Monday 9th March, 2009 Australia leads South Africa 80th Battle of Maroons by 506 at end of play DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Australia opener Phillip Hughes became the youngest batsman in test history to score a century in each innings Sunday ends in draw as his side prepared to set South Africa a huge total to win the second test. by Manjula D. Phillips Australia ended the third day on 292- 3, an overall lead of 506 runs, with two Rain and bad light spoilt the second days left in the match. day’s play of the 80th Battle of the Hughes, 20, whose test career started Maroons between Ananda College and with a four-ball duck in the first test at Nalanda College that ended at the the Wanderers, has since followed up Singhalese Sports Club grounds yesterday. with scores of 75, 115 and 136 not out. After Ananda set a target of 181 runs, rain He played a more sedate innings of and bad light allowed only one over after 301 balls Sunday,reaping 13 fours and hit- the tea break and the game was called off ting two sixes off spinner Paul Harris. early. Hughes, whose twin-century feat The highlight during the game was a hundred by Ananda captain Dinesh SCOREBOARD Chandimal that enabled the Anandians to Australia 1st Innings 352 reach 180 in their second innings. South Africa 1st Innings Both teams were bowled out for identi- (Overnight: 138-7) Australia's batsman Phillip Hughes cele- cal scores in their first innings. N. McKenzie c Haddin b Johnson 0 Nalanda, who were 99 for seven brates his century on the third day of the G. Smith retired hurt 2 second Test match against South Africa at overnight were bowled out for 140 in reply H. Amla lbw b Johnson 0 Kingsmead stadium in Durban, South to Ananda’s 140 all out on day one. J. Kallis c Ponting b McDonald 22 Ananda were sensing to take a slender A.B. de Villiers lbw b Hilfenhaus 3 Africa, Sunday March 8, 2009. Australia J.P. Duminy not out 73 opener Phillip Hughes became the M. Boucher b Johnson 1 youngest batsman in Test history to score P. Harris b McDonald 4 a century in each innings. M. Morkel b McDonald 2 (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) D. Steyn c Haddin b Siddle 8 M. Ntini lbw Siddle 0 eclipsed the record previously held by Extras: (10b, 12lb, 1nb) 23 West Indies' George Headley, has ban- TOTAL: 138 ished thoughts that Australia would bat- Overs: 57.3 tle to find a replacement for the recently Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-6, 4-62, 5-104, 6-104, retired Matthew Hayden. He has looked 7-106, 8-138, 9-138. composed against one of the better Bowling: Johnson 16-5-37-3, Hilfenhaus 11-2-28- attacks in the world throughout the 1 1nb, McDonald 12-4-25-3, Siddle 13.3-6-20-2, match and has scored heavily on his North 4-3-6-0, Clarke 1-1-0-0. favoured off-side, particularly behind Australia 2nd Innings square first innings lead when they had Nalanda P. Hughes not out 136 Hughes added 164 in 48.3 overs for the on 99 for nine, but the last pair of S. Katich c Harris b Kallis 30 second wicket with captain Ricky Vimukthi Perera and Sinith Gunawardene R. Ponting c McKenzie b Morkel 81 Ponting (81), a partnership lasting more added 41 runs for the last wicket. M. Hussey c Kallis b Duminy 19 than two sessions which took the game The Anandians went about things pur- away from the hosts. Ananda captain Dinesh Chandimal in action during his unbeaten hundred in the 80th Battle M. Clarke not out 14 posefully in their second essay as they of Maroons. The match ended in a draw. (Pic by Nishan S. Priyantha) Ponting also celebrated a notable bat- reached 180 runs in just 37 overs, scoring Extras: (6b, 2lb, 4nb) 12 ting achievement when he became the nearly five runs an over. cricket players and Nalanda are not far Bowler of the Match. Karunanayake TOTAL: (for three wickets) 292 fourth highest run-scorer in test cricket. The highlight during the game was behind. picked up six wickets in the Ananda first Overs: 87 Australia dismissed the Proteas in Ananda captain Dinesh Chandimal’s Nalanda, meanwhile, has produced innings. Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-219, 3-260. the first over of the day on their unbeaten hundred. three Sri Lankan captains in Bandula Chandimal and Karunanayake were Bowling: Steyn 12-1-59-0, Ntini 11-1-38-0, overnight score of 138, but despite lead- Chandimal added 72 runs for the fourth Warnapura, Roshan Mahanama and both named as Players of the Match. Morkel 14-1-60-1 3nb, Kallis 8-0-21-1, Harris ing by 214 runs did not enforce the follow- with Sachin Dewage. Mahela Jayawardene while Ananda has 31-8-68-0, J.P. Duminy 11-1-38-1. on. The weather had been extremely good produced two captains in Arjuna Brief Scores: Still to bat: M. North, B. Haddin, A. When he had scored 61 in Australia's during this year’s school cricket season, Ranatunga and Marvan Atapattu. Ananda 1st innings 140 all out (43) McDonald, M. Johnson, P. Siddle, B. second innings, Ponting overtook compa- but for these two leading cricket playing Ananda has won the annual big match (Dinesh Chandimal 23, Praboda Seneviratne 46, Hilfenhaus. triot Steve Waugh to claim the fourth spot schools bad weather hampered their most on 14 occasions while the Nalandians have on the all-time list with 10,928 runs in his Ruwinda Shamene 26, Nipun Karunanayake Umpires: A. Rauf (Pak), B. Bowden (NZ). crucial game of the season and denied tasted victory on five instances. Ananda 30/6, Suranga Thennakoon 17/2) 130th test. Ahead of him are India's what could have been an interesting con- last won the battle in 2003 under the cap- TV umpire: S. Bucknor (WI). Sachin Tendulkar on 12,429 runs from 156 Nalanda 1st innings 140 all out (81) Match referee: J. Crowe (NZ). test between bat and ball. taincy of Duminda Kularatne while (Prasan Wickramasinghe 29, Sinith tests, the West Indies' Brian Lara on This was the 61st draw in the annual Nalanda won way back in 1953 under the Toss: won by Australia. 11,953 runs from 131 tests, and Australia's Gunawardena 23, Sachitra Perera 27/3) encounter that has produced a host of leadership of W.W. Silva. Series: Australia leads 1-0 in three-match Allan Border on 11,174 runs from 156 cricket stars from Arjuna Ranatunga to Dinesh Chandimal was adjudged the Ananda 2nd innings 180 for 4 decl (37) series. tests. Mahela Jayawardene. Ananda in fact has Best Batsman while Nipun Karunanayake Dinesh Chandimal 100*, Sachin Dawage 34. Nalanda 2nd Innings 1/0. produced most number of Sri Lankan of Nalanda College was named as the Best Sri Lanka take on Pakistan Collingwood, Prior centuries put England on top today in Canberra by Craig Cozier Collingwood and Prior shared a dulled the home team as they took con- record fifth-wicket stand of 218 that dom- trol with an enterprising approach. Sri Lanka will take on Pakistan in a PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Paul inated a listless West Indies attack. Lionel Baker, with 2-77, claimed his crucial group game in the Women’s Collingwood and Matt Prior compiled Captain Andrew Strauss, whose first- first test wickets late in the innings Cricket World Cup tournament at the centuries, after Strauss was caught earli- day century set the platform for the visi- before Strauss declared half an hour into Manuka Oval in Canberra today. er by Edwards for 142, as England racked tors, departed for 142 early in the day and the final session. Following the Sri Lankan team’ s 100 run up 546-6 declared against West Indies on Owais Shah followed soon afterward for Gayle and Smith unleashed a volley of loss to England last week, the Sri day two Saturday of the fifth cricket Test 33 as England slipped to 268-4. sweet strokes to launch West Indies in Lankans need to win either this match or at Queen’s Park Oval. But Collingwood and Prior quickly thrilling style. their final Group ‘B’ game against India West Indies, on the back of captain to qualify for the Super Sixes. Chris Gayle’s forthright, unbeaten 49, SCOREBOARD As India is a strong side, this game replied rousingly in posting 92-1 off 19 England 1st Innings Nash 23-3-77-0, Gayle 26-1-80-0 (1nb), Hinds 39.5-2- will be a crucial one for the Sri Lankans overs by the close. A. Strauss b Edwards 142 126-1 (3nb), Smith 1-0-3-0, Simmons 6-0-26-0. and a win here will ensure them a place Left-arm spinner Monty Panesar gave A. Cook c Ramdin b Powell 12 in the second round. O. Shah run out 33 West Indies 1st Innings England a late lift with the wicket of India has already beaten Pakistan by K. Pietersen b Hinds 10 C. Gayle not out 49 Devon Smith for 28. Nightwatchman P. Collingwood lbw b Baker 161 D. Smith b Panesar 28 ten wickets in the curtain raiser of the Daren Powell survived without scoring M. Prior not out 131 D. Powell not out 0 tournament last week. with West Indies trailing by 454 runs.