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Premier Limited Overs Final
'Kalu' (70), Dulip (57) take Colts to 276/6

by Jatila Karawita
Colts Cricket Club, electing to bat first, piled up a challenging total of 276 for 6 wickets in their 50 overs in the Division-1 Premier Limited Overs Day-Night final against SSC which got underway at the R. Premadasa International Stadium yesterday. Colts CC openers Sri Lanka wicket-keeper batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana (70), and Dulip Samaraweera (57), laid the foundation for a formidable score with a rollicking 123-run opening stand in even time before a late charge by Skipper Vaas and pace bowler Eric Upashantha enabled the Park Club to reach their eventual score of 276. Dashing 'Kalu' was in his element during his belligerent knock of 70 which came off 65 balls and with the help of nine fours. He was given good support from the other end by his less experienced partner Samaraweera who cracked 57 with the aid of six fours as the two batsmen put the wayward SSC new ball trio of Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Soyza and new recruit Ruchira Perera to the sword in a merciles assault on the Maitland Place Club bowlers.

During the slog overs, Chaminda Vaas, who made an unbeaten 41 off as many balls with four hits to the fence and Upashantha who remained not out on 27 with two hits to the ropes, were involved in yet another fluent unbroken 63-run alliance for the seventh wicket to propel them to a match winning total in the end. For SSC, in what turned out to be a real carnage of their bowlers by the ramapaging Colts batsmen on a ideal batting track, left arm pacie Ruchira Perera bagged 3 for 56 whilst his erstwhile colleagues received a pasting by the Havelock Park batsmen.

Chief Scores:

Colts CC 276/6 in 50 overs. (Dulip Samaraweera 57, Romesh Kaluwitharana 70, Sajith Fernando 14, Indika de Saram 14, Jeewantha Kulatunge 34, Chaminda Vaas 41 n.o., Eric Upashantha 27 n.o., Ruchira Perera 3/56).

SSC 75 for 2 wkts in 14 overs at the time of going to press. (Upeka Fernando 38, Marvan Attapattu 31 n.o.).

Susanthika's husband speaks out

By Shirajiv Sirimane
Susanthika Jayasinghe's husband, Dhammika, took a swipe at the sports administrators accusing them of ruining Susanthika's career. He charged that he too was at the receiving end of harassment.

He said that his passport is still impounded and the High Court case against him has not been heard for over one year. "I too liked to have been in Bangkok to see Susanthika running. But since my passport is impounded, I could not make it to Bangkok."

Dhammika, who met Susanthika for the first time while competing in the men's 100m final, was also critical of a section of the media. "They are taking sides," he accused.

He also said that the much talked about refrigerator that Susanthika brought, while returning from Bangkok was not for them. " "It was for my friend Suresh Dematapitiya who is a 400m runner. He went to the airport to collect this fridge,' he disclosed.

Dhammika also pointed out that Susanthika's coach was pressurised by officials to resign." Any way that is not a big issue. When she is in Australia she will have enough of training".

He also charged that Susanthika was not the only athlete to pull out of international events. "At the 1995 Asian Championships, Susanthika won the 100m silver and both she and Dharsha were billed to run in the 200m finals the next day. Then Dharsha pulled out citing a hamstring injury", he said. Dhammika went on to point out that in the disco that night, Dharsha was the best dancer. "Wonder what happened to her injury" he said sarcastically.

Airing his views on the Grand Prix, he said that it was not Susanthika that went looking for,but the organisers who invited her.

The Athletic Association officials were not available for comment.

THE GAMES AND SRI LANKAN ATHLETES

Shirajiv Sirimane, who covered the 13th asian Games in Bangkok, comments
The Sri Lankan physique in athletics is so made that they are mainly good as sprinters.

This is the candid opinion of the head coach of the Sri Lankan gold medal winning athletic team, Derwin Perera. "Sri Lankans have a natural ability for sprints and that is why we have been successful in dominating this field of events", he said.

Fresh from the euphoria of Sri Lanka's gold medal winning efforts in three main athletic events, Perera explained that all Sri Lankan athletes with the exception of long jumper N. Ethiriweerasingham and long distance runner, S. L. B. Rosa, all other athletic gold medalists were from the sprints.

