Lankans announce their intentions
The massive number of Sri Lanka supporters that thronged to witness the crucial ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight encounter between Sri Lanka and West Indies were entertained. They were given that opportunity with the superb cricket dished out by the Sri Lankans who coasted to a convincing nine wicket win with 28 balls to spare [...]
Nalanda hit bull’s eye while Devi Balika take girls’ title
Nalanda College Colombo and Devi Balika Vidyalaya prevailed at the inaugural National Schools Shooting Championship which was held at Bandaranayake Central College in Veyangoda on Friday. Nalanda, who pioneered in taking up and promoting shooting sports among schools, continued their supremacy by amassing an impressive 482 points in the boy’s category. Devi Balika, the first [...]
Gutsy Lankans to participate at Mumbai Sevens
Two tournaments one with Bowl and the other with Plate Lankan ruggerites will take wing to India to take part in the HSBC Asian Series Sevens rugby tournament in two weeks time. The tournament will take place in Mumbai on 13 and 14 of October. Sri Lanka will be playing in the Group B along [...]
Lanka to host World Carrom C’ships in October
Sri Lanka who will host the 6th World Carrom Championship 2012 in Sri Lanka at Galadari Hotel, Colombo has selected two teams with the aim of defending their title in October. Accordingly the men’s team will be led by national champion Nishantha Fernando while Joseph Roshita has been appointed as the women’s team captain. The [...]
Aussie women win lacklustre game
A mediocre chase by Pakistan ladies gave Australia women an unimpressive win by 25 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a Group A match of the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Championship played at Galle yesterday. Australia who won the toss and elected bat made 146-5 while Pakistan who received a revised target of 64 runs from [...]
England crush India by nine wickets
England crushed India comfortably by 9 wickets in a Group A match to remain as one of the hot contenders to lift the ICC Women’s T20 WC 2012 at Galle yesterday. India who chose to bat made 116 for the loss of six wickets and England raced to reach the winning target losing just a [...]
Upcountry Lions through to Clifford Cup semi finals
Army the Plate winners in the Inter Club League rugby failed to put up a good performance as they were a set of Solders aiming without a direction and leadership lost the game to Upcountry Lions SC by 33 Points (4 Tries, 2 Conversions, 3 Penalties) to 10 Points (1 Try, 1 Conversion, 1 Penalty). [...]
Dharmaraja thump Vidyartha
Dharmaraja scored a thumping innings and 47 runs win over Vidyartha in their match at Lake View yesterday. Half centuries from Lochana Wijesiri, C. Kavindu, coupled with forties from skipper Nuwan Karunaratne and Tharusha Weragoda ensured that the Rajans posted a formidable 257. Spinners Lakshan de Silva (match bag of 7 for 54) and fellow [...]
Scoreboard
New Zealand M. Guptill lbw b Finn 5 R. Nicol c Bairstow b Swann 11 B. McCullum c Wright b Finn 10 K. Williamson c Kieswetter b Briggs 17 R. Taylor c Hales b Finn 22 J. Franklin run out 50 N. McCullum not out 16 D. Bracewell not out 2 Extras: (b3, lb7, nb1, [...]
Luke, Finn and Morgan script English win
Defending champions England outclassed New Zealand by six wickets in a crucial ICC Twenty20 Super Eight encounter played at the Pallekele Stadium yesterday to keep alive their hopes of booking a berth to the semi finals. The two teams came into the game on a must win situation having lost their opening matches with New [...]
Did bowling failure motivate Gul the batsman?
When Pakistan unveiled its playing eleven, the most notable change in the line up was that of Raza Hasan, who replaced the erratic Sohail Tanvir as the side’s fourth spin-bowling option. Four spinners, and two seamers, in Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat and an in-form batting line up. Pakistan’s team for today’s match looked well-balanced. [...]
Ben Gollings and sevens input
It is toughening time for Sri Lankan rugby as they appear to have moved up from the crouch, touch position to a better plate winner at the recently concluded Asian sevens played in Shanghai. Fondly called Ben Gollings Sri Lanka the boys did better on Borneo by winning the Plate. Having being a little over [...]
Is Malinga losing his magic ball?
Is the Lankan pace icon Lasith Malinga losing the eggs in his basket? The question was posed many a time when he was operating especially in Sri Lanka during the past few moons. From the day that the Lankan selectors decided to give this unorthodox fast bowler a break he hit the billboards. He is [...]
