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P26 Layout 1 26 Sports Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Sri Lanka thump England to their heaviest one-day international loss Sri Lanka cricket’s chief finance officer arrested COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top-order batsmen put up a solid SCOREBOARD display and were ably aided by their bowlers to help their side thump England by 219 runs for the touring side’s Scoreboard at close of play of 5th odi between Sri Lanka and worst one-day international loss by runs in the rain-short- England yesterday at Colombo, Sri Lanka. ened fifth and final match yesterday. England had come into the match with an unassailable Sri Lanka win by 219 runs (DLS Method) 3-0 series lead and opted to make three changes to their bowling attack with regular captain Eoin Morgan also Sri Lanka 1st innings resting himself and handing the reins to Jos Buttler. Niroshan Dickwella c Joe Root b Moeen Ali 95 The weakened bowling attack seemed to have aided Sri Sadeera Samarawickrama b Moeen Ali 54 Lanka as they put up a massive 366-6, buoyed by quick- Dinesh Chandimal c Jason Roy b Tom Curran 80 fire half-centuries from their top four batsmen, after win- Kusal Mendis c Ben Stokes b Liam Plunkett 56 ning the toss and opting to bat. Dasun Shanaka c Jason Roy b Adil Rashid 18 Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera then took three Thisara Perera c Alex Hales b Tom Curran 11 wickets in his opening spell to derail England’s chase while Dhananjaya de Silva Not Out 19 Akila Dananjaya spun a web around their middle and lower order batsmen to restrict the touring side to 132-9 before Akila Dananjaya Not Out 18 rain put an end to their misery. Extras 4b 3lb 0nb 0pen 8w 15 England were 219 runs behind Sri Lanka at that stage Total (50.0 overs) 366-6 under the Duckworth Lewis scoring method which is used Fall of Wickets: 1-137 Samarawickrama, 2-168 Dickwella, 3-270 in rain-shortened fixtures. England’s worst margin of Mendis, 4-300 Shanaka, 5-328 Chandimal, 6-328 Perera. defeat in the 50-over format previously was 165 runs. Did Not Bat: Chameera, Rajitha, Sandakan Dananjaya was the most successful bowler for the hosts Bowling: Mark Wood 8-0-55-0-6.88 (5w); Sam Curran 6-0-46-0- with 4-19 while Chameera, who came into the side for 7.67; Tom Curran 8-0-71-2-8.88; Moeen Ali 8-0-57-2-7.12 (1w); Lasith Malinga, took 3-20. England all-rounder Ben Adil Rashid 10-0-52-1-5.20; Liam Plunkett 5-0-44-1-8.80 (1w); Stokes, who was limping during the latter part of his knock Ben Stokes 5-0-34-0-6.80 (1w). after being hit on his knee by a delivery while batting, scored 67. Earlier, Niroshan Dickwella top-scored with 95 and added 137 with opening partner Sadeera England 1st innings COLOMBO: England cricket captain Eoin Morgan poses with the winner’s trophy after England defeated Sri Jason Roy b Kasun Rajitha 4 Samarawickrama, who made 54 for his maiden half-centu- ry, to set the tone for the Sri Lankan innings. Lanka by 3-1 in their ODI cricket series during the fifth and final one day international (ODI) cricket match Alex Hales c Kusal Mendis b Dushmantha Chameera 0 Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal then notched up between Sri Lanka and England at the R. Peremadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday. — AFP Joe Root c Sadeera Samarawickrama b Dushmantha Chameera 10 80 while number four Kusal Mendis ended a run of low Jos Buttler c Niroshan Dickwella b Dushmantha Chameera0 scores with a 56, the duo adding 102 for the third wicket. Ben Stokes c Thisara Perera b Akila Dananjaya 67 England drafted in pace bowlers Liam Plunkett, Sam Cricket,” Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara told The arrest came a week after former Sri Lanka captain Moeen Ali c Dinesh Chandimal b Akila Dananjaya 37 Curran and Mark Wood in the side for Morgan, Chris Reuters, naming him as 42-year old Wimal Nandika and selector Sanath Jayasuriya was charged with two Sam Curran c Lakshan Sandakan b Dhananjaya de Silva 2 Woakes and Olly Stone. It was the first time the Curran Dissanayake. Dissanayake’s lawyers were not immediately counts of breaching the ICC’s anti-corruption code. Adil Rashid b Akila Dananjaya 4 brothers - Sam and Tom - were making their England available for comment. He was arrested after the SLC’s An official at Sri Lanka Cricket said it had given all its Liam Plunkett lbw Akila Dananjaya 5 appearance together. chief executive officer lodged a complaint to the police support to the anti-corruption team in its investigation. Sri Tom Curran Not Out 1 