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Sean Ervine fell two short of a century as Hampshire cemented a winning position against Somerset on the third day of the County Championship match at Taunton

02-Sep-2011
ScorecardSean Ervine fell two short of a century as Hampshire cemented a winning position against Somerset on the third day of the County Championship match at Taunton.Although Jimmy Adams could add only three to his overnight 204, the visitors still extended their first innings to 627 for 9 before declaring at lunch. Ervine hit 13 fours and Somerset found themselves needing 423 to avoid an innings defeat.They slumped to 132 for 6, with James Tomlinson and Imran Tahir taking two wickets each. But acting captain Alfonso Thomas (79 not out) and teenage all-rounder Craig Meschede (53) salvaged some pride for the home side with a seventh-wicket stand of 134 to take the game into a fourth day.Somerset closed on 266 for seven, still 157 behind, with Thomas having reached his highest first-class score in England – beating the 70 he made against the same opponents at Taunton in 2009 – and Meschede recording his maiden first-class half-century.The youngster was dropped twice in reaching fifty off 86 balls, but showed his quality by hitting two sixes and five fours before being bowled by Dimitri Mascarenhas in the final over of the day.
Hampshire had begun on 480 for four and quickly lost Adams, who became one of six victims for wicketkeeper Jos Buttler when edging Thomas. The opener had faced 410 balls and hit 29 fours and a six.Buttler also took catches to remove Ervine, whose 98 came off only 119 balls, and Michael Bates (15) to add to his four second-day victims. The declaration, after a useful contribution of 30 by Mascarenhas, robbed him of a chance to equal Rob Turner’s Somerset record of seven catches in an innings.There was precious little to smile about for the Somerset bowlers as Murali Kartik returned one for 149 from 38 overs and Charl Willoughby also recorded an unwanted century, with three for 118 from 31 overs. The home side’s second innings was soon in tatters as Arul Suppiah and Chris Jones were bowled shouldering arms and Alex Barrow fell to a sensational low slip catch by Michael Carberry, diving full length to his left. Tomlinson took two of the wickets and Chris Wood one.James Hildreth (45), Buttler (35) and Peter Trego (32) all got starts without playing the necessary major innings. Tahir found plenty of turn from the River End to remove two of them and a three-day finish looked certain when Somerset went in to tea at 139 for 6. Thomas was dropped first ball, by Ervine at short-leg off Tahir, but then played with increasing confidence to reach fifty off 76 balls, with a six and six fours, and added five more boundaries before the close.

Mumbai Indians have been permitted to field five overseas players in their team during their Champions League Twenty20 games

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Sep-2011Mumbai Indians have been permitted to field five overseas players in a team during their Champions League Twenty20 games because several of their Indian players have suffered tournament-ending injuries. However, all the overseas players must have been contracted by them to play in the 2011 IPL. Mumbai are without six of their first-choice players, including the captain Sachin Tendulkar, and their reinforced squad contains seven Indians and seven foreign players.The other IPL teams will be permitted to field only four overseas players in their XIs during the CLT20.Apart from Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, Ali Murtaza, Dhawal Kulkarni and Suryakumar Yadav were ruled out of the tournament. They were replaced by Andrew Symonds, Dilhara Fernando, R Sathish, Sarul Kanwar and Abu Nechim. Moises Henriques is contracted to Mumbai, but cannot be considered for selection since he is a part of the New South Wales squad for the tournament. Tendulkar (injured toe), Rohit (broken finger) and Munaf (twisted ankle) were injured during India’s recent tour of England.In the absence of regular captain Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh will lead the team.The CLT20 technical committee said, in addition to those six players, it had also received medical reports that ruled out two more Mumbai players – Aditya Tare and Pawan Suyal – from the tournament. Therefore, in all, a total of eight out of Mumbai’s 23 contracted players were unavailable for selection.”In the current circumstances, if the Mumbai Indians suffer one more injury to an Indian player, they will be unable to field a team due to CLT20 rules restricting teams to a maximum of four overseas players in any one match,” the tournament organisers said in a media release. “As a result, the CLT20 governing council has approved a recommendation by the technical committee that to ensure the integrity of the tournament the Mumbai Indians will be permitted to select up to five overseas players in any one team, provided those players were contracted to play in the 2011 IPL.”This was considered the most appropriate solution to respect player safety and ensure no player plays for a CLT20 team unless he played for, or was contracted to play for, that team in the qualifying event.””Subject to approval, the ruling of the Governing Council and Technical Committee is applicable to any other team that, like the Mumbai Indians, suffers tournament-ending injuries in significant numbers that compromises its participation in the event.”The current Mumbai Indians squad consists of 14 players, however they may add another player to their squad from their remaining injury-free contract list if they choose.”The CLT20 governing council comprises BCCI president N Srinivasan, former IPL chairman Chirayu Amin, BCCI vice-president Niranjan Shah, Cricket South Africa chief Gerald Majola, Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland and a CA official Dean Kino.Mumbai squad: Harbhajan Singh (capt), Lasith Malinga (overseas), Andrew Symonds (overseas), James Franklin (overseas), Aiden Blizzard (overseas), Davy Jacobs (overseas), Kieron Pollard (overseas), Dilhara Fernado (overseas), R Satish, Ambati Rayudu, T Suman, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sarul Kanwar, Abu Nechim.

