Monday 5th January, 2009 15 take stranglehold at CDS Sri Lanka took a stranglehold on the Raqibul Hasan had failed to score caught behind by Jayawardene off the second Test in Bangladesh on Sunday when he became Mendis’ first victim, lbw, bowling of Muralitharan. thanks to a spin master class from seven runs later. Mortaza’s third Test fifty helped Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Junaid Siddique and Mohammad Bangladesh add a further 77 runs before Muralitharan. Ashraful saw Bangladesh through to 51 they were all out for 208. The pair finished with figures of four for three at lunch, having made 22 and 13 Mushfiqur Rahim was first to fall after for 71 and three for 62 respectively as the respectively. tea, by Prasanna Jayawardene tourists established a 176-run first- Siddique was beaten for pace by going down the track to Mendis for 21. innings lead on day two in Chittagong - an Fernando for 28 after the interval before Wicketkeeper Jayawardene then advantage that would have been even Mendis took centre stage, claiming two snapped up Enamul Haque Jr off the greater had the hosts not managed a 63- lbws in successive deliveries to leave bowling of Muralitharan for four to leave run 10th- stand. Bangladesh reeling on 90 for six. the home team 145 for nine. There was just time in the evening ses- First Mehrab Hossain Jr was trapped The final-wicket partnership between sion for Sri Lanka to begin their second playing forward for 18 and then Shakib Mortaza (63) and Shahadat Hossain (five innings, with Malinda Warnapura (seven misjudged one playing back and was sent ) yielded 63 runs as the Sri Lanka not out) and Prasanna Jayawardene (six back to the pavilion having not troubled bowlers were frustrated before spin king not out) successfully seeing out the first the scorers. Muralitharan finished things off by hav- five overs as the visitors advanced to 13 Captain Ashraful plugged away ing Mortaza caught at deep square leg by without loss to extend their overall lead to valiantly for 45 but fell just before tea - Tillakaratne Dilshan. (Cricket365.com) 189. Already 1-0 up in the two-match series, SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka resumed the day on 371 for six Sri Lanka, 1st Innings: S. Al Hasan lbw b Mendis 0 at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, but M. Warnapura lbw b Ashraful 63 M. Rahim st P. J’dene b Mendis 21 had their tail wrapped up with four lbw P. Jayawardene lbw b Mortaza 0 M. Mortaza c Dilshan b Muralitharan 63 decisions for the addition of just 13 runs K. Sangakkara b Mortaza 5 E. Haque c P. J’dene b Muralitharan 4 this morning. M. Jayawardene c Rahim b Al Hasan 11 S. Hossain not out 5 Chamara Kapugedera (96) was the first T. Samaraweera b S. Hossain 19 Extras: (5b, 5lb, 8nb) 18 to go in the second over of the day having T. Dilshan b Enamul Haque 162 Total: (All out) 208 added only three to his score after he fell C. Kapugedara lbw b Al Hasan 96 Overs: 76.2 Sri Lankan spin- lbw to a Shakib that kept low. C. Vaas lbw b Mortaza 3 Fall of : 1-0, 2-26, 3-33, 4-65, 5- ner Ajantha Mashrafe Mortaza took his third wick- M. Muralitharan lbw b Al Hasan 0 90, 6-90, 7-122, 8-136, 9-145, 10-208. Mendis bowls et with the very next ball when Chaminda A. Mendis not out 6 Bowling: Vaas 10-5-21-2, Fernando 18-4- during the sec- Vaas (three) was hit on the pad in line D. Fernando lbw b Al Hasan 0 44-1 (4nb), Mendis 28-5-71-4 (4nb), ond day’s play with leg stump before Shakib Al Hasan Extras: (4b, 8lb, 1w, 6nb) 19 dismissed Muralitharan for a duck in sim- Muralitharan 20.2-6-62-3. of the second Total: (All out) 384 Sri Lanka, 2nd Innings: Test against ilar fashion to Kapugedera. Overs: 94 Shakib, who finished with figures of M. Warnapura not out 7 Bangladesh in Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-7, 3-39, 4-75, 5- P. Jayawardene not out 6 Chittagong on four for 109, then ended the innings on 384 194, 6-367, 7-376, 8-376, 9-384, 10-384. Extras: 0 Sunday, 04th when he trapped Dilhara Fernando in Bowling: Mortaza 22-7-58-3 (2nb), Total: (for no wicket) 13 January 2008. front with another one that kept low. Hossain 14-0-80-1 (1w), Hasan 30-6-109- Overs: 5 Mendis picked Bangladesh’s response got off to a ter- 4 (1nb), Haque 19-3-70-1 (3nb), Hossain To bat: K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, up four wickets rible start when Vaas accounted for 7-1-36-0, Ashraful 2-0-19-1. Tamim Iqbal for nought in the first over T. Samaraweera, T. Dilshan, C. for 71 runs. (AP) as he got one to leave the opener and a thin Bangladesh, 1st Innings Kapugedara, C. Vaas, M. Muralitharan, A. edge was caught behind by wicketkeeper T. Iqbal c P. Jayawardene b Vaas 0 Mendis, D. Fernando. Jayawardene. I. Kayes lbw b Vaas 6 Bowling: Mortaza 2-1-5-0, Hossain 1-0-4- Vaas struck again to leave the hosts 26 J. Siddique b Fernando 28 0, Hasan 1-0-1-0, Haque 1-0-3-0. for two when he dismissed Imrul Kayes, R. Hasan lbw b Mendis 0 Umpires: S. Bucknor (WI),N. Llong (Eng) lbw for six after the batsman did not offer M. Ashraful c P. J’dene b M’tharan 45 Toss: SL a shot. M. Hossain lbw b Mendis 18 Series: SL (1-0) Premier League 2008-09 SA hit back after Clarke heroics South Africa captain Graeme nastily off a good length. Weerakoon guides Colts to victory Smith was taken to hospital for x- The problem centres on the rays on a suspected broken finger knuckle area of the little finger. by Revata S. Silva Tamil Union and Jehan Mubarak’s time- Fernando 86, U. Tharanga 44, N. after a century from Australia’s Smith was taken to hospital with It was an impressive bowling feat, a ly fifty for CCC helped the latter record Kulasekera 25, K. Gunawardena 24; S. Michael Clarke was negated by a his left hand heavily bandaged, match-bag of eight wickets by left-arm a three wickets outright win in their Mohamed 4-55, S. Dissanayake 3-45) Proteas fightback late on day two of later returning to watch the closing the third Test at the SCG. overs. spinner, Sajeewa Weerakoon, paved the Premier League three-dayer that ended Bloomfield 366 all out (Y. de Silva 115, C. In reply to way for Colts CC to beat SL Army SC by at Maitland Crescent. Silva 60, S. Kalawitigoda 41, S. Mendis the hosts’ chal- SCOREBOARD eight wickets at Havelock Park, 39, T. Masmulla 26, S. Jayantha 28; T. lenging first- . Scores: Kottahewa 4-68, A. Ganegama 3-65, C. Australia 1st innings 1, Harris 29.2 6 84 3, Duminy 4 0 14 1 innings total of M Hayden b Steyn 31 South Africa 1st innings Weerakoon took four wickets in the Tamil Union 309 all out and 195 all out Komasaru 3-103) 445, the tourists S Katich c de Villiers b Kallis 47 N McKenzie lbw b Siddle 23 second innings as Colts got an easy tar- (S. Serasinghe 36, S. Fernando 37, A. will enter day R Ponting c Boucher b Morkel 0 G Smith retired hurt 30 get of 73 to win the match on the final Priyanjan 28, G. Rupasinghe 24; C. Chilaw Marians too… three on 125 for M Hussey c Kallis b Harris 30 H Amla not out 30 day on Sunday (4). It was one of the four Vidanapathirana 3-57, N. Perera 2-57, N. Dinuk Hettiarachchi took five for 109 one with M Clarke c & b Duminy 138 J Kallis not out 36 Premier League Inter-club Tier ‘A’ crick- Randhika 2-20) to help Chilaw Marians SC beat Moors Hashim Amla A McDonald c Boucher b Ntini 15 Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 2) 6 et tournament match, organised by the CCC 351 all out and 153 for 7 wkts (J. in their Premier League encounter that (30) and B Haddin b Steyn 38 Total (1 wicket; 39 overs) 125 SLC that ended at Colombo on Sunday. Mubarak 