Navy are Kayak Champions
Navy’s oarsmen and oarswomen proved their skill at rowing when they outrowed their opponents to emerge winners at the 4th Kayak Sprints that was conducted by the National Association of Canoeing and Kayaking at the Beira Lake recently. The previous sprints were held at the Diyawana Oya, Bolgoda Lake and Lake Gregory in Nuwara Eliya. [...]
Wevita 121 n.o., the hero for STF
A swashbuckling knock of 121 not out by H.S.K. Wevita enabled the STF to defeat Youth Council by 69 runs and emerge Division 11 champions of the State Services cricket tournament final at the Health grounds recently. STF 229 for 6 in 30 overs (H.S.K. Wevita 121 n.o., A.P.C. Mendis 29, K.S. De Silva 23, [...]
Zahira to stage anniversary walk
As part of the celebrations to mark its 120th anniversary, Zahira College, Colombo will stage a walk, on November 3 at 3.30 p.m., which is expected to attract a great number of the school’s past and present students. Zulfiqar Ahamed, who heads the event’s organizing committee, said the walk will begin at the school premises [...]
Close win for Police
Police SC posted a close one wicket win over Central Bank in a State Services Division I cricket fixture at the Health grounds recently. After restricting the bank to 148 for 8 in their quota of overs, Police were severely jolted before reaching their target with one wicket to spare. Central Bank 148 for 8 [...]
Roshan Fernando appointed new SSP Nugegoda Div.
Former Royal College athletic captain, Senior Superintendent of Police, Roshan Fernando will assume duties as the new SSP of Nugegoda Division from today. SSP Fernando, who has completed three decades of service as a police officer, had been a versatile sportsman during his days, captaining Royal athletic team in 1979 with distinction to win the [...]
Zahira changes up Soccer 7s
This year’s edition of the Zahira Super 16 Soccer 7s will hold a revised format of play, which will provide participating teams with more opportunities to remain in the competition, tournament organizers, the Past Prefects’ Association of Zahira College, announced. The new tournament structure will see play broken up into four groups in the first [...]
Sunday Sports Guide
Local CRICKET ICC T20 SC 2012 – Super Eights Australia vs South Africa at RPICS, Colombo India vs Pakistan at RPICS, Colombo ICC Women’s T20 WC South Africa vs West India at Galle Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Galle Schools U-19 Kalutara Vidyalaya vs St. Anne’s at Kalutara St. Mary’s vs Moratu Vidyalaya at [...]
Dineshkanthan extends his territory
Thangarajah Dineshkanthan extended his reign over Sri Lankan men’s tennis by adding the jewel of the SSC Open ‘A’ Grade Championships to his crown, with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 demolition of Tanveer Ashiq in the men’s open final, played on the club’s clay courts yesterday. Ashiq was simply unable to match the superior power, speed [...]
Lady Bug
The Lady Bug who got to that position sans the proper qualifications is now mocking at the very people who got her the break with the Dubai sahibs. Now she is after a position in the Ice Cream Conference. Recently when the residents of the Citadel requested for some allocations for the thanks giving party [...]
Was this the right time?
The period around September-October in general is the monsoonal season in the Indian-Subcontinent calendar. Yet the ICC Twenty20 tournament was staged in Sri Lanka with all its pomp and pageantry, resulting in some of the first round matches, like those between Sri Lanka and South Africa and the West Indies and Ireland, falling victim to [...]
The SLSCA-SLC agreement flouted
Are the much publicised school cricket reforms agreement between the Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association (SLSCA) and Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) going to be still born. This is still the third week the 2012/13 season is in progress and the flouting of the agreement has already taken place. Sri Lanka School cricket which was one [...]
Ode to Kumar Sangakkarara
You’re a brilliant star from the famed Trinity Have trailed a blaze of glory for the country Ever since you appeared in the cricket horizon Have served its cause with flamboyance and distinction You’re a shining star of global fame in the noble game Have won praise of every fan and bouquets of every dame [...]
It’s pure elegance and wizardry all the way!
Vintage cricket writer Sir. Neville Cardus personifies the ‘cover drives’ by the yesteryear West Indian greats Weeks and Worrell as that of a panther on its death leap on a kill and that of the other as a fencer on an exquisite rapier thrust driven home on an opponent taken unawares (probably not in the [...]
