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Carlton Basketball Tournament Chilaw Marians have slight Old Bens in 82-74 win BY ROSHEN STEELMAN Old Bens SC recorded a 82-74 win over Colombo Bulls in an ‘A’ Division match of the Carlton Basketball Tournament played under floodlights at Police Park in Colombo, on edge over Tamil Union Wednesday.Old Bens, who were trailing 38-31 at the half way mark, fought back in the second half to record their ultimate score. A. Perera scored 22 points for the winners while V. Kumarasinghe scored 24 points for the losers. Carlton ‘B’ beat Colombo Buffalos Carlton ‘B’ defeated Colombo Buffalos 64-59 in a ‘B’ Division match of the Carlton basketball Tournament played at Police Park on Wednesday.Carlton were ahead 29-26 at the half way mark and went onto expand the lead in the second half of the match. D. Wanigarathne scored 22 points for the winners while D. Perera scored 14 points for the losers. There are no matches scheduled for today.

All-Island Inter-School

CHILAW MARIANS Prefects’ Handball Standing (L-R): M. Irshad, Akila Jayasundara, Hasath Boura, Lakshan Edirisinghe, Proboda Arthavidu, Vimukthi Perera, Madusanka Ekanayake, Maduka Liyanapathirana, Romesh Krishantha, Ishara Wickramasinghe, Pradeep Ananda and Asad Agireen. Seated (L-R): Sampath Epasinghe, Sanath Silva, Mahesh Weerasinghe (Coach), Lahiru Weragala, Ananda Weerasinghe (President), Umesh Karunarathne, Godfrey Dabrera, Sachith Pathirana, M. C. Mohideen (Treasurer) Tournament and Buddhi Samarawickrama. Absent: Sandun Weerakkodi and Heshan Wanniarachchi. (Pic by Nimal Dayarathne) The Prefects’ Guild of to promote brotherhood Ananda College has taken among the other schools we the initiative in organising used a recreational activity the All-Island International to express the feat. Prefects’ Accordingly, for the Handball second successive Tournament for year, we have the second con- ‘Feel the organised ‘Feel the secutive year, Field’. under the same Field’ The idea of name ‘Feel The organising the first Field’. ever tournament of this A spokesman for the nature was planted by the Prefects’ Guild, said, “the College Prefects’ Guild, last Prefects’ Guild of Ananda year. College is known for think- ‘Feel the Field’ will see ing outside the box in the participation of leading organising events. So, think- international, private and ing beyond the traditional government schools and ‘Prefects’ Day’ concept, we will be held on Sunday, were determined to cele- September 25, from 8.00 am brate the occasion with a onwards at Ananda College, different approach. In order Ananda Mawatha, Colombo. Neth Savan Sarana TAMIL UNION L-R (Back row): Harshana de Silva (Room boy), Ravindra Fernando (scorer), Sineth Chandima, Chinthaka Gokula, Pulina Tharanga, Denuwan Rajakaruna, Addesha Nanayakkara, Amith Eranga, Roy Dias (Coach), Ashan Priyangana (Captain), Dinuk Jayasinghe, Vimukthi Zoysa (Trainee), win and lose on debut Kithruwan Vithanage, Shashondra Gunathilaka, Matheesha Perera, Probodh Harshasitha and Mahesh Bopage (Manager). (Front row L-R): Sunimal Debutants Neth Savan Savan Sarana. Dissanayake, M. Raj, Levan Halembage, Rashimika Maduranga, Shehan Fernando, Chamodh Pathirana, Nilanka Subodha and Gayan Madawatte. Sarana (consisting of past The match was reduced Absent: Hasitha Ilangarathne. (Pic by Dhammika Salwathura) and present pupils) from the to 15 overs due to rain and School for the Deaf and Neth Savan Sarana reached Apart from Priyangana, Amith Eranga has turing 24 with his right-arm off spin. BY ROSHEN STEELMAN Blind in Ahangama had their target of 90 runs for scored nearly 500 runs. Eranga has a century Having five players who have scored over and three half centuries against his name. 400 runs, Chilaw Marians will be captained by mixed fortunes in the their nine wickets in the last over. The Under-23 Inter-Club Division-I final debut in the 4th annual Lalithkumara bagged 3 will see six times champions Chilaw Marians His century helped Tami Union record a Lahiru Weragala. Dilmah Challenge Trophy for 15 and Kosala 3 for 10 for taking on Tami Union at the R. Premadasa first innings win over Ragama CC. With close to 600 runs Buddhi tourney matches played at the Council. International Stadium in Colombo, today. Shehan Fernando, Kithruwan Vithanage Samarawickrama and Umesh Karunarathne Taking the performance so far in the tour- and all rounder Dinuk Jayasinghe also have will be the two key players in the Chilaw the BOI grounds, Koggala In the earlier