The Island, Thursday 16th February, 2006

Super-sub to Marvan rested, be ruled out DUBAI (Reuters) - The super-sub rule may be scrapped by the International Council because it was placing undue importance on winning the toss in one-day interna- Mahela vested tionals, the ICC said on Wednesday. “We have recommended to the board by Rex Clementine out younger players. third highest run scorer in the compe- Jayawardene (Captain), Kumar that the on-trial super-sub rule may be Ending weeks of dispute on the The elevation of Jayawardene as tition with an aggregate of 425 runs in Sangakkara, Upul Tharaga, Sanath discontinued from March 21, 2006, since leadership role of the national cricket the captain of the side gives the indi- 11 matches including six fifties with Jayasuriya, Jehan Mubarak, T.M. it has proved to be unpopular with the team, the selectors appointed Mahela cation that the selectors have recog- two of them coming in the finals. Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, teams and hasn’t achieved the objec- Jayawardene as the captain for the up nised him as the successor to Marvan Sangakkara, the best batsman in Farveez Maharoff, Hasantha tive,” Malcolm Speed, ICC chief execu- coming ODI and Test tour of Atapattu despite naming Vaas as the the VB Series having scored more Fernando, Dhammika Prasad, tive, told reporters after a chief execu- Bangladesh. The selectors rested reg- vice-captain of the team for the tours runs than any other player, has been Dilhara Fernando, Ruchira Perera, tives’ committee meeting. ular captain Marvan Atapattu and fast of India, New Zealand and Australia. named Jayawardene’s deputy. Akalanka Ganegama, Malinga “We introduced this rule on a 12- bowler Chaminda Vaas for the series Vaas apparently handed over his Farveez Maharoof returns to the Bandara, Kaushal Lokuarachchi. month trial basis last year to make one- against the minnows with plenty of resignation from the post while on side after injury while all-rounder Test Squad: Mahela Jayawardene day cricket more exciting. But from the cricket coming up in the next couple tour after a section of players includ- Hasantha Fernando and leg-spinner (Captain), Kumar Sangakkara, Upul feedback that we have received from of months. Ace spinner Muttiah ing the newly appointed captain failed Kaushal Lokuarachchi also have been Tharanga, Michael Van Dort, T. M. captains and former players it was Muralitharan has been rested from to back him. Towards the latter stage recalled for the ODIs. Dilshan, Chamara Kapugedara, apparent that we should not continue the ODI series while senior batsman of the Australian tour he’s believed to Uncapped 22-year-old SSC paceman Prasanna Jayawardene, with it.” Sanath Jayasuriya has been named have spoken to the national selectors Dhammika Prasad also has been Muttiah Muralitharan, Malinga The original intention of the super- only for the ODI leg of the tour. and told them to relieve him of leader- named in both Test and ODI squads. Bandara, Farveez Maharoof, sub rule was to encourage teams to Middle order batsman Russel ship duties. Prasanna Jayawardene too has Dhammika Prasad, Lasith Malinga, make greater use of all-rounders. Arnold too has been kept out from the Jayawardene’s appointment comes been named in the Test squad as a Dilhara Fernando, Thilan In practice, the ICC said, teams have ODIs with the selectors opting to try after a successful VB Series in reserve wicketkeeper to Sangakkara. Samaraweera and Sajeeva used specialists as substitutes and this Australia where he finished as the One Day Squad: Mahela Weerakoon. has placed undue importance on win- ning the toss.

Tissera upbeat despite defeat Team manager Michael Tissera says ’s showing in the VB Series in Australia bodes well for the future. Marvan Atapattu’s side beat Australia in two matches, including the first of the Kiwis reach best-of-three finals series, before defeats in Sydney and Brisbane. “The boys have improved as they have Plate final gone along. I think to beat Australia in one of the finals is a great achievement,” New Zealand thrashed the USA by 170 runs to Tissera told BBC Sinhala. advance to the final of the Plate Championship of the “We came very close on two more occa- ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup yesterday. sions to beating South Africa.” On the back of a fine unbeaten 100 by Andrew de Tissera, who captained Sri Lanka in late Booder, New Zealand posted an imposing 295 for 8. 1970s before they became a full ICC mem- Then they dismissed the Associate side USA for 125 ber, said he was particularly happy with in 29.3 overs with paceman Hamish Bennett captur- the side’s batting and fielding during the ing 4 for 16. series. Now, they will meet the winners of the Nepal - Ahead of their Bangladesh tour, he South Africa match (today) in the final on Saturday. added: “The side is coming along fairly New Zealand 295 for 8 (A de Booder 100 n.o., well and if they can keep the side together T.D. Astle 59, M.J. Guptill 42; Rajp 5/61) I’m sure they will do well.” USA 125 in 29.3 overs (Benette 4/16, Hira 3/35) Tissera also played down spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s figures of 0-99, his Bangladesh overcome Windies most expensive showing ever, in the second In their Super