Tuesday 5th July, 2011

Thor Hushovd defends Sour grapes from Tour lead on stage 3 OLONNE-SUR-MER, de France on Monday. France (AP) — Thor Hushovd, the world cham- Hushovd of Norway was pion, took the overall lead defending his race leader’s after his Garmin-Cervelo nar- after Lord’s defeat yellow jersey as riders set out rowly won Sunday’s team on the third stage of the Tour time trial. REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Nottingham

Despite two splendid perform- Court issues notice to ances in the last two ODIs, the Sri Lankan cricket team has been unfairly criticised by their English PCB in Kaneria case counterparts after they took a 2-1 lead in the five match series with a ISLAMABAD (AP) — A cricket or explain why he’s six win at Lord’s on Sunday court has summed the not considered for selection. in front of a capacity crowd. Pakistan Cricket Board to Naseem says he told the On a placid Lord’s track, appear on July 26 for ignor- court that no investigation England’s Ashes winning side ing Test leg-spinner Danish of match-fixing is pending failed to put up a competitive total Kaneria. against his client, but a and were stunned by the little Kaneria’s lawyer Farogh PCB’s integrity committee known Dinesh Chandimal, a 21- Naseem told The has not cleared him to play year-old right-handed batsman, Associated Press on international cricket for the who scored a brilliant unbeaten Monday that Sindh High last eight months. hundred to help Sri Lanka take lead in the series with a six wicket Court has also asked PCB Essex police cleared win. officials not to issue any Kaneria of criminal The game was witnessed by defamatory remarks about charges in Sept. 2010 over some 27,000 spectators and the leg-spinner. allegations that he was Chandimal, who hails from Kaneria filed a court involved in spot-fixing dur- Balapitiya, a southern fishing vil- petition demanding that the ing a county match against lage, took the hosts by surprise PCB allow him to play Test Durham in 2009. with his stroke play– cutting, pulling and driving and towards the latter stage of the game even played the ‘Dilscoop’ proving why Inter International Kumar Sangakkara called him one of the ‘best talents in the country’. Schools Under-19 Cricket England came into the game after strike bowler was fined 1500 Pounds for his ‘unac- Lyceum, Gateway ceptable and offensive’ remarks towards Billy Bowden dur- ing the second ODI at Headingley. Sri Lanka had cruised during win on day one the run chase and with the win just Dinesh Chandimal, left, reaches his 100 and is congratulated by Angelo Mathews during their Lyceum International 69, Rizan Sherifdeen 2/47) a short reach away, Angelo against England at Lord’s cricket ground, London, Sunday July 3, 2011.(AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) School, Nugegoda and Gateway Kandy 143 for Mathews played they didn’t take Gateway College, Colombo 7 in 26 overs (Kusan Dange down 17 deliveries registered comfortable victo- 57, Harshan Rajapakse 21, without taking a the singles,” the ries over Gateway College, Amila Premasara 2/33) single to ensure Sri Lankan cap- Chandimal would tain said. “But I Kandy and Burhani have his moment am really happy Serendib International Gateway Colombo in of glory of scoring he has got a hun- school respectively as the five win a hundred at dred. We are Inter International Schools Gateway College, Lord’s. working as a Under-19 cricket tournament Colombo beat Burhani Some England team. The way commenced at Health Serendib by five wickets as players were clear- Angelo played Ground, Borella yesterday. they reached a win need of not taking any ly unhappy with Ranaweera powers 124 runs with as many as the tactics and singles so Dinesh could get Lyceum Nugegoda eight overs to spare in their Chandimal’s case Lankan after Marvan his hundred showed that we are A top score of 69 runs, match played at Health wasn’t helped by Atapattu and Upul playing like a family.” the first half century of the Ground. the fact that the Tharanga to score an ODI Apart from the three centuries tournament, by Matheesha Scores: Sri Lankan dress- hundred at the Home of made in ODIs by Sri Lankans, there Ranaweera was the high- Burhani Serendib ing room, including After Mathews played down a Cricket. have been seven centuries scored in Tillakaratne Dilshan were impa- full toss from in the At the post match conference light as Lyceum Nugegoda International 123 all out in by Sri Lankan batsmen tient making a few calls from the last ball of the 47th over to leave England captain Alastiar Cook, beat Gateway, Kandy by 69 27 overs (Juzer Kaed 23, with Dilshan’s 193 made during the dressing room balcony. Sri Lanka requiring nine runs in 18 who had earlier made his second runs. In reply to Lyceum’s Hamza Ali Asgar 26; Isuru second Test early this summer Mathews was cool as a cucumber balls, the 12th man came to the field ODI hundred criticised the Sri 212 for five wickets Gateway, Gamarachchi 3/21, being the highest. “In the 1980s the but Chandimal was uncomfortable with a message. However, Dimuth Lankans. “They’re perfectly enti- Kandy could muster only 143 Dananjana Seneviratne old cricketers were getting hun- with what was going on. At one Karunarathne was sent back by tled to do it if they want,” he said. runs in their allotted 26 2/25) umpire Nigel Llong amidst objec- dreds here, we are still talking point Chandimal sprinted almost “But you never know the cricketing overs. Gateway Colombo 124 about them because their names the full distance to the striker’s end tions from the English players with Gods might look down at that in a are on the boards,” said Dilshan. Scores: for 5 in 18.1 overs (Rajeer pleading with his partner to move leading the way. bit of disgust.” “So in 10 or 15 years the youngsters Lyceum Nugegoda 212 Keerthiwardena 35, Lakshan on, but Mathews sent the 21-year- Chandimal had had enough of it Dilshan told the media that he can come here and see the special for 5 in 26 overs (Dehan Kodagoda 20, Dananjana old back much to the bemusement and sealed his second ODI hundred showed his disappointment in the things the senior players did at Anthony 35, Nishan Perera Seneviratne 30; Hatim of everyone, including the Sri with a six off Tim Bresnan to calm dressing room as he was nervous. Lord’s.” 43, Matheesha Ranaweera Shakir 3/31) (RF) Lankan dressing room. things down becoming the third Sri “It was disappointing for me that Djokovic new No. 1; Serena drops to 175th

