SL_NEWS_07OCT1997
* Police and intelligence authorities probing into the Indian cricket betting scandal have learnt that the bridge between bookmakers and cricketers was established by either one or more journalists including a very high profile Calcutta-based sports
07-Oct-1997
Tuesday 07, October 1997
SRI LANKA SPORTS NEWS AT-A-GLANCE
Compiled by Dinesh Weerawansa
* Police and intelligence authorities probing into the Indian
cricket betting scandal have learnt that the bridge between
bookmakers and cricketers was established by either one or more
journalists including a very high profile Calcutta-based sports
journalist and television commentator.
`The Asian Age', a national English daily quoting police sources
said `It costs Rs. 10 million to ensure that India looses a
match against Pakistan, and another Rs. 3 million to Rs. 4
million to make certain that a key player `loses his touch'
during a fixed match'. `Not every match is controlled by
bookmakers. The police is also examining the close links for the
last few years between several journalists and a key suspect in
organising cricket betting who was arrested a week ago. It has
been established that the journalists and the suspect have been
in professional contact for the last four to five years.
* In Colombo, Thurstan College beat St. Mathews, also by an
innings in a division III under-13 school cricket match. Chief
scores: Thurstan 298 for 4 wkts (M. Randeera 125, C. Karunaratne
56, Ifran 2 for 6); St. Mathews 45 all out (O.Maharachchi 6 for
16) and 2nd innings, 45 all out (O. Maharachchi 5 for 11).
Maharachchi had a match bag of 11 for 27. Thurstan in outright
win
Fine bowling by Dayabaran and Lokuge
Fine bowling by M. Dayabaran (8 for 26) and R. Lokuge (6 for 9)
helped St. Sylvesters College, Kandy to score an innings and 50
runs win over Sri Sumangala Maha Vidyalaya, Kandy in their
Horlicks trophy under 13 Division II schools cricket tournament
match played at Police grounds, Kandy.
Sri Sumangala who batted first were dismissed for a paltry 37 in
just 17.2 overs with eight batsmen scoring ducks and they never
recovered from this shock.
Sri Sumangala MV 37 all out in 17.2 overs (M. Dayabaran 2 for
13, M. R. M. Ubadulla 2 for 7, R. Lokuge 4 for 2) and 50 all out
in 20 overs (S. Salgado 24, M. Dayabaran 5 for 13, R. Lokuge 2
for 7)
St. Sylvesters College 137 for 7 decl. in 27.5 overs (K. T. R.
Lankatillake 35, G. I. Senarath 31, D. Lokuge 21, D. K.
Pathirana 18 not out, M. Jayasena 3 for 26).
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)