Lankans upbeat; set for do-or-die battles
No second chances – now its sudden death. The Lankan team arrived in Sydney after their Hobart win over Scotland via Melbourne and are now in preparation for their tie against South Africa though it has not been officially announced by the ICC as yet. In all probability it may be today, after all preliminary [...]
Prasad and Channa guide David Peiris to 7 wkts win over Hilton Residencies
Dependable opening batsman Prasad Niroshan and reliable right-arm medium pace bowler, Nalinda Channa hogged the weekend’s limelight, as they guided David Pieris Motor Co. to a resounding 7-wicket win over Hilton Colombo Residencies in the ongoing 12th ‘Elephant House Lemonade Trophy,’ MCA Division ‘D’ 40-over League Tournament. The hoteliers batting first, were restricted to 128 [...]
Radicalised cricket: Finally ‘Chandi’ read the right script
I left my motel for the Sydney Airport in a taxi driven by a Chinese who was listening to the ABC radio channel dedicated to classical music. Though not a connoisseur of that idiom, there are times that I really enjoy moments of that light soothing stuff that gets right into your system. Talking of [...]
Jayasinghe’s cricket book launched
A book on cricket written by veteran sports journalist Sarath Jayasinghe was launched at the Sports Ministry Auditorium last week under the patronage of the Minister of Sports Navin Dissanayake. Picture shows the first copy of the book titled ‘World Cup Cricket and the Sri Lankan team’s heroics’ being presented to Minister Dissanayake by the [...]
Rain hampers proceedings as Blues Battle marooned
Rain hampered proceedings of the 136th Battle of the Blues encounter between traditional rivals Royal and S. Thomas’ for the second successive day at the SSC ground which saw the match ending in a tame draw. The second days saw the proceedings being hampered on two occasions with over 90 minutes of play being disrupted [...]
“It was like a piece of rubber snapping inside my thigh” – Dinesh Chandimal
A disappointed Dinesh Chandimal returned to Sri Lanka after his little cameo that nearly brought Sri Lanka an unexpected win and the rest of the World Cup for him. In fact he nearly missed his Singapore connection from Hobart after the flight that was due to leave at 9.45 a.m. took to the air only at [...]
BHUTAN STUN SRI LANKA
This news item caught the fancy of several sports lovers as it was widely expected that Sri Lanka would thrash Bhutan in the first leg of the World Cup qualifying game played at the Sugathadasa Stadium on Thursday. The defeat left Sri Lanka with several unanswered questions. Earlier Sri Lanka had beaten Bhutan 5-2 at [...]
Every Day was a Rainbow Day for Sir Donald Bradman
Any cricket fan’s or cricketer’s trip to Australia will not be complete without visiting the famous ‘Don Bradman Museum’ located on the ground floor of the beautiful Adelaide Oval which is at the Northern end of the city. As the city of Adelaide has grown and evolved, so too has the Adelaide Oval. An inseperable part [...]
Trinity-St. Anthony’s washed off
A sharp shower around 10 am put paid to any chances of play on the second day of the 99th Big Match between Trinity and St. Anthony’s at Katugastota. What was inexplicable was why the umpires dilly-dallied and procrastinated. Play could well have been called off much earlier than 3 pm when the final decision [...]
Skipper Jayanga, Hasitha shine in drawn game
Prince of Wales’ skipper Jayanga Peiris and Hasitha Lanka shone in the 65th Battle of the Golds big match encounter against traditional rivals St. Sebastian’s which ended in a draw at De Zoysa Stadium in Moratuwa yesterday. The pair cracked centuries and was also associated in a record fourth wicket stand 173 runs which in [...]
In rugby this fight remains forever: The freedom to cheer your side
Restless and or overawed players was what we saw when Havelocks took on Kandy SC at the Park. With an evening that was good despite the heat I wondered what was in store as a few misplaced tempers and shaking of fists was seen. Sense took over as the referee spoke to the captains without [...]
Philippines beat Sri-Lanka 5-0
For a nation, Tennis Player-development deals with producing players who can represent the country. If winning is out of reach, they should at least go down respectfully. It is with this as the reason we venture into competition and more so into international competition. We have been venturing into international competition without any sound local [...]
CR squeeze through Police;
Rimzi Jamaldeen, the Police fly-half must be kicking his heels! He missed a 45 metre penalty in the last minute which could have given Police victory. As a result CR&FC nosed through to a 30 points (5 tries, one goal and a penalty) to 29 (4 tries, three goals and a penalty) in their return [...]
St. Peter’s defeat rivals St. Joseph’s
St. Peter’s defeated traditional rivals St. Joseph’s easily by 59 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in their annual limited over encounter played at the R. Premadasa Stadium yesterday. The encounter which is the 41st in the series saw the Peterites chalk up their 18th win to regain the Rev. Fr. Peter Pillai Memorial Challenge Trophy. St. [...]
