Tuesday 3rd November, 2009

SLC official India bowl Australia website down and out On Friday, the Chairman of the Interim Committee D. S. de out for 250 Silva, speaking at the inaugural cricket MOHALI, India — India fielded awards, asked those present at the and bowled with gusto to restrict event to be patient and give him three Australia to 250 all out in 49.2 overs in years to put all ills affecting cricket in the fourth one-day international here the country right. on Monday. Fast forward to 8th of October 2009, Left-arm paceman Ashish Nehra when at the launch of the same event, picked 3-37 and also ran out top-scorer the Interim Committee’s secretary Cameron White (62) after India won the Nishantha Ranatunga said that corpo- toss and sent Australia in to bat in the rate bodies were scared to associate day-night encounter at the Punjab with the game’s governing body due to Cricket Association stadium. the negative publicity it attracts. A disciplined effort in the field by Probably, the secretary should have the generally sluggish Indians resulted added a couple more aspects as well in four run-outs and contained the that discourages corporate bodies to world champions to what looked like a duck relations with SLC; its incompe- below-par total on a good track. tence and lackluster attitude. Wonder Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was why? Just visit Sri Lanka Cricket’s offi- back among the after an indif- cial website, www.srilankacricket.lk ferent show in the previous three The lead news in the web page is games of this seven-match series, pick- ‘Welagedara makes Test comeback’, a story that’s one week old. It’s been four SCOREBOARD days since the awards ceremony took place, but still no pictures are up and Australia Innings running. The lead pictures in the offi- S. Watson c Dhoni b Harbhajan 49 cial website are of the launch of crick- S. Marsh lbw b Nehra 5 et awards scheme that took place on R. Ponting run out 52 the 8th of October. C. White run out 62 When you click the news item M. Hussey c Sharma b Yuvraj 40 ‘Welagedara makes Test comeback’, M. Henriques st Dhoni b Harbhajan 6 you find Angelo Mathews’ name spelt M. Johnson b Nehra 8 ‘Anjelo Mathews’ in the Test squad, but G. Manou run out 7 as you go down and find the T-20 team, N. Hauritz 9 Indian cricketers celebrate the fall of Australian Ricky Ponting’s in the fourth One-Day International of the seven his name is spelt ‘Anjelow Mathews’. P. Siddle c Jadeja b Nehra 1 match series in Mohali yesterday. The website has a section called D. Bollinger run out 0 ing 2-48 off his 10 overs. Ponting hit five fours and a six in Watson was unlucky to miss out on ‘vacancies’ in its home page and Extras: (1lb, 1nb, 9w) 11 Australia started off well but stum- his 59-ball knock for his 73rd half-cen- his 10th half-century, being caught according to that, the post for the Total: (all out) 250 bled in the final overs, losing their last tury in one-day internationals while behind off Harbhajan for a 52-ball 49 assistant coach of the national team is Overs: 49.2. six wickets for 54 runs. Michael Hussey chipped in with a fine containing six fours. still vacant. Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-88, 3-123, 4-196, White, 26, hit three fours and a six 40 off 41 balls. India left out the injured Gautam That’s not all. In the section called 5-217, 6-226, 7-236, 8-241, 9-247, 10-250. in his 71-ball knock to steady the mid- The Australian skipper lost his Gambhir while Australia brought in upcoming matches, also in the main Bowling: Praveen 9.2-0-41-0 (4w), Nehra dle order after captain Ricky Ponting wicket to a direct throw from Ravindra Marsh in place of all-rounder Adam page, what you get on top is New 8-0-37-3 (1nb, 1w), Ishant 5-0-42-0 (1w), (52) had scored his third half-century of Jadeja while Graham Manou (seven) Voges. Zealand’s tour of Sri Lanka, which Jadeja 7-0-27-0, Harbhajan 10-0-48-2 the series. was run out by Praveen Kumar. India need to average 5.02 runs an incidentally ended on the 14th of (2w), Yuvraj 10-0-54-1 (1w). Ponting also shared a 64-run stand Watson and Ponting helped over if they are to go 3-1 up in the September. Umpires: A. de Silva (SL) A. Saheba (Ind) for the second wicket with Shane Australia regroup after the cheap dis- series and overtake Australia as the At this rate, if you give D. S. three TV Umpire: S. Hazare (Ind) Watson (49) after the early dismissal of missal of Marsh, trapped leg-before by top-ranked team in one-day interna- years, he will only ‘plague’ the place Match Referee: C. Broad (Eng) opener Shaun Marsh (five). Nehra in the eighth over. tionals. with more relatives and ruin the sport. The Island Sports Desk Bayliss believes Test form will Carlton Sevens rugby tournament give SL elusive win in India Keen interest for slots despite Gayle reappointed Sri Lanka cricket couple of years and coach Trevor Bayliss the boys are quite is confident his confident that they pullouts by top schools West Indies captain team’s excellent form can come up with a nament held for schools in the schools segment of the Carlton in over positive result in the by Ravi Nagahawatte has Central, Uva, Sabragamuwa, Sevens Tournament, 12. the last 24 months series,” Bayliss told been reappointed cap- Four schools have already Ruhunu, North Central and A well