England 498/9 dec; Sri Lanka 91/8:

Woeful Lanka faces another three-day trouncing

DURHAM: If the conditions and pitch and Leeds were bowler friendly there was no excuse for Sri Lanka’s woeful batting display at Chester-le-Street here where the sun shone brightly and the pitch didn’t give as much assistance to the bowlers.

Royal retain Anghie trophy, beat Peterites 33-24

Royal staged a spectacular display of rugby when they came from behind to beat St.Peters by 33 points (5 Tries, 4 Conversions) To 24 (4 tries, 2 conversions) to retain the B.C.Anghie trophy in their Singer inter school ‘A’ Division league rugby tournament second round match at the Royal Sports complex grounds at Reid Avenue yesterday.

Ford credits hard work for Lanka's brilliant fielding

DURHAM: Graham Ford the Sri Lanka cricket team's head coach praised the fielding of his players and said that they deserved every catch they took during the England first innings of the first day of the second Test at Chester-le-Street here on Friday. "I have always had a huge regard for the attitude of the Sri Lankan players," said Ford.