The Island, Tuesday 28th November, 2006 Aussie champ Malani seeks mom in Sri Lanka Susil Premalal reporting Priyadarshana wins gold from Malaysia cuss throw event (paralysed Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s below the waist) with a new Chaminda Priyadarshana games record will be stripped of Australia’s Sunman Malani clinched a swimming gold. his medal and the record, the came first in women’s 100m dash An experienced campaigner, Asia-FESPIC Confederation (for those without hands), pocket- Priyadarshana with a time of decided yesterday. ed a gold at the 9th FESPIC 1:09:96 came first in 100m back- The decision was taken after a Games for the differently able stroke event for the leg amputees special medical board examined here yesterday, and turned below the knee. A swimmer who Weerasinghe following a protest towards the by the Iranian who handful Sri won the silver medal Lankan athletes and his officials. and journalists Weerasinghe now Australian bowler Glenn McGrath swings a stump as he celebrates his team’s win over England on the final day of and said: “Please will not be able to the first Ashes cricket Test at the Gabba Cricket Ground in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday. Australia defeated help me find my take part in javelin England by 277 runs to lead the five match series one nil. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) mom.” throw and shot-put. Malani, a res- At a medical ident of check-up to ascertain Queensland, the athlete’s disabili- Relentless Australia said she was ty (below the waist) it born in Sri has been learnt that Lanka and later Weerasinghe’s torso was taken to was also weak. But crush England Australia after the athlete came up her mother had abandoned her at won three gold medals at the with a record distance in his BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - rain in drought-stricken Ridgeway Hospital in Colombo. Bussan FESPIC Games, event and that has baffled the Brett Lee dismissed Kevin Brisbane - this match will Scoreboard “I love to see my mom. Please Priyadarshana, 32, hopes to win officials. Pietersen in the first over, crushing be scrutinized most for Australia 1st Innings: 602-9, dec. help me find her. She must look two more gold medals. Sri Lanka’s specialist trainer England’s hopes of saving the first Australia’s conservative England 1st Innings: 157 like me,” Malani said. Yogananda Wijesundara speak- Test Monday and helping Australia decision not to enforce a Australia 2nd Innings: 202-1, dec. Sri Lanka’s Kumudu Weerasinghe to lose ing to ‘The Island’ said that secure a 1-0 lead in the Ashes. follow-on. England, 2nd Innings (Overnight: 293-5) The Australians mopped up the That allowed Priyanka and Amara Indumathi medal and record Weerasinghe has been charged A. Strauss c (sub) b Clark 11 English tailenders in 91 minutes on England’s batsmen to get A. Cook c Hussey b Warne 43 clinched silver and bronze Kusumsiri Weerasinghe, who with not cooperating with the the fifth of five scheduled days, some confidence-building I. Bell lbw b Warne 0 medals. won a gold at the wheelchair dis- medical staff. bowling the Ashes holders out for time in the middle and 370 to secure a 277-run win in the had Australia’s bowlers P. Collingwood st Gilchrist b Warne 96 first Test. working for 100 overs in K. Pietersen c Martyn b Lee 92 “We were relentless,” said win- hot and humid condi- A. Flintoff c Langer b Warne 16 ning captain Ricky Ponting. “We tions. G. Jones b McGrath 33 didn’t let them get back into the With the second Test A. Giles c Warne b Clark 23 Yousuf hits record-breaking ton game at all. We really rammed starting Friday in M. Hoggard c Warne b Clark 8 home our advantage every opportu- Adelaide, strike bowler S. Harmison c McGrath b Clark 13 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan batsman hard on the first day of the third and final Test. nity we had.” Glenn McGrath is in J. Anderson not out 4 Mohammad Yousuf hit a record eighth Test century Yousuf smashed 15 elegant fours in his four-hour England captain Andrew doubt with a seriously in a calendar year before the West Indies fought back knock of 102 runs, but the West Indies claimed four Extras: (8b,10lb,11nb,2w) 23 Flintoff said any nerves that came bruised heel and Ponting TOTAL: (all out) 370 wickets in the last session to restrict with playing an Ashes Test in is recovering from a back Overs: 100.1. Batting time: 447 minutes. Pakistan to 257-7 at stumps on a low Australia were now erased for