"The Lankan physique is ideal for sprints and with more exposure in world class events, our athletes could easily claim honours in that field as well", the Lankan coach emphasised adding that plans were underway to start a second string of junior athletes shortly.

Meanwhile, Chinese restaurateurs have made science and technology look in the shade in the success of sportsmen. They claimed that cobra snake blood and flesh were what gave Chinese athletes strong bodies and limbs in dominating the Asian circuit. Indeed, many Chinese athletes were seen going for such Chinese dishes. Snake blood, restaurateurs believe, gives extra energy.

However, the extra snake energizer could not stop some of China's leading athletes being beaten by the Sri Lankans who are built on their staple diets, and scientific training. Damayanthi Dharsha dethroned China's fastest woman,Li Xuemei in the women's 400 metres event as Sri Lanka went on to record a 'first' in its athletics winning gold after a hiatus of 24 years in the Asian games history. In that success, the name of Damayanthi Darsha (she also won the women's 200 metres event will go into posterity being the first Sri Lankan to clinch a gold medal in the Game's history while also becoming the first Sri Lankan woman to win gold in an event. If Dharsha's success was so much for the Sri Lankan camp to smile about, the gold winning effort of Sugath Tillekeratne in the men's 400 metres event as well was something to cheer it being a 'first' in men's athletics.But the sad ending to the games as far as Sri Lanka was concerned was the fading out of Susanthika Jayasinghe whose fame had seen her establish herself as Sri Lanka's sprint queen.

DOUBLE STANDARDS
Meanwhile, two Sri Lankan athletes at the Games, Chinthaka Soyza and Samarakoon who come under the Southern Provincial Council (SPC) not receiving any financial backing from the SPC has led to the question whether it has double standards."The SPC did not-even give us Rs. 5000 to buy a pair of spikes", lamented a dejected Chinthaka.

When the 'The Island' made inquiries it was learnt that while the athletes were ignored, a senior official of the SPC was given a handsome allowance to be an observer.

The byzantine politics of Australian cricket

by Mahinda Wijesinghe
For the past many weeks, reams of newsprint has been screaming that "two of Australia's greatest cricketers, Shane Warne and Mark Waugh have been involved in a betting scandal." Sorry, but it should be corrected to read as follows: " Two of Australia's most successful players, a bowler and a batsman, namely Shane Warne and Mark Waugh have been involved in a betting scandal". 17 years ago, again it was two Australian players, a pace bowler and a wicket-keeeper, namely Dennis Lillee and Rodney Marsh, who were involved in this sordid business of betting. Shockingly, the duo bet that Australia, the side they were playing for, would lose! Well, well, well, Australia did lose and weren't Lillee and Marsh rich. The excuse for betting against their own side? The odds offered by bookmakers of 500 to 1 against an Australian win was 'too tempting to let go' they said. It certainly takes all sorts to make this world. Cricketers do not get involved in this type of skulduggery. Cricketers 'play a straight bat' and do not indulge in anything that 'isn't cricket'. Even the English language adapted these phrases to denote the nobility of the game and its players. Sadly, it does not seem to hold water anymore. And, this may only be the tip of the iceberg. Warne and Waugh, in a prepared statement - now that the cat was out of the bag - admitted their 'stupidity' in accepting the money, basically citing naively as their excuse. Not too tenable an excuse when it is public knowledge that Waugh is a noted punter and could have smelt a bookie a mile away, and surely who gives thousands of dollars for old rope such as information on ground conditions and the weather? And, who said that bookies are charitable people? Bookies, over the world, thrive on the fact that a sucker is born every minute.

VICTOR TRUMPER & DON BRADMAN
It is tragic that Australian players have been guilty of such conduct. Here's a nation, despite their historically correct 'convict past', produced cricketers of the calibre of the ethereal Victor Tramper - as Sir Pelham Warner eulogised: "When Victor walks in to bat, even the very blades of grass bow down in obeisance" - to the immortal Don Bradman, who played hard but strictly according to the rules. Their motto was always 'Country before self' and they had great pride in wearing that green and baggy cap. But, then, it was a different era and different players.

