The smallest crowd ever for anAustralian limited overs match atAdelaide Oval witnessed the home sidemaul the West Indies by eight wicketsTuesday night.

One-day cricket has had many betterdays than this, with Doug Bollinger’s first-ball dismissal of West Indies captainChris Gayle effectively determining the

outcome of the contest while dissuadingwhatever spectators might have swelledthe attendance later on.

Chief scores:West Indies 170 all out in 39 oversAustralia 171 for 2 in 26 overs.

(The Age)

by Reemus Fernando

Nalanda College recorded their fifth outright victoryof the season and the fourth in the tournament whenthey beat Mahanama College by ten wickets in theirmatch which ended at Campbell Place yesterday.

Scores: Mahanama 187 and 176 all out in 54.2 overs

(Duleeka Thissakuttige 54, Sajith Ruberu 36, ChathuraWanniarachchi 36; Nipun Karunanayake 5/35, DinukJayasinghe 3/60)

Nalanda 232 for 6 overnight 295 all out in 77.5

overs (Prashan Wickramasinghe 47, ChandimanthuRodrigo 36, Nipun Karunanayake 44, Adeesha

Nanayakkara 54, Suranga Tennakoon 24; IndunilKumara 4/80, Chathura Wanniarachchi 2/26, Randika

Welikannage 2/61) and 69 for no wickets in 13.3 overs(Nipun Karunanayake 51n.o, PrashanWickramasinghe 14n.o)

----------------------------------------------------------------Trinity win Trinity College consolidated their position as the

leading team of their group with a massive innings and99 runs victory over St. Anne’s College in their InterSchool Under-19 tournament match which ended atMaliyadeva Ground, Kurunegala yesterday.

Scores:Trinity 301 for 9 decl in 53 overs (Niroshan

Dikwella 94, Rajitha Jayatunga 56, Rushan Jaleel 25,Mohamed Sajid 32, Suresh Wickrama 32, KavindaJayasuriya 18; Rasika Wijesinghe 3/78, AkilaFernando 2/31)

St. Anne’s 107 all out in 35.5 overs (MayanthaUdagedara 16, Kaushalya Kariyapperuma 30;Chinthaka Gokula 3/33, Rushan Jaleel 5/41) and 95all out in 39.5 overs (Yohan Francis 23, Chanaka Silva26; Kavinda Jayasuriya 5/25, Heshan Wanniarachchi2/06)

-----------------------------------------------------------Moratuwa in innings winHalf centuries from Thilina Madusanka and

Lahiru Kamburugamuwa went in vain for Presidents’College as Moratu Vidyalaya coasted to an inningsand 111 runs victory in their Inter School Under-19tournament match which ended at Moratuwa yester-day.

Scores: President’s 130 and 226 all out in 57.5 overs

(Thilina Madusanka 60, Lahiru Kamburugamuwa 65,Sudesh Ranasinghe 27; Janitha Nimesh 4/32,Janindu Devinda 2/42, Sudeepa Kelum 2/51)

Moratu Vidyalaya 467 for 9 overnight decl in63.4 overs (Sudeepa Kelum 48, Sanka Ramesh 162,Ishan Peiris 25, Avishka Peiris 29, Janindu Devinda118, Janitha Nimesh 44n.o; Yashan Kuruwita 4/132,Kanishka Perera 2/42)

----------------------------------------------------------Cambrians on first innings Prince of Wales College restricted S. Thomas’

College to 128 runs and defended their first inningsscore of 150 runs to record a first innings victory in theirUnder-19 match which ended at Mount Lavinia yester-day.

Scores: Prince of Wales 150 and 103 for 6 at close in 44

overs (Buddhika de Alwis 42, Sithum Fernando 23n.o;Neyomal Wickramasekara 4/37, Lalindra Peiris 2/27)

S. Thomas’ 61 for 2 overnight 128 all out in 77overs (Kavindu Perera 31, Nuwan Kavinda 44; MalshanMendis 2/25, Shehan Jayasuriya 2/55, Nipun Peiris4/20)

-----------------------------------------------------------Gajasinghe shines for Mahinda All rounder Kaushalya Gajasinghe shone with an

unbeaten 72 runs for Maihnda College to help hisschool post 176 for six wickets at close in reply toWesley College’s 104 runs on the first day of theirUnder-19 match which commenced at Campbell Parkyesterday.

