Ananda-Nalanda match heading for a draw

by Leslie Fernando

CRICKET: The 79th encounter between Ananda and Nalanda is certain to end in a draw as Ananda crawled for 299 minutes to make 256 on the first day at the SSC grounds yesterday. Nalanda made 46 for no loss when stumps were drawn for bad light at 4.55 p.m.

Ananda put into bat lost Udara Jayasundara for 8 but a useful 2nd wicket stand of 63 runs from Dinesh Chandimal who struck a fine 55 with 10 fours and Prabath Seneviratne 20 with 3 fours lifted the total to 86.

The top scorer of yesterday Udara Peiris anchored the Ananda innings with a defiant unbeaten 85 which included seven fours and one six and together with Ishara Wickremasinghe were associated in a valuable seventh wicket partnership to help swell the total. Ishara stroked a good innings which included four fours and one six.

The bowling honours were shared by two pacemen Chathura Wickremasinghe 2 for 25, Ashan Priyanjan 2 for 46, and two spinners Amal Attapattu 2 for 46 and Dilshan Munaweera 2 for 43. Altogether nine bowlers were used by Nalanda.

Media facilities were pathetic. The writer had a big problem to get match details from the SSC main scoreboard. The entire media were given stepmotherly treatment.

ANANDA - 1ST INNINGS
Udara Jayasundara c de Silva b Wickremasinghe	 8
Dinesh Chandimal b Atapattu			55
Prabodh Seneviratne b Atapattu			20
Ranganath Wijetunga c Karunanayake b Jayasinghe	17
Udara Peiris not out				85
Matheesha Rasuwan c Priyanjana b Munaweera	 6
Sameera Wijesinghe c Priyanjana b Munaweera	10
Ishara Wickremasinghe c&b Priyanjana		40
Udara Sampath lbw b Priyanjana			 0
Dinuk Jayasinghe lbw b Perera			 0
Rajeewa Balasuriya lbw b Wickremasinghe 	 0
EXTRAS:						15
TOTAL (All out in 82.3ors. in 299 min.)		256
FALL OF WICKETS: 23, 86, 89, 112, 135, 168, 243, 243, 244
BOWLING: Chathura Wickremasinghe 7.3-2-25-2, Ashan Priyanjan 12-1-41-2, 
Amal Atapattu 22-7-46-2, Supun Narangoda 5-0-23-0, Dilshan Munaweera 14-1-43-2, 
Dinuk Jayasinghe 12-4-26-1, Nipun Nanayakkara 4-1-15-0, Madawa Warnapura 3-0-23-0, 
Primosh Perera 3-0-5-1.

NALANDA - 1ST INNINGS
Dilshan Munaweera not out 		30
Primosh Perera not out			12
EXTRAS: 				4
TOTAL (for no loss in 7.5 overs 39 mts)	46
BOWLING: Ishara Wickremasinghe 3-0-23-0, Rajeewa Balasooriya 3.5-0-21-0,
 Matheesha Rasuwan 1-1-0-0.