The current news-leak of the shenanigans of these two Australians may well be the opening of another Pandora's box. Already another Australian player, Ricky Ponting, has emerged from the woodwork stating that a bookie has offered him money as well. Warne and Waugh both were forced to admit that moneys were offered by the bookies in 1994 - and accepted - when the duo was in Sri Lanka. Arising from this, another question arises. Did the bookies approach only - generally accepted as - the more affluent Australians, and left the comparatively poorer Sri Lankan players alone? True, there are many rumblings and whisperings but when the truth is not known conjecture is a dangerous and a fruitless exercise. So, the benefit of the doubt must be extended to our players.

IT FIRST HAPPENED HERE IN 1992
However, during the ongoing crisis, Mark Ray, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald of 9 December, revealed: " one player said in Colombo in 1992 to a teammate who had just told him that he had been offered US$25,000/- per year to provide information to a bookmaker " and "Dean Jones has said several times that he refused a similar offer and reported it to the appropriate officials...." While "Allen Border, the captain at that time the offers were made in Colombo, told the Herald he knew nothing of the affair. Other senior players did the same. Two players confirmed that it had happened but said they would not stand by those allegations if questioned in public."

SRI LANKA'S DEBACLE AT THE SSC
Now, arising from the above report, it seems bookmakers have been doing their rounds in Sri Lanka, not only in 1995 - when Waugh and Warne became embroiled - but way back in 1992 as well. If the Australian players are to be believed, it appears they have refused the offers made by the bookies. Could well be true. After all, it was Australia who won a Test match in the final session of play after having lost practically each of the previous sessions. Here's how the game went. Sri Lanka having declared their first innings at 547/8, and enjoying a first innings lead of 291, had to score a modest 181 for a historic win on the SSC pitch that held hardly any terrors. Sri Lanka was cruising merrily at 127/2, needing 54 runs in 25 overs to complete the job. Suddenly, Sri Lanka lost the last 8 wickets for a paltry 37 runs, and Australia found themselves unlikely winners - by 16 runs. A victory described by opposing skipper Border as "the greatest heist since the great Train Robbery". The Sri Lankan fans booed their own players at the presentation ceremony having felt that victory like the baby was thrown with the bath water.

The current Waugh-Warne story was revealed to the media by former Australian Test batsman David Hookes now turned commentator. It has also now emerged that the two players were each fined $15,000 by a group of senior ACB officials during the Australian team's one-night stay in Sydney en route from New Zealand to the Carribean in 1995. The ACB also reported the incident to the International Cricket Council. So far so good. But, then the fish started going bad.

WHY DID I HE ACB & ICC CLOSE RANKS?
Why did the Australian Cricket Board and the ICC keep this information in their deep freezer? It was done in order to respect the wishes of 'confidentiality' requested by the Australian Cricket Board, said David Richards, an Australian holding the post of Chief Executive of the ICC. Be that as it may, the most amazing feature of this sordid saga is how these two institutions kept this matter under wraps for so long. A cover-up described by respected media personalities such as former Australian Test captain, Richie Benaud, as "reprehensible". Somehow, it seems a bit more. That, both the ACB and the ICC kept mum appears as if they had closed ranks. Would the ICC have respected the wishes of (say) the Sri Lankan Board regarding 'confidentiality', if one of our players were found guilty of a similar offence and was reported to them?

The action of the ICC, or rather their inaction, could have far-reaching ramifications. Was it a racist act, or was it just crass stupidity, the type which ostriches are wont to do with their heads? Will such acts cause a rift in the ICC when such double standards are maintained? For instance, I cannot remember the ICC acting with undue haste to issue a statement, regarding the ridiculous charge of 'ball-tampering' against Sri Lanka during the 1995-96 Australian tour, was thrown out. That was merely to publicise the truth. Now they have gone to great lengths in order to suppress the truth. Then, isn't an Indian, Jagmohan Dalmiya, head of the ICC? Why isn't he articulate on the issue? Is Dalmiya's apparent silence due to the embarrassment caused by the bookies who hail from his own country?

Whatever it may be, that two Australian players received money from a bookmaker whilst in Sri Lanka, and that both were fined by their Board has been ascertained. What is even more disconcerting is that both the ACB and the ICC decided to hide this sordid act. Crowning all of this is the fact these two players later went on to accuse a Pakistani player of offering a bribe to throw a game, forgetting the fact - or is it due to the veil of secrecy provided to them by the ACB and the ICC? - that people in glass houses should behave more discreetly.

