14 Wednesday 23rd July, 2008

Quick dismissals At lunch, England was 130 for four and everything depended on Cook, who had not made an error, South Africa coasts to and Ian Bell, fresh from his Lord’s 199. Both were out in the course of five overs. Flintoff batted cautiously and Ambrose, needing runs for his place, stayed together until tea at 182 for six. The pair batted with greater a ten- victory freedom afterwards, but Ambrose became Boucher’s ninth victim. by Ted Corbett Flintoff was caught by Kallis at slip, so ending all the speculation about LEEDS: An extraordinary 10th- his ability to copy the Ian Botham wicket stand by young Stuart Broad heroics of 1981. and the shock choice England fast Monty Panesar was bowled for 10 bowler Darren Pattinson forced before the Broad-Pattinson stand. South Africa to bat again — against all the odds — in the second Test at Headingley. They put on 61, beating a 56-year-old record for the last wicket. SCOREBOARD The South African pace bowlers England ist innings 203 took all the second innings . . South Africa 1st innings 522 all out . until Broad, without pressure but England 2nd innings showing what an enormous future he A Strauss c Boucher b Ntini 0 has, led the way to a second innings A Cook c Amla b Kallis 60 total of 327. M Vaughan c Boucher b Ntini 21 That meant South Africa needed J Anderson lbw b Steyn 34 just nine to win with a day to spare, K Pietersen c Boucher b Kallis 13 and reached its target in only seven I Bell c de Villiers b Morkel 4 balls to win by 10 wickets. T Ambrose c Boucher b Steyn 36 Despite his gallant innings, A Flintoff c Kallis b Morkel 38 England will replace Broad who has S Broad 67 bowled as if he must be tired and is M Panesar b Steyn 10 carrying a foot injury. D Pattinson b Morkel 13 Comfortable start Extras: (b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 14) 31 The fourth day had begun blissful- Total: 327 ly enough for England, which had a Fall of wickets:1-3, 2-50, 3-109, 4- target of 320 to make South Africa 123, 5-140, 6-152, 7-220, 8-238, 9- bat again; Alastair Cook seemed to be 266, 10-327 in complete control as much as Ashwell Prince and de Villiers had Bowling: Steyn 28 7 97 3, Ntini 25 7 been the previous day, and on a docile 69 2, Morkel 22 4 61 3, Kallis 17 3 50, pitch the nightwatchman James Harris 15 5 35 0 Anderson batted 90 minutes. South Africa 2nd innings The last 12 of those minutes G Smith not out 3 South Africa's AB de Villiers punches the air as Ashwell Prince jumps on his back, after he takes a catch to dismiss undid all the good work he had put N McKenzie not out 6 England's Ian Bell during the fourth day of the second Test Match at Headingley ground, Leeds, England, together in the third-wicket partner- Extras 0 Monday July 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) ship of 59 with Cook. Two short- Total: 9 pitched balls from Dale Steyn did the had hardly reached the boundary Not surprisingly, he was out in balls he received. Off the fifth ball, Did not bat: HM Amla, JH Kallis, AG damage. rope when Steyn bowled a second ball the next over to a well-pitched up ball the cunning Kallis pitched a ball up Prince, AB de Villiers, MV Boucher, M The first hit him on the forearm that crashed into the side of the from Steyn that trapped him lbw and and cut it back. Pietersen edged it to Morkel, PL Harris, M Ntini, DW Steyn and required attention from two of ducking Anderson’s helmet and sent made England 109 for three. Pietersen Boucher who took his eighth catch of Bowling: Broad 1 0 8 0, Pattinson 0.1 the England backroom staff. They him to his knees. went in and hit three fours in the five the Test. 0 1 0 Longer or shorter version, Ceylinco ‘B’ lifts the ‘Turkey’ Ceylinco SC “B”, well led by Wickramaratne (40) and Commercial Bank “A” (Man of diminutive, Samantha de Mel Pradeep Nishantha (26) took the Series). the show goes on took charge of the “Turkey” EWM to a moderate 168 in 41.1 East West Marketing (Pvt) Cup for the first time, beating overs. Ltd., sponsored the tournament by S. Ram Mahesh the unlucky, sponsors, East