The Island, Monday 30th January, 2006 Gilchrist’s assault buries Sri Lanka ing them reaching their total of one by Revata S. Silva in Australia SCOREBOARD A blistering , 116 in 105 hundred only in the 26th of their deliveries, by -keeper and . Sri Lanka Captain helped If there were a lot of expectations S. Jayasuriya c Gilchrist b Lee 0 Australia outplay Sri Lanka compre- on the experienced Sanath J. Mubarak c Hodge b Clark 15 K. Sangakkara out 6 Jayasuriya, they all ended in disap- hensively by six in the eighth M.Jayawardene c McGrath b Symonds 69 game of the VB tri-series at WACA pointment as the ‘dasher’ faced only R. Arnold c Clarke b Clark 56 grounds in Perth yesterday. seven balls for a duck before being T. Dilshan run out 33 Chasing a victory target of 234, the behind off Brett Lee in the C. Kapugedara c Hogg b Lee 22 Aussies flourished on a marathon third over of the match. Sri Lanka C. Vaas 6 opening wicket stand of 191 (in 32.2 lost Kumar Sangakkara –run out for N. Kulasekara run out 0 M. Muralitharan not out 3 overs) by Gilchrist and six- and Jehan Mubarak for a total of Extras: (lb14, w9) 23 (82 in 110 balls to score his second 27 but Mahela Jayawardena (69 in 93 Total (8 wkts) 233 fifty in a row) and were home in 41 balls) and Russel Arnold (56 in 87) Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-16, 3-27, 4-148, 5- overs with the loss of only four wick- shared 121 runs for the fourth wicket 170, 6-224, 7-225, 8-227 ets. Sri Lanka earlier scored 233 for to stabilize the innings and put a size- Did not bat: D. Fernando able total on the board. Overs: 50 eight in their allotted fifty overs. Bowling: B.Lee 10-0-42-2(1w), G. McGrath , Dilhara Then debutante, the 18-year-old, 10-2-35-0(1w), S. Clark 10-0-40-2(3w), A. Fernando and Chaminda Vaas (best Kandy-based right-hander represent- Symonds 10-0-54-1(1w), B. Hogg 10-0-48- figures with two for 40 in eight overs) ing CCC, Chamara Kantha 0(3w) sent back four Australian front-liners Kapugedara (22 off 25), added 54 for Australia in 30 runs and in six overs but the the sixth wicket with Tillakaratne A. Gilchrist c and b Muralitharan 116 S. Katich b Vaas 82 opening duo had then already done Dilshan (35 off 33) but they were B. Hodge c Sangakkara b Fernando 2 the damage for the Lankans and put unable to set a challenging target for D. Martyn not out 13 the home tam on a winning platform. the world champion hosts. A. Symonds c Jayawardene b Vaas 5 Gilchrist made very much Kapugedara was out in the penulti- M. Clarke not out 9 easy hitting 11 fours and four sixes on mate over of the innings when the Extras: (nb5, w4, lb1) 10 his way to his 13th ODI hundred to total was a modest 225. Sri Lanka suf- Total (4 wkts) 237 Fall of wickets: 1-191, 2-200, 3-209, 4-221 win the ‘man of the match’ award. He fered due to the lack of regular skip- Did not bat: M. Hussey, B. Hogg, B. Lee, S. scored his fifty in 44 ball and hundred per Marvan Atapattu who is recover- Clark, G. McGrath in 88. ing from back spasms. Vaas was the Overs: 41 Australian ‘pacies’ did early dam- acting Captain. Bowling: C. Vaas 8-1-39-2, D. Fernando 9- age to the Sri Lankan innings, as Sri Sri Lanka will meet South Africa 0-52-1(3w, 4nb), 8-1-37- on Tuesday (31) in Perth and will 0(1w), A. Ganegama 1-0-20-0, M. Lanka elected to bat first after win- Muralitharan 10-0-53-1(1nb), T. Dilshan 3-0- ning the toss, taking wickets in quick have to beat them to earn a place in 24-0, S. Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0 succession (three for 27 by the 11th the series’ final round starting on Toss: Sri Lanka over) and reducing the run rate mak- February 10. Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist (AUS) Sirimanne hits 151 in Ton-up Akmal fights for Pakistan St. Benedict’s 454 Shenan Sirimanne scored a fine 151 and helped St. Benedict’s College ‘B’ to a mas- after Pathan’s hat-trick sive 454 in their drawn inter-school cricket KARACHI (AFP) - Kamran Akmal match against Mahabodhi College conclud- smashed 113 to rescue Pakistan after ed at Ananda Sastralaya grounds, Irfan Indian seamer Irfan Pathan had Baddegana yesterday. Pathan Australian wicketkeeper cum captain Adam Gilchrist celebrates his century during the one day grabbed a hat-trick in a dramatic Mahabodhi’s first innings of 210 included match against Sri Lanka in Perth yesterday. - Pic. by Johann Jayasinghe, special corr. start to the final Test here on a century by Randika (113). Sunday. Mahabodhi 210 (Randika 113, Asanka 24, ruchinda 24; D. Auwardt 4/44, Shenan The gutsy wicket-keeper’s fourth Sirimanne 3/58, M. Dias 2/24) and 54 for 4 (D. Premier League cricket Test hundred helped Pakistan recov- Perera 3/10) er from a disastrous 39-6 within the St. Benedict’s ‘B’ 454 (Shenan Sirimanne first hour to reach 245 in their first 151, Nisal Fonseka 72, Waruna Fernando 71, innings. R. Liyanage 40, K. Prabu 30; Madintha 2/58) Outright win for Singha SC The seaming wicket at the Sriyan Sanjeewa (81), Colts CC 360 (I. Gallage 31 n.o, V. for 33, R. Dilruk 2 for 41) National Stadium did not spare the St. John’s vs CWW Kannangara drawn Binara Arunathantri (51) and Ranaweera 3 for 78, M. Sashmil 3 Ragama CC 355 (R. Perera 23, D. Indians either, who were 74-4 in reply St. John’s College Nugegoda took major T. M. Sampath (60) hit half cen- for 63) and 251 (S. Kalawithigoda Perera 101, C. Wijesinghe 121; D. at stumps and waging a grim strug- honours in their inter-schools cricket tourna- turies as Singha SC, 63, J. Kulatunga 24, M. Warnapura Lokuhettige 3 for 96, H. Boteju 2 for gle for survival at the . ment match against C. W. W. Kannangra Ambalangoda beat Lankan CC 93, R. Peiris 25; M. Sashmil 2 for 26) and 52 for 1 Akmal was once more in the thick three-in-a-row trick in the first over MMV which ended in a draw at Nugegoda 16, S. Wijeratne 2 for 30, N. Soysa by eight wickets in their of the action, taking catches off of the match. yesterday. 2 for 45) Dias scalps six as Tamil Union Indian captain Rahul Dravid (three) C. W. W. Kannangara MMV 101 (B. Salley 25; Premier League division one Police SC 262 (S. Wijeratne 83, C. The left-arm seamer had Salman cricket tournament match con- beat Galle and Virender Sehwag (five). Butt caught at first slip off the fourth L. Priyadarshana 4 for 27, A. Pathum 3 for 23, Liyanage 61, N. Soysa 21; I. K. Eranda 2 for 0) and 80 (T. Subasinghe 41, cluded at Maitland Crescent Lassana Dias captured six India lost two wickets at 56 when delivery, trapped stand-in captain Amarasinghe 4 for 84, N. K. Eranda 7 for 23, I. Chaturanga 2 for 7) wickets as Tamil Union defeat- Venkatsai Laxman (19) was yesterday. Bandaratilleke 3 for 63) Younis Khan leg-before with the fifth St. John’s Nugegoda 155 (D. Liyanage 51, I. Lankan CC 255 and 147 (R. ed Galle CC by 90 runs at the by a huge in-cutter from Mohammad and clean bowled Mohammad Asif and Sachin Tendulkar (23) also Chaturanga 34; K. Lakmal 4 for 49, T. Priyadarshana 39; M. Ranasinghe Perera and Wijesinghe help Galle Esplanade yesterday. Yousuf off the sixth. Subasinghe 2 for 8) and 27 for 1 3 for 34, U. Weerasinghe 4 for 38, Tamil Union 151 and 300 for 6 had his stumps shattered by Abdul Pathan finished with five for 61, Ragama CC Razzaq. W. Ravindra 2 for 36) declared (N. Perera 113, I. while fellow left-arm seamers Rudra Match drawn at Maradana Singha SC 222 and 204 for 2 (S. Captain Duminda Perera Ratnayake 30, S. Dias 60, M. Former captain Sourav Ganguly Pratap Singh and Zaheer Khan Zahira College drew their match against Sanjeewa 81 n.o, B. Arunathantri and Chanaka Wijesinghe Fernando 28, R. Dias 28, C. (nine) and (seven) were shared the remaining five wickets as Mahanama MV at Maradana yesterday. 51, T. Sampath 60, C. Vithanage 2 scored centuries and figured in Fernando 29; A. Ratnayake 2 for at the crease when time ran out with Pakistan’s innings lasted less than Zahira 131 and 265 for 8 decl (M. Ishan 77, M. for 26) a fourth wicket 205 run part- 83, A. Ranasinghe 2 for 48) 11 overs still remaining to be bowled. nership as Ragama CC scored a Galle CC 126 (R. Karunasena 44, five hours. Mikram 72, M. Irfan 54, M. Iflal 21; S. de Silva The rattle of wickets contrasted 3 for 98, B. Fernando 2 for 44) Colts beat Police on first innings first innings win over Moors D. Wickremasinghe 25; N. Ranjith “Getting Test wickets is not easy sharply with the high-scoring draws so achieving a hat-trick has to be up Mahanama MV 232 and 49 for 4 (M. Mikram 2 Colts CC registered a first SC at Braybrooke Place yester- 6 for 39, P. Jayaprakash 2 for 40, C. in the first two Tests in Lahore and there,” said Pathan. “It’s quite a good for 16, M. Ishan 2 for 9) innings victory over Police SC day. Fernando 2 for 5) and 235 (C. Silva 84, R. Sureshchandra 42, A. Faisalabad which produced 2,791 feeling to have done something spe- Drab draw at Matara in their match concluded at the Moors SC 310 and 231 (W. runs and saw only 36 of the possible Tissa MMV, Kalutara forced a draw to Fernando 53, R. Silva 58; H. Ranasinghe 28, L. Dias 6 for 62, P. cial. Police Park yesterday. 