Wednesday 9th December, 2009 15 Woods’ strike it rich mother-in-law by Reemus Fernando stable after 911 call aliyadeva College, OCOEE, Florida (AP) - A hospital , captained spokesman says Tiger Woods’ mother- Mby fourth year player, in-law is in stable condition after an Dharshana Mahawatta, got the early morning 911 call from his home. better of their traditional rivals Health Central Hospital spokesman as they enjoyed success in the Dan Yates says Barbro Holmberg was third term fixtures in the on- admitted early Tuesday suffering from going Inter School Under-19 stomach pain. She is the mother of cricket season. Woods’ wife, Elin. With a tight schedule ahead, Health Central is the same hospital they warmed up well against where Woods was treated after he their traditional rivals. Playing crashed his sport utility vehicle outside as many as nine matches in the his home last month. third term where seven were Media attention has been focused Dharshana Mahawata (Captain) Nuwan Alwis (Vice Captain) Vajira Kumara Aruna Sri Bandara non-tournament matches (tradi- on the world’s No. 1 golfer since he hit a tional matches), Maliyadeva hydrant and a tree around 2:25 a.m. on recorded five first innings victo- Nov. 27. ries and one outright victory, while conceding a first innings defeat to In Nalanda. In their Akshu felled two tournament Cricket’s matches, they recorded a first Matrix… by selectors innings victory against St. Anthony’s College, Katugastota and lost on the first innings to Ananda. According to team officials, coach Sanjeewa Marapana and Chamikara Edirisinghe Pavithra Vitharanage Sanjeewa Marapana (Coach) Shirantha Bandaranaike (MiC) Master-in-Charge of Cricket, Shirantha Bandaranaike, their and wicketkeeper bat Gayan order with his deputy, Nuwan rivals, St. Anne’s for four years. unfortunate not to have two of good performances in the third Maneeshan, who was unavail- Alwis, have also contributed Off spinners, Vajira Kumara (30 their key players, Nimna term has boosted the confidence able to represent the team due to with good scores. wickets), Aruna Sri Bandara Karunaratne and Gayan of the team to do well in the National duties, are the highest In the bowling department, and Nuwan Alwis are the other Maneeshan for a number of remaining tournament matches scorers for Maliyadeva this sea- the spinners have claimed the leading wicket takers. matches as they were members in the first term. son. They have both aggregated bulk of the wickets. Left arm The bowling attack compris- of the Under-19 The contribution of the top over 400 runs. Maneeshan’s 400 orthodox spinner Chamikara es formidable new ball bowlers World Cup pool until very order batsmen and the impres- runs includes an unbeaten 155 Edirisinghe is the highest wick- in right arm pacie Dilshan recently. sive spin department have been against Dharmasoka. et taker with a haul of over 50 Danushka, (a genuine paceman) However, Ravindu the main factors for the team’s Left hander Ravindu wickets. Although he is in his and left arm paceman Pavithra Dharmasiri managed to com- Akshu Fernando success. Dharmasiri (over 250), a fresher second year for Maliyadeva, he Vithana, who have given them pensate for Maneeshan’s by Reemus Fernando Third year player, Vajira and skipper Mahawatte (over has a gamut of experience, as good starts more often than not. absence with a safe pair of Kumara, who opens the batting 250), who strengthens the middle he represented their arch Maliyadeva were somewhat hands behind the wickets. Despite performing well in the soli- tary opportunity he was given in the just concluded Tri-Nation Under-19 tournament, St. Peter’s College all rounder Akshu Fernando has been cru- elly dropped from the Sri Lanka Under- 19 World Cup team ‘The Island’ reliably learns. The Junior National Selectors final- ized the Sri Lanka Under-19 team for the forthcoming ICC Under-19 World Cup yesterday and it is reliably learnt that the 15-member team selected does- n’t include all rounder Fernando. Fernando was in the last 30 member pool but did not get a single opportuni- ty to play for Sri Lanka in the Tri- Nation tournament proper which ended yesterday. Given a solitary opportunity to play in a practice match against Pakistan, Fernando was the top scorer with a fine rearguard action which helped the hosts reduce the defeat margin against the Pakistanis. A useful spinner and a reliable lower order batsman, Fernando has a proven track record at junior level. The team selected yesterday is likely to be presented to the Sports Minister for his approval today. Cricket enthusiast, no doubt, will be hoping that the Sports Minister takes remedial action. Delmege Super League cager tournament , Kurunegala cricket squad Seated from left: Vajira Kumara, Pavithra Vitharanage, Dharshana Mahawata (Captain), Nuwan