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80th Battle of the Maroons :
Anandians fight-back
By Jatila KARAWITA
On a day dominated by bowlers of both sides Nalanda College chasing
Ananda's first-innings below-par total of 140 all out, were 99 for 7 by
stumps on the opening day of their 80th Battle of the Maroons big-match
begun at the SSC grounds yesterday.
A total of 17 wickets crashed on day one for the addition of only 239
runs on what initially promised to be an ideal surface for batting with
Nalanda Skipper and right-arm leg spinner Nipun Karunanayake claiming
outstanding figures of 6-30 while for Ananda leg-spinner Sachithra
Perera too impressed with analysis of 3-27.
For Ananda opener Prabodha Senevirathne top-scored with 46 while for
Nalanda likewise opener P. Wickremasinghe was the top-scorer with 29.
Ananda who were one of the form sides of the inter-school season were
never allowed to settle down after being inserted in by Nalanda and the
former lost wickets at regular intervals before being shot out for a
modest first-innings score.
However, Nalanda were soon to find out that run-making was not going
to be an easy task and that too when pitted against a potent bowling
attack and by the close the lads from Campbell Place were still 41 runs
adrift of their opponent's total with three first-innings wickets in
hand.
Going by the turn of events on day one, the match should be poised
for an interesting finish later today but any analyst's smart money
would on for a draw. ANANDA - FIRST INNINGS
U. Nadeeranga c De Silva b V. Perera 08
P. Seneviratne c De Silva b Karunanayake 46
D. Chandimal c & b S. Tennakoon 23
S. Dewage lbw b N. Karunanayake 12
D. Wimaladharma c D Silva b N. Karunanayake 09
S. Wijesuriya c & b S. Tennakoon 00
R. Sheman not out 24
M. Jayaratne lbw b N. Karunanayake 00
M. Rashuwan c Tennakoon b N. Karunanayake 04
R. Herath lbw b N. Karunanayake 04
S. Perera b D. Jayasinghe 02
EXTRAS (b-2, lb-2, nb-3, w-1) 08
TOTAL (all out in 42.5 overs 140
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-22, 2-69, 3-94, 4-95, 5-98, 6-116, 7-116, 8-124,
9-137.
BOWLING: V. Perera 9-1-38-1, A. Nanayakkara 6-2-9-0, S. Gunawardene
3-0-10-0, T. Wickremasinghe 3-0-14-0., N. Karunanayake 12-3-30-6, S.
Tennakoon 6-1-20-2, D. Jayasinghe 3.5-1-15-1.
NALANDA - FIRST INNINGS
P. Wickremasinghe c Chandimal b S. Perera 29
T. de Silva lbw b R. Sheman 00
C. Rodrigo run out 02
A. Nanayakkara st Chandimal b M. Rasuwan 14
N Karunanayake c & b S. Perera 05
D. Jayasinghe c & b M. Rashuwan 21
P. Dassanayake c & b S. Perera 04
S.Gunawardene not out 07
S. Tennakoon not out 12
EXTRAS (lb-2, nb-1, w-2) 05
TOTAL( for 7 wkts in 56 overs at close) 99
FALL OF WICKETS: 1-1, 2-24, 3-48, 4-50, 5-66, 6-72, 7-82.
BOWLING: R. Sheman 9-1-26-1, M. Jayaratne 5-1-10-0, M. Rashuwan
18-6-26-2, S. Perera 18-7-27-3, R. Herath 6-1-8-0. |
