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Ratnam Defy Numerical Disadvantage with the Last Grasp Winner Thursday 8th December, 2011 Things can not get any “We don’t complain when we lose away, Shaun,” Sanga croaked. “We don’t worse for Sri Lanka f***ing cry like in Morocco [where Sri BY REX CLEMENTINE Lanka had beaten hen South Africans arrive in South Africa in the Colombo, the curators here pro- final of a tri-nation Wvide them with a wicket that has some grass for the warm up game, competition that but when they turn up for the Test match, they are given the driest of year] and say ‘this wickets. The Sri Lankans, who are in South Africa at the moment, are sure to is not our condi- get a taste of their own medicine. tions’ and go to the Everyone agrees that Sri Lanka will have to play out of their skin to compete press conference against Graeme Smith’s side and no one even has asked the question whether Sri and say the same Lanka’s elusive first Test win in South Africa will come on this occasion. f***ing joke. If you The reasons being that the form win, be gracious, slump of batsmen has lasted for months and the team has failed to play as a unit. man. Otherwise it’s The politicians haven’t helped the cause either. While one has issued press state- s**t. Graceful, man, ments to underscore the disunity in the graceful, Shaun. team, another had apparently called the shots at selections forcing the country’s Learn it.” best batsman during the last three years to be initially overlooked for the Test series. But can it get any worse? Tillakaratne Dilshan has gone onto prove that captaincy is not his forte, to the side. Having got there, Angelo Mathews lost his touch in the Tillakaratne, to be made Sri Lanka cap- UAE, Mahela Jayawardene is no more in tain the following year, was proving the ICC rank for top ten batsmen, coun- While Mahela Jayawardene requires 46 runs to complete 10,000 Test runs while Kumar Sangakkara arrives in South Africa as world’s number everyone wrong in the toughest of con- try’s bowling is spearheaded by the one ranked batsman. ditions. unreliable Dilhara Fernando while Sri Lanka lost that Test by a mere Dirty Austin has convinced the coun- with a thrilling hundred at Centurion, treat to watch while coping against in Sri Lankan cricket history in recent three wickets, but not before try’s best fast bowler that he is better off the venue for the first Test. Ajantha Mendis won’t be an easy task times have come in South Africa. In Sangakkara had given South African working for Ambanis rather than that Someone also needs to remind for the flat footed South Africans, espe- Durban during the 2003 World Cup, captain Shaun Pollock a piece of his bankrupt outfit called Sri Lanka Wessels that of Sri Lanka’s top five, four cially with the Umpire Decision Review Sanath Jayasuriya’s side broke 42 mil- mind. “We don’t complain when we lose Cricket. Our cricket is at its lowest ebb have better averages than his Test aver- System, that stood in good stead for the lion South African hearts when they away, Shaun,” Sanga croaked. “We don’t and it can’t get worse. age of 41:00 and that three of those four mystery man when it was first intro- tied the last group game eliminating the f***ing cry like in Morocco [where Sri Batting collapses in Cardiff, Galle players average above 50. duced, available for this series. hosts from the World Cup. Former bats- Lanka had beaten South Africa in the and Dubai cost Sri Lanka three succes- Bounce has been considered the Welagedara and Mendis will be key men man Andrew Hudson, who had turned a final of a tri-nation competition that sive series and former South African demon that the Sri Lankans will strug- for Sri Lanka in this series while you television commentator summed up the year] and say ‘this not our conditions, captain Kepler Wessles has predicted gle against. Swing was considered Sri sense that this could be the series where mood when he said; “42 million South this is not our conditions’ and go to the that South Africa ‘A’ is good enough to Lanka’s Achilles’ heel when they toured Dilhara Fernando will turn things Africans are going to bed tonight hoping press conference and say the same beat the tourists and the Proteas must England in May. But Dilshan rewrote around. it was a bad dream” f***ing joke. If you win, be gracious, experiment in the three Test series the history books by smashing the Wessels comments are to demoralize It was also fairytale stuff when man. Otherwise it’s s**t. Graceful, man, against Sri Lanka. Ashes