The Island, Tuesday 1st August, 2006 Muralitharan ends South African defiance win by an innings and 153 runs performance on the final four in the same over Lasith day and he took his tally of Malinga was called upon to finish to 645. off the job and he did it going resumed on through the defence of Ntini, their overnight score on 311 picking up his only in the for four and match. Muralitharan struck was pretty early removing named Man of the Match for his Ashwel Prince in the sec- 374. ond over of the morn- ing. After a confident appeal for lbw was 27 turned down by umpire Billy Bowden, by Rex Clementine the South African South Africa batted for almost edged the off-spinner and Sri Lankan bowler Muttaiah Muralitharan, centre, celebrates the wicket of South Africa's , left, as two days and 157 overs but still Jayawardene at took a Sri Lanka's Chamara Kapugedara, right, looks on during the final day's play in the first Test match between couldn't prevent their worst Test splendid catch going low to Sri Lanka and South Africa in , yesterday. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) defeat against Sri Lanka as the his right. SCOREBOARD hosts won the series opener by a Prince had batted well for South Africa 1st Innings 169 all out massive margin of an innings his 61 and it was extremely A.B. de Villiers 65, Muralitharan 4-41, Fernando 4-48. and 153 runs. After a disappoint- vital for the Sri Lankans to Sri Lanka 1st Innings 756 for five decl. ing effort with the bat in the first get him early and once he K, Sangakkara 287, M. Jayawardene 374 was gone half the work was South Africa 2nd Innings (311/4overnight) CH in easy win over Old Zahirians innings where they were out for 169, the tourists came up done. R B 4 6 with an improved performance Herschel Gibbs lasted A. Hall lbw b Muralitharan 64 177 7 - CH & FC recorded an easy 40- Havies beat Army successful conversions. J. Rudolph ct K’gedara b Fernando 90 182 13 - yesterday. only 32 balls and gave 15 win over Old Zahirians SC in Upali Wickramasinghe scored lbw b Fernando 02 14 - - 34-13 Murali a simple return their ‘Caltex’ Clifford Cup the try for Army and the two On a flat SSC track that got A. Prince ct M. Jayawardene b Murali 61 182 4 - Havelocks SC beat Army SC Knockout tournament rugby penalties, and the conversion for slower and slower, Muttiah catch to reduce South Africa A.B. de Villiers lbw b Muralitharan 24 38 3 - by 34 (three goals, two tries and encounter held at Longden Muralitharan bowled brilliantly to 350 for six but that was all M. Boucher ct & b Muralitharan 85 160 10 - a penalty) to 13 (a goal and two them, were made by T.A. . picking up his 54th five-wicket the hosts could get in the H. Gibbs ct & b Jayasuriya 18 32 3 - Place, Colombo on Sunday. penalties) in their inter-club Havies led 14-3 at half time. haul in and Sri Lanka first session. , N. Boje 33 130 2 - CH got their points through Knockout rugby encounter, for CH & FC, the other victorious won the Test after lunch on the who had been named - A. Nel b Muralitharan 00 08 - - five goals and a try while the Old the ‘Caltex’ Clifford Cup, played team on Sunday in the first tain for the ODI series, bat- D. Steyn b Muralitharan 04 09 1 - final day. Muralitharan picked up Zahirians scored a goal, a try at Havelock Park, Colombo on round, will meet Havelocks in six wickets in all in the second ted well for his 85 in four M. Ntini b Malinga 16 32 - - and a penalty. Sunday. Extras (b 11, lb 4, nb 20, w 2) 37 the tournament semi-finals at innings and ended the game with hours and added 51 runs for After the Zahirians opened Dilip Methruwan scored the Total (all out) 434 Longden Place next Sunday ten for 172 -- 17th time he has the seventh wicket with scoring with a try in the first first try for the Havies and two taken ten wickets in a match. before Sanath Overs: 157.4 (August 6). The other semi-final, Fall of wickets: 1-165, 2-171, 3-185, 4-234, 5-312, 6- half, Harsha Wijeweera scored a more tries followed, from winger Captain Mahela Jayawardene's Jayasuriya broke the part- that is scheduled for next 350, 7-401, 8-404, 9-412. try for CH which was converted Lalinda Rodrigo and flanker Saturday (5), is between CR & FC and 's World nership taking a return : Malinga 16.2-0-85-1 (7nb) (1w), Maharoof 15- by Prasad Perera. Then CH skip- Ravi Jayasuriya. catch to dismiss the wicket- Record 624 run set up 2-48-0 (5nb) (1w), Fernando 24-6-69-2 (8nb), per Dilanjan Jayasekara put on Philip Esingharachchi scored versus SL Air Force, which will the victory and the massive first keeper batsman after lunch. Muralitharan 64-11-131-6, Dilshan 4-1-10-0, Jayasuriya two tries which were followed by another try for the winners be held at the same venue. innings lead of 587 gave Murali picked up Andre 34-8-76-1. tries from Indika Udayakumara, before a try by Rodrigo sealed This year’s Clifford Cup Muralitharan the perfect cushion Nel and in quick Toss: SA Mohamed Saldeen and Tuan the victory for the Havelocks. Knockout finals will be played at to attack. The off-spinner didn't succession and after Result: Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs Sajith Bandara, who scored the Longden Place on August 12 disappoint the local fans as he Makaya Ntini hit Man of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene Bohoran. penalty for Havies, made three (Sat.) came up with a match winning Jayasuriya for a six and a Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Mark Benson (Eng) Aruna Jayasekara refereed. Epa on Derana Sri Lanka to celebrate 25 years SSC beat Saracens Reputed cricket commentator Premasara Epasinghe will be featured on Derana Sports News today at 8.15 p.m. by 7 wkts. He will speak on the highlights of Sri of ICC full membership Lanka’s Test cricket history, spanning SSC beat Saracens by Sri Lanka will celebrate 25 inaugural Test which out in 45.5 overs (Shammika Ruwan 25 years. seven wickets in their two- years of their admittance as a won by seven wickets. 