Wednesday 23rd June, 2010 Questions members Dandeniya attends Maharoof’s hat-trick Cricket IC meeting Sri Lanka’s controver- sial World Cup Director Suraj Dandeniya has undermined the authority of the Cricket Interim Committee, the supreme wrecks India cricket body in Sri Lanka, by attending its meeting on Monday. SCOREBOARD Previous attempts by Dandeniya to attend India Sri Lanka Interim Committee meet- G. Gambhir c Randiv b Mathews 23 U. Tharanga c Dhoni b Khan 38 ings were shot down when D.Karthik c Sangakkara b Herath 40 T. Dilshan c Jadeja b Khan 24 some members of the pre- V.Kohli c S’kara b Maharoof 10 K. Sangakkara c Khan b Kumar 73 vious Interim Committee R. Sharma run out (Jayawarene) 69 Mahela Jayawardene not out 53 objected to his presence Suraj Dandeniya Thilina Kandamby not out 7 Suresh Raina lbw b Herath 18 as he was not a member Chairman D. S. de Silva, Extras: (2b, 11lb, 3w) 16 of the Interim Committee. M. S. Dhoni run out (K’gedera) 41 who appointed him as the TOTAL: (for three wickets) 211 However, none of the R. Jadeja lbw b Maharoof 0 Director of the World Cup Overs: 37.3. members of the current Secretariat sans an inter- Praveen Kumar b Maharoof 0 Fall of wickets: 1-38, 2-80, 3-184. Interim Committee had view, for a monthly salary Z. Khan c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0 Did not bat: Chamara Kapugedera, questioned his presence, of US$ 5000 Ashok Dinda b Maharoof 2 Angelo Mathews, Farveez allowing him to sit down (Approximately Rs. Pragyan Ojha not out 0 Maharoof, Suraj Randiv, Rangana at the board meeting. 600,000) and other perks. Extras: (3lb, 3w) 6 Herath, Chanaka Welegedara. During the meeting, De Silva also appoint- TOTAL: (all out) 209 Bowling: Praveen Kumar 8-2-30-1, Dandeniya had even ques- ed another nephew of his Overs: 42.3. Zaheer Khan 7-1-42-2 (2w), Ashok tioned some officials who for the World Cup Dinda 5-1-39-0, Pragyan Ojha 10-0- were present at the meet- Fall of wickets: 1-58, 2-75, 3-77, 4- Secretariat, Kapila 49-0 (1w), Ravindra Jadeja ing. 110, 5-189, 6-189, 7-189, Dandeniya at a monthly 6.3-0-29-0, Rohit Sharma 1-0-9-0. Dandeniya is a salary of US$ 2000 8-189, 9-195, 10-209. Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. nephew of Cricket (Approximately Rs. Bowling: Chanaka Welegedara 7.3- Toss: Sri Lanka. Interim Committee 225,000). 0-42-0, Farveez Maharoof Umpires: Billy Bowden, New 10-1-42-5 (1w), Anjelo Mathews 6-0- Zealand and Bruce Oxenford, 37-1, Rangana Herath 7-0-31-2, Australia. Suraj Randiv 9-1-40-0 (2w), Thilina TV umpire: Iben Shashid, Kandamby 3-0-14-0. Bangladesh. Match Referee: Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe. South Africa beats claimed hat-tricks twice, Malinga down the stumps at the non-strik- 10-man France 2-1 had claimed four wickets in four er’s end to end Dhoni’s knock on BLOEMFONTEIN, 20th minute when he out- balls and Maharoof ’s performance 41. South Africa (AP) - jumped France midfielder had its own significance as it came The entire script changed Bongani Khumalo and Abou Diaby to knock a at a moment when he had been within five minutes as Maharoof Katlego Mphela scored cross from Siphiwe written off. joined the party following Dhoni’s first-half goals Tuesday to Tshabalala into the net with After India’s openers added 58 run out with his hat-trick as India guide South Africa to a 2-1 his shoulder. Mphela dou- runs for the first wicket, they lost slipped to 189 for eight after being win over 10-man France, bled the lead in the 37th, four quick wickets and were 110 189 for four losing four wickets in but Bafana Bafana still outmuscling defender Gael Sri Lanka’s Farveez Maharoof, right, celebrates the dismissal of India’s became the first host Clichy to reach a low cross Ravindra Jadeja, unseen, during their sixth Asia Cup cricket match in for four at one stage before a 79 four deliveries. run stand followed between cap- Maharoof got a game only as nation to be eliminated from Tsepo Masilela and Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 22, 2010. after the first round. shoot the ball across the tain M.S. Dhoni and Rohit Sri Lanka rested several leading (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Khumalo scored in the line. players and after a lackluster first REX CLEMENTINE REPORTING spell he turned things around later FROM DAMBULLA in the day turning the game com- pletely Sri Lanka’s way. arveez Maharoof became the He started off by removing third Sri Lankan and 23rd Ravindra Jadeja for a duck as the Fbowler overall to claim a hat- batsman shuffled across and was trick in One-Day Internationals