The Island, Wednesday 8th February, 2006 Outplay South Africa by 76 runs in Hobart ‘decider’ enter VB Series finals by Revata S. Silva Australia in the last league game rid of Justin Kemp - who was out Sangakkara was relatively in con- reporting from Australia pushing out the third team, West lbw first ball - reducing South trol taking 61 for his his 28th ODI Indies, from the finals. This Africa to 114-5 in the 27th over. fifty. Two well made half centuries, superlative feat was later identi- Middle-order batsmen Prince, Before Sangakkara departed, which finally proved match-win- fied as a forerunner for the and Johan van der caught at mid-on off van der Wath ning feats, by skipper Marvan island’s World Cup win which Wath did not flourish as the for 62 (77 balls with 5 fours), Sri Atapattu (80) and Kumar came just two months later. Proteas surrendered fast (8-147). Lanka were strongly placed at 175 Sangakkara (62), followed by a They will now meet world Johan Botha (17) and for one in 36.2 overs. great display of leg-spin bowling champions Australia in the first (18 ) added 31 for the ninth Skipper Atapattu followed him by ‘super-sub’ Malinga Bandara (4 final in Adelaide on Friday (10) but no sooner they hit to the far in the next over for 80 (122 balls), for 31 in 9 overs), helped Sri Lanka and then in Sydney on Sunday (12) corners, the catches were held by caught at mid-off off the same beat South Africa by 76 runs, in a under lights on both occasions. the Lankans and they were bowler and soon found the rest of decisive VB tri-series encounter, The Lankans will go to the finals bowled out for 181 in 44th over. his batsmen providing catching putting them in the best-of-three with confidence because both Sri Lanka got the bonus point practice to the South African field- series final, at the these venues assist their style of to finish with 14 points (SA 12, ers, offering “dollies” in their bid in Hobart, yesterday. play. Aus. 27). to accelerate the run rate. Sri Lanka, after winning the The third final is scheduled for Jehan Mubarak (14 off 19), toss and deciding to bat first on a Brisbane on February 14 and will Sri Lanka manage 257 Vaas (5) and Muttiah batting-friendly pitch, fought on be played, only if required. Sri Lanka were earlier given a Muralitharan (1) found the field- to score 257 for 9 in 50 overs and solid start by their openers, ers inside the circle as they tried then restricted South Africa from Vaas’ stunning start Atapattu and , to clear them, while Mahela the early stages, never allowing Bandara stole the limelight and who added 52 for the first Jayawardene (11) and youngster them to find their feat, before won the Player of the Match in 53 balls before Jayasuriya was Chamara Kapugedara failed to finally bowling them out for 181 in award, though it was his senior bowled, off an inside edge, for 25. capitalise on the platform built by 43.4 overs. partner who The second wicket pair of the top order. The victory will now put Sri turned the game in Sri Lanka’s Atapattu and Dilshan hit a four and a six in Lanka into the VB Series (earlier favour, sending back both Boeta put on 123 runs, which ultimately the last over by Hall, which saw Dippenaar (9) – the highest scorer proved vital. Sri Lanka go past the 250 run known as ‘Benson & Hedges’ and Tasmania, AUSTRALIA: Sri Lankan spinner Malinga Bandara celebrates taking a wick- of the series coming into the Atapattu though, struggled to mark before he was cleaned up then ‘Carlton & United’) finals, for et as he tears through the South African batting order during their one-day match match with 373 runs in seven find his touch, consuming 92 balls trying to paddle a back- the second time in its 18-year-old played in Hobart, 7 February 2006. Sri Lanka defeated South Africa by 76 runs and history. innings - and (0) for his career’s 58th fifty and ward, after scoring 30 in 23. in his fourth over, the seventh of will meet Australia in the first final of the triangular series in Adelaide, 10 February. Sri Lanka reached the B&H (AFP) finals in 1995-96 defeating the innings, putting the opponents SCOREBOARD on the back foot. Dippenaar was trapped in front Sri Lanka innings: B. Dippenaar lbw b Vaas 9 when he tried to glide the ball M. Atapattu c Hall b van der Wath 80 H. Gibbs c and b Vaas 0 through point and Gibbs was S. Jayasuriya b Pollock 25 M. Boucher b Fernando 24 trapped by the bowler’s well-dis- K. S’kara c Dippenaar b van der Wath 62 A. Prince c and b Bandara 22 guised ‘slower ball’ giving a M. Jayawardene lbw b Hall 11 J. Kemp lbw b Bandara 0 return catch to Vaas in the third J. Mubarak c Prince b Hall 14 S. Pollock c Sangakkara b Bandara 15 ball he faced. T. Dilshan b Hall 30 A. Hall not out 18 The Lankan bowlers never C. Kapugedara b Botha 3 J. van der Wath b Muralitharan 0 loosened their grip on the game C. Vaas c Botha b Langeveldt 5 J. Botha c Kapugedara b Jayasuriya 17 since then (2 for 19). M. Muralitharan c Botha b Langeveldt 1 C. Langeveldt b Dilshan 1 (67 in 76), who