Friday 28th March, 2008

Inter School Premier Limited Overs Tournament Sri Lanka win first Karunanayake and Munaweera take Nalanda to quarters Test in the Caribbean by Reemus Fernando Nipun Karunanayake ham- by Craig Cozier mered a run a ball 127 laced with 13 fours and four sixes as Nalanda GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - College recorded a massive 196 run took five for 61 to lead victory over Kalutara Vidyalaya Sri Lanka to an historic first win in the who were shot out for a meager 88 Caribbean, defeating West Indies by 121 runs with 6.4 overs left in the opening runs in their Inter School Limited test on Wednesday. Overs Tournament pre-quarter West Indies, resuming on 96 for one final played at Nalanda Grounds on and needing 437 for victory, tried holding Thursday. out for a draw and was for 315 at Replying to Nalanda’s 284 runs, Providence Stadium. Kalutara Vidyalaya were bowled Ace offspinner Muttiah out for 88 runs with Dilshan Muralitharan, who bowled for most of the final day, chipped in with three for Munaweera picking up four 112. for just 22 runs and Supun "These two have been warriors for us Narangoda and Amal Attapattu and (it was) an amazing effort today chipping in with two wickets again from those two guys," apiece. said. "Vaasy was Scores: exceptional today. Murali bowled one end Nalanda 284 all out in 49.2 overs throughout. "It wasn't an easy pitch to get wickets. (Nipun Karunanayake 127, Amal Dwayne (Bravo) and Ronnie (Sarwan) Atapattu 30, Madawa Warnapura batted really well, up front. We had to be 25, Primosh Perera 25; Isuru very patient, wait for our opportunities. Waduge 2/35, Imesh Gunaratne Hats off to the four bowlers." 2/59) Thilan Thushara, Vaas' seam Kalutara Vidyalaya 88 all out mate, weighed in with two for 70, and Rangana Herath conceded only 44 in 22 in 28.2 overs (Imesh Gunaratne 27; overs. Supun Narangoda 2/19, Dilshan Munaweera 4/22, Amal Attapattu 2/05) SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka 1st 476-8 declared Dimuth and Thisara sizzle as Joes West Indies 1st Innings 280 find quarter final berth Sri Lanka 2nd Innings 240-7 declared A century from opener Dimuth West Indies 2nd Innings Karunaratne (118) and a fine all (Overnight 96-1) Chaminda Vaas, left, and , fifth from left, are congratulated by teammates after they took the last , of West Indies' round effort from Thisara Perera D Smith c Thushara b Vaas 10 Daren Powell, to win the first cricket Test match at the Guyana National Stadium, in Providence, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. (AP who scored a blistering 63 and D Bravo c and b Muralitharan 83 Photo/Andres Leighton) picked up six wickets, helped St. R Sarwan lbw b Thushara 72 Sri Lanka lost 1-0 on both previous The right-handers began the day well given out by umpire Billy Bowden. Joseph’s College beat Dharmaraja M Samuels c Sangakkara b Vaas 10 visits to the Caribbean in 1997 and 2003. and made Sri Lanka wait until 20 min- Muralitharan gave the Sri Lankans College Kandy by 196 runs in their S Chanderpaul b Vaas 3 In a tense final hour Vaas bagged utes before lunch for the first break- a big lift in the final over before tea pre-quarter final played at Darley C Gayle 51 both final wickets with the new ball. through. when Ryan Hinds swept at a ball wide Road on Thursday. R Hinds c Sangakkara b M’tharan 10 He forced to edge a Bravo, after cracking 10 fours and a of leg stump on 10 and provided a Scores: to second slip, then four overs six in just over three hours, drove a catch to Sangakkara at 229-6. D Ramdin c M Jwardene b Thushara 1 later