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The Island, Friday 17th February, 2006 Nepal shock South Africa It has taken a while but in the 38th match of the tournament we have a shock: Nepal beat mighty South Africa by two runs in a thrilling finish. The Associate country, coached by for- mer Sri Lanka batsman Roy Dias, held their nerve to earn a place in the final of the Plate Championship on Saturday where they will face New Zealand. Nepal scored 214-8 with captain Kanishka Chaugai (59) leading the way before restricting South Africa to 212-5, despite Dean Elgar’s 66 not out from 65 The opener, playing in his third and balls. final ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup, faced South Africa required 16 from the 81 balls in a stay of 106 minutes, hitting final two overs, 10 from the last six deliv- six fours and a six during his innings. eries and three off the last ball but He added 67 for the first wicket with Basanti Regmi and Paras Khadka Mahesh Chhetri (15) and 38 for the sec- bowled superbly to earn their side a ond wicket with Sarad Vesawkar (19) famous win. and at 105-1 Nepal looked well placed for It is the second time in successive ICC a score of around 240. U/19 Cricket World Cups that Nepal have They were also helped by an injury to beaten the Proteas as they also overcame South Africa fast bowler Craig them by one wicket in Bangladesh in Alexander, who was only able to bowl 3.1 2004 overs before breaking down with a sus- Dias said afterwards: “That finish pected cartilage today was really tense but the boys han- But Nepal’s innings went into hiber- dled it well and I am very proud of them. nation with the appearance of spinners “I told them beforehand that South Jean Symes and Richard Das Neves in Africa would be under pressure after the attack as both men applied the looking at that last result and with our brakes in remarkable fashion. spinners bowling well it was a great Left-armer Symes bowled his ten-over win.” ration at a cost of just 15 runs and also Elgar, the South Africa captain, was picked up three wickets including gracious in defeat and said: “Our field- Chaugai, while off-spinner Das Neves ing let us down and they got 20 or 30 was barely less economical, delivering The victorious Nepal team pose after their two-run win over South Africa in the Plate Championship semi-final of the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup in Colombo yesterday. more runs than they should have but his ten overs at a cost of just 25 runs Nepal now face New Zealand in Saturday’s final. – Pic. ICC there are no excuses. They were the bet- although he went wicketless. er. gradually squeezed the life out of the bowlers responded to his lead. – (ICC) ter side today.” No one went on to play a major Malla made an responsible, unbeaten South Africa innings through their spin- Nepal 214 for 8 wickets (K Chaugai Chaugai’s contribution, his second innings for Nepal and it was left to 46 in 71 balls with six fours but South ners and from 92-1 the Proteas slipped to 59, G. Malla 46 n.o.; Siboto 4/47, Symes fifty of the tournament, was crucial in Gyanendra Malla, whose 64 in the previ- Africa’s Malusi Siboto ensured Nepal 99-4. 3/15) ensuring Nepal more than held their ous match against Uganda was vital in were unable to break freeing the latter Basant Regmi led the way with the South Africa 212 for 5 (P. Daneel 32, own against their more illustrious oppo- helping his side to a defendable score, to stages of their innings. ball for Nepal. The left-armer bowled B. Thompson 31, D. Elgar 66 n.o, R. nents. once again hold the middle order togeth- Having got runs on the board, Nepal superbly to take 3-31 and the other Ramoo 38; Regmi 3/31) Valentine bash with Sri Lanka U-19 book a date with Bangladesh Rupasinghe’s ton gals stumps youth helps Nalanda by Reemus Fernando Scoreboard by Reemus Fernando all-rounder An unbroken 112-run partnership for Skipper Gihan Rupasinghe struck a useful 120 the third wicket between Hans Fernando Zimbabwe 1-0-5-0, Cooray 2-0-13-0 (1nb), Pushpakumara 4-0-18-0 including 8 fours and 4 sixes as Nalanda piled up F Kasteni c & b Gunasinghe 20 A Sri Lanka Under 19 all-rounder, who and Dilan Cooray helped Sri Lanka Under- 301 for 6 declared in their inter-schools match had done well in the ongoing World Cup KD Samunderu c Pathirana b Karunanayake 11 Sri Lanka 19 coast home to an 8-wicket victory over GS Balance