips, travel days, tour length — gets shaped around what your group wants and what your budget allows.
THIS IS A SAMPLE — FULLY CUSTOMISABLE
Every tour is built around your group's needs and budget.
Your datesYour budgetYour squad
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Build this around your squadTell us your dates, budget, age group and fixture level. We'll turn the sample into your tour plan.
LEG 01 · DAYS 1–4
The Colombo Crucible
Settle, train, and take on two of the city's most storied cricketing schools.COLOMBO · MT LAVINIA
CMBROYALS.THOMAS'→ KANDY
DAY01MON
Auckland → Colombo via Singapore
AKL → SIN → CMB · arrive 19:40 local.DAY02TUE
Acclimatise, train, walk the city
Light fielding session at Colombo Cricket Club, lunch by the sea, then Gangaramaya temple and a slow stroll through Pettah's hawker streets. A gentle on-ramp before the first fixture.AM · CCC netsLunch · seafrontPM · GangaramayaDinner · hotel
DAY03WED
vs Royal College Colombo U17
Open the tour at one of Sri Lanka's most decorated cricket schools. Captain's photograph on the pavilion steps, the toss, then a 50-over fixture against a hardened Royal side under the Reid Avenue skies.08:30 · Captains' meet09:30 · TossTea · pavilionPost-match function
DAY04THU
vs S. Thomas' College Mt Lavinia
A T20 fixture with a sea breeze. The Thomian ground sits steps from the Indian Ocean — twilight floodlights, brass band, and a heritage tea served on the pavilion verandah after stumps.15:00 · Captains' meet15:30 · TossTwilight startHeritage tea after
LEG 02 · DAYS 5–8
The Hill Country Test
The hill train, the Temple of the Tooth, and Kandy's grandest cricketing school at altitude.KANDY · PALLEKELE
KANDYTEMPLETRINITY→ GALLE
DAY05FRI
Colombo → Kandy on the scenic hill train
Morning checkout, then the legendary Kandy line — a slow, observation-class climb up through tea country and tunnels into the central highlands. Check-in at the heritage hotel by mid-afternoon.DAY06SAT
Welcome to the hill capital
Light recovery walk around Kandy Lake at dawn, then guided tour of Sri Dalada Maligawa — the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Afternoon perahera cultural show, dinner at a colonial-era hill bungalow.06:30 · Lake walkAM · Tooth TemplePM · Cultural showHill bungalow dinner
DAY07SUN
vs Trinity College Kandy
A 50-over fixture against Trinity at their famous Asgiriya-adjacent ground. The marquee match of the hill leg, with the Trinity Lions cheering from the embankment and a formal post-match dinner at the school's heritage hall.08:30 · Captains' meet09:30 · TossTea · pavilionHeritage hall dinner
DAY08MON
Hill country → southern coast — Kandy to Galle by coach
KANDY → COLOMBO bypass → GALLE · arrive 16:00 · check-in Galle Fort hotel, then an evening stroll on the Dutch ramparts as the lighthouse lights up.
LEG 03 · DAYS 9–12
The Southern Sweep
The southern coast schools, a leopard safari at Yala, then the tour finale back in Colombo.GALLE · YALA · COLOMBO
GALLEMAHINDARICHMONDYALA→ COLOMBO
DAY09TUE
vs Mahinda College Galle
50-over fixture against the southern giants — half the squad's school first played here in 1892. Old boys' lunch in the pavilion, jersey exchange after stumps, then a free evening inside the Galle Fort walls.08:30 · Captains' meet09:30 · TossOld boys' lunchPM · Fort free time
DAY10WED
vs Richmond College, then evening safari at Yala
Morning T20 against the Mahinda–Richmond rivals at Richmond Hill, then a two-hour drive east for the Yala evening safari — leopards, elephants, peacocks, and a tented overnight camp inside the buffer zone.09:00 · TossLunch at Richmond15:00 · Drive YalaTented camp overnight
DAY11THU
Dawn safari, the long road north, then the tour finale at SSC
The big final push: a pre-dawn jeep safari at Yala, breakfast at the camp, then the long drive north-west to Colombo. Arrive mid-afternoon for a 50-over showpiece against a Colombo Schools Combined XI under SSC's lights — the same ground where Murali bowled his 800th. Trophy presentation, formal dinner with the host schools' first XI captains, and a tour-end speech by your skipper.05:30 · Dawn safariDrive to ColomboD/N · FloodlightsTrophy + captains' dinner
DAY12FRI
Brunch by the sea, then the airport transfer home
COLOMBO → SIN → AKL · squad photo at Bandaranaike before check-in.SAMPLE 12-DAY TOUR SHAPE
A sample tour shape
Every detail — match line-up, hotels, side trips — gets shaped around your dates, budget and squad.FULLY CUSTOMISABLE
Every tour is built around your group's needs and budget.
Your datesYour budgetYour squad
DAY 01Auckland → Colombo via Singapore
DAY 02Acclimatise, train, walk the city
DAY 03vs Royal College Colombo U17
DAY 04vs S. Thomas' College Mt Lavinia
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WHAT WE BUILD INTO YOUR TOUR
Twelve days, one team, every detail handled.
Match fixtures
Six fixtures secured against schools matched to your squad's age group and standard, with format and over-rate set to suit your level.
Transport & transfers
Private team coach with kit trailer for the entire tour. All inter-city transfers, match-day pickups and airport runs.
Accommodation & meals
Vetted 4-star hotels in every city. Three meals a day catered for athlete dietary needs, halal and vegetarian options included.
Ground operations
Your Colombo ground team runs your tour on the ground. English-speaking liaison 24/7, school relationships, on-call medic and kit support.
Auckland planning desk + Colombo ground team
One proposal, one invoice, one operational team on the road.
BUILD YOUR TOUR
Tell us about your cricket squad.
Whether you're a school 1st XI, a U15 club side, an academy squad, or an individual player chasing development cricket, share a few details and your Auckland tour desk will come back with a tailored 12-day proposal: fixtures, venues, costs, the lot.
YOUR TOUR DESK
Majitha Peramuna
Cricket Tour Manager · +64 22 620 1401
majitha@fly.co.nz