D. Fernando not out 1 Extras:(lb3, nb1, w4) 8 had a poor run during the series R. Perera not out 1 Total 181 with a top score of 44, tried to con- Extras:(b3, lb5, w12, nb4) 24 Fall of : 1-19, 2-19, 3-77, 4-113, 5- solidate the innings sharing 58 for Total:(9wkts) 257 114, 6-137, 7-146, 8-147, 9-178, 10-181. the third wicket with Mark Overs: 50. Bowling: C. Vaas 7-3-17-2, R. Perera 6-0- rejkamqrh Boucher (24 off 36) and 36 for the Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-175, 3-190, 4-207, 40-0, D. Fernando 7-1-32-1 (1w, 1nb), M. fourth with (22 off 5-212, 6-220, 7-229, 8-241, 9-254. Muralitharan 8-0-28-1, T. Dilshan 4.4-0-23-1 41), but misread a Bandara Bowling: S.Pollock 10-0-35-1(2w), D. Steyn (1w), M. Bandara 9-0-31-4 (1w), S. “wrong un” in the bowler’s second 3-0-32-0(4nb), A. Hall 10-0-50-3(3w), Jayasuriya 2-0-7-1 (1w). over to offer long-on an easy catch. C.Langeveldt 10-0-47-2(2w), J. van der Overs: 43.4. He was earlier dropped by Wath 9-1-41-2(2w), G. Smith 3-0-19-0(3w), Toss: Sri Lanka wfma .u ;uhs off Dilhara J. Botha 5-0-25-1. Man of the Match: M. Bandara (Sri Lanka). ... Fernando. The same Bandara over South Africa innings: Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS), Mark Benson saw him bowl a googly, which got G. Smith c Muralitharan b Bandara 67 (ENG). Tfí yo ne|s India cruise to nine wicket win Pakistan seize by Reemus Fernando Tournament favourites India cruised to a bad light win in comfortable nine wicket win over Namibia in a Group ‘A’ game of the under-19 World first ODI Cup at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Monday. by Shahid Hashmi Having restricted Namibia to 170, the Indians reached the target losing only opener Gaurav Tfí ñKs uq;= leg ;j ;j;a PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 6, Dhiman with more than 22 overs to spare. 2006 (AFP) - Opener Salman Tma kexùug Indian leg spinner Piyush Chawla claimed three for 38 in his ten overs while off-spinner Butt hit a punishing century and rejkamqrhg msúis j.hs''' Rohit Sharma claimed two for 15. Shoaib Malik a quickfire 90 to In reply, Dhiman hammered a super 90 off help Pakistan score a dramatic NCC grounds. The Caribbean side amassed a seven-run win under special bad only 71 deliveries with 12 fours and a six to mammoth 302 for seven in 50 overs. Tfí ±kaùï Ndr .ekSug light rules against India here on take India through. He added 147 runs for the Perkins scored 133 in 150 balls with 16 Monday. m;% fnod yeÍu ;j ;j;a first wicket in just 132 deliveries with fellow boundaries and was well supported by Pakistan, chasing 329 to win, opener Cheteshwar Pujara who made an Gajanad Singh who scored 65 in just 52 balls läkï lsÍug were 311-7 in 47 overs before the unbeaten 66. with seven fours and three sixes. light stopped play with the home CHIEF SCORES: USA were bowled out for 215 in 45.4 team ahead on the Duckworth- Namibia 170 all out (48.5 overs) D. Botha 61, overs. Lewis scoring system, which H. Prinsloo 28. P. Chawla 3/38, R. Sharma CHIEF SCORES: rejkamqrhg 2/15) India 173/1 (27.1 overs) G. Dhiman 90, establishes a result when a one- West Indies 302/7 (50 overs) W. Perkins 133, day match is not completed. C. Pujara 66. G. Singh 65, J. Mohammad 45. Butt and Malik had put Pakistan thrash Uganda M. Patel 2/22 USA 215 all out (45.4 overs) H. Defending champions Pakistan routed Punoo 65, A. Dudson 43. K. Roach 3/24, R. Pakistan on track for a comfort- wms wdfjuq minnows Uganda by eight wickets in their able win before the home team Bachan 3/42. . lost five wickets for 67 runs in a Group ‘A’ game at the P. Sara Stadium. Having England secure 77 run victory YdLd ld¾hd,h bowled out the associate member for just 74 in over Nepal sensational collapse which also 33.3 overs after putting the opposition in, Nepal squandered a fine opportunity to included Inzamam-ul Pakistan knocked off the target in just 12.5 stage an upset win over England in their Haq’s rare dismissal for obstruct- overs with eight wickets to spare. Under-19 Group ‘D’ World Cup fixture played ing the field. Wmd,s mqj;am;a iud.u Pakistan seamers Jamshaid Ahmed and Inzamam tried to keep a throw at the SSC, grounds. The Nepalese did well to Akthar Ayub took three wickets each, while restrict the Englishmen to 209 in 50 overs with away from hitting the stumps r;akmqr Èia;%sla iuqmldr uKav, f.dvke.s,a, captain Safaraz Ahmed excelled in the field left arm paceman Basant Regmi and right arm with the bat after making 16. 28, nKavdrkdhl udj;, r;akmqr. ÿrl:kh 045 4360690 taking five catches. seamer Sarad Vesawakar claiming two wickets Australian umpire Simon Taufel CHIEF SCORES: each. adjudged Inzamam out as the Uganda 74 all out (33.3 overs) J. Ahmed 3/15, However, Nepal couldn’t come up with the Pakistan captain was also out of A. Ayub 3/15. Pakistan 75/2 (12.5 overs) N. same impressive performance with the bat as his crease. Jamshed 35* they were bowled out for 132 in 45.2 overs. Younis Khan (18) and Naved-ul ±ka b;ska fld

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