match, nament into account, Chilaw Marians enjoy a been in good touch, scoring over 250 runs. Marians batting line-up. Samarawickrama has on September 10 and 11. Tangalle School for the slight edge over Tamil Union but it’s impor- Fernando has scored over 400 runs with two scored three centuries and one half century, In a rain affected match, Blind scored a convincing 10 tant to mention that Tamil Union has done while Karunarathne has scored two centuries they scored a thrilling one win over Neth Savan well to make it to the final with an unbeaten and two half centuries. wicket win over another Sarana. Dinesh run. Skipper Lahiru Weragala, Sanath Silva and debutant, the Sri Lanka Madhuwantha, 3 wickets for Chilaw Marians too had a good run, but Sachith Pathirana are other three batsmen to Council for the Blind team. 6 runs and Aruna Krishan 3 UNDER-23 score over 400 runs. Batting first, SLCB for 10 runs demolished Neth lost to Bloomfield on the first innings. Having recorded four outright victories Pathirana has scored 530 runs with four notched up 172 all out in 33 Savan Sarana for a paltry 63. and two first innings wins, Tamil Union will centuries, including a century against Moors overs, with Sri Lanka cap Prasanna top scored with 11 enter the field under Ashan Priyangana’s cap- DIVISION-I FINAL SC in the semi-final which they won outright. Madhushanka scoring 52 runs. taincy. Pathirana also has captured 28 wickets with with five boundaries. He put Tangalle polished off the He has scored nearly 700 runs this season his right arm off spin. on 77 for the second wicket match in nine overs with and will have to play a pivotal role if Tamil centuries and one half century. Vithanage has Sanath Silva has scored 439 runs with two with Mahinda Navaratne openers S. Yogendra 27 not Union are to emerge champions. Priyanjana scored over 300 runs with a century and a half centuries and one half century, while Lahiru (11). Tarindu Hasintha out and J. Vimukthi scoring has scored three centuries and two half cen- century, while Jayasinghe has scored over 250 Weragala has scored 402 runs including two bagged 3 for 14 for Neth 14 not out. turies in the tournament. runs with two half centuries apart from cap- half centuries. Ruhuna in close win Abdul Razzaq’s blistering half-cen- go all the way, especially when he was tury went in vain as Leicestershire dropped twice in the space of five crashed out of the Champions League deliveries, but his luck ran out when with a four-run loss to Ruhuna in their he edged behind off Janaka Gunaratne qualifier in Hyderabad on Wednesday. to depart with the total on 128 for five. The Friends Life t20 champions Leicestershire needed more or less needed to beat their Sri Lankan oppo- a run a ball from there on, but the nents to keep their hopes of a berth in lower order were unable to maintain the tournament alive, and looked set the pace. Claude Henderson was left for a romping victory as Razzaq with the task of hitting the final ball crashed eight boundaries in his 46-ball for six to seal victory, but he could 68 after he’d been promoted to open only manage a single. the innings. Ruhuna’s innings had been built However no-one was able to take up around Dinesh Chandimal, who cele- the baton after he was caught behind brated his call-up to the Sri Lankan in the 15th over, and Leicestershire squad for the Test series against finished on 156 for eight in response to Pakistan by hitting 62 not out from 51 Ruhuna’s 160 for six. balls. Razzaq and Joshua Cobb had plun- Chandimal shared a 44-run partner- dered 31 from the opening 14 deliveries ship for the fifth wicket with Milinda of Leicestershire’s reply before Cobb Siriwardana (17) and then put on 41 was caught in the deep, and Razzaq with Shalika Karunanayake (28) in an went on to share a brisk 42-run stand innings which never lost momentum. with skipper Andrew McDonald (24). Ruhuna’s victory kept their hopes But Alankara Asanka Silva’s intro- of qualifying for the tournament prop- duction changed the course of the er alive, but they would need either innings as he had McDonald , Kolkata or Somerset to win handsome- and went on to claim two more wickets ly in the second qualifier. as the Foxes lost batsmen at regular intervals. (cricket365.com) Ruhuna’s players celebrate the wicket of Leicestershire player Josh Cobb during the Champion League qualifying Razzaq looked as though he might match between Ruhuna and Leicestershire in Hyderabad, India, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)