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Fighting Lankans lose by 36 runs England defeated Sri Lanka by 36 runs in the second game of the Emirates Triangular Series at the London Oval yesterday. Sri Lanka chasing a target of 247 runs for victory were all out for 211 in 49.3 overs. Lankans lost wickets at regular intervals Arjuna Ranatunga made a top score of 33 runs. Aravinda de Silva who was shaping up well for a big total was given lbw off the bowling of Austin when he was 30. Kimara Dharmasena was unbeaten on 33 at the end of the Sri Lankan innings.
Alistair Brown the hard hitting opener and Nick Knight were back in the pavilion early when both of them offered catches to Marvan Atapattu off Pramodya Wickremasinghe. England skipper Alec Stewart survived a lbw appeal in the early stage off Suresh Perera. Stewart was again dropped at 42 by Muralitharan off his own bowling. Finally Stewart was back when Jayasuriya bowled him at 51 which came off in 67 balls. Stewart and Graeme Hick managed to add 76 runs for third wicket within a space of 82 balls. Sri Lanka's catching and ground fielding which was not upto expectations proved very costly. Graeme Hick who earlier made a century against Sri Lanka playing for Worcestershire again was among the runs scoring 86 runs in only 97 balls. Hick's contribution contained four well timed boundaries and a six. When on 86 Hick was run out. Marvan Atapattu who was outstanding in the field for Sri Lanka was accurate in his throw to wicket keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana who made no mistake with it to see Hick walk back to the pavilion. Hick was missed by Jayasuriya off Muralitharan on 78 too. Nasser Hussain who was dropped at 29 by Dharmasena went onto add 91 runs with Hick for the fourth wicket. Hussain was the first to depart on 38 when Dharmasena had him clean bowled the score reading 223 for five wickets. The best seven wickets added only 24 runs in 35 balls saw England finish their innings in 49.3 overs. Sanath Jayasuriya back in form with the ball was economical conceding only 35 runs in his allotted 10 overs for his 3 wickets. Pramodya Wickremasinghe and Suresh Perera too bowled their hearts out to claim two wickets each. SCOREBOARD England N.Knight c Atapattu b Wickramasinghe
17 Extras (lb-11 w-12) 23 Fall of wickets: 1-14 2-56 3-132 4-223 5-224 6-228 7-233 8-241 9-244 Bowling: Wickramasinghe 7-0-33-2 (3w),
Perera 9.3-0-48-2 Sri Lanka S.Jayasuriya c Knight b Gough
11 Extras (b-1 lb-13 w-10 nb-6)
30 Fall of wickets: 1-13 2-17 3-28 4-49 5-83 6-97 7-126 8-159 9-189 Bowling: Gough 10-0-51-3 (3nb 2w),
Martin 8-0-34-1 (6w), Result: England won by 36 runs. New Basketball Federation
formed A new Basketball Federation was formed under the name of Amateur Basketball Federation (ABF) with the involvement of the past stalwarts of the country. The formation of this federation was held on August 3 at NCC pavilion with their inaugural Annual General Meeting. The main motive behind the formation of this Federation is to develop the game from the grass root to National level. Seven District Associations - Colombo, Gampaha, Trinco, Defence (Army, Navy, Air Force), Badulla and Veterans Associations have shown their willingness and had joined hands with ABF to begin a new era in the basketball history. The ABF has appointed former Benedictine and Sri Lankan player Malsiri Perera as its President and Colonel Vikum Siriwardena another National Player produced from Royal College, Colombo as its secretary. At a media launch held last week ABF officials explained their reasons which led them to form a separate federation. One of the main concerns were the development of the game in the country and our placing at international arena. At present Sri Lankans are slated third behind India and Pakistan while before Bangladesh which is fourth at South East Asian level. The new Federation also brought to the notice that no tournament has been conducted in the country with the involvement of any foreign teams. It was way back in 1971 a Pakistan team visited last to play on local soil. The ABF taking these into consideration had written to the Sports Ministry who had failed to hold an inquiry with the participation of both parties. But the ABF office bearers lamented that they are neither worried about the Basketball Federation nor the Ministry but will continue with their development projects and show the country who is serving neatly and who is in the correct path. Meanwhile, as a initial event ABF will conduct a tournament among the district Association which will begin early next month. They will have their own sponsors and give the maximum publicity to their sponsors in return. The Office Bearers: Coaches
