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Kaymer Wins Dunhill Championship but Injured Lee Westwood Is Top Tuesday 12th October, 2010 13 Ranaviru retain Dilmah Kaymer wins Dunhill Championship Challenge Trophy In a blind cricketers and Suranga Sampath tournament, Ranaviru added 58 runs hammering but injured Lee Westwood is top man Sevana beat Subhagya five fours. School for Deaf and Chasing a total of 227 by Kevin Garside The club that failed Westwood On Sunday he ball 40 feet from the hole. This Blind, Moneragala by two runs, Ranaviru Sevana yesterday was the putter. He was managed to dig he calculated to be a two-stroke wickets, to clinch Dilmah made a spirited reply Challenge Trophy at S. averaging 8 runs per over. Kaymer’s victory at the Dunhill flatlining all the way to the St out an approach left of manoeuvre, but when the put- Thomas’ College The captain of Ranaviru Links Championship was his third Andrews loop, where he finally the green, leaving the ter glows as hot as his, one is Grounds, Mount Lavinia Sevena, Ruwan, scored 72 European Tour win on the spin saw a birdie drop at sufficient. “If you would have last week. runs inclusive of 11 and propels him up the rankings to the par-three given me the par I would have After winning the toss boundaries. fourth. While Kaymer rattled along eighth. Three given you a lot of money.My and electing to bat first, In a nail biting finish, at six under for the day, including a months ago at goal was to put it close, make Moneragala got off to a Ranaviru Sevana, went birdie-birdie finish, Westwood the Open, the tee two putts and get out of there. flying start scoring 127 onto win the match with limped along the Fife Coast to a 73 box boomers were It was more luck than runs for the first wicket two wickets to spare, in for a share of 11th place. driving the 352-yard skill.” at 8 runs per over. the 29th over. The outcome postpones ninth. There was nil Not so on the 18th, At one stage they The winners of the Westwood’s coronation until Oct chance of that yesterday where his drive found the were 193 for 3, but col- tourney, Ranaviru were unloading into a withering 31. The 37 year-old, who has been tarmac crossing. But lapsed dramatically los- awarded with a cash prize easterly.A birdie at the 10th nursing an injured calf muscle Kaymer stiffed it to five ing seven wickets for 33 worth Rs. 15,000 while was given straight back at since June, said he will not return feet. Ridiculous. “I didn’t runs to be all out for 226 runners-up, Subhagya the 11th. Further shots went at to competitive golf until the HSBC really know how the ball in 26 overs. Nuwan were awarded a cash the 13th, 16th and 17th. Champions event in Shanghai on would react coming off the Tharanga scored 70 runs prize of Rs. 7,500 along- Nov 4 at the earliest. Westwood’s birdie at the last was road. I just wanted to hit it inclusive of four fours side trophies. With current No 1 Tiger Woods decoration. behind the flag, make my two not due to play again until the The significant numbers to putts and win the tourna- same event the quirks of the rank- crunch were Kaymer’s. He is the ment,” he said. Mercantile Semi-League BB Tournament ing system mean Westwood will first since Woods in 2006 to win Again one was enough. have overtaken him for top spot by four times in a year and only the Kaymer banked a cheque Spirited NTB down then. eighth European Tour player to do for more than half a million “I was pretty happy with the so. We have to go back 21 years for pounds and a lead in the Race week,” Westwood said. “I have not the last European to score a hat- to Dubai of £900,000. Arguably Dialog trick, Sir Nick Faldo. been at my best physically.I woke more precious than either, he BY ROSHEN STEELMAN up this morning and it was hurt- Kaymer brings an banked a win at the home of Standard Chartered ing more than the other days, so I impressive redoubt into golf. Nations Trust Bank beat SriLankan Airlines don’t suppose seven under is too play on the last day of © The Telegraph Group, fought back in a remarkable Satandard Chartered bad.” competition. And when London, 2010 fashion in the second half Bank had a fine outing as Westwood’s return at the Ryder he gets out of position, to beat Dialog Telecom, 61- they defeated SriLankan Cup following an absence of seven as he did at the Road 46, in an ‘A’ Division match Airlines, 46-40, in a ‘E’ Germany’s Martin Kaymer weeks proved premature. He Hole 17th, he finds a of the Mercantile Semi- Division match played at with the trophy after his vic- claims