Ceylonese Hopper Night Friday - 27th June Rs. 750/- +++ Dinner : 7.00pm - 11.00pm For Reservations : 2491998 Friday 27th June, 2008 Another gold for Amarasekara Mendis takes five as SL beat UAE Prasanna Amarasekara UAE batsmen to cross the double-figure with the score on 189 when he was well from its middle-order struggles. struck gold mark as UAE lost its last eight wickets caught by Tauqir. Sri Lanka, which thrashed Bangladesh again, producing for just 48 runs. Kaushal Weeraratne (40) and Nuwan by 131 runs Wednesday,rested three of its a timing of 46.5 The victory helped defending cham- Kulasekara (38) made valuable late contri- key players - Muttiah Muralitharan, seconds in the pion Sri Lanka stay unbeaten in Group butions that helped Sri Lanka recover Chaminda Vaas and Jayasuriya. 400 meter dash, A. Bangladesh, which lost to Sri Lanka, while Chandrika also qualified for the Super Stage from Subashini, who the same group after an easy win over won the bronze UAE in a previous group match. in the first leg, UAE made a stunning start after Sri improved on her LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Unorthodox Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first, timing to win the spinner Ajantha Mendis took five wickets with medium-fast Zahid Shah trapping Silver in the Prasanna to help Sri Lanka beat an inexperienced Kumar Sangakkara lbw for a duck with his Women’s 400 Amarasekara United Arab Emirates team by 142 runs sixth delivery of the match. meters in the Thursday in the last Group A match of the But Sri Lanka's opening batsman second leg of the Asian Athletic Asia Cup. Mahela Udawatte, who replaced the experi- Grand Prix in Thailand yesterday. Sri Lanka made 290-9 off its 50 overs enced Sanath Jayasuriya, scored 67 off 74 While Prasanna Amarasekara before Mendis spun out UAE for 148 in 36.3 balls while Mahela Jayawardene hit nine won the Gold, Rohitha Pushpakumara finished with a tim- overs with a five-wicket burst. boundaries in his 43-ball 61 before he was ing of 46.6 seconds to win the Silver. UAE was briefly in the hunt when run out. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka’s 4x400 opening batsman Amjad Ali hit 12 bound- Off-spinner Mohammad Tauqir men’s relay team who failed to win a aries in his 79-ball innings of 77 before claimed the wickets of Chamara place in the first leg has won the wickets fell with regular intervals once Kapugedera (11) and Chamara Silva (6) in bronze in the second leg. Mendis came on to bowl. his successive overs as Sri Lanka slipped Sri Lanka’s rising 400 meter star Captain Saqib Ali (19) and Indika to 142-4. Chandrika Subashini improved on Batuwitarachchi (14) were the only other Udawatte departed in the 28th over her first leg performance to win the Silver medal while Menaka SCOREBOARD Wickramasinghe failed to win a Sri Lanka Innings I. Batuwitarachchi c S’kara b Thushara 14 medal yet again. K. Sangakkara lbw b Shah 0 S. Ali lbw b Mendis 19 M. Udawatte c Tauqir b Al Hashmi 67 K. Khan c Sangakkara b Thushara 2 M. Jayawardene run out 61 M. Tauqir lbw b Fernando 9 Sharapova shocked by C. Kapugedera c Amjad b Tauqir 11 N. Fernandez st Sanagakkara b Mendis 5 C. Silva c Batuwitarachchi b Tauqir 6 A. Shukri c Jayawardene b Mendis 1 154th-ranked player T. Dilshan c Amjad b Al Hashmi 24 Z. Shah not out 6 K. W’ratne c Batuwitarachchi b Saqib 40 F. Al Hashmi lbw b Mendis 0 WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Former T. Thushara c Amjad b Shah 10 A. Ali lbw b Mendis 0 champion Maria Sharapova was N. Kulasekara c Khurram b Shah 38 Extras: (1b, 1lb, 5w, 2nb) 9 knocked out of Wimbledon in a stun- A. Mendis not out 15 TOTAL: (all out) 148 ning upset Thursday by a 154th-ranked D. Fernando not out 0 Overs: 36.3 Russian, marking her earliest exit from Extras: (1b, 6lb, 11w) 18 Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-95, 3-107, 4-114, a Grand Slam tournament since her TOTAL: (For 8 wickets) 290 5-133, 6-139, 7-141,8-142, 9-148, 10-148. first full season on tour in 2003. Overs: 50 Bowling: Kulasekara 5-2-25-0, Her game littered by double faults Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-114, 3-131, 4-142, Weeraratne 4-1-23-0, Fernando 7-0-40-1 and ugly unforced errors, the third-seed- 5-180, 6-189, 7-209, 8-262, 9-286. (2nb), Mendis 6.3-1-22-5 (1w), Dilshan 7- ed Sharapova slumped to a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Bowling: Shah 10-1-49-3, Al Hashmi 5-0- 2-14-1 (1w), Thushara 7-0-22-2 (1w). 