Battle of the Maroons - The Greatest Cricketing Encounter Ananda vs Nalanda

Records made during the Journey

Highest number of runs by an individual in a match

Year	Ananda	Score	Nalanda	Score
1999	Tilina Kandamby	144 and 27
1978	Prasanna Amarasinghe	126 and 30*
1956			Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	60 and 91

Highest number of runs in the series by an individual

Year	Ananda	Score	Nalanda	Score
1952-57			Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	444
1992-96	Avishka Gunawaradena	328

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Highest Score by a team

Year	Ananda	Nalanda
2006	329
2020		307/4

Lowest score by a team in an inning

Year	Ananda	Nalanda
1939		48
1963	54

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Highest number of wickets taken by a player in a single match

Year	Ananda	Performance	Nalanda	Performance
1974			Anura Ranasighe	14 wickets for 67 runs
1930	P. W. De Silva	10 wickets for 36 runs

Highest number of wickets taken by a single player in his Big Match career

Year	Ananda	Performance	Nalanda	Performance
1949-53			W.J. Jayasooriya	24 wickets
1973-77	Priyal Perera	21 wickets
1963-67	Lalith Gunaratne	21 wickets

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Best all round performances

Year	Ananda	Performance	Nalanda	Performance
1926	W.W. Dep	81 runs and 4 wickets for 6 runs
1978	Prasanna Amarasinghe	126 and 30 n.o. and 4 wickets for 32 runs
1990			Kumara Darmasena	70 runs and 6 wickets for 51 runs

Highest recorded partnerships for the first wicket

167 runs in 2013 Pramud Hettwatte and Avishka de Silva

Year	Ananda	Performance	Nalanda	Performance
1950			Carl Obesekara and Ashley De Silva	160
1988	Tusira De Silva and Nilan De Silva	175
2013			Pramud Hettiwatte and Avishka de Silva	167

The record breaking part partnership of 175 runs was established by two bothers Tusira and Nilan De Silva.

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Batting Performances

Shantha Kalavitigoda of Nalanda College scored 149 runs in 1997 thus becoming the highest scorer in the history of the Maroons Battle. Thirty players from Ananda and Nalanda have been able to score centuries in the Battle of the Maroons so far.

Centuries

Year	Ananda	Score	Nalanda	Score
1928			P.M. Jayatilake	111
1932	G.P. Sumanadasa	100
1950			Carl Obeysekara	111
1956			Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	100
1972			Bandula Warnapura	118*
1976	Thilan Wijesighe	104
1978	Prasanna Amarasinghe	126
1984			Roshan Mahanama	145*
1985			Asanka Gurusinghe	109*
1989			Chaminda Hadunhettige	105*
1991			S.Fernando	101
1996	Avishka Gunawardena	100*
1997			Shantha Kalavitagoda	149*
1998			S. Rodrigo	111
1999	Tilina Kandamby	144
2002			Gamini Chandrakumara	100*
2003	D. Kularatne	109
2004	Mahela Udawatta	100	S. Serasinghe	108*
2005	P. Botheju	114
2006	A. Athulathmudali	115	T. Attanayake	102
2007	R. Wijetunga	104
2009	D. Chandimal	100*
2013	Dhanuka Pathirana	109	Pramod Hettiwatta	102*
2015	Shammu Ashan	114
2015	Nisal Fransiscu	112
2017			Lakshitha Rasanjana	113*
2018	Kamesh Nirmal	100*
2019			Aviska Perera	120
2020			Raveen de Silva	100*