and about 15 minutes from stumps, return catch to wickets world record- Thushara removed St. Joseph’s 294 for 4 in 50 S Benn lbw b Muralitharan 7 he got Daren Powell to loft to midoff holder Muralitharan. for 1 just after the break and the Sri overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 118, J Taylor c Dilshan b Vaas 12 where Muralitharan grasped a stunning, The home team lunched at 170-2 but Lankans sensed a comfortable win at Hareen Silva 36, Anton de Livera D Powell c Muralitharan b Vaas 14 one-handed catch over his head to pro- things went badly in the second session. 231-7 with 30 overs remaining. 45, Roshane Silva 21 n.o, Thisara Extras: (25b, 3lb, 14nb) 42 vide Vaas with his 12th five-wicket hauls departed quickly for But Gayle shepherded the lower Perera 63) TOTAL: (all out) 315 in tests. 10 on 171-3 as Vaas struck for the first order to give West Indies hope. Dharmaraja 98 all out in 32.2 Overs: 106.2. Vaas, named man of the match, took time for the day, wicketkeeper Kumar Sulieman Benn was leg before to overs (Pubudu Deniyayawatte 54, 8-109 overall and scored a half century. Sangakkara hauling in a tentative Muralitharan's doosra but Taylor Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-156, 3-171, 4-178, 5- "It's very important for me since it's stroke. offered strong defiance with his fellow Yohan Seneviratne 19; Thisara 212, 6-229, 7-231, 8-244, 9-291, 10-315. my last tour to the West Indies," Vaas Vaas soon landed another crucial Jamaican. Perera 6/14) Bowling: Vaas 22.2-7-61-5, Thushara 17-2- said. "I'm very happy the way we played blow when , a He and Gayle spent close to an 70-2, Herath 22-7-44-0, Muralitharan and it's a good win for us." veteran of 108 tests, was bowled off the hour adding 47 for the ninth wicket Asoka secure pre-quarter final berth 45-6-112-3. West Indies captain , who inside edge for 3 at 178-4. before Vaas returned with the second Asoka Vidyalaya secured a pre- : Sri Lanka won by 121 runs (leads dropped himself down the order after a Sarwan and Gayle added 34 to stall new ball and sealed the victory. quarter final berth in the Inter first-innings duck, provided stern resist- the visitors briefly but Thushara made Taylor spent 42 balls in compiling 2-match series 1-0). Schools Limited Overs tournament ance at the end with an unbeaten on 51 his mark when he gained a leg before 12 before he fended a short ball to sec- Umpires: Simon Taufel, Australia, and in three and a quarter hours. verdict against Sarwan. ond slip. when they reduced Devananda Billy Bowden , New Zealand. topscored with 83 and Sarwan struck four fours in a com- Gayle and last man Daren Powell College to 59 runs and chased the Third umpire: Clyde Duncan, Guyana. scored a confident posed knock that spanned 206 balls and were left with 10.5 overs to negotiate target for the loss of two wickets in 72. 278 minutes. He appeared unlucky to be but Powell could not last. just 14 overs in their match played at Mahara Prison Grounds on Thursday. Scores: Openers give India sound start Devananda 59 all out in 26.2 overs (L.S. Siriwardena 29, P.M. Wickramasinghe 10; Vindika after South Africa reaches 540 Chandrasiri 2/17, Dinuka Rukmal CHENNAI, India (AP) - first against India. SCOREBOARD 2/08, Lahiru Gomes 2/19, Rasika de Openers Virender Sehwag Sreesanth did trouble Saram 3/14) and Wasim Jaffer gave Amla's overnight partner South Africa, 1st innings: Asoka 60 for 2 in 13.5 overs (Overnight: 304 for 4) India a sound start A.B. de Villiers (44), induc- (Vindika Chandrasiri 15 n.o, Thursday in reply to South ing an edge to wicketkeep- G Smith