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Adishtan’s century powers Maliyadeva to high score

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by Reemus Fernando

Rishi Adishtan scored a century inclusive of 12 fours and a six as Maliyadeva beat Prince of Wales by 36 runs in the Under-19 Division I Tier ‘A’ match at Kurunegala on Thursday.

Adishtan, who is in the Provincial Under-19 squad only as a standby, sent a strong message to the selectors with his match defining century which came in 112 balls. The valuable knock was also vital for them to post the tournament’s highest team total.

In reply to Maliyadeva’s 289 runs, the Cambrians could muster only 253 runs.

In a Tier ‘A’ match played at the CCC, Mahanama registered a 88 runs victory over St. Joseph’s as skipper Pavan Rathnayaka top scored with 93 runs before Achintha Supun, Sadishan Chamodya and Sethum Kenula shared bowling honours to contain the Darley Road team to a below par 125 runs. Sheran Fonseka (24) was the only batsman to top 20 runs for the Joes. Three top order batsmen failed to reach double figures.

In Tier ‘B’ matches played on Thursday, Isipatana and St. Servatius’ recorded victories.

In the traditional matches played yesterday, Yasiru Rodrigo picked up five wickets for S. Thomas’ to contain Ananda to 217 runs at Mount Lavinia. In reply, the Thomians were 25 for one wicket at stumps in this match played for the Halangoda –Atapattu trophy.

At Bambalapitiya, Manula Kularathne (5/60) and Abhishek Anandakumara shared eight wickets between them for Trinity. But half centuries by Nipunaka Fonseka and Shenal Botheju helped the Petes reach 277 for nine wickets declared.

 

Results

Tier ‘A’

Maliyadeva beat Prince of Wales at Kurunegala

Maliyadeva

289 for 8 in 50 overs (Thimira Chandrasena 58, Rishi Adishtan 100, Kalindu Ranmal 38, Chaluka Atapattu 31n.o.;)

Prince of Wales

253 all out in 47.1 overs (Ashan Fernando 56, Vidath Direndra 43, Anupa Bandara 33, Omesh Mendis 28; Chaluka Atapattu 2/22, Hasindu Ruwanpura 2/46

Mahanama outdo St. Joseph’s at CCC

Mahanama

213 for 8 in 50 overs (Pulshan Rohana 23, Savindu Kavinda 36, Pavan Rathnayaka 93; Vimukthi Seneviratne 2/26, Yesith Rupasingha 3/38, Dunith Wellalage 2/42)

St. Joseph’s

125 all out in 35.1 overs (Sheran Fonseka 24, Yesith Rupasingha 19; Sethum Kenula 2/16, Achintha Supun 3/15, Sadishan Chamodya 2/15)

Tier ‘B’

Isipatana beat St. Joseph Vaz at BRC

St. Joseph Vaz

155 all out in 49.3 overs (Vishwa Rajapaksha 54; Randunu Gunarathne 2/32, Thevindu Dickwella 5/21, Kavindu Amantha 2/26)

Isipatana

156 for 3 in 30.5 overs (Tharush Nethsara 90, Savindu Uthsara 38n.o.;

St. Servatius’

beat Dharmasoka at Uyanwatta

Dharmasoka

115 all out in 36.1 overs (Kaveen Samarahewa 43, Maneesha Rashmika 23; Madushan de Silva 4/22, Kushan Wijerama 3/24, Damimdu Sankalpa 2/21)

St. Servatius’

116 for 8 in 46 overs (Diniru Abeywickramasinghe 47, Chirath Neththaru 20; Aroshana de Silva 2/18, Sahan Sankalpa 2/31)

Traditional 2-Day Matches

Ananda V S. Thomas’ at Mount Lavinia

Ananda

217 all out in 74.2 overs (Anuda Jayaweera 45, Hansaja Jayasinghe 47; Yasiru Rodrigo 5/ 63)

S. Thomas’

25 for 1 in 13 overs (Shalin de Mel 14 not outn.o.)

St. Peter’s V Trinity at Bambalapitiya

St. Peter’s

277 for 9 decl. in 72.5 overs (Nipunaka Fonseka 76, Shenal Botheju 51, Wanuja Kumara 45, Shanuka Galagoda 26, Niman Umesh 24, Manula Kularathne 5/60, Abhishek Anandakumara 3/81)

Trinity

85 for 2 in 20 overs (Umair Raizan 30n.o., Thewin Amarasingha 28, Pawan Pathiraja 20n.o.)



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First sprinter to run 100m in under 10 seconds dies

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Jim Hines held the world record in the men's 100m for nearly 15 years (pic BBC)

US sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to run the 100m in under 10 seconds, has died at the age of 76.

He broke the record in 1968 when he recorded a hand-timed 9.9 seconds at the US Championships. Hines then broke his own record shortly after while winning gold at the 1968 Olympics, where an electronic timer in Mexico City recorded him at 9.95. His record held for nearly 15 years until Calvin Smith ran a time of 9.93 in 1983.

That is the longest length of time an athlete has held the record for the men’s 100m since the International Amateur Athletic Foundation began keeping track – 110 years ago.

His death was announced in a statement by World Athletics. The organisation said it is “deeply saddened” by the news. Both the Olympics and USA Track and Field shared tributes to Hines on Twitter. “The sport has lost a legend,” USA Track and Field said.

Hines was born in the state of Arkansas in 1946 but was raised in Oakland, California.

