ESPNcricinfo previews the first ODI between England and West Indies at West End

The Preview by Alex Winter15-Jun-2012

Match facts

Saturday, June 16, West End
Start time 1045 (0945 GMT)Captains Alastair Cook and Darren Sammy pose with the trophy ahead of England and West Indies’ ODI series•PA Photos

Big Picture

The one-day leg of West Indies’ tour was widely expected to be the point when the tourists become truly competitive against England. For many they are the favourites, such is the firepower they can now call upon. With the IPL complete and disputes between players and the WICB at a cease-fire, Saturday’s XI could feature seven changes from the side that played the first Test at Lord’s.It is essential West Indies take something away from this tour; so far their only plus points are the return to form of Marlon Samuels, Tino Best’s Edgbaston rampage and Denesh Ramdin’s ability to bat with a note in his pocket. They held Australia to a 2-2 draw in the Caribbean and now need to take ‘progress’, ‘positives’ and the excuse of being a developing side and turn them into an ODI series win – something they haven’t achieved against anyone other than Zimbabwe or Bangladesh (by whom they were whitewashed in 2009) since beating Sri Lanka in April 2008.They may have caught England at a good time. Kevin Pietersen’s retirement not only removes a destructive, in-form player from their line-up but returns England to experiment mode – Ian Bell, should he be passed fit, is set to open the batting and needs to forge a partnership with Alastair Cook. Without Pietersen, England look a touch lightweight; their big guns lie in the bowling department and they are tasked with picking off West Indies’ beefier batting line-up.

Form guide (most recent first)

England: WWWWL
West Indies: LWTWL

Players to watch

He’s back: Chris Gayle, whom Ottis Gibson has described as the best one-day batsman in the world. Few would disagree with West Indies’ coach. Blessed with an outrageous hitting ability but transferring from the flat tracks of the IPL to the seaming conditions of England is a challenge that will take more than hand-eye co-ordination to overcome.The spotlight in the England team turns to the recalled Ian Bell – offered another chance in ODIs and given the backing of England team director Andy Flower that he is part of the plan for the 2015 World Cup, there is great pressure on Bell to maintain the structure England have put in place for their one-day XI. His failure could spark another major rethink – though after a knock on the chin in practice, England could yet be forced to rejig anyway.

Team news

West Indies’ side will bear little resemblance to that which began the Test series. They are stronger for it, with Lendl Simmons and Chris Gayle returning to open the batting and Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard back in the middle order. England may decide to leave out one of their few big-hitters, Jonny Bairstow, in order to field a four-man pace attack, with Tim Bresnan occupying the allrounder’s role.West Indies (possible) 1 Lendl Simmons, 2 Chris Gayle, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Dwayne Bravo/Dwayne Smith, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Andre Russell, 9 Darren Sammy (capt), 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Sunil NarineEngland (possible) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Ian Bell, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 7 Tim Bresnan, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Steve Finn

Pitch and conditions

The forecast isn’t brilliant so expect ODI conditions only found in England, with the new ball offering plenty and the totals limited by the bowler-friendly environment. That considered, James Taylor had no trouble in smashing an unbeaten century for Nottinghamshire against Hampshire on the same ground in murky conditions last month. His final 90 runs came off just 32 balls.

Stats and trivia

• Before the match, the two main stands at West End will be renamed – one after Shane Warne, Hampshire captain from 2005 to 2007, and the other after the late Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, who captained Hampshire to the 1961 County Championship.
• Ian Bell averages 42.88 in ODIs in England, compared to 28.64 abroad.
• Chris Gayle has played 51 Twenty20 matches for four different teams since he last played for West Indies.

Quotes

“If you hit it just over the boundary or just over the stands it is still six. Maybe if they were counting runs differently for the amount of rows back, then Chris Gayle would definitely win that contest.”
“I don’t think he is special. The kid has hardly played a lot of first-class cricket. He’s young and inexperienced. Spinners usually need a few years to mature and bowl well. In the IPL batsman had no time to look at him and Indian pitches always slow-turn so everything was in his favour there.”

