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How they were out – Sri Lanka
How they were out – England

Sanath Jayasuriya showed his hunger for one-day cricket hasn’t dimmed with a match-winning display at The Oval. He struck a sublime 122 which, alongside crunching fifties for Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, powered Sri Lanka towards their impressive 319 for 8. While England had Kevin Pietersen there was hope but Jayasuriya struck the key blow in the 32nd over before returning to clean up two more, snuffing out any thoughts of a fightback and, in the process, sealing a 2-0 series lead.Some aspects of England’s play were improved from an effort at Lord’s that was sometimes shambolic, yet the margin of defeat was significantly larger. Steve Harmison was outstanding in his 10-over spell and the ground fielding lifted itself by a few notches – especially the fine catches held by Pietersen and Tim Bresnan. Promising partnerships between Pietersen and Ian Bell then Pietersen and Paul Collingwood shaped a hopeful run-chase but ultimately too much rested on to few.Not all the failings from Saturday were erased, either, with 33 extras being conceded including another criminally high 21 wides. In their current form, Sri Lanka are not a team that need a helping hand and they quickly showed their intent to climb all over England while they are down.Harmison’s early pace brought the wicket of Saturday’s hero, Upul Tharanga, but once Jayasuriya and Jayawardene had assessed the conditions – and found them to be very flat – they set their sights on doing serious damage to England’s bowling figures. Jayasuriya was the first to flick the switch and unleash a volley of rasping boundaries. Sajid Mahmood was brought back following a first two-over spell that cost 26 and proved even more expensive second time around as Jayasuriya put his foot down by taking 17 off Mahmood’s fifth over, including an effortless six over midwicket.Jayawardene lost nothing in comparison to his partner and his fifty was noticeably faster, taking just 50 balls. The partnership raced past 150 and ended in the only way that appeared likely – a mix-up between the batsmen. Jayasuriya ploughed on to his 20th one-day century off 122 balls and continued a fond acquaintance with The Oval after he first signalled his presence to English crowds with a double-century in the 1998 Test. Sangakkara ensured the momentum was never lost and, after a steady start, he showed his own repertoire of boundaries and raced to his half-century from 41 balls with a swing over midwicket off the struggling Mahmood.

Chasing more than a run a ball from the outset, England needed a rapid platform. Trescothick’s start hinted at the possibility of a Jayasuriya-style onslaught but, attempting a third four, he leant back on a drive and sliced a catch to backward point. With the more orthodox pair of Strauss and Ian Bell together the innings didn’t get the flyer that was needed to exploit the fielding restrictions.Strauss tried to hit over mid-on and only located Muttiah Muralitharan at mid-off but in many ways his dismissal opened up England’s best chance of staying in the game. Pietersen started positively with a couple of crunching cover drives – one from a short-of-length ball that was still rising – and a glorious lofted drive over mid-on off Ruchira Perera, whose first two over cost 21. Pietersen found his range and overcame a painful blow to the knee from Lasith Malinga to crunch a forehand smash off the same bowler. Bell was not overshadowed and slapped a stunning straight six off Chaminda Vaas as England upped the tempo.However, Malinga made the breakthrough for Sri Lanka when Bell top-edged a pull and found Muralitharan at mid-on. With the stand flourishing it was bad timing for England and Malinga had again proved a valuable go-to man for his captain. Pietersen, who eased past fifty off 48 balls, and Collingwood formed another sensible stand and were the ideal combination to bring the required mixture of singles and boundaries.But the day quickly turned into the story of one man of which so much has already been written on tour. Jayasuriya kept firing in his non-spinning, leg-stump bullets and Pietersen fatally showed his stumps as he missed an expansive sweep. Collingwood’s typically energetic half-century came off 55 balls but the task was becoming desperate. He fell to Jayasuriya’s quicker ball and Dalrymple went in similar style with a massive air shot.The last three wickets – varying degrees of laughable run outs – summed up proceedings. Sri Lanka have dominated the two matches from start to finish, England haven’t been at the races. It would be a brave person to put money on this series being alive into next week.

