Late City Edition Monday 4th July, 2011 REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Lord’s full house at The Home of Cricket had a glimpse of the future of Sri ALankan cricket as 21-year-old Balapitiya prodigy Dinesh Chandimal scored a superb hun- dred to help the tourists to a six wicket victory to take a 2-1 lead in the five match ODI series against England here at Lord’s yesterday. For those who have followed Sri Lankan cricket in close quarters, it’s a known fact that there’s no shot that the rocks Home of Cricket youngster from Balapitiya cannot play and he showcased what he’s capable of ies with nine fours. World Cup squad a few months ago. The five over period. doing as he finished with an unbeaten 105 It was England who British media, including former captain Cook was dropped on 103 by Thilina off 126 balls with 11 fours and two sixes. won the toss and elected Michael Atherton had questioned Kandmaby, but was dismissed in the last The treats former great Aravinda de to bat first and their cap- whether he deserved his place in the ODI over of the innings when he was run out. Silva has given Sri Lankan spectators tain Alastiar Cook fought side, but his 119 over the years are plenty, but a Lord’s a lone battle scoring his off 143 deliver- hundred for the country always eluded second ODI century. ies seems to him. Young Chandimal yesterday went After Lasith Malinga have settled the onto show that he has the ability to had Craig Kieswetter issue for the match the great man when he put caught at mid-on with a time being. England’s Ashes winning bowling attack slower ball with the total England to the sword. on 18, Sri Lanka could opted for the It was Angelo Mathews who ensured have dismissed Cook in Batting Power that Chandimal will get to three figures the next over, but Play in the 35th as he blocked 21 deliveries for a solitary Jayawardene at first slip over of the run. Despite vehement opposition from put down a straight for- innings, but the dressing room Mathews ensured that ward chance off the bowl- only managed 24 Chandimal will not miss out on a hun- ing of Nuwan Kulasekara runs scoring dred at Lord’s. The dressing room was with the batsman on 15. just one bound- overreacting during the closing stages of England had crawled ary during the the game, but Mathews remained calm. to 32 runs in 11 overs As the protests grew, Chandimal reached amidst some tight bowl- his second ODI century in Aravinda de ing and Kevin Pietersen COREBOARD Silva style by depositing Tim Bresnan for S broke the shackles when a six over long on. he hit three successive England D. Chandimal not out 105 In the next over, he finished things off fours off a Suranga A. Cook run out (Sangakkara) 119 K. Sangakkara b Morgan c Swann 25 with a boundary to help Sri Lanka win Lakmal over. C. Kieswetter c Lakmal b Malinga 3 with ten balls to spare. T. Kandamby lbw b Swann 11 It was left-arm-spin J. Trott c Dilshan b Lakmal 2 Chandimal who hails from Balapitiya A. Mathews not out 1 that had troubled was educated at Dharmasoka College, K. Pietersen c Randiv b Mendis 41 Extras: (7lb, 18w) 25 Pietersen during the early Ambalangoda before shifting to Ananda E. Morgan lbw b Mendis 4 TOTAL: (for four wickets) 249 part of the summer, but College, Colombo. Yesterday he was play- I. Bell c Kulasekara b Lakmal 30 once the One-Day Overs: 48.2 ing just his sixth ODI, but batted like a T. Bresnan b Malinga 26 Internationals began the Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-133, 3-194, 4- man with tons of experience. S. Broad not out 1 leg-spinners seem to have 230. Apparently he was overlooked for Sri had the upper hand over G. Swann not out 11 Lanka’s World Cup squad as selectors Did not bat: Jeevan Mendis, Nuwan him as Jeevan Mendis Extras: (4b, 5w) 9 suspected that he was vulnerable against Kulasekera, Suranga Lakmal, Suraj dismissed him for the TOTAL: (for seven wickets) 246 the short ball. England thought in simi- Randiv, Lasith Malinga third consecutive occa- Overs: 50. lar lines and started bouncing at him, but Bowling: Anderson 9.2-0-55-0 (1w), sion in the series after the Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-30, 3-79, 4-85, 5- star batsman top edged a 157, 6-232, 7-234. Bresnan 9-0-48-1, Broad 10-0-52-0 (4w), Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal hits a ball from England’s googly to be caught by Did not bat: James Anderson, Jade Dernbach 10-2-55-1 (4w), Swann 10-0-32- Jade Dernbach during their one day international at Suraj Randiv in the deep. Dernbach. 0 (1w). England were in trou- Lord’s cricket ground, London, Sunday July 3, 2011. Bowling: Mathews 1-0-4-0, Malinga 10-1- Toss: won by England. ble when they lost Eoin (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) 54-2 (1w), Kulasekara 10-1-40-0 (3w), Series: Sri Lanka leads 2-1 Morgan in the next over Lakmal 10-0-62-2 (1w), Mendis 10-0-40-2, Umpires: Billy Bowden, New Zealand, with the total on 85 for they were only engaged in a futile exer- Randiv 8-0-33-0, Kandamby 1-0-9-0. four. But Cook fought back to ensure that and Nigel Llong, England. cise. his bowlers had a decent total to defend. Sri Lanka Third umpire: Richard Illingworth, He was involved in a 112 run stand for There had been some criticism on M. Jayawardene c Morgan b Dernbach 79 England. the second wicket with Mahela Cook’s appointment as England ODI cap- T. Dilshan b Bresnan 3 Match referee: Alan Hurst, Australia. Jayawardene, who made 79 off 77 deliver- tain as he was not even a part of England Djokovic beats Nadal to win Wimbledon title Novak Djokovic won his first with 41 straight wins, includ- Wimbledon title Sunday, and he ing the Australian Open title, beat defending champion Rafael but his 43-match winning Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 to do it. streak came to an end against Djokovic, who was already Roger Federer in the French guaranteed to take over the No. 1 Open semifinals. ranking from the Spaniard on The win over Nadal Monday, extended his mastery improved Djokovic’s record in over Nadal this season with a fifth 2011 to 48-1, with five of them straight head-to-head victory. coming against the Spaniard Djokovic assured himself of in finals — two on hard the top ranking just by reaching courts, two on clay and now the final. He opened the season one on grass. Novak Djokovic Tamil youth waves Eelam flag at Lord’s BY SUJEEVA NIVUNHELLA AT LORD’S Young Tamil man ran across the Lord’s cricket ground waving a Eelam flag where Sri Lanka played the third one day interna- tional cricket match against England on Sunday. The incident happened in the 46th over of the match when Lasith Malinga was bowl- ing. Tamil man ran through the Sri Lankan players who were fielding at the time. Tamil man was apprehended by the Lord’s security staff and then handed him over to the British Police officers. Sri Lanka acting High Commissioner P.M. Amza who was at the ground at the time immediately lodged a complain with the England Cricket Board showing his dis- pleasure. Although the LTTE is a proscribed ter- rorist organisation in the UK, it is surpris- ing to see the Tamil people are allowed to A spectator is chased by a steward during their one day inter- carry Ealam flag by the British authorities. national between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s cricket ground, London, Sunday July 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) Monday 4th July, 2011.