Listless bowling exposes Lanka
The age old problem troubled the Lankans again as their bowling attack which lacks penetration was exposed as Pakistan went past the opponent’s total in a lesser number of overs than they bowled against them. After being in a tentative 95 for five on the third day, Pakistan gained a 117 runs first innings lead [...]
Top seed Dineshkanthan cruise through with ease
Thangarajah Dineshkanthan the top seed in the men’s open singles of the 100th Colombo Tennis Championship which is in progress now at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) clay courts in Greenpath , Colombo had an easy in a first round encounter played in the morning session yesterday. Dineshkanthan cruised through to a convincing 2-0 [...]
Russel says changes should be made
Before getting down to the nitty-gritty, a few illuminating facts about the cricketing life and times of Russel Arnold, the former St. Peters College, NCC and Sri Lanka player, would be in order. Speaking to the Sunday Times at the Galle International Stadium where he is currently part of the International Panel of Commentators, Russel said [...]
St. Joseph’s, Mahamaya continue to dominate as five records tumble on day three
Defending champions St Joseph’s Colombo and Mahamaya College Kandy in the boy’s and girls categories continued to dominate when proceedings ended on day three of the 42nd Sri Lanka Schools All Island Aquatic Championship which is in progress at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium swimming pool. The two schools ended day three with a lead of [...]
Malinga crowns himself with a record haul
So it’s final and as expected it’s a total surprise. Finally, after weeks of domination the ultimate supremacy of the fortress went to Malinga Amarasinghe of Nalanda College, who took everyone, in particular Sachin Dalpethado by surprise as the 36th Bata-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2015 competition came to a [...]
Sathira Shanuka and Nirmali Madushika champion athletes at Southern Province schools meet
Sathira Shanuka of Rahula College Matara was named champion male athlete at the Southern Province Schools Athletic Championship for his record breaking performance of 50.1 seconds in the 400metre event for boys Under-21 years while Nirmali Madushika of Kathaluwa National school was named champion female athlete for establishing a new meet record of 58.9 seconds [...]
The game must win – always
The very mention of the word summer can conjure up beautiful sporting images. If you are English, even more so – from the meticulously prepared tennis courts of Wimbledon to Lord’s lush green cricketing grounds, both signifying the epitome of their respective sports. New Zealand have already given the English summer a delightful start with [...]
Champions!
Isipathana’s bubble of invincibility was pricked, and spectacularly so, by fifteen blue, gold and blue jerseyed Royal lads who directed all their energies towards victory and did not seem to know the meaning of defeat. The Royal Complex that was packed to the rafters was roused forth by a brilliant first half performance by Royal [...]
Trinity’s late rally rattles St. Joseph’s
Trinity’s back to back tries in the final five minutes of play rattled St. Joseph’s who went down to the Lions by 12 points with the final score ending in favour of Trinity with the score line of 36 points to 24 points in the Singer Under-20 Schools Rugby League encounter played at Longdon Place [...]
Explosive Science blast Peterites
Science College concocted an explosive chemical equation to annihilate the home team St. Peter’s College by 34-3 in a Cup segment game of the Singer Schools Under-20 League Rugby Tournament played at Bambalapitiya yesterday. In a surprising turn of events Science virtually thrashed the Peterites with a tally of five tries, three conversions and a [...]
Last minute try by Wijeratne gives S. Thomas’ win over Kingswood
A last minute try by Thomian winger Danuja Wijeratne gave the home team a close 22-21 win over Kingswood in the Singer League Inter-School rugby game at Havelock Park yesterday. At the breather S. Thomas’ led 17-11. The Thomian points was made up of four tries and a conversion while the Kingswood points were made [...]
Ping pong silver for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Junior Table Tennis players taking part in the South Asian Junior and Cadet Table Tennis Championships 2015 at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in New Delhi won four silver medals in the four team events they took part. In the Cadet Boys Under-15 boys event Lankan posted a 3-0 win triumph over Nepal to [...]
TEARS LIKE RAIN
The top man in sport was tough this time. As a result tears flowed like rain from the eyes of a well-known player. The reason was that the Top Guy turned down the request to have her included in the team for a top World Cup down under in August. Representations were made by two [...]
Wawrinka’s breaks ‘one-slam’ jinx
The multiple winner of Grand-Slams, one of the most talented and creative players of the post-war era and outspoken commentator of the game John McEnroe named USA’s Michael Chang as ‘One-Slammer’. Michael Chang only won one Grand-Slam – the French-Open. When Croatian Marin Cilic won the US-Open last year, I heard a comment echoing the [...]
Rugby has spread but has it developed?
The school rugby league has seen the end and the champions were decided on Saturday. The league was completed successfully and credit should be given to the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association the organisers of the schools tournament. On the way to the end there may have been a few hiccups but it did [...]
Probing into the school cricket quagmire
The situation is a bit more complex than the problem with the dog in the manger which did not even let the oxen of the farmer eat the hay. I whacked my brains to arrive at a similar situation among the known parables, but, failed, but I do agree that the Lankan school cricket is [...]