After Hansaja Jayasinghe’s valiant effort with the bat, Ananda College managed to hold on to a thrilling draw in the 91st battle of the Maroons which was played at the SSC Grounds, Colombo on 7th & 8th March.
Nalanda sniffs a victory after Raveen and Rashan’s heroics
Raveen de Silva and Rashan Dissanayake’s unbeaten 159 partnership propelled Nalanda College……
Nalandians were riding high after the five scalps they made on the day 1 of the Ananda College who were responding to a mammoth 1st innings score of Nalanda’s 307. Ananda College’s overnight batsmen Nethma Karunaratne and Janindu Jayawardene started their batting essay on day 02, on 79/5 trailing by 228 runs.
With another 21 runs added to the total, Jayawardene had to depart off Anudha Jithwara’s bowling for 7, but his partner Nethma Karunaratne mustered up a patient half-century to kill more time out of the game with a 132-ball 59.
Inside 51 overs, Nalanda’s bowlers were able to wrap up the rest of the wickets, mainly contributed by Jithesh Wasala who produced a brilliant bowling display with the figures of 5/69, the 10th best figures of the history of the battle of the Maroons.
Photos: Ananda College vs Nalanda College | 91st Battle of the Maroons | Day 2
The hero of the first innings, Raveen de Silva chipped in with 2 wickets and with a cushion of 157-run lead, Avishka Perera, the skipper of Nalanda College invited Ananda College to follow-on as they were staring at a glimpse of sweet victory.
The decision to set the follow-on proved to be successful for Nalandians for a while as they struck 4 times before the Tea of decisive day. Raveen de Silva again came to the party with 2 wickets.
Replay: Ananda College vs Nalanda College – 91st Battle of the Maroons
But the fresher, Hansaja Jayasinghe had other ideas as he manufactured a brilliant counter-attack against the Nalanda onslaught after Tea, as he notched up an invaluable 87, his highest score of the 2019/20 season. The youngster saved his best for the biggest stage as he rescued Ananda College from a certain defeat to stretch Nalanda College’s winless streak for the 67th year.
Avishka Perera tried to be adventurous with bowling as he gave up the keeping duties and started to bowl and picked up 2 wickets before stumps.
The Dr. N. M. Perera Memorial Challenge Trophy was shared by the two captains again for the consecutive 17th year in the battle of the Maroons history, with the following awards were presented to the players who shined in the biggest match of their lives so far.
Best Fielder – Ranindu de Silva (Nalanda College)
Best Batsman – Hansajaya Jayasinghe (Ananda College)
Best Bowler – Jithesh Wasala (Nalanda College)
Player of the Match – Raveen de Silva (Nalanda College)
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Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avishka Perera | c Hansaja Jayasinghe b Shashika Umayanga | 26 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 78.79 |
| Ranindu de Silva | c Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka b J Jayawardene | 28 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 47.46 |
| Chamindu Wijesinghe | c Shashika Umayanga b Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka | 56 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 78.87 |
| Raveen De Silva | not out | 100 | 81 | 11 | 4 | 123.46 |
| Moksha Sankalpa | c Mineth Premarathna b Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 41.67 |
| Rashan Dissanayanake | not out | 77 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 102.67 |
| Extras | 15 (b 1 , lb 4 , nb 2, w 8, pen 0) |
| Total | 307/4 (54.5 Overs, RR: 5.6) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-52 (10.4) Avishka Perera, 2-89 (21.6) Ranindu de Silva, 3-143 (31.6) Chamindu Wijesinghe, 4-148 (33.6) Moksha Sankalpa, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka | 10 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 | |
| Dasun Tharaka | 12 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 6.25 | |
| Shashika Umayanga | 13 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 5.92 | |
| J Jayawardene | 12 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 6.42 | |
| Saviru Bandara | 7.5 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anuda Jayaweera | b Jithesh Wasala | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 130.00 |
| Kanishka Rantilakage | c Ranindu de Silva b Jithesh Wasala | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 137.50 |
| Kalana Wijesiri | c Ranindu de Silva b Jithesh Wasala | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 |
| Nethma Karunaratne | lbw b Raveen De Silva | 59 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 44.70 |
| Shashika Umayanga | c Avishka Perera b Jithesh Wasala | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Hansaja Jayasinghe | b Mahima Weerakoon | 26 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 47.27 |
| Janindu Jayaweera | c Moksha Sankalpa b Anudha Jithwara | 7 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 14.58 |
| Dasun Tharaka | c Ranindu de Silva b Jithesh Wasala | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| Saviru Bandara | not out | 13 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 48.15 |
| Mineth Premarathna | lbw b Raveen De Silva | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka | c Chamindu Wijesinghe b Jithesh Wasala | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | 10 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 10, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 150/10 (51 Overs, RR: 2.94) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-21 (2.3) Kanishka Rantilakage, 2-27 (3.2) Anuda Jayaweera, 3-34 (7.1) Kalana Wijesiri, 4-34 (7.6) Shashika Umayanga, 5-67 (23.3) Hansaja Jayasinghe, 6-100 (37.3) Janindu Jayaweera, 7-113 (42.2) Dasun Tharaka, 8-0 (47.5) Nethma Karunaratne, 9-143 (49.6) Mineth Premarathna, 10-150 (50.6) Deneth Pramoditha Nissanka, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dineth Samaraweera | 15 | 4 | 43 | 1 | 2.87 | |
| Jithesh Wasala | 17 | 4 | 63 | 5 | 3.71 | |
| Ranindu de Silva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 | |
| Raveen De Silva | 7 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Mahima Weerakoon | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2.00 | |
| Chamodya Rajapaksha | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | |
| Anudha Jithwara | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1.40 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanishka Rantilakage | c Rashan Dissanayanake b Anudha Jithwara | 37 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 54.41 |
| Anuda Jayaweera | c Ranindu de Silva b Jithesh Wasala | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 |
| Nethma Karunaratne | c Moksha Sankalpa b Raveen De Silva | 20 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 37.74 |
| Mineth Premarathna | b Raveen De Silva | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 |
| Hansaja Jayasinghe | not out | 89 | 135 | 11 | 1 | 65.93 |
| Dasun Tharaka | c Vihanga Vimanga b Ranindu de Silva | 29 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 35.37 |
| Janindu Jayaweera | c Mahima Weerakoon b Avishka Perera | 7 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 21.21 |
| Kalana Wijesiri | c Chamindu Wijesinghe b Avishka Perera | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Saviru Bandara | not out | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 |
| Extras | 26 (b 12 , lb 9 , nb 4, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 225/7 (69 Overs, RR: 3.26) |
| Fall of Wickets | 1-15 (7.1) Anuda Jayaweera, 2-65 (22.6) Nethma Karunaratne, 3-66 (23.1) Kanishka Rantilakage, 4-76 (28.3) Mineth Premarathna, 5-187 (57.3) Dasun Tharaka, 6-209 (64.6) Janindu Jayaweera, 7-217 (66.5) Kalana Wijesiri, |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jithesh Wasala | 10 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2.90 | |
| Dineth Samaraweera | 8 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.75 | |
| Anudha Jithwara | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1.75 | |
| Mahima Weerakoon | 8 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 | |
| Chamodya Rajapaksha | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.75 | |
| Raveen De Silva | 18 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 3.61 | |
| Ranindu de Silva | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 2.67 | |
| Avishka Perera | 3 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5.33 | |
