Battle of the Maroons

Ananda vs Nalanda

41st Battle of the Maroons

Ananda Captain

Mithra Wettamuny

Fourth year coloursman. Brilliant right hand batsman and off-spin bowler,shrewd skipper who let the Ceylon school's team to India, with success.Excellent fielder in any position.

Oval Grounds

March 28th and 29th of 1970

The 41st battle of the maroons ended in a draw.

Nalanda Captain

Palitha Seneviratne

Fourth year coloursman and an accomplished right-hands batsman who has many captains innings to his credit. Is also the wicket keeper of the side.

Ananda Team

Seated (left to right)
D.K Subash, M De Silva, P. Palitha(Vice-Captain), M Wettamuny (Captain), S. A Senanayake, A Jayathilake, P Gunasekara.

Standing (left to right)
A. Fernando, G. M Perera, V. Gunaratne, P.Seneviratne, U. A. Perera, C. Gunaratne, P . Wijesundara, L . Boyagoda, R. Samarasinghe, T. Amarasinghe.

Nalanda Team

Seated (left to right)
Daya Sirisena, Jayanatha Seneviratne, Bandula Warnapura (Vice-Captain), Palitha Seneviratne (Captain), Leslie Narangoda, Asoka Kudahetty, Nanadadeva Perera.

Standing (left to right)
Lal Silva, Sarath Soyza, Wimal Amarasekara, Ranjith Rajapaksa, Kalinga Kaluperuma, Ananda de Silva, Nethsiri Lanerolle , Nalin Jayasinghe, Dhammika Samarawickrama, Tissa Liyanage , Madava Samarasinghe.