Alwis (Vice Captain) and Aruna Sri Bandara. Standing from left: Leo Francisco, Hashan Gunathilaka, Harshana Salinda, Dilshan Wickramasinghe, Thineth Manishka, Dilshan Danushka, Danushka Dharmasiri, Rasanjana Jayaratne, Ayesh Seylan Bank and Weligalla and Chamikara Edirisinghe. (Absent: Nimna Karunaratne and Gayan Maneeshan) (Pix by Nishan S. Priyantha) Avant Garde win All Island by Manjula D. Phillips Ruwan Kariyawasam heroics After conceding a seventeen points lead at half time, Seylan Bank Under-12 Chess champs steer Arpico into final bounced back strongly to beat Nation Ananda College, , did excep- in this category. Number eight bat Ruwan target of 160 runs in 50 overs, rode to Trust Bank (B) by 64/63 in a thriller, tionally well to continue their domi- College, , ended up as Kariyawasam, injured and batting with victory in style, spearheaded by an in a ‘C’ Division match in the on- nance in chess in the Under-12 Division 1 runners-up and Dharmasoka College, a runner, played the innings of his life unbroken 3rd wicket stand of 120 runs going Delmege Super League Boys’ category,as they won the All Island Ambalangoda, finished third. to steer Arpico SC to a nail-biting two between opener Malinda Fernando (81 Basketball tournament at Otter’s Championship as well, after bagging the Ananda College obtained 25 points in wicket win over Shaw Wallace not out in 101 balls, eight fours and a Aquatic Basketball courts, on Western Province Championship two six rounds. Distributors, in the Ceylon Cold Stores six) and Prasad Niroshan (58 not out in Monday. sponsored, ‘Elephant Lemonade’ MCA 66 balls with five fours) months ago. They beat Prince of Wales, At half time, NTB (B) led 44-27. Division ‘D’ 50 overs League The final between one time arch- The championship was organized by Moratuwa, Maliyadeva College, Viraj Nandana and Malaka Tournament, semi final at Ananda rivals, Arpico and DPMC will be played Sirikumara excelled with 29 and 18 the Sri Lanka Chess Association Kurunegala, Royal College, Colombo, Mawatha, last Saturday. Arpico, chas- December 19, at the MCA grounds, com- points each for the winners, while (SLSCA) and held Dec. 4 to 6, at Royal Nalanda College, Colombo, Mahinda ing a moderate total of 160 runs to win mencing 10.00 am. Pradeep Rukshan excelled for NTB College, Colombo. This was a six round College, Galle and lost to Kingswood in 50 overs, were looking down the bar- Semi final results: with 21 points. event and more than 25 teams took part College, . rel at six wickets down for 80 runs when At MCA: DPMC beat Hayleys Kariyawsam went in. Group RC by 7 wickets Meanwhile, in a same division The Arpico ball started bouncing Hayleys Group RC 159 in 43.3 overs match, Avant Garde beat HSBC by 92- once again, as Kariyawasam took the (D. Ratnayake 25, U. Danthanarayana 35, 75, in a closely contested affair. The Ananda Shaw Wallace attack by the scruff of S. Ratnayake 25, A. Elabodage 2/34, D. After conceding 33-45 lead at College Under-12 the neck with a sterling 60 not out in Peiris 2/20, W. Balagama 2/30, Malinda ‘lemons’, Avant Garde was able to champion team just 48 balls, studded with eight fours Fernando 2/30) turn tables and post victory. Sudesh and two sixes. Kariyawasam was well DPMC 163 for 3 in 33.3 overs (Malinda Nonis and Tharindu Rupasinghe (From L-R): Akila supported by tail–ender Daminda Fernando 81 not out, Prasad Niroshan 58 excelled with 20 and 22 points for the Aberatne, Senith Perera (25 in 30 balls with four fours not out, C. Rajapaksa 2/29) winning team, while Roven Mutalif Suriarachchi, and a six). The pair put on a match sav- At Ananda Mawatha: Arpico SC beat scored 38 points for HSBC. Pasidu Herath, ing 55 runs for the 7th wicket to get Shaw Wallace Distributors by two wickets Thirty seven teams from the mer- Arpico out of jail and run to victory. Shaw Wallace (sent into bat) 159 in cantile sector are competing in the Supun Kuruppu, In the other semi-final at MCA 44.1 overs (M.D. Candappa 27, L.V.V. Silva Dinidu grounds, David Pieris Motor Company 22, K.N.R. Silva 45, Duminda Perera 2/40, tournament and are pooled into six divisions. Matches are being worked Illukpitiya, took sweet revenge over league winner, Ruwan Kariyawasam 2/14, Athula off daily at the Otter’s Aquatic Club Mojitha Hayleys Group RC when they scored a Wickramatillaka 4/35) resounding seven wicket win. Arpico SC 163 for 8 in 33.3 overs courts from 6.00 pm onwards. Gunaratne and DPMC lost to Hayleys on the run- (Mahesh Kumara 35, Ruwan The tournament is organised and Yoshitha rate in their league outing at Ananda Kariyawasam 60 not out, Duminda Perera conducted by the Mercantile Services Atukorale. Mawatha. 25, K.L.H. de Silva 2/35, G.A.P. Basketball Association and spon- The ‘Bajaj Boys’ chasing a moderate Weerasinghe 2/30) sored by Delmege Forsyth & Co. Ltd.