Dilhara in Anti-Corruption Radar for Past Two Years

Thursday 9th September, 2010

Under-17 Division I Dilhara in Anti-Corruption cricket quarter-finals Trinity win radar for past two years thriller BY REEMUS FERNANDO Leading Sri Lanka fast bowler Dilhara Sinhalese Sports Club ground last month Fernando has been in the International where he picked up just one wicket. His Trinity College tail-enders held their Cricket Council’s Anti Corruption Unit last appearance in Sri Lankan colours nerves against a desperately fighting radar for the last two years, ‘The Island’ however was in the recent tri-nation tour- Ananda College outfit to record a reliably learns. nament match against India at Rangiri thrilling one-wicket victory in the Inter ‘The Island’ can confirm that the offi- Dambulla International Stadium. School Under-17 Division I quarter-final cers from ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit Ever since former South African cap- which produced a dramatic finish at CCC were in Colombo for an inquiry either tain Hansie Cronje was found guilty of Ground yesterday. early this year or late last year and accepting money from an Indian book- Chasing 167 runs to win, Trinity lost Fernando had to be helped by a translator. maker in the year 2000, several cricketers seven wickets for 102 runs before a fight- A former Manager of the National cricket including three Test captains received life ing eight wicket partnership between team had functioned as the translator bans for their links with bookies. Janishka Premasinghe and Amrith helping the inquiry; cricket sources told In the year 2000, the ICC established Sivakulasingham raised them to 146 by ‘The Island’. the Anti-Corruption Unit under Sir Paul the 40th over. With just 21 runs behind Although all the attention with regard Condon to root out corruption from the the victory target the partnership was to ICC investigations has been now divert- game and it was widely accepted that broken by a brilliant direct hit from mid ed to a leading batsman in the side, we match fixing had been taken out from the on by Danuka Madushan, which saw the can confirm that Fernando was under sport. But it raised its head again after back of Premasinghe. When ICC investigations for almost two years British tabloid News of the World carried Premasinghe was run out he had scored now. out an operation that named two 46 runs facing as many as 83 balls. They Apart from the batsman mentioned Pakistani players for bowling no balls went further down when Madushan above, a young all-rounder also has been after it had been pre-arranged during a Subandran was ruled out lbw to Tiran under ICC investigations since the conclu- Test Match against England two weeks Wijesuriya. sion of last year’s ICC T-20 World Cup in Dilhara Fernando ago. Pakistan captain Salman Butt also Sivakulasingham then played a cru- England, where Sri Lanka emerged run- Fernando, 31, has been in and out of Kulasekara. He was part of the Sri was alleged to have been involved in the cial role keeping the strike to himself ners-up losing a one-sided final to the Sri Lankan side since the emergence Lankan side that drew the high scoring controversy and all three players have most of the time to defy pacemen Venuka Pakistan at Lord’s. of Lasith Malinga and Nuwan second Test Match against India at the been since suspended. Ashen and Tiran Wijesuriya to record the victory under fading light. After reaching 163 runs with a boundary (in the 45th over with Duckworth Lewis tar- get on their favour) batsmen appealed for bad light only to be turned down. On the Britain, India to Abbas says a win can lift troubled Pakistan very next ball a chance went waste to the greatest disappointment of Anandians talk about as Ashen missed a caught and ball oppor- tunity off danger man Sivakulasingham. gambling Sivakulasingham put away the next legalization delivery for runs, after a desperate sec- ond appeal for bad light was turned downed, which ended the dig dong battle. LONDON (AP) - The British They won with four overs to spare. government's sports minister will The match saw both skippers attempt to persuade his Indian Thushara Samarakoon (Ananda) and counterpart of the case for legaliz- Niroshan Dikwella (Trinity) scoring ing gambling when they meet at the identical 38 runs respectively,while num- Commonwealth Games next ber seven batsmen Sisuru Samarasinghe month. (Ananda) and Premasinghe (Trinity) top Hugh Robertson has written to scored with identical knocks (46 runs Indian Sports Minister MS Gill in each). Interestingly, both batsmen were the wake of the fixing scandal run out. engulfing Pakistani cricket to While all other batsmen (of both express his view that legalization teams) struggled against spin, it was in India would make gambling eas- probably number nine batsman ier to regulate. Sivakulasingham’s unbeaten 25 runs Illegal betting hubs in India that decided the semi finalists. are accused of having insider infor- Now Trinity will meet the winners of mation passed on to them by play- today’s quarter final match between De ers and fixers to let them bet on a Mazenod and S. Thomas’. sure thing. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi, second left, and his team react against England during their second international Twenty20 The International Cricket cricket match in Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Hales) Scores: Council last month suspended Ananda 166 all out in 48.3 overs three Pakistan players on fixing ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan could boost the morale of the team series 2-0 and the two teams will start a (Thushara Samarakoon 38, Sisuru charges. cricket fans and former players believe which lost back-to-back, Twenty20 five match, one-day series Friday. Samarasinghe 46; Alwin Fernando 2/23, The sports ministers of the only winning will allow the team to internationals against England this Most fans just want the investiga- Janishka Premasinghe 2/19, Sachithra nations competing at the overcome a match fixing scandal that week. tion by the ICC and Scotland Yard to Tennakoon 3/28) Commonwealth Games meet dur- has resulted in several players being "Victory is the only solution to lift complete their investigation so the Trinity 167 for 9 in 45.3 overs ing the Oct. 3-14 event. suspended. the morale of the team," Abbas told the team can move forward. Until then, (Niroshan Dikwella 38, Janishka Zaheer Abbas - known as the Asian Associated Press on Thursday. most fear that the team's performance Premasinghe 46; Dishan Alwis 2/24, Pakistan bowler Bradman - said Wednesday that one win England clinched the Twenty20 will be overshadowed by the probe. Thamalaka Athulathmudali 2/25) Kaneria cleared of fixing charges Carlton Cup 2010 SL ‘A’ –Pakistan ’A’ match begins today LONDON (AP) - Pakistan The Test series between Sri Lanka ‘A’ Teams: bowler Danish Kaneria has been Peterites beat Four Wings and Pakistan ‘A’ will commence today with Sri Lanka ‘A’: Thilina Kandamby cleared of criminal charges on alle- Peterites BC posted an 83-56 win half time, Old Cambrians BC bounced the first unofficial four day Test match at (cap), Dinesh Chandimal, Janaka the Galle International Stadium in Galle. Gunaratne, Kosala Kulasekara, Jeevan gations that he was involved in over Four Wings BC in a ‘B’ Division back strongly to post a 78-54 win over match in the ongoing Carlton Cup University of SriJayawardenapura in The series will be followed by the second Mendis, Dammika Prasad, Kaushal Silva, spot-fixing in an English county four day match, scheduled to get under Shaminda Eranga, Dimuth Karunaratne, match. Basketball Tournament played at another ‘B’ Division fixture in the Police Park Basketball Courts on Carlton Cup 2010 at Amal way on September 18 in Hambantota. Suranga Lakmal, Nadeera Nawela, Essex police released Kaneria After Sri Lanka and Pakistan dis- Seekkuge Prasanna, Lahiru Thirimanne, Tuesday. At half time the winners International Basketball Courts last from his bail conditions without played poor performances in the recently Sachithra Senanayake, Madura Lakmal were ahead 30-24. Tuesday. concluded Limited over tri-series tourna- Pakistan ‘A’: Azeem Ghumman (cap), charge after four months of investi- Jared Fernando (27) and Lakshan For the winning team, W. Kasun gations into what they called "crick- ment, both teams will look to come up Abid Ali, Hammad Azam, Khurram Samarasinghe (13) were the leading netted 18 points while Shehan Perera with much improved performances. Sri Manzoor, Mohammad Talha, Naved Yasin, et-match irregularities." scorers for the winning team while K. chipped in with 30 points for the losing Lanka ‘A’ will be captained by hard hitting Tabish Khan, Zulfiqar Babar, Aamer The Pakistan spinner and Sameera netted 17 points for the losing team. batsman Thilina Kandamby while Sajjad, Asad Shafiq, Junaid Khan, Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield team. Pakistan ‘A’ will be led by Azeem Mohammad Irfan, Naeem Anjum, were arrested in May on suspicion Moratuwa “B” defeat Ghumman. Sheharyar Ghani, Yasir Shah (RS) of fixing in a match against Red Cap beat Police “B” Don Bosco BC Durham last year. After leading 28-22 at “lemons” Red In the second ‘B’ Division match Cap BC recorded a 62-47 victory over played at Amal International, Kaneria was released from the Police “B” BC in another ‘B’ Division Moratuwa “B” BC registered a thump- touring Pakistan squad after defeat match played at Police Basketball ing 74-58 win over Don Bosco BC. Rooney's wife receives apology over sex scandal to England in the first test. Courts on Tuesday.T.Dissanayake net- At half time the winning team was LONDON (AP) - The parents of repeatedly on his pregnant wife Kaneria played for Essex while ted 20 points for the winning team ahead 36-29. under investigation. Three of his while S. Jayawickrama scored 19 Cristus Fernando scored 26 points the woman at the centre of a sex scan- Coleen last year with a 21-year-old Pakistan teammates have been sus- points for the losing team. being the top scorer for the winning dal involving Wayne Rooney have apol- prostitute identified as Jenny pended by the ICC while they are team, while Dilshan Bharathi chipped ogized to the England striker's wife. Thompson. The allegations have pro- investigated for fixing in the fourth Old Cambrians thrash UOJ in with 21 points for the losers. Several tabloid newspapers duced several days of front-page cover- test against England. After conceding a 26-36 lead at the (MP) claimed Sunday that Rooney cheated age in the tabloids.

Thursday 9th September, 2010