Srikkanth Anirudha has said he was “hurt” over claims that his father, Kris Srikkanth, could have had an influence over his selection into the squad for the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Oct-2011Srikkanth Anirudha, the batsman from Tamil Nadu, has said he was “hurt” over claims that his father, Kris Srikkanth, the BCCI’s chief selector, could have had an influence over his selection into the squad for the Emerging Players Tournament in Australia. Anirudha’s selection had raised some eyebrows given his modest first-class record but he was in good form for the India Green team during the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy, averaging over 60 and scoring a century.”Oh yes, it hurts,” Anirudha, 24, told when asked how he felt about accusations that he may have benefited from nepotism. “Three months back, it hurt a lot. At the end of the day, you have to go out there and play. He [his father] is a massive help when you come back home, on the mental side of the game. He knows what a cricketer can go through, what the expectations will be from my family, me and people around me.”Probably the expectations are always going to be higher being his son but I have to cope with that. I have to live with it all my life.”He said he wasn’t putting too much pressure on himself. “To be very honest, at one point I was so adamant I used to constantly think ‘I want to make it big, I want to it big'”But now I have realised that the bottom line is you live your life once. And if you don’t enjoy it, there’s no point living. Every day if you take pressure, then there’s no point in it.”

ESPNcricinfo previews the fifth ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi

The Preview by Nitin Sundar22-Nov-2011

Match facts

Wednesday, November 23
Start time 1500 (1100 GMT)Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan have both suffered poor form since the World Cup•AFP

Big Picture

What is ailing Sri Lankan cricket? In the past eight months, following the World cup, they have played eight series across formats against top-flight teams, and gone on to lose six of them. The two victories came in Twenty20 series, if that term can be used to describe one- and two-match Twenty20 shoot-outs. Their decline in Test cricket was not a complete surprise, given how much the side depended on Muttiah Muralitharan, but the ODI slump cannot be easily explained.The answer lies in the batting numbers: since the World Cup final, Sri Lanka’s top order, with one notable exception, has endured significant drops in their batting averages. The captain Tillakaratne Dilshan has been the biggest offender, scoring 267 runs at a pitiful average of 17.80. Kumar Sangakkara and Upul Tharanga have also been poor imitations of their usual pace-setting selves at the top of the order, while Angelo Mathews is going through his worst phase since emerging as a world-class allrounder.Mahela Jayawardene is the one man who has managed to steer clear of the Sri Lankan batting nadir. He delivered them their only win in this series with a sparkling half-century in the second game. Jayawardene won’t be playing Wednesday’s dead rubber because of a knee injury.Sri Lanka’s chances of a face-saving win are further blighted by the prime form of the Pakistan bowling unit. Saeed Ajmal is among the most dangerous offspinners going around now, while Mohammad Hafeez adds another dimension with his mix of straight ones and straighter ones. Umar Gul has been exemplary with the new ball, while Aizaz Cheema has shown that he belongs at this level. Pakistan’s worries, if any, will be on the batting front too. But if their bowlers continue to be unplayable, it won’t matter. And if all else fails, they still have Shahid Afridi.

