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Heavy rains halt second
day’s play The second day’s play of the three day game between Sri Lanka and Hampshire was abandoned due to heavy rains yesterday at Southampton. The two captains Sanath Jayasuriya and Hampshire’s skipper Robin Smith decided to call off the game after inspecting the ground soon after rains ceased. On Saturday when play stopped as scheduled the homesters reached a respectable total of 347 for 8 wickets. Hampshire’s opener Giles White who was dropped on two occasions went on to score 156. Sanath Jayasuriya was the fielder responsible for dropping the batsman on both occasions. White who stayed at the wicket for 385 minutes made his runs with the help of 23 boundaries. SCOREBOARD
Hampshire first innings (overnight 347-8)
G.White c Tillakaratne b Arnold 156
D.Kenway lbw b Wickramasinghe 38
W.Kendall c P.Jayawardene b Wickramasinghe 59
R.Smith run out 11
M.Keech b Jayasuriya 3
D.Mascarenhas b Jayasuriya 0
K.James c P.Jayawardene b Villavarayan 11
M.Garaway c Hathurusinghe b Jayasuriya 19
Z.Morris not out 35
R.Maru not out 0
Extras (b-2 lb-3 nb-10) 15
Total (for eight wickets declared) 347
Fall of wickets: 1-77 2-195 3-208 4-213 5-213 6-232 7-291 8-343
Did not bat: S.Francis
Bowling: Pushpakumara 4-0-13-0, Wickramasinghe 21-6-53-2, Villavarayan
21-5-54-1, Hathurusinghe 11-2-39-0, Bandratilleke 10-2-28-0, Chandana 11-1-62-0,
Jauasuriya 14-3-42-3, D.Jayawardene 7-1-37-0, Arnold 4-2-4-1, Tillakaratne
2-0-10-0.
Malinda an unbeaten 49 for
Royal An unbeaten (49) by Malinda Thotuwilage saw Royal College conclude the first day's play at 74 for three wickets against Ananda College in their Under-17 Division I cricket final for the Singer Trophy at Nomads grounds yesterday. After being put in to bat, Royal openers put on 22 runs for the first wicket. Malinda played the anchor role with a patient innings selecting the loose ball to punish. He despatched the ball to the boundaries on four occasions over the ropes. M. Pushpakumara, the Ananda Captain won the toss when the game got off to a start at 3.30 p.m. L. Fernando co-opener was dismissed by right arm seamer A. Ganegama for 4 runs. Then the second wicket pair of Malinda and Ruchira Jayasuriya (12) put on a (34) run alliance for the second wicket before Jayasuriya was caught by wicket keeper off left arm leg spinner K. Fernando. Royal lost another wicket when right arm leg spinner Thilina Kandambi uprooted the best batsman. * SCORES: Records
galore at Kurunegala The third wicket partnership of 265 runs between H. D. Ackerman (102) and H. Gibbs (153) for South Africa 'A' against Sri Lanka 'A' at the Welagedera Stadium, Kurunegla was the highest ever partnership for any wicket by a South African pair in a first class game on Sri Lanka soil. Also, this was the first ever double century partnership by a South African pair in Sri Lanka. Easily it eclipsed the previous best of 170 runs for the fourth wicket between Daryll Cullinan (92) and Jimmy Cook (88) for South Africa against Sri Lanka Board President XI at Galle Esplanade in 1993. Also it beat the previous 3rd wicket record of 105 runs between H. Cronje (122) and D. Cullinan (52) for South Africa against Sri Lanka at the SSC grounds in the Second Test in 1993. Also Ackerman-Gibbs partnership easily bettered the previous best for any wicket at the Welagedera Stadium. The previous best was 192 runs for the 5th wicket between Hashan Tillekaratne (101) and Sanath Jayasuriya (151) for Board XI against India in 1993. Also this partnership beat the previous best of 101 runs for the 3rd wicket between Moshin Khan (101) and Javed Miandad (43) for Pakistan vs Sri Lanka Colts XI in 1986 at the venue. The following are the best partnerships for each wicket by South African pairs in Sri Lanka. 1st wkt. - 167 A. M. Bacher (86) and G. F. J. Libenberg (123), S. Africa U-24 Vs. Board U-24 at Reid Avenue 1995 3rd wkt. - 265 (H. D. Ackerman 102) and H. Gibbs (153), S. Africa 'A' Vs. Sri Lanka 'A' at Kurunegala 1998 4th wkt. - 170 D. Cullinan (92) and J. Cook (88), S. Africa vs Board President's XI at Galle 1993 5th wkt. - 149 D. Benkenstein (105) and M. L. Bryns (85), S. Africa U. 24 Vs. Board U. 24 at Reid Avenue 1995 6th wkt. - 122 D. Cullinan (102) and D. Richardson (62), S. Africa Vs. Sri Lanka (3rd Test) at Sara Stadium 1993 8th wkt. - 149 M. Van Jaarseveld (96) and N. Pothas (74), S. Africa 'A' Vs. Sri Lanka Board XI at Moratuwa 1998. The first wicket partnership of 72 runs between Upeka Fernando (32) and Avishka Gunawardena (50) for Sri Lanka 'A' was the best for this wicket against a visiting team at Kurunegala, beating previous best of 53 runs between C. Haturusinghe (36) and D. P. Samaraweera (18) for Board XI against India in 1993. Karnataka Bridge team wins