40, Prasad Priyangana 25, Malinga day cricket match ended at full member to the The players and officials Surappuli 36; Hans Fernando 2-13, Navy grounds on Sunday. International Cricket Council who will be honoured at the Suraj Mohammed 3-49, Shachitra SSC bowled out the oppo- (ICC) by honouring the crick- occasion are: Bandula Senanayake 2-34) nents for 151 in their second eters who played in the inaugu- Warnapura (capt), Duleep SSC (o/n 148-6) 185 all out in 62.2 innings and chased the victo- ral Test match against England Mendis (vice-capt), Sidath overs (Radhiv Fernando 25, H. Test match against England 24 ry target of 46 runs success- in February 1982. Wettimuny, , Ranjan Fernando 58, Kaushal Silva 29, years ago. fully with a loss of only three The felicitation ceremony will Madugalle, , Krishal Magage 21; Pradeep The celebrations will take wickets. take place at the P place prior to the commencement Somachandra de Silva, Ashantha Nishantha 2-43, M. Surappuli 5-67) Saravanamuttu Stadium, venue of the second Test with the hand- de Mel, Lalith Kaluperuma, and 46 for 3 wkts. in 11.5 overs of the second Test in the on-going Mahesh Goonatillake, Ajith de CHIEF SCORES: (Damith Indika 27 n.o., K. Silva 11 ing of memorabilia to the 12 play- Saracens SC 77 all out and 151 all series between Sri Lanka and ers and officials who were part of Silva and the late Anura n.o.). South Africa. Coincidentally it the inaugural Test. The event is Ranasinghe, Herbie Felsinger was also the venue where Sri sponsored by Hatton National and K.T. Francis (umpire) and M Lanka played their inaugural Bank who also sponsored the Rajasingham (manager). Gatlin faces prospect Landis poised to discover his fate PARIS (Reuters) - Tour de known soon. been disqualified for doping. of life ban France winner Floyd Landis, who If the positive test were con- His Phonak team said Landis World and Olympic 100m And anti-doping chief tested positive for testosterone on firmed, the American would be would be dismissed if the B result champion Justin Gatlin is Dick Pound and Gatlin's his way to victory in cycling's stripped of his Tour victory and was also positive. facing a lifetime ban after lawyer Cameron Myler told showpiece event, should find out Oscar Pereiro of Spain, who fin- The American, who has denied confirmation that his B Five Live on Sunday that shortly if the counter-analysis he ished second overall in this any wrongdoing and said his sample tested positive for the 24-year-old's B sample has requested confirms the month's race, would be declared body naturally produced high lev- testosterone. also tested positive. result. the winner. els of testosterone, has said he The American Gatlin will now wait to A source close to the anti-dop- It would be the first time in the intends to continue racing once announced on Saturday that learn his fate before a ing laboratory testing the B-sam- history of the sport's showpiece he has had an operation on his he had failed a doping test United States Anti-Doping ple said the result would be event that a Tour winner has hip. in April. Agency hearing. Australia proposes tri-nations series in Malaysia and Singapore MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)- Cricket Australia has not played a competitive opportunity is used in advance of the Cup will be held in the Caribbean starting Australia is hoping to use Singapore and one-day international match since ICCs major tournament in October, which in March. Malaysia as venues for a limited-overs Bangladesh in April and wants to use the Australia has never won. Sutherland said Cricket Australia had series involving India and the West Indies Southeast Asia series to fine-tune for its ''It would be exciting to bring the game the support of cricket associations in leading into the ICC Champions Trophy. Oct. 18 Champions Trophy opener at to newer cricketing frontiers and to show- Malaysia and Singapore and ''Im sure Cricket Australia chief executive Bombay. case some of the best players in the such a tournament will be a great success James Sutherland said he was aiming for ''We hope we're close to being able to world.'' and further strengthen our relationships a mid-September timeframe, giving the put this important tournament in place,'' Australia has won the last two cricket with Asian cricketing countries.'' three teams valuable warmup matches Sutherland said in a media release World Cups and is No. 1 in both limited- He said more details would be released before the Champions Trophy in India. Monday. ''It's important for us that this overs and test rankings. The next World later in the week.

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