Tuesday 5th July, 2011 15 Sammy: More runs Chandimal ton and we'll beat India West Indies captain time and had a long partner- Darren Sammy was encour- ship with Shiv at Lord’s: Not the aged by his team's batting dis- (Chanderpaul)." play as they held onto a draw "The way Carlton came out in the second Test against and batted was great," added India at Kensington Oval on the Windies all-rounder. Saturday. "He was under pressure best of ‘shows’ The tourists made a sport- and he and Bravo really ing declaration midway steadied us. I have spoken through the opening session about Bravo before. Since he winning century in the third One - Atapattu, but made them look non- on the final day of the rain- made his Test debut in Sri day International at Lord’s against plussed, dumbfounded and flabber- hit Test in Barbados, leaving Lanka, he has done very well. England, 21-year-old Lokuge gasted. That they, especially the Windies with a victory All sportsmen go through a Dinesh Chandimal, originally a Dilshan and Malinga, shouldn’t target of 281 in 83 overs. bit of [a bad] patch. It showed Dharmasoka College schoolboy have vented their anger the way A tug of war ensued over his character, how he batted from Balapitiya down South, who they did in front of the global TV the course of the next two- for team. He put us in a posi- later attended Ananda College in viewership is another matter. But and-a-half-sessions before bad tion where we could win or Colombo, brought more disrepute Chandimal’s & nbsp; was a clearly light brought an end to the draw." than honour to his motherland on unwonted attempt which looked day's play with the home side Despite being satisfied Sunday, July 3. rare even today and would have on 202 for seven. Darren with the performance of his Young Chandimal showed stun- deemed extremely ugly according Bravo's mature knock of 73 side in Bridgetown, Sammy ning resilience to win the match to the great traditions of the game. provided the backbone for the knows that the Windies' bat- for Sri Lanka in fascinating style, They all looked flabbergasted as West Indian innings while ting needs to improve further in front of a packed crowd at the Chandimal clearly indicated he Carlton Baugh's late cameo of if they are to threaten a Mecca of Cricket, but the selfish- wanted to go for his century with 46 not out had stirred up series-levelling win in the ness he displayed by delaying his the assistance of No.6 batsman hope of an unlikely victory. third and final Test. country’s victory at least by three, Angelo Mathews who took a stag- Rain came late in the day "Of course. We have to four overs, for the sake of his cen- gering 21 balls for just a single to scupper the Windies' score more runs. We restrict tury, only devalued his batting run, poking each ball he faced to progress, and then two late them to low totals but they effort and put a huge question the utmost discontent of the strikes from India - including restrict us to even lower mark over the youngster’s atti- Lankan dressing room. Ishant Sharma's tenth wicket totals. Had we scored 350 in tudes as a National sportsman. Chandimal and Mathews needed of the match - put them in the first innings, we could That no personal milestones are to score only 17 runs in as many as danger of losing the game have had a lead of 150 and it considered more significant than 44 balls to win the match, when with just three wickets in could have been a different the overall success of your coun- Thilina Kandamby went as the hand and more than ten ball game. We will beat India try is a well-known norm of the fourth wicket when the total was overs to play. when we put up big scores." game, if not a cardinal rule. 230 in the 43rd over of the Sri The fading light however "We still have lot of room Chandimal, the 2009 Schoolboy Lanka innings. That time, brought matters to a prema- for improvement. We are not Cricketer of the Year, should’ve Chandimal was 87 not out. ture close and the two sides getting 300 runs on the board. known that by now. If not, he has Eventually the pair —Chandimal will head to Dominicia with If we can get runs, we can to be taught, and taught quickly. It and Mathews— took five overs and the series still alive at 1-0 to put pressure on India." is because; the damage an unin- four balls (34 balls in all) to score the visitors. (cricket365.com) formed ‘star’ could make to the the 17 runs needed to go past the "We believed we had a country’s image can be much more target of 247. And Chandimal over- chance of getting the tar- severe than the joy of accolades he reacted on reaching his century, would bring to his motherland one his second in six ODIs, which only get," admitted Sammy after Dinesh Chandimal, who captained Ananda College, Colombo, won the 2009 the exciting fifth after- day. showed the immature character of noon. "The coach outlined Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year award. Chandimal guides a ball from England’s By delaying the inevitable win, this rare talent. the stages, and by tea and Tim Bresnan towards the boundary during their one day international at Lord’s the cute boy not only angered his It is hoped the right lesson has colleagues in the team, his seniors been taught to the youngster by with 15 overs left, we were cricket ground, London, Sunday July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) right on target. But we lost including Kumar Sangakkara, now by his senior counterparts in more wickets than we BY REVATA S. SILVA allowing them to take the wrong Mahela Jayawardene, skipper England. Sri Lanka needs talented anticipated." path, we will only make them end Tillakaratne Dilshan and Lasith cricketers. But nobody expects her "I am happy that we here are very smart shooters up as fearful killers and a burden Malinga, his management staff to have selfish, idiosyncratic and ended with a draw and among us who can bring to the whole of society, one day. that included reputed former Sri coarse players who will only cause we could go to Tcredit to the country by win- By wagging his bat, and his fist, Lanka captains Anura Tennekoon, damage to the image of the coun- Dominica (for third ning at international level. But by in the air after scoring a match- Duleep Mendis and Marvan try. Test) and try to level the series." Encouragingly for Sammy, a number of West Indian Two more Indian athletes test batsman started to show Contador vows to more application, with positive for doping Marlon Samuels scoring 78 in the first innings and Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit- keep fighting at Tour ting 37. Bravo and Baugh then delivered under pres- Mike Powell wants LES ESSARTS, France (AP) — looking forward to the moun- sure on the fifth day and It will take more than a couple of tains.” drew praise from their bad days at the Tour de France to Thor Hushovd seized the covet- skipper. life ban on doping break Alberto Contador. The ed yellow shirt Sunday when his "We could do much West Indies better, but at least we defending champion has already Garmin-Cervelo team finished in saw guys taking a little captain Darren lost crucial time to rival Andy 24 minutes, 48 seconds in the time bit of responsibility and Sammy Schleck, but he remains upbeat. trial around the 23-kilometer (14.3- offenders The Spaniard entered the race mile) flat stage in Les Essarts in scoring some runs for us," Sammy said. in difficult circumstances with an the Vendee region of western "Samuels' innings MUMBAI, India (AP) — Long big risk.” unresolved doping case hanging France. Hushovd’s teammate was very good for us. jump world record holder Mike The comments from the former over him. David Millar is second, with two- He batted for a long Powell said on Monday that ath- double world champion came only Contador tested positive for the time Tour runnerup Cadel Evans letes caught using banned drugs days after six Indian athletes test- banned anabolic agent clenbuterol of Australia in third place just one should never be allowed to return ed positive for anabolic steroids. late in last year’s race and was second behind. to competition. Two of the six — Mandeep later cleared by his own cycling Contador is 75th. His Tour Kieran Powell included in “I think if you are using drugs, Kaur and Sini Jose — were in the federation — a verdict that has started badly on Saturday, when you should be banned for life,” the 4x400 meter relay squads that won been appealed by anti-doping and he got stuck behind a crash that Windies squad for third Test 47-year-old American told gold at last year’s Commonwealth cycling authorities and will be caused chaos in the field. reporters in Mumbai. Games in New Delhi and the resolved after the Tour is over. Schleck, a two-time Tour run- Poor form caught up with 'We believe he has bright Contador has become an ner-up to Contador, was on the experienced West Indies future and this is an excel- Powell highlighted the efforts Asian Games in Guangzhou, of the International Association of China.