c de Zoysa b Karunanayake 53 D Karunaratne c & b Cremer 53 against Wesley College which began at Campbell was sacked from the team on Wednesday Zimbabwe in their ICC Under 19 World K Meth lbw b Perera 91 S de Zoysa retired hurt 63 Park yesterday. on disciplinary grounds. Cup Super League play off semi-final SC Williams c Weerasinghe b Perera 10 A Priyanjan run out (Cremer) 23 In reply, Wesley were 47 for 2 at close. But, contrary to team management’s played at SSC ground yesterday. R Higgins b Weerasinghe 30 H Fernando not out 52 G Querl c & b Pathirana 7 D Cooray not out 53 Nalanda 301 for 6 declared (Gihan version that the Nalandian had skipped a Acting captain Sameera Zoysa and AG Cremer c Pushpakumara b Pathirana 13 Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 1) 15 Rupasinghe 120, Tharindu Attanayake 53, L. practice session and hence he has been Dimuth Karunaratne compiled half cen- R Benade not out 5 Total (2 wickets, 47.2 overs) 259 Wickramasinghe 31, P. Perera 22, U. Bhagya 20 T Mahlunge not out 2 DNB: NLTC Perera, SS Pathirana, KPSP shown the door, ‘The Island’ reliably turies in an opening wicket partnership of n.o, U. Weerasinghe 23 n.o; D. Wijesinghe 2/16) learns that the presence of two girls inside 114 runs and laid the platform as Sri Extras (lb 3, w 9, nb 2) 14 Karunanayake, PM Pushpakumara, ARS Silva, DRF Total 8 wickets in 50 overs 256 Weerasinghe. Wesley 47 for 2 (C. Karunaratne 21, S. Lanka chased a testing victory target of his hotel room has actually put the player FoW: 1-39, 2-39, 3-170, 4-193, 5-200, 6-208, 7-248, 8- FoW: 1-114,2-147 Rupasinghe 15 n.o, L. Aponsu 2/25) in hot waters. 257. Then, Fernando and Cooray came 252 Bowling: Meth 4-0-22-0, Benade 6-0-37-0, Querl 4-0- Apparently, the all-rounder, who is the together to guide Sri Lanka to victory in Bowling: Gunasinghe 06-01-22-01 (3w), Perera 09-01- 29-0 (1nb), Williams 7.2-0-47-0 (1w), Samunderu 6-0- the 48th over. 49-02 (5w), Karunanayake 9-0-50-2 (1nb, 1w), 31-0 (1w), Higgins 10-1-44-0 (1w), Cremer 10-0-41-1 Fernando hits 137 in leading run getter for Sri Lanka in the Pathirana 10-0-44-2, Weerasinghe 9-0-52-1, Fernando competition, has celebrated St. The Africans batting first made 256 for Maris Stella’s 332/9 Valentine’s Day with the fair sex, paying 8, their highest total in the tournament Sri Lanka had only themselves to on 40 only to be reprieved when a throw to Channa Fernando with 24 fours clobbered a scant regard for rules and regulations Keegan Meth who won the Man of the blame for facing such a testing target as the bowler’s end was not gathered cleanly. valuable 137 as Maris Stella advanced from a dis- imposed by the team management. Match for his 91 runs and Gary Balance their fielding was, at times, ragged. Yesterday’s victory has confirmed Sri appointing 59 for 5 to a huge 332 for the lose of 9 He seems to be an incorrigible charac- who scored 53 runs put up a third wicket Meth was dropped at third man by Lanka a date with Bangladesh in the wickets on the first day of their match against Holy ter as he had been pulled up twice on stand of 131 runs and helped Zimbabwe Ashan Priyanjara when he had scored just Super League play off final to be played at Cross College, Kalutara which began at Negombo post a target of 256. previous occasions when on tour. 18 while Balance should have been run out SSC ground on Saturday. yesterday. Maris Stella 332 for 9 at close in 103 overs (Channa Fernando 137, Ashen Mayura 35, N. Kotikawatta 32; Heshan Aponsu 44 n,o; Malith B’desh protesters want Dilran 4/56, Supun Tharanga 2/118) vs Holy India win one-day series Cross MULTAN, Pakistan, Feb 16, 2006 Lankans to play in Dhaka Scoreboard (AFP) Rahul Dravid hit a patient half- Siri Piyaratana record DHAKA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of to soccer use. century and paceman Rudra Pratap Pakistan Kamran Akmal c Raina b Pathan 3 eighth outright victory Bangladeshi cricket fans, led by a former skipper, Sri Lanka will play three one-dayers and two test- Singh grabbed four wickets as India Salman Butt c Dravid b Sreesanth 13 Siri Piyaratana College, Padukka recorded the protested in Dhaka on Thursday a decision to match series against Bangladesh in northern Bogra trounced Pakistan by five wickets in the Shoaib Malik c Pathan b Singh 9 eighth outright victory for the season when they exclude the capital as a venue for a home series and southeastern Chittagong.