The fast bowler James Pattinson will not be part of the Australia A tour of England due to an abdominal strain

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Jul-2012The fast bowler James Pattinson will not be part of the Australia A tour of England due to an abdominal strain. Pattinson suffered the problem during the final ODI against England in Manchester earlier this month and has not stayed on with the A side, which begins its tour with a three-day match against Derbyshire on Friday.Pattinson is instead expected to resume bowling next week with Victoria, having returned home to Melbourne following the ODI series. However, he is expected to be fit for the one-day series against Pakistan in the UAE next month, having been named in the squad for that tour after he suffered the injury.The Western Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is set to join the Australia A squad, which had already gained Alister McDermott after he was brought in to replace in the injured Pat Cummins, who suffered a side strain. The tour would have provided a valuable opportunity for Pattinson and Cummins to bowl with the red ball in English conditions ahead of their likely involvement in next year’s Ashes.Instead, the Australia A group will rely on Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Ben Cutting, Jackson Bird, McDermott and Coulter-Nile for their pace requirements. The spin contingent is made up of Nathan Lyon, Jon Holland and Steven Smith. The Australia A series includes four games against county sides and the England Lions over the next three weeks.

The IPL’s refusal to recognise player representatives has reduced the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association to an advisory role in the current payment dispute between Royal Challengers Bangalore and some of its top players, FICA chief execut

Andrew Fernando05-Aug-2012The IPL’s “frustrating” refusal to recognise player representatives has sidelined the Federation of International Cricketers’ Association (FICA), reducing it to an advisory role, in the current payment dispute between Royal Challengers Bangalore and some of its top players, FICA chief executive Tim May has said. This is a departure from FICA’s usual role in other similar disputes, where it deals directly with employers to bring about a resolution.May said the Royal Challengers and Deccan Chargers managements have not replied to correspondence from FICA regarding the salaries they still owe players. “We try to become directly involved but we never receive any responses from the Indian Premier League, which is frustrating for all,” May said.Several members of the Royal Challengers 2012 squad, including captain Daniel Vettori, are still awaiting the first instalment of their pay, while salaries are also owed to members of the Deccan Chargers side. May said FICA had advised players to make queries through their home boards, as FICA have been rendered powerless by the IPL’s stonewalling. National cricket boards’ requests for status updates on the outstanding payments were also yet to be answered, May said.”The reality of the situation is we’re sitting in the background advising the players on these particular issues. If they can’t get addressed, we’ll look into the matter in legal terms, how [we can] pursue these monies.”Payment delays such as this one and the ongoing issue with players and coaching staff who were a part of the inaugural Bangladesh Premier League, have led to FICA insisting on franchises providing bank guarantees for player salaries in the upcoming Sri Lanka Premier League.Under every identical IPL contract, signed between the player, the franchise and the IPL, the players are due 15% of their fee for the season by April 1 (before the IPL or very early into it), 50% by May 1 (during the IPL or towards its end), 20% after the Champions League and 15% by December 1. It is understood that the players emailed the management after the season finished in May, but did not receive a straightforward response. Royal Challengers’ franchise owners, the UB group, have recently hit financial strife, with owner Vijay Mallya’s airline found to be in debt of $1.3b.

Yuvraj Singh has said his first game for India after his battle with cancer was “a big emotional moment

