Khawaja shows glimpse of future
Usman Khawaja showed in his poised Test
initiation against England on Monday that he could play a leading
role in the revival of Australia’s cricket fortunes. Pakistan-born
Khawaja, the first Muslim to play for his adopted country,
captivated a nation downcast by its national team’s Ashes downfall
with his accomplished knock of 37 in the final Test at the Sydney
Cricket Ground.
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Zahira in second successive win
Zahira College put up a tremendous performance
to register their second successive victory this season defeating
Kingswood College Kandy outright by eight wickets in their inter
school under 19 cricket tournament match which concluded at Maradana
yesterday. Kingswood: 170 and 155 (S. Walisundera 22, Y. Atokorale
22, N. Weerasinghe 22, C. Gunasekera 40, P. Ananda 3 for 44, I.
Raffi 2 for 11, M. Basith 2 for 16, L. Edirisinghe 3 for 20)
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All favourites trough
Clifford Cup boxing meet:
All favourites won their first round bouts
convincingly on the opening day of the 83rd Amateur Boxing
Association men’s and women’s Clifford Cup meet which commenced at
the Sugathadasa indoor stadium in Colombo yesterday.
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