14 Wednesday 4th January, 2012

Andrew Strauss

Under-19 Division II squad for Mevan’s nine- haul steers Siri Piyaratana Spinner Mevan Liyanage scalped nine Sudaraka produced a seven-wicket haul South Africa ODIs in the second innings to steer Siri (12.3-6-7-22) to skittle out Rahula for 65 Piyaratana College, Padukka to a 22-run runs. They chased a target of 94 for the Minister of Sports, Mahindananda will be joining the present Sri Lanka Kosala Kulesekera, Thisara Perera, victory over Bandaranaike College, loss of just one wicket. Aluthgamage has approved the follow- Test squad in South Africa. Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, Gampaha in their Under-19 cricket match ing squad for the ODI series against Sri Lanka Squad: Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, which ended at Padukka yesterday. Scores: Liyanage bowled 19.2 overs and gave Rahula 126 all out in 47.5 overs South Africa, scheduled to get under- Tillakaratne Dilshan (), Dhammika Prasad, Dilhara Fernando away 77 runs to pick up nine wickets that (Lasindu Nimsara 21, Harsha Rajapaksha way from January 11 to 22. Angelo Mathews (Vice Captain), Upul and Lahiru Thirimanne. turned the match in their favour after 43, Mayura Galappaththi 21; Charith Upul Tharanga, Kosala Kulasekara, Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Support Staff: Ruwan Kalpage Sahan Arachchige (82) and Mihiran Sudaraka 3/17, Chilan Anjana 3/11, Lasith Malinga and Nuwan Kulasekara Jayawardene, Dinesh Chandimal, (Fielding Coach). Imbulana threatened them with half cen- Lakshitha Sirimanne 2/16, Gihan turies. Madusanka 2/37) and 65 all out in 29.3 overs (Tharindu Narasinghe 14, Piyushan Scores: Kulatunga 14, Harsha Rajapaksha 14; Siri Piyaratana 187 all out in 43.3 Charith Sudaraka 7/22, Sithara overs (Lakmal Jayaratne 44, K.S. Sampath Madusanka 2/06) Under-19 Cricket 44; Ravindu Munasinghe 3/23, Rathsara Devananda 98 all out in 23.4 overs Withana 3/59, Esala Adikari 2/31) and (15 (Imesh Udayanga 32, Lakshitha for 1 o/n) 268 all out in 56.1 overs (R.P. Sirimanne 15; Sameera Chathuranga 5/50, Wishwa 71, S. Sampath 41, R.P.Kulasuriya Vijith Sanjula 4/16) and 99 for 1 wkt in 14.3 Madushan’s eight-wicket 31; Wageesha Wanniarachchi 3/41, overs (Akila de Silva 43, Ishara Mendis 32 Ravindu Munasinghe 2/38, Dinindu n.o.) Samodana 2/21) Bandaranaike 187 all out in 34.2 overs Udeeptha scores third century haul guides Ananda (Wageesha Wanniarachchi 77, Dinidu Udeeptha Balasuriya went pass the Samarasinghe 3/33, Priyamal Perera Jayasinghe 2/11) Samodana 39; Lakmal Jayaratne 3/69, A.R. 700-run mark for the season with his third Abeykoon 5/40) and 246 all out in 47.2 century as his ton powered Ibbagamuwa BY REEMUS FERNANDO 2/15) and 159 all out in 56.3 overs (Anuk Trinity (207 for 6 overnight) 268 for 8 overs (Sahan Arachchige 82, Mihiran Central to 252 runs in their match against Fernando 20, Nishamal Fernando 69; wkts decl in 60 overs (Niroshan Imbulana 60, W.T. Aravinda 34, Ravindu Kegalu Vidyalaya at Kegalle yesterday. Off-spinner Pasindu Madushan had Shivane Alirajah 2/30, Supeshala Dickwella 68, Janishka Premasinghe 36, Munasinghe 21; Mevan Liyanage 9/77) Kegalu Vidyalaya were 95 for four an eight-wicket haul to complete a match- Jayathilaka 3/55, Priyamal Perera 3/22) Bhagya Palihawadana 24, Rajitha wickets at close. bag of 12 wickets as