–TORONTO
young Indo-
Canadian boxer
Eric Basran
defeated the cur-
rent Canadian
champion and world
medallist in an interna-
tional tournament held in
August, the media report-
ed on Aug. 31.
He is now set to feature
in the Northern Alberta
Gold Glove
Championships slated for
October 3.
Basran, 16, returned
from an international 15th
Annual RingsideWorld
Championships boxing
tournament held in
Kansas city, Missouri, after
beating Thomas
Blumenfeld, current
Canadian Champion and
world medallist, South
Asian Link reported.
The tournament fea-
tured 1,900 boxers from
age group eight to 40.
Basran fought in the 17-
18-year-old, 114 pound
(52 kg) open category.
In the first match of the
10-fighter division, Basran
defeated Las Vegas cham-
pion Alejandro
Dominguez. In the second
round, he defeated
Blumenfeld. But next day,
he suffered from food poi-
soning and could not
compete in the semi-
finals.
His opponent was
given a “walk-over” win,
ending the hope for
Basran, the report added.
Basran had lost to
Blumenfeld at the
National Championships
earlier this year.
“He has very limited
experience and at this
event there were boxers
from around the world
with 100 or more bouts,”
his coach Jerry
Veerasammy was quoted
as saying. “He has tremen-
dous long reach, good
boxing eyes and an innate
sense of range and he hits
like a mule,” Veerasammy
added.
“He is gifted and a very
hard worker. Talent can
take you to the top but like
every athlete, lifestyle will
determines Eric’s path, so
it’s all up to him how far
he goes,” the coach was
added.
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– COLOMBO
M
arvan Atapattu
has quit as Sri
Lanka coach, the
country’s cricket board said
on Sept. 3 without giving a
reason for his decision.
The for-
mer test cap-
tain became
the first Sri
Lankan to
take the job
on a full-time
basis since
Roy Dias in
1999 when
he was
appointed
last
September.
The
departure of the 44-year-
old follows recent home
test series defeats by
Pakistan and India.
“Sri Lanka Cricket
thanks Atapattu for his
efforts as head coach and
batting coach ... and we
wish him every success in
all his future endeavours,”
the board said in a state-
ment. Atapattu, who played
90 tests and 268 one-dayers
from 1990-2007, became
batting coach in 2011 and
was then made head coach
Graham Ford’s
deputy in 2013.
Following
the resignation
of Englishman
Paul Farbrace
in April 2014,
Atapattu was
named interim
head coach
and his team
went on to win
a test series in
England and a
test and one-
day series at home against
Pakistan.
Sri Lanka hostWest
Indies next month in an
encounter featuring two
tests, three one-day inter-
nationals and two
Twenty20s.
- Reuters
Atapattu Quits As
Sri Lanka Coach
– NEWDELHI
I
ndia paceman Ishant Sharma
and Sri Lanka’s Dinesh
Chandimal have been given
one-match bans after admitting
charges of misconduct during
the third test between the coun-
tries, the International Cricket
Council (ICC) said on Sept. 3.
Two other Sri Lanka players,
Lahiru Thirimanne and
Dhammika Prasad, were fined
half their match fees for their
roles in the two separate inci-
dents during the test, which
India won by 117 runs to secure
the series win.
Sharma, who had been fined
65 percent of his match fees for
giving send-offs to Thirimanne
and Chandimal in the second
test, landed in trouble with the
Sri Lankans in the final contest
as well.
The ICC imposed two penalty
points on the Indian fast bowler
after he gave a send-off to open-
er Upul Tharanga in the first over
of Sri Lanka’s second innings –
his third such offence during the
heated series between the neigh-
bours.
As a result, he will miss the
first test against South Africa in
Mohali, which starts on Nov. 5,
and the ICC warned that he
faced a ban of up to one year if
he repeated the offence within
the next 12 months.
“Monday’s incidents were not
good advertisements for interna-
tional cricket,” said ICCmatch
referee Andy Pycroft.
“These experienced cricketers
forgot their fundamental respon-
sibilities of respecting their
opponents, as well as the
umpires, and got involved in
incidents which were clearly
against the spirit of the game.
Their actions cannot be con-
doned and must be discour-
aged.”
Chandimal will miss Sri
Lanka’s next one-day interna-
tional, against theWest Indies on
Nov. 1, for making “deliberate
physical contact” with Sharma
while he was involved in an
altercation with Prasad.
Tempers flared on Tuesday
when Ishant, after taking a single
and running past Prasad, was
seen smacking his own head as if
daring the bowler to try to
bounce him.
Chandimal joined from the
slip, brushing shoulders with
the Indian.
“Just before the contact
between Chandimal and
Sharma, Lahiru Thirimanne
had twice ignored the umpires’
warnings not to get involved in
the incident,” the ICC state-
ment said.
Thirimanne and Prasad
were each fined 50 percent of
their match fees.
At the end of India’s second
innings, Ishant ran towards the
Indian dressing room to
change and get ready to bowl
and Prasad was seen sprinting
behind the Indian, as if trying
to catch up with him.
- Reuters
Cricket-India’s Sharma And Sri Lankan Chandimal Get Bans
–LAHORE
T
he International Cricket
Council’s five-year bans on
former Pakistan captain
Salman Butt and pace bowler
Mohammad Asif ends on
Wednesday, but the long road
back for the players will begin
under heavy restrictions.
The pair will be under strict
monitoring for months before
being allowed to play interna-
tional cricket again, according to
the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB).
“The PCB has given me a tar-
get that includes improving fit-
ness, attending sessions with a
psychiatrist and delivering lec-
tures to young cricketers for
awareness against misdeeds as a
national player,” Asif, 32, told
Reuters during a practice session
at the Model Town Ground in
Lahore. “I will have to achieve
the target in two months and
only after that will I be allowed to
play freely.”
Butt and Asif were banned for
spot-fixing during Pakistan’s tour
of England in 2010, particularly
for bowling deliberate no-balls
by pre-arrangement during the
fourth test at Lord’s.
Both have served jail sen-
tences in Britain and were given
minimum five-year bans by an
ICC tribunal. Butt was also given
a two-year suspended sentence.
Both players said they were
ready to meet the board’s
demands.
“I just want to play cricket,
which runs through my blood,”
former captain Butt said.
A PCB official told Reuters the
trio would only be allowed to
play “controlled cricket and start
with club cricket for now.”
“They will be strictly moni-
tored by professional cricketers
and psychiatrists for a few
months. If they prove their fit-
ness and morality, they will be
allowed to play domestic cricket
at the first-class level,” the offi-
cial said, declining to be named.
A third player, fast bowler
Mohammad Amir, was also
banned until September but the
chairman of ICC’s anti-corrup-
tion unit exercised his discretion
to give him an early reprieve in
January. Left-arm paceman Amir
was marked as a great prospect
for Pakistan in his early days. At
the age of 18 he became the
youngest bowler to capture 50
test wickets during the contro-
versial test match at Lord’s in
2010.
According to a revised anti-
corruption code, a banned play-
er can appeal the ICC to allow
him to resume playing domestic
cricket before the end of the ban.
The PCB had decided to help
Amir with his appeal but ruled
out helping Butt and Asif with
any relaxation.
Though the ban is lifted, seri-
ous opposition from officials and
hostility from Pakistan’s cricket-
obsessed fans will mean the road
to redemption will be a long one
for the tainted trio.
- Reuters
With Spot-fixing Bans Lifted,
Pakistan Trio Restricted At Home
