Battle of the Maroons

Ananda vs Nalanda

36th Battle of the Maroons

Ananda Captain

Anura Gamini Perera

Oval Grounds

March/April 1965

The 36th battle of the maroons won by Ananda.

Nalanda Captain

Shantha Peiris

Ananda Team

(Left to Right)
Anura Perera (Captain), Tilak de Silva (Vice-Captain), Duminda Siriwardhana, Lalith Gunaratne, Chandrananda Perera, P. Dayapriya, Lakshman de Silva, Ivan Amaranayake, Ananda Sumanadasa, Sunil Wettimuny, Laksman Perera, Laksman Mapa

Nalanda Team

(Left to Right)
Shantha Pieris (Captain), Laxhman Jayawardhana (Vice-Captain), Wasantha Senaviratne, Cholmondaly Amarasekera, Mahinda Wijesekera, Ananda Ponnamperuma, Vas Gunawardana, Ranjith Mendis, Ranjith Peiris, N. De. Costa, Lalith Kaluperuma, Anura de Silva

Match Summary


Ananda won by 81 runs

Ananda 1st innings 122
G C Perera 25
A G Perera 15
Vas Gunawardena 4 for 25
Shantha Peiris 3 for 29
Ananda Ponnamperuma 2 for 30


Nalanda 1st Innings 138
Luxman Doolwela 37
Shantha Peiris 28
Vas Gunawardena 24
A G Perera 5 for 27
S D Siriwardena 2 for 25


Ananda 2nd innings 160
G C Perera 35
A G Perera 30
A Sumanadasa 26
S L de Silva 20
S T de Silva 20
Ananda Ponnamperuma 4 for 32
Vas Goonawardena 2 for 52


Nalanda 2nd innings 63
Wasantha Seneviratne 17
Anura de Silva 14
Lalith Gunaratne 5 for 26
A G Perera 3 for 22