Tuesday 5th April, 2011 stand tall despite final defeat BY REX CLEMENTINE for Jayawardene who stroked an unbeat- Lanka’s coach. Bayliss, who took over en 103 off 88 balls to help Sri Lanka post four years ago, has an enviable record Many hearts have been broken follow- 274 for six. There was no trace of vio- having never lost a home Test series. ing Sri Lanka’s defeat in the finals of lence during his serene knock and he During his four year stint, the team also the ICC World Cup in Bombay not only richly deserved the accolades won the Asia Cup and recorded their on Saturday, but the national cricket showered on him, but should have ended first series win on Australian soil. team could be proud of the fact that this on the winning side, but Sri Lanka did- Opening batsman Tillakaratne was the closest game in a World Cup n’t bowl and field well as they had done Dilshan was the highest getter in final so far. throughout the tournament. the competition scoring 500 runs in nine World Cup finals since it’s inception The first ball he faced, from innings at 62:50 with two hundreds and in 1975 have tended to be one-sided, but , Jayawardene used his two half-centuries. Of the top five run the fact that ’s side wrists to clip it for a single and that was scorers in the competition, three are Sri took the 2011 final to the penultimate the indication that a big knock was Lankans with Sangakkara third in the over of the Indian innings and lost to around the corner. list with 465 runs. is the best team in the competition is no He was involved in 50 plus partner- fifth with 395 runs. shame. ships with Kumar Sangakkara and Muralitharan finished the tourna- had come into the finals having and when ment with 15 , joint fourth with played two highly charged up games. Chamara Kapugedara fell with the total Yuvraj Singh and Robin Peterson. They took on in the quarter- on 182 with ten more overs to go, Sri ’s six for 36 against finals and in the semi-finals. Lanka had a mountain to climb. Kenya at R. Premadasa Stadium is the On the way to the World Cup final they Jayawardene reached his half- second best bowling performance in the had defended modest totals and chased in 49 balls despite wickets failing at the competition behind Kremar Roach’s six tough ones and beyond doubt were the other end he stood firm. Together with for 27 against in Delhi. better side in the competition. and , Dilshan’s 144 against is the It’s so disappointing that Mahela the Sri Lankan vice- turned third highest knock in an innings Jayawardene’s behind Virender Sehwag’s 175 in the knock came in a los- curtain-raiser of the competition ing cause. Prior to against in Dhaka and Saturday’s game, ’ 158 against India in there had been five Bangalore. hundreds in World The 282 run for the first Cup finals and Clive things around to give his team a compet- was announced after the final. Captain between Dilshan and Tharanga Lloyd, Sir Viv itive total. Sangakkara and opening batsman against Zimbabwe in Pallekele is the Richards, Ricky Off-spinner were the other two best partnership for the first wicket in Ponting, Adam had a rare off-day in the final, but bowed players to be named in the World XI. It World Cup tournaments. It’s also the Gilchrist and our out of world cricket having played his has now come to light that the ICC had second highest partnership for any own Aravinda de third World Cup final, an honour slotted Ross Taylor in the number four wicket in World Cup tournaments Silva had gone onto enjoyed by an exclusive number of position of their World XI, but following behind the 318 run added for the second become World cricketers. Mahela’s masterpiece opted for him. wicket by and Rahul Champions. Both Jayawardene and Muralitharan The 2011 World Cup was also the last Dravid in Taunton in the 1999 tourna- Spare a thought were named in the ICC World XI that assignment for , Sri ment against Sri Lanka. Dilshan reaches Speedsters make it easy for Joes BY REEMUS FERNANDO (Supun Nawaratne 29, Prabodha Piyushan Kulatunga 19) Arthavidu 16n.o, Thisura career best ranking Speedsters shared bowling honours Madurapperuma 14; Sahan Adeesha 2/15, Royal, St. Sebastian’s and ICC 2011 winners for St. Joseph’s College to record a con- S. Dulaj 3/10) St. Mary’s withdraw and Gautam Gambhir vincing six wicket victory over Sri Royal College, Colombo, St. Mary’s have also moved up the rankings, with Sumangala College, Panadura in the College, Chillaw and St. Sebastian’s India’s opener rising one place to ninth, Inter School Under-19 Twenty-20 tourna- Under-19 Twenty-20 College, Moratuwa have withdrawn while Gambhir’s hard-fought 97 runs ment pre-quarter-final which was played from the Inter School Under-19 Twenty against Sri Lanka in the final of the ICC at Darley Road yesterday. Tournament 20 tournament making way for their pre Cricket World Cup yesterday has seen Former captains Dinal Dhambarage quarter final counterparts to secure the 29-year-old rise four places to occupy and Chathuranga Kumara shared six Ekanayake impresses as Rahula beat quarter-final berths without any compe- 10th. wickets between them, while Fabian tition. Karandeniya Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara Fernando picked up two wickets to rattle The Twenty-20 tournament which the minnows for 71 runs. Madusanka Ekanayake impressed still occupies fourth place while India’s draws only the top teams who reached In their essay Kevin Bernardus scored with a half century and two wickets as Yuvraj Singh, the ICC Player of the the pre quarter finals of the Inter an unbeaten 40 runs in 31 balls (3x6s, Rahula College, Matara recorded a seven Tournament for the ICC Cricket World School Under-19 Limited Overs 3x4s) for St. Joseph’s College to cruise to wicket victory over Karandeniya Central Cup 2011 remains in joint 17th place with Tournament got off to a start on Sunday. an easy six wicket victory with nine in their Under-19 Twenty-20 pre-quarter Australia captain , the lat- Royal College, Colombo, St. Mary’s overs to