The Island, Monday 6th March, 2006 Premier Quarter-finals Isipatana rout Thurstan Tamil Union in trouble against SSC by Revata S. Silva Tamil Union lost six second innings for just 82 runs in their Premier cricket Quarter-final fixture against SSC in one-dayer at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium yesterday. Yesterday was the a scanty 122. Isipatana seamers vals and only one to top 30-run Kanishka excelled in both bat Chief Scores: by Reemus Fernando third day of the four-day encounter. Kanishka and Wadheeba Perera mark was Hasitha Perera. and ball and was awarded with Thurstan 122 all out in 40.1 Isipatana with the help of all- Tamil Union enjoyed a valuable 31- round performance by Gamindu spearheaded a devastating bowl- In reply, Isipatana reached the Man of the Match prize and overs (Hasitha Perera 38, run first innings lead after bowling out Kanishka (4/19 and 24 n.o) coast- ing attack to share seven wick- their win for the lose of three his counterpart Wadheeba Shehan Perera 20, Kanishka the opposition for 225 yesterday. They ed to an emphatic seven wickets ets between them. Right-arm wickets with a lot of overs to Perera earned the Best Bowler Elvitigala 15; Gamindu lost wickets in tandem against the bowl- victory over arch-rivals ‘pacie’ Kanishka in a tight spell spare. Kanishka with an award for his three- Kanishka 4-19, Wadheeba Perera ing of Kaushal Lokuarachchi (2-23) and Thurstan in their annual 50-over of ten overs picked 4 wickets for unbeaten 24 runs and Isuru haul. 3-23) Suraj Mohammed, who took two for just big match played at P. just 19 runs while Perera got his Windana with 20 guided Thurstanite Hasitha Perera Isipatana 126 for 3 wkts. in four runs, to extend their lead up to a Sarawanamuttu stadium yester- three for 23. Kanishka's spell them to victory in the 36th over. was awarded the Best Batsman 35.4 overs (Wishuddhi ‘defenceless’ 113 with mere four wickets day. included four maidens too. Mahisha Ayomal top scored for prize for his 38, which was the Kaluwitharana 17, Mahisha intact as they go to the last day of the Isipatana after deciding to Thurstan batsmen offered Isipatana with 25. He retired highest individual score in the Ayomal 25, Damindu Kanishka match today. field first, restricted Thurstan to their wickets at regular inter- hurt on 25. All-rounder match. 24 n.o, Isuru Windana 20 n.o). That was the only game that shown signs of emanating a result in the four quarter-finals which continued on their third day yesterday. In the other three 77th Battle of the Maroons matches, batting dominated bowling as every team piled up sizeable totals in their first innings. Following are brief scores of the Athulathmudali scores four quarter-finals: SSC vs Tamil Union at R. Premadasa ICS – ton in drawn affair SSC 1st inngs. (o/n 84-3) 225 all out by Revata S. Silva Nalanda bowlers at bay and made ‘the (Tharanga Paranawithana 47, Jeewan Mendis 71, Kaushal Lokuarachchi 34, battle’ a futile episode from its half-way A solid batting display by lanky open- Nandika Ranjith 4-45, Lassana Dias 3-61, stage yesterday. ing bat Amal Athulathmudali, who mad Ranga Dias 3-55) Athulathmudali’s knock, continued 115, helped his team Ananda salvage a Tamil Union 256 and 2nd inngs. 82 for draw and end their 77th Battle of the from overnight 13 not out, saw him face 6 wkts. at close (Sandun Dias 33, Kaushal Maroons against Nalanda College with 231 deliveries while hitting 16 fours but Lokuarachchi 2-23, Suraj Mohammed 2- honour to his school at SSC grounds in he owed dearly to the generous gesture 4). Colombo yesterday. by his opening partner early on last CCC vs Chilaw Marians at Colts – Nalanda stole the show on day-one on morning as Ranganath Wijetunga sacri- CCC 1st inngs. (o/n 103-1) 248 all out Saturday (4) scoring a challenging 255 ficed his wicket, in an obscure mid-wick- (Jehan Mubarak 31, Asela Jayasinghe 56, for 7 as they declared their innings hop- et mix-up when running for a dangerous Nisal Randika 36, Sohan Boralessa 22, ing for a quick Ananda slide but single, causing the latter to run out in Dinuka Hettiarachchi 6-56, Janaka Athulathmudali resilience kept the day’s sixth over. Athulathmudali ran Gunaratne 3-95) a single after hitting to mid-off but both Chilaw Marians 290 all out and 2nd Some points to ponder batsmen ended up at the non-striker’s inngs. 