The bowler who put the for the 6th successive year and West Marketing “B” by 5 wick- spanner in the wheel was their top officials, Sumith de Colombo: World cricket is in ets in the final of the “Turkey- Ceylinco’s reliable medium Silva, National Sales Manager, the midst of a seismic shift, with MCA” Division “B” 50-overs pacer, Madhava Perera who fin- Athula Wijesingha, Sales the fault lines splintering the league tournament, concluded ished with a 5 wicket haul, giv- Manager and Rex de Costa, game’s landscape. at the Colombo Colts Cricket ing away just 20 runs which Administration Manager, The colossal success of Club Grounds on Saturday. earned him the Man-of- together with MCA officials, Twenty20, specifically the Indian The final commenced at the–Match award. Neil Perera, Snr. Vice Premier League (IPL), has con- 11.00 am due to wet ground Ceylinco “B” in their run- President, Ashley Ratnayake, vinced some that the days of conditions and was reduced to chase was given a blazing start Secretary and Roshan ’s pre-eminence are 45-overs a side. by their openers, Milinda Iddamalgoda Secretary, numbered; severely threatened is East West Marketing, play- Sepala (60 in 114 balls with 5 Ttournament Committee, gave one-day cricket, whose jaded, dis- ing on their home turf, won the fours and 1 six) and Thilina away the awards, which fol- tended format appears exposed toss and elected to bat, as they Masmulla (72 in 63 balls with 8 lowed the final. by something tighter, more had a strong going fours and 3 sixes), who put on urgent, and — for the time being right down to the tail. 130 runs. Ceylinco “B” eventu- Chief Scores: at least — more novel. But the well oiled EWM bat- ally romped home easy win- East West Marketing “B” This state of flux backdrops ting machine soon found out ners, scoring 169 for 5 in 38.3 (won the toss) 168 in 41.1 overs. India’s tour of Sri Lanka, a six- that their skipper, Shanaka overs. (Sachithra Serasinghe 25, week enterprise that will accom- Perumpuli’s decision to bat The other three special Nirmal Hettiarachchi 40, modate three Tests and five first was rather dicey, as their awards, based on performances Pradeep Nishantha 26 not out, ODIs. top order fell away to place in the league round, went to Madhava Perera 5/20, As India’s first bi-lateral them at 80 for 6. Achala Ranasinghe of Samantha de Mel 2/10) Indian test cricket Anil Kumble practices with a ball, in series after the IPL, the tour car- Two pockets resistance of Commercial Bank (Best Ceylinco SC “B” 169 for 5 Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Indian team is in Sri Lanka to take part in ries substantial import. While it 30 runs each for the 8th and 9th Bowler), Thilina Massmulla of in 38.3 overs (Milinda Sepala three tests and five cricket matches with host will be too soon, come wickets involving Sachithra Ceylinco SC “B” (Best 60, Thilina Massmulla 72, Sri Lanka commencing July 23. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) September, to read the tea leaves Serasinghe (25), Nirmal Batsman) and Manjula Silva of Pubudu Ranaweera 4/20) foretelling the game’s future, the Kumble, the Indian captain, after ed that it is already the case. tour will have helped drain the arriving in the sticky Sri Yet, far more insidious is its cup. Lankan capital city last week. effect on how the game is fol- So, what will the tour signify? That Kumble felt compelled lowed. Context is crucial to Test Robinho dropped An act of considerable signifi- to express his fealty to Test cricket. In the days of five-Test A giant leap into history cance has already occurred: M.S. cricket — even if it was prompt- series (now a luxury accorded, from Brazil Dhoni’s decision to miss the Test ed by a question — shows he is it would appear, only to the Bob Beamon, in the thin air Beamon barely qualified for the leg confirmed one theory and acutely aware of the zeitgeist. Ashes), it matured over the of Mexico City on October 18, Olympics! Olympic team fashioned another. Clearly, there Kumble also made the point course of the tour. Rivalries 1968, made everyone sit up and After two foul jumps, it all SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - is too much cricket. Player that he remembers most of his were established, characters take notice with a giant leap of looked over until another Robinho was dropped from the burnout, particularly if the play- accomplishments in the game’s revealed, emotions invested. 