Police beat Matale
Police CC registered an outright win over Matale CC in the P. Sara Trophy
Cricket encounter played at the Police grounds, Bambalapitiya over the
weekend.
Police CC batted first and scored 311/7 declared. In reply Matale CC
were able to score 102 all out in the first innings and 209 all out in
their second innings. S. Wijesekara's superb 133 was the highlight of this
match.
Chief Scores:
Police CC 1st innings 311/7 declared (S. Wijesekara 133, C. Silva 31,
S. Wijeratne 25, R. Jinan 26; J.C. Welagedara 4/66).
Matale CC 102 all out (D. Rangana 27, I. Abeyratne 13; R. Jinan 2/17;
N. Tennakoon 2/30, D. Gunasekara 3/33, S. Wijeratne 2/4).
Matale CC 2nd Innings 209 all out (D.L. Wijewardhana 76, S.L. Amunugama
30, P.K. Aluvihare 26, M.B. Tilakaratne 21; S. Soysa 6/39, R. Jinam 2/44).
- LDC, Matale.
Aravinda,Kumar blast NCC to Premier League title
By Marlon Fernandopulle
Contrasting Half centuries from Aravinda de Silva and Kumar Sangakkara
guided NCC to a comfortable 44 run victory over Tamil Union in the Premier
Inter Club Limited over final at the Sinhalese Sports Club grounds yesteday.
Batting first NCC hit up an imposing 278 for 8 wickets in 50 overs and
dismissed Tamil Union for 234 runs in the 46 th over to clinch the Limited
over Championship Title.
It was a 153 run second wicket stand between Aravinda de Silva(65) and
Kumar Sangakkara(98) that set the stage for the imposing NCC total.After
the early departure of opener Pradeep Hewage,Kumar Sangakkara joined Aravinda
de Silva who opened the batting with an intention of performing the role
of a pinch hitter.
The 36 year old De Silva struggled to find his touch initially and looked
completely out of sorts as he battled in the centre.The usual flair and
flambuoyance that De Silva is renowned for was missing as his strokes lacked
in timing and placement.
In contrast, Sangakkara looked in fine fettle as he accumilated runs
freely and whistled to a run a ball 50 in double quick time.De Silva however
tackled champion off spinner Muralitharan successfully hoisting him for
a six over mid wicket and collecting a couple of boundaries off the spinner.He
reached his 50 in 80 balls but was far from the De Silva the cricketing
world had known.He was finally out at 65 but not before adding 153 runs
for the 2 nd wicket with Sangakkara that set the stage for a match winning
NCC total.
Sangakkara completed a fluent 98 off just 94 balls with two sixes and
seven boundaries as NCC finished on 278/8 in 50 overs.
Needing to score over five and a half runs per over Tamil Union lost
opener Indika Galagoda in the fourth ball of the innings and struggled
to recover from there on.Their top order failed to give them the required
start as they lost their first five wickets with only 91 runs on the board.
Upul Chandan(43) and Malintha Gajanayake(26) added 49 runs for the sixth
wicket to steady the ship before both batsman departed within 14 runs to
leave Tamil Union tottering at154 for7 wickets.Chandana was needlessly
run out at the non strikers end after a smart piece of fielding by Ruwan
Kalpage while Pushpakumara picked up Gajanayake.
Skipper Niroshan Bandaratilake(36) and Anil Riddegammanagedara(31 n
o) made a valiant attempt towards the end but the effort was insufficient
for Tamil Union as they were bowled out for 234 runs.
NCC-278/8 in 50 overs(Pradeep Hewage 13 Aravinda de Silva 65 Kumar Sangakkara
98 Ravindra Pushpakumara 21 Russell Arnold 35 Ruwan Kalpage 14 Pramodya
Wickremasinghe 1/28 Upul Chandana 1/34 Niroshan Bandaratilake 1/52 Anil
Riddegammanagedara 3/48
Tamil Union 234 all out in 45.3 overs(Ruwin Pieris 24 Gayan Wijeyakoon
17 Indika de Saram 17 Upul Chandana 43 Malintha Gajanayake 26 Anil Riddegammanagedara
31 n o Niroshan Bandaratilake 36 Ravindra Pushpakumara 2/39 Aravinda de
Silva 1/30 Susantha Pradeep 1/41 Akalanka Ganegama 1/33 Ruwan Kalpage 1/32
Russell Arnold 2/14)
Nalanda rout Royal by six wickets
By. M.Shamil Amit
Malinga Surappulige with a match bag of 12 for 93 was instrumental in Nalanda
gaining a well deserved six wicket win over Royal in the Elephant Lemonade
Cup interschool cricket match concluded at Campbell Place yesterday.