REFLECTIONS
Susanthika's exit - Sri Lanka's loss another country's gain

by Srian Obeyesekera
Only a fortnight ago Sri Lankan athletics witnessed the high noon drama of seeing Susanthika Jayasinghe bow out of the Asian Games at the eleventh hour on grounds of injury. In what was to be more dramatic turnaround, Sri Lanka somewhat overcame that setback when an unlikely quarter, Damayanthi Dharsha, who had been relegated to a backseat by the extraordinary talents of Susanthika, emerged as the country's unlikely heroine by going on to collect a gold medal in the women's 200 metres event filling in Susanthika's void.

If the turnaround at the 13th Bangkok Games saw both the good and bad fortunes with Dharsha re-emerging as Sri Lanka's champion athlete in entering the record books as the country's 'first' in athletics, back home Susanthika's announcement she had quit in controversial circumstances has indeed overshadowed all that euphoria.


Susanthika Jayasinghe		 Susanthika's sad farewell to the track is the biggest high noon of Sri Lankan athletics with the career of the athlete considered as the country's biggest Olympic medal hope after the legendary Duncan White ending as dramatically as it started. In what has been a long drawn tussle with the local athletic authorities, Susanthika announced on Thursday that the treatment meted out to her by the authorities which continued at the Asian Games made it impossible for her to continue her career anymore in Sri Lanka. That she would look to offer her talents to Australia or an European country.

Susanthika's exit is bound to be a big setback to Lankan athletics. More so considering the fact that she had emerged as the country's biggest hope in a long time to bring home a gold medal at the year 2000 Sydney Olympics. The winner of the 'Duncan White' award for two consecutive years reflected these hopes following Susanthika's fantastic achievements at international level. Her biggest triumph was at the Athletic World Cup in Athens last year when she beat the world No.1, Merlene Ottey for a silver medal. Her rise to stardom in a relatively short period having shown her class as the best woman athlete on the local scene, saw Susanthika come under more scientific training with the Sydney Games to be held in just over one year's time.

But a drugs related controversy with Susanthika being tested positive on three occasions for consuming performance enhancing steroids, marred her career. Added to that allegations by the Lankan athlete that a senior official of the Sports Ministry sought sexual favours from her saw her sidelined for quite sometime with Susanthika embroiled in a rift with the local authorities. The latest controversy she faced was a pending International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) arbitrary ruling on her. Susanthika countered she never took drugs. She alleged that she had been framed in the latest issue.

Susanthika has fanned out of the local track.

Her loss to Sri Lanka would be another country's gain.

Will another Aussie Tour tone our boys for an encore?

by Mahinda Wijesinghe
Three years ago, Sri Lanka undertook what turned out to be the most controversy-ridden overseas cricket tour in history. However, that tour to Australia, when the islanders were unfairly charged with 'ball-tampering' and 'throwing', probably, helped the Sri Lankans to add 'steel' into their make-up. And, wasn't it sweet revenge when, shortly after, the Sri Lankans led by Arjuna Ranatunga - who will certainly not win a popularity poll with the Australian players - crushed them by 7 wickets at the Wills World Cup final in Lahore? Sweet memories. That is now history and much water has flowed since.

Currently, Australian cricket is on a high, having retained the Ashes. They can now field two teams of almost equal strength. Look at the manner in which an Australian 'A' side beat the current touring Englishmen - of course, in a game replete with declarations - by scoring an unbelievable 376 runs in a mere 55.2 overs for the loss of only a wicket? The absence of Shane Warne is hardly felt. On the other hand, a Sri Lankan bowling attack without Muralitharan would be unthinkable. In other words, the Australians kept a nursery going whether it be bowlers or batsmen and are in a position to dip into their reserves when necessary. That is professional management. The Australian Cricket Academy is one spring from where potential players surface. And, their domestic tournament, the Sheffield Shield, is a hard grind. Considered the toughest in the world.

Even where captaincy is concerned, true, the Selectors plumped for Mark Taylor even when he was having a poor run with the bat. The Australian selectors still stuck with him not only because he was a shrewd and a respected leader who enjoyed a great degree of success but also his fielding in the slips was remarkable and constituted an integral part of Shane Warne's success. Yet, the Selectors named Steve Waugh to captain the One-day team. Which is another way of grooming a captain, be it in One-day or Tests.

