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Sangakkara Praises Young Guns For

Sangakkara Praises Young Guns For

Thursday 13th May, 2010

Isipathana beat Sangakkara Wesley 35-17 praises young guns for win ri Lanka Kumar Isipathana College beat Wesley Sangakkara paid tribute to the per- College by 35 points to 17 in a Sformance of Angelo Mathews and Singer President’s Trophy Inter- after the pair school League Rugby tournament blasted his side to a five- win over fixture at CR&FC Grounds in in St Lucia. Longden Place yesterday. The victory ends India's hopes in the The winners collected their ICC World , but Sri Lanka look set to progress to the last four. points through five tries, two con- Chasing 164, Sri Lanka were six for versions and two penalties while two at one stage after openers Mahela Wesley got their points through Jayawardene and fell three tries and one conversion. cheaply. But Sangakkara and Isipathana College led 20-10 at helped rebuild the half time. (RN) innings before Mathews (46) and said. Kapugedera (37) produced a late "We said 'If we feel we can win this onslaught, with the latter winning the then we go on to chase this, but if we contest with his six off the last ball of can't, we make sure we get 144'." the match from Ashish Nehra. The wicketkeeper also paid tribute Sangakkara told Sky Sports: "You to his side's bowlers, who performed never want to lose guys early, especially admirably in the middle overs when Chigumbura to lead Mahela, who is in top form. India had looked set to post a score of "But Dilshan got the momentum around 190 first. back for us and we talk about how capa- "I was thinking they would make a big score," admitted Sangakkara. Zim as Utseya resigns ble our younger players are and they have shown how they can handle the "But we showed a lot of character to Allrounder Elton Chigumbura has pressure. Mathews and Kapugedera are come back and not just cut down the been named as the captain of the going to be around for a long time. runs, but take too." Zimbabwe team after incumbent "Everyone in the squad has to keep India captain Mahendra Singh Prosper Utseya had resigned from the working hard and no-one can sit back Dhoni shared his opposite number's ver- post. and relax as we have these young guys dict on the middle part of his side's Soon after returning from the pushing everyone really hard." innings. Twenty20 World Cup in the West Sri Lanka knew that they needed to He said: "We wanted to get off to a Indies, Utseya handed over his resig- score at least 144 if they were to have good start, and we did that. But the last nation to the Zimbabwe . any hope of reaching the last four, and four or five overs the way they bowled "It has been a privilege for me to Sangakkara admitted that had been the really restricted us and was very impor- captain Zimbabwe for the past four target his side had been primarily tant." years," Utseya wrote in his resignation focused on. letter. "We were keeping an eye on 144," he (cricket365.com) "It has been an experience that has been fraught with many emotions, though I am glad to say that, overall, I Scoreboard have enjoyed the experience immense- ly and would not have wished for it to India Innings T. Dilshan c Yuvraj b Pathan 33 be otherwise," he said. D. Karthik c & b Malinga 13 K. Sangakkara b Vinay Kumar 46 Utseya, 25, captained Zimbabwe G. Gambhir c Sangakkara b Malinga 41 A. Mathews run out (Nehra) 46 for nearly four years from May 2006, S. Raina c Jayawardene b Thushara 63 C. Kapugedera 37 which includes 67 One-Day M. S. Dhoni not out 23 T. Perera not out 0 Internationals and all of the 10 matches the Y. Singh c Jayawardene b Thushara 1 Extras: (1lb) 1 African country has played so far. Y. Pathan c Kapugedara b Perera 13 TOTAL: (for 5 wickets) 167 Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews plays a shot during a Twenty20 Cricket World Cup Extras: (1b, 1lb, 6w, 1nb) 9 Given his experience as an eco- Overs: 20 nomical off-spinner, Utseya is likely to match with India in Gros Islet, St. Lucia, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. (AP) TOTAL: (for five wickets) 163 Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-6, 3-49, 4-105, 5- be retained in the team and he himself Overs: 20 161. has hinted at his availability as a play- Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-96, 3-144, 4-147, 5- Did not bat: C. Jayasinghe, T. Thushara, S. er in his resignation letter. 163. Randiv, L. Malinga. "I remain committed to the cause Did not bat: R. Sharma, H. Singh, V. of the team and Zimbabwe Cricket. beat West Indies : Nehra 4-0-44-1, Kumar 4-0-30-2, Kumar, A. Nehra. That commitment is something every Bowling: Matthews 3-0-29-0 (1nb), Harbhajan 4-0-35-0, Pathan 3-0-23-1, international sportsman has. PTI Thissara 3-0-15-1 (1w), Thushara 4-0-41-2 Chawla 4-0-28-0, Yuvraj 1-0-6-0. by 6 wickets at T20 (3w), Malinga 4-0-25-2, Randiv 3-0-25-0 : Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets. CASTRIES, St. Lucia (AP) - Brad legspinner returned figures (1w), Dilshan 2-0-14-0 (1w), Jayasuriya 1-0- Man of the Match: Angelo Mathews (SL). Haddin smashed 42 off 46 balls as of 3-20, David Hussey had 2-3 and 12-0. Toss: India. Australia advanced to the World had 2-22. Sri Lanka Innings Umpires: A. Dar (Pak), S. Davis (Aus) Nizam Jamaldeen