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Scores of Over Fifty

Year	Ananda	Score	Nalanda	Score
1926	W.W.Dep	81
1927	W.W.Dep	61
1929	H.G. Yatawara	51	K.W. De Silva	56
	W.D. De Silva	50
1931	E.A. Perusinghe	72	D.B. Amarasekara	82
	R.W. De Silva	71	A.T. De Thabrew	63
	G.P. Sumanadasa	66	K.W. De Silva	56
1932			C.D. Weerasinghe	82
1933	B.A. Jayasinghe	65	L.W. Peiris	97
			L.W. Peiris	54*
			C.D. Weerasinghe	81
1938	P.W. Perera	51
1939	M.A. Jayasinghe	50
1941	P.W. Perera	67	G.W.G. Senaviratne	50
			D. Jayasekara	54
1946			D.N. Senaviratne	55
1949	N. Kulatunga	70	M.A. Lincon Perera	79
1950	K.D.S. Wimalasekara	60	A. De Silva	91
1952	L De Silva	57	Stanly Jayasinghe	86
			A De Silva	53
1953	U.D. Wariyapperuma	88
1954	Dhanasiri Weerasinghe	67	Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	50
	S. Wickramasuriya	58*	Amarasiri Gunasena	55
	Mahinda Jayasinghe	60	Richard Lewis	70
1955	B De Silva	72	Amarasiri Gunasena	51
			Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	72
			N.E. Perera	56
1956	D. Somasiri	80	S.Silva	66*
	D. Amarasinghe	55	Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	60
			Chandrasiri Weerasinghe	94
1957	D. Amarasinghe	69	H.S. Weerasinghe	66
1958	A.P. Jayasinghe	69	H.S. Weerasinghe	58
	N. Ekanayake	54
	T. Amaradasa	58
1959	M.Fernando	67	Sarath Silva	74
	N. Ekanayake	57	N. Amaradasa	83
			Sarath Silva	64
1960	M. Fernando	54
1961	Y. Amaradasa	88	L De Silva	52
1965	G.C. Perera	57
1966	P. Dayappriya	60	Anura De Silva	99
	S.T. De Silva	51*
1967	Sunil Wettimuny	64	L. Doolwela	50*
1968	Sunil Wettimuny	96	Palitha Senaviratne	60
	Sanjiva Senanayake	83	Anura De Silva	58
1969	M.Sooriyabandara	54	Bandula Warnapura	57*
	Saliya Senanayake	50*
1970	A. Jayatilake	59	D. Sirisena	74
1971	L. Ranatunga	58	Bandula Warnapura	53
	C. Gunaratne	51
1973	L. Ranatunga	52	L. Peiris	54
1974	R. Perera	61	Ravindra Fernando	66
1975	Thilan Wijesinghe	55
1976	Sidath Wettimuny	63
1977			Aruna Ranasinghe	54
1979			Devaka Mahanama	50
			Sanath Kaluperuma	59
1980	Arjuna Ranatunga	75*	Sanath Kaluperuma	58