56 n.o., N. Randhika 23, S. was concluded at Baybrooke Place, Jacques Kallis M Johnson c Smith b Steyn 64 To bat: de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher, Scores: Pathirana 29; S. Lakmal 2-17, M. Colombo. (36) to resume N Hauritz c Duminy b Harris 41 Morkel, Steyn, Harris, Ntini Army SC 175 all out and 123 all out (S. Pushpakumara 2-50, S. Serasinghe 2-71) Scores: on a pitch show- ing signs of P Siddle lbw b Harris 23 Fall of wickets: 0-35* (Smith, retired not Prasanna 35, R. Mendis 29; N. Chilaw Marians SC 389 all out and 253 wear and tear. D Bollinger not out 0 out, 1-76 Kulasekera 3-10, S. Weerakoon 4-43, D. for 9 wkts (G. Wijekoon 78, J. Gunaratne First inngs. win for Bloomfield Smith Extras (lb 7, w 3, nb 8) 18 Bowling: Perera 2-15) 49, H. Cooray 35, N. Perera 25; C. retired hurt on Total (all out; 136.2 overs) 445 Siddle 10 4 21 1, Bollinger 10 1 42 0, Colts CC 226 all out and 73 for 2 wkts (D. Bloomfield recorded a 1st innings Mudalige 7-102) 30 after being Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-63, 3-109, 4- Johnson 8 1 28 0, McDonald 6 2 12 0, Perera 34 n.o., I. Muthalib 19) win against strong NCC at Maitland Moors SC 344 all out (D. Hunukumbura struck on the 130, 5-162, 6-237, 7-379, 8-381, 9- Hauritz 5 0 20 0 Place as the batsmen of both sides did 52, N. Mazahir 53, A. Fernando 38, W. left hand by a 440, 10-445 Umpires: BF Bowden (New Zealand) and CCC beat Tamil Union by 3 wkts well in both innings. Fernando 27, A. Rideegammanagedera Mitchell Bowling: Steyn 27 5 95 3, Ntini 29 5 EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka) Scores: 69 n.o.; D. Hettiarachchi 5-109, G. Johnson deliv- 102 1, Morkel 27 3 89 1, Kallis 20 6 54 TV umpire: RJ Tucker The second innings’ low score by NCC 257 all out and 244 all out (L. Wijekoon 2-32, R. Silva 2-39). ery that reared Rahula, Sandun place Dharmaraja on top Giles in line for stop-gap role as by Rukshan Razak to be the top scorer for the visitors. 13 wickets. Prathab Silva took 4 for Rajans, in reply, having strug- 19. A match bag of 13 for 95 by off gled earlier in scoring runs after Moores fights to save job spinner Rahula Ekanyake and a their top order failed in their bid, Isipathana College 207 all out in sweltering century and a half cen- were finally rescued as fifteen year 70.2 overs (N. Sasanka 37, Sri by Scyld Berry outcome is that Moores will not member of the last team old Sandun Weerakkody blew apart Vimukthi 46, S. Premaratne 23, A. tury by young Sandun Weerakkody be coach when England fly to the to win in the West Indies, and the spin attack with his unbeaten 72 De Silva 31, R. Ekanayake 9 for 50) placed Dharmaraja College on top Australia are in disarray.Yet West Indies on Jan 21. The man- someone who has had a lengthy against Isipathana College in their runs off 70 balls to post the Rajans and 163 for 9 in 73 overs ( N. it is and South Africa who aging director of England crick- playing relationship with Inter-school cricket fixture that total to 155 for 4. Sasanka 36, Sri Vimukthi 25, C. are grabbing at their crown, et, Morris will try to effect a rec- Pietersen, Giles has almost ended in a draw at University Young Weerakkody opened his Premaratne 25, C. Waduge 20 n.o; Grounds, Peredeniya, yesterday. onslaught without any mercy Rahula Ekanayake 4 for 45, Prathab while England are nowhere to be onciliation when Pietersen everything except the experience Isipathana who took first lease towards Pathana scoring 159 runs Silva 4 for 19) seen. In almost two years since returns from his safari on of coaching, limited as he has of the wicket were restricted to 207 in 162 balls which included 21 Dharmaraja College 307 for 8 Duncan Fletcher stood down as Thursday,but nothing can alter been to one season in charge of