160 for 5 wkts. at close (Janaka end before Wijetunga ran a few steps to Gunaratne 45, Hasantha Fernando 39, The organisors of this Big Match of commit his wicket. Mahela Udawatta 24, Ganganath two leading Colombo schools have not Athulathmudali shared 148 for the Ratnayake 2-47, Sohan Boralessa 2-52) thought of the importance of the print BRC vs Ragama CC at FTZ, media, it appeared yesterday. There second wicket with Vishwa Wijetunga, who made 77 including 7 fours and a six Katunayake – was no space allocated for the press BRC 1st inngs. (o/n 96-2) 316 all out and pressmen had to find their own in 175 balls, carrying the game away from Nalanda and then signalling yet (Dilshan Witharana 61, Waruna way and get the information from the Waragoda 98, Sanjeewa Silva 23, always helpful scorers at the main SSC another drab draw which culminated in a usual pitch invasion by the spectators Chamara Soyza 63, Duncan Arnolda 17, scoreboard. Darshana Gamage 2-42, Ruwan Dilruk 4- in the first of the 15 mandatory overs at When asked abou the shortcoming, 74) 5.50 p.m. That –the pitch invasion—was U. Jayamaha of the Nalanda Junior Ragama CC 359 and 2nd inngs. 11 in the form of a congratulation to the Old Boys’ Association, which had without loss at close. apparently undertaken the organising fifty scored by Gayan Rupasinghe (51 in Bloomfield vs Colts at Baybrook of the media facilities of the match, 65 balls). Place – said they left some seats in a section Bloomfield 1st inngs. (o/n on day-one over the Torrington End sight-screen 176-6) 227 all out (Thilina Kandambi 36, for the print media and it was a mis- Scoreboard Sanjaya Gangodawila 26, Tharanga take from their part not to facilitate the Nalanda College 1st inngs. 255 for 7 wkts. decld. Lakshitha 23 n.o., Nuwan Kulasekara 4- press with a scorer and other essential Ananda College 1st inngs. (o/n 25-0) 45, Niroshan Bandaratillake 2-21) needs. Nobody, though, had apparently R. Wijetunga run out (Wickremasinghe) 12 Colts 1st inngs. 176 for 4 wkts. at close used that section to work in. A. Athulathmudali c&b. Atapattu 115 (Harsha Withana 39, Sajith Fernando 63, This historic big match had fol- V. Wijetunga c. Priyanjana b. Kariyapperuma 77 Kumar Dharmasena 2-23). lowed the recent trend of giving a run- C. Herath run out (M. de Silva) 27 ning radio commentary to be heard to U. Peiris not out 28 the players and the spectators. It was a G. Rupasinghe not out 51 Easy for St. Anthony’s ‘bizarre’ if not hilarious aspect to air a Extras (lb13, w1, nb5) 19 Total (for 4 wkts. in 106.5 overs) 329 by Rukshan Razak – Kandy Sports Corr. commentary when the play was on. FoW: 1-39, 2-187, 3-233, 4-251 St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota defeated Sri The atmosphere looked as if it was an Bowling: A. Atapattu 30.5-7-63-1, M. Weerasinghe Sumangala College, Kandy by 149 runs in their ordinary village six-a-side tournament 18-3-35-0, G. Rupasinghe 14-2-43-0, L. Aponso 14- inter-school Lemonade Trophy limited-overs cricket –this is something common in those 3-48-0, M. Warnapura 3-0-15-0, P. Kariyapperuma match played at Katugastota yesterday. events-- with voices from loud speakers 20-3-77-1, A. Priyanjana 6-0-32-0, T. Attanayake 1-0- Brief Scores: giving commentaries the entire day to 3-0. Result- match drawn, Man of the Match- Amal St. Anthony’s 256 all out in 40 overs (Jerome the utter discomfort of the viewers. Athulathmudali. Siegert 23, Adil Reyal 61 n.o., Selwyn Jamion 52, Gimhan Dissanayake 35, K. Lakmal 2-36, P. Galahitiyawa 2-52, M. Wanigaratne 2-33) Nagpur - INDIA: England cricketer Monty Panesar leaps into the air to celebrate his dis- Ponting hits top score in comeback Sri Sumangala 107 all out in 35.1 overs (I.L. missal of Indian captain Rahul