8.90 meters (29 ft 2-1/2 inches) jumper — Ralph Boston — sug- Brazilian Olympic team Monday er happens to shoulder the kind classical form — the implication The play of nuance was afforded in the Olympic long jump gested to Beamon to jump a foot after Real Madrid said a medical of burden Dhoni, one-day skip- being that the other avatars are space. event. away from the board. examination discovered the per and wicket keeper-batsman, less easily recalled. This is a As tours shortened, the con- Many argued that this feat Six seconds and 19 strides striker has a groin injury. does — is inevitable. pertinent point. text drew deeply from the back was possible because of the rar- on to the runway and Beamon’s The Brazilian football con- But will cricketers start priv- International cricket has story between the sides. But as efied air of Mexico City and a jump was history. federation criticized the Spanish club and said the deci- ileging shorter forms of the turned into a blur of perpetual more and more limited-over wind of 2.0 meters (within per- About Beamon’s leap, fellow sion was a "disrespect to the game over Test cricket? The motion, with the switch across cricket began punctuating the missible limits), but then the jumper Soviet Igor Ter- entity, to football and to option that offers the best finan- formats being nearly seamless periods between Test series, the other jumpers too had the same Ovanesyan said, “Compared to Brazilian fans." cial return on time invested is to a follower. back stories grew sketchier. conditions. However, no one this jump, we are like chil- Brazil physiotherapist Luiz undeniably attractive, even Few — save the diehards, Fortunately, the coming Test else anywhere near Beamon’s dren,” while the then reigning Alberto Rosan said he knew of accounting for the fulfilment of remember with clarity the series has several subplots, effort with Klaus Beer coming Olympic champion Lynn Robinho's injury, but that the playing the game’s richest, most events of the preceding season pregnant with possibility: the in a distant second with 8.19. Davies (U.K.) told Beamon: player would have had time to challenging form; with the IPL (if there is such a thing as a unveiling of Ajantha Mendis, The optical device was not “you have destroyed this heal before the Olympic tourna- reshaping cricket’s structure — cricket season these days). and captain Mahela equipped to measure Beamon’s event.” ment. and spawning clones in the Indeed, Kumble was asked by a Jayawardene’s handling of him; big leap and had to be meas- Sports Illustrated men- The 24-year-old Robinho was process — will the pride associ- professional journalist, no less, the cerebral battle between ured manually, adding to the tioned the effort as one of the dropped on the day he and his ated with wearing the national if he was happy with the return and Kumble; aura. five greatest sporting moments teammates were expected to cap remain an ideal worth striv- of the senior batsmen to the the quest of Sachin Tendulkar The 22-year-old American of the 20th century. report for training with Brazil. He was one of the three players ing for? team! to become Test cricket’s highest had won 22 of the 23 events Beamon’s record was bro- over the age of 23 summoned by “Test cricket is here to stay, At its worst, the surfeit of run-scorer; the contest between prior to the Olympics that year, ken by Mike Powell who coach Dunga, and Real Madrid and players really feel privileged cricket will lead to viewer and the but never again jumped beyond jumped 8.95 meters on August was not obligated to release to be part of it,” said Anil fatigue – an online poll suggest- Indian batsmen. (Hindu) 8.22 meters. And to believe that 30, 1991. ( Hindu) him.