winning English attack to all cor- the Sri Lankans and the team has Hashan Tillakaratne became the first graceful, Shaun. Learn it.” Wessles has forgotten that Sri Lanka ners of Lord’s while Sangakkara’s finest enough wise heads to tell the players not and to date the only Sri Lankan to score It’s been well documented now that have the number one ranked Test bats- hour in England came at Rose Bowl to to bother about what has been said. Not a Test hundred in South Africa. Sri Lanka have gone through 16 months man in the world in Kumar Sangakkara save the third Test. that it anyway matters. Most of the Tillakaratne had been sacked after the and 14 Tests without winning one. It while captain Dilshan sealed their fate Chanaka Welagedara’s classic left- players don’t read English. 1999 World Cup and heaps of runs in could end in Centurion, Durban or Cape in the Champions Trophy two years ago arm swing bowling in Sharjah was a Some of the most cherished moments domestic cricket had brought him back Town? Premier Tier ‘A’ Limited Over Tournament Ratnam defy numerical Gunathilleke takes SSC home BY ROSHEN STEELMAN Brief Scores: disadvantage with the Moors SC 253 all out in 49.3 overs Dhanushka Gunathilleke sharing two (Dilhara Lokuhettige 93, Chathuranga de vital partnerships with Sameen Silva 77 n.o., Kasun Bodhisha 37; Suraj Kandanearachchi and Bhanuka Randiv 3/41, Tyrone Gamage 2/41, last grasp winner Rajapaksa helped SSC to record seven- Tharanga Lakshitha 2/67) Bloomfield 242 in 5 wkts in 47 overs through ball, but the resulting wicket win over Badureliya in their BY CHATHURA PINNAWALA (Dilshan Munaweera 80, Chamara Silva 57 effort went skewing wide. Premier Limited Over Tier ‘A’ match n.o., Chinthaka Jayasinghe 32; Ratnam were beginning to played at SSC yesterday. 10-man Ratnam SC willed Chathuranga de Silva 2/49) warm to the task with some Badureliya batting first posted 230 their way to the City League thanks to Hans Fernando who scored 104 Phoenix knockout tournament possession and a brain-freeze Warnapura guides Colts from the Saunders backline runs off 139 deliveries with seven fours. final as a result of a class 88th Chasing the target, SSC were powered by Number four Left hand bat Malinda minute strike from Tharindu allowed Chrishantha Warnapura scored an unbeaten 103 off 68 Abeysekara to go clean through Dhanushka Gunathilleke who scored an Eranga to curb Saunders SC in unbeaten century off 120 balls. balls with six fours and seven sixes to the second semi final played at and he arrowed his shot help Colts CC to beat Ragama CC by 15 straight at the keeper who glee- Gunathilleke on his way to the century City Football league complex shared a 113-run partnership with his runs in their Premier Tier ‘A’ match grounds, Slave Island yesterday. fully parried it away for a cor- played at Moors SC yesterday. ner. opening partner Kandanearachchi. Later Both teams showed their teaming up with youngster Rajapaksa, the Brief Scores penchant for open play, but the In a frenetic final few min- Colts 303 for 4 wkts in 50 overs utes in an subdued first half, duo added 117 runs for second wicket to wastefulness infront of goal guide SSC home. (Malinda Warnapura 103 n.o., Dilruwan and some gritty defending Ratnam’s Sachintha Perera 53, Roshen Silva 52 n.o., Nisal Maduranga went down in the Brief Scores ensured the deadlock would Badureliya SC 230 for 7 wkts in 50 Randika 37; Rushan Jaleel 1/36) only be broken with a touch of box, but appeals for a penalty Ragama CC 288 all out in 50 overs (Ian went to deaf years as referee overs (Hans Fernando 104, Shalika magic. That arrived with two Karunanayake 31, Roy Silva 29, Sahan Daniel 84, Sameera de Zoysa 80, Malinga minutes remaining and extra Basnayake waved play on, but Bandara 35; Chatura Peiris 4/43) he wasn’t about to be lenient on Wijeratne 27, Yashodha Lanka 21; time looming, a dead ball fell to Chaminda Bandara 3/53, Amil Prasad the lap of Eranga outside the the next passage of play as Tharusha Rangana’s lunge at 1/44, Sachithra Senanayake 1/44) Serasinghe fires for Tamil Union right side of the box and he SSC 231 for 1 wicket in 37.3 overs Chasing 231 for victory, Tamil Union’s coolly slotted the ball to the left the Saunders forward earned him a straight red card and an (Dhanushka Gunathilleke 101 n.o., run chase was powered by Sachithra corner evading the despairing Sameen Kandanearachchi 54, Bhanuka Serasinghe who scored 104 runs (4x8, 6x2) dive from goal keeper Prasad early shower.
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