Pakistan Strangle Sri Lanka on Batsmen's Paradise

The Island, Thursday 23rd March, 2006 Pakistan strangle Sri Lanka on batsmen’s paradise by Rex Clementine added 56 runs for the second wicket Kapugedara added 36 runs and It was a late flurry by in 70 balls with Younis Khan but Kapugedara’s unnecessary run out Tillekeratne Dilshan, who made 44 A fighting 53 by Mohammad the dismissal of both batsmen in with the total on 93 triggered a mid- in 46 balls with four boundaries Yousuf and vital contributions by quick succession with the score on dle order collapse. that took them to 224. openers Shoaib Malik (46) and 137 for three at half way through Sangakkara (22), Kaushal Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi put Imran Farhat (46) helped Pakistan the mark gave Sri Lanka some Lokuarachchi (13) and Russel the breaks on the Sri Lankans with to win the third and final One-Day hope. But captain Inzamam ul Haq Arnold (00) perished all too quickly three vital breakthroughs at cru- International against Sri Lanka by and Mohammad Yousuf with a 40- to leave Sri Lanka at 133 for five and cial moments and his three for 37 in four wickets and win the series 2-0 run stand for the fourth wicket got following Jayawardene’s run out ten overs won him the Man of the after the first match was washed off the visitors close to victory. with the score on 156 the hosts were Match award while Abdul Razzaq, by rain at R. Premadasa Stadium. Sri Lanka managed to get three struggling to post a competitive for his all-round efforts, was named Chasing 225 to win the match more wickets, Inzamam for 12, total on the board. Man of the Series. and the series, the openers got Yousuf after he had completed his Pakistan to a flying start when they 48th half-century and Shahid Afridi SCOREBOARD added 61 runs in just 52 balls. Malik for one, but on a 250 plus wicket the Sri Lanka Pakistan in particular batted aggressively as hosts were defending a total of 225 U. Tharanga c Akmal b Razzaq 23 Shoaib Malik c Kapugedera b Muralithaan 46 he made 46 in 38 balls with nine and in the end Pakistan got home C. Kapugedera run out 50 Imran Farhat st Sangakkara b Dilshan 46 fours hitting the seamers to all part with four wickets and 28 balls to K. Sangakkara c Akmal b Afridi 22 Younis Khan st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 25 of the ground. spare. M. Jayawardene run out 31 Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Maharoof 53 K. Lokuarachchi c Yousuf b Afridi 13 Inzamam-ul Haq b Muralitharan 12 On a perfect batting wicket with- While Sri Lanka’s inexperienced seam attack was wayward earlier R. Arnold st Akmal b Afridi 0 Abdul Razzaq not out 23 out a big score to defend, Sri T. Dilshan b Malik 44 Shahid Afridi c Muralitharan b Lokuarachchi 1 on, the spinners compensated for it Lanka’s captain Mahela F. Maharoof c Farhat b Asif 19 Kamran Akmal not out 9 Jayawardene introduced his main with tight bowling backed up by D. Prasad b Naved 8 Extras (b4, w9, nb1) 14 strike bowler, Muttiah good fielding but the failure of the M. Muralitharan c Ifthikar b Naved 2 Total (for six wickets) 229 Muralitharan as early as in the middle order batsmen once again L. Malinga not out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-61, 2-117, 3-137, 4-177, 5- ninth over and he responded imme- proved too costly. Extras (b2, lb5, w4, nb1) 12 207, 6-210 Pakistan cricket team captain Inzamam-ul-Haq holds aloft the series’ diately by removing danger man Chamara Kapugedara, promoted Total 224 Bowling: Malinga 7-0-34-0, Maharoof 7.2-1-33- trophy at the end of the third One Day International match against Sri Malik when Chamara Kapugedara to open the innings with Upul Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-93, 3-105, 4-131, 5-133, 1, Prasad 5-1-33-0, Muralitharan 10-0-58-3, Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Ground in Colombo, yes- at point took a catch in the second Tharanga provided the home team 6-156, 7-193, 8-216, 9-224 Lokuarachchi 10-1-47-1, Dilshan 6-0-20-1. terday. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets to clinch the attempt. the ideal start when they brought Bowling: Naved 7.4-0-40-2, Asif 10-0-48-1, Overs: 45.2 series 2-0. – Pic- Lakruwan Wanniarchchi, AFP. Farhat, who had come into the up Sri Lanka’s 50 within the first Ifthikar 9-0-40-0, Razzaq 10-1-35-1, Afridi 10-0- Series: Pakistan win three-match series 2-0 37-3, Malik 3-0-17-1. Man of the match: Shahid Afridi (PAK) side in place of Salman Butt then ten overs. After Tharanga’s dis- Overs: 49.4 Man of the series: Abdul Razzaq (PAK) missal Kumar Sangakkara and Maduranga rejoins Sri Lankan ‘Pace 2006’ Kandy bowling clinic Darsha crashes out in semis soccerites for Bangla tourney by Champika fernando Sri Lanka will meet Brunei Susil Premalal, reporting from ed the competitors. Striker Chathura in their first match of the Two teenagers go past 131kmph Melbourne, Australia Darsha was the only South Asian athlete who Maduranga, who has tournament on April 2 fol- Damayanthi Drasha did well to advance to the advanced to the 200m semi-finals. returned to the national side lowed by Bhutan on April 4 by Rukshan Razak and channelling them in women’s 200 metres semi-final-1 at the Meanwhile, Shiwantha Weerasuriya, crashed out after a knee surgery, will and Nepal April 6. in Kandy the right direction. The two Commonwealth Games here yesterday, but that was of the men’s 200m when he finished eighth in the sec- make his first appearance for The following teams will Two teenaged bowlers bowlers are Madushan the maximum she could travel as she finished the ond round. Earlier he did well in the preliminary round Sri Lankan at next month’s compete in the Tournament: from the Central Province Bototage of Sri Rahula event eighth and failed to reach the final. when he clocked 21.41 seconds. In the second round AFC Challenge Cup in Chinese Taipei, Philippines, clocked a record speed of College, Katugastota, and The Asian medallist finished the preliminary round his timing was 21.68s. Bangladesh. Palestine, Bangladesh, 131 kmph at ‘Pace 2006’ fast W.L. Manoj, a 17-year-old third with a time of 23.55 seconds. In the semi-final she Disciplinary problems for Lankans The AFC Challenge Cup Afghanistan, Nepal , Bhutan bowlers’ clinic held at the old boy of Gangasiri had to run on lane eighth –- the last lane –- and fin- The Sri Lankans also had their share of controver- will be held from April 1-16 in ,Brunei , Cambodia ,Guam, Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy Vidyalaya, Gampola with ished eighth, which incidentally was the last position. sies yesterday. Bangladesh with the partici- Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, no cricketing background. Pakistan, Macau and Sri on Tuesday. She failed to improve on her earlier timing and man- National Olympic Committee (NOC) officials who pation of 16 teams. These two fast bowlers Lanka. The programme is con- aged only 24.22 seconds. are here conducted a disciplinary hearing following an Maduranga, who switched are among five others who Squad -: Asanka Viraj, A Kumara, RC ducted by Sri Lanka Cricket All other competitors in the event including world’s incident that involved a male and female competitor of to Ratnam from Saunders with the objective of have been picked for fur- the Sri Lankan contingent here in the athletic village. early last year, was out of Ruwanthilake, Nuwantha Charaka, best in the trade, like Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell Chathura Gunaratne, Nimal Anthony, Fazul unearthing latent talent ther training. competition for a year due to and Sheri Ann Brooks failed to improve on their timing. The duo has been reprimanded, it is learnt. Rahman, CG Chandraratne, Sanka knee surgery. Campbell clinched the event with a timing of 23.23s Meanwhile, it is also learnt that the shooters are Dhanushka, Nisal Nilanga, Rasheed Maduranga’s returned to followed by Brooks at 23.39. aiming at the officials. Bhanudeen, Dilan Dhanushka, PJ Kaldera, the national team was wel- As Darsha left the track without waiting for the Sri “Officials are not with us. The coach is somewhere SGD Thilakaratne, Dudley Stainwall, KM Krishan strikes for Dharmaloka comed by all quarters espe- Lankan journalists, ‘The Island’ got hold of her coach, else while we are here. The manager is not to be seen. Fuard, EB Channa, Kasun Jayasuriya , by Reemus Fernando first two sessions of the day. cially following heavy thrash- GPC Karunaratne, M Izadeen, R Sunil Gunawardena. Nobody is there to look after us,” some shooters Fifteen-year-old Iranga