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The Result of the First-ever 3-day 95th BOM Game Fades Away by Rain..!

The iconic 95th Battle of the Maroons (BOM) big match ended in a draw which saw a fair run fest in 3-days of action where rain played spoilsport everyday with plenty of playing time gone, with both Nalanda College and Ananda College sharing honours of the Dr. N.M. Perera Memorial Challenge Trophy at the Singhalese Sports Club Grounds (SSC) yesterday (2). Nalanda College will be the retainers of the trophy courtesy of their emphatic 9-wicket victory at the 92nd Battle of the Maroons in 2022.

Nalandians led by Sadew Samarasinghe gave a telling reply to Ashinsa Nainayake’s Anandians who declared Saturday Day-2 with an absolutely memorable century by the birthday boy Dinada Athalage who notched up a historic 131 off 287 deliveries to go down in Battle of the Maroons history books as the fourth highest individual score in the big match series since 1924. For Nalanda, it was Nadul Jayalath who rose to the occasion as Man of The Moment to hit 111 runs with 12 boundaries to create the pathway for a great innings for the Campbell Place lads. Sharada Jayarathne, the pick of the bowlers, scalped 4 wickets for Ananda. Nalanda declared their 1st innings at 325/6 surpassing 1-run of their rivals 1st essay.

Ananda’s winless drought continues for the 23rd year. Their last win came in 2003 under Daminda Kularatne. The 48th Limited-overs game will be played on 15 March at the SSC.

Ananda College – 1st innings

Danindu Sellaperuma c M. de Silva b Pamuditha 00

Nethula Edirimanne c M. Manmitha b Rathnayake 49

Dinada Athalage b Pamuditha 131

Kithma Widanapathirana c Samarasinghe b Dewdunu 32

Kenul de Soysa c Dewdunu b Rajakaruna 73

Mihin Munasinghe lbw b Rajakaruna 19

Kaveesha Mendis not out 05

Extras: (LB 4, NB 4, WD 3, B 4, P 0)- 15

Did not bat: Ashinsa Nainayake, Lithma Perera, Sharada Jayarathna, Chamathka Irusha

Fall of wickets: 1-00, 2-93, 3-134, 4-279, 5-310, 6-324

Total – 324/6d (92.2 ove)

Bowling: Osanda Pamuditha (17-2-80-2), Punsara Rajakaruna (15.2-2-69-2), Thisara Dedunu (18-4-51-1), Hasith Rathnayake (18-4-60-1), Malsha Fernando (14-4-24-0), Sadew Samarasinge (7-1-16-0), Gevindu Manamperi (2-0-12-0), Manupa Manmitha (1-0-4-0)

Nalanda College – 1st innings

Nadul Jayalath c Athalage b Jayarathne 111

Sadew Samarasinghe (c) b Withanapathirana 40

Manupa Manmitha c Perera b Nainayake 23

Osanda Pamuditha c Zoysa b Jayarathne 19

Nemindu Akmeemana c Sellaperuma b Jayarathne 43

Gevindu Manamperi c Athalage b Jayarathne 13

Manasa De Silva (wk) Not Out 25

Malsha Fernando Not Out 34

Extras: (LB 2, NB 6, WD 2, B 7, P 0)- 17

Did not bat: Thisara Dewdunu, Hasith Rathnayake, Punsara Rajakaruna

Fall of wickets: 1-90 (Sadew Samarasinghe,30.2 ov), 2-129 (Manupa Manmitha,37.2 ov), 3-161 (Osanda Pamuditha,48.5 ov), 4-232 (Nadul Jayalath,67.3 ov), 5-258 (Gevindu Manamperi,73.1 ov), 6-265 (Nemidu Akmeemana,79.1 ov)

Total – 325/6d (88.4 ove)

Bowling: Sharada Jayarathna (17-4-58-4), Kithma Withanapathirana (22-2-71-1), Ashinsa Nainayake (14-0-53-1)

Ananda College – 2nd innings

Danindu Sellapperuma Run out 4

Nethula Edirimanne not out18

Mihin Munasinghe not out 0

Extras: 5

Did not bat: Ashinsha Nainayaka (c), Kithma Withanapathirana, Dinada Athalage, Kenul De Zoys, Lithma Perera, Sharada Jayarathne, Kaveesha Mendis, Chamathka Irusha

Total – 27/1 (7) & 324/6d (92.2)

Result – Match Drawn

Tally:

Ananda: 12

Nalanda: 7

Drawn: 76

The 95th Battle of the Maroons – Special Awards

Best Batsman – Nadul Jayalath (Nalanda College)

Best Bowler – Sharada Jayarathne (Ananda College)

Best Fielder – Thisara Dewdunu (Nalanda College)

Best All-Rounder – Dinada Athalage (Ananda College)

Player of the Match – Dinada Athalage (Ananda College)