Late City Edition Wednesday 8th June, 2011 that he had sustained a hairline fracture. Lahiru Thirimanne, who is SCOREBOARD the third opener in the squad, is expected to make his debut at Rose Bowl. England 1st Innings: 486 all out Dilshan to miss third Test Earlier in the day, opener Alastair Cook, who was dismissed for 96 Sri Lanka 1st Innings: 479 all out runs in the first innings, went onto post his 18th Test hundred. Cook England 2nd Innings also made a hundred in the first Test in Cardiff. (Overnight: 149-2) Although it was expected that Sri Lanka will straight away attack A. Strauss lbw b Welegedara 0 with the left-arm spinner to overnight batsman Pietersen, it took some A. Cook st PJayawardene b Herath 106 time for them to bring on Rangana Herath. J. Trott b Herath 58 Sri Lanka hold on Pietersen went on to score his first half-century in the series and K. Pietersen b Herath 72 eventually was bowled by Herath for 72 in the penultimate over before I. Bell not out 57 lunch. E. Morgan c Lakmal b Fernando 4 Ian Bell after lunch made his intentions clear when he tried to get M. Prior run out (PJayawardene) 4 England runs as many as possible, with a few big hits. He was S. Broad c PJayawardene b Fernando 3 unbeaten on 57 off 43 balls with eight fours when England ultimately for a draw at Lord’s Extras: (12lb, 1w, 18nb) 31 declared their innings. REX CLEMENTINE TOTAL: (dec. for seven wickets) 335 reporting from Lord’s Overs: 78.1. Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-117, 3-244, 4-305, 5-312, ri Lanka survived some anx- 6-319. ious moments in the final Did not bat: Graeme Swann, Chris Tremlett, Ssession of the second Test Steven Finn. Match against England here at Bowling: Welegedara 10-1-50-1 (3nb), Lakmal Lord’s and held on for a draw hav- 17-0-70-0 (7nb, 1w), Maharoof 7-0-24-0 (2nb), ing survived for 43 overs in their Fernando 20.1-2-92-2 (6nb), Herath 24-2-87-3. second innings. As painful memo- Sri Lanka 2nd Innings ries of Cardiff still fresh in Sri T. Paranavitana lbw b Trott 44 Lanka’s mind, where they were K. Sangakkara c Morgan b Tremlett 12 bowled out for 82 runs inside 25 M. Jayawardene c Pietersen b Broad 25 overs in the second innings to lose T. Samaraweera not out 17 the Test by an innings and 14 P. Jayawardene not out 12 England picked up Sangakkara’s wicket when the Extras: (7b, 3lb, 6w, 1nb) 17 runs, England sensed another collapse with captain left-hander lazily cut Chris Tremlett to be caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan injured, but the Sri Lankan top- TOTAL: (for three wickets) 127 a leaping Eoin Morgan at backward point. Overs: 43. order ensured a repeat in the Welsh capital didn’t Sri Lanka still had to negotiate 45 overs after tea happen. Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-66, 3-96. and Paranavitana teamed up with Mahela Did not bat: Farveez Maharoof, Chanaka England declared their second innings on 335 Jayawardene to deny England any success for 16 for seven mid afternoon setting the tourists an Welegedara, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, overs, but Stuart Broad had Jayawardene chasing a Dilhara Fernando, Tillakaratne Dilshan. improbable target of 343. But more importantly they full delivery that moved away and was caught at had to survive 58 overs to keep the series alive. Bowling: Tremlett 9-1-31-1 (1nb), Broad 9-2-29- England’s Matt Prior, left, with cap, and Andrew Strauss, right fourth slip by Kevin Pietersen. 1 (1w), Swann 12-2-19-0, Finn 8-2-31-0 (1w), Dilshan was to bat only if a need arose and in Soon afterwards, Thilan Samaraweera was ruled apologise to MCC members underneath a broken window during such background, Kumar Sangakkara, who had Trott 4-1-5-1, Pietersen 1-0-2-0. the 5th day of the second Test at Lord’s, Tuesday, June 7. leg before wicket by umpire Billy Doctrove, but Result: Match drawn. functioned as the acting captain, opened the innings Samaraweera opted to review the decision and it England wicket-keeper Prior had to apologise to members of the with Tharanga Paranavitana. Man of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan came out in his favour. august Marylebone Cricket Club on Tuesday after showering them Before tea yesterday 13 overs were bowled and Toss: Sri Lanka. Jonathan Trott then picked up Series: England leads 3-match series 1-0. with broken glass in a fit of temper. Furious at being run out for 4 Paranavitana when he trapped the Umpires: Rod Tucker, Australia, and Billy on the final day of the Test, Prior broke a dressing room window opener