1981	Charith Senanayake	50	Devaka Mahanama	50
1982	Oshadi Weerasinghe	78
1983	S. Karunaratne	70	Sadun Kapugekiyana	77
1984	Manuja Kariyapperuma	99	Kushan Weerasinghe	58
	P. Hewagamage	50
1985	S. Weerasinghe	50*	Roshan Mahanama	62*
1986	S. Weerasinghe	50*
	D. Perera	50
1987	Sanjeewa Ranatunga	50
1988	N. De Silva	80	Chaminda Hadunhettige	68
	T De Silva	90
	D. Perera	62
	D. Perera	68*
1989	H. Wickramasinghe	63	Chamara Dunusinghe	63
1990			Ramesh De Silva	82
			Kumar Dharmasena	70*
1991	A. Dalugoda	69
	R. Priyankara	50*
1992	P. Herath	56
	S. Attanayake	53
1993	Avishka Gunawardena	55	Mahela Jayawardena	67
	D. Kanchana	73*
	R. Gunasekara	50*
1994	Tilan Samaraweera	70
	Avishka Gunawardena	59
1995	Tilan Samaraweera	70	Ramesh Hadunneti	50
1997	C. Ranasinghe	91	S. Rodrigo	51
1998	S. Pannipitiya	60
1998	S. Pannipitiya	60
	Thilina Kandamby	58
	J. Perera	51*
	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	60*
1999	D. Bandara	53	P. Hedigalla	55
	E. Abeysinghe	50
2000	L. Fernando	83
2001	D. Kularatne	70
	Y. Wickramage	52
2002	O. Diyagama	51
	M. Somaratne	50
	D. Kularatne	59
2004	T. Kumarasinghe	58*	S. Wijetunga	69
2005			Gehan Rupasinghe	79
2006	W. Wijesuriya	77
2007	C.Lokuge	75	P.Perera	87
			A. Priyanjana	83
2008			D.Munaweera	76
2010	Ruwan Shamen	66	Dinuk Jayasinghe	72
			Nipun Karunanayake	56
2011	Ruwinda Shamen	50	Charith Kumarasinghe	86
			Sineth Gunewardana	63*
2012	Ushan Gunathilaka	81	Lahiru Jayakody	96
	Dhanuka Pathirana	81	Koshan Dhanushka	51
	Pasindu Madushan	73
2013			Malinga Amarasinghe	60*
			Avishka de Silva	77*
2014			Malinga Amarasinghe	90*
			Senura Amarasinghe	62
2015	Nisal Fransisco	53	Raveen Dasanayaka	53
	Sammu Ashan	78	Kavindu Bandara	50
2016	R.Avishka	84
2017			Kasun Sandaruwan	50*
2018	Asel Sigera	87	Lakshitha Rasanjana	77
2019	Moditha Ranatunga	64	Lakshitha Rasanjana	87
	Janindu Jayawardane	63*	Chamindu Wijesinghe	64
2020	Nethma Karunarathne	59	Rashan Dassanayake	77*
	Hansaja Jayasinghe	89*	Chamindu Wijesighe	56
2022	Iruth Gimshan	70*	Chanul Athukorala	88