Ananda College Jayatunga 28, Arjuna Jayasinghe 23, Sudaraka shines in stunning cruised to a nine-wicket victory over Sarathchandra in fine Akila Jayasundara 31, Alwin Fernando Devananda victory Scores: Lumbini College in their Under-19 crick- rearguard action 26 n.o.; Ashail Kariyawasam 2/67, Sachin Left-arm leg-spinner Charith Ibbagamuwa 252 all out in 62.4 overs et match which ended at Colts Ground, Forced to follow on, Manoj Jayawardena 2/27, Sadeem Thawfeeq Sudaraka picked up seven wickets in the (Udeeptha Balasuriya 112, Rasitha Colombo yesterday. Sarathchandra produced a fine rear- 2/54) and 4 for no loss in 0.1 overs second innings for Devananda College to Dilranga 56, Thilina Rupasinghe 25, After Ananda posted 200 runs, guard action as he anchored the late- produce a stunning nine-wicket victory Thenuka Liyanage 18; Dilshendra Lumbini could muster only 105 in their order batting with 98 runs for St. Richmond in eight-wicket win over Rahula College, Matara in their Ranaweera 7/67) second essay to leave the visitors with a Anthony’s College, Katugastota to force a Richmond College beat Isipatana match which ended with two sessions to Kegalu Vid. 95 for 4 wkts at close in 26 target of 24 runs to chase. Ananda draw to their match against Royal College by eight wickets as all-rounder A. spare at Ambalangoda yesterday. overs (Lahiru Perera 24, Dilshendra achieved the target for a loss of just one College at Reid Avenue yesterday. K. Tyron and skipper Pabasara Waduge After trailing by 28 runs in the first Ranaweera 23; Ranga Wijekoon 2/16). wicket. He was involved in two valuable part- impressed with good performances in innings, Devananda came alive as (RF) nerships with Yohan Woods (65 for the their U-19 encounter which ended at BRC Scores: 7th wicket) and Romesh McWin (92 for Ground yesterday. Lumbini 118 and 105 all out in 43.1 the 7th wicket). After commencing the overs (Shehan Shashika 27; Pasindu second essay with a deficit of 135 runs, Scores: Federer and Nadal start Madushan 8/50) they were 259 for nine wickets at close. Richmond 218 and 25 for 2 wkts in 3.2 Ananda (113 for 4 overnight) 200 all overs (Pabasara Waduge 14 n.o.) season at Qatar Open out in 71.4 overs (Geshan Wimaladharma Scores: Isipatana (28 for 2 overnight) 100 all 24, Danuka Madushan 20, Pasindu Royal 290 out in 51.2 overs (Deshan Jaykumar 16, BY MICHAEL CASEY be difficult to beat, no?” Nadal said. Madushan 24, Sisuru Samarasinghe 29, St. Anthony’s (96 for 6 overnight) 155 Sanka Thabrew 17, Matheesha “Not just myself.” Ushan Gunathilaka 38; Pradeep all out in 51.4 overs (Sachin Ranaweera 25; A.K. Tyron 4/26, Prabath DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Roger The 25-year-old Wasantha 6/76, Tharushan Iddamalgoda Bulathsinhala 78 n.o., Kanishka Nishantha 3/20, Saveen Nanayakkara Federer and Rafael Spaniard, who is the 2/54) and 24 for 1 wkt in 5.5 overs Ranarajah 23, Manoj Sarathchandra 21; 2/19) and 139 all out in 58.1 overs (Sanka Nadal are eyeing a tournament’s top Chamika Karunaratne 2/53, Anupa Thabrew 19, Harith Wanigarachchi 18, confidence-boosting seed, has a first- Thilakaratne 3/30, Devind Deshan Jeykumar 20, Matheesha victory at the sea- round match Joes beat St. Sebastian’s after Pathmanathan 2/00) and 259 for 9 wkts at Ranaweera 15, Malin Dias 21; A.K. Tyron son-opening Qatar Tuesday against seven