In Sri Lanka, the remarkable wave of success, commencing with the World Cup victory, probably camouflaged future thinking. We simply depended on the old faithfuls, and now the cracks seem to be showing. Cinderella was treated better by her step-mother than our second stringers, whilst the seniors have it, cream and all. The proposed Cricket Academy is still a pipe-dream and will remain so. So, the prognosis for the game does seem bleak. Who are the replacements for Arjuna, Aravinda and co.?

Yet, isn't the Cricket Board spreading the gospel in the districts with concrete pitches, distributing cash to clubs and cricket gear to the less affluent? And, these are laudable projects taken by itself.

However, what is disturbing is the composition of the squad selected to tour Australia. When half the touring team - eight out of sixteen to be exact - selected, hails from the same club as that of the captain, isn't it a source of embarrassment to the poor captain himself? After all, he cannot prevent any player from joining his club. Makes one wonder whether the route to the Sri Lanka team is easier from the SSC? Even more disconcerting is what transpired the other day when paceman Suresh Perera could not find a place in the SSC team but has yet been found good enough to tour Australia! So much riches for one club.

Looking at this scenario, how would an aspiring young cricketer from the districts view the situation? Wouldn't his thinking be 'will I too have to join the same club to make the grade, at least, it will be easier?'. And, the recent track records of Jayantha Silva, Mahela Jayawardena, Tilan Samaraweera and Ruchira Perera seem to bear out this fact. Then what is the plight of the game and the players in other areas, not to mention the morale of other clubs? Will the concrete pitches and the other activities of the Board to help the outstation cricketers, eventually leave them in mid-air?

The Selectors have plumped for pace by including 5 pacemen. Ravindra Pushpakumara is sadly not in the squad and a notable omission. Pramodya Wickremasinghe with an improved performance in England gets the nod again. Let us hope that Vaas will continue to deliver and, no doubt, skipper Ranatunga will have to pin a lot of hope on the left-arm paceman. A very bright future is being forecast for the talented left-arm pacemen, Nuwan Zoysa, but whether his fitness which has, so far, not permitted him to realise his potential, will hold for the tour remains to be seen in fact that he has broken down on the two previous tours is a poor reflection on our medical back-up team. The third left-arm paceman, and the latest recruit to the SSC ranks, Ruchira Perera, is also a promising prospect. However, throwing him in from the deep-end for a tour of Australia the first time of asking may not be the best thing for the youngster. Australian playing conditions can be a hard taskmaster.

The spin department will essentially be a one-man show - Muralitharan. Tilan Samaraweera (off-spin) and Upul Chandana (leg-spin) will have to do a lot better to support Murali. It is indeed a very sad commentary of our times that the Sri Lankan - who boast of both current Vice-Presidents of the Cricket Board being eminent spinners during their playing days - national side is scraping the barrel for quality spinners. Is it because we do not have any, or, our Selectors are unable to identify potential winners? By the way, what has happened to left arm leg-spinner Bandaratilleke? Malinga Bandara and Sajeewa de Silva are two more who are not in the frame. Will the same fate befall Kumara Dharmasena? Was Dharamsena, a player who is a 'must' in the One-day squad, kept out of the Australian tour simply to avoid trouble? What will be his future? Questions......questions...

Aravinda de Silva's fitness will be a key factor. Essentially, the batting will revolve around him the explosive Jayasuriya. Even the Australians will have to admit that, though runs will be expected from specialists, Atapattu, Ranatunga, Kaluwitharana, Mahanama and Tillekeratne. And, the progress of Avishka Gunawardena, an exciting stroke-maker, will be watched with interest. With proper guidance, Avishka should have a bright future.

All in all, though, it will be an uphill task for the world champions in Australia to redeem their currently flagging fortunes. In the existing scenario, going to Australia for a cricket tour is like diving straight into a holocaust. However, provided the boys keep their cool, our famed batting fires, the bowlers do their containment act, and our fielding rises to the occasion - remember, these are the normal ingredients for success - there is hope. It will be tough, very tough, but it is not impossible, and an Australian tour could well be the ideal aperitif- as in 1995-96 - before the World Cup in England in 1999. Let us all drink to that.

