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Nalanda beat Ananda for third consecutive year

Nalanda College cricketers celebrate their win over Ananda College in the 45th Battle of the Maroons limited-over match at the SSC grounds yesterday.
Nalanda College cricketers celebrate their win over Ananda College in the 45th Battle of the Maroons limited-over match at the SSC grounds yesterday.

Nalanda College beat Ananda College by 16 runs according to D/L rain rule in their rain affected 45th annual ‘Battle of the Maroons’ limited-over cricket encounter played at the SSC grounds yesterday.

It was Nalanda’s third consecutive win in a row in the series.

Winning the toss and electing to bat first Ananda Ananda were bowled out 197 in 48 overs. Kalana Wijesiri scored 46 and Nadeesha Karunaratne 43. Raveen de Silva took 4 wickets for 50 runs and Lakshitha Rasanjana took 3 wickets.

Nalanda replied with 141 for 5 wickets in 33.1 overs with Jayod Caldera scoring an unbeaten 38. Sudeepa Angulugaha of Ananda took all Nalanda wickets to fall for 28 runs.

Raveen de Silva of Nalanda was named Man of the Match.

Scores:

Ananda: 197 in 48 overs (Kalana Wijesiri 46, Nadeesha Karunarathna 43, Adeesha Perera 22, Daminda Reshan 23, Raveen de Silva 4/50, Lakshitha Rasanjana 3/53, Dineth Samaraweera 2/25)

Nalanda: 141/5 in 33.1 overs (Jayod Caldera 38 n.o., Chamindu Wijesinghe 29, Avishka Perera 26, Sudeepa Angulugaha 5/28) - YK


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