Ananda vs Rajans postponed

By Shamseer Jaleel

Ananda College vs Dharmaraja College played for P W Perera Memorial Trophy will be postponed due to COVID-19. The new dates will be notified and the encounter will take place at Ananda Mawatha.

Both Buddhist schools started playing each other starting in 1893. This trophy was introduced in 1999 by the Cricket wing of Ananda Old Boys led by the former Captain of Ananda, Charith Senanayake in appreciation of P.W. Perera’s great service to uplift cricket in both Dharmaraja and Ananda as the cricket coach of both schools at different times.

The trophy was retained by Ananda and since then it was awarded only for an outright victory. Saviru Bandara leads Ananda College this year’s encounter while left arm leg spinner, Upendra Warnakulasuriya leads the Rajans.