Form guide

Pakistan: WWLWW (most recent first)
Sri Lanka: LLWLW

Watch out for …

At the risk of stating the obvious, don’t take your eyes off Shahid Afridi. He batted responsibly in the fourth ODI, curtailing his instincts for the most part of his innings, and still needed only 65 balls for his 75. Later, he slid clumsily while attempting to save a boundary in the outfield and got his knee stuck in the turf. It was the sort of injury that stalled Simon Jones’ career for four years. Afridi came back after three overs, limped through his run-up and ripped out five wickets. Expect the X-man celebration to make a few appearances in Abu Dhabi.Lasith Malinga has largely been off the boil in this series. His six wickets have come at nearly five runs per over, and three of those dismissals came in a single match-winning effort. Given how patchy Pakistan’s batting form has been thus far in the series, he will be targeting their toes on Wednesday. Can his yorkers provide Sri Lanka some succour?

Team news

Shoiab Malik looked out of place on his return to the side, but an injury to Abdul Razzaq is likely to give him another chance. Razzaq is returning home with a shoulder injury that puts him in doubt for the upcoming Bangladesh tour as well. With the series in the bag, Gul might be in line for a break, in which case Junaid Khan could get a well-deserved chance.
Pakistan (possible): 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Imran Farhat, 3 Younis Khan, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Umar Akmal, 6 Abdul Razzaq/Shoaib Malik, 7 Shahid Afridi, 8 Sarfraz Ahmed (wk), 9 Umar Gul/Junai Khan, 10 Saeed Ajmal, 11 Aizaz CheemaJayawardene’s absence could pave the way for Dimuth Karunaratne’s inclusion in the Sri Lankan XI, unless Chamara Silva is ready to play after being called up two days ahead of the game. Angelo Mathews’ form is likely to be a huge worry, but Sri Lanka don’t have the reserves to afford him a break now.
Sri Lanka (possible): 1 Upul Tharanga, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Dinesh Chandimal, 5 Dimuth Karunaratne/Chamara Silva, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Jeevan Mendis, 8 Thisara Perera, 9 Lasith Malinga, 10 Seekkuge Prasanna, 11 Dilhara Fernando

Stats and trivia

• Tillakaratne Dilshan is yet to hit his first six in ODIs since taking over as full-time Sri Lankan captain – he has led in 15 one-dayers
• Pakistan have featured in each of the 16 games played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, winning nine of them
• Sri Lanka have lost two of their three games here, with the win coming in the dead rubber of a three-match series

Quotes

“As a captain I can’t do anything to change the players’ game. As a unit we have to take responsibility. As captain I am disappointed to lose, and we need to sit down and think where we can start again before the South Africa series.”

“When you have a good atmosphere around you, then you try your best to deliver. I was overjoyed by the support in Sharjah where they cheered my singles, so I was happy to put my head down initially.”

Wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile will captain the South African Invitation XI in a three-day tour match against the Sri Lankans, starting on December 9

