Sri Lankan News Briefs (01 Dec 1995)

Friday 01, December 1995

SRI LANKA SPORTS NEWS AT-A-GLANCE

Jurangpathy going great guns in Australia

Former Sri Lanka Test cricketer Roshan Jurangpathy has won promotion to the Western Australian state squad where according to the Australian cricket magazine `Inside Edge`, "his off breaks and lusty hitting are under scrutiny".

Jurangpathy`s 40 wickets and 402 runs at 33.50 last summer for North Perth has won him selection to the state squad. "I was a baby when I played Test cricket alongside the likes of De Silva, Gurusinha and Ranatunga. I`m definitely much more mature and a better player today," Jurangpathy told the magazine."WA is a great place and has opened up a new life for me, but the Sri Lankans will still have somewhere to go for home cooking in Perth next month," said Jurangpathy who represented his country in two Tests against India in 1985-86.

Mendis happy with his bowlers

Sri Lanka team Manager, Duleep Mendis said that he is happy with his team`s bowling which has settled down before the three-Test series against Australia which starts on December 8.

Mendis claimed the margin of victory at yesterday`s limited over game (which his team won on a faster run rate) against Queensland did not reflect his team`s dominance after successive losses to Queensland in a limited overs game and a four-day match last week. But Mendis said that there are`still a few things to do`. Sri Lanka meets Tasmania in a four-day game, their last warm up match before the first Test against Australia in Perth, starts on Friday in Launceston.

Sri Lanka `A` meets UAE in Sharjah quadrangular `opener`

Sri Lanka`A` will meet hosts UAE in the `curtain raiser` of the Interface four-nation limited over cricket tournament which starts in Sharjah on December 5. The tournament is being conducted by the Emirates Cricket Board as a forerunner to the World Cup to give its team the necessary exposure and experience.

UAE won the ICC trophy tournament held in Kenya last year to qualify for the World Cup competition which will be held jointly in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka from February 11 - March 17 next year. The `A` sides of the three host World Cup nations along with the UAE form the 4 teams competing in Sharjah where the prize money is 15,000 dhirams to the winners, 10,000 Dh to the runner-up and 5,000 Dh to the third placed team.

Source :: Daily News (Lanka Internet Services)