sport in brief

Sohail takes 7/87

S. M. Jiffrey ABDEEN

Right arm off spinner Mohamed Sohail took 7 for 87 to bowl Madena Central College, Madawala to a first innings win over Galagedera Central College in their inter school cricket match concluded at Galagedera yesterday.

Galagedera Central College 170 all out in 77 overs (Udaya Shantha 41, Udara Poornalanka 21, Suranjith Karuna 32, Mohamed Sohail 7 for 87) and 256 all out in 55 overs (Nimal Premachandra 74, Udaya Shantha 57, S. Chinthaka 36, S. Wijesinghe 47, M. Safri 3 for 31, M. R. M. Razeen 2 for 17, M. Sazri 3 for 57)

Madena Central College 189 all out in 47 overs (M. R. M. Razeen 34, M. Sazri 48, M. Sazri 37, S. Rajapakse 5 for 32, K. Senaratne 3 for 34) and 150 for 6 in 43 overs / M. Shizan 74, L. Nazeer 20, M. Sazmi 26 not out, Udaya Shantha 4 for 38,).

Schools Rugby Calendar 2009

By Upananda JAYASUNDERA - Kandy Sports Special Corr.

RUGBY: The following is the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Calendar for the Year 2009:

Under-20, All Island Rugby Tournament to be held on the 28th February to 1st of March on knock-out basis at the Royal College rugby grounds.

Under-18, Ten-a-Side Knock-out Tournament on the 11th and 12 July at Royal College rugby grounds.

Under-15, Twelve-a-Side All Island Knock-out Tournament from 20th and 21st July at Bogambara Grounds, Kandy.

Under-14, Ten-a-Side All Island Knock-out Rugby Tournament to be held on the 19th and 20th September at the Royal College rugby grounds.

Under-19, League Tournament to be held from May to July all over the island.

Cambrians take under-13 cricket title

Dilwin MENDIS, Moratuwa Sports Correspondent

Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa beat Seethawaka Rajasinghe Maha Vidyalaya, Avissawella by two wickets to become the champions of the Western Province Under-13 Division One Cricket Tournament conducted by Sri Lanka Schools Cricket Association and sponsored by the Bank of Ceylon played at MCA grounds, Colombo.

Cambrians winning the toss and put the opponents into bat and they were all out for 117 runs in their allotted over 30 runs. Jayanga Peiris bagged 3 for 11 for Cambrians and in reply Cambrians were in the box seat at one stage with 93 for 3 and collapsed to 103 for 8, but the ninth pair saw them through with Chamindu Peiris making 35 runs.

Chief scores:

Seethawaka Rajasinghe 117 in 30 overs (Jayanga Peiris 3 for 11).

Prince of Wales: 118 for 8 in 29.3 overs (Chaminda Peiris 35).

Six Nations to test England

RUGBY: LONDON, Jan 31, 2009;- England can claim there was no great disgrace in being beaten by the Tri-Nations giants in November but a lacklustre Six Nations will fray the patience of their fans just that little bit further.

England haven’t won the tournament since 2003 - a damning indictment given the depth of their playing and financial resources - when a team captained by Johnson also went on to win the World Cup later that same year.The jury remains out on the decision by England chiefs to appoint as team manager last year someone in Johnson who, for all his inspirational qualities as a captain, had no coaching experience at all.

AFP