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| September 17, 2002 | Tuesday | Rajab 9, 1423 |
Dutch taught harsh lesson as Sri Lanka reach semis
COLOMBO, Sept 16: Hosts Sri Lanka crushed newcomers Holland by 206 runs to become the first team to reach the Champions Trophy semifinals Monday.
Opener Marvan Atapattu struck his sixth one-day hundred to lift his side to 292 for six after skipper Sanath Jayasuriya elected to bat in the day-night pool 4 game at the Premadasa Stadium.
Sri Lanka are likely to meet world champions Australia in their semifinal. The Australians lead pool 1 after a record 164-run victory over New Zealand on Sunday and should easily beat Bangladesh in their other pool game.
The Sri Lankans topped pool 4 with their second win after defeating Pakistan by eight wickets on Thursday.
Holland were skittled out for 86 with 20.3 overs left, hardly showing the application they had with their spirited fielding and bowling to peg the Sri Lankan total under the 300-run mark.
Atapattu, who was named Man-of-the-Match, reached his century in the 42nd over.
Holland were playing in only their sixth One-day International, and their first since the 1996 World Cup. They had qualified for the event, and next year’s World Cup, as winners of last year’s ICC trophy in Canada.
The Sri Lankan bowlers reduced the inexperienced opposition to three for four runs in the fourth over as they threatened to bowl the Dutch out for under the lowest one-day total of 38.
But Tim de Leede, who came in to bat at number four, top scored with 31 to avoid any such embarrassment.
He hit five fours in his 43-ball stay, the only other show of resistance coming from Edgar Schiferli, who lofted off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan over midwicket for a six to score 15.
Sri Lanka could afford the luxury of introducing the 290-wicket veteran in the 20th over with six wickets down and the spinner quickly wrapped up the innings, taking 4-15 in 5.3 overs.
Earlier, the host batsmen were made to work harder than expected by the resilient Dutch who claimed the early wicket of captain Sanath Jayasuriya for 36 to keep some check on the run-flow.
Holland impressive effort in the field was typified by a direct run out by Sussex player Bas Zuiderent and a stunning one-handed catch on the long-on fence by de Leede to remove Aravinda de Silva (23).
Only four players among the Dutch eleven — skipper Roland Lefebvre, Zuiderent, Robert Oosterom and de Leede — had played in One-day Internationals.
SRI LANKA:
S.T. Jayasuriya c Zuiderent b Grandia 36
M.S. Atapattu c van Oosterom b L’vre 101
K.C. Sangakkara b Raja 41
P.A. de Silva c de Leede b Raja 23
D.P.M. Jayawardena run out 14
R.P. Arnold not out 22
W.P.U.J.C. Vaas c and b L’vre 16
M. Muralitharan not out 1
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-9, W-18, NB-5) 38
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 292
FALL OF WKTS: 1-59, 2-175, 3-223, 4-234, 5-243, 6-287.
DID NOT BAT: H.D.P.K. Dharmasena, C.R.D. Fernando, P.W. Gunawardene.
BOWLING: Schiferli 7-0-29-0 (3w); Grandia 5-0-40-1 (3nb, 4w); Lefebvre 10-0-59-2 (2w); de Leede 8-0-37-0 (1w); Esmeijer 5-0-36-0 (1w); Adeel Raja 10-0-50-2 (1nb, 1w); van Troost 5-0-26-0 (1nb).
HOLLAND:
R.F. van Oosterom c S’kkara b G’ratne 0
D.L.S. van Bunge lbw b G’ratne 3
B. Zuiderent lbw b Vaas 0
T.B.M. de Leede c S’kkara b F’nando 31
R.H. Scholte c S’kkara b Dharmasena 12
L.P. van Troost b Dharmasena 0
J.J. Esmeisjer c F’nando b M’tharan 7
Adeel Raja c S’kkara b M’tharan 2
E. Schiferli st S’kkara b M’tharan 15
R.P. Lefebvre not out 4
V.D. Grandia b M’tharan 0
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-3, NB-3) 12
TOTAL (all out, 29.3 overs) 86
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-46, 5-52, 6-57, 7-59, 8-81, 9-82.
BOWLING: Vaas 6-2-11-1; Gunaratne 4-0-19-2 (3w); Fernando 5-0-21-1 (3nb); Dharmasena 9-3-14-2; Muralitharan 5.3-2-15-4.
RESULT: Sri Lanka won by 206 runs.
UMPIRES: D.L. Orchard (South Africa) and D.R. Shepherd (England).
TV UMPIRE: R.B. Tiffin (Zimbabwe).
MATCH REFEREE: G.R. Viswanath (India).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Marvan Atapattu.
TUESDAY’S MATCH: West Indies v Kenya, SSC Ground.—Reuters
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