Ananda fightback after early blues By Lakshman Ranasinghe Nalanda paceman Suhanga Wijewardene bags 6 for 52 View(s): View(s):A heroic knock of 58 by Ananda’s Lahiru Attanayake and two superb spells of medium fast bowling by Nalandians Suhanga Wijewardene and Chaminda Wijesinghe highlighted an evenly poised first day’s play of the 89th Battle of the Maroons cricket encounter at the SSC Grounds yesterday. Put into bat Ananda went into lunch with 67 for 6 wickets. While wickets falling around him Attanayake stood alone for Ananda countering the onslaught of Nalanda pacies. Nalanda pacemen Suhanga Wijewardene and Chaminda Wijesinghe were rewarded with 6 for 52 and 4 for 33 respectively bowling wicket to wicket in the batting friendly SSC wicket. Nalanda were 107 for the loss of 5 wickets when play was called off ten minutes before the close.

Source: Sunday Times March 03, 2018 19:30 UTC