his strain. Fall of wickets: bouncy National Stadium wicket. team, upset winners in the 2005 Pietersen defied the 1-29, 2-36, 3-91, 4-244, 5-271, 6-293, Fast bowler Corey Collymore series. Australians for almost 7-326, 8-346, 9-361, 10-370. trapped Yousuf lbw off a delivery that “We’re 1-0 down in an Ashes four hours on Sunday, Bowling: Lee 22-1-98-1 (7nb,1w), McGrath 19-3-53-1 kept low as he attempted a pull shot and series. We’ll let this game go and sharing an innings-reviv- (3nb), Clark 24.1-6-72-4, Warne 34-7-124-4 (1w,1nb), completely missed the line. move on,” he said. “It will be tough ing 153-run stand with Hussey 1-0-5-0. The brilliant form of Yousuf this to come back - we can’t hide from Paul Collingwood (96), Result: Australia win by 277 runs, lead five-match year saw the right-hander score two that. But there’s a lot at stake, a big but fell after two deliver- series 1-0. centuries against India in the home incentive. ies with the new ball. series before registering another three “We’ve got to get into this series England, set 648 to win match honors for his 196 in the against England in summer. His prolific and we’ve got to win - That’s all we the match, ran out of hope when first innings and unbeaten 60 in form continued against the West Indies can focus on.” South African-born Pietersen hit the second, praised McGrath and when he compiled centuries in the first With the result almost a foregone Lee to Damien Martyn at short mid- opening batsman Justin Langer for two Tests at Lahore and Multan. conclusion after three days - bar- wicket without adding to his their contributions. Yousuf drove Daren Powel to mid on ring a record run chase or heavy overnight 92 to make the total 293-6. Langer followed his 82 in the for three runs to complete his 22nd Test Geraint Jones had five bound- first innings with an unbeaten 100 century off 155 balls and became the aries in his 33 before chopping a in the second, prompting first batsman in Test history to score McGrath ball onto his stumps to Australia’s declaration at 202 for eight centuries in a year. expose England’s tailenders at 326- one early Sunday morning. Viv Richards (West Indies) and Dambulla cricket 7. “Glenn did a fantastic job, his Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) jointly Paceman Stuart Clark and bowling in the first things was held the previous record when they Shane Warne combined to remove superb,” Ponting said. “Justin scored seven centuries in 1976 and 1997 issue sorted out No. 8 Ashley Giles (23) and No. 9 Langer the same, he got the job respectively from 11 Test matches each. Matthew Hoggard (8), both caught done for us.” Yousuf also closed in on Richards' 30- Sri Lanka Cricket officials at slip slashing outside off stump. Ponting strained his back in the year-old record of most Test runs in a and the Trustees of the And the innings ended a half 5.1 overs he batted early Sunday calendar year. Richards made 1,710 runs Dambulla International hour before the lunch interval morning and did not field for all of in 11 Test matches and Yousuf needs Cricket Stadium have reached when Steve Harmison (13) hooked England’s 80 overs on day four. another 47 in the second innings to an agreement to continue to Clark around to McGrath at fine He returned Monday, but not in break the mark. play international cricket leg. his customary close catching posi- matches at the venue. The Clark returned 4-72 in 24 overs tions. Scoreboard agreement was reached after and Warne returned 4-124, failing to Ponting’s decision not to President Mahinda Rajapakse add to his four wickets from Sunday enforce the follow-on Saturday afternoon. after taking a 445-run first-innings intervened and called for a dis- Pakistan first innings One problem for Australia ahead lead baffled some analysts, cussion between The Chief Mohammad Hafeez b Collymore 18 of the second Test is the fitness of although the Australian skipper Priest of the Rangiri Dambulla McGrath, who took 6-50 to skittle Imran Farhat c Ramdin b Bravo 47 stood by his call to give his bowlers Chapter Inamaluwe Sri England for 157 in the first innings a break between innings. Younis Khan run out 20 Sumangala thero and the offi- after Australia had posted a mas- It was the largest first-innings Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Collymore 102 cials of Sri Lanka Cricket. sive 602-9. lead where the follow-on has not Inzamam-ul-Haq c C’paul b Ganga 18 Earlier the international McGrath, coming back from 10 been enforced in Test cricket.