that his calf is healed, but way out of trouble. The League Basketball tourna- the same venue. Lasantha tory during the Alfred rough that collected over- ment played at the Otter Fernando scored 13 points not yet strong enough to play in Dunhill Links Championship ambitious drives has lost consecutive weeks. “If it had not at St Andrews Golf Course, Aquatic Club Courts on for the winners while been the Dunhill I probably would the menace it had at the Scotland, Sunday Oct. 10, Friday. Sampath Kirige top scored not even have bothered coming. I Open. Had Kaymer rolled 2010. (AP Photo/Lynne Nations Trust Bank for the losers with 18 have not had a chance to get it his ball into the same spot Cameron/PA) were trailing by one point points. healed. in July, a JCB would not at the end of the first half, Mobitel beat Pership “This is not an easy week, six- have helped. but recorded a convincing Group 32-30 hour rounds and only two victory in the end, thanks After taking a wafer- days off after the Ryder to Manjula Jayaratne and thin one point lead, Cup. It got progressively Sidath Senanayake who Pership Group couldn’t agitated and achy as the scored 16 and nine points. continue in the same vein week went on. I haven’t For the losers, Vajira as Mobitel fought back to been able to put in proper Kumarasinghe scored 15 register a 32-30 win in a ‘E’ practice sessions since points while Harshadeva de Division match. For June. You don’t expect to Silva chipped in with eight Mobitel, U. B. Perera maintain the same level points. scored eight points while and improve if you don’t HNB overcome NTB Dilshan Fernando scored practise. You won’t see me Anjali Ekenayake (12), nine points for the losers. coming back until I can Dilani Fernando (15) and Airport and Aviation practise fully and do myself Shashikala Romenz (13) beat NDB shared 40 points among justice.” Indika de Silva with 13 them to guide Hatton points and Susil National Bank, to register a Udukkubura with 20 points 63-26 win over Nations helped Airport and Trust Bank in a one sided Aviation beat National Women’s ‘A’ Division match Development Bank (NDB), played at the same venue. 52-32, in their ‘D’ Division Bangladesh win 3rd ODI against Tsonga For the losers, Shanika match played at the same Jayasekara scored 12 venue on Saturday. For beats Lopez points. NDB, Vishan Fernando and New Zealand Shan Group beat Kushan Wijesinghe scored HSBC ‘A’ 12 and 11 points, respective- DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Openers Imrul while Andy McKay had Zunaed Siddique (14) caught in 1st round After taking a six point ly. Kayes and Shariar Nafees smashed half centuries to by Nathan McCullum. lead at the end of the first Today’s Schedule help Bangladesh comfortably win the third match of Earlier, Bangladesh’s Suhrawadi Shuvo claimed in Shanghai half, HSBC gave in as Shan 5.30 p.m.- National a five-game limited-overs series against New Zealand three wickets, and Hasan and Mohammad Group fought back to Development Bank vs on Monday at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla National Mahmudullah took two each to dismiss New Zealand. record a 59-49 victory in a HSBC/HDPL (‘D’ Division) Stadium. After losing seven wickets for only 101 runs, Ross SHANGHAI, China (AP) - ‘C’ Division match. Kevin 6.30 p.m.- Standard Nafees scored 73 while Kayes collected 50 as Taylor had attempted to engineer a New Zealand Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat an Vivekshan (12) and J. Jaliya Chartered vs Vertusa (‘D’ Bangladesh reached 177-3 easily in just 40 overs after recovery hitting 62 runs off 72 balls. Taylor’s unbeat- error-prone Feliciano Lopez (10) were the top scorers for Division) New Zealand was dismissed for 173. Bangladesh leads en knock included three boundaries and four sixes. 7-6 (4), 6-3 Monday in the the winners while Nilanga 7.30p.m.- Dialog vs the series 2-0 after winning the first match last Taylor and Kyle Mills added 72 runs in an eighth- opening round of the Sebastian scored 17 points Sampath Bank (‘A’ Tuesday. The second match was abandoned because of wicket partnership before Mills was caught by Rubel Shanghai Masters for his for the losers. Division) rain. Hossain off a Hasan delivery . first win since returning Nafees’ total came off 73 balls and with 13 bound- Opener Brendon McCullum was out for a duck as from a three-month injury SAMPATH BANK PLC aries while Kayes’ 50 came from 83 balls that included he tried to play a Shafiul Islam delivery, but edged layoff.
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