Wednesday 2nd November, 2011 13 Bangladesh 164-4, MCA season openers still trail Windies hampered by weather The MCA 2012 season opener, as per the ‘Parabola’ system. Samantha Gunasekera 3/40, Nalaka the ‘Elephant–Lemonade’ ‘D’ The tournament will contin- Amarakoon 2/25) Division 50-overs League tour- ue this weekend with a card of Textured Jersey (when rain halted by 344 runs nament got off to a rain-inter- four matches. play): 162/8 in 37.4 overs (Nuwan rupted start last weekend. Alahakoon 55, Rangeeth Peiris 60; Two matches scheduled to be Weekend schedule: Tharinda Heshan 3/34, Tariq Nazeer DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) played at the MCA grounds on November 5: 3/30) — Opener Tamim Iqbal hit an Saturday and Sunday were ham- DPMC ‘A’ Vs Textured Jersey at Sri Lanka Telecom Vs John unbeaten 82 on Tuesday to help pered by rain but the results MCA Keells ‘B’: Bangladesh reach 164-3 at stumps were decided on the ‘Parabola’ PABC Bank Vs Softlogic at Thurstan on day four after being set an system. John Keells ‘B’ (won the toss): improbable 508 to beat the West On Saturday, Textured College grounds. 118 all out in 43.3 overs (Denuka Indies in the second Test. Jersey, one of the newcomers to November 6: Costa 40, J. Sriyapala 26; R. C. S. Bangladesh still trails by 344 this division went down fight- SLT ‘A’ Vs Airport & Aviation at MCA. de Silva 2/9, Chathura Fernando runs despite Tamim’s effort, ing to Mobitel by 13 runs. Mobitel Vs DPMC ‘A’ at Thurstan 2/15, K. Siriwardena 2/34, R. which included eight boundaries On Sunday, another newcom- College grounds. Niroshan 3/12) and one six. Mushfiqur Rahim er, John Keells ‘B’ was out- Brief Scores: SLT ‘A’: 118/6 in 28.5 overs (W. G. was 33 . played by Sri Lanka Telecom ‘A’ Mobitel (won the toss): 202/8 in 50 S. Ayantha 52, Namal Dissanayake West Indies declared its sec- by four . overs (Ruwan Wickramanayake 55, 25; Ashan Withanarachchi 2/15, ond on 383-5 earlier Sri Lanka Telecom ‘A’, after Keith Peiris 30, Nalaka Vimukthi 57; Thilina Herath 3/15). Tuesday when was restricting John dismissed for 195, trying to raise Keells ‘B’ to 118 in his maiden Test double century 43.3 overs, levelled with another six. the score at 118 for fin- 6 in 28.5 overs, ished unbeaten on 59. He reached when there was a his half century with consecutive rain interruption. pulled boundaries behind square The result of the leg from Shahadat Hossain in an match was decided Bangladesh’ Suhrawadi Shuvo, left, consoles West Indies’ Darren over that cost Bangladesh 16 runs. Bravo, center, after he missed his double century by five runs dur- Before tea, Bangladesh lost ing the fourth day’s play of their 2nd Test in Dhaka on Nov.1, two quick wickets — Imrul Kayes Tuesday. Shivnarine Chanderpaul, on right, looks on. (AP caught by Kirk Edwards off Fidel Photo/Pavel Rahman) Edwards for nine and Shahriar Nafees caught and bowled by eight runs to his overnight total innings. It was an impressive 10th skipper Darren Sammy for 18. before he was dismissed by Test for Bravo, a 22-year-old left- In the final session, Raqibul Sohrawardi Shuvo (3-73) for 12. handed batsman who posted six Hasan (17) was caught by Sammy Bravo added 143 for the fifth half centuries in his first eight off a Marlon Samuels delivery. with Chanderpaul and had Tests. Earlier, Bravo resumed day just clobbered Shuvo over long-on On Monday, Kirk Edwards four on 100 after reaching his for six — his fifth of the innings made 86 to get the West Indies’ maiden test century on the last — when he top-edged another second innings off to a decent ball of the previous day.He batted attempted slog and was caught start after Bangladesh was dis- early on with night-watchman out five runs short of his 200, missed for 231, conceding a 124- , who added only bringing an end to his 297-ball first-innings deficit.

Under-19 Cricket Messi among 23 candidates for world Rain spoils Nalanda Vs player award ZURICH (AP) — Lionel Messi is made the list after helping Maliyadeva in the running for a third consecu- Manchester United to a 19th league tive FIFA world player of the year title and a spot in the Champions encounter award after being selected among League final. the 23 candidates for the 2011 prize. Spain coach Vicente Del The Inter School Under-19 FIFA released the shortlist Bosque was among the 10 candi- cricket match between early Tuesday for the Ballon d’Or dates nominated for the world Nalanda College and 2011 award. European champion coach of the year award. Long- Maliyadeva College was aban- Barcelona has eight players in the serving Manchester United man- doned due to rain when the list, including Messi, while archri- ager Sir Alex Ferguson, home team were 189 for four val Madrid has five players nomi- Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola and wickets at Kurunegala yester- nated. Madrid coach Jose Mourinho are England striker Wayne Rooney also on the list. day. Scores: Maliyadeva (94 for 1 overnight) 189 for 4 wkts in 52 overs (Leo Francisco 39, Rogge Rasanjana Jayaratne 46, Minod Ranasinghe 25, Nimna Karunaratne 43 n.o., Koshan praises Danushka 2/67) Not a ball bowled at Blatter Panadura The match between for FIFA Isipatana College and Royal College, Panadura was aban- doned without a ball being probe bowled on the second day due to wet weather conditions at Panadura yesterday. LAUSANNE, Scores: Switzerland (AP) — IOC Isipatana 131 for 4 wkts at President Jacques Rogge close in 54.1 overs (Pavan has praised Sepp Blatter Anjana 35, Harith for promising to reopen a Wanigarachchi 69 n.o.; Asitha case which could confirm Fernando 2/17). (RF) allegations that FIFA and Olympic officials took kickbacks from marketing contracts. New Zealand Rogge tells The Associated Press that the IOC executive board will 179-2 vs. study a separate investiga- tion on Dec. 7-8 into the Zimbabwe ISL case by the Olympic body’s independent ethics BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe commission. (AP) — Opener Martin Guptill One week later, FIFA is was 74 not out as New Zealand scheduled to publish Swiss eased to 179-2 against Zimbabwe court papers about the at tea on day one of the one-off secret payments as part of Test on Tuesday. Blatter’s promised anti- Guptill hit seven fours and a corruption drive. six in his 170-ball knock, shar- Rogge says “Sepp ing partnerships of 75 with Blatter promised to deliv- Kane Williamson (49) and an er and I believe that he is unbroken stand of 64 with cap- delivering.” tain Ross Taylor (33 not out) to He adds that it’s “a move the Black Caps toward a very good thing” for FIFA strong position after they chose to “release documents that to bat first at Queens Sports are creating controversy Club. nowadays.”