as trapped in front. Praveen Kumar hosts Sri Lanka beat India by then dragged one onto the stumps seven wickets in the last prelimi- and Zaheer Khan fell as the next nary round match of the Asia Cup victim as wicketkeeper Kumar tournament here at the Rangiri Sangakkara took a superb catch Dambulla International Cricket diving low to his right. Stadium yesterday. India were bowled out for 209 The dress-rehearsal for the runs with still more than six overs final was of little interest for remaining. ures of five for 42, his second five many, but for Maharoof, playing in Sharma. Having done the damage with wicket haul in ODI cricket. his comeback series, was all the The stand was broken when the ball, Sri Lanka were ruthless He joined Chaminda Vaas and more important as he justified his Dhoni attempted a single off the in the run chase as they chased Lasith Malinga as the only other inclusion in the Sri Lankan lineup left arm spin of Rangana Herath, down the target with more than 12 Sri Lankans to have claimed a hat- claiming the first hat-trick in but Chamara Kapugedara sprinted overs to spare and will definitely trick of wickets in One-Day Dambulla and finishing with fig- from the point region and threw have an edge as this win gave them Internationals. While Vaas had a good moral boost as they will be playing against the same batting line up in the final. Tillekeratne Hat-tricks in One-Day Internationals Dilshan started in his typical style when he hammered two fours and Player For Against Venue Year a six off the second over of the Jalal-ud-Din Pakistan Australia Hyderabad 1982 innings bowled by Zaheer Khan. France’s Bacary Sagna, left, competes for the ball with South B. Reid Australia New Zealand Sydney 1986 Sri Lanka’s 50 runs came in Africa’s Katlego Mphela, right, during the World Cup group A C. Sharma India New Zealand Nagpur 1987 just 49 balls and after the start by soccer match between France and South Africa at Free State Wasim Akram Pakistan West Indies Sharjah 1989 Upul Tharanga (38) and Dilshan Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, June 22, Wasim Akram Pakistan Australia Sharjah 1990 (24), captain Kumar Sangakkara 2010. (AP) Kapil Dev India Sri Lanka Calcutta 1991 and Mahela Jayawardene added Aaqib Javed Pakistan India Sharjah 1991 104 runs for the third wicket in 109 D. Morrison New Zealand India Napier 1994 balls taking complete control of Waqar Younis Pakistan New Zealand East London 1994 things. Uruguay downs Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan Zimbabwe Peshawar 1996 Sangakkara went onto make 73 E. Brandes Zimbabwe England Harare 1997 in 82 balls with ten fours while Mexico 1-0 A. Stuart Australia Pakistan Melbourne 1997 Jayawardene was unbeaten on 53 RUSTENBURG, tournament. Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan Zimbabwe The Oval 1999 in 67 balls with five fours and a South Africa (AP) - The two countries C. Vaas Sri Lanka Zimbabwe SSC 2001 six. Luis Suarez scored in went into the last group Mohammad Sami Pakistan West Indies Sharjah 2002 Sri Lanka left out Muttiah the 43rd minute and game sharing the lead on C. Vaas Sri Lanka Bangladesh Pietermaritzburg 2003 Muralitharan, Nuwan Kulasekara, Uruguay edged Mexico 1- four points and needed B. Lee Australia Kenya Durban 2003 Lasith Malinga and Thilan 0 Tuesday to secure top only a draw to advance spot in Group A. but they both fielded J. Anderson England Pakistan The Oval 2003 Samaraweera for the game and instead brought in Maharoof, Mexico also attacking lineups. Even S. Harmison England India Nottingham 2004 advanced to the round of so the game yielded few Rangana Herath, Suraj Randiv and C. Langeveldt South Africa West Indies Barbados 2005 16 despite the loss clear goalscoring Shahadat Hossain Bangladesh Zimbabwe Harare 2006 Thilina Kandamby. Herath was thanks to better goal dif- chances. J. Taylor West Indies Australia Mumbai 2006 playing his first ODI in five years. ference than South Uruguay, which did- S. Bond New Zealand Australia Hobart 2007 India, meanwhile, were without Africa, which beat n’t concede a goal in the L. Malinga Sri Lanka South Africa Guyana 2007 the services of Virender Sehwag, France 2-1. first round, ended the A. Flintoff England West Indies St Lucia 2009 who was ruled out of the series Suarez ran group phase with seven unmarked to the back points. Farveez Maharoof Sri Lanka India Dambulla 2010 with a hamstring injury. He was replaced by wicketkeeper batsman post and headed in Mexico and South Dinesh Karthik. Edinson Cavani’s cross Africa both finished with for his first goal of the four points.