80 wickets fall. their match against St. Servatius’ College Nilantha 2 for 41, K. Weeraratne 2 Jayaprakash 2 for 45) “But there is nothing to celebrate Pakistan, given first strike by yet. That will be when we win the concluded at the Uyanwatte Stadium in Dravid, were rocked by Pathan’s match and with it the series.” Matara yesterday. St. Servatius’ 256 for 9 decl (P. Priyankara Federer wins second Australian Open 25, G. Harshaka 65, T. Dinesh 38, N. Sameera SCOREBOARD Kandy clinch MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top seed one raised his game. Federer won 11 26; S. Lahiru 3 for 52, S. Silva 3 for 50) Roger Federer overcame an early scare to games in a row between the second and Pakistan 1st innings 15-2-75-2, Singh 16-1-66-3, Ganguly 2-0- Tissa MMV 186 (P. Chaturanga 35, M. Sevens title ease past Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6- fourth sets then broke Baghdatis’s serve to Salman Butt c Dravid b Pathan 0 9-0, Kumble 10-1-32-0 Piyumal 37; T. Dinesh 3 for 88, S. Jayasuriya 2 on Sunday to win the Australian Open for seal victory and become the first man Imran Farhat c Dhoni b Singh 22 Overs: 60.1 2 for 51, M. Chandeer 2 for 14, P. Chamara 2 for 45) Kandy SC clinched the Cup the second time while capturing his sev- since Pete Sampras in 1993-94 to win Younis Khan lbw b Pathan 0 India 1st innings Mohammad Yousuf b Pathan 0 V. Laxman b Asif 19 Another draw Championship at the Singer enth grand slam title. three consecutive grand slams. Faisal Iqbal lbw b Zaheer 5 R. Dravid c Akmal b Asif 3 Professional Rugby Sevens The unflappable Swiss rebounded Federer won Wimbledon and the U.S. Moratu MV forced a draw to their match Shahid Afridi b Zaheer 10 V. Sehwag c Akmal b Akhtar 5 tournament when they defeat- from a nervous start when he dropped the Open last year and if he wins the French against St. John’s College, Panadura and ed CH and FC by 14 points to Abdul Razzaq lbw b Singh 45 S. Tendulkar b Razzaq 23 played at Moratuwa yesterday. first set with a string of unforced errors Open final in June, he will become the first K Akmal c Dhoni b Pathan 113 S. Ganguly not out 9 12 in the final worked off at then trailed 2-0 in the second, to run away man since Australian Rod Laver in 1969 to Moratu MV 223 (A. Sameera 79, M. Pramesh Shoaib Akhtar c Yuvraj b Pathan 45 Y. Singh not out 7 41, W. Viduranga 26, M. Niroshan 4 for 26, I. the Longden Place yesterday with the match and end Baghdatis’s magi- hold all four grand slam titles. M Asif c Laxman b Singh 0 Extras: (lb1, nb7) 8 Priyadarshana 2 for 41) and 225 for 6 (A. CR and FC ‘A’ won the Plate cal odyssey. The 24-year-old Federer also joined Danish Kaneria not out 0 Total: (for four wickets) 74 title with a massive 59-5 win Sameera 142 n.o, M. Kumara 22, N. The unseeded Cypriot had captured American Richard Sears and Briton Will Extras: (lb2, nb1, w2) 5 Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-14, 3-56, 4-56 Anuruddha 23, C. Lakmal 3 for 41, I. over Old Zahirians SC while the imagination of tennis fans the world Renshaw as the only men to win their first Total: 245 Bowling: Akhtar 6-1-26-1, Asif 7-0-29-2, Priyadarshana 2 for 73) CH and FC ‘B’ team defeated over with his fairytale run to the champi- seven grand slam finals. Sears and Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-13, 5-37, Razzaq 3-1-18-1 St. John’s Panadura 278 for 9 (I. Army ‘B’ team 36-12 in the onship match, but was unable to keep Renshaw both achieved the feat in the 6-39, 7-154, 8-236, 9-245 Overs: 16 Priyadarshana 59, M. Asanga 60, S. Manoj 40, Bowl final. pace with Federer once the world number 1880s. Bowling; Pathan 17.1-4-61-5, Zaheer Toss: India A. Silva 3 for 24, M. Pramesh 3 for 39)

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