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The Chesterfield Files by Trevor Chesterfield will be McCullum ton helps published on Tuesday. Thurstan-Isipatana Twenty 20 Big Match Warapitiya, Rajapaksha Kiwis into quarter-finals guide Thurstan

BY JOHN PYE Skipper Dimuth Man of the Match: COREBOARD Warapitiya and Charith Dimuth Warapitiya MUMBAI, India (AP) - S Rajapaksha excelled for Best Bowler: Charith New Zealand secured a New Zealand Innings J. Hansra 70 Isipatana College to beat Rajapaksha World Cup quarter- Best Batsman: Dimuth final spot Sunday M. Guptill c Bagai b Baidwan 17 R. Cheema c B. McCullum b Oram 2 arch-rivals Thurstan Warapitiya with Brendon B. McCullum c Gunasekera b Baidwan 101 J. Davison run out (B. McCullum) 15 College by 11 runs in their Best Fielder: Supun McCullum posting J. Ryder c Osinde b Davison 38 B. Rao c N. McCullum b Oram 9 Twenty-20 Big Match which 101 and Ross Taylor R. Taylor c Hansra b Rao 74 Nawaratne H. Baidwan c Franklin b Southee 8 was played at Reid Avenue bludgeoning 74 from N. McCullum c & b Rao 10 Scores: K. Chohan c Taylor b Ryder 22 yesterday. 44 balls in a lopsided K. Williamson not out 34 Isipatana 120 for 9 in 20 H. Osinde not out 0 Warapitiya cracked 42 97-run win over S. Styris c Davison b Baidwan 35 overs (Dimuth Warapitiya Canada. J. Franklin not out 31 Extras: (2lb, 5b, 1nb, 9w) 17 runs in 36 balls inclusive of 42, Nilusha Sasanka 26, Now the New Extras: (2b,3lb,11w,2nb) 18 TOTAL: (for nine ) 261 four fours and a six while Deshan Jayakumar 15; Zealanders lead Rajith Perera 3/23, TOTAL: (for six wickets) 358 Overs: 50 Nilusha Sasanka con- Group A with eight Prabodha Arthavidu 2/12, Overs: 50 Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-4, 3-50, 4-175, 5-179, 6- tributed with a knock of 26 points and are aim- Sachintha Wijesinghe 2/23) ing to finish No. 1 Fall of wickets: 1-53, 2-149, 3-185, 4-254, 5-259, 205, 7-213, 8-222, 9-261. runs in 18 balls for Patana Thurstan 109 all out in in a pool contain- 6-318. to post 120 runs. : Mills 2.4-1-2-2, Southee 10-1-36-1, 19.2 overs (Supun ing three teams Did not bat: J. Oram, K. Mills, T. Southee. Ryder 1.2-0-15-1, Oram 10-1-47-3 (1w), Franklin In reply, Thurstan were which have won Nawaratne 22, Kaveen Silva Bowling: Chohan 7-0-40-0 (3w), Osinde 7-0-52-0 4-0-31-0 (1nb), N. McCullum 8-0-56-1, Styris 10-0- shot out for 109 runs with 21; Charith Rajapaksha 4/15, the last five (2w), Baidwan 9.1-0-84-3 (1w), Cheema 4.5-0-64- World Cup titles. 41-0 (1w), Williamson 4-0-26-0 (1w). Charith Rajapaksha picking Sidath Mallawarachchi 0 (2nb), Rao 10-0-62-2 (5w), Davison 10-1-30-1, Opener Toss: Canada up four wickets for 15 runs. 2/23) (RF) Hansra 2-0-21-0. McCullum’s Result: New Zealand won by 97 runs. well-timed Canada Innings century was R. Gunasekera c Taylor b Mills 2 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus), Shavir Tarapore his first in H. Patel c B. McCullum b Oram 31 (Ind) 22 World Z. Surkari c Taylor b Mills 1 TV Umpire: Steve Davis (SL) Under-19 Schools Cup A. Bagai c B. McCullum b N. McCullum 84 Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL) Wijesinghe with cramp on 53, then returned to finish catch diving forward from backward point. unbeaten on 70 as Canada posted its highest Rao then dismissed Nathan McCullum (10) total of the tournament. with the first ball of his next over as New in match saving knock The 19-year-old Patel swatted a six Zealand wobbled from 254-3 to 259-5, but Scott and hit five boundaries before he was Styris (35) and World Cup rookie Kane caught behind off Jacob Oram, who Williamson (34 not out) put on 59 runs from 35 for St. Sylvester’s returned the best bowling figures for balls to lift the five-time World Cup semi-final- New Zealand at 3-47. ists to 318-6 after 48 overs. McCullum shared stands of 53 James Franklin joined Williamson and took After being forced to Eranga Ratnayake 38, with Martin Guptill (17) and 96 with up the charge, blazing an unbeaten 31 from eight follow on, St. Sylvester’s Arjuna Perera 31, Jason Jesse Ryder (38) for the first two wickets, balls including two boundaries and three sixes. College scored 264 for Perera 27 n.o.: W. stroking 12 boundaries and two sixes in his The last over from