Wednesday 11th February, 2009 Fernando turns villain as India snatch victory from jaws of defeat Vanhoff cracks SCOREBOARD record 356 Sri Lanka Hammers 35 sixes T. Dilshan ct Raina b Ishant 61 including six in an over Pathan brothers lead S. Jayasuriya ct Ishant b Irfan 33 J. Mubarak ct & b Yousuf 13 C. Kapugedara ct Sehwag b Yousuf 16 by Reemus Fernando C. Silva not out 21 K. Weeraratne not out 10 Michael Vanhoff, skipper of St. Extras: (b 1, lb 10, w 6) 17 Thomas’ College, Kotte, earned a place Total: for four wickets 171 in school cricket history as he rewrote India to stunning win Overs: 20 the record books cracking probably the by Rex Clementine Can’t bat, can’t bowl, can’t field was Fernando, who has emerged a liabili- Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-87, 3-107, 4-152. highest individual score, a massive 356 ty to the team throughout this series. Did not bat: I. de Saram, T.T. Mirando, M. runs for his College in their Inter Yesterday the World of Cricket was Fernando infuriates you so much, at His four wicket-less overs cost Sri Bandara, L. Maliga, D. Fernando. School Under-19 match against Lalith dominated by brothers. In Adelaide David times; you wonder why on earth he is in Lanka 44 runs, including eight wides. Bowling: Zaheer 4-0-34-0, Ishant 4-0-40-1 Athulathmudali Vidyalaya at Kotte yes- It was not a convincing debut for Hussey and Michael Hussey had helped the team. A hopeless fielder, a typical (2w), Irfan 4-0-34-1 (2w), Yousuf 4-0-23-2, terday. Tillekeratne Dilshan as captain as his con- Australia to a series leveling win against number 11 batsman and a bowler who has Jadeda 4-0-29-0. Vanhoff scored 356 runs in just 205 fidence in his faster bowlers hurt Sri New Zealand and at R. Premadasa, the first never been consistent, Fernando has let India balls, the school officials told ‘The ever Twenty-20 International on Sri Sri Lanka down on numerous occasions Lanka badly, but he certainly couldn’t do G. Gambhir ct Weeraratne b Mirando 13 Island’ yesterday. He has hit 35 sixes Lankan soil saw the Pathan brothers from and it was he who offered the game to the worse than Mahela Jayawardene, who will V. Sehwag run out (Kapugedara) 01 and 20 fours in his swashbuckling India breaking the hearts of Sri Lankan Indians on a platter yesterday. be extremely lucky to keep the job for the S. Raina ct Saram b Bandara 35 knock, the officials said. To add more supporters by guiding their team to what He let the second ball of the Indian Twenty-20 World Cup in England later this Y. Singh ct Dilshan b Mubarak 32 value to his innings, Vanhoff also hit looked like an unlikely win at one stage. innings bowled by Lasith Malinga to go year. First he won an important toss and M. Dhoni b Bandara 13 then more importantly led from the front After the humiliation at the hands of away for boundary when a better effort R. Sharma ct Mubarak b Jayasuriya 04 six sixes in a single over, a feat that has by top scoring for the side. the Indians in the ODI series, where the was warranted and later, when he came R. Jadeja b Bandara 05 not been achieved by an Under-19 crick- Dilshan’s 61, his Lankans were completely outplayed, the onto bowl, his first two deliveries turned Y. Pathan not out 22 eter in recent history according to career best in spectators returned to see the team in up to be wide balls in an eight ball over. I. Pathan not out 33 some school officials. Twenty-20 action under a new captain in a new format Then when he came on for his second Extras: (lb 2, w 14) 16 Vanhoff bettered the record estab- that had inspired cricket audiences all over spell, his second ball happened to be a Total: for seven wickets 174 lished by Indika de Saram who scored wayward one down the leg side that the world, but was yet not explored in these Overs: 19.2 304 runs for St. Thomas’ College, shores. went to the boundary rope and Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-14, 3-81, 4-99, 5-108, Matara against Devananda College The Sri Lankans did exceptionally well Fernando gave away 16 runs in that 6-110, 7-115. during his highly successful school against the Twenty-20 World Champions over. Did not bat: Z. Khan, I. Sharma. reducing them to 115 for seven in the 16th Dilshan continued to keep faith career. over and as the tourists needed 57 runs on him and called onto bowl the Bowling: Malinga 3.2-0-38-0 (2w), Mirando 3- Although triple