amid a menacing attack unleashed boundaries and led Rajans to post declared (Buwaneka Ekanayake 23, their coach, England have beaten the basic fact: Moores is not the Warwickshire. by Rahula Ekanayake who grabbed 307 for 8 as they declared the Yapa Bandara 16, Thikshana only the two weakest of the reader of strategies, the analyser Warwickshire have a pre-sea- nine wickets conceding 50 runs in innings. Wedagedara 22, Sandun major Test teams, West Indies of opponents and the author of son tour of South Africa in Pathana, in reply, were 163 for 9 Weerakkody 159, Prathab Silva 26, the process. Right hander, Sri and New Zealand. All the coun- ideas that Pietersen needs. March, but counties have tradi- at stumps as Ekanayake captured 4 Hemal Munaweera 21, A. Vimukthi batted with some confi- tries that England used to be on a England and Wales Cricket tionally not stood in England’s dence and managed to score 46 runs more wickets for his match bag of Deemantha 4 for 67) par with – South Africa, India Board officials have already con- way.In addition, Giles has an and Sri Lanka – have beaten sidered sending England to the able deputy in Allan Donald, and England, and not by close mar- West Indies without a coach – Warwickshire’s tour is to his Madawa, Ashan push Kingswood to a draw gins either. and discarded it. When India native city of Bloemfontein. Kingswood College Kandy powered their off spinners Madhawa A Atukorala 40, n.o; C. Colambage 6 for These bad results arise from toured England in 2007 without a The ECB would then have by a fine all-round performance of Maduranga and Chathura Kumarasiri 67) and 136 for 4 in 40 overs (Madhawa a dislocation. England have lost coach, they were captained by time to head-hunt the coach with their opener and off spinner Madawa as they shared a match bag of eight Maduranga 19, Ashan Seneviratne 58 seven and drawn one of their last Rahul Dravid, as experienced as international experience whom Maduranga, consolidated with an wickets. Kingswood, in reply, were 136 n.o; C. Dharmaprema 18, M.D. eight competitive matches they come, and his team were Pietersen seeks, and install him unbeaten half ton by Ashan for 4 at close of play. Karunaratne 29.n.o; Nuwan Nilantha 2 because an inexperienced cap- more mature than England are before the two-Test series at Seneviratne, took major honours Chanaka Colambage of St. for 40) tain in Kevin Pietersen is paired now. home to West Indies in May.This against St. Sylvester’s College, Kandy Sylvester’s College came out with a St. Sylvester?s College 180 all out in their Inter - school cricket match that noteworthy all round performance in with an inexperienced coach in Assuming that Morris cannot timetable is far from ideal, but in 74 overs (M. Nanayakkara 25, Nuwan ended in a draw at Police grounds, rescue of his team. Peter Moores; and England can- reconcile England’s captain and has to be more conducive to Nilantha 28, C. Colambage 31, N. De Kandy. Kingswood College 235 for 9 not wait to solve this problem coach, the idea is gaining ground Ashes success than the current Silva 15, D. Athauda 18, Chathura Kingswood who took first lease of declared 91 overs (Madawa Maduranga with the Ashes only six months that Ashley Giles should take the dislocation. Kumarasiri 4 for 42, Chalitha the wicket posted 253 for 9 anddeclared. 36, U. Hettiarachchi 12, Chathura away. team to the Caribbean as the tem- Dharmaprema 2 for 50, Madhawa They managed to restrict the Kumarasiri 23, H. Dharmaprema 14, C. Although the final decisions porary or emergency coach. An (C) The Telegraph Group, Maduranga 4 for 13) (RR) Sylvestrians for 180 runs with the aid of Dharmaprema 36, T.Karunaratne 54, Y. have yet to be made, the likeliest Ashes winner, England selector, a London, 2009