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Sep-2012Yuvraj Singh has said his first game for India after his battle with cancer was “a big emotional moment.” He bowled two overs for 14 runs, took a catch, and scored 34 runs off 26 balls in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand in Chennai. However, Yuvraj was dismissed in the final over of the chase and India lost by one run.”There are mixed emotions,” Yuvraj said after the game. “We lost a game that we should have won, but for me personally it was a big emotional moment to get on the field. I had tears in my eyes when we were fielding, luckily the cameras did not catch it. I think I am timing the ball well and it can only get better from here.”Yuvraj’s return was much awaited and he got a standing ovation from the spectators when he came in to bat at No. 4. “It was good to see Yuvraj come back and score some runs. It was a big game for him,” MS Dhoni said. “I personally feel that he gives us the right kind of balance we need. He is not someone who will bowl all four overs in a T20 game, but he is a variation that I can use especially since we have to play with four specialist bowlers.”India managed 24 runs between overs 14 and 18, making a chase that appeared in control slip out of hand in the last two overs. Dhoni said the slowness of the pitch in the second half of the chase made it tough for the batsmen to score.”The wicket slowed down and it was difficult to hit,” Dhoni said. “It’s among the bigger grounds. It was holding up and not all the balls had same bounce. In the end it became quite difficult. But we should have won this game.”Chasing New Zealand’s 167, India were boosted by a quick start from Virat Kohli, who opened in Virender Sehwag’s absence. Kohli’s 41-ball 70 included seven fours and a six, and he was well supported by Suresh Raina and Yuvraj. Sixteen runs came off the 13th over, but Kohli’s wicket in the next dried up the boundaries for India.Dhoni, who scored 22 off 23 balls, said the team was worried about the nature of the wicket towards the end of the match. “After the 10th or 12th over, it got tough. Had it remained the way it was in the first half, we would have fancied our chances.”However, Dhoni expressed satisfaction with the form of India’s top-order batsmen and said it bode well ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. “Virat gave us a very good start. After that, Raina and Yuvraj also batted really well. It is a positive for us before the start of the World Cup. To play a few games before getting into the World Cup is very important. Two more games in Sri Lanka … that means we will get into the groove.”India are scheduled to play two warm-up matches – against Sri Lanka and Pakistan – before their first Group A match against Afghanistan on September 19.

ESPNcricinfo previews the Super Eights game between England and New Zealand in Pallekele

The Preview by Alan Gardner28-Sep-2012

Match facts

September 29, 2012
Start time 3.30pm local (1000 GMT/1100 BST)England’s bowlers will have to tame the tournament’s leading run-scorer, Brendon McCullum•ICC/Getty

Big Picture

Group 1 of the Super Eights may be a collection of runners-up but second-best is an accurate summary of England and New Zealand’s performances so far. After this match, one team is going to be propping up the group and, depending on the result of Sri Lanka versus West Indies, potentially checking the departures timetable from Bandaranaike International.Of the two, New Zealand should enter the match in better fettle, having scrapped like cornered kiwis in their exhilarating Super Over defeat against the tournament hosts. They also pushed Pakistan – fast turning into one of the favourites – all the way in the group stage and in Brendon McCullum they have the World T20’s leading run-scorer. By contrast, England made their lowest T20I score against India in Colombo and then followed that up by ushering Johnson Charles to his best showing in all senior cricket, and West Indies to a first win.Unsurprisingly, England’s green (not to mention KP-free) batting order has been the problem. Stuart Broad was explicit in blaming the batsmen after the failure to chase 180 against West Indies and first-over performances of 0 for 1, 2 for 1 and 0 for 2 in their three games have given England more of a stop than a start. If they can get through the first six balls, one crumb of comfort may be the fact that New Zealand’s slow bowlers are of the orthodox finger-spin variety.For New Zealand, the challenge is to convert the disappointment of two close defeats into match-winning momentum. The Black Caps are often dark horses but they have still tended to fall before the final fence. Their only T20I win against England came during the inaugural World Twenty20 in 2007, when they progressed to the semi-finals; the teams also met in the 2010 Super Eights, when England went on to lift the trophy. Of those two precedents, a repeat of the former looks more likely than the latter.

Form guide

(completed matches, most recent first) England LLWWL
New Zealand LLWWL

Watch out for

The sceptics have increasingly begun to circle Craig Kieswetter‘s name at the top of the order with red ink. Having not made a duck his first 21 T20I innings, Kieswetter has picked up two in three matches at this tournament. His anxiety to play the six-hitting blunderbuss, with Alex Hales a more subtle opening partner, appears to have clouded Kieswetter’s mind – he has made four of his six single-figure scores this year – while there is also concern about the number of dot balls he faces. Needs a big innings.Daniel Vettori has had a quiet World T20 so far, with one wicket at a cost of 83 runs and a 16-ball 18 when promoted to No. 4 as a pinch hitter against Pakistan. His experience and economy (Vettori’s rate of 5.63 is among the most miserly in T20 internationals) mean he remains a valuable member of the side and one who can remember what it is like to beat England, having played in Durban five years ago. England’s much-discussed uncertainty about how to tackle spin bowling adds further spice.