The two sides will next play a lone Twenty20 match on over financial fraud, the police spokesman said. Lanka’s 1996 World Cup winning team captain Arjuna Extras 0b 1lb 0nb 0pen 1w 2 Saturday before a three-test series starts in Galle from “The complaint says the SLC’s television rights have Ranatunga said he and Prime Minister Ranil Total (26.1 overs) 132-9 Nov. 6. Meanwhile, police arrested the chief financial offi- been going to Sony since 2013. At the last South African Wickremesinghe had sought India’s expertise in dealing Fall of Wickets: 1-4 Roy, 2-4 Hales, 3-4 Buttler, 4-28 Root, 5-107 Ali, cer of Sri Lanka Cricket on Monday for suspected finan- tour, this main suspect asked Sony to deposit 15 percent of with the investigation because Indian police had a good cial misappropriation linked with awarding telecast rights 6-121 Curran, 7-122 Stokes, 8-129 Rashid, 9-132 Plunkett. the television rights fees to a private account in America.” record for probing match fixing and other corrupt prac- to Sony TV, police said. The International Cricket Council He said the amount of money misappropriated on South tices bedevilling the sport. Did Not Bat: Wood said this month that its anti-corruption unit was investigat- African tours was more than $187,000. “We made this request because it is not only the play- Bowling: Kasun Rajitha 5-0-21-1-4.20; Dushmantha Chameera 6-0- ing serious allegations in Sri Lankan cricket and had pro- “Sony became suspicious when this suspect informed it ers who are involved in this corruption. There is a group 20-3-3.33 (1w); Thisara Perera 2-0-18-0-9.00; Dhananjaya de vided a detailed briefing to the country’s president, prime (of the requirement) for a deposit of 50 percent of televi- behind the players like bookies and betting agents. If we Silva 4-0-18-1-4.50; Akila Dananjaya 6.1-0-19-4-3.08; Lakshan minister and sports minister. sion rights fees from an ongoing England tour and it get the group, we can find out the root cause of this prob- Sandakan 3-0-35-0-11.67. “Following the investigation the CID arrested the main informed Sri Lanka cricket.” lem,” he told reporters in Colombo after a three day visit suspect. He is the chief financial officer of Sri Lanka Sony could not immediately be reached for comment. to India. — Reuters Warne also took aim at Mitchell Marsh, questioning Australia need ‘kick why he was selected as vice-captain. “I hadn’t even thought before that series that he had established him- self in the team,” Warne said. up backside’, says “I don’t think he’s cemented a spot and that’s why it was a strange selection for me as vice-captain. “He only Pakistan face spin legend Warne averages 25 or 26 in Test cricket.” The outspoken crick- et great said he was a “huge fan” of the Marsh brothers Mitchell and Shaun, but that “they need to perform”. Aussies with “Mitchell Marsh needs to go and make some runs,” SYDNEY: Shane Warne has dismissed Australia’s he added. “If Mitchell Marsh comes out and makes Twenty20 top struggling Test side as “ordinary” and said they needed some hundreds, pick him. If Shaun Marsh makes some a “kick up the backside” after their series flop against hundreds, pick him. If they don’t, then pick the guys Pakistan. Australia suffered a 373-run defeat against who are in form.” ranking at stake Pakistan in the second of the two-Test series last week Warne told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Shane Warne after a familiar batting collapse, following a fightback to on Tuesday that cricket in Australia, left reeling by a ABU DHABI: Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed is confi- secure a draw in the first Test. ball-tampering scandal earlier this year, was struggling dent his team can defend their world number one rank- “It’s been pretty ordinary, hasn’t it?” the Australian and needed to return to its grassroots. “I don’t think there’s enough first-class cricketers ing in a stern challenge from Australia in a three-match spin legend told reporters on Monday. “We all sup- “I think in any business you need the foundation to getting into school cricket and inspiring people and Twenty20 series starting in Abu Dhabi yesterday. port the Aussie side as we do but they need a kick up be strong, and the foundation of Australian cricket has talking to young boys and girls to say cricket’s a great Sarfraz led Pakistan to a tri-series triumph by beating the backside at the moment because they’re not per- always been grassroots cricket, club cricket, and first- game and this is why, teaching them techniques.
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