spare. final match which was played at ter having risen six places. College, Chillaw and St. Sebastian’s Scores: Karandeniya on Sunday. Meanwhile, Netherlands Ryan ten College, Moratuwa have withdrawn Doeschate continues to be the only Sri Sumangala 71 all out in 17.3 overs Scores: from the tournament citing different Associate player in the top 20 of the bat- (Kanchana Senarath 17, Tharuka Karandeniya 121 for 9 in 20 overs (L. reasons. That has helped their pre-quar- ting rankings with the Dutchman sitting Nadeeshan 19; Dinal Dhambarage 3/14, Eranga 27, S. Singappuli 23, Manaram ter final counterparts Gurukula College, in 16th place. Fabian Fernando 2/04, Chathuranga Uyanahewa 4/15, Vihanga Kalhara 2/13, Kelaniya, Mahinda College, and Other batsmen moving in the right Kumara 3/12) Madusanka Ekanayake 2/18) Zahira College, Maradana secure a safe direction include ’s Jonathan St. Joseph’s 74 for 4 in 10.2 overs Rahula 124 for 3 in 17 (Madusanka passage to quarter-finals. Trott in fifth (up by four places), South (Kevin Bernardus 40n.o, Supeshala Ekanayake 58, Prasadika Gamage 34n.o, Africa’s in 12th (up by Jayathilaka 13n.o) three places), Ross Taylor in 19th (up by one place), Upul Tharanga in 26 (up three Aamil takes five wickets in Trinity win places), Mahela Jayawardena in 28th (up Trinity College romped to a 72 run by three places), India’s in victory over De Mazenod College as Petes sweat to beat ‘indisplined’ Tillakaratne Dilshan plays a shot during the 31st place (up by four places), Misbah-ul- spinner Aamil Anas picked up five Science 48-14 Cricket World Cup final between India and Haq in 36th place (up by three places) wickets for 17 runs in their Twenty 20 and Jesse Ryder in 42nd (up by 13 places). pre quarter final match which was Sri Lanka in , India, Saturday, April 2, BY RAVI NAGAHAWATTE seemed breaching the rules of the game ’s duo of Hashim Amla played at yesterday. and referee Gamini Indrasena penalised 2011. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) and AB de Villiers continue to occupy Scores: St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya the ‘white shirts’ with as many as four Tillekeratne Dilshan has risen to his the top two positions. Trinity 156 for 9 in 20 overs opened their campaign in the 2011 yellow cards, three coming in the sec- career best ranking to date in the Reliance In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings (Niroshan Dickwella 35, Heshan rugby season with a hard fought 48-14 ond half. The Peterites too had a ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsman. for ODI bowlers, Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Wanniarachchi 16, Kavinda win over a courageous but ‘indisci- moment of ‘shame’ when a player was The 34-year-old all-rounder is occupying Mendis is one of the big movers with the Jayasuriya 16, Ron Chandraguptha 18; plined’ Science College team in their sent to the sin bin. the third position on the rankings after spin bowler rising nine places to take Jude Madushan 2/27, Shaluka inter-school under 20 rugby encounter The game was less scrappy in the sec- scoring the most runs in the ICC Cricket eighth place, a position he last occupied Deemantha 3/34) at Bambalapitiya yesterday. ond half as the Peterites and the lads World Cup 2011 – a total of 500. in 2009. De Mazenod 84 all out in 17.2 overs The score might suggest a one horse from Science College steadied their (Jude Madushan 40, Supun Silva 17; race, but winners St. Peter’s sweated game, somewhat. Aamil Anas 5/17, Janishka more than expected as they ran down St. Peter’s collected hard earned tries Premasinghe 2/11) eight tries from which four were con- through Anuradha Herath, Dhanushka verted. Ranjan just after the resumption, but all ICC confirms 10-team Thurstan edge out Cambrians The Peterites crossed the Science the hard work Science put in didn’t pro- Thurstan College registered a four College line thrice in the first half. The duce their first try till the 19th minute wicket victory over Prince of Wales first half tries for the Peterites came in the second half. Science hit back with College as they chased down a target from Kevin Wimaladasa, Anuradha a positive try by Ashan Maduranga, but World Cup for 2015 Herath and senior player Sandun of 91 runs with a over to spare in Petes silenced their visitors immediate- MUMBAI, India (AP) - The won by co-host India, featured 14 teams their Twenty-20 pre-quarter final Herath, who covered the entire distance ly with a try by Ranjan. International Cricket Council has con- and took 43 days to complete, prompt- match which was played at Reid on the field after his team decided to Science, at one time during the game, firmed that the 2015 World Cup will be ing criticism that it was too long. Avenue yesterday. counter attack from inside their goal was forced to play with just 13 players contested by 10 teams, with none of the The 2015 edition will be co-hosted by Scores: line. due to the yellow cards. But the lads ICC Associate nations being involved. Australia and and will Prince of Wales 90 all out in 14.5 Science College players displayed from Mount Lavinia refused to be forced The decision - originally announced feature the ICC’s 10 full member overs (Shehan Jayasuriya 26, Sahan great enthusiasm to contest the scrums out of the game and produced their sec- in October 2010 – was ratified by the nations - Australia, Bangladesh, Adeesha 16; Minhaj Jaleel 3/27, and line-outs and didn’t hesitate to tack- ond try through flanker Dhanushka ICC’s executive board meeting on England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sajeewa Salgado 3/10, Prabodha le the heavier set players from the oppo- Malitha. St. Peter’s earned more tries Monday. South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies Arthavidu 2/17) site team. through Pasindu Fernando and Shan The 2011 tournament, which was and Zimbabwe. Thurstan 91 for 6 in 19 overs Their standout weakness, however, Weerakkody as the game progressed.

Tuesday 5th April, 2011