Shane Warne might find himself in trouble after an incident involving opening batsman Scott Newman on the first day of Hampshire’s Championship match against Surrey at The Rose Bowl. Alan Whitehead and Nigel Cowley, the umpires, will have to decide whether to report Warne to Lord’s.The row erupted when Hamsphire thought they had Newman, then on 14, caught behind by Nic Pothas in the fourth over of the day. Led by Billy Taylor, the bowler, the fielding side staged a prolonged appeal, leading to Whitehead approaching Warne, Hampshire’s captain, at the end of the over.The pair engaged in what appeared to be a heated discussion lasting a couple of minutes and which involved a fair amount of finger wagging and gesticulating. The animated exchange reignited several times, both parties returning to the fray just as the debate appeared to be ending.Alan Fordham, the first-class cricket operations manager for the ECB, acknowledged that he had spoken to Whitehead during the tea interval but refused to comment further – neither would either official.But Warne, who received three disciplinary points after a clash with Somerset’s Peter Bowler last season, and Whitehead were believed to have been called together at the close of play to try to resolve their differences.To rub salt into the wound, Newman went on to score a hundred, although when he was finally dismissed for 111 immediately after tea there was hardly more than a splatter of applause as he returned to the pavilion.

Neil McKenzie, the South African Test batsman, has been released by Easterns and will now play for the new Highveld Lions team. McKenzie, 28, has scored 2028 runs in his 41 Tests, with two centuries.McKenzie had not been selected for the Titans in their first two Standard Bank Pro 20 matches, Brandon Foot, Easterns’ chairman, explained that he had been released by the franchise to further his career. He said: “Neil has indicated to me that, as a national player striving to achieve recognition in the limited-overs version of the game, it is important to him that he play as many Pro 20 matches as possible. We have elected not to stand in Neil’s way, but to afford him the opportunity of competing for the Highveld Lions, in the best interests of his career. This is, of course, also in line with the decision of the UCBSA to reduce the number of professional teams competing in South African domestic cricket and to ensure that playing strength is spread evenly amongst all the franchises in the country.”Dave Nosworthy, the Titans’ coach, said it was obviously a blow to lose a player of Neil’s calibre. “Neil has served Northerns well and is a player of quality. We wish him all the very best for his future career.”McKenzie concluded: “I would like to thank Northerns Cricket Union for all that they have done for me. Northerns is a truly professional set-up from their administration right down to the change-room attendant. I believe other unions can take a leaf out of Northerns’ book, who always allow cricket to prevail. I am sad to be leaving the Nashua Titans and will always be grateful to them for having afforded me the opportunities necessary, to allow me to be selected for South Africa. I wish them well in the future.”