Ranganath continues lead for third consecutive week
Himesh Ranganath of Royal College Panadura continues to lead the All-Island category of the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2015 contest for the third consecutive week as the competition gathers momentum. Unlike last week Ranganath has expanded his lead to 99 votes from close contender Randev Pathirana of Royal [...]
DSS and Mahanama Gold Battle washed out
The same fate overtook in the 9th Battle of the Gold’s big match between D.S. Senanayake and Mahanama Colombo which ended in a draw at the P. Sara Stadium yesterday. DSS continuing from their overnight score of 157 for 4 was guided by skipper Harith Maduwantha who was unfortunate to miss out on a ton [...]
Mercantile Volleyball launches official website
Mercantile Volleyball Association of Sri Lanka (MVA) launched its official website and the theme song at a ceremony held at Olympic House in Colombo where the 2015 version of the Mercantile Volleyball Tournament was inaugurated. According to MVA President Mangala Perera, who is also the Executive Director of CW Mackie, it was successful in achieving [...]
Denesh Silva takes helm of TTSC
Denesh Silva from Kingsbury Colombo was unanimously re-elected as the President of the Travel Trade Sports Club (TTSC) for a second term at the 39th Annual General Meeting held at Hotel Ramada in Colombo. The two new faces in the Committee are Pradeep Daluwatte from Green Holidays and Asanka Fernando from Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Office [...]
Jayatissa sends Tamil Union reeling
Army SC right arm spinner Roshan Jayatissa had Tamil Union in deep trouble on day three in their Premier League Super Eight encounter played at the NCC ground. Roshan who ended the second day’s play with a four wicket haul went on to add another two wickets on day three to send Tamil Union, resuming on [...]
Can Rajans repeat recent successes?
Having achieved success in 2011, 2012 and 2014 Dharmaraja College can be excused for saying that Big Match victories are no big deal. For Kingswood College it is a different matter entirely, as they have not won since 1958. The 109th encounter which gets underway on March 20 and 21 at the Pallekele Stadium will be [...]
A dreary draw at Kurunegala
The 32 nd ‘Battle of the Rocks’ encounter between Maliyadeva College Kurunegala and St.Anne’s College Kurunegala ended in a tame draw at the Welagedara Stadium Kurunegala yesterday. Maliyadeva resuming from their overnight total of 153 for 5 declared their innings at 234 for 9 just before the lunch break and gained a slender lead of 30 [...]
MICH’s Fazil emerges champion
MICH’s M.F.M. Fazil emerged the Under 21 snooker national champion when he defeated M.S.M. Rasheed of MSC by three frames to one in the five frame final played at the Moors SC billiards table in Braybrooke Place. The champion having conceded the first frame came back to record wins in the second, third and [...]
St. Thomas’ have the edge over St. Servatius
Sri Lanka Under-19 player Lasith Lakshan leading St. Thomas’ College Matara to the 115th Big Match is determined to break Grecian Liyanage’s record of 207 not out registered at the 82nd encounter as the skipper against traditional rivals St. Servatius College. The encounter, dubbed as the Battle of the Blues of the South will be [...]
Udara, Nilushan in massive stand
Skipper Udara Jayasundara and Nilushan Nonis was associated in a massive opening wicket stand of 220 runs helping Ragama CC make a formidable score of 297 for 2 against Saracens SC when play was stopped due to bad weather on day two in the Premier League Plate encounter at the CCC ground. Nilushan made a [...]
Ashan shines as Navy SC dominate
Ashan Ranasinghe shone with an all-round performance as Navy SC dominated proceedings against BRC in the Emerging Trophy cricket encounter at Welisara. Ashan’s knock of 109 supported by half tons coming from Lahiru Jayakody and Dhanushka Gurusinghe enabled Navy SC to make a massive 406 for 8 declared. Ashan followed it with a six wicket [...]
Vidyartha provided the shocks against St. Sylvester’s
Vidyartha provided the shocks on another rain-shortened day at the Pallekele Stadium. 52 for 5 overnight, they fought hard to take the total to 160 for 9 before declaring just prior to 4 o’clock. Ravishka Upananda, who made an unbeaten 59 that contained eight fours and a six, was the toast of the Vidyartha team. Tharindu [...]
SLRFU sin-binned by Sports Ministry
The Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) which was scheduled for last Saturday (March 7) was not held as it had not obtained the approval of the Ministry of Sports for the meeting. In addition it is learnt that the incumbent President of SLRFU, Asanaga Seneviratne has not received the [...]
Damon and Chanaka take batting honours
The 13th David Pieris Group of Companies sponsored, ‘DPGC Challenge Trophy’, MCA Division ‘E’ 30-over League Tournament 2015, got off to a start on Poya Day and continued during the last weekend. During the three days, 20 half day matches took place and stealing the lime-light were the two centurions, opening batsman, Damon Diyagama from Emerchemie [...]