centuries have been from 28 balls with the spinners doing an penultimate over instead of opting 0-27-1 (3w), Fernando 4-0-44-0 scored by junior cricketers in Under-13 excellent job, it looked as if the hosts were for the experienced Jayasuriya, who (8w), Weeraratne 1-0-12-0, Mubarak 1-0-9-1, tournaments, de Saram’s triple centu- settled for a comfortable win, but Yousuf had given away just ten runs in his Bandara 4-0-32-3 (1w), Jayasuriya 3-0-10-1. ry remained for a long time as the only and Irfan Pathan shared an unbroken 59- three overs. Fernando gave 13 runs Toss: SL one by an Under-19 cricketer. run stand for the eighth wicket in 25 balls from the over leaving India requir- Result: India won Vanhoff combined for a valuable to seal the game for the Indians. ing just five more runs to seal the by three wickets 345 run partnership for the second Man of the It was the spinners who had brought game and India got home with wicket with Akila Weerasinghe who Match: Yousuf the Lankans back into the game as the com- four balls to spare when Irfan scored 137 runs inclusive of 18 fours Pathan (Ind) bination of Jehan Mubarak, Malinga clubbed Malinga for a six over and a six. Bandara and Sanath Jayasuriya pegged mid wicket. Umpires: G. Silva and T.H. The powerful blasting by the back the Indian innings from 81 for two to Malinga, playing his Wijewardene 115 for seven. first international game in 3rd Umpire: K. Dharmasena Thomian had taken their score to a Apart from picking up wickets, the 12 months after a career- Match Referee: S. Broad massive 608 for four declared. Lalith three spinners had also dried up the runs threatening knee injury, Athulathmudali Vidyalaya were and with the required rate rising over 11 failed to impress conceding Internationals, came in 47 balls with seven bowled out for 226 and 210 in the two runs an over with the tail to come, things 38 runs in 3.2 overs without tak- fours and a six and he added 59 runs for innings respectively with Vanhoff were nicely poised for the home team. ing a wicket, but the the first wicket with Jayasuriya in only 35 claiming five wickets in the second Malinga Bandara bowled well in partic- biggest disap- balls. Jayasuriya hit a typical aggressive innings to guide his side to an innings ular as he picked up three wickets for 32 pointment 33 in just 18 balls with three boundaries and 172 runs victory. runs and if not for his last four balls, which for and two sixes. Scores: Yousuf struck for 14 runs, he could the His dismissal brought in the left-hand- Lalith Athulathmudali 226 all out ed Jehan Mubarak, who struggled to main- have ended up with better in 58 overs (B. Chathuranga 58, B. figures. tain the momentum and scored 13 runs in Nayanajith 52; Ian Basnayake 2/25, But after hosts 19 balls. Nipuna Mahesh 2/18) and 210 all out in that, Dilshan Chamara Kapugedara, 16 in nine balls, panicked Yusuf Pathan, left, and Irfan Pathan celebrate Chamara Silva 21 in 18 balls pushed Sri 45 overs (B. Chathuranga 122; Machael and opted for their victory over Sri Lanka during the Lanka’s total to 171. Vanhoff 5/105, Akila Weerasinghe his faster bowlers and Twenty20 cricket match in Colombo, Sri Yousuf Pathan was the most successful 2/48) having played internation- Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. India won Indian bowler picking up two for 23 and St. Thomas’ 608 for four in 65.3 al cricket for close to a decade with Dilhara match by three wickets. (AP Photo/Eranga was named Man of the Match for his all- overs (Akila Weerasinghe 137, Michael Fernando, he should have known better. Jayawardena) round effort that won the game for India. Vanhoff 356, Gihan Benedict 45). Sri Rahula in emphatic ten-wicket win Angelo, Andre, Vinod and Inter-Provincial Cricket by Rukshan Razak 13, Sujith Hemantha 12, I. Seneviratne 2 for 54, S. Karunaratne 2 for 33, U.S. Chathura lead Petes Karunaratne 4 for 39) and 29 for no loss An all round team effort by Sri by Roshen Steelman to begin tomorrow Rahula College, Katugastota enabled in 4.4 overs (Nimesha Wanasundra 15 them to record an emphatic ten wicket n.o.). by Revata S. Silva other four teams in a tournament that victory over Galagedra Central College, St. Peter’s College right hand batsmen Angelo in their inter-school cricket encounter Nalanda post 305/9 against Trinity Perera, who was unbeaten on 103 (9x4 and 4x6), will go on till March 15.