Saga of Maroons, they called it to give its history Maroons, Silver and Gold have shed its light and brought us glory Mightiest and the greatest who wore flannels over the years Held the lion high up over others with all engaged gears First Test captain, first centurion, the first fifty were all by our [...]

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

An Ode to the Maroons

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Saga of Maroons, they called it to give its history Maroons, Silver and Gold have shed its light and brought us glory

Mightiest and the greatest who wore flannels over the years

Held the lion high up over others with all engaged gears

First Test captain, first centurion, the first fifty were all by our sons Best captain, best umpire, and the winning captain were fired from our guns

Fourth highest test score, most catches, twin fifties in debut

Most centuries at Lords are all records hard to beat if put to test

First thousand runs, first double century in school cricket, not listed in books

Commentators in our mother tounge, referees of international fame where else can you look

Hand in the highest batting partnership, over 1000 runs in both formats of the game

Most Test centurions, best fielders to announce you need not be sworn

Schoolboy cricketers, best batsmen, best bowlers and fielders and best teams

Be it senior or junior levels we were awarded amid screams

National schools, combined schools, zonal and at national and international level our lads did them best

World leaders! aren’t we proud to be placed above the rest

Matting first and then onto turf our boys performed well

Be at home, the Oval, SSC or at international venues records will tell

Above the horizon we Maroons led the others by miles

Dedication, team spirit and the will to win blended well with broad smiles

Sri Lanka Cricket, Malaysian, Bangladesh and the ICC panel our men were at the top

Aussies, British, Canadians could not do it without the Maroon cap Ananda-Nalanda over the years 90-plus down memory lane

Has hoisted our flags high up cruising like a jet plane

Maroons cricketing might remains unchallenged throughout the world More to come at higher levels with more records to be told

Legends are made and more on the moulds see them on screens that are wide

Wait and see, when and how our sons move with the tide!

Composer is a former Nalandian cricketer
Index for reference:

  • Verse I:

Ananda-Nalanda cricket

  • Verse II:

line 1 – Bandula, Sidath, Arjuna

line 2 – Mahela, Dharmasena, Arjuna

line 3 – Mahela, Mahela, Chandimal

line 4 – Chandimal

  • Verse III:

line 1 – Nihal Amaradasa

line 2 – Epasinghe, Palith Perera, Kamal Deshapriya, Mahanama

line 3 – Mahela, Mahanama, Mahela

line 4 – Ananda-Nalanda cricketers over the years

  • Verse IV:

Line 1 – Past AC/NC award winners and teams

Verse VI: Thilanga, Warnapura, Mahela, Hathurusinghe, Gurusinghe etc.

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