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Dec-2011Wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile will captain the South African Invitation XI in a three-day tour match against the Sri Lankans, starting on December 9 in Benoni. Five members of the squad who played against the touring Australians in November have been retained.The selectors were unable to pick players from two of South Africa’s six franchises, Cobras and Warriors, because they will contest the domestic one-day cup final on December 9. As a result players such as Wayne Parnell and JP Duminy, who are considered to be on the fringes of the Test squad, were unavailable for selection.The schedule gave other promising players such as Lions’ batsman Temba Bavuma and Titans fast bowler Hardus Viljoen an opportunity to represent the Invitation XI. “We have chosen a mix of players who have shown good form in the various domestic competitions and those who have been identified as having the potential to move up to a higher level,” Andrew Hudson, the convenor of selectors said.Batsmen Reeza Hendricks and Rilee Rossouw have performed impressively for Knights and Lions bowler Pumi Matshikwe is the second highest wicket-taker in the SuperSport Series this season. The likes of Tsolekile and left-arm spinner Paul Harris could force their way into the national squad with good showings in the tour match.Tsolekile had replaced the injured Heino Kuhn as wicketkeeper of the A side against the Australians. Tsolekile was long thought of as the No. 2 wicketkeeper in the country, after Boucher, but fell out of favour with the emergence of Kuhn. He appears to be back in the selector’s minds as the succession debate continues, with Boucher’s poor batting form against Australia fuelling calls for a replacement to be groomed more seriously.Harris, who missed his first Test in four years when he was replaced by legspinner Imran Tahir for the Australia series, also has the opportunity to stake a claim for a recall. Batsman Dean Elgar is the other player who will be watched closely as the race for national berths heats up. Elgar has been a part of numerous A tours and is regularly among the top ten batsmen in the SuperSport Series. He has been tipped as one of the players who could form part of South Africa’s experimentation against Sri Lanka.Opening batsman Alviro Petersen was among the notable absentees from the squad. Petersen was dropped from the Test squad to make room for in-form Jacques Rudolph but scored a century on a spicy pitch in Potchefstroom against the Australians. He is in Namibia and CSA granted him permission to miss the tour match.Fast bowler Marchant de Lange is also not part of the squad. de Lange took five wickets against the Australians in Potchefstroom was not considered because of injury. He dislocated his thumb and will be assessed by the Titans physio later in the week. Albie Morkel and Lonwabo Tsotsobe, whose place in the Test XI was taken by Vernon Philander, are still recovering from side strains while Ryan McLaren is also injured.South African Invitation XI: Thami Tsolekile, Temba Bavuma, Farhaan Behardien, Dean Elgar, Paul Harris, Reeza Hendricks, Pumelela Matshikwe, Rilee Rossouw, Stiaan van Zyl, Hardus Viljoen, David Wiese.

A round-up of the latest matches from New Zealand’s Ford Trophy as Auckland go top of the table

ESPNcricinfo staff11-Dec-2011Auckland went top of the table as they beat their nearest rivals Otago in a gripping, high-scoring encounter in Dunedin. Chasing a daunting 303 they reached their target with two wickets and one ball to spare after a late charge by Colin de Grandhomme who clubbed 43 off 18 balls with four sixes. He came to the crease after the in-form Bradley Cachopa fell for a career-best 114, his first one-day hundred, which followed the 91 he made in the previous round. That left Auckland needing 61 off 40 balls and de Grandhomme soon made a major dent in the requirement. However, when he departed in the penultimate over there was a chance Otago could sneak back in, but Nos 9 and 10, Ronnie Hira and Michael Bates, held their nerve. Whereas Auckland were anchored by a top-order hundred, Otago had relied on three strong half-centuries from their middle order to propel the innings. Craig Cumming (78) and Nathan McCullum (64) added 93 for the fifth wicket then some powerful striking took them over the 300 mark but it wasn’t quite enough.Grant Elliott turned on the power against Canterbury to set up a 33-run success for Wellington in Timaru. Elliott, the Wellington captain, struck 103 off 84 balls including seven sixes to lift his side to 307 for 5. He added 146 in 15 overs for the fourth wicket with Harry Boam who finished unbeaten on 65 from 48 deliveries. Canterbury never gave up in their run chase but lost wickets at regular intervals against an attack featuring five international bowlers. Boam followed his important innings with two wickets, including that of Andrew Ellis who had given his side a chance with a brisk 40. Andy McKay finished off the match with two wickets in the 47th over to complete a haul of 4 for 63.Mathew Sinclair’s unbeaten 63 guided Central Districts to a comfortable six-wicket victory against Northern Districts in Hamilton. He ensured a jittery top order didn’t waste the excellent work of the bowling attack in dismissing Northern Districts for 169 inside 44 overs. The chase was slightly unsteady at 66 for 3 but the required rate was never an issue and Sinclair found a solid partner in Kieran Noema-Barnett to get the job done. It was a win set up, however, by the bowlers as they never allowed Northern Districts the chance to build a platform. Jacob Oram removed his former New Zealand team-mate Scott Styris for a third-ball duck after Adam Milne had snaffled the Marshall brothers in his opening spell. Peter Borren, the Netherlands captain, also chipped in with a couple.