Already overburdened by the perennial controversies that have become as attached as a Siamese twin, West Indian cricket was thrown into further confusion Monday, three days before the first Test of the Cable & Wireless Series against Australia.Not for the first time, surely for the last, Carl Hooper has withdrawn from a West Indies squad.His decision to pull out of the 14 announced last Saturday was not unexpected, as it came after his dismissal as captain last week, after two years in the post and following the West Indies’ first-round elimination from the World Cup in South Africa.Although he did not go so far in a brief statement, Hooper has effectively ended his 16 enigmatic largely unfulfilled years in international cricket, in which he played 102 Tests, 22 as captain, and 227 One-Day Internationals as a stylish batsman and steady off-spin bowler.In spite of a Test batting average in the mid-30s and a bowling average just a few points below 50, he is the only player in the game to score over 5 000 runs, claim more than 100 wickets and snare over 100 catches in both forms of the game.Apart from the frustration of having to hand over a basically young team that he feels, with some justification, has gradually developed under him, Hooper is now 36 and his knees required surgery last December."After giving my selection in the West Indies team for the first Test careful consideration, I have decided to inform the selectors and the West Indies Cricket Board of my decision to make myself unavailable," Hooper said in his statement, issued in St Lucia where he participated in the Double Wicket World Cup tournament last weekend."This has been a difficult decision but is one I feel must be made, given the recent developments over the last few weeks and the new direction in which the team will now head."Though [it is] tempting to play, it would curtail the development of a younger player, and I see it also as a backward step for West Indies cricket. I take this opportunity to wish the team well into the upcoming series and urge the Caribbean public to continue with their support for the West Indies team."Hooper reportedly had lengthy discussions with West Indies greats Sir Everton Weekes and Lance Gibbs in St Lucia.His wife Connie, a solid supporter who has been constantly by his side since he came out of two years’ retirement in 2001 to immediately take over as captain from Jimmy Adams, would have helped influence his decision."We are disappointed and we’re now thinking of a replacement" was chief selector Sir Viv Richards’ reaction. Sir Viv, the only West Indies captain never to have lost a Test series, strongly and publicly supported Hooper’s retention as captain but was outvoted by his two colleagues on the panel, Joey Carew and Gordon Greenidge, and ultimately by the board."We were hoping for him to play because he would have filled a certain role such as being a spinner," Sir Viv said. "As to who will replace Hooper, our options are still open."The clearest choice would be the 27-year-old Jamaican Gareth Breese, who had one Test in India last October and has had a good allround Carib Beer tournament (335 runs, average 37.22, 28 wickets, average 22.85). But he lacks Hooper’s vast experience andbatting class.The more likely scenario is that all four chosen fast bowlers – Merv Dillon, Pedro Collins, Vasbert Drakes and Jermaine Lawson – will start with Marlon Samuels to fill in with occasional off-spin.Hooper’s loss as a batsman comes after the enforced absence of Ramnaresh Sarwan, the appointed vice-captain, with a finger injury and the pointed omission of left-handed opener Chris Gayle, and throws the batting order out of balance.Since Gayle has presumably paid the price for preferring profit in the Double Wicket tournament to playing for Jamaica in the Carib Beer Series final against Barbados last weekend, it means a probable debut for 21-year-old left-handed opener Devon Smith and the return as his partner of Daren Ganga after a year out of the team.The upheavals place even heavier responsibility than usual on Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the only two batsmen with over 50 Tests.West Indies were in similar disarray when the Australians last came to the Caribbean, yet shared the series 2-2.Thrashed in all five Tests and six of seven One-Day Internationals in South Africa a few weeks earlier, West Indies were without Hooper for the first two Tests and Chanderpaul for all four. Lara was placed on probation for two matches and told to improve his leadership.West Indies were bowled out for 51, their lowest ever total, in the first Test in Trinidad, losing by 351 runs, yet rallied behind Lara’s brilliant batting to win the next two before losing the last.Australia have key absentees of their own. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath and leg-spinner Shane Warne, both with over 400 Test wickets, are missing for contrasting reasons, and batsman Damien Martyn is out of the series through injury.But the Australians have shown great depth among their reserves. West Indies are now about to have theirs tested.

