Wednesday 7th January, 2009 Aussies edge into the ascendency Dilshan stars in Sydney will enter the final day of the third Test against Australia need- ing a further 314 runs to pull off an improbable win. as SL win by Set an imposing victory target of 376 from a minimum 116 overs, the Proteas were 62 for one at stumps on day four. Stand-in skipper Neil McKenzie (25) and Hashim Amla (30) will resume the fight for a history-making last-day win - 465 runs and a series clean sweep - with at least 90 overs to be bowled. lowing Duleep Mendis, Aravinda de Past run chases at the SCG suggest Silva and Asanka Gurusinghe. Mendis victory will elude the Proteas on a wear- had done it in while Gurusinghe ing . had claimed the milestone in New Australia’s fourth-innings total of Zealand with de Silva scoring hundreds 288 for two in the 2005/06 season against in each innings against Pakistan at South Africa is the highest winning home. total in a Sydney Test. Ashraful took 2-56, while Haque had The tourists’ task is made more dif- figures of 2-109. ficult by the absence of skipper Graeme won the first test in Smith who is nursing a broken finger by 107 runs. and is highly unlikely to take any fur- Dilshan was named Man of the ther part in proceedings. Match and Man of the Series. After Australia declared their sec- onds innings at 257 for four, Doug AP (January 6) SCOREBOARD Bollinger (one for 11) made the early Sri Lanka won the second Test Sri Lanka 1st innings 384 breakthrough, picking up his first Test against by 465 runs with a Bangladesh 1st innings 208 wicket after makeshift opener Morne day to spare Tuesday to take the series 2- Sri Lanka 2nd innings Morkel (0) chipped a catch to Mitchell 0 after all-rounder Tillakaratne Dilshan M. Warnapura lbw b Shahadat 27 Johnson at mid on. took four to add to his century in P. Jayawardene c Shakib b Ashraful 28 Amla survived a close call on five, each innings. K. Sangakkara b Ashraful 54 edging Peter Siddle past a diving Brad Dilshan, who scored 162 and 143 with M. Jayawardene c Kayes b Enamul 22 Haddin. the bat, took 4-10 in 4.2 overs to help dis- T. Samaraweera lbw b Shakib 77 Ricky Ponting closed his side’s miss Bangladesh for 158 after a 92-run T.M. Dilshan b Enamul 143 innings after Michael Clarke (41) was sixth-wicket stand between Mushfiqur C. Kapugedera 59 caught in the deep going after quick Rahim (43) and Shakib Al Hasan (46) C. Vaas not out 20 runs. took the hosts to 144-6 in the unlikely Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 4, nb 6) 17 Michael Hussey remained not out pursuit of 624 to win. Total: for six wickets 447 Overs: 127 on 45. Al Hasan was by Prasanna Did not bat: A. Mendis, D. Fernando, M. Australia resumed on day four on 33 Jayawardene off Dilshan, who then Muralitharan. without loss with Matthew Hayden and trapped Mehrab Hossain lbw for 5, had Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-55, 3-123, Simon Katich at the crease. Mashrafe bin Mortaza caught behind for 4-165, 5-310, 6-396. Hayden (39) dragged Morne Morkel 0 and then bowled Shahadat Hossain for Bowling: Mortaza 15-3-53-0, (two for 38) onto his stumps after work- 1 at Chittagong Divisional Stadium. Shahadat 28-3-92-1 (1nb, 2w), ing hard in an attempt to build his first Earlier, Sri Lanka declared on 447-6 at Shakib 20-2-79-1 (2nb), Enamul 36- substantial score of the summer. lunch with Thilan Samaraweera (77) and 2-109-2 (3nb, 2w), Ashraful 17-1- He belted seven fours in a 63-ball Chamara Kapugedera (59 not out) scor- 56-2, Mehrab 8-0-38-0, Raqibul 1-0- stay that produced just as much sweat ing half-centuries and add to Dilshan’s 3-0, Kayes 1-0-7-0, Tamim 1-0-3-0. as substance. hundred and Kumar Sangakkara’s 54. Bangladesh 2nd innings The 37-year-old was given a rousing Bangladesh had lost both opening T. Iqbal c P. Jayawardene b Vaas 17 send-off by the SCG crowd. batsmen by the time the score was 22. I. Kayes c M. Jayawardene b Mendis 5 Ponting (53) almost collected a king Unorthodox finger spinner Ajantha J. Siddique lbw b Mendis 4 pair after leaving the first ball he faced Mendis had Imrul Kayes caught at first R. Hasan b Fernando 10 only for it to catch the inside edge of his slip by Mahela Jayawardene for 5 and M. Ashraful c P. J’wardene b Mendis 7 bat, narrowly missing the stumps and Tamim Iqbal was caught behind for 17 off M. Rahim run out 43 going to the boundary for four. Chaminda Vaas. S. Al Hasan st P. J’wardene b Dilshan 46 M. Hossain lbw b Dilshan 5 The Australian skipper’s innings Mendis dismissed Junaid Siddique M. Mortaza c M. J’wardene b Dilshan 0 then flourished as he raced to a half- lbw for 4 before having Bangladesh cap- S. Hossain b Dilshan 1 century at almost a run a ball. tain Mohammad Ashraful caught behind E. Haque not out 0 It came as a surprise when he played for 7 and ultimately finished with figures Extras (b 4, lb 5, nb 11) 20 on to Morkel attempting a cut shot. of 3-57. Dilhara Fernando then bowled Total: all out 158 There was also plenty of surprise Raqibul Hasan for 10 to leave the hosts at Overs: 49.2 when Simon Katich (61) was given out 52-5. Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-22, 3-32, 4-42, 5- lbw to Dale Steyn (one for 60), with only Sri Lanka had resumed the day on 52, 6-144, 7-154, 8-154, 9-156. wicketkeeper Mark Boucher seemingly 296-4 and Al Hasan made an early break- Bowling: Vaas 8-3-16-1, Fernando 12-4-36- interested in an appeal. through for Bangladesh, trapping 1 (2nb), Mendis 15-4-57-3 (5nb), Clarke and Hussey then combined Samaraweera lbw to end his 145-run Muralitharan 10-0-30-0, Dilshan 4.2-1-10-4. for a fourth-wicket partnership of 76 partnership with Dilshan. Toss: SL that helped place Australia in the box Dilshan then batted with Kapugedara Result: SL won by 465 runs seat to win for the first time this series. to complete his seventh test century Series: SL 2-0 (cricket365.com) before being bowled by Enamul Haque Man of the Match: T. M. Dilshan (SL) Sri Lankan batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan glides a ball during the fourth day’s play of for 143. Dilshan’s hundred came off 130 Man of the series: T. M. Dilshan (SL) the second and final Test Match against Bangladesh in Chittagong on 06th January SCOREBOARD balls and included 11 boundaries. Umpires: S. Bucknor (WI) N. Llong (Eng) 2009. Dilshan became the fourth Sri Lankan to score twin hundreds in a Test and was TV umpire: N. Shah (Ban) Australia 1st innings 445 He also became the fourth Sri Lankan named Man of the Match and Man of the Series. Match Referee: J. Crowe (NZ) South Africa 1st innings 327 to hit twin hundreds in the same Test fol- Australia 2nd innings M Hayden b Morkel 39 S Katich lbw b Steyn 61 Premier Limited-overs 2008-09 R Ponting b Morkel 53 All-Island Under-15 Girls’ Ananda slump to 59 M Hussey not out 45 M Clarke c Amla b Harris 41 cager tourney starts on Jan 9 Tier ‘B’ enters Peterite Paceman Chathura Peiris came up with a fierce bowling spell, pick- Extras (b 8, lb 9, nb 1) 18 by Manjula D. Total (4 wickets dec; 67.3 overs) 257 The participating ing up six wickets for just 25 runs, to skit- Phillips teams are; St. Clare’s penultimate round tle out Ananda for 59 runs and defend a Did not bat: Haddin, McDonald, Hauritz, Lanka Cricket. College, Siridamma by Revata S. Silva low score on the first day of their Inter- Johnson, Siddle, Bollinger Schedule on Wed. (7): Eleven schools will College, Ladies’ School Under-19 match commenced at Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-134, 3-181, 4- The eighth week Premier Tier ‘A’ take part in the All- College, Dharmasoka Ananda Mawatha yesterday. 257 Limited-overs cricket encounters Badureliya CC vs SSC at SSC Island Under-15 Girls’ College, Loyola College, first St. Peter’s were bowled Bowling: Steyn 13 1 60 1, Ntini 12 1 66 0, of Tier ‘A’ will be held in Colombo Chilaw Marians CC vs Moors ‘B’ Division Inter- Our Lady of Victories SC at Moors out for 140 runs with Madumal Jayaratne Morkel 12 2 38 2, Kallis 10 5 13 0, Harris and Panagoda Army grounds School Basketball Convent, Sirimavo CCC vs Tamil Union at CCC picking up six wickets. 20.3 1 63 1. today (7). There will be five more Tournament organized Bandaranaike BV, Good rounds left in Tier ‘A’ as Tier ‘B’ Army SC vs Colts CC at In their second essay, the Peterites South Africa 2nd innings by Siridamma MMV, Shepherd Convent, enters its penultimate round Panagoda were 79 for five wickets at close. N McKenzie not out 25 Galle and conducted by Maliyadeva Vidyalaya, today. Bloomfield vs NCC at Scores: M Morkel c Johnson b Bollinger 0 the Sri Lanka Schools Devi Balika and The final round of Tier ‘A’ is Bloomfield St. Peter’s 140 all out in 40 overs Tier ‘B’ H Amla not out 30 Basketball Association. Presbytarian Girls set for Feb. 11. There will be (Angelo Emmanuel 52 n.o, Angelo Perera BRC vs Lankan CC at BRC Extras (lb 5, w 2) 7 The tournament sched- School. The teams are eleven teams in Tier ‘A’ and ten 24; Madumal Jayaratne 6/47, Ruwinda Total (1 wicket; 26 overs) 62 from Tier ‘B’ that are taking part Singhe SC vs Panadura SC at uled for 9th to 12th divided into four Panadura Shamen 2/21) and 79 for five wickets in 29 To bat: Smith, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, this year. January will be played groups. After the final round of Tier Air Force SC vs Police SC at overs (Andry Berenger 26, Denham Boucher, Steyn, Harris, Ntini at Dharmasoka College, The grand final is ‘B’ scheduled for Jan. 14th, the Rifle Green Perera 29; Matheesha Perera 3/25) Fall of wickets: 1-2 Ambalangoda, scheduled to be held at semi-finals and the finals are to be Saracens SC vs Moratuwa SC Ananda 59 all out in 15.1 overs Bowling: Siddle 6 1 16 0, Bollinger 4 1 11 Richmond College, Siridamma College held but the venues and the dates at De Zoysa (Dinesh Chandimal 14; Chathura Peiris 1, Johnson 5 0 14 0, McDonald 5 3 8 0, Galle and Siridamma courts on January of those matches are yet to be Seeduwa Raddoluwa CC vs 6/25, Vinod Perera 2/17, Angelo Perera Hauritz 5 2 8 0, Clarke 1 1 0 0. College, Galle courts. 12th. notified by the organisers, Sri Sebastianites at Thurstan 2/13)

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