course commenced The Badminton Level II course for coaches conducted by Olympic Solidarity Programme commenced yesterday at the Badminton Association Headquarters. The course is handled by Malaysian Venugopal Mahalingam continues till August 22. The level one course was held in 1995. This level II course is attended by 35 participants from India, Maldives, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka said the Secretary of SLBA, Ajith Wijesinghe. Commander H. U. Silva, Secretary National Olympic Committee and Eraj Wijesinghe, President SLBA were present at the opening ceremony. Dr. R. M. Ratnayaka, Secretary Ministry of Sports will be the chief guest on final day Aug. 22. Negombo registers two good wins Negombo CC registered two good victories over Biyagama SRC and Greenfield CC in their ‘Sustagen’ Trophy encounter conducted by Gampaha District Cricket Association. In the first game against Biyagama SRC Damian Fernando was outstanding scoring 43 and capturing 3 wickets for 17 runs. Negombo CC managed to reach 174 for 9 in their allotted 30 overs while Biyagama team scored only 144 in 28.4 overs. In the second game Negombo CC scraped through to a three run victory over Greenfield CC. Achala Jayalath top scored for Negombo team with a fine half century S. Sanjeewa claimed 3 wickets for 19 runs. Greenfield CC came close to victory needing only 3 runs but were bowled out in the last over for 193. L. Pieris scored 48 while R. Thusitha 26 and Lalith 23 too made good scores for Greenfield CC. NEGOMBO CC 174/9 (in 29 overs) (Damian Fernando 43, Achala Jayalath 38, Ashan Dias 39, Jeevaka Jayalath 10, P. Abeywickrama 2/22, G. Mayadunne 2/30) BIYAGAMA SRC 144 (in 28.4) (L. Priyantha 28, C. Ranasinghe 25, H. Wijeywickrama 25, Damian 3/17, Dinuka Hemal 2/26). NEGOMBO CC 196 (in 29 overs) (Achala Jayalath 70, Buddika Fernando 25, Rahim Dole 24, Ashan Dias 15, Imtiaz Ahamed 15, S. Sanjeewa 3/19) GREENFIELD CC 193 (in 30 overs) (L. Pieris 48, R. Thusitha 26, Lalith 23, Malik Jayawardena 2/26). (BP) The Knock-out Soccer Tournament conducted by Matale District Football Association got underway with ten teams in battle for the first tournament of the season. All matches will be played at the Bernard Aluvihare stadium in Matale. Teams participating are Malwatte SC, Matale Youth SC, Zahira SC, Jolly Boys SC, Camreen SC. (HM) Sustagen
Trophy Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club entered the semi-final of the Sustagen Trophy Tournament organised by Gampaha District Cricket Association beating Ragama CC by 64 runs at Kandana yesterday. Dinesh Perera with a dashing 75 run knock helped SRCC to reach 222/8 in 28 overs. Suresh Perera was the successful bowler with two wickets for Ragama CC. Ragama CC were bowled out for 158. Top scorer for Ragama CC was Kapurubandara with 37 runs. N. V. K. Pannilavithana and P. Tissera claimed two wickets each. Chief Scores: SRCC — 222/8 in 28 overs (Dinesh Perera 75, Sanjeeva Arangalla 25, Buddhika Rajapakse 22, Krishan Perera 22, S. Perera 2/30). RAGAMA CC 158 in 28 overs (Kapurubandara 37, Roshan Abeysinghe 20, P. Tissera 2/10, N. V. K. Pannilavithana 2/22). (BP) CH & FC overcame Petersons SC 34 points (two goals five tries) to 13 (one goal, two penalties) to enter the semifinal of the President's Trophy Knockout Tournament fixture at Longden Place. CH will now clash with Kandy SC on Aug. 19 at the same venue. At lemons CH led 15-10. The first half was evenly contested. The second half saw a glut of tries come. Tissa Jayawardena made the solitary try for Petersons while Thushara Tideman put over the two penalties. (AN) |
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