'The Asian Age', a national English daily quoting police sources said 'It costs Rs. 10 million to ensure that India looses a match against Pakistan, and another Rs. 3 million to Rs. 4 million to make certain that a key player 'loses his touch' during a fixed match'. 'Not every match is controlled by bookmakers. The police is also examining the close links for the last few years between several journalists and a key suspect in organising cricket betting who was arrested a week ago. It has been established that the journalists and the suspect have been in professional contact for the last four to five years.
* In Colombo, Thurstan College beat St. Mathews, also by an innings in a division III under-13 school cricket match. Chief scores: Thurstan 298 for 4 wkts (M. Randeera 125, C. Karunaratne 56, Ifran 2 for 6); St. Mathews 45 all out (O.Maharachchi 6 for 16) and 2nd innings, 45 all out (O. Maharachchi 5 for 11). Maharachchi had a match bag of 11 for 27. Thurstan in outright win
Fine bowling by Dayabaran and Lokuge
Fine bowling by M. Dayabaran (8 for 26) and R. Lokuge (6 for 9) helped St. Sylvesters College, Kandy to score an innings and 50 runs win over Sri Sumangala Maha Vidyalaya, Kandy in their Horlicks trophy under 13 Division II schools cricket tournament match played at Police grounds, Kandy.
Sri Sumangala who batted first were dismissed for a paltry 37 in just 17.2 overs with eight batsmen scoring ducks and they never recovered from this shock.
Sri Sumangala MV 37 all out in 17.2 overs (M. Dayabaran 2 for 13, M. R. M. Ubadulla 2 for 7, R. Lokuge 4 for 2) and 50 all out in 20 overs (S. Salgado 24, M. Dayabaran 5 for 13, R. Lokuge 2 for 7)
St. Sylvesters College 137 for 7 decl. in 27.5 overs (K. T. R. Lankatillake 35, G. I. Senarath 31, D. Lokuge 21, D. K. Pathirana 18 not out, M. Jayasena 3 for 26).