Cheema stretched to eight seven wickets at close as Wijesinghe 2 for 61, Niluka New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum raises his bat first World Cup century before he was out in the balls, including a no-ball and a wide - and was Waruna Wijesinghe car- Kandaddarage 3 for 100, after scoring a century in a Cricket World Cup 37th over, hitting medium pacer Hanvir Baidwan the third most costly over in ODI history. ried the bat through with Faiz Ahamed 2 for 43) match against Canada in Mumbai, India, Sunday, directly to extra cover as he tried to lift the run- Herschelle Gibbs scored six sixes in one over an unbeaten 78 runs to St. Sylvester’s 71 all March 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) rate. against Netherlands at the last World Cup and force a draw to their out in 28.3 overs (Menuka In a stunning onslaught that immediately hit two boundaries and four sixes Under-19 encounter Nanayakkara 24: Sachin followed, Taylor contributed 51 runs to a fourth- in a 32-run over against Sri Lanka in 2007. matches, while stand-in skipper Taylor clob- partnership that produced 69 runs in 4.1 Baidwan was the leading Canadian wicket against St. Benedict’s Peiris 4 for 33, Jason bered a bowling attack for the second successive overs - including fours sixes and a boundary in College which ended at Perera 2 for 21, Eranga match. The seventh-wicket pair combined for 31 taker with 3-84 from 9.1 overs, while Balaji Rao one over from Baidwan that went for 28 runs. Kotahena yesterday. Ratnayake 4 for 3) and 9 runs in the last over from as returned 2-62. Buoyed by his 131 in the 110-run win over The number four bats- for no wickets o/n 264 for 7 New Zealand reached 358 for six after being sent last Tuesday and relishing the extra The Canadians were always up against it, in to bat - their second-highest World Cup total responsibility as with Daniel Vettori out having lost heavily in their first three games man anchored their bat- at close in 101 overs after the 363-5 they set against Canada four with an injured right knee, Taylor was devastat- before beating Kenya by five wickets, but did ting line-up with 78 runs (Menuka Nanayakkara 30, years ago. ing in the power play. surpass the 199-5 against Kenya as their best and faced as many as 210 Dushan Malalasena 46, Needing to score at seven per an over, the He flighted the first two balls of the 39th innings of the tournament. The match started balls for his match saving Ashan Wanigasekara 22, Canadians lost their first two wickets for four over the midwicket boundary, faced a dot-ball, ominously for them, with Khurram Chohan knock. Ruwantha Ekanayake 28, runs - Kyle Mills having both Ruvindu bowling three wides in the first four balls. In then hoisted another six over the square leg Scores: Waruna Wijesinghe 78 n.o.; Gunasekera (2) and Zubin Surkari (1) caught by another costly piece of sloppy discipline, John fence before his innings very nearly came to an St. Benedict’s College Eranga Ratnayake 4/55, Taylor at slip before he left the field with a end with another mighty clout - Cheema caught Davison was run out at the non-striker’s end by strained thigh muscle. He didn’t return to the the ball on the long-on boundary but stepped wicket keeper Brendon McCullum’s direct hit as 312 for 7 decl. in 58.2 overs Varuna Dananjaya 3/51) field in the only concern for the Kiwis on over the rope in the process, giving Taylor the experienced Candian all-rounder was (Rukshan Weerasinghe Sunday. another six. ambling out of his ground with his back turned. 144, Waruna Fernando 39, (RF) Skipper Ashish Bagai restored some pride, Just for good measure, Taylor hit the last The Canadians next play four-time champi- scoring 84 from 87 balls to help lift his team to ball to the boundary to lift New Zealand to 220-3. on Australia on Wednesday at Bangalore, while 261-9 after sharing partnerships of 46 with No. 3 He was eventually out mistiming an New Zealand remains in Mumbai for a meeting (31) and 125 with No. 5 Jimmy attempted drive against Bilaji Rao and getting a with Sri Lanka on Friday which could deter- Hansra to take the score to 175-4. Hansra retired thick edge to Hansra, who took an excellent mine top spot in the group.