leg before wicket, but Doctrove, West Indies. Alastair Cook Samaraweera together with wicket- in the Lord’s Pavilion to send glass tumbling down on the neatly hits a ball from Third umpire: Aleem Dar, India. dressed members below. (AP Photo/Tom Hevezi) keeper Prasanna Jayawardene Match referee: Javagal Srinath, India. Sri Lanka’s ensured things didn’t get out of Dilhara Fernando hand. Although Sri Lanka were able to draw the game, during the 5th With the two batsmen being defi- they will play the third Test in Rose Bowl without Prior breaks window, day of the sec- ant, England sensed a result was not their captain. Dilshan got hit twice in his right thumb ond Test on possible and agreed to call off the off the bowling of Tremlett and although it was ini- hurts woman Tuesday. (AP) game early. tially considered a mere bruise, scans had revealed England wicketkeeper knocked the bats, resting on Matt Prior apologised to a the windowpane. female spectator at Lord's But he later issued a sec- after smashing a window ond statement, which said: Police and Don during the second Test "Prior put his bat on the against Sri Lanka. ledge where the wall met the Prior was run out for four window. The bat handle Bosco enter semis on the final day and when he bounced off the wall into the returned to the dressing- glass and the glass broke." SL Police SC and Don Bosco SC between Navy and Don Bosco at the room his bat fell against the Avery said he was at first entered into the semi-finals of the same venue, after scoring two goals each window, shattering the glass. working from second-hand Holcim FA Cup soccer championship at the end of full time, the winner had to The spectator in the mem- information, but had learned 2011 when they thrashed Blue Star SC be adjudged by a penalty shoot-out, and SL Navy SC respectively in the tour- where Don Bosco recorded a 5-4 victory. bers' enclosure directly the true sequence of events nament quarter-finals over the last The first semi, between SL Army SC below the window suffered a from coach Andy Flower, weekend. and Police will be held at St. John’s small cut on her ankle. who witnessed the incident. In the first quarter-final between Grounds, Jaffna on June 11 starting at Prior, accompanied by "It was an accident and Police and Blue Star played at Police 3.30 p.m. while the second semi between captain Andrew Strauss, Matt Prior has apologised," grounds, Colombo, no goals were scored Nandimithra SC and Don Bosco will be later apologised in person. added Avery. in the first half of the play while Police held at the Matara Football Complex at England team spokesman The 29-year-old Prior had came on top scoring two early in the sec- 3.30 p.m. on June 16. James Avery originally said been run out for four as ond. The game ended at 2-0 for Police. The final of the c’ship will be held on the glass had been broken England chased quick runs PCB to oppose end to ICC In the other quarter-final, played June 22 in Colombo. (MP) after Prior's gloves rico- before a declaration on the president rotation policy cheted off a kit bag and fifth day. (BBC) ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Kong later this month. Iran: FIFA’s headscarf ban ‘inhumane’ Pakistan Cricket Board will Under the present rotation AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Iran’s Mustafa Musleh Zadeh says Iran will Court suspends PCB oppose any move to scrap policy, it is the turn of ambassador says FIFA’s headscarf ban complain to the Asian Football the rotation policy for Pakistan and Bangladesh to affecting the Iran women’s team is Federation. appointing the president of appoint the president and “inhumane” and “politically motivat- He called FIFA’s ban “extremism,” disciplinary hearing the International Cricket vice president once the term ed.” similar to Afghanistan’s Taliban restric- Council. of Indian Sharad Pawar’s It is the first public Iranian com- tions on women in sports. The PCB’s chief operating successor Alan Isaac from on Afridi ment since the team forfeited a 2012 FIFA banned the hijab in 2007 and officer Subhan Ahmed says New Zealand ends in 2015. ISLAMABAD (AP) — The protesting against the PCB’s Olympic qualifier against Jordan last has extended the safety rule to include the cricket board has Ahmed says the PCB will Pakistan Cricket Board’s disci- decision to suspend his central Friday because it wouldn’t play without neck warmers. “already expressed its reser- decide its future course of plinary committee proceedings contract and revoke his No the headscarves.