20-year-old Alla Kudryavtseva on Court 39-2 (6w),Aman Ali 2-0-22-0 (2w), Saqib Ali Toss: Sri Lanka. 1. 7-0-45-1 (1w), Tauqir 10-0-47-2 (1w), Khan Result: Sri Lanka won by 142 runs. Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon 10-0-55-0 (1w), Arshad Ali 6-0-26-0. Umpires: S. Taufel (Aus) and I. Gould champion at age 17, hadn't lost so early UAE innings (Eng) in a Grand Slam since going out in the A. Ali c Weeraratne b Dilshan 77 TV Umpire: A. Saheba (Ind) first round at the Australian and French Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene plays a shot during yesterdays’ One-Day A. Ali run out 6 Match Referee: M. Procter (SA) Open and second round at the U.S. Open International against United Arab Emirates at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Sri Lanka in 2003. made 290 for nine in their allotted 50 overs. (AP) Jayasinghe and Jayamanne welcome new Sehwag century propels by Reemus quick-fire centuries for Maris Limited Over format for the for 103 runs with spinner Fernando Stella College to record a mas- junior tournaments this sea- Yohan Samarasekara who India to big win Captain Angelo sive 260 run victory over Sri son and Jayasinghe and picked up five wickets for 23 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Hard- century in two years, and paceman Jayasinghe and number four Pannananda MV,Raddoluwa Jayamanne took the opportu- runs being the pick of the hitting opening batsman Virender Umar Gul limped off the field with batsman Prasansana in the Inter School Under-15 ni.ty to the full use when they bowlers. Sehwag scored 119 runs off 95 balls a side strain in the third over. Jayamanne welcomed the Division I first round match compiled hundreds. Scores: Thursday as India defeated injury- Misbah-ul-Haq took a stunning Limited Overs format for the played at Negombo yesterday. While Jayasinghe scored Maris Stella 363/5 (50) hit Pakistan by six wickets in a high- one handed catch in gully to dismiss Junior Tournament with The SLSCA introduced the nine fours and one six in his (A. Jayasinghe 117, S. scoring Asia Cup Group B match. Gautam Gambhir (12) off medium century, Jayamanne cracked Dilashri 55, P. Jayamanne Sehwag hit 12 fours and five fast Rao Iftikhar (2-61) before an unbeaten 116 in just 92 116*, G. Kumara 4/53) sixes in his ninth limited-overs cen- Pakistan bowlers faced the balls with six sixes and nine Sri Pannananda MV 103 tury to help India make 301-4 in 42.1 onslaught of Sehwag and in-form fours. The centuries helped all out (31.5) overs. Sehwag's hundred overshad- Suresh Raina. Maris Stella to pile up a mas- (S. Gayantha 34, S. owed Pakistan captain Shoaib Both batsmen shared a match- sive 363 runs in the allotted 50 Madusanka 18; Y. Malik's 125-run effort off 119 balls in winning 198-run second wicket stand overs. Samarasekara 5/23, Pakistan's total of 299-4 off its 50 off 149 balls as none of the second- Chasing the target, Sri N.Hettiarachchi 3/10, A. overs. string Pakistan bowlers could stop Pannananda were bowled out Jayasinghe 2/13). Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the flurry of boundaries. (26 not out) hoisted Younis Khan for Raina departed after playing a a big six to give India the victory, casual drive straight to covers to with Yuvraj Singh also getting48 off give Iftikhar his second wicket while 47 balls. Sehwag lofted Shahid Afridi (1-64) to Pakistan's bowling suffered deep long on after an explosive when Malik developed cramps in his innings. legs while scoring his first one-day SCOREBOARD Pakistan Innings V. Sehwag c Younis b Afridi 119 S. Butt c Raina b Chawla 35 S. Raina c Alam b Iftikhar 84 S. Malik retired hurt 125 Y. Singh c Butt b Tanvir 48 Y. Khan c Raina b Pathan 59 M. S. Dhoni not out 26 M. Yousuf run out 30 R. Sharma not out 0 Misbah-ul-Haq not out 31 Extras:(1b, 6lb, 7w, 1nb) 15 S. Afridi c Dhoni b Singh 9 TOTAL (For 4 wickets) 301 S. Tanvir not out 3 Overs: 42.1 Extras: (1b, 1lb, 5w) 7 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-210, 3-231, 4- TOTAL: (For 4 wickets) 299 294. Overs: 50 Did not bat: Y. Pahan, P. Chawla, P. Fall of wickets: 1-90, 2-223, 3-261, 4- Kumar, R.P. Singh, I. Sharma. 290. Bowling: Gul 1.2-0-6-0 (1w), Tanvir 9-0- Did not bat: F. Alam, S. Ahmed, U. Gul, 55-1 (1w), Iftikhar 9.4-0-61-2 (2w), Afridi R.