Chandimal's century only bright spot
CHRIS DHAMBARAGE
Ananda skipper Dinesh Chandimal's brilliant unbeaten century was the
only bright spot as their 80th annual Battle of the Maroons inter school
cricket encounter against their traditional rivals Nalanda College ended
in a tame draw at the SSC grounds in Maitland Place yesterday.
The aggressive right hand middle order batsman hammered exactly one
hundred not out in their second innings total of 180 for 4 at which
stage they declared while leaving their opponents a victory target of
181 runs during the final session.
However bad light prevented the Nalandians from making any progress
as they could face only one over before the players returned back to the
dressing room. There were of course some confusion among the players at
this stage as the Anandians stayed back on the field although the two
batsmen decided to pick up the stumps as souvenirs.
Chandimal really made amends for his first innings failure by
stroking the ball to all parts of the ground during which time he also
crossed the 1500 run mark for the current inter school season.
The Sri Lanka youth cap settled down to play to his true form after a
quiet start and accelerated the scoring rate while putting on 72 runs
for the fourth wicket together with Sachin Dewage. Ruwinda Sherman
joined his captain and the pair added a further 28 runs in even time
before Ananda decided to close their second innings with a lead of 180
runs at the tea interval.
Earlier Nalanda College recovered well and managed to reach 140 runs
in their first innings which was incidentally the identical score the
Anandians made on the opening day.
This was mainly due to the last wicket stand of 34 runs between the
overnight batsman Sineth Gunawardena (23) and number eleven Vimukthi
Perera who defied the Ananda bowlers for nearly one hour.
ANANDA 1ST INNINGS 140
(P. Seneviratne 46, N. Karunanayake 6 for 30)
NALANDA 1ST INNINGS
(Overnight 99 for 7)
P. Wickremasinghe c Chandimal b S. Perera 29
T. de Silva lbw b Sherman 0
C. Rodrigo run out 2
A. Nanayakkara st. Chandimal b M. Rashuwan 14
N. Karunanayake c and b S. Perera 5
D. Jayasinghe c and b M. Rashuwan 21
P. Dassanayake c and b S. Perera 4
S. Gunawardena not out 23
S. Tennekoon lbw b Madumal 13
T. Wickremasinghe st. Chandimal b Madumal 1
V. Perera c Seneviratne b Herath 15
Extras 13
TOTAL (all out in 79 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-24, 3-48, 4-50, 5-66, 6-72, 7-82, 8-103, 9-106.
Bowling: R. Sherman 13-2-42-1, M. Jayaratne 14-6-16-2, M. Rashuwan 23-9-32-2, S. Perera 20-8-30-3, R. Herath 8.4-1-11-1.
ANANDA 2ND INNINGS
U. Nadeeranga c Jayasinghe b V. Perera 14
P. Seneviratne c Karunanayake b V. Perera 18
D. Chandimal not out 100
D. Wimaladharma c C. de Silva b Karunanayake 2
S. Dewage c Tennekoon b Nanayakkara 34
R. Sherman not out 10
Extras 2
Total (for 4 wickets decl) 180
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-41, 3-80, 4-152.
Bowling: V. Perera 11.3-2-46-2, A. Nanayakkara 3-0-23-1, S. Gunawardena 2-0-15-0, N. Karunanayske 13-0-60-1,
D. Jayasinghe 6-0-28-0, S. Tennekoon 1-0-8-0.
NALANDA 2ND INNINGS
(Target 181)
P. Wickremasinghe not out 1
T. de Silva not out 0
Extras 0
Total (for no loss) 1
Bowling: R. Sherman 1-0-1-0. |
