The 93rd Battle of the Maroons encounter played between Ananda College and Nalanda College ended in a draw today (05th March) at SSC Grounds, Colombo.
Ananda College resumed their first innings on day two at 65/1 but they lost one of the overnight batters Ashinsa Nainayake for 16 runs in the morning session.
Wickets continued to fall for Ananda after Nainayake-Livera partnership was broken. They witnessed a major batting collapse losing 5 wickets for 63 runs being restricted to 128/6.
Read – Jayakodi, Silva half-centuries help Nalanda post solid first innings total
However, Ananda No.5 batter Kithma Sithmal stepped up on the big occasion to deliver a masterclass rescuing his side. The 14-year old Sithma stroked 90 runs off 184 balls with 10 fours as Ananda College posted a respectable score – 235 on the board for their first innings.
Janula Indusara and Minod Caldera starred with the ball for Nalanda College sharing 3 wickets each.
Nalanda College began their second essay with the bat 45 runs ahead and scored 121 runs for 5 wickets before declaring the innings, setting a target of 167 runs to win for Ananda College. Kaveesha Mendis had a memorable big match debut for Ananda College as he managed to pick up a match bag of 5 wickets for 95 runs.
Ananda College were 22 runs for 2 wickets when umpires called stumps for the day.
Watch – Eranga Jayakodi – 83 (77) vs Ananda College | 93rd Battle of the Maroons
Award Winners of 93rd Battle of the Maroons
- Player of the Match – Eranga Jayakodi (Nalanda College)
- Best Batter – Kithma Sithmal (Ananda College)
- Best Bowler – Kaveesh Mendis (Ananda College)
- Best Fielder – Chanul Athukorala (Nalanda College)
Result
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusiru Vilochana | c Viduna Wijebandara b Yehan Gunasinghe | 32 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 56.14 |
| Yasiru Samarakoon | lbw b Kaveesha Mendis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sadew Samarasinghe | c Yehan Gunasinghe b Kaveesha Mendis | 11 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 40.74 |
| Kushmitha Silva | c Ashinsa Nainayake b Ayesh Sashimal | 57 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 62.64 |
| Eranga Jayakodi | c Iruth Gimshan b Ayesh Sashimal | 83 | 77 | 8 | 3 | 107.79 |
| Chanul Athukorala | not out | 44 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 64.71 |
| Senesh Wijesinghe | not out | 40 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 78.43 |
| Extras | 13 (b 5 , lb 0 , nb 6, w 2, pen 0) |
| Total | 280/5 (61 Overs, RR: 4.59) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nethma Samaraweera | 9 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 3.89 | |
| Kaveesha Mendis | 15 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 4.07 | |
| Isuru Weerasooriya | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3.40 | |
| Yehan Gunasinghe | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 4.00 | |
| Kithma Sithmal | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7.20 | |
| Ashinsa Nainayake | 7 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 | |
| Ayesh Sashimal | 12 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 4.42 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viduna Wijebandara | c Yasiru Samarakoon b Janula Indusara | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 72.22 |
| Kanchana De Livera | run out (Janula Indusara) | 44 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Ashinsa Nainayake | c Chanul Athukorala b Eranga Jayakodi | 16 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 27.12 |
| Kenul De Soyza | b Janula Indusara | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 15.79 |
| Kithma Sithmal | c Senesh Wijesinghe b Janula Indusara | 90 | 184 | 10 | 0 | 48.91 |
| Iruth Gimshan | c Yasiru Samarakoon b Minod Caldera | 19 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 63.33 |
| Kaveesha Mendis | c Thisara Dewdunu b Chanul Athukorala | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38.10 |
| Ayesh Sashimal | lbw b Chanul Athukorala | 19 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 31.67 |
| Nethma Samaraweera | c Kushmitha Silva b Minod Caldera | 17 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 34.69 |
| Isuru Weerasooriya | c Thisara Dewdunu b Minod Caldera | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Yehan Gunasinghe | not out | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Extras | 4 (b 2 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 1, pen 0) |
| Total | 235/10 (87.4 Overs, RR: 2.68) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanul Athukorala | 15 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1.93 | |
| Thisara Dewdunu | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| Janula Indusara | 24 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1.83 | |
| Sajitha Vithanage | 12 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4.08 | |
| Yasiru Samarakoon | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Eranga Jayakodi | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1.80 | |
| Minod Caldera | 14.4 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 3.68 | |
| Sadew Samarasinghe | 8 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasiru Samarakoon | run out (Yehan Gunasinghe) | 29 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 103.57 |
| Rusiru Vilochana | c Iruth Gimshan b Kaveesha Mendis | 38 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 88.37 |
| Chanul Athukorala | c Kenul De Soyza b Isuru Weerasooriya | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 |
| Eranga Jayakodi | not out | 21 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 77.78 |
| Senesh Wijesinghe | b Kaveesha Mendis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sajitha Vithanage | c Kanchana De Livera b Kaveesha Mendis | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Sadew Samarasinghe | not out | 12 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
| Extras | 6 (b 5 , lb 0 , nb 1, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 121/5 (25 Overs, RR: 4.84) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nethma Samaraweera | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6.00 | |
| Kaveesha Mendis | 6 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 5.67 | |
| Isuru Weerasooriya | 9 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 3.56 | |
| Ayesh Sashimal | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Yehan Gunasinghe | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Ashinsa Nainayake | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 | |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viduna Wijebandara | c Kushmitha Silva b Minod Caldera | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Kanchana De Livera | not out | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 59.09 |
| Iruth Gimshan | b Minod Caldera | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Ashinsa Nainayake | not out | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | 0 (b 0 , lb 0 , nb 0, w 0, pen 0) |
| Total | 22/2 (9 Overs, RR: 2.44) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minod Caldera | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2.20 | |
| Janula Indusara | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.33 | |
| Chanul Athukorala | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | |
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