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stuff as Kandy SC dismantle CH Sajith Mallikarachchi led from the front as he almost single handedly led his team back in to the attack after Fred Moe had charged down Weerakkody's clearance, off the kick off, touched down. Dissanayake made it 7/0 for the CH. Mallikarachchi with tigerish ferocity fought his way over the line after side-stepping a defender or two. Weerakkody converted to level the scores. Kandy now increased the intensity of their offensive and Laga made a break from close to the line. allikarachchi materialised from no where to latch on to the pass and scored his second try. eerakkody added the points and Kandy led 14/7. Diissanayake converted well a 40 yard penalty that made the score 14/10. In the twentieth minute Laga scored once more off a five yard scrum and Weerakkody made no mistake (21/10). Few minutes later, the CH line was blown off side and Weerakkody accepted the offering with glee (24/10). Centre Alex Teles made a good run along the left touch line and just managed to touch down beside the corner flag. Diissanayake failed to convert and at lemons Kandy led (24/15). The second was a bit of a no show. CH needed two scoring efforts as it stood at half time. Two penalties by Weerakkody made Kandy's final tally 30. In between these penalties, there was a try of great beauty. Centre Bolokoro who came in to the field in the second half, broke through in the centre and powered ahead. When challenged he switched an inside pass to Rakota who did the rest, scoring with a flourish under the posts. Dissanayake's conversion made CH's tally 22. The second half was a let down after an action packed first half. Teles who played till the 15th minute of the second half, never represented a major threat, unlike Bolokoro. Possibly the latter's injury necessitated a late entry. Kandy's newly arrived centre Ryan O'Neil showed a cool head and the ability to think on his feet. He was in the thick of things till he was replaced by Jema. Asoka Jayasena made up for Basnayake's absence by jumping well in the line outs. It was an invigorating performance by him. Laga was one of the danger men especially near the line situations. Pushpakumara had a couple of near misses, chasing punts ahead and almost getting there ahead of the defenders. Weerakkody gave an error-strewn performance, missing out on a few penalties and attempted drop kicks. However he seemed to post a threat when running with the ball.. The CH were valiant but some defensive lapses in the initial half helped Kandy to capitalise and put them under pressure. Number Eight Lewke had a good game and figured prominently in the loose.Out on the wing Sivakantha seemed a bit short of class when compared to the likes of Hettiarachchi and Pushpakumara. CH fought the good fight, but on this day Kandy was unstoppable. they were in battle trim, and were poised for action. They took that early goal in their stride and exacted more than due revenge. Janaka
166, Shan 151 n.o on a run spree Bloomfield - 159 (Sumalka Perera 31; Ranil Dhammika 4 for 13, O. Wijesiriwardena 2 for 44, P. Jayasundare 2 for 2) Chilaw Marians - 493 for 5 at close off 155 overs (Janaka Gunaratne 166 n.o, M. Gajanayake 35, Arosh Perera 19, Ishan Muthalif 19, S. Wijeratne 151 n.o, C. Sylvester 60 n.o; T. Kandambi 2 for 78). Match Referee - Sylvester Dias. Sinhalese
SC batsmen ousts Colts CC
Chasing a modest 223 SSC batsmen put up a sensible batting performance to ensure that their place for weeks final is guaranteed. Continuing from their overnight 68 for 2 wickets the SSC were propped up by a 57 run 3rd wicket stand between Paranavithana (67) and Jeevan Mendis (26). Colts - 223
& 46/4 at close (Manjula Silva 2/16) Drechsler
to retire after Athens Olympics in 2004 She then turned herself into a sprinter, equalling compatriot Marita Koch's 200 world record in 1986. After missing the 1996 Olympics and the 1999 world championships through injury, Drechsler returned to win the Olympic long jump title at the 2000 Sydney Games. "Athens will definitely be my last Olympics," she told reporters on Saturday. "It's time to hand my experience over to others. "I have been competing for 25 years which is a very long time." Drechsler pulled out this month's Paris world championships because of an Achilles tendon injury. Americans John Capel and Darvis Patton won the 200 metres gold and silver respectively at the ninth world athletic championships here at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris on Friday night to atone for American failure to win a medal in the 100 metres event. Capel, who had tried his hand at American football after the dissapointment of finishing eighth in the Sydney Olympics three years ago, won in a time of 20.30sec. while Patton was second in 20.31. But the major surprise was the indentity of of the bronze medal winner Japan's Shingo Suetsugu who finished third in 20.38 to become the Asian nation's first ever sprint medallist at the world championships. Britain's 100 metres bronze medallist Darren Campbell who finished in 20.39 was pipped to fourth place by Suetsugu in a photo finish. In 2001, the year after the Sydney Olympics, Capel was picked by the American Football club Chicago Bears and was then transferred to Kansas City Chiefs but Capel quit, unable to endure the pressure on him. "The coach and players expected too much of me," Capel said. He reverted
back to athletics in 2002. "I am more mature," he said.
"I grew up. Leaving track was probably one of the best things
that ever happened to me." Capel, Patton and Campbell would
be pitted again today, in the 4 x 100 metres semi-finals today. "This is what we wanted. We knew we could do it, it feels great me and Darvis doing it for the U.S.A.," said Capel. "We made up for what happened in the 100," he said. "The U.S. sprinters have not gone anywhere. We're back and we're back tough." Conditions which turned cold and gloomy on Friday after sunny six days and heatwave that had reportedly claimed over 10,000 lives in France, continued on Saturday and spelled bad luck for the Sri Lankans who were scheduled to run the 4X400 metre relay last night at 7.11 p.m local time (11.11 p.m. Sri Lankan time). The team comprising
of Prasanna Amarasekara, Rohan Pradeep Kumara, Ranga Wimalawansa
and Sugath Tillekaratne (in lap order) were drawn in to the first
of the three first round heats in lane one. Great Britain, Kenya,
hosts France, Russia, South Africa, Domincan Republic and Ireland
were in the heat three alongside Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka team which had recorded a best time of 3:02.71, were only ranked 20th among the 24 teams running in the first round. However Sri Lanka relay team has not run a single race this summer and it all would depend on how they perform on the day. Meanwhile another American Dwight Phillips won his second world gold medal this year in the long jump winning the world championships final with a leap of 8.32 metres to add to his world indoor championships title earlier this year. Wearing a red and blue striped hooded, full-body speed suit which immediately earned him the nickname "spiderman" from the spectators, Phillips won the meet on his fifth jump which in British measurements accounted to 27 feet 3.75 inches. Jamaica's James Beckford finished second with a 8.28 metres jump while Yago Lamela of Spain claimed the bronze with his 8.22 metres effort.. "It was a battle," Phillips said. "Great competitors bring out the best in you, and they brought out the best in me tonight." Isipathana
knock-out Kingswood Earlier in the day, Isipathana and Kingswood defeated Wesley 24-7 and St. Sylvester's 21-12 respectively in the semi finals. Ananda trounced Vidyartha 41-5 to win the plate championship while Thurstan overcame Prince of Wales 26-12 to take the bowl title. In the Division 'B' category of the same tournament played at the Havelock Park Wesley 'B' defeated Ananda 'B' 19-14 to clinch the cup. St. Peter's 'B' beat Kegalu MV 24-0 to take the plate championship and new comers to rugby Piliyandala Central beat Harischandra National School Negombo 29-5 to win the bowl championship. |
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