Match fixing and betting

The controversial issue of match fixing, betting and accepting payments had its roots in Pakistan, and one day much of it was around Salim Malik.

Now it has taken wings to the land of the Kangaroos. Mark Waugh the master of the willow, and Shane Warne, the greatest leg spinner the game has produced, today stand accused of bun in the pocket of an Indian bookmaker, during a tour of the Sub Continent in 1994, where they had accepted money, to provide Pitch and weather conditions.

This tragic episode, has raised a hornets nest, in the country, that gave the cricketing world, the legendary Sir Don Bradman, the greatest batsman in the history of the game. This may be a bitter pill for this cricketing genius to swallow in the evening of his life. This shocking revelation, came to light way back as 1994, but the A.B.C. preferred to sweep it under the carpet, to cover up the embarrassment, and to protect the prestige of their star cricketers Waugh and Warne, who are expected to play a vital role in the World Cup in England in 1999.

Some of Australia's great cricketers of the past, such as R. Benaud, N. Harvey and Kim Hughes to name a few, have been deeply moved, by this sad episode. They were sportsmen of the highest caliber, who knew that cricket was a gentlemen's game.

N. Harvey that elegant left hand batsman, expressed his views in no uncertain terms, when he said, these two should be kicked out of the Australian Team, they are not worthy of the baggy Green Cap. Since of late Australian cricket has much of its glamour. Colourful Personalities the like's of K. Miller and R. Benaud, are no more to be seen in this great cricketing nation. M. Taylor and his men are hell-bent on winning at any cost, and will adopt base tactics to achieve their goal, like sledging which they introduced to the game.

In the light of this Waugh - Warne controversy, D. Hair's no balling Sri Lanka's wizard of spin Murali on the last Australia tour, rings a bell. He and Emerson appear to be the key men in a conspiracy, to send this bowler whom the Aussies fear to the cricketing wilderness.

All lovers of the game, hope that the three Nation Triangular, where the participating countries will be Australia, England and Sri Lanka, in late December 1998-99, will be played in a spirit, that will maintain the highest traditions of the game.

Rex Wijenaydene

Insurance cover for family of coach who died at games

By Shirajiv Sirimane
The family of the late Rizwie Zain, the Sri Lankan swimming coach who died of a heart attack at the recent Asian Games, will receive insurance cover for Rs. 25,000 from the games organisers. The 'Sunday Island' learns that already a cheque has been forwarded to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) by the games insurance agency, FBT of Thailand to be handed to the late Zain's widow. An NOC official said that she would receive the cheque next week.

Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan Chef de De Mission, Dr. Maiya Gunasekera, commenting on the distribution of games tee-shirts, said that there was no shortfall. That all had been accounted for.

However, at the end of the games there remained several other issues the Sri Lankan authorities should account for like, *why was the stay of the unproductive rugby team extended?, *How was it that the ruggerites had their own way being in night clubs till early in the morning, *why had the coach of the yachting team, Jeremy Bolling to find his own finances? *why did the rifle shooting team fail? *how many Sports Ministry officials attended the Games as observers? *how much did the government spend on them? and *how come these observers and referees happen to wear Sri Lankan blazers and colours?

Negombo win again

Negombo CC registered their 3rd win in their limited over division one tournament when they defeated Kandy CC by 65 runs at Police grounds Kandy.

Nuwan Priyankara and Ranga Dias who were associated in a partnership of 120 runs for the 3rd wicket passed the way for a match winning total of 252 for 9 wkts in 48 overs. Ruwan, Lakmal and Lakmalka Fernando bowled remarkably well to capture 3 wkts each to bowl out the Kandy CC for 173 runs in 43 overs.

Negombo 252 for 9 in 48 overs.

Nuwan Priyankara 87, Ranga Dias 48, T. Nonis 26, Nuwan Fernando 26, Canaric Croos 25, Asoka Jayamaha 22, Ruwan Fernando 12 (not out).

(S. Rhunuhewa 2/56, S. Weerasinghe 2/32).

Kandy CC 183 all out 43 overs.

(W. Herath 36, A Rhunuhewa 26, S. Rhunuhewa 23, H. Basnayake 20, Lakmalka Fernando 3/27, Lakmal Fernando 3/36, Ruwan Fernando 3/48).

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