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Mathews ruled fit to play take on T-20 World Champs in Bristol

REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Bristol

All-rounder Angelo Mathews returns to international having missed three months of action after he was ruled fit to play today’s T-20 International against England at the County Ground here in Bristol today.The all-rounder has been sidelined from all forms of cricket due to a quadriceps injury and while receiving treatment Embury while the last fast bowler opted to undergo surgery in to England was Bob Willis Melbourne, Australia to his knee in 1985. that had been troubling him for a Broad was initially doubtful for while. the game as he had a sore heel and Mathews, played the warm up yesterday twisted the other ankle as game against Worcestershire at well, but he’s expected to play today. New Road on Wednesday and “It’s a huge honour for me to cap- smashed 81 in 90 balls, but didn’t tain England. My experiences of bowl. The team management wasn’t captaining is very limited. The last keen to rush the 24-year-old back time I captained a side was at into international cricket, but after Sri Lanka's , left, looks on with coach Stuart Law during school level, but that’s what hap- training here at Bristol yesterday, the nets session at Lord's Cricket Ground, London Wednesday June 1, 2011. pens when you get picked for he ruled himself fit for internation- England too early,” Broad said.. al cricket. The Sri Lankans will shift their focus from to T 20 cricket before This will be Sri Lanka’s first T-20 Sri Lanka will be led by Thilina the two teams battle for honours in a seven-match ODI series which com- International this year. The Sri Kandamby as captain Tillakaratne mences on June 28. (AP) Lankan game will follow the T-20 Dilshan is injured. Dilshan was International between England Women’s versus Australia struck twice on his moment,” Kandamby Women’s. right thumb during added. his record breaking Sri Lanka will Sri Lanka: (Probable XI) 193 at Lord’s in the open with Mahela Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela second Test sustain- Jayawardene in the Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara ing a hairline frac- absence of Dilshan (Wicketkeeper), Angelo Mathews, ture. He’s expected and the trend could Thilina Kandmaby (Captain), to play the ODI continue after Sanath Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, series that starts Jayasuriya leaves Suraj Randiv, Lasith Malinga, next week. after the first ODI at Suranga Lakmal, Thisara Perera or Kandamby said The Oval. Dhammika Prasad. . that he was a bit England are the England: (From) surprised when he World Champions of FIFA worried Brazil (Captain), Ian Bell, was appointed as T-20 cricket having , Jade Dernbach, the vice-captain of beaten Australia in Steven Finn, Craig Kieswetter WCup preparations the side for the one- the ICC World T-20 (Wicketkeeper), , MOSCOW (AP) — FIFA "The Maracana is not a day leg of the tour, this. Under-19, ‘A’ team and Board Final in the Caribbean last year. , Samit Patel, Kevin but saw an opening for him in the XIs and I guess I have been groomed , who led them to remains concerned at the slow World Cup stadium" yet, Valcke Pietersen, , Chris national side as Sri Lanka look for the captaincy. I have been play- the title has lost his place in the side pace of Brazil's preparations for said, adding that in Brazil "the Woakes and . towards a new phase in their crick- ing ODI cricket for the last year or and the hosts have a new captain in the 2014 World Cup, saying its main issue is not to organise Umpires: Richard et following the 2011 World Cup. “I so and I was consistently Stuart Broad. The 25-year-old fast football officials appear to have Kettleborough and the World Cup but to win the was a bit surprised,” Kandamby too, but couldn’t make the World bowler is the first bowler to captain invested more energy in win- Third : World Cup." told journalists yesterday. “But I Cup. But I see an opportunity to England in 23 years. The last bowler ning the tournament than Match Referee: Alan Hurst Brazil, which won hosting have captained at every level before claim a position in the side at the to captain England was John organising it. rights by default after other "We don't have stadiums, we South American nations with- don't have airports," secretary drew their bids, has been mired general Jerome Valcke said on in organisational and bureau- Friday at the Inside World Football forum in Moscow. cracy problems since it was Sri Lanka’s He added it looked increas- announced as host in 2007. Musaeus schoolgirl Methma ingly likely that some facilities, Builders working on one of including Rio de Janeiro's icon- the stadiums only this week Tharanga ic Maracana, would be ready returned to work after going on establishes swimming record with only a few weeks to spare. strike over pay and conditions. suspended Small Paul predicts German winner for 3 months in Women’s Soccer WC opener

Methma Jayawardna of Musaeus College Colombo, who estab- lished a new schools meet record in the 100 Metres Free style event, seen in action on the second day of the Sri Lanka Schools Swimming Championships, worked off at the Ananda College swimming Pool.(Pic by Sajith Jayasekara)

Upul Tharanga BY ROSHEN STEELMAN Rajanayake clocking 1 minute and while Royal College, Colombo ISLAMABAD (AP) — Sri Methma Jayawardna of 14:11 seconds in the same event were placed second with 292 Lanka opening batsman Upul Musaeus College Colombo, who also improved on the previous points. Trinity College, Kandy Tharanga has been suspended has represented Sri Lanka in long record, but finished second in the despite missing their swimming for three months by the course events in overseas champi- race. sensation Heshan Unamboowe, International Cricket Council onships, established a new Out of the 11 records estab- occupied placed third. for using a banned substance schools’ meet record as 11 new lished yesterday, Kalana In the Girl’s category, defend- during the World Cup. schools meet records were estab- Wickramaarchchi of Royal ing champions Mahamaya Girl’s The ICC said in a statement lished on day two of the ongoing Central College, Polonnaruwa did School, Kandy secured the first on Friday that Tharanga tested The octopus Paul, called the small Paul, predicts the of the opening 38th Sri Lanka Schools Swimming well to lower one record. He fin- place at the end of the second day positive after the World Cup match of the Women's Soccer World Cup between Germany and Canada by Championship at Ananda College ished the Boys’ Under-17 Butterfly with an overall point tally of 289 semifinal win against New eating the first shell in Oberhausen, Germany, Friday, June 24, 2011. He Swimming Pool in Colombo yes- race with a timing of 1 minute while Ladies’ College, Colombo Zealand on March 29 at terday. and 00:26 seconds to break the pre- were placed second with 194 chose Germany as the winner. The World Cup will start on Sunday and eight Colombo. Jayawardana clocked 1 minute vious record of 1 minute and 07:71 points. different octopi in various German cities are competing to find a successor His sample was found to con- and 07:47 seconds in the Girls seconds. The four day annual swimming for the former octopus Paul who made predictions during the Men's Soccer tain metabolites of two gluco- Under-19 100 metres Freestyle Defending champions St. championship conducted by Sri World Cup in South Africa in 2010 successfully. The octopi in Berlin, corticosteroids — Prednisone event to improve on the previous Joseph’s College, Maradana were Lanka Schools Aquatic Hanover, Konstanz, Koenigswinter, Munich, Oberhausen. Speyer and and Prednisolone, the ICC said. record of 1 minute and 14:20 sec- leading the points table in the Association and sponsored by Timmendorfer Strand will make predictions for all German matches and the Tharanga appeared on onds set by Kumari overall championship at the end Nestle under the brand name of winner of the final. The octopus with the most points will be officially named Friday before an independent Wickramanayaka in 2009. Sachini of the second day with 351 points Milo will conclude on Sunday. successor to the famous Paul. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) anti-doping tribunal.

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