Scores: Wesley 104 all out in 37.5 overs (Dulanjana

Wijesinghe 31, Sachin Jayawardena 23n.o, JavidBongso 22; Nisala Tharaka 3/30, Dilan Buddhika 2/21,Kaushalya Gajasinghe 2/30)

Mahinda 176 for 6 at close in 57 overs (KaushalyaGajasinghe 72n.o, Sohan Kariyawasam 30n.o,Denuwan Rajakaruna 26, Supun Chanaka 22; RanindaSuriyakumara 2/41, Daniel Bartholomews 3/42)

—————————————-Five top 50s for Sebs Put to bat St. Sebastian’s College compiled 324 for

five wickets declared as five batsmen topped 50 runsfor them on the first day of their match against DeMazenod College at MOratuwa yesterday.

Scores:St. Sebastian’s 324 for 5 decl in 69 overs (Oshada

Fernando 67, Deshan Dias 63, Ramesh Fernando 61,Viroshana Alwis 57, Charith Fernando 51n.o; ChanonAnthony 4/71)

De Mazenod 43 for two at close in 20 overs(Romario Soysa 30n.o)

---------------------------------------------------------------Thurstan compile 292 for 8 declared Udara Munasinghe top scored with 70 runs while

Prabodha Arthavidu and Kaveen Tharindu (51n.o)added valuable half centuries for Thurstan College toscore 292 for eight wickets declared on the first day oftheir match against Kingswwod College at Reid Avenueyesterday.

Scores: Thurstan 292 for 8 decl in 61.5 overs (Udara

Munasinghe 70, Prabodha Arthavidu 66, KaveenTharindu 51n.o, Lahiru Gannoruwa 3/47, RashmindaSandaruwan 2/79)

Kingswood 48 for two at close in 19.2 overs (UdaraHettige 21n.o, Kaveen Tharindu 2/15)

---------------------------------------------------Ananda 245/9, Bens 24/0Ananda College consumed 87 overs to post 245 for

nine wickets declared with Udesh Nadeeranga andPasindu Madushan (64n.o) scoring half centuries on thefirst day of their match against St. Benedict’s College atKotahena yesterday.

In reply Bens were 24 for no wickets at close.Scores: Ananda 245 for 9 decl in 87 overs (Udesh

Nadeeranga 55, Matheesha Perera 29, MadumalJayaratne 19, Pasindu Madushan 64no; DinushanWanigasuriya 3/42, Dilshan Perera 2/47, Jeson Perera3/57)

St. Benedict’s 24 for no wickets in 8 overs -------------------------------------------Under-19 Division III Chathuranga stars in Wadduwa winLeft hander Dilshan Chathuranga cracked 125 runs

in 113 balls inclusive of 14 fours and three sixes beforepicking up a five wicket haul for Wadduwa Central torecord a 208 run victory over St. Mary’s College,Matugama in their Under-19 Division III tournamentmatch which ended at Matugama yesterday.

Scores:Wadduwa Central 257 all out in 56.5 overs

(Chamindu Dilshan 56, Hashan Lakmal 46, DilshanChathuranga 45, Nadeesha Lakmal 35, ChathuraMihiruk 27; Kasun Sameera 4/68, Thisara Priyalalith4/37) and 238 for 5 decl in 43.2 overs (DilshanChathuranga 125, Yasasri Alwis 72; Kasun Sameera4/61)

St. Mary’s 171 all out in 52.2 overs (ThisaraPriyalalith 52, Danusha Chamika 36, ChanakaDushmantha 23; Dilshan Chathuranga 3/70, LakmalGunathilaka 2/00, Hashan Lakmal 2/22, Gihan Asela2/32) and 116 all out in 35 overs (Shashee Sankapala31; Dilshan Chathuranga 5/27, Hashan Lakmal 2/09,Yasasri Alwis 2/37)

Wednesday 10th February, 2010

Wednesday 10th February, 2010

by Manik Banerjee

NAGPUR, India (AP) - SouthAfrica romped to a crushing victoryover India by an innings and six runson Tuesday after another superb dis-play by pace bowler Dale Steyn on thefourth day of the first test.

India scored 233 in its initial replyto South Africa’s mammoth firstinnings total of 558 for six declared atBCA stadium, forcing the follow on.Though Sachin Tendulkar scored 100in his team’s second innings the homeside again ran into trouble and wasall out for 319.