According to the rules the charged. But, the manager of the team, Rear Admiral ing that the national team suf- Ratnayake, Sanjaya Pradeepkumara, first innings is restricted to “Darsha ran with the best (athletes). I expected her fered during last year’s South Rajitha Jayavilal, Chathura Maduranga and Krishan struck a well com- Dharmapriya said all those are false allegations. two sessions. to do better. But, all of them failed to improve on tim- Asian Football Federation Dimuthu Wasantha plied 92 (9x4) in 96 balls to help “There is a female competitor who makes theses At close Gurukula were ing. This is a good experience for her (Darsha).” championships in Pakistan. Manager – SP Clement de Silva, Coach - Dharmaloka MV post a chal- kind of allegations. She did not even want to come lenging 242 for 8 in the 19th 66 for the loss of four. He also said that the evening chilly weather affect- “It’s a huge morale booster Sampath Perera, Asst. coach - Lalith here,” he said. Battle of Kelaniya ‘Big Match’ Dharmaloka 242 for 8 in for the team,” an official at Weerasinghe, Coach –Adviser - A.A. Zainulabdeen, Technical Director - P.D. against Gurukula MV which 68 overs (Irianga Krishan 92, the Football Federation of Sri Sirisena, Chef de mission - Rear Admiral commenced at R. Premadasa T. Rashad 21, Rukshan Lanka said. Sarath Weerasekara Stadium yesterday. Duminda 36; N. His knock helped Prabashamana 3/49 l, N. Dharmaloka compile a Harsha 2/32, T. Dilan (2/36) Australia 57 51 45 153 decent total in the allotted Gurukula 66 for 4 England 22 28 22 72 England crush India MUMBAI, March 22, 2006 spinner Udal (4-14), playing Rajans India 16 11 7 34 (AFP) Andrew Flintoff and only his fourth Test at the age Shaun Udal made a mockery of 37. Canada 14 22 17 53 of India’s famed batting win line-up as a depleted Dhanushka Scotland 10 7 9 26 England squared the series Scoreboard Mitipolarachchi South Africa 9 4 10 23 with a crushing 212-run vic- England 1st innings 400 (A. Strauss 128, O. made an unbeaten tory in the third and final Shah 88, A. Flintoff 50; S. Sreesanth 4-70) 134 runs (14x4, Test here on Wednesday. India 1st innings 279 (M. Dhoni 64, R. 1x6) to steer Jamaica 5 2 3 10 It was England’s first Dravid 52; J. Anderson 4-40) Dharmaraja Test win in India since 1985. England 2nd innings 191 (A. Flintoff 50; A. College, to a 178- New Zealand 4 5 12 21 India were shot out for a Kumble 4-49) run victory over St. pathetic 100 off just 48.2 India 2nd innings (Overnight: 18-1; Target: Anthony’s College, Malaysia 3 4 5 12 overs in their second 313 runs) Wattala in their limit- Wales 3 1 7 11 innings while chasing a W. Jaffer lbw b Flintoff 10 ed overs cricket stiff 313-run target on the I. Pathan b Anderson 6 match played at the A. Kumble lbw b Hoggard 8 Nigeria 2 4 2 8 fifth and last day. They lost Police grounds in their last seven wickets for R. Dravid c G. Jones b Flintoff 9 Kandy yesterday. 25 in a dramatic afternoon S. Tendulkar c Bell b Udal 34 Dharmaraja Kenya 2 3 1 6 collapse. Y. Singh c Collingwood b Flintoff 12 321/8 in 50 overs V. Sehwag lbw b Anderson 0 England had lost the sec- (R.C. Ambagasp- Ghana 2 0 0 2 M. Dhoni c Panesar b Udal 5 ond Test by nine wickets at itiya 21, D. H. Singh c Hoggard b Udal 6 Mohali after drawing the Mitipolarachchi 134 Singapore 1 2 3 6 S. Sreesanth not out 0 first at Nagpur, but raised n.o, B.M.B. M. Patel c Hoggard b Udal 1 their game when it mat- Ekanayake 38, Cyprus 1 1 2 4 Extras (b-1 lb-4 nb-3 w-1) 9 U.A.Wijesiri 30 J.C. tered most. Their final-day Total (all out, 48.2 overs) 100 Ratnayake 25) Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 2 heroes were Flintoff and Fall of wickets: 1-6 2-21 3-33 4-75 5-76 6-77 St. Anthony’s Udal. 7-92 8-99 9-99 10-100 143/9 in 47 overs. Isle Of Man 1 0 1 2 Fast bowler Flintoff fin- Bowling M. Hoggard 12 - 6 - 13 - 1 J. (H. Pramodh 32, N. ished with 3-14 off 11 tight Anderson 12 - 2 - 39 - 2 M. Panesar 4 - 1 - 15 Fonseka 26 r.h, T.D. Pakistan 1 0 1 2 overs in his first Test series - 0 A. Flintoff 11 - 4 - 14 - 3 (nb-3 w-1) S. Udal Balasuriya 4 for 38, as captain and was bril- 9.2 - 3 - 14 - 4 T.M. Perera 3 for 18) Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 liantly supported by off- Result: England won by 212 runs

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