He had an early love of sport, namely baseball, but showed a real talent for sprinting as a teenager. He attended Texas Southern University where he ran for the Tigers track team before competing in national championships and the Olympics.

In addition to winning the 100m at the Mexico Olympics, he was also part of the US 4x100m relay team which won a gold.

He ended his sprinting career shortly after the Olympics and joined the NFL. He spent three years in the league, playing for the Miami Dolphins and the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Silverwood promises to address dot ball issue

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Leading up to the World Cup Qualifiers starting in less than two weeks’ time in Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka’s Head Coach Chris Silverwood promised to address the team’s dot-ball woes.

In the first ODI against Afghanistan which the hosts lost by six wickets here on Friday, there were 158 dot balls with the batters struggling to rotate the strike. That is a huge amount coming up to more than 25 overs. Although the number was cut down to 128 in the second game, Sri Lanka would like to do better than that.

“The dot ball issue is something that we are addressing. A lot of people are talking about it I know. We need to rotate the strike better and put the pressure back on the bowlers. The boundary percentage went up in the last game. Getting a balance between the two will help us to score above 300,” Silverwood told journalists.

Silverwood, the former England Head Coach, also welcomed the return of seniors Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne back into the side bringing more stability to the batting unit. Mathews was left out for game two, but that appears to be part of the team’s strategy to give everyone in the squad a go.

“Angelo was brought into the squad to boost the batting lineup and bring confidence into the side. He has experience of playing big matches. The fact is we must prepare the whole squad to cover ourselves to face any situation.

“Dimuth is making a comeback into the ODI side and he played superbly. He had a good Test series against Ireland. His tempo is very good. He gave us something to build on. The openers added 80 plus for the first wicket. Every partnership after that was scored at less than run a ball. It shows what we can do when we have a good start,” noted Silverwood.

Dhananjaya de Silva came up with a match-winning effort in the second game bowling his off-spin so well picking up three wickets that included the prize scalp of Ibrahim Zadran and earlier his less than run a ball 29 had helped Sri Lanka to a match-winning total of 323 for six.

“Dhananjaya is at six and has to adapt to situations whether it be setting a target or chasing one. The first game he played a superb inning. Today we saw him capitalizing after we had a great start. He kept the momentum going. Obviously scored quickly which is exactly what we need to get over 300. We want to keep pushing the barriers. When it comes to his bowling, he has been threatening to do it for a while.”

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Tharushi dazzles with two golds

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Sri Lanka’s mixed relay team with their medals. (from left) Jayeshi Uththara, Tharushi Karunaratne, Susantha Fernando (coach and manager), Shehan Dilranga and Vinod Ariyawansa.

Asian Junior Athletics Championship

by Reemus Fernando

Ratnayake Central, Walala runner Tharushi Karunaratne won back to back gold medals as Sri Lanka reaped a haul of three medals on day two of the Asian Junior Athletics Championships in South Korea on Monday.

Karunaratne won the gold medal in the women’s 800 metres before running the vital anchor leg for her team to clinch gold ahead of strong Indian and hosts’ teams in the 4×400 metres mixed relay.

Gold medals Sri Lanka won yesterday were its eighth and ninth since the commencement of the biennial championship in 1986.

Competing in her pet event, Karunaratne was hardly challenged as she led from the first 100 metres to finish in a time of 2:05.64 seconds. Karunaratne, had set an Asian (junior) leading time just outside the current national record to earn her ticket to the event in South Korea. “I am really proud of her achievement. I was not expecting her to run close to her personal best as she had given her best in the 400 metres,” Susantha Fernando her coach told The Island after she clinched her first gold. She won the silver medal of the 400 metres on Sunday.

In the mixed relay she started in the third position but when the Indian counterpart who had won the gold in the 400 metres individual event tumbled at the start she grabbed the opportunity to fight for the first place and there was no turning back for her from there on. Jayeshi Uththara who won the 400 metres bronze, Shehan Dilranga and Vinod Ariyawansa were the others to form the mixed relay team.

She finished in a new Sri Lanka record time of 3:25.41 seconds. She was also a member of the team that had set the previous national record at the World Junior Championships. While the country’s senior athletes are yet to run the mixed relay at an international event, the junior athletes’ performances had been considered as National Records.

Kahawatta Central triple jumper Malith Yasiru was the other medallist of the day. Yasiru cleared 15.82 metres, seven centimeters shy of his personal best, to win the bronze ahead of India’s Sukhpreet Singh. Japan’s Miyao Manato who was the only athlete to clear the 16 metres mark (16.08m) and China’s Ma Yinglong (15.98m) won the gold and silver medals respectively.

With the two gold medals won yesterday the country has nine gold medals against her name at these championships now. Sri Lanka’s first gold medals of these championships were won by Damayathi Dharsha (100m) and Susanthika Jayasinghe (200m) in Jakarta Indonesia in 1994. The country had to wait till 2012 when it hosted the event in Colombo to witness the next gold. Dulaj Madusanka and Shivanthi Kumari Ratnayake won golds in the men’s and women’s 400 metres at the Sugathadasa Stadium while also anchoring the 4×400 metres relay teams to bronze and silver.

At the last edition in Gifu, Japan the country won three golds with Aruna Dharshana winning the men’s 400 metres with a championship record time of 45.79 seconds. Dharshana also ran a vital leg to win the 4×400 metres gold. The other gold came in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase when Parami Wasanthi clocked a National Junior Record time of 10:21.54 seconds to win.

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