placed source said that will enable them to ‘The Island’ yester- tain of the West Indies record their first ever day. qualified for the upcoming Wayamba Provinces. leading rugby playing schools win in Test cricket in After this Test school segment of the Carlton The source added that an idea like S.Thomas’ College Mount team after an emphatic India when the team series, for the whole Sevens rugby tournament, sched- has been mooted to have two Lavinia, St. Joseph’s College vote in his favour and tours the neighbour- of next year, Sri uled to take place on November school teams and a combined Maradana, Thurstan College will lead the side to the ing country later this Trevor Bayliss Lanka are scheduled 28 and 29, in Colombo. development team from these Colombo, Kingswood College tour of Australia later provinces instead of the original Kandy, Dharmaraja College month for a three to play only two Test St. Anthony’s College, this month. Katugastota, Maliyadeva plan to have four teams. Kandy and Trinity College match series. The tour will Matches – against West Gayle, 30, has been also include five One-Day Indies at home and that Kurunegala, St. Anne’s College, Another tournament will be Kandy have refrained from con- out of international Internationals and two T-20 remained a concern for Kurunegala and Vidyartha held, soon, for schools in the testing the qualifying tourna- College, Kandy have booked their Western Province which will be ment for the Carlton Sevens. cricket for the past four Internationals. Bayliss. Chris Gayle “We have been practicing “The board is trying to berths in the tournament for held on November 7 and 8 at the The focus on the Carlton months because of a for the last few weeks and organize a few more games schools which will be held con- Royal College Sports Complex Sevens Tournament will be the contractual dispute between the players’ most of the boys are playing for next year.However,next currently with the international stadium, in Reid Avenue. international tournament which union and the West Indies Cricket Board A total of 25 teams have send feature the national teams of clubs games and everyone is year is the one leading up to tournament. (WICB), and – in his absence — the veteran A source from the Sri Lanka in their entries for this tourna- Japan, Korea, China, looking forward for the the World Cup and we have Barbadian led the West Indies series. Touring India is one to be careful not to have an Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) ment. Only eight teams will be Kazakhstan, Chinese Taipei, against Bangladesh and to the Champions of the biggest challenges for overdose of Test cricket and told The Island that the four selected for the main tournament Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, any team. We have done well concentrate on ODIs,” schools qualified through a tour- from Western Province, making Iran, Pakistan, Jordan and host Trophy in South Africa. in Test cricket in the last Bayliss added. the total number of teams for the nation Sri Lanka. West Indies fast bowling legend Joel Garner will be manager of the squad, which is scheduled to leave on November 9 for the Jamaldeen to undergo surgery Three-Test series against the Aussies. Java Lane in CEAT Trophy soccer final by Rochelle Palipane Guneratna There was uncertainty over whether Java Lane Gayle would be reinstated as captain and it Sports Club beat Former Sri Lanka rug- is believed that , the Trinidad gerite and now one of Sri Pelicans Sports and Tobago captain and his teammate Lanka’s leading rugby refer- Club 1-0 in the ees, Nizam Jamaldeen is to , were also considered for the first semi final undergo surgery on his right job. of the CEAT knee due to an injury which WICB officials voted overwhelmingly on Trophy Division occurred while he was refer- Saturday to endorse the selection panel’s I soccer tourna- ring the second leg Caltex recommendation to reinstate the big ment. League rugby match Jamaican left-handed opening batsman. Nizam Jamaldeen The match between Kandy Sports Club During a two-year reign as captain, was played and Navy Sports Club at Navy Grounds, Gayle’s West Indies side had shown spo- Welisara. November 1, at He was forced to leave the field due to the radic signs of promise but his overall win- the Welagedera injury in the 14th minute of the first half. loss record as captain in Test cricket Stadium, Subsequently, was replaced by D. Nimal remains negative — three wins, five losses Kurunegala. who was acting as a linesman in that particular and six draws in 14 matches. Java Lane match. His appetite for the job as captain had will meet Jamaldeen will undergo surgery on his been questioned since this summer when Kalutara Park right knee due to a Anterior Cruciate Ligament media reports in England circulated about Sports Club in tear and a tear in the posterior horn of medial comments he made in an interview suggest- meniscus. the final on ing he was prepared to give up captaincy Java Lane and Pelican players in action during the semi final which was played The surgery is to be performed by Dr. November 7. Ananda Perera, at the Sri Jayawardhanepura because of pressures of the job and cricket’s November 1, in Kurunegala. (Pic by Kamal Wanniarachchi) Hospital, on November 7. heavy demand on him.

Tuesday 3rd November, 2009