Former test batsman, Chamara Silva of Bloomfield, is leading the batting averages after nine weekends of Tier-A, Premier League Cricket Tournament, with 949 runs to his credit in eight matches. Silva hammered a career best 216 a week ago, has already made three centuries and 5 half centuries.

In the meantime, Slow left arm orthodox bowler from Chilaw Marians, lead bowling averages with 43 wickets in eight matches.

•  Tier A, Most runs 

• Tier A, Most wickets 

• Tier B, Most runs 

• Tier B, Most wickets 

Trinity, St. Peter's, De Mazenod and Richmond College Galle have taken the top spots of respective groups in the Inter school under 19 division I cricket tournament. All teams have to complete the tournament matches before the end of this month and there will be no league winner for division I, since 36 teams are divided in four groups.

The points table was updated on Friday, 17^th February, without the results of matches played in this weekend.

SSC secured the slot of the points table after four weeks of Inter club Premier cricket tier 'A' tournament. SSC, beating Lankans by seven wickets in the second weekend, maintained their first innings domination throughout.

Navy, having two outright wins in four matches, lead the points table in tier 'B' tournament.

Tier – A

Tier – B

Chinthaka Jayasinghe of Bloomfield and Gayan Sirisoma of Lankans CC top batting and bowling averages after three weeks of the inter club premier league tournament 2012.

Jayasinghe, a dashing right handed all-rounder, who has represented Sri Lanka sixes team in many a time, hit a magnificent 173 against NCC last week.

Left arm leg spinner Gayan Sirisoma has claimed 21 wickets in three matches, including a match bag of 12 for 141 to lead the bowling averages.

Dharmashoka College Ambalangoda, St. Peter’s College Bambalapitiya, De Mazenod College Kandana and D. S. Senanayake College Colombo have taken the top spots in their respective groups of the Inter school under 19 cricket tournament.

Division one tournament is conducted with four separate groups, enabling schools to accommodate their traditional fixtures. Due the fact that large number of schools (36) involved, there will be no league winner.

Eighteen teams from division I will be selected for the knock-out tournament while 10 teams come from division II and four teams coming from division III.

• 8 for 51 – Pasindu Madushan (Ananda vs St Anthony’s K’tota)
• 7 for 23 – Amrith Srimahan (Trinity vs Mahinda)
• 7 for 71 – D.M. Dharmakeer thi (Ananda S’laya Kotte vs St Mary’s Kegalle)
• 7 for 74 – Supun Madusanka (DSS vs Maliyadeva)
• 6 for 22 – Sanjika Ridma (St Servatius vs Nalanda)
• 6 for 29 – Sachin Jayawardena (Wesley vs Kingswood)
• 6 for 32 – Amila Aponso (St Sebastian’s vs St Benedict’s)
• 6 for 36 – Shaluka Deemantha (De Mazenod vs Revatha MMV)
• 6 for 31 – Pasindu Madushan (Ananda vs Maliyadeva)
• 6 for 37 – Rajitha Perera (Thurstan vs Dharmapala)
• 6 for 38 – Jayanga Peiris (Prince of Wales vs Richmond)
•  6 for 40 – Pasindu Madushan (Ananda vs Maliyadeva)
• 6 for 46 – Tharindu Kaushal (Devapathiraja MMV vs Deberawewa MMV)
• 6 for 55 – Tharindu Kaushal (Devapathiraja MMV vs Deberawewa MMV)
• 6 for 58 – Sachin Jayawardena (Wesley vs Joseph Vaz)
• 6 for 59 – Saranga Rajaguru (St Anthony’s K’tota vs Prince of Wales)
• 6 for 80 – Shehan Manuran (Revatha MMV vs De Mazenod)
• 6 for 91 – Sachin Bulathsinhala (St Anthony’s K’tota vs Ananda)
• 6 for 109 – Dilshan Dhanushka (Taxila Horana vs President’s Kotte)
• 5 for 8 – Namal Pathum (Gurukula MV vs Revatha MMV)
• 5 for 18 – Praveen Madusanka (Sri J’pura MMV Kotte vs Sri Dharmaloka MMV)
• 5 for 22 – Kanishka Ranaraja (St Anthony’s K’tota vs Prince of Wales)
• 5 for 23 – Yohan Soysa (St Benedict’s vs St Sebastian’s)
• 5 for 24 – Rekhan Kandanaarchchi (President’s Kotte vs Taxila Horana)
• 5 for 25 – Janishka Premasinghe (Trinity vs Mahinda)
• 5 for 30 – Janaka Dayananda (Mahanama Col vs Sri Sumangala P’dura)
• 5 for 32 – Sahan Rajapakse (Deberawewa MMV vs Devapathiraja MMV)
• 5 for 32 – Namal Pathum (Gurukula MV vs Revatha MMV)
• 5 for 32 – Roshan Anuruddha (Gurukula MV vs Revatha MMV)
• 5 for 38 – Rajitha Perera (Thurstan vs Mahanama Col)
• 5 for 38 – Chirath Mapatuna (Carey vs St Thomas Matara)
• 5 for 38 – Bhanuka Madupriya (Richmond vs Prince of Wales)
• 5 for 52 – Satheera Dileepa (Maris Stella vs St Peter’s)
• 5 for 55 – Kohsan Dhanushka (Nalanda vs St Servatius)
• 5 for 55 – A.K. Tyrone (Richmond vs Prince of Wales)
• 5 for 58 – Pasindu Madushan (Ananda vs St Anthony’s K’tota)
• 5 for 65 – Chalana de Silva (Mahinda vs Dharmaraja)
• 5 for 75 – Aravinda Vithanaarachchi (Dharmaraja vs Royal)
• 5 for 80 – D.M. Dharmakeer thi (Ananda S’laya Kotte vs St Mary’s Kegalle)