Wesley to the fore
The history of Wesley College cricket of 120 years has been made into an eye-catching hard cover collector’s item by Jeremy Brohier and published by Stamford Lake (Pvt) Ltd. This impressive volume is a must for every cricket fan irrespective of being an old Weslyite or not. This souvenir consists of eight sections starting with [...]
Lanka Lions to host ‘Sanga, Murali and Arnold in Singapore
The Lanka Lions Cricket Club, fresh from being crowned Division 1 Champions of the Singapore Cricket League for the fifth year in-a-row, will be hosting cricket legends Kumar Sangakkara (recently crowned ICC Cricketer of the Year and ICC Test Cricketer of the Year for 2012, and the recipient of the Peoples’ Choice prize for the [...]
Trinity cubs roar at rugby carnival
The Under-12 ‘A’ team of Trinity College Kandy emerged champions at the Central Province Mini Rugby Carnival which held at Pallekele recently. In an all-Trinity final, the champions beat their own ‘B’ side to clinch the championship which was inaugurated in 2011. This grand event organised by Trinity College was to promote rugby at a [...]
Gulliver Siriwardena leads Royal to cager glory
Six foot burley, Nipun ‘Gulliver’ Siriwardena led Royal College to cager glory when they won the All Island Under 19 ‘A’ division title defeating Colombo International School, Kandy by 65 points to 52 at Reid Avenue recently after a long wait of 12 years. At the short whistle CIS, Kandy had a slender 30 to [...]
Wesley paddlers impress at Kotte
Wesley College paddlers impressed at the Invited Schools Table Tennis Tournament 2012 organised by the Ananda Sastralaya Kotte by clinching the Under-16 title and emerging runners-up in the Under-12 category. Wesley made a clean sweep in the Under-16 age category final, beating St. Peter’s 3-nil. In the first round up and coming table tennis prodigy [...]
Musaeus athletes set up three new meet records
The Under-13 team of Musaeus College Colombo set three new meet records to win the age group championship at the Relay Carnival Athletic Meet 2012, held at Diyagama last week. The Under-13 sprinting team of Musaeus, which included Sendaru Perera, Nethu Galappaththi, Dewmi Jayathilake and Nethmi Devaraja won all their races namely the 4x50m, 4x100m [...]
Waduge racing towards tennis summit
With a little over three months to go before the year draws to a close, Nethmi Waduge can reflect on this past tennis season with a deep sense of satisfaction. Not only did she stamp her authority over a number of top players in the junior circuit, but she also ventured deep into the senior [...]
Lyceum, Nugegoda emerge runner-up
Lyceum, Nugegoda emerged runners up to AIS at the final of the boys International Schools under 15 basketball final that was conducted by CIS, Colombo at Gregory’s Road recently. In their march to the finals, Lyceum defeated British School in Colombo, Gateway College, Colombo and OKI International School, Wattala. Nashad Rilwan of Lyceum was adjudged [...]
Dominating TT performance by University of Moratuwa
The Inter University Table Tennis arena burst to life on August 18 as University of Moratuwa (UOM) Men’s team cruised to victory to win the Inter University Table Tennis Championship 2012 organized by University of Sabaragamuwa. University of Moratuwa started their campaign by defeating University of Kelaniya (UOK) 3-0 in the opening group stage match [...]
Holy Cross shuttlers dazzle
Holy Cross College, Gampaha shuttlers showed their prowess at the Junior National Badminton Zonal Championship 2012 in the Gampaha district age group when they not only won all the singles and doubles events of Under-11, 13, 15, 17 and 19 events but also became runners-up in the same age categories and events. It is noteworthy [...]
Musaeus Under 20 rowing champs
Musaeus College clinched the Under-20 overall championship at the inaugural Sri Lanka Schools Rowing Championships 2012 held last week at the Beira Lake in Colombo. In the senior category, the Under-20 Musaeus pair, Vinuri Wickramasekara and Janithri Marapana set a new record by timing four minutes and two seconds to win the event. In the [...]
Swinging for the title
The SSC Open drew to a close yesterday at the club’s courts, with the winners of a range of different categories being selected after two weeks of scintillating tennis action. Captured here is some of the action from the early junior matches. Pix by Amila Gamage.