years close in 71 overs (Yohan Woods 54, 5/33, Bhanuka Madupriya 2/17) Open — but much of Philipp St. Joseph’s College recorded their Madushan Pussella 22, Manoj the talk Monday Kohlschreiber while first victory over St. Sebastian’s College Sarathchandra 98, Romesh McWin 30; was swirling around Federer faces a in seven years as a collective bowling Devind Pathmanathan 4/93, Anupa Pavan, Janaka in big stand Novak Djokovic who tricky encounter effort powered them to a nine-wicket vic- Thilakaratne 2/29, Supun Subasinghe Pavan Devinda (77 n.o.) and Janaka is not here but is against Nikolay Federer Nadal tory in their U-19 First XI encounter at 2/31) Dayananda (96 n.o.) combined for an already showing signs Davydenko of Russia Darley Road, Colombo yesterday. unbeaten fifth wicket stand of 176 runs of the dominance that made him such a whom he beat in the final last year. Jo- St. Joseph’s last beat St. Sebastian’s in Trinity in ten-wicket win as Mahanama College took command on force in 2011. Wilfried Tsonga of France plays Malek Jaziri of Tunisia while Gael Monfils faces the year 2005 and the latter beat Joes in over Wesley the first day of their match against The No. 1-ranked Djokovic wrapped up his first title in Abu Dhabi on Rui Machado of Portugal. 2006. While skipper Vidusha Jayasinghe Trinity College recorded a ten-wicket Maliyadeva College at Katunayake yes- Saturday and afterward stated that he Nadal suggested he had come to terms impressed in the batting department victory over Wesley College, their fourth terday. was feeling better than he did at this time with the prospect of being a distant sec- with a century, Yashan Samarasinghe, win of the season, as off-spinner last season. That does not bode well for ond to Djokovic — at least in the near Shivane Alirajah, Supeshala Jayathilaka Janishka Premasinghe collected a match- Scores: the second-ranked Nadal and third- term. and Priyamal Perera shared bowling bag of ten wickets in their U-19 Maliyadeva 132 all out in 42.2 overs ranked Federer who were often on the los- “You know in the sport ... you cannot honours. encounter which ended at Asgiriya, (Tharuka Rajaguru 27, Sarinda ing end as the 24-year-old Serb won three be every time in the top,” Nadal said. “I yesterday. Dassanayake 27, Dilshan Danushka 22; Grand Slams on his way to amassing a think I played fantastic for seven, eight Scores: Janaka Dayananda 4/10, Rumesh record of 70 wins and six losses. months in the 2011 season. St. Joseph’s 261 and 30 for 1 wkt in 7.1 Scores: Madusanka 2/18, Nayana Prabath 2/42) Nadal, who lost to Djokovic in the U.S. “I lost against Djokovic in all the overs (Sadeera Samarawickrama 22 n.o.) Wesley 129 and 139 all out in 58.2 Mahanama 228 for 4 wkts at close in Open and Wimbledon finals in 2011, said finals, but I almost only lost against him. St. Sebastian’s (113 for 8 overnight) overs (Sadeem Thawfeeq 26, Ashail 50 overs (Senura Welagedara 20, Pavan players expect the Serb to dominate again So that’s a really positive thing, play 130 all out in 44.4 overs (Avishka Kariyawasam 38; Amrith Srimahan 2/24, Devinda 77 n.o., Janaka Dayananda 96 this season. almost every final in all the difficult and Fernando 38, Anuk Fernando 26; Yashan Janishka Premasinghe 5/36, Lakshan n.o.; Sarinda Dassanayake 2/29). “Everybody thinks that Djokovic will important tournaments.”