Dravid during play on the fifth day of the first Test match Himbutugoda 15, A.B. Premasiri 10, K. Lakmal 32, PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, high totals. between India and England at The Vidharba Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur yester- P. Galahitiyawa 10, Roshan Mahesh 3-20, Suneth March 5, 2006 (AFP) - Australian Flash- Australia won the match day (5). The match ended in a draw with the second Test match due to start in Mohali on Hettiarachchi 2-9, Sahan Palihakkara 2-16, captain Ricky Ponting made top score by 24 runs as South Africa were March 9. AFP / Indranil Mukherjee Harshana Medagoda 3-7). of 62 in his comeback from injury in bowled out for 230 in 47.2 overs. the third one-day international at St George's Park on Sunday. Australia made 254 for six after Scoreboard being sent in. Ponting missed the first Australia Jaffer hits maiden century as England and India battle to a draw two matches of the five-game series A. Gilchrist c Boucher b Pollock 25 by Manoj Vatsyayana Scoreboard because of an abdominal strain. South S. Katich run out (De Villiers) 49 (AFP) - Indian opener Wasim Jaffer R. Ponting c Peterson b Pollock 62 Africa won both England 1st innings 393 (P. Collingwood 134 not out, V. Sehwag b Hoggard 0 D. Martyn c Telemachus b Ntini 51 celebrated his comeback Sunday with a matches, leaving A. Cook 60, S. Sreesanth 4-95, I. Pathan 3-92) R. Dravid b Panesar 71 M. Clarke run out (Boucher) 25 maiden Test century as the first Test Australia need- India 1st innings 323 (M. Kaif 91, W. Jaffer 81, A. I. Pathan c Strauss b Flintoff 35 M. Hussey c Gibbs b Hall 22 against England ended in a hard-fought ing to win to stay Kumble 58; M. Hoggard 6-57, M. Panesar 2-73) M. Dhoni c Strauss b Harmison 16 B. Lee not out 6 in with a chance draw after a thrilling finale. England 2nd innings (overnight 297-3): S. Tendulkar not out 28 S. Watson not out 4 of taking the Jaffer's steady innings and a res- A. Strauss c Dhoni b Pathan 46 H. Singh b Harmison 7 Extras (lb1, nb3, w6) 10 olute 71 from skipper Rahul Dravid pro- A. Cook not out 104 V. Laxman not out 0 series. Total (6 wkts, 50 overs) 254 I. Bell c Dhoni b Pathan 1 Extras (lb3) 3 Smith's deci- Falls: 1-36, 2-99, 3-173, 4-214, 5-243, 6-244 vided little clue that India were consid- K. Pietersen c Dravid b Kumble 87 Total (for six wickets) 260 sion to send Bowling: Pollock 10-1-45-2, Ntini 9-0-56-1, ering a last-minute dash for the unlike- I. Collingwood not out 36 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-168, 3-198, 4-215, 5-252, 6-260. Australia in was Telemachus 8-0-59-0 (3nb, 4w), Hall 9-1-39-1, ly 368-run target set by England. Extras (b12, lb7, nb2, w2) 23 Bowling: Hoggard 16-7-29-1, Harmison 17.2-4-48-2, based on the like- Peterson 10-1-39-0 (1w), Smith 4-0-15-0 (1w). Any thought of pushing for victory Total (for three wickets decl) 297 Flintoff 17-2-79-2, Panesar 16-2-58-1, Blackwell 12-2-43-0. Did not bat: B Hogg, N Bracken, S Clark. Super-sub: lihood of condi- had seemed to evaporate early in the Fall of wickets: 1-95, 2-97, 3-221. Overs: 78.2 M Johnson. South Africa: G Smith, H Dippenaar, H tions remaining Bowling: Pathan 14-2-48-2, Sreesanth 10-2-36-0, Result: Match drawn Gibbs, A de Villiers, M Boucher, J Kemp, S Pollock, R day when England's first innings bowl- similar for both Kumble 32-8-101-1, Harbhajan 30-6-79-0, Sehwag 1-0- Toss: England Peterson, A Hall, M Ntini, R Telemachus. Super-sub: ing hero Matthew Hoggard dismissed innings in a day 14-0. Umpires: Ian Howell (RSA) and Aleem Dar (PAK) A Prince. Umpires: B Jerling (RSA), J Lloyds (ENG). hard-hitting opener Virender Sehwag game on a small Overs: 87 TV : I. Sivaram (IND) TV Umpire: K Hurter (RSA). Match referee: C Broad ground which for a duck with one that jagged back India 2nd innings (target 368): Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI) (ENG). has yielded some into his stumps. W. Jaffer c Strauss b Flintoff 100 Second Test: At Mohali (March 9-13)

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