HOWARD FENDRICH,AP Open and Wimbledon. time Grand Slam champion who was TENNIS WRITER When Djokovic arrived at the All ranked 25th entering Wimbledon after WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — England Club on Monday morning for a missing nearly a full year because of a Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic series of interviews, the ATP presented series of health scares. As the defending rose to No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the him with a cake shaped like a “1’’ in the champion at the All England Club, though, first time Monday,while Serena Williams red, blue and white colors of Serbia’s flag. Williams had a lot of rankings points to dropped to 175th on the WTA list, her low- He is the first man from that country to be defend, so her loss to Marion Bartoli in the est spot since 1997. No. 1 since the ATP introduced computer fourth round led to the 150-place slide Djokovic officially moved up from No. rankings in 1973. Monday. 2 one day after beating previously top- Djokovic is the 25th player to reach No. Williams hasn’t been this far down ranked Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 for his 1. since the rankings of Nov. 3, 1997, when first title at the All England Club. It’s the “Any athlete in the world dreams of she was 304th. She moved into the top 150 first time in nearly 7½ years that a man being No. 1 of the world. This is some- the next week, and hadn’t fallen back out- other than Nadal or Roger Federer is thing that gives us a lot of motivation,” side that level until now. ranked No. 1. Djokovic said. “So finally,when you really Her older sister Venus, who also lost in “Times are changing,” the 24-year-old do it, and when you know that you’re the the fourth round last week, went from 30th Djokovic said Monday.“It’s good for the best, it’s just an amazing achievement.” to 34th Monday,meaning that Bethanie sport, I think, to have some new faces.” Nadal is now No. 2. Federer remained Mattek-Sands, who stayed at 31st after a Federer first took the top place on Feb. at No. 3, followed by Andy Murray and first-round Wimbledon exit, is the highest- 2, 2004, and he or Nadal had been No. 1 Robin Soderling. ranked U.S. woman for the first time. every week since then. Federer spent a The man who upset Soderling in The last time someone other than one total of 285 weeks there, one week short of Wimbledon’s third round before losing to of the Williams sisters was the top Pete Sampras’ record. Nadal’s latest stay Djokovic in the quarterfinals, 18-year-old American in the WTA rankings was began June 7, 2010, the day after he won qualifier Bernard Tomic of Australia, January 2007, when Lindsey Davenport last year’s French Open. leaped from 158th to a career-high 71st in was ahead of them. “They have made me improve,” the rankings. Caroline Wozniacki stayed at No. 1 on Djokovic said. “They have made me a bet- Tomic was the youngest man to reach Monday,despite losing in the fourth round ter player.” the quarterfinals at the grass-court Grand last week. Djokovic had been No. 2 since March. Slam tournament since Boris Becker won Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal, right, hold their trophies after Novak But he surged past Nadal by going 48-1 a second consecutive Wimbledon title in rose one spot to No. 7, while runner-up with eight titles so far in 2011, including 1986. Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal in the men’s singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Maria Sharapova also moved up one place, Grand Slam trophies at the Australian Williams is a former No. 1 and a 13- Championships at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) to No. 5.

Tuesday 5th July, 2011