The MRF Buchi Babu All India Invitation Tournament witnessed a fineperformance from Pankaj Dharmani in the opening clash between TamilNadu Cricket Association Districts XI and All India Associate Banks(AIAB) XI at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Onwinning the toss, Karnataka’s B Akhil decided that his team, AIAB XI,would bat. However, it all went wrong for the AIAB team when they wereset back at 27/4 by the Districts XI opening bowlers. Twenty-sevenyear old Punjab keeper batsman Dharmani changed the course of the gamewith a face saving 141 as AIAB ended the day on 283/8 off 95 overs.Dharmani, who has turned out for India, boasts a first class averageof over 50 and has a triple century to his name. Clearly a class actin domestic circles, Dharmani took to the Districts bowling and playeda hand that all present at the ground will remember for a while tocome. Picking off the bowling for 21 boundaries and two sixes,Dharmani stayed at the wicket for just over five hours, facing 211balls in the process. Involved in a mammoth 180-run stand for thefifth wicket with Sanjay Mohan, Dharmani turned the game around on itshead. The fact that Sanjay Mohan contributed just 46 (234 mins, 149balls, 6 fours) in that stand is proof of Dharmani’s dominance.Finally, it was mediumpacer G Vignesh who put an end to Dharmani’srun, having him caught behind with the AIAB score on 230. As many as203 runs were added while Dharmani was at the wicket. The AIAB tailtoo wagged, putting on another 53 runs, and the side finished with ascore that never looked on the cards when four wickets were lost forless than 30 runs. G Vignesh (3/48) and KS Veeranan (2/40) were themost successful bowlers.Khirid plays the sheet anchor role for MaharashtraRanjit Khirid played the sheet anchor role to perfection in helpingMaharashtra build up a total of 267 all out in 90.4 overs on theopening day of their MRF Buchi Babu invitation cricket tournamentfirst round match against Indian Railways at the Southern Railwayground in Chennai on Sunday.The right handed batsman came in when the first wicket fell at 37 inthe 18th over and did not depart till he was seventh out at 207 offthe last ball of the 68th over. His contribution of 88 was invaluableto Maharashtra who progressed only by fits and starts.Winning the toss, Maharashtra lost their first wicket when JaideepNarse who struggled for 73 minutes and 56 balls for four runs – aboundary being his only scoring shot – was out to left arm spinnerMurali Karthik. Niranjan Godbole, who dominated the first wicketpartnership with Narse, and Khirid then took the score to 86 beforethe former was run out for 58. He faced 106 balls and hit ten of themto the ropes.Off spinners Sanjay Satpathy and Kulamani Parida then struck atregular intervals and Maharashtra at one stage were 162 for six.Satyen Lande (27) and Khirid then added 45 runs for the seventh wicketoff 11 overs before Khirid was caught by wicketkeeper Sudhir Wankhedeoff Satpathy. During his 205-minute stay at the crease, Khirid faced151 balls and hit 14 of them to the fence. Lande and Satyajit Satbhaithen kept the innings going with an eighth wicket partnership of 51runs off 19.5 overs. Satbhai remained unbeaten with 37 off 70 ballswith four boundary hits. Parida was the most successful bowler withthree for 67 off 21 overs while Satpathy took two for 77 from the samenumber of overs. Murali Karthik had two for 69 off 28 overs while YereGoud who took the wickets of the last two batsmen with successivedeliveries had two for five off 2.4 overs.At close, Railways were seven for no loss off three overs with VineetSaxena (4) and Amit Pagnis (2) at the crease.

First Division

Click here to read John Ward’s report of the third day between Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire at Headingley.Click here to read Will Luke’s report of Sussex against Surrey at Hove.

Second Division

4th dayGlamorgan secured a 114-run victory over Gloucestershire at Bristol even though they contrived to drop Hamish Marshall five times on his way to a hundred. Gloucestershire, set 315 off a minimum of 80 overs, slid to 76 for 5 before Marshall and Steve Snell put on 114 for the sixth wicket. The game appeared to be heading to a draw but Robert Croft (3 for 39) and Jason Gillespie (3 for 39) ripped through the tail as five wickets fell for 10 runs. In the morning, Matthew Wood (83*) and David Hemp (72) extended Glamorgan’s second innings to 178 for 1 against occasional bowlers.Matt Boyce scored his maiden first-class hundred as Leicestershire’s game with Warwickshire at Edgbaston petered out in a draw. Resuming on 121 for 1, Leicestershire used the day for batting practice, with Boyce leading the way with 106. With HD Ackerman, who made his 11th Championship hundred, he added 182 for the second wicket while Ian Salisbury finished with 5 for 67 on his home debut.3rd dayWorcestershire enjoyed the best of the day against Northamptonshire at Northampton where they amassed 400 for 8, a first-innings lead of 232, against a fairly toothless bowling attack. Kabir Ali (46), Gareth Batty (37) and Steve Davies (31) helped add 148 for the last five wickets. Northamptonshire wobbled in reply, before Nicky Boje and David Sales steered them to 161 for 2 by the close.