c Laxman b Kumble 73 Africa's imposing first er Mahendra Dhoni, end- N McKenzie c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh 94 Chanaka Hemachandra 22 n.o) innings total in the open- ing the 66-run partnership H Amla run out 159 ing test. for the fifth wicket. J Kallis c Jaffer b Harbhajan Singh 13 Kavikara and Weerasekara shine in Sehwag (52 not out) and Mark Boucher survived A Prince c and b Kumble 23 hard fought DSS win Jaffer (25 not out) helped a confident lbw appeal by A.B. de Villiers c Dhoni b Sreesanth 44 An unbeaten 57 by Gayashan India reach 82-0 at stumps Sreesanth when on 10, and M Boucher c Dravid b Sehwag 70 Weerasekara and a five wicket haul on day two after South put on 99 runs for the sixth M Morkel c and b Harbhajan Singh 35 by Naveen Kavikara helped D. S. Susantha Boteju after missing his second century break during his Africa rode on Hashim wicket with the dominant P Harris c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh 5 Senanayake record a three wicket encounter against K. H. Sirisoma. (Pic by Nishan S. Priyantha) Amla's composed century Amla, whose chanceless D Steyn c P. Singh b H. Singh 15 victory over Gurukula College in to post 540, its highest test knock ended with a run M Ntini not out 1 Their re-quarter final match total in India. out. Extras: (1b, 5lb, 1nb, 1w) 8 56th National Snooker Championship 2008 South Africa's previous Non-striker Amla was TOTAL: (all out) 540 played at Wijerama Mawatha on highest total on India's out when Boucher's drive Overs: 152.5 Thursday. dusty, low-bounce pitches off Anil Kumble was field- Scores: was 510-9 during the drawn ed by Sreesanth at short- Fall of wickets: 1-132, 2-196, 3-244, 4-291, 5-357, Gurukula 114 all out in 35 overs Boteju and Hassim Kanpur test match in 2004. covers, and relayed to the 6-456, 7-510, 8-520, 9-529, 10-540. Amla (159) led South bowler by wicketkeeper Bowling: RP Singh 23-1-111-0, S Sreesanth (Aravinda Earnest 29, Asanka Africa to a strong position Dhoni. 26-5-104-1 (1nb, 1w), A Kumble 45-11-106-2, H. Sanjaya 28; Naveen Kavikara 5/13, meet in final as the tourists frustrated Amla struck 20 bound- Singh 44.5-4-164-5, V Sehwag 11-1-37-1, S Kasun Suriarachchi 2/21) the Indian attack on a aries from 262 deliveries Ganguly 3-0-12-0. D.S. Senanayake 117 for 7 in 22 The final of the 56th In the semi finals worked off placid track by adding 236 during his authoritative India, 1st innings: overs (Gayashan Weerasekara 57 W Jaffer not out 25 National Snooker Thursday, Boteju defeated K. H. brisk runs to the overnight knock that lasted nearly n.o; Salitha Mahanama 2/42) score of 304-4. seven hours. V Sehwag not out 52 Championship for the U. W. Sirisoma while Hassim beat P. Amla, 85 at Wednesday's Boucher went on to Extras: (5lb) 5 Sumathipala Challenge Trophy Pushpakumara. close, took time to get his score 70 as he marshaled TOTAL: (for no loss) 82 between Susantha Boteju and The consolation match eye in before stroking three support from the lower Overs: 21 Zuraish Hassim will be worked between K. H. Sirisoma and P. boundaries in one over order batsmen to boost the Still to bat: Dravid, Tendulkar, Ganguly, off today at the Billiards & Pushpakumara will also be from paceman scoring, adding 54 runs for Laxman, Dhoni, Kumble, H Singh, RP Singh, Snooker headquarters, Reid worked off today at the same Shantakumaran Sreesanth the seventh wicket with Sreesanth. Avenue. venue. to reach his fourth hun- Morne Morkel, who scored Bowling: Steyn 6-1-27-0, Ntini 7-1-26-0, Morkel 5- dred in 23 tests, and his 35. 1-15-0, Harris 3-1-9-0.

Friday 28th March, 2008