Team news

England set a lot of store by continuity and, even if they didn’t, their options are limited. Ravi Bopara’s batting form is unlikely to have improved while carrying the drinks and replacing Kieswetter with Michael Lumb at opener would be a gamble that would also require either Jonny Bairstow or Jos Buttler to take over the wicketkeeping duties.England (possible) 1 Craig Kieswetter (wk), 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Jonny Bairstow, 6 Jos Buttler, 7 Samit Patel, 8 Stuart Broad (capt), 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Steven Finn, 11 Jade Dernbach.New Zealand might be tempted to give Ronnie Hira a run-out, in light of the knockout matches being played in spin-friendly Colombo. His left-arm spin may not be exotic, and would replicate Vettori’s angle of attack, but after the gentle welcome England gave West Indies’ Samuel Badree it could be a tempting option.New Zealand (possible) 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Rob Nicol, 3 Brendon McCullum (wk), 4 Ross Taylor (capt), 5 James Franklin, 6 Kane Williamson, 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Daniel Vettori, 9 Nathan McCullum, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Kyle Mills.

Pitch and conditions

Broad described the Pallekele pitch as a “batter’s paradise” after the first round of Super Eight games there, with minimal spin or seam movement and plenty of pace. Saturday is expected to be clear, which should help the runs flow again.

Stats and trivia

• England have won four out of five T20 internationals against New Zealand, their only defeat coming at the 2007 World T20
• Graeme Swann needs two wickets to become the fourth man – and first non-Pakistani – to reach 50 in T20Is

Quotes

“We back the guys up there [at the top of the order], we know they’re all dangerous players. But losing wickets in the first over, especially, is not acceptable.”
“Personally, I don’t keep an eye on the strike rate or balls faced. If you can get your boundaries and your ones and twos, the strike rate is going to take care of itself.”
US readers can watch the match live here, coverage starts 30 minutes before the game begins.

Cameron Gannon’s six wickets helped Queensland wrap up an innings and 123-run hiding of Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Nov-2012
ScorecardCameron Gannon’s six wickets helped Queensland wrap up an innings and 123-run hiding of Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield match in Hobart.The Tigers were rushed out for 142 after the Bulls’ first innings concluded at 360, Aiden Blizzard’s 49 providing the only semblance of resistance as Gannon plucked the first five wicket haul of his first-class career.Queensland were indebted to their No. 3 batsman Usman Khawaja for a first innings 138 that towered over every other innings, and he was a clear choice for the match award.Tasmania, meanwhile, have a few questions to ponder, having suffered their second consecutive outright loss at home on a Bellerive Oval surface that has been treacherous for batting this season after being relaid.

After having been in the harsh spotlight with the India Test team, Punjab captain Harbhajan Singh, along with Mumbai’s Ajinkya Rahane, will enjoy the quaint set-up of a Ranji tie