Scorecard

April is meant to be a month of swing bowlers, green seamers and low scores, but Surrey went on an early-season run-spree at The Oval as they racked up 537 for 5 with centuries from Mark Butcher and Usman Afzaal to follow Mark Ramprakash’s 118. And their short stint in the field paid dividends when Iain Sutcliffe was brilliantly held by Ali Brown at third slip to give Pedro Collins his first county wicket.It was remorseless accumulation from Surrey throughout a sunny but bitterly cold day until Butcher called time on the feasting to leave Lancashire an hour to bat. Brown was within sight of becoming the fourth century-maker of the innings but had to settle for an unbeaten 74 in an unbroken stand of 160 for the seventh wicket.”As a batting unit last year, apart from Ramprakash, we had a pretty hit-and-miss time so it was important that we put a score on the board,” said Butcher. “There were quite a few nerves around before the first day, the first game of the season against a top team like Lancashire. We weren’t quite sure about the balance of our side, but with Matt Nicholson pulling out [with flu] it made things a little easier so we went with the extra batsman. It may have been slightly defensive but with the weather around and points at a premium, we were very happy with how it has turned out.”The notable batting came from Butcher and Afzaal, two further members of the former England batsman club that have dominated this game. Afzaal, in his first Championship innings for Surrey since his winter move from Northamptonshire, was positive from the outset after Ramprakash edged Oliver Newby, armed with the second new ball, to end a stand of 218 with Butcher. It was the same combination that should have accounted for him on 0 yesterday.With the cushion provided by Ramprakash’s masterclass, Afzaal greeted Gary Keedy’s first ball with a handsome straight six and appeared at ease throughout his innings. This was the venue of his third and final Test appearance, against Australia in 2001, when he celebrated a half-century with over-egged gusto that didn’t impress the visitors.He didn’t make much of an impression on the England management, either, and although he toured India and New Zealand that winter he didn’t find his way back into the line-up after concerns over his attitude and fitness. However, he remained a consistent county run-scorer until a poor 2007 at Northants – 570 runs at 35 – prompted another move. Division One action was an attraction and his move into the middle order has added further solidity to an impressive Surrey line-up.He went to tea on 99 and reached his century from 165 balls in the first over after the break. The celebration was much more restrained than those in 2001 when he’d made half the score. With the hundred tucked away Afzaal began to express himself and twice pulled Sajid Mahmood over midwicket for six.Butcher, starting the day on 80, wasn’t quite at his fluent best but the concentration remained firm and he brought up his hundred off 188 balls. However he, too, was given a life when he top-edged a pull on 89 only for Glen Chapple to misjudge the catch at mid-on. Chapple quickly left the field having felt a twinge in his back but returned to the field during the afternoon session, striking to remove Butcher with his first ball via a thin edge to the keeper. Lancashire, though, continued to strike after the horse had bolted into the neighbouring paddock.As Surrey marched on and the 130-over mark was passed – the cut-off for collecting bonus points – Lancashire waited for the declaration. Brown, who turned down an IPL offer to fulfil his Surrey deal, milked the bowling without unleashing his full power but still enjoyed a dart at Keedy.Lancashire’s bowlers struggled to make an impression although Mahmood produced a lively, and unlucky, spell in the morning when he had Ramprakash in some trouble. The one positive, perhaps more for the future than the present, was the continued performance of Andrew Flintoff. He showed no ill-effects from yesterday’s workload and sent down another 17 overs at good pace. Flintoff’s 28 overs were the most he’d bowled in one innings since the opening Ashes Test at Brisbane in November 2006. His next role will be batting, something Lancashire have to do for a long time before they save this game.