Golden Jubilee Tourney The Karnatake Bridge team won the finals of the Golden Jubilee Quadrangular Tournament when they beat Sri Lanka recently in Colombo. Trailing by a huge margin of 35 IMPs in the first set of 16 boards, Karnataka clawed their way back in the second set reducing the lead down to 20 IMPs. Karnataka, true to form, always seem to be sluggish in the morning (too much partying???) but as the day progresses they start pressing the pedal harder and harder. In the final session they quietly slipped into fourth gear. As has been the case with Tamil Nadu they start with a bang and fade away into a whimper, the reverse of Karnataka. The dog-fight for IMPs went right down to the wire and when the smoke cleared, it was Karnataka ahead by a nose. Just. A five mere IMP's! Karnataka also had a major success bagging the Friendship Pairs event as well. Ram Mohan Kini and S. Gopalakrishnan won this event. The Tamil Nadu ladies team had a superlative performance right through the tournament, never letting off from the word go. What a cake walk! They just breezed through like a hot knife through butter. Never even a whiff of a challenge, they started the day with a lead of over half a ton worth of IMPs to sit like brides. The second set saw them add another 7 IMPs to obtain an unassailable lead of 59 IMPs. The final set was a nothing even-steven. Tamil Nadu were the champs. Never a doubt about it. Over two score years ago, the last time a team from across the Palk Straits crossed over to lock horns with the hosts from this lovely paradise of Serendib it was for the Maneckavelu Trophy between Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu. The tournament, for whatever reasons, faded away. Today, we have gathered here all over again, to revive that lovely feeling of interaction between lands of the southern peninsula of the sub-continent. 'Times change, and in keeping with the change, we have broadened our horizons, which in this case translates as broadening the field of competition. From just Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu, today we have incorporated two more states from southern India, Karnataka and Andra Pradesh. This being their maiden foray, we extend them special welcome,' said Bandula Senaweera, President Bridge Federation. Using the occasion of her golden jubilee of independence, Sri Lanka has taken the initiative to host this inaugural quadrangular. The hospitality and facilities offered by them will be hard to match in their excellence. A kind of challenge to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. I'm sure they will pick up the gauntlet and make this quadrangular a permanent and progressively better tournament. 'It has been decided to make this quadrangular an annual feature, with the hosts being rotated cyclically. What makes this tournament stand apart from any other tournament? It's the spirit of camaraderie and brotherhood, and the hospitality. The facilities of lodging and boarding, etc. are all complimentary of the host state', said Senaweera. Following are team members whos participated: Sri Lanka - Ruby Tamil Nadu Karnataka Sri Lanka Tamil Nadu Karnataka Andhra Pradesh The final results of the Friendship Pairs event: (1) 63.00% 189.00 S. Gopalakrishnan-R. Kini (Karnataka), (2) 61.33% 184.00 Rajgopalan-Narayan Iyer (Karnataka), (3) 50.67% 182.00 H. A. Weerasuriya-S. Thillaindarajah (Sri Lanka), (4) 59.33% 178.00 M. Chelliah-K. P. Baskaran (Sri Lanka), (5) 57.00% 171.00 P. C. Goenka-Y. Kamalakara Rao (Andra Pradesh), (6) 56.00% 168.00 N. Nagapan-R. Krishnan (Tamil Nadu), (7) 53.67% 161.00 Gouri Rao-Leela Oka (Karnataka), (8) 53.17% 159.50 K. Suriyanarayana-A. Balaram (Andra Pradesh), (9) 52.00% 156.00 Venkataraman-Krishnaswamy (Tamil Nadu), (10) 51.83% 155.50 Swarup Anand-D. Rego (Karnataka). Inter-District cricket tourney to develop junior talent The National Development Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket has decided to organise the Inter-District Under-15 tournament within the respective regions. . Regional Boards are entrusted with organising the first round matches to be played in the respective regions. After completion of the tournaments, the regional teams will be selected by the regional selectors appointed by National Development Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka. This is on a concept of BCCSL President, Thilanga Sumathipala. The selection of the regional teams will be purely based on the performance of the players at the Inter-District Tournament. The objective of conducting this tournament is to harness the talents and to give them the required training under qualified regional coaches appointed by the National Development Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka. It is the decision of the committee to stage all inter regional matches on turf pitches to provide an opportunity for young cricketers to play on such conditions. We feel that this gesture will benefit the cricketers to improve their talents as well as expose their playing ability on turf pitches. Areas identified for the purpose are Kandy, Colombo, Kurunegala, Galle and Badulla. The expenses will be born by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka. Modality of the Tournament |
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