‘Battle of the Maroons’ Limited Overs Big Match Hobbling Mills adds to Samarakoon heroics New Zealand’s injury list powers Ananda to big win MUMBAI, India (AP) - New match against Sri Lanka. Zealand’s injury list lengthened Team spokesman Ellery Tappin Sunday when paceman Kyle Mills said Mills would be assessed for 48 A back to the wall centu- which came in 126 balls. hobbled off with a strained left thigh hours before management made any ry by Thushara Enthusiasts said that he after collecting two wickets in the 97- judgment on his fitness. Samarakoon and some would have been the ideal run World Cup win over Canada. Wicketkeeper Brendon Skipper Daniel Vettori was McCullum was limping toward the impressive bowling by spin- candidate for the Man of already sidelined after injuring his end of Sunday’s match, but he’d ners powered Ananda the Match award, which right knee attempting a catch in the spent 37 overs at the crease compil- College to a 75 run victory was instead awarded to 110-run win over Pakistan last ing 101 runs and then 50 overs field- over arch-rivals Nalanda Sineth Gunawardena of the Tuesday, although he’s expected to be ing in hot conditions at Wankhede College in their annual Nalanda College. fit for New Zealand’s last Group A Stadium. ‘Battle of the Maroons’ Gunawardena picked up Limited Overs Big match three wickets and top which was played at SSC scored with 66 runs for the Ground yesterday. losing side. Samarakoon In reply to Ananda’s 229 was awarded the Best Report: Indian cricket runs, Nalanda were bundled Batsman title. out for 154 runs as Man of the Match: team to tour Pakistan Sachithra Perera, Pasindu Sineth Gunawardena Madushan and Venuka Best Batsman: ISLAMABAD (AP) - A foreign cricket Several Sri Lankan players were Ashen shared bowling hon- Thushara Samarakoon team will tour Pakistan after more than also injured during the attack. ours for the winners. Best Bowler: two years when an Indian provincial India has not played international Winning the toss and Pasindu Madushan team play two one-dayers and two cricket in Pakistan after political ties Twenty20 matches, local media reported between the two countries became tense deciding to bat first Ananda Best Fielder: Thamala on Sunday. when terrorists attacked in Mumbai in slumped to 25 for four wick- Abeygunasekara Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Nov. 2008. ets before Thushara Scores: Ijaz Butt told the Daily Dawn newspaper The PCB has organised its ‘home’ Samarakoon anchored their Ananda 229 for 8 in 50 that a team from the Indian Punjab series against South Africa, New innings with a dogged cen- overs (Ruwinda Shamen 58, Cricket Association will play against Zealand and Australia in the United tury for them to post 229 Thushara Samarakoon 100, the Pakistan province of Punjab in Arab Emirates and England after for- runs. Ushan Gunathilaka 39; June. eign teams refused to tour Pakistan due “Governments of both the coun- to security concerns. Samarakoon put on a Sineth Gunawardena 3/36, tries had given the green light for this Butt told the newspaper that the fifth wicket stand of 97 runs Rangana Cooray 2/32) series and hopefully it will pave the way matches against IPCA will be organised with Ruwinda Shamen who Nalanda 154 all out in to restore cricketing ties between the at Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and added 58 runs to the total. 44.4 overs (Sineth two countries,” Butt told the newspaper. Rawalpindi - the four major cities of Then, he joined Ushan Gunawardena 66, Ishan International cricket has been sus- Pakistan’s Punjab province. Gunathilaka for a sixth Rangana 34, Venuka Ashen pended in Pakistan since March 2009 In return PCB will also send a wicket partnership of 84 2/22, Sachithra Perera 2/21, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan Punjab team across the border to play a team bus which killed six police offi- similar number of matches in runs. Samarakoon scored Pasindu Madushan 3/31) cials and a van driver. September. six fours in his century (RF)