Ian Botham, one of the greatest cricketers of the modern era, has been knighted by the Queen in her Birthday Honours.As a player Botham was one of the rare breed who emptied bars whether he was bowling or batting as he almost always made something happen. Since retiring he has raised more than £10 million for Leukemia Research with 11 walks in the UK and Europe.”I’m delighted that I’ve been honoured, not only for myself but for the people that have helped me get there,” he told the Press Association. “My wife Kath organised most of the walks and this will be very much a family celebration.”I have been fortunate to go to the Palace on previous occasions and I’m excited about the prospect of going there. To go there under these circumstances will be a very proud moment, it’s very nice to be recognised for what we have all achieved.”Tom Cartwright had a lot to do with my career as did Brian Close, but there are two people who I am sad are not here to enjoy this. My father Les passed away 18 months ago and it would have been a proud moment for him and also Ian Wooldridge, who was another long-standing friend and would have been pleased to raise a glass tonight. There are a lot of other people out there who I hope will enjoy this moment with me.”Looking back to his early years when he was a young player starting out at Somerset with Sir Viv Richards, who was knighted in 1999, Botham smiled. “How many people would have thought that Viv and I would be here when we started out in his flat as teenagers and used to go across the road to Roy Marshall’s pub? They would make us feel very welcome and give us some tea because Viv and I were not the greatest in the cooking stakes.”Who would have thought that all these years later that those two young guys would be honoured like this?”

James Franklin arrived in Wales insisting he is ready for a county season with Glamorgan, his knee troubles now behind him.After being told last week that he required surgery on his knee, Glamorgan began a search for another bowler. But this week, a second opinion cleared Franklin to play this season. And he is keen to show his county that he isn’t just a bowler who can bat; his hundred in the second Test at Cape Town proves, he says, that he is an allrounder.”Being an all-rounder has been my job for Wellington and I know I can bat,” Franklin told . “But I guess getting that hundred in the second Test at Cape Town has opened a few other people’s eyes. When I do start for Glamorgan I want to show I can do an equally good job with the bat as well as the ball.”The chance for a New Zealander to come over and play county cricket has been rare in the past. But now there are a few of us popping up and it’s a chance I’m relishing. I’ve had a little bit of experience in county cricket with Gloucestershire and I’m really happy to be here.”Franklin also spoke of his fears last week after finding out about the knee problem. “It’s been a bit of a turnaround after finding out 10 days ago I was going to have surgery. But now I’m ready to play the rest of the county championship season.”The MRI scan in South Africa showed their was a tear in my knee, so New Zealand Cricket flew me home to see two surgeons. I met them both, but they both said conclusively that they didn’t want to operate.”I know the scan shows a tear, but I did play with it throughout the Test series, and I’m confident I will be able to play on it over here. So, in conjunction with New Zealand Cricket and Glamorgan, I find myself in Cardiff and, hopefully, playing soon.The county will wait to officially register Franklin until he has proved his fitness over the weekend. “Chris Towers (Glamorgan physio) has had a good look at the knee and he is pretty happy with it. I’ll put it though its paces over the next few days and I’m confident I’ll shape up after that. It will be up to Chris and John Derrick (Glamorgan director of cricket) then to see if they want me to play against Worcestershire on Tuesday.”

Glenn Turner plans to nominate for New Zealand’s selection panel ten years after being dumped as convenor and coach. Turner, who recently ended a four-season coaching stint with Otago, would give the group, which is led by John Bracewell, some much-needed batting balance.”I would think the right time to become involved is now while the players are still fresh in the mind – not after having had a break,” Turner told NZPA. “I’ve still got a very keen interest and intend doing a professional job.”Turner’s previous appointment to the panel ended in 1995-96 after crucial differences with the players, especially Chris Cairns, and he was dropped as coach and selection convenor. Turner said he saw the new position as an opportunity to provide ideas and be a sounding board, but Bracewell would be in charge and carry the final say.The current bowler-heavy set-up includes Bracewell, Sir Richard Hadlee, Brian McKechnie and Ross Dykes, and applications for two-year deals close on May 13. Ian Smith called for a batting specialist to be included after New Zealand’s disasters against Australia last summer and Turner, a former Test player who averaged 44.64 in 41 Tests, will be a strong candidate.