Amol Karhadkar in Mumbai07-Dec-2012On Saturday, Harbhajan Singh and Ajinkya Rahane will have turned from colleagues to competitors in less than 48 hours. From being part of India’s bench in Kolkata, the duo will go to playing playing the Ranji Trophy Group A tie between hosts Mumbai and Punjab. This will be at the Wankhede Stadium, the same venue where they were part of India’s ten-wicket mauling by England less than two weeks ago.After having been in the harsh spotlight, Harbhajan, the Punjab captain, along with Rahane – Mumbai batting’s backbone for the last five years – will enjoy the quaint set-up of a Ranji tie, with hardly any spectators and only a handful of journalists watching the game.While Harbhajan will look to extend Punjab’s dream run (they have qualified for the knockouts with three games remaining in the group stage), Rahane will hope to bolster Mumbai as they bid for their first victory of the season in their fifth game.”I just wanted to come back and play some game. It’s important to stay in touch,” Harbhajan said. “In Kolkata, the sun goes down so quickly. By 4pm it’s very dark, so you don’t get any practice if you’re sitting out. It’s good to be coming over and bowl a few overs before I join the [Test] team in Nagpur. It’ll be good to bowl few overs, pick up some wickets and score runs, hopefully, and join team again for the last Test.”Even without their regular captain Harbhajan, Punjab have been the highlight of the season so far. Led by Mandeep Singh, soon to turn 21, in four of their five games so far. Two of these wins have included bonus points. No wonder, then, that they find themselves at the top of the points table with 29 points – 18 more than the second-placed Madhya Pradesh, with Mumbai in third with 10 points.But that doesn’t mean Punjab won’t take the Mumbai game seriously. “It’s a bit challenging for us after doing well in Mohali, where the bounce is slightly less than what you get here in Mumbai,” Harbhajan, who has taken over from Mandeep, said. “Doing well in Mumbai is always good. Mumbai have always been a strong side, so scoring runs and picking up wickets here will definitely boost the confidence going into the next round.”While their results might not have been similar, Mumbai, just like Punjab, have had two captains so far this season, albeit for completely different reasons. Ajit Agarkar, who strained his thigh during their season-opener against Railways, was sidelined for the previous three games, has now taken over the mantle from Rohit Sharma, who had an indifferent run at the helm.Agarkar’s return and Rahane’s availability means Mumbai go in with a full-strength squad for only the second time this season. After Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan were available for the 39-times champions’ opening game of the season, neither the senior duo nor Rahane were available for Mumbai due to Test commitments. Wasim Jaffer too missed the first three games of the season while on pilgrimage, and Dhawal Kulkarni missed a game due to viral infection, so Mumbai have not had a settled XI.”It helps if there is a little bit of continuity,” Agarkar said. “We should have probably got over the line in the last game; it was unfortunate, but we’ve got another chance. We’ve got four internationals in our top five. We can’t ask for a better combination as a batting unit. But again, we will have to play well to get a positive result.”Agarkar admitted that Harbhajan’s return could further lift the already successful Punjab: “Any international player who is currently with the [national] team coming back to play for his state team is a big boost. A guy who has got 400 Test wickets is a big player. [But] we will just worry about what we need to do to play well.”If Mumbai indeed raise the level of their game, then they could end up being the first team to really challenge Punjab this season.

Dave Richardson, the ICC CEO, has said the ICC has a limited role to play in the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan

Umar Farooq12-Jan-2013Dave Richardson, the ICC CEO, has said the ICC has a limited role to play in the resumption of international cricket in Pakistan and it will be down to the PCB to convince other nations that it is safe to play cricket in the country.”Security is not something that is taken lightly by anybody,” Richardson, who was in Pakistan for the PCB awards ceremony, said. “Making a decision as to whether it’s safe or not involves a serious assessment of the risk. The ICC is not in a position to do [security assessment]. It’s up to the member countries to decide. They have to take advice from their own security advisors and make decisions themselves.”The bottom line is that the ICC views Pakistan as a very important part of international cricket,” he said. “Pakistan is going through difficult times through no fault of the PCB. It’s our role to support Pakistan in its efforts to make sure that international cricket returns to Pakistan. As soon as possible is what everyone would like, but it’s difficult to say exactly when and I think that’s about as much as far as we can go at this stage.”Pakistan has remained a no-go country for international teams since the attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009. In the past three years, Pakistan have played their ‘home’ series mostly in the UAE but reciprocal series at the junior level are on hold.Though the PCB has been desperate to revive international cricket, the efforts so far haven’t yielded any positive results.The PCB relies heavily on the government to arrange security for the visiting teams, but last year it sanctioned the purchase of bulletproof buses. Apart from working on security protocols, the PCB has been working on identifying potential new venues across the country and upgrading them to international standards. The board is also lobbying hard to win back the confidence of the teams.”Coming from a country [South Africa] which was out of international cricket for a very large period of my career, I know that if you concentrate on your domestic cricket and you make sure you encourage people to play the game even if it’s at first-class level you can reap tremendous rewards and in fact negative can turn into a positive and at the end of it all you might find that Pakistan cricket is much stronger than it was even before these difficult times.”Richardson also visited the National Cricket Academy where he was briefed about the developments in Pakistan cricket and PCB’s plans with regards to promotion and management of the game in the country.”The initiatives that PCB has put in place over the last 12 months or so I think it’s the correct way to go,” Richardson said and added that the recent “revival of ties with India” is a step in the right direction as the ties between the two countries are critical for world cricket.”The announcement of the Twenty20 competition [PSL] where foreign players will be entitled to come and play if available, again that is, I think, an initiative on the right path because what you’ve got to do is to regain the confidence of cricketing world and I think that’s a very sensible step in the right direction.”

