Thursday 4th June, 2009 SCOREBOARD Joe-Pete in Sri Lanka T. Dilshan c Gibbs b Steyn 6 J. Kallis lbw b Kulasekara 2 S. Jayasuriya lbw b Steyn 1 G. Smith c Kulasekara b Malinga 1 grudge battle J. Mubarak run out (Gibbs) 8 H. Gibbs b Malinga 48 South Africa K. Sangakkara lbw b Botha 17 A.B. de Villiers c Malinga b Udana 32 M. Jayawardene b Botha 3 J.P. Duminy not out 12 today C. Silva c Boucher b Kallis 1 M. Boucher not out 8 Extras: I. de Saram c Smith b Kallis 5 (b 4, lb 1, w 5) 10 by Ravi Nagahawatte A. Mathews c & b Morkel 28 Total: for 4 113 F. Maharoof c Duminy b Parnell 11 Overs: 19.1 S t. Peter s will face a determined St. N. Kulasekara not out 24 Did not bat: A. Morkel, R. van der Joseph s outfit in their annual inter-school I. Udana not out 1 Merwe, J. Botha, D. Steyn, W. Parnell, rugby match, played for the Rev. Fr. Basil beat Sri Lanka Extras: (b1, lb1, w1, nb1) 4 J. Ontong, R. Peterson. W eeratunga Shield, at the CR&FC Total: for 9 wickets 109 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-7, 3-77, 4-100. Grounds, Colombo, this evening.

Overs: 20 Bowling: Malinga 4-0-21-2 (3w), The Peterites have won the shield con - Did not bat: L. Malinga, A. Mendis Kulasekara 3.1-1-13-1, Mendis 4-0- tinuously for a decade. A key feature in this Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-15, 3-16, 4-35, 23-0, Udana 4-0-23-1, Jayasuriya 2-0- rugby series between the two schools is St. 5-36, 6-40, 7-44, 8-75, 9-97. Bowling: 9-0 (1w), Maharoof 1-0-8-0, Dilshan 1- Peter s recording a run-away 107-5 win Steyn 4-0-14-2 (1nb), Parnell 4-0-29-1 0-11-0 over Joes in 2007. This probably st ands as (1w), Morkel 4-0-35-1, Kallis 3-0-12-2, Toss: SA the highest score recorded in the series by by six wickets Botha 3-0-9-2, van der Merwe 2-0-8-0 Umpires: T. Hill and S. Taufel either school, the Joe-Pete rugby encounter. Going by past st atistics, S t. Joseph s, today, should come out screaming for Sri Lanka were troubled by s Angelo Matthews (28) took Sri Lanka s total to revenge. The Joes had a fine season last pace and then the variation of the bowling of 109, but against a strong South African batting year in the B Division tournament and were and Johan Botha as they suf - line up that wasn t going to be suf ficient. promoted to contest the A Division rugby fered a six loss to South Africa in their Y et, Kallis and Smith dep arted within the tournament this season. last warm up game at Lord s ahead of the T-20 first two overs with just seven runs on the S t. Joseph s, coached by Dishantha W orld Cup that will get underway on Friday. board, but some sloppy fielding from thereon Priyadharshana, beat Trinity (27-24) early in Af ter South Africa put the opposition in, it let the Proteas of f the hook. the season and have displayed all signs of all st arted well for the Sri Lankans as Gibbs was dropped twice by Farveez going places. But the lads from Maradana failed to live up to expect ations, losing badly T illekeratne Dilshan pulled Steyn for a six over Maharoof in the sp ace of the first ten deliv - to Kingswood (51-8) and S. Thomas (38- mid wicket of f the third ball of the innings, but eries he faced, first at square leg and then 13). Their solit ary win this season was the very next ball he was deceived by a slow - a regulation catch at extra cover. Then against St. Anthony s College (27-25). er ball to be caught by Herschelle Gibbs. when on 15, Dilshan put down another S t. Peter s too st arted of f with a bang In his next over , Steyn trapped veteran chance at short cover and he punished the beating Dharmaraja (61-0). Defeats at the Sanath Jayasuriya leg before wicket and four bowlers with 48 runs and added 70 runs for hands of Royal (30-10) and Isip at ana (22- the third wick - 12) put them out of the running for any one et with A.B. de of the top three places in the point s t able. But hidden t alent s in the team surfaced in no V illiers, who uncert ain terms when they gave Trinity a made 32. scare before going down fighting 33-43, at Malinga Bambalapitiya. came back to Sanath Martis lads have enough poten- remove Gibbs tial to prevail over the Josephians. But the but by then Peterite scrum has creaked all along this the damage season and has been a cause for worry. had been Teams: S t. Peter College; S teven Nelson, Isuru done and Alwis, Salin Mendis, Soyuru Anthony,Shenal Jean Paul Dias, Chamith Madurawela, Asitha Duminy (12) Ratnayake, Keith Gurusinghe, Ruchira and Mark Perera, Banuka Nanayakkara, Srinath Boucher (8) Perera, Sandun Herath or Anisha Fernando, steered the Proteas through with five balls Danushka Ranjan, Lakith Perera and balls later Jehan Mubarak unwisely took on to sp are. Dilshan Paul (Capt ain) Gibbs and ended up being run out. The game against South Africa was Sri S t. Joseph s College: Dhanuka Anthony, Priyan Perera (Capt ain), Adrian Af ter S teyn had done the early damage, Lanka s last warm up match and now they Hackle, Churanka Dambadeniya, Dushan Kallis and Botha joined the p arty and put the require to play extremely well. Sri Lanka, Dep, Dilan Rambukwella, Chirath Perera, Sri Lankans under tremendous pressure. who are in Pool C will compete against Romelo Perera, Mayura Sanjeewa, Jananda Jayawardene went for an ambitious reverse and the W est Indies for a spot in Silva, Madushan Fernando, Ashantha sweep off Botha and saw his of f stump flat - the next round and they require to win at Karunaratne, Stefan Fimmf, Kalana de Silva, tened while capt ain Sangakkara was trapped least one game to progress further in the Pulina T issera, Kaveesha Mihiranga, Yohan leg before wicket by the same bowler for 17 to tournament. Keyser, Kushan Dias, Tarindu Hashan, leave the Sri Lankans on 40 for six. Jeremy Kellart and Madushanka Gunawardene. When Indika de Saram offered a simple catch to at mid-off they were struggling at 44 for seven. Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardane loses his wicket as he plays a shot off the bowling of South An unbeaten 24 in 14 balls by Nuwan Africa’s Johan Botha as wicket keeper reacts, during their warm up Twenty20 Kulasekara with two fours and two sixes and World Cup match at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, Wednesday June 3, 2009. (AP)