League match Bangladesh beat final. West Indies by four . “That must be one innings in 13 or so Having bowled out the West Indians for 161 in 37. years that he has bowled badly but every- 2 overs, the Asian team coasted home in 33.1 overs Indian batsman Rohit Sharma (left) celebrates his half-century. Man of the Match Cheteshwar Pujara who made an body is talking about just one innings.” The Australia team were surprised that for the loss of six wickets. unbeaten 129 is also in the picture. - Pic. ICC Sri Lanka received media criticism even The win gives Bangladesh the chance of finishing after their victory in the first final in fifth in this ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup and they will Adelaide. fight for that right on Saturday against the winners of And Atapattu was proud of his side’s Thursday’s match between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. India cruise to Under-19 World Cup final efforts after a poor run of form prior to the West Indies 161 in 37.2 overs (S.P. Narine 29, series. K.A.J. Roach 29; Nabil Samad 3/24) “That goes to show why they’re the Bangladesh 162 for 6 in 33.1 overs (Shamsur Make mince-meat of England number one team,” he said. Rahman 44, Mehrab Hossain jnr 35; Pascal 4/53) by Rex Clementine “Not many teams have taken the SCOREBOARD Aussies to three matches so we can leave Ireland clinch first win India showed why they are the India M. Stoneman b Ahmed 2 this country with our heads held high.” M. Nelson c Das b Yomahesh 6 Ireland registered their maiden victory in the tour- favourites to win the ICC Under-19 nament when they beat Namibia by six wickets. G. Dhiman c H Brown b White 48 M. Ali c Shukla b Ahmed 4 Cricket World Cup when they cruised C. Pujara 129 R. Hamilton-Brown c Shah b Ahmed 1 Ireland bowled out the Namibians for 115 in 36.3 to a comprehensive 234 run victory R. Sharma run out 59 B. Wright c Das b Yomahesh 2 overs and then knocked off the required runs for the in the semi-final game against R. Shukla c Nelson b James 3 S. Mullaney c Tehlan b Dhiman 7 Sania suffers loss of four wickets in just 29.2 overs. They will now England at the R. Premadasa M. Tehlan b James 26 N. James c Shukla b Chawla 5 play in the Plate Championship play-off final on Stadium under lights yesterday. R. Jadeja not out 14 G. White st Shah b Bipinbhai 17 Saturday against the winners of the Scotland-Uganda Extras (b 1, w 10, nb 2) 13 J. Simpson lbw b Bipinbhai 1 After amassing 292 for four in 50 Total (4 wickets) 292 H. Waters not out 0 shock defeat clash, which will take place on Friday. overs the Indian bowlers backed up Overs: 50 Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 7) 11 Namibia 115 in 36.3 overs (Louis van der their batsmen when they bowled out Fall of Wickets: Total (all out) 58 BANGALORE, India, Feb 15, 2006 Westhuizen 32, Henno Prinsloo 33; James Hall 4/29, the Englishmen for a meagre 58 in 1-72, 2-184, 3-189, 4-243 Overs: 20.1 (AFP) - Camille Pin of France pulled off a Gary Kidd 3/26) 20.1 overs. India have been hardly Bowling: Fall of Wickets: 1-3, 2-12, 3-12, 4-13, 5-17, 6- major upset at the 175,000-dollar WTA Nelson 5-1-14-0 (3w), Waters 5-1-55-0 (1w), Ireland 116 for 4 in 29.2 overs (EJG Morgan 27, made to sweat throughout the compe- 22, 7-35, 8-38, 9-49 Bangalore Open when she ousted top-seed- White 10-0-33-1, Bowling: DA Rankin 27, GJ Thompson 26; van der Westhuizen tition and the semi-final clash was James 10-0-60-2, Ali 10-0-51-0 (1w), Mullaney ed Indian Sania Mirza in the second round Yomahesh 6-0-14-2 (6nb), Ahmed 6-1-14-4 2/30) yet another walk in the park for 3-0-35-0 (1nb) here on Wednesday. them. India won their first under-19 Hamilton-Brown 7-0- 43- 0 (1w) (1w), Dhiman 3-0-11-1 (1w), Second-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel Chawla 4-1-17-1, M. Parmar 1.1-1-0-2. title in 2000 also in Colombo. also crashed out of the tournament, losing Toss: India Opener Cheteshwar Pujara the England 4-6, 2-6 to Italian Maria Camerin in the THURSTAN Result: India won by 234 runs best batsman in the competition so V.Chopra b Ahmed 2 Man of the Match: C. Pujara opening round. Stag Nite 2006 far having scored 349 in five matches Mirza comfortably won the opening set, set the stage for a massive score with but then failed to continue the momentum Invite all Old Thurstanites. Come for a big Indian total. His 129 came in break. an unbeaten 129. Pujara added 72 146 deliveries with ten fours and a Paceman Abu Ahmed in particu- against a determined Pin, losing 6-1, 5-7, 2-6. and enjoy with live music, dancing “I told myself the game is not over in runs for the first with Gaurav six. lar bowled a probing line as picked and many more exciting events. the first set,” the 24-year-old Pin said after Dhiman who made 48 in 44 balls with 36 of the 50 overs were bowled by up four for 14 in six overs. New ball the match which lasted more than two Date : SATURDAY 18TH FEBRUARY at 7.00 p.m. eight fours and a six and then added England spinners and as they went partner Vijaykumar Yomahesh hours. Venue : WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL HALL 112 runs for the second wicket with through their overs before the allot- claimed two for 14. Super Sub “I stayed focused. 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