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Monday 14th March, 2011 15 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 not out 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 wickets) 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. Bowling: 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 Cricket 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 Shahid Afridi 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- wicket 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 Rizwan Cheema 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 Pakistan last Tuesday and relishing the extra The Canadians were always up against it, in to bat - their second-highest World Cup total responsibility as captain 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 batting 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 Hiral Patel (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.