Steyn, who had ripped throughIndia’s first innings with career bestfigures of 7-51, took another threewickets for 57 runs in its second,while Paul Harris also plunderedthree wickets for 76 runs as SouthAfrica sealed a comfortable victory.

The visitors had made a decisivestart at the crease with Hashim Amlascoring 253 not out and Jacques Kallisadding 173 in the first innings, andthey never looked back, particularlyafter Steyn’s devastating spell.

Having resumed on Tuesday withIndia on 66-2, South African skipperGraeme Smith introduced left armspinner Harris for Morne Morkelafter the first five overs of the day inan effort to force a breakthrough,while Steyn continued from the otherend.

The ploy paid immediate divi-dends as Harris claimed Murali Vijayfor 32, Morkel taking the catch.

The departure of Murali sawTendulkar joined by SubramaniamBadrinath, only for him to be dis-missed for 6 shortly after to a full-length delivery from Wayne Parnellthat he edged to wicketkeeper MarkBoucher.

South Africa 1st Innings: 558-6 dec.India 1st Innings: 233India 2nd Innings(Overnight: 66-2)G. Gambhir b Morkel 1V. Sehwag c Smith b Steyn 16M. Vijay c Morkel b Harris 32S. Tendulkar b Harris 100S. Badrinath c Boucher b Parnell 6M. S. Dhoni c De Villiers b Harris 25W. Saha lbw b Steyn 36Harbhajan Singh lbw b Parnell 39Z. Khan c Harris b Kallis 33A. Mishra b Steyn 0I. Sharma not out 0Extras: (15b, 8lb, 6w, 2nb) 31TOTAL: (all out) 319

Overs: 107.1.Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-24, 3-96, 4-122, 5-192, 6-209, 7-259, 8-318, 9-318.Bowling: Steyn 18.1-1-57-3, Morkel 21-6-65-1 (1nb, 2w), Parnell 13-2-58-2, Harris38-17-76-3, Kallis 12-3-19-1, J.P. Duminy5-0-21-0 (1nb).Result: South Africa won by an inningsand 6 runs.Series: South Africa leads 1-0 (2).Toss: South Africa.Umpires: I. Gould (Eng), S. Davis (Aus).Third Umpire: A. Saheba (Ind). Match Referee: A. Pycroft (Zim).

South Africa beatIndia by an innings

South Africa’s Wayne Parnell, right, and captain Graeme Smith celebrate the dis-missal of India’s S. Badrinath, unseen, during the fourth day of the first cricket testmatch in Nagpur, India, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. (AP)

SCOREBOARD

India reigned supremeat the 11th South AsianGames which concludedyesterday, in Bangladesh,by taking first place with90 gold, 55 silver and 28bronze medals, but hostBangladesh underscoredits potential as a force tobe reckoned with by tak-ing third place behindPakistan (second).

South Asian sportinggiant India largely domi-nated the proceedings indisciplines like archery,athletics, badminton,judo, shooting, swimmingand table tennis.

Pakistan had theirmoments in athletics,judo, weight lifting,wrestling and wushu

which helped themfinish secondoverall.

HostBangladeshcouldn’thave askedfor a betterperform-ance in fin-ishing thegames with 18gold, 23 silver and56 bronze medals. Thismarks their best perform-ance ever at the SAGames.

The highlights forBangladesh in the 12-day-long games came in foot-ball, boxing, wushu andmost importantly incricket when they beat

Sri Lanka in thefinal, by six runs.

Sri Lankawhich pro-duced thefastest manin SouthAsia onMonday,

could onlyadd two bronze

medals to theiroverall tally yester-

day when ChalithaRanjana (Singles) alongwith TharindraDharshani andNayananjana Weerakoon(Doubles) bagged bronzemedals in table tennis. SriLanka’s final medals tallyread 16 gold, 34 silver and54 bronze medals.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total Medals tally - Day 12

1 India 90 55 28 173

2 Pakistan 19 25 36 80

3 Bangladesh 18 23 56 97

4 Sri Lanka 16 34 54 104

5 Nepal 7 9 19 35

6 Afghanistan 7 9 16 32

7 Bhutan 0 2 3 5

8 Maldives 0 0 2 2

India reign supreme followed byPakistan and Bangladesh

Under-19 Cricket

Nalanda record fifthoutright win

Tiny crowd watches crushing Australian win