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99 Runs

In the history of the Big Match there are only two players who were out for 99 runs. They are Anura De Silva in 1966 of Nalanda and Manuja Kariyapperuma in 1984 of Ananda.

Bowling Performances

4 wickets or more in an innings

Year	Ananda	Performance	Nalanda	Performance
1926	W.W. Dep	4 for 6
	Samuel Silva	4 for 5
1927	S.P.P. Perera	5 for 23	Nelson Karunaratne	5 for 57
1928	H. Gunasinghe	6 for 32	Nelson Karunaratne	4 for 31
1929	R. Weerasinghe	4 for 25	Nelson Karunaratne	5 for 37
			Nelson Karunaratne	4 for 61
			A.T. De Thabrew	4 for 51
1930	P.D.H. De Silva	4 for 12	H.A. Perera	4 for 32
	P.D.H. De Silva	6 for 24
1931	P.D.H. De Silva	5 for 12	Elton Wijegunawardena	4 for 59
	A. Gunawardena	4 for 56
1932	A. Gunawardena	4 for 25	Lionel De Silva	5 for 55
1933	J. Jayasena	5 for 31
1934	E. Rajakaruna	6 for 23	Lionel De Silva	5 for 39
	V.R. Perera	4 for 18
1936	V.R. Perera	4 for 29	M.G. Andrew	4 for 45
			E.G. De Silva	4 for 47
1937	A. Rajakaruna	5 for 24	L.P. Uduwella	4 for 23
	V.R. Perera	5 for 36	E.G. De Silva	4 for 13
1938	W. Theradasan	4 for 23	H.D.R.L Munasinghe	4 for 38
	M. Sirimanna	5 for 23
1939	T.D. Sugathadasa	5 for 16	J.M. Piyasena	5 for 30
	L.B.T.De Premaratne	4 for 12	D.W. Piyasoma	4 for 16
1940	P.W. Perera	8 for 51	M. Fernando	4 for 11
1941	M.A. Jayasinghe	4 for 33	J.M. Piyasena	4 for 39
	L. Nanayakkara	4 for 17	J.M. Piyasena	4 for 40
1946			J.A. Karunaratne	4 for 32
1947			D.C. Suriyaarachchi	5 for 9
1949	N. Kulatunga	4 for 39	W. Jayasinghe	4 for 28
1950	B. Wijesinghe	5 for 93	M.A.L. Perera	4 for 39
			W.J. Jayasuriya	5 for 58
			Stanly Jayasinghe	4 for 28
1951	N. Perera	6 for 36
1952	D.B. Wijesinghe	4 for 36
	M.C.T. Fonseka	4 for 29
1953	G.P. De Silva	4 for 61	W.W. Silva	4 for 54
1954	N. Thammita	5 for 49	A De Zoyza	4 for 26
1955	D. Weerasinghe	4 for 10	N.E. Perera	5 for 42
			N.E. Perera	4 for 44
1956			M.P. Premaratne	4 for 86
1957			Gamini Jayawickrama Perera	5 for 59
1958			H.S. Weerasinghe	4 for 46
1960	M. Fernando	6 for 33	R. Boyagoda	4 for 44
1961	Parakrama Polonnowita	5 for 65	Asoka Perera	4 for 13
1962	S.Wimalaratne	4 for 55	Sena Kalpage	5 for 20
1963	L. Gunaratne	4 for 19
1964	N. Jayasinghe	7 for 48	Sena Kalpage	4 for 50
1965	L. Gunaratne	5 for 26	Vass Gunawardena	4 for 23
	A.G. Perera	5 for 27	A. Ponnamperuma	4 for 32
1966	L. Gunaratne	4 for 23	Lalith Kaluperuma	5 for 70
			Vass Gunawardena	4 for 32
1967	L. Gunaratne	4 for 51	A De Silva	4 for 59
1968	M De Silva	4 for 62
1969	M De Silva	6 for 65	Lesly Narangoda	4 for 24
1970	M De Silva	4 for 37	S. Soyza	4 for 64
1971			Bandula Warnapura	4 for 55
1975			Anura Ranasinghe	8 for 39
			Anura Ranasinghe	6 for 28
1976	P. Karunatilake	5 for 51	Yohan Gunasekara	8 for 32
1977	P. Perera	4 for 44
1978	Prasanna Amarasinghe	4 for 32	Aruna Ranasinghe	5 for 64
1979	Arjuna Ranatunga	5 for 29	Nihal Pitigala	4 for 19
1980	K. Dharmasiri	5 for 42
1981	K. Dharmasiri	4 for 42
	Charith Senanayake	5 for 58
1982	Manjula Thenuwara	7 for 19	Roshan Gunaratne	4 for 57
	V. Fernando	4 for 36
1984	Nishantha Ranatunga	5 for 85	Imal Botheju	4 for 86
1985	Sanjeewa Ranatunga	4 for 40
1987	Sanjeewa Ranatunga	4 for 31	Kumar Dharmasena	4 for 31
			D. Wijesekara	4 for 41
1990			Kumar Dharmasena	6 for 51
1993	Tilan Samaraweera	4 for 32
1995	Tilan Samaraweera	4 for 62
1996	S. Dharmasena	5 for 32	S De Silva	4 for 50
			Mahela Jayawardena	4 for 23
2000	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	4 for 25
2001			Dilhan Jayasundera	5 for 35
	K.Fernando	4 for 13
	Tilina Kandamby	5 for 65
2004	C. Jayaweera	5 for 37
	A. Ranawaka	5 for 27
2005	C. Jayaweera	5 for 63
2009			N.Karunarathne	6 for 30
2010	Sachithra Perera	6 for 36	R.Cooray	5 for 54
			N.Karunarathne	4 for 38
2012			Anuththara Madhawa	4 for 32
2016	S.Waragoda	4 for 13
2018			Suhanga Wijewardana	6 for 71
2019			Dineth Samaraweera	4 for 43
2020			Jithesh Waasala	5 for 63
2022	Shakthi Udara	5 for 90	Vinuja Ranpul	4 for 33

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