• 212 – Niroshan Dickwella (Trinity vs Mahinda)
• 144 – Kushan Akalanka (Sri Sumangala P’dura vs Mahanama Col)
• 143 n.o. – Duleeka Tissakuttige (Mahanama Col vs Thurstan)
• 142 – Sajeewa Salgado (Thurstan vs Mahanama Col)
• 119 – Manoj Sarathchandra (St Anthony’s K’tota vs Prince of Wales)
• 119 – Asiri Wickramanayake (S. Thomas’ vs St Joseph’s)
• 112 – Kusal Mendis (Prince of Wales vs St Anthony’s K’tota)
• 106 n.o. – Sudesh Ranasinghe (President’s Kotte vs Taxila Horana)
• 104 – Tharindu Ashan (Sri J’pura MMV Kotte vs Sri Dharmaloka MV)
• 104 – Aruna Dharmasena (Sri Sumangala P’dura vs Mahanama Col)
• 103 n.o. – Sangeeth Cooray (St Sebastian’s vs St Benedict’s)
• 102 – Ashan Wanigaratne (Thurstan vs Dharmapala)
• 100 – Kavindu Kulasekera (Thurstan vs Dharmapala)

The 10 highest one-day international totals after India reached their best ODI
score of 418-5 against the West Indies on Thursday
    

Former Sri Lanka skipper, Kumar Sangakkara, returned to the top of the test batting rankings as South Africa’s Jacques Kallis found himself slipping down after the first test against Australia, concluded at Cape Town this week.

Kallis, who entered the match leading Sangakkara by three ratings points, has now slipped seven ratings points behind him after scores of nought and two not out. For Kallis to regain top spot, he will now need to put up a solid performance in the second Test.

No other Sri Lankan could find a place among the top ten batsmen as they have failed miserably in the recently concluded test series against Pakistan, where Sangakkara scored 516 runs in three matches with a match saving double century at Abu Dhabi.

Top ten test batsmen according to the latest Reliance ICC Test Rankings (after the first Test between South Africa and Australia)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Pts          Ave         HS Rating

   1           (+1)         K.Sangakkara       SL           880        56.93     938 v Eng at Kandy 2007

   2           (-1)          Jacques Kallis       SA           873        57.17     935 v NZ at Centurion 2007

   3           ( – )          Alastair Cook       Eng         823         49.72     836 v Ind at Edgbaston 2011

   4           ( – )          Ian Bell                Eng         822!        49.28     822 v Ind at The Oval 2011

   5           ( – )          S.Tendulkar          Ind          806         56.14     898 v Zim at Nagpur 2002

   6           (+1)         S.Chanderpaul      WI          798          49.52     901 v NZ at Napier 2008

   7           (+8)         Graeme Smith      SA           790         50.29     843 v Eng at Johannesburg 2010

   8           (+4)         Hashim Amla       SA           782         47.20     842 v Ind at Kolkata 2010

   9           (-1)          Jonathan Trott     Eng         776*        57.79     856 v SL at Cardiff 2011

  10         (-1)          Kevin Pietersen    Eng         770          50.48     909 v WI at Headingley 2007

Second-ranked Sri Lanka, presently sitting on 119 ratings points has to beat Pakistan by a 4-1 margin or better in the forthcoming five-match ODI series to avert a drop down in the ODI championship table. Sri Lanka currently enjoys 119 rating points, just one ahead of world champion's India, while Pakistan is ranked sixth with 101 points.

The five-match ODI series starts at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Friday.

A 5-0 win for Sri Lanka will lift the island nation to 123 ratings points while a 4-1 win will earn it two rankings points. These are the only two scenarios where there will be no changes to the championship table. Anything less for Lankans means that they drop down in the ODI championship table.

A 3-2 series win will put Sri Lanka alongside India on 118 ratings points but when the ratings are calculated beyond the decimal point, India will be ranked second while Sri Lanka will fall to third position.

In contrast, if Pakistan wins the series 4-1 that will drop Sri Lanka to fourth position on 112 ratings points. A 5-0 whitewash means Sri Lanka will slip down to sixth position on 109 ratings points.

Ranked seventh in the ODI batsmen, Kumar Sangakkara is the highest-ranked batsman from both sides. Provided the former Sri Lanka captain manages to display the same form he showed in the Test series he has a very good chance of moving as high as fifth in the batting rankings.

Sri Lanka skipper Tillekeratne Dilshan (11th) and Mahela Jayawardene (15th) are among the top 20 batsmen while Angelo Mathews is ranked at 35th slot.

Lasith Malinga, ranked 8th adds weight to the Sri Lankan bowling attack as Suraj Randiv is the only other Sri Lankan bowler in the top 50.

Series schedule:

11 Nov – First ODI (d/n), Dubai International Cricket Stadium

14 Nov – Second ODI (d/n), Dubai International Cricket Stadium

18 Nov – Third ODI (d/n), Dubai International Cricket Stadium

20 Nov – Fourth ODI (d/n), Sharjah Cricket Stadium

23 Nov – Fifth ODI (d/n), Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Chilaw Marians and Tamil Union kept their lead in the Under 23, Division I cricket tournament for the sixth weekend with four outright wins each.

Group 'A' leaders, Chilaw Marians collected 83.415 points in six matches while Tamil Union enjoying 77.380 points after five matches of group 'B'.

Chilaw Marians and Tamil Union kept their lead in the Under 23, Division I cricket tournament for the fifth weekend with three outright wins each. Chilaw Marians of group 'A' collected 67.735 points in five matches while Tamil Union enjoying 60.61 points after four matches of group 'B'.Colts, who played one match less than Chilaw, is giving a close run to the table leaders with a gap of mere seven points.

The 14 team tournament is the number one youth tournament for domestic cricket in Sri Lanka.

Lasith Malinga who recorded the third hat-trick of his career in Monday’s ODI, has jumped 19 places to claim 11th position among the ICC ODI bowling rankings. Malinga was the leading wicket taker in the series along with Australian Mitchell Johnson, who along claimed 11 scalps, has jumped four places to claim third position in the rankings.

In the meantime, former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardane has returned to the top 20 in 17th position after rising five places following his series contribution of 180 runs which made him the fourth most successful batsman in the series behind Michael Clarke (242), Ricky Ponting (196) and Shane Watson (185).

Bowling Ranking

Batting Ranking

Sri Lanka maintained its second position in the ODI rankings despite their 2-3 drubbing by Australia in the five match ODI series, concluded on Monday.

Top-ranked Australia enjoys a comfortable 11-ratings-point lead over second-placed Sri Lanka. Australia’s 3-2 series win has restricted Sri Lanka to earn only one ratings point which, in turn, has given India a chance to reclaim second position.

However, to achieve the number-two position, India will have to beat England by 4-1 or better in the five-match series which starts at Chester-le-Street on 3 September.

Sri Lanka Air Force won both of their games so far in the Dialog Champion's League Football tournament to take an early lead of the points table. Only 12 matches were played in two weekends. Twelve teams are battling for honors in the premier club championship in Sri Lanka, sponsored by Dialog.

Points Table as at 22 August 2011

Aussie skipper Michael Clark has been dismissed only once in three matches as he enjoys a staggering batting average of 157.00 after three One Day Internationals on their current tour of Sri Lanka. His contribution has done wonders to the team as the tourists have taken 2-1 lead in the five match ODI series already.

Left arm pacie Mitchell Johnson lead the bowling averages with 10 wickets to his credit in three matches. Johnson is the only bowler from both sides who has an economy rate less than 4 runs per over.

Upul Tharanga's fourth ODI century of the year, on Tuesday, pushed him to the top spot among Sri Lankan batters after three games. Lasith Malinga lead bowling average for Sri Lanka with six wickets in two matches.