From: ynesiah@skat.usc.edu (Yogala Nesiah)
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Date: 16 Dec 1992 20:15:26 -0800
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				The Independent				
                           December  14, 1992, Monday

HEADLINE: Sport in Short: Cricket

 BODY:
     SRI LANKA,  boosted by a maiden one- day century from the opener Roshan
Mahanama, cruised to a 31-run win over New Zealand in the third and final one-
day international at the Khettarama stadium yesterday. The victory gave  Sri 
 Lanka  the series 2-0 with one match a no- result because of rain.

    ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL (Colombo):  Sri Lanka  262 for 6 (R S Mahanama 107; A
P Gurusinha 76). New Zealand 231 (C Z Harris 68 no).  Sri Lanka won by 31 runs.

    DAY/NIGHT INTERNATIONAL (Johannesburg): India 161 for 9 (50 overs); South
Africa 165 for 4 (48.3 overs). South Africa won by 6 wickets. South Africa lead
the seven-match series 3-1.

    SHEFFIELD SHIELD (Third day of four): Sydney: Queensland 447 and 134 for 6
(T J Barsby 61no; D A Freedman 3-36, G Robertson 3-56; New South Wales 382 (T H
Bayliss 107, B E McNamara 98 no, M J Slater 61; D Tazelaar 3-63, M S Kasprowicz
3-70). Perth: South Australia 409 and 214 for 6 (J D Siddons 145 no); Western
Australia 304 for 6 dec (J L Langer 96, M R J Veletta 68).

    SATURDAY: ONE-DAY INTERNATIONAL (Colombo): New Zealand 190 (B Hartland 54);
 Sri Lanka  192-2 (R S Mahanama 84no).  Sri Lanka  won by 8 wickets

    SATURDAY: WORLD SERIES CUP (Adelaide): West Indies 177-7 (R Richardson
76no); Pakistan 173. West Indies won by 4 runs


                       Copyright 1992 Reuters, Limited  
                           The Reuter Library Report
                      December  13, 1992, Sunday, BC cycle


HEADLINE: CENTURY FROM MAHANAMA SINKS NEW ZEALAND
DATELINE: COLOMBO, Dec 13
   Sri Lanka,  boosted by a maiden one-day century from opener Roshan Mahanama,
cruised to a 31-run win over New Zealand in the third and final one-day
international at the Khettarama stadium on Sunday.

   The victory gave  Sri Lanka the series 2-0 with one match a no-result due to
rain.

   Sunday's day-night clash saw  Sri Lanka,  put into bat first by acting
captain Andrew Jones, rattle up 262 for six in 49 overs.

   It was their highest score against New Zealand in a limited overs game.

   New Zealand, depleted when five of their top players went home after a bomb
rocked their hotel before the tour began, battled to get on terms.

   But with Martin Crowe injured they were dismissed in the final over for 231
with left-hander Chris Harris hitting an enterprising 68 not out off 68 balls
with one six and four fours.

   The usually reliable Sri Lankan fielding suffered lapses when Harris was
dropped twice at seven and 29 by Don Anurasiri.Justin Vaughan was also put down
at three by Anurasiri.

   Mahanama set the tone for  Sri Lanka's  record breaking total by hitting a
sparking 107 off 132 balls with seven fours. It was the first time he crossed
three figures in 69 one-day games. He joins Roy Dias and Aravinda de Silva as
the only Sri Lankans to have done so.

   With left-hander Asanka Gurusinha, who made a stroke-filled 76 off 105 balls,
Mahanama added 166 for the second wicket off 34 overs.

   The partnership, a record against New Zealand, was just four runs short of
 Sri Lanka's  best in one-day matches for all wickets held by Sidath Wettimuny
and Roy Dias against India at New Delhi in 1982.

   Mahanama followed test scores of 153 and 109 with an unbeaten 84 in
Saturday's one-day international which  Sri Lanka  won by eight wickets.

   Mahanama was named man of the match, the final game of the New Zealand tour.
The visitors lost the two-test series 1-0.
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