was coached by Shalini de Serena loses to Kuznetsova in French quarters Silva, Arul Amalanathan and Ganendran Subramaniam P ARIS (AP) - Svetlana but erased it with a slam and Kuznetsova, the 2004 Kuznetsova was serving Fed up during her illustrious career Kuznetsova squandered a big won that set. W illiams rallied U.S. Open champion, is seek- one point from a 5-2 lead in the where she dominated the lead Wednesday but still ended three point s from defeat to ing her second major title. Her second set when she turned girls and women s segment Serena Williams 18-match even the match, then took a 3- opponent Thursday will be her right ankle in pursuit of a in the island for over four Grand Slam winning streak by 1 lead in the third. Samantha Stosur of Australia, shot and fell on her back. She Jithmie leaves years while being the main winning 7-6 (3), 5-7, 7-5 in the Kuznetsova mounted the who reached her first major rose with clay covering the hope for Sri Lanka in Fed French Open quarterfinals. final comeback and broke semifinal by beating Sorana back of her shirt and the length Cup and numerous other W illiams, seeded second, serve in the last game when Cirstea of Romania 6-1, 6-3. of her right arm. Dirt was in her international tournament s. was seeking her third succes - W illiams pushed a backhand S tosur , 25, has never won hair and even on her forehead. According to her family Sri Lanka sources, she will be initially sive major title and the 11th of wide. a tour title. She was unhurt and play her career. The seesaw struggle was Kuznetsova bounced back quickly resumed, but it took based in the st ate of Indiana The No. 7-seeded this close: Midway through the from being sent to the court in awhile for Kuznet sova to regain and will be playing at the inter-university level in USA Kuznetsova faced a set point third set, each player had won a messy spill that lef t her cov - her footing. by Revata S. Silva shortly . Jayawickrema thus serving at 5-6 in the first set 100 point s. ered with clay. The Russian won with becomes one of the latest high-risk tennis, whacking win - Creating a gaping hole in victims of the marginalisation ners into both corners and Sri Lanka s women s tennis, of national level tennis play - sometimes choosing angles Jithmie Jayawickrema, the ers here who eventually that surprised W illiams. 17-year-old four-time and ended up in USA university Kuznetsova showed lots of reigning Sri Lanka women s teams. Two of variety , too - when she hit a national champion, lef t Sri Jayawickrema s contempo- crosscourt lob, W illiams st a g - Lanka last Monday (1) to raries Ruchika Alahakoon gered helplessly as she U S A hoping to play in the and Thiyumi Abesinghe are watched the ball land beyond women s circuit there. the most recent examples. her reach. As a result, Jayawickrema was undu- Jayawickrema, holder of the W illiams was sometimes ly debarred from a major 339th rank of the betrayed by uncert ain footwork national level sport s award International Tennis last year . She was struggling on the clay, which led to Federation (ITF) junior rat - repeated errors on her fore - to find a sponsorship ings at present, is unlikely to throughout the last few years hand side down the stretch. be available for the forthcom - The men s quarterfinals so as to pursue a profession - ing Sri Lanka nationals and al career which would have W ednesday matched Roger any of the major international Federer against Frenchman been an added boost for Sri tournaments like Fed Cup or Lanka s women s tennis. Gael Monfils, and Juan Martin Commonwealth Games. del Potro against To m m y One of the few players in Pic Cap Robredo. recent history to dominate Jithmie In the women s semifinals local women s tennis, Jayawickrema, a Bishop s USA’s Serena Williams falls as she plays Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova during their quarterfinal Thursday, top-ranked Dinara Safina will face No. 20-seeded College schoolgirl, held a match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Wednesday career high ITF world junior Dominika Cibulkova. Safina Jithmie Jayawickrema June 3, 2009. (AP) hopes to reach the final for the rank of 309 last March. She

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