Canterbury recorded their second straight win in Nelson, where their score of 185 proved to be just out of reach for Central Districts

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Jan-2013
ScorecardCanterbury recorded their second straight win in Nelson, where their score of 185 proved to be just out of reach for Central Districts. Electing to bat after winning the toss, Canterbury’s innings was held together for the first half by Rob Nicol, who took them past the 50-run mark. But his wicket was followed by two more, leaving them at 73 for 5 in the eleventh. Andrew Ellis and Brendon Diamanti took charge from there, though, and clobbered 112 runs off 57 balls with 17 boundaries, including eight sixes. Maiden HRV Cup fifties and personal best scores for both the batsmen helped Canterbury reach the challenging score of 185.Central Districts were off to a flier as openers Mathew Sinclair (38) and Ben Smith put together 68 runs at more than nine runs per over before Smith was run out. Twenty-year-old Will Young and captain Kieran Noema-Barnett (38) then added 61 runs off 46 balls but couldn’t find boundaries regularly. The required rate went up and when the partnership was broken, Central Districts needed 32 off 14 and they eventually fell short by five runs.This was only Canterbury’s second win in six games, the other one being against the same opposition at the same venue on January 1. Central Districts have just one win from six, and sit at the bottom of the table right below Canterbury.

Sri Lanka’s new selection panel has chosen Angelo Perera, Tharindu Kaushal and Akila Dananjaya along with 21 other young players

Andrew Fidel Fernando12-Feb-2013Sri Lanka’s new selection panel has chosen Angelo Perera, Tharindu Kaushal and Akila Dananjaya along with 21 other young players in an emerging squad from which the team for the warm-up match against Bangladesh in Matara will be chosen.Perera, a 22-year-old middle order batsman, has been in stunning form in the Premier League tournament, having made two aggressive hundreds and an 87 in his three innings so far.Offspinner Tharindu Kaushal, 19, has also been picked on form during his first season of domestic cricket, in which he has taken 22 List A wickets at 18.63, and 19 first-class scalps at 8.89. His first two first-class matches have yielded three five-wicket hauls. Kaushal was picked in the Sri Lanka squad for the home Tests against New Zealand in November last year, but did not get a game.Dananjaya meanwhile, has been part of Sri Lanka’s limited-overs squads since last year’s World Twenty20, and has also had a promising debut domestic season so far.Wicketkeeper-batsman and opener Niroshan Dickwella, who was the 2012 schoolboy cricketer of the year, has also had a successful introduction to professional cricket at 19, most notably scoring a match-winning hundred in the inter-provincial limited overs final.Ashen Silva, a 22-year-old opener in a more conservative mould, has been chosen, while middle-order batsman Kithruwan Vithanage, who has scored heavily in the Premier League Tournament so far, also earns a spot.The team will be coached by former Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana, and play a three-day match against Bangladesh from March 3-5 to kick off the tour.Squad Ashen Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Tharindu Kaushal, Akila Dananjaya, Angelo Perera, Udara Jayasundera, Shehan Jayasuriya, Kithruwan Vithanage, Ashan Priyanjana, Rumesh Buddika, Gayan Manishan (wk), Sandun Weerakkody, Lahiru Madushanka, Ishantha Jayaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Gamage, Kasun Madushanka, Lahiru Jayaratne, Chaturanga de Silva, Ramith Rambukwela, Dulanjana Mendis, Maduka Liyanapathirana.