Ryan Harris split a stubborn stand between Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid before Peter Siddle nicked out MS Dhoni, as Australia closed on a series victory over India at lunch

The Report by Daniel Brettig15-Jan-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
Ben Hilfenhaus claimed four wickets in each innings•Getty Images

Australia’s fast bowlers completed an innings-and-37-run destruction of India minutes after lunch on day three of the third Test, snatching the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the most emphatic style imaginable. Ryan Harris split a stubborn stand between Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid before Peter Siddle nicked out MS Dhoni in the shadows of the interval, and Ben Hilfenhaus razed the tail with three wickets in five balls on resumption.Siddle found Kohli’s outside edge to complete proceedings, heralding the start of rich celebrations for the hosts following victory over opponents who never came to terms with the challenges posed by Australia’s bowlers and conditions. The performance of the match was by a home batsman however, and it was a measure of the Man-of-the-Match David Warner’s 180 that India’s batsmen fell short of his individual tally in each innings.His efforts gave the pace ensemble a chance to squeeze India, and all the bowlers contributed in another strikingly even performance. Harris will bowl far worse and claim five wickets rather than the one he plucked in the second innings, while Siddle and Hilfenhaus maintained their outstanding marriage of pressure and late movement. Mitchell Starc, of course, had made two critical breaks on the second evening.Dravid and Kohli provided the staunchest Indian batting resistance of the match in a union of 84, but were never completely in control against Harris, who deservedly found a way past Dravid towards the end of an exacting spell. Siddle’s dismissal of Dhoni was a familiar sight, the captain’s edge snapped up by Ricky Ponting in the cordon.Kohli’s innings was a beacon of hope for India’s future, demonstrating strong technique and a stronger mind to cope with Australia’s bowling that did not flag in considerable heat. Following up a similarly composed 44 in the first innings, it may warrant a promotion in the batting order for Adelaide.Resuming at 4 for 88, still 120 short of going into credit, Dravid and Kohli had plenty of testing moments in the opening overs. Harris’ first two deliveries of the day did everything but bowl Dravid, angling in and seaming away, while at the other end Hilfenhaus swung the ball tantalisingly away with the help of a south-westerly breeze.Kohli was the more assured of the batting duo, collecting his runs quietly with ones and twos, reining in his most aggressive tendencies in a struggle for survival against bowling that offered precious little latitude.Harris, in particular, posed question after question, taking advantage of a crack on a length at the Lillee-Marsh Stand end to bring the ball sharply back into Kohli and Dravid. Dravid was late to react to some subtle inswing, the ball swerving between bat and pad to send leg stump cartwheeling. Dravid shuffled off, bowled five times in six innings during the series.Dhoni’s technique has been found similarly wanting, and once again he would edge tamely into the cordon. Siddle’s delivery was full, fast and swinging, and Ponting’s hands at second slip were alert and safe. Nevertheless, the dismissal was another grim reflection on the batting of Dhoni, who has always struggled to replicate his subcontinental run-scoring on foreign shores.Lunch came and went, Kohli still harbouring the desire to reach a century. But Hilfenhaus was not in a mood to countenance charity. Bashing the ball in short of a length, he had Vinay Kumar and Zaheer Khan fencing to Michael Clarke at slip in consecutive balls, and while Ishant Sharma survived the hat-trick delivery, he fended his third straight to Ed Cowan at short leg.Umesh Yadav survived one ball to give Kohli the strike, but Siddle probed the perfect line and length once more to coax a touch behind and seal a series that has been more lopsided than anyone can have imagined.

Chris Gayle made his fifth Twenty20 century in the past year to take Barisal Burners to an easy win against Sylhet Royals in the opening game of the Bangladesh Premier League

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Feb-2012
ScorecardWhere there is a Twenty20 tournament to be played, there is Chris Gayle to smash a hundred. He scored his fifth Twenty20 century in the past year to take Barisal Burners to an easy win against Sylhet Royