Ananda Captain
Sidath Wettimuni
Oval Grounds
March 22nd and 23rd of 1975
The 46th battle of the maroons ended in a draw.
Nalanda Captain
Anura Ranasinghe
Ananda Team
Seated (left to right)
Viyani Peris, Thilan Wijesinghe, Priyal Perera(Vice Captain),Sidath
Wettimuny(Captain),Ruwan Perera,Kushil Gunasekara,Fairlie Kulatunge.
Standing (left to right)
Udaya Dharmatilleke,Gihan Karunaratne,Chanaka Ekanayake,Athula Edirimuni,Ranjith De
Silva,Prasanna Karunatileke,Saliya Vitharana,Tilak de Silva,Saman Kohomange.
Nalanda Team
Seated (left to right)
Susantha Karunaratne, Jayantha Kudahetti,Yohan Gunasekara, Lal Pieris(Vice
Captain),Anura Ranasinghe(Captain),Ravindra Fernando, Jayantha Narangoda,S.P. Fernando.
Standing (left to right)
Anura Pasquel, Ananda Jayaweera, Mohanlal de Silva, Devapriya Wickramanayake,V.
Abeysekara, Panduka Jayasinghe,Kapila Perera, Aruna Ranasinghe.
Match Summary
Match drawn - Anura Ranasinghe created a new bowling record of
14 wickets in a match
and the best bowling figures in an innings - 8 for 39
Ananda 1st innings 150
Sidath Wettimuni 35
Thilan Wijesinghe 29
Saliya Witharana 29
Anura Ranasinghe 8 for 39
Nalanda 1st Innings 153 for 7
Anura Ranasinghe 47
Anura Pasqual 43
Ravindra Fernando 29
Sidath Wettimuni 2 for 38
Priyal Perera 2 for 31
Ananda 2nd innings 144 for 9
Thilan Wijesinghe 55
Kushil Gunasekara 20
Anura Ranasinghe 6 for 28
Nalanda 2nd innings 51 for 2 at close
Ravindra Fernando 23 n.o.
Yohan Gunasekara 23