No victors at 89th Battle of the Maroons

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Dialog Axiata Plc Group Chief Officer Program Management and Tele Infrastructure Upali Gajanayake hands over the Dr. N.M. Perera Trophy to the skippers of the Ananda and Nalanda 1st XI cricket team after a tame draw during the 89th Battle of the Maroons at the SSC Grounds in Colombo. Manjula Wijemanne – Co-Chairman, Ananda College, Colombo; Lakshitha Rasanjana – Captain, Nalanda College, Colombo; Thilak Waththuhewa – Principal, Nalanda College, Colombo; S.M. Keerthiratne – Principal, Ananda College, Colombo; Asel Sigera – Captain Ananda College, Colombo and Mohan Gunadasa – Co-Chairman, Nalanda College are also present

The 89th battle of the Maroons between Ananda College and Nalanda College ended in a draw yesterday at the SSC Grounds in Colombo.

Ananda in their first innings was bowled out for 141 and Nalanda in reply scored 213 all out. In the second innings Ananda did well to score 252 for the loss of seven wickets.