Twenty20 semifinals with a six-wicket Australia topped its Super Eight M. Jayawardene c Pathan b Nehra 4 Third umpire: I. Gould (Eng) win over the West Indies on Tuesday Group F and will next face defending S. Jayasuriya c Karthik b Vinay Kumar 0 Match referee: A. Hurst (Aus) which eliminated the hosts from the champion Pakistan in the semifinals on promoted to ASP tournament. Friday. Group E winner meets Former Sri Australia extended its streak to five Sri Lanka on Thursday. Lanka rugby play- matches by coasting to the winning total The West Indies needed to beat er Nizam of 109-4 with 22 balls to spare at the Australia by 24 runs or more to advance Jamaldeen has Beausejour Stadium. been promoted to Opener got the to the final four, but the sell-out crowd of PCB allows Malik to 12,000 were silenced when captain Chris the rank of Australian chase off to a strong start Assistant with 25 off 12 balls. Gayle fell in the opening over to - the tournament’s leading wick- Superintendent Earlier, the West Indies was dis- Police (ASP). et-taker. play for Lancashire missed for a modest 105 off 19 overs as Jamaldeen ISLAMABAD: Shoaib Malik received million rupees ($23,500) and suspended joined the Police Scoreboard permission from the Pakistan Cricket for one year by the PCB, was playing for in 1986 after an Board on Tuesday to represent Sussex in the English county champi- illustrious rugby (ASP) Jamaldeen West Indies Innings S. Watson b Benn 5 Lancashire in next month’s onship. career at his Alma C. Gayle b Nannes 4 M. Clarke run out (Bravo) 16 English Twenty20 competition. “The suspended players can Matter Isipathana S. Chanderpaul c D. Hussey b Johnson 24 “We have given Malik the play in domestic cricket and any- College, . B. Haddin c Sammy b Gayle 42 required No Objection Certificate R. Sarwan c Warner b D. Hussey 26 where abroad,” Sarwar said. “We He played as fly half and was a mem- D. Hussey not out 10 (NOC),” PCB spokesman Nadeem gave Rana Naved the necessary per- ber of the champion Police Sports Club D. Bravo run out (Johnson) 6 C. White not out 0 Sarwar said. mission to play in county cricket teams which played in the late 1980’s N. Deonarine c M. Hussey b Smith 0 Extras: (11w) 11 Former captain Malik was and Malik’s case was similar.” and early 1990’s. He captained Police SC D. Ramdin c wk Haddin b Johnson 1 TOTAL: (for four wickets) 109 banned and fined two million Malik said he enjoyed playing in 1993 during which year the ‘cops’ fin- K. Pollard st Haddin b Smith 13 Overs: 16.2 rupees ($23,500) as one of seven in England and was happy to be ished as runner-up in the league. His D. Sammy c and b Smith 0 players punished by the PCB for Fall of wickets: 1-31, 2-31, 3-78, 4-104. approached by Lancashire. final year as a player with Police was in J. Taylor c Johnson b D. Hussey 3 ill discipline, ball tampering or 1996. Did not bat: M. Hussey, S. Smith, M. “When Lancashire approached N. Miller not out 10 poor performance during me to come and play for them I did- He also represented Sri Lanka at S. Benn b Watson 9 Johnson, S. Tait, D. Nannes. Pakistan’s winless tour of Shoaib Malik n’t hesitate in saying yes,” he told rugby during many tours. Jamaldeen, Extras: (4lb, 4w, 1nb) 9 Bowling: Taylor 4-0-47-1 (6w), Benn 4-1- Australia this year. cricinfo.com. “I love playing cricket who confirmed being promoted, said TOTAL: (all out) 105 12-1, Miller 4-0-16-0, Bravo 1-0-11-0, The PCB subsequently formed an in England and the opportunity to play that though he had quit rugby he was inquiry committee and punished seven Overs: 19 Deonarine 2-0-15-0, Sammy 1-0-3-0, with a club of Lancashire’s reputation involved with the Sri Lanka Society for top players for the poor results. Former Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-39, 3-52, 4-56, 5- Gayle 0.2-0-5-1 (5w). was too good to pass up.” Rugby Football Referees. coach Intikhab Alam alleged Malik was Jamaldeen took to the whistle dur- 60, 6-77, 7-77, 8-82, 9-85, 10-105. Result: Australia won by 6 wickets. Left-handed batsmen — Australian someone with a negative attitude and ing the tail-end of his playing career Bowling: Nannes 3-0-19-1 (1w), Tait 3-0- Man of the Match: Steve Smith (Aus) and West Indian active in intrigues in the team during the Shivnarine Chanderpaul — are the other and earned the respect of everybody for 12-0 (1w), Watson 2-0-13-1, Johnson 4-0- Toss: West Indies. tour. overseas players signed by Lancashire. the manner in which he officiated. He 22-2 (1nb, 2w), Smith 4-0-20-3, Clarke 2- Umpires: B. Bowden (NZ), R.Koertzen Malik, who married Indian tennis star “We are delighted to recruit yet anoth- spent more time with refereeing after 0-12-0, Hussey 1-0-3-2. Sania Mirza last month, has filed an (SA) er world-class player to the cricket club,” retiring as a player and was rewarded appeal against the suspension and fine Australia Innings Third umpire: S. Davis (Aus) Lancashire chairman Mike Watkinson with handsomely when he was picked to with the PCB arbitrator Irfan Qadir. The D. Warner c Gayle b Taylor 25 Match referee: R. Madugalle (SL) said. “Shoaib will be a quality addition to officiate at the World Cup Sevens in next hearing is due on Saturday. our Twenty20 squad.” Dubai. (RN) Rana Naved, who was also fined two

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