The writing was there on the wall for the Royalists when they put up
a miserable show in the first innings being shot out for just 99 runs.
And Nalanda in reply scored a formidable score of 248 for 8 declared which
was the score on first days play. Royal going into bat the second time
yesterday had a daunting task of scoring the deficit of 149 runs before
saving the match. Royal skipper Ganganath Ratnayake led the rescue with
a solid 83 helped by his deputy Damith Abeygunewardena who chipped in with
a 40 along with S.Perera (37) and S.Mendis (21) but folded up for 213.
For Nalanda Malinga Surappulige with figures of 6 for 41 in the first innings
did the damage again taking another haul of 6 wickets for 52 runs supported
by Ishara Dilshan who had figures of 4 for 37.
Nalanda set a target of 65 to win with plenty of time on hand made 68
for 4 cruising to a six wicket victory.
Royal - 99 and 213 (Ganganath Ratnayake 83, Damith Abeygunewardena 40,
S.Perers 37, S.Mendis 21; Malinga Surappulige 6 for 52, Ishara Dilshan
4 for 37)
Nalanda -248 for 8 declared and 68 for 4 (Malinga Gamaarachchi 18, Sanjaya
Gangodawila 16 n.o., Yasas Hewawitharna 16 n.o.; Ganganath Ratnayake 2
for 16)
First innings win for Joes
St Joseph's registered a first innings win over Wesley in the Elephant
Lemonade Cup interschool cricket match concluded at Darley Road yesterday.
In reply to Wesleyites score of 152 the Josephians resuming from their
overnight score of 91 for 3 went on to score 183 with Hashan Goonetileke
making 68. Wesley batting the second time were 209 for 7 at close with
opener Andre Toussaint scoring 57.
Wesley -152 and 209 for 7 at close (Andre Toussaint 57, Isuru Fernando
34, Thusara Waduge 49; Chandana Aravinda 4 for 63, Ranesh Perera 2 for
53)
St Joseph's -183 (Hashan Goonetileke 68, Gihan Perera 16; Afzal Sabar
4 for 41, Kasun Seneviratne 3 for 49)
First innings win for Cambrians
Prince of Wales Moratuwa registered a first innings win over the more
fancied Peterites in the Elephant Lemonade Cup interschool cricket match
concluded at Moratuwa yesterday.
The Cambrians continuing from their overnight score of 121 for no loss
went on to score 240 with Amila Sandaruwan (92) and B.Ramanayake (70) doing
the scoring. Niroshan Cooray had figures of 6 for 73. St Peter's in the
second essay were 156 for 8 at close.
St Peter's -167 and 156 for 8 at close (Jehan Jayasuriya 31, Ruchira
Fernando 36, Gihan de Silva 16, Samidha Gallage 29 n.o.; B.Dananjaya 2
for 30, S.Cooray 2 for 20, R.Palliyakoon 2 for 20)
Prince of Wales (121/0 o'night) 240 (Amila Sandaruwan 92, B.Ramanayake
70, K.Silva 32; Niroshan Cooray 6 for 73, S.Wickremasekera 2 for 27)
First innings win for Ananda
Ananda registered a first innings win over St Sebastians in another
match of the same tournament concluded at Moratuwa yesterday. In reply
to Ananda's score of 239 St Sebastians replied with 196 and Ananda batting
the second time were 130 for 4 at close with M.Udawatte unbeaten on 76.
Ananda - 239 and 130 for 4 at close M.Udawatte 76 n.o.; Dunil Abeydeera
2 for 30)
St Sebastians (42/1 o'night) 196 (D.Perera 44, H.Fernando 27; Lahiru
Senaratne 3 for 39, B.Ranasinghe 2 for 20)
No decision at Kotahena
The Elephant Lemonade Cup interschool cricket match between St Benedicts
and S.Thomas' Mt Lavinia concluded at Kotahena yesterday ended in a no
decision. The Thomians taking first lease of the wicket scored 265 with
half centuires from skipper Dilshan Gunewardena and Denham Williams. Benedictines
in reply were 217 for 7 at close, Mohamed Imran (102) and Anjelo Anandappa
(50) being the main scorers.
S.Thomas' - 265 (Dilshan Gunewardena 73, Denham Williams 60 n.o.; Lasitha
Perera 4 for 42, Jeremy Saverymthupille 2 for 71, J.A.Priyantha 2 for 76)
St Benedicts - 217 for 7 at close (Mohamed Imran 102, Anjelo Anandappa
50, Lahiru Jayampathy 23; R.Mohamed 3 for 75, P.Rodrigo 2 for 10)
Sri Rahula gains close first innings win
By Aubrey Kuruppu
Battered and bruised on the first day, Sri Rahula came fighting back to
gain a close first innings win over Piliyandala Central at Peradeniya yesterday.
