The Island, Friday 3rd March, 2006 Maliyadeva bundle Murali spins into 1000 out Dharmapala for 98 Bangladesh were bowled out for 181 in their by Reemus Fernando second innings with Muralitharan taking 6 SCOREBOARD for 54. In the process he reached the 1000 wick- After declaring at their overnight ets mark in international cricket. Bangladesh 1st innings 319 (Mohammad score of 207 for 9, the Maliyadeva duo Sri Lanka in their second innings were 25 Ashraful 136, Nafees Iqbal 34, Malinga 4-57, of U. Perera and D. Dasanayake shared for no loss at stumps on day three of the Test. Muralitharan 3-87) seven wickets between them to bundle Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 313-6) They require a further 138 runs to win the out Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya for a M. Vandort c Mashud b Rasel 0 match. paltry 98 in their inter-schools cricket U. Tharanga c Ashraful b Rafique 42 Day three tea encounter which ended at Welagedara K. Sangakkara c Ashraful b Haque 69 Bangladesh struggled at the start of their ground on Wednesday. Asked to follow M. Jayawardene c Hossain b Rafique 30 second innings after conceding a narrow 19- on, Dharmapal were 148 for 5 at close. T. Samaraweera c Omar b Hossain 58 run first innings lead to Sri Lanka in the first Maliyadeva 207 for 9 declared T. Dilshan lbw b Haque 22 Test in Chittagong on Thursday. (Sameera Soysa 41, Rajitha Ratnayake The home side were 104-4 at tea after doing Farveez Maharoof b Hossain 72 39, Dasun Madumal 30, Gihan Ayantha well to restrict the opposition to 338 earlier in M. Bandara not out 19 38 n.o; Rasika Madusanka 6/72, Rusiru the day.Sri Lanka's tail refused to wag and the D. Fernando c S Nafees b Hossain 6 Balagama 2/35) visitors squandered the opportunity to build M. Muralitharan c S Nafees b Hossain 5 Dharmapala 98 (Sameen on 313-6 overnight to post a significant first L. Malinga run out 0 Kandanarachchi 23; U. Perera 3/22, D. innings lead. Extras (lb2, w1, nb12) 15 Dasanayake 4/26) and 148 for 5 at close But the Bangladesh side failed to take Total 338 (Praneeth Hewage 58 n.o, Ishan Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-86, 3-149, 4-149, 5- advantage, with Shahriar Nafees (26) and Athureliya 26; W. Ratnayake 3/31) 178, 6-295, 7-316, 8-330, 9-338 Khaled Mashud (10) the not out batsmen after Bowling: Rasel 18-1-75-1, Hossain 22-3-83- the top order threw away a decent start. Bandara hits back to back half tons 4, Rafique 29-6-76-2, Haque 24.1-5-76-2, Openers Javed Omar (31) and Nafees Iqbal Damith Bandara, with back to back Kapali 1-0-6-0, Ashraful 3-0-20-0 (6) added 47 before both fell to paceman half centuries (58 and 65) and Madawa Overs: 97.1 Dilhara Fernando. Iqbal edged a ball to wick- Perera and Gayashan Weerasekara also with valuable half tons excelled etkeeper Kumar Sangakkara and Omar was Bangladesh 2nd innings for D. S. Senanayake College in their trapped lbw nine runs later. Javed Omar b Fernando 31 encounter against Isipatana College, Wily off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan Nafees Iqbal c Sangakkara b Fernando 6 which ended in a draw at Wijerama dismissed first innings centurion Mohammad Habibul Bashar lbw b Bandara 12 Mawatha on Wednesday. Ashraful (one) before leg-spinner Malinga S Nafees c Fernando b Muralitharan 38 DSS 278 for 6 decl. (Madawa Perera Bandara trapped skipper Habibul Bashar (12) M Ashraful c Tharanga b Muralitharan 1 71, Damith Bandara 58, Nadeesha as Bangladesh were reduced to 69-4. K Mashud c Dilshan b Muralitharan 15 Jayakody 48, Dilum Harischandra 42, Earlier, pace bowler Shahadat Hossain Alok Kapali lbw b Muralitharan 9 Isuru Udana 40; G. Kanishka 2/50, S. struck three times for Bangladesh in the M Rafique st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 40 Jayasinghe 2/59) and 192 for 5 at close morning session as Sri Lanka lost their S Hossain c Malinga b Bandara 0 (Dilum Harischandra 19, Damith remaining wickets for 25 runs. Enamul Haque lbw b Muralitharan 1 Bandara 65, Gayashan Weerasekara 58, Hossain used the short ball to good effect as Syed Rasel not out 2 I. Udana 24; Wadheeba Perera 2/52) overnight batsman Thilan Samaraweera (58) Extras (b13, lb3, w3, nb7) 26 Isipatana 173 (Tharaka Waduge 60, and tail-enders Fernando (six) and Total 181 V. Kaluvitharana 34, S. Jayasinghe 24; Muralitharan (five) all perished playing the Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-56, 3-68, 4-69, 5- Milinda Marasinghe 3/32, Naveen pull shot, caught on the leg side. 122, 6-131, 7-135, 8-150, 9-168 Chittagong, - BANGLADESH : Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan reacts after the dismissal of Kavikara 2/22) Hossain finished with 4-83, his best haul in Bowling: Malinga 13-2-41-0, Maharoof 2-0- Bangladeshi cricketer Mohammad Ashraful (unseen) during the third day of the first Test match Thurstan beat four Tests and the second time he has taken 5-0, Bandara 20-2-55-2, Muralitharan 19.5-6- between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Bir Shrestha Divisional Stadium in Chittagong, yesterday. St. Sebastian’s four wickets in a Test innings after his 4-108 54-6, Fernando 4-1-10-2 Muralitharan captured six wickets as Sri Lanka bowled out Bangladesh for 181 in the second innings. Kanishka Elvitigala and Rishi against Sri Lanka in Colombo last year. Overs: 58.5 - AFP. Ukwatta picked three wickets apiece to guide Thurstan College to an easy 56- run victory over St. Sebastian’s College in their limited overs cricket encounter played on Wednesday. Chappell faces Thurstan 208 in 46.5 overs (Shehan England bounce back Perera 62, Buddhi Samarawickrama 44, censure over Geeth Kumara 39; Jehan Fernando 2/42, Madusanka Fernando 3/34, after Collingwood's Janith Jayawardena 2/35) Ganguly remarks St. Sebastian’s 152 in 43.1 overs (Rajitha Mendis 51; Kanishka maiden ton NEW DELHI, March Chappell later wrote Elvitigala 3/20, Rishi Ukwatta 3/20, 2, 2006 (AFP) - India's in a leaked e-mail to Umesh Karunaratne 2/16) NAGPUR, India, March 2 Thursday.sound start when he had hard-hitting opener cricket coach Greg Indian cricket chiefs (AFP) - Paul Collingwood hit his All-rounder Collingwood chalked up Virender Sehwag (two) caught by Kevin Chappell may be taken that Ganguly was Thirimanna stars maiden century and fast an unbeaten 134 as England Pietersen in the covers off an uppish drive in his to task over comments "unfit" to lead India and in Cambrians win bowler Matthew Hoggard posted a competitive 393 second over. in a British newspaper questioned his commit- Ramesh Thirimanna, with an unfin- grabbed an early wicket to in their first innings after India were 41-1 at tea on the second day, with that Sourav Ganguly ment to the team. ished 51 runs helped Prince of Wales restore England's fortunes resuming at 246-7. skipper Rahul Dravid batting on five and Wasim wanted to remain cap- Indian cricket board in the opening Test Hoggard then Jaffer on 28 at the break. record a hard fought 1 wicket victory tain for financial rea- secretary Niranjan against India here on denied India a England, seeking their first Test series win in over St. John’s College, Nugegoda in sons, an official said on Shah said on Thursday India in 21 years, frustrated the hosts for more their inter school limited overs match Thursday. that Ganguly had com- than a session with their dogged batting as they played on Wednesday. put on 126 runs for the last two wickets. Chappell, the plained to him about St. John’s 132 in 43 overs (Manoj Collingwood, a one-day specialist figuring in Australian batting great Chappell's adverse only his sixth Test, played a key role in rallying who took over as Indian remarks in the newspa- Arunajith 41, Supun Madusanka 21, his team. He put on 60 for the ninth wicket with coach in June, told the per interview. Damith Perera 31; Lahiru Sri Lakmal Steve Harmison (39) and 66 for the last with Guardian newspaper "What had upset 2/24, Ramesh Kumara 3/13) debutant Monty Panesar (nine). that he wanted Ganguly Ganguly most was Prince of Wales 134 for 9 in 35.2 The gutsy all-rounder was on 79 when Panesar out as captain because Chappell's comments overs (Chamesh Fernando 28, Ramesh came to the crease, but farmed the strike intelli- his batting form was that he wanted to cling Thirimanna 51 n.o; Keshawa Eranda gently to complete his hundred with a pair of bold 3/41, Amila Pathum 2/26) shots off spinner Harbhajan Singh. being affected. on to the India captain- Collingwood, 53 overnight, danced down the "We clashed because cy for financial rea- track to loft Harbhajan over long-on for a six to his (Ganguly) needs as a sons," Shah said. Revatha coast home reach 99 and then repeated the shot off the next struggling player and "I will talk to (cricket Revatha College, Balapitiya coasted delivery, this time for three runs. captain and those of the board) president Sharad home to a 6-wicket victory over St. He went on the rampage in the afternoon ses- team were different," Pawar and apprise him Servatius’ College in a low scoring sion, severely punishing left-arm seamer Irfan Chappell was quoted as of what has happened. match played at Uyanwatta ground on Pathan.