nalanda skipper sanjaya rodrigo hit a magnificent knock of 111 to steal the limelight on the second day of the 69th 'battle of the maroons' cricket encounter against the traditional rivals ananda which ended in a draw at the r. premadasa stadium, yesterday.
the stylish opener played a true captains innings and helped his team declare their first innings at 251 for 7. rodrigo held the middle order together and really demoralised the fielding side by occupying the crease for over five hours. his knock was studded with one six and 12 boundaries and was fifth out with the score at 223.
rodrigo and his opening partner danushka fernando laid the foundation for a good first innings total with an opening stand of 81 runs. fernando made a useful contribution of 43 runs inclusive of five boundaries.
arunalu de silva joined rodrigo and the pair added a further 73 runs for the third wicket. de silva played a good supporting role and collected his runs from 68 deliveries with the help of four boundaries.
all rounder dilhan jayasundera also made his presence felt with the bat and put on 41 runs for the fifth wicket along with skipper sanjaya rodrigo. in fact jayasundera remained unbeaten on 25 having stroked three boundaries.
the anandians really toiled hard on the field and used as many as nine bowlers with limited success. their main strike bowler sajith rupasinghe too failed to make an impact and captured only one wicket after a marathon spell of 29 overs.
the anandians then batted throughout the final session and scored 117 for 5 when rain stopped play in the 10th mandatory over. sankajaya de silva took the opportunity and proved himself by capturing 3 for 48.
ananda - 1st innings
284 for 5 decl.
sameera panapitiya 60, thilina kandambi 58, jithendra perera 51 n.o.,
muthumudalige pushpakumara 60 n.o.)
nalanda - 1st innings sanjaya rodrigo c chaturanga b jayawardena 111 danuskha fernando c kandami b j. perera 43 danuka jayaratne run out 10 arunalu de silva lbw b ganegama 30 pradeep hedigalla run out 0 dilhan jayasundera not out 25 niranjan kumara b rupasinghe 0 kelum gangodawila c basnayake b kandambi 15 extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-6, w-1) 17 total (for 7 wickets decl. in 88.2 overs) 251 fall: 81, 105, 178, 182, 223, 224, 251.
bowling: a. ganegama 16-0-58-1, m. mallawarachchi 8-4-10-0, s. rupasinghe 29-6-63-1, n. jayawardena 16-5-38-1, m. pushpakumara 4-1-12-0, s. panapitiya 1-0-1-0, t. kandambi 2.2-0-9-1, j. perera 11-3-37-1, r. basnayake 1-0-12-0.
ananda - 2nd innings lahiru chaturanga c kumara b de silva 19 lakshan fernando lbw b gangodawila 0 rajitha basnayake lbw b de silva 31 sameera panapitiya c fernando b de silva 24 thilina kandambi not out 37 jithendra perera b dayaratne 0 muthumudalige pushpakumara not out 1 extras (lb-2, nb-1) 3 total (for 5 wickets in 33.3 overs) 117 fall: 0, 36, 76, 87, 89.
bowling: n. kumara 6-2-14-0, k. gangodawila 4-1-12-1, p. hedigalla 3-0-8-0, d. dayaratne 9-2-21-1, s. de silva 9.3-1-48-3, a. de silva 2-1-12-0.
note: this article was obtained from the celyon daily news.
note: this article was obtained from the celyon daily news.
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