The visitors batsmen, especially Sampath Perera, Tharindu Madusanka
and Janath Jeevanatha made handsome contributions in a tall score of 340
for 8.
Undaunted, Sri Rahula's batsmen struck back with a vengeance. Opener
Amal Gunawardena top scored with 94, while consistent Samitha Fernando
and Vindika Prasanna, together with skipper Pieris made half centuries.
Piliyandala Central 340 for 8 dec. (S. Perera 95, J. Madusanka 74, J.
Jeevantha 47 n.o., N. Indika 26, J.D. Janaka 39, T.D. Ariyasinghe 22; N.
Pieris 2/82, Y. Wanigasekara 2/58) and 46 for 1 (J. Madusanka 2, A. Udayakumara
1/24).
Sri Rahula 346 all out (A. Gunawardena 94, S. Fernando 60, V. Prasanna
51, N.P. Pieris 58, N. Priyadarshana 13, Y. Wanigasekara 19, R. Vedage
19; J. Madusanka 4/36, T.D. Janaka 2/69).
Antonians take honours
St. Anthony's took most of the honours in their drawn inter-school match
against Dharmaraja at Katugastota yesterday. There were several outstanding
individual contributions in this game. Nipuna Ratnayake 140, Tyronne de
Silva 57 and 7/75 and off spinner Ashan Ariyaratne six wickets stood out
for the home team.
For Dharmaraja, opener Muditha Wijekoon missed out on a hundred. Front-liner
skipper Ratnayake, Wickremaratne and Kapugedera made significant scores.
St. Anthony's 331 for 8 dec. (Nipuna Ratnayake 140, J. De Silva 57,
Nuwan Ratnayake 32; G. Abeysinghe 2/24, A. Jayasundera 2/38, M. Herath
2/73).
Dharmaraja 212 (M. Wijekoon 97, N. Jayasundera 24, N. Wickremaratne
32; J. de Silva 7 for 75) and 166 for 6 at the close. (M. Weerasuriya 36,
N. Wickremaratne 30, M. Wijekoon 21, H. Ratnayake 27, E. Kapugedera 22;
A. Ariyaratne 6/75).
A.K.
Liyanage and Jinnen steers Police into final
By Bruce Maurice
A match winning, unfinished stand of 136 for the sixth wicket between Chaminda
Liyanage (57 n.o) and Rasmi Jinnen (68 n.o) steered Police SC into the
final of the Champions Trophy when they defeated Badureliya CC by five
wickets at Reid Avenue yesterday.
Taking first lease of the wicket, Badureliya were soon into trouble.
when they lost three wickets with only 28 runs on the board. But an 81
run stand for the fourth wicket between T. Kodikara and S. Silva gave them
a blood transfusion and S. Abeygunasekera weighed in with an useful 44
runs to give them an useful score of 217 to defend.
When Police took lease of the wicket, Badureliya soon had them on a
roll at 82 and five of their batsmen back in the pavillion.
But then came the heroes of the day, Liyanage and Jinnen. After the
feel of bat onto ball, both threw caution to the winds and Police SC made
it for tomorrow's final with 5 wickets and 2.4 overs to spare.
Badureliya CC - 217 in 47. 4 overs (T. Kodikara 58, S. Silva 35, P.
Abegunasekera 44, V. Ranaweera 3 for 53, R. Jinnen 3 for 38, N. Soyza 3
for 39 ).
Poilce SC - 218 for 5 in 47.2 overs (C. Liyanage 57 n.o., R. Jinnen
68 n.o., K. Dharmasena 2 for 32).
Sampras and Capriati struggle through
MELBOURNE, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pete Sampras edged a tense and dramatic five-set
match against Nicolas Escude in the early hours of Sunday morning to reach
the Australian Open fourth round. The eighth-seeded American's 7-6 5-7
6-4 6-7 6-3 victory set up an explosive clash with ninth seed Marat Safin
for a place in the quarter-finals. Women's top seed Jennifer Capriati was
also pushed to the limit as she needed three sets to beat powerful Greek
Eleni Daniilidou. The world number one and defending champion looked far
from comfortable in her 6-2 3-6 6-1 win. Fourth seed Kim Clijsters had
no such problems, though, ruthlessly ending wildcard Cindy Watson's dreams
6-1 6-2 at Melbourne Park, while the only problems Safin had were with
officials.
Lankan Juniors not disgraced at ITF C'ships
By Bruce Maurice
Sri Lankan juniors fared reasonably well creating some upsets though they
failed to win a title at the 19th ITF Junior Tennis Championships that
were concluded at the SLTA Courts on Friday.
The 12th seed Harsha Godamanne defeated the 5th seed Weerapat Doakmakkle
of Thailand to enter the semi final. But lost to Dinij Sharam after defeating
him in the first set of the Semi Final.
The girl's singles title was won by Lankan born Udanthi Narahenpitage,
now domicled in France. who beat Nanditha Chandrasekar of India to win
the title in straight sets/
Results.
Boys singles-Jaco Mathew (India) beat Divij Sharam (India) 6/1, 7/6,
(7/4).
Girl's Singles-Udanthi Narahepitage (France) beat Nanditha Chandrasekar
(India) 6/2, 6/4.
Boy's doubles-Brian Hung and Lai Ximo Peng (Hong Kong) beat Jaco Mathew
and Somdev Varman (India) 6/2, 7/5.
Girl's doubles-Nanditha Chandrasekar and Vandani Murali (India) beat
Eriko Wada (Japan) and Varanya Vijuksanabod (Thailand) 6/3, 7/5.
Black caps power to thrilling victory
Brisbane, January 19, (Reuter) Big-hitting Chris Cairns (102*) has lifted
New Zealand to a thrilling four wicket victory over South Africa in the
teams' VB Series match here in Brisbane yesterday. The win, which arrived
with only five deliveries to spare, was found on a brilliant exhibition
of strokemaking from Cairns which extricated the Black Caps from peril
at a mark of 5/98 at one stage.
Chasing South Africa's tally of 241, the New Zealanders' chase began
disastrously as Mark Richardson (0) perished from just the second ball
of the innings and as further wickets tumbled through the middle stages.
Earlier in the day, their renowned fighting qualities had also been
in evidence again as they pegged the Proteas back when a huge total had
looked in prospect. Five South African wickets crashed for the addition
of just 10 runs at the conclusion of the innings as they stuttered toward
their eventual score. Their late collapse ultimately proved extremely costly.
South Africa lost their last five wickets for 10 runs to score 241 from
48.3 overs.
New Zealand fast bowler Shane Bond bounced back from some early punishment
at the hands of Jacques Kallis to take four wickets for 37 runs from 9.3
overs.
Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher (51) added 74 for the fifth wicket with Jonty
Rhodes (44) after Kallis had hit a blazing 65 from 68 balls and shared
a second-wicket partnership of 115 with opener Gary Kirsten (43).
Kallis played some superb off-drives, reaching his 50 from 49 balls
including seven boundaries.
The talented all-rounder, who missed Tuesday's win over New Zealand
because of an ankle injury, hit Bond for four boundaries through cover
in the sixth over of Saturday's match.
His free-scoring innings was the perfect response after Herschelle Gibbs
was bowled from the first ball of the match by left-armer James Franklin.
Kallis and Kirsten then rebuilt the innings before Kirsten was caught
and bowled by Chris Harris (1-45) in the 22nd over at 115 for two.
Weather demons hit U-19 World Cup opener
All the hard work by ground staff, all the fondest hopes of organisers
came to next to nothing when the opening game of the ICC Under-19 World
Cup was abandoned after just on 20 overs at Bert Sutcliffe Oval, at Lincoln
University near Christchurch today.
Rain, the blight of New Zealand's summer this season, caused a delay
in the start and had the final say when setting in later in the day.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand were meeting in a game already affected by
rain and after 19.5 overs, Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first were 85/2
with Sumalka Perera 37 not out and Jeevan Mendis 13 not out.
It was a surprising move by the Sri Lankans to bat first on a pitch
expected to provide some spite after having been under covers for so long.
However, it was the Sri Lankans who were slightly on top when the abandonment
came. They had come back from losing a wicket in their first over, courtesy
of a fine piece of reflex catching.
Point fieldsman Peter Borren was unable to hold a well-struck drive
from Upul Tharanga. He grasped the ball only for it to slip from his hand.
Fortunately, for him, the ball went up in the air for long enough to allow
Stephen Murdoch coming across from gully to get his hands beneath the ball
before it hit the grass.
Opener Perera then added 50 runs in 68 balls in partnership with Kanchana
Gunawardene before the latter offered a chance to Ross Taylor, fielding
at a wide slip held a regulation catch.
Vice-captain Mendis then joined Perera and after playing through some
tighter bowling from Borren and Michael Bates, they were starting to open
out a little, especially Perera, when the rain forced the teams from the
field.
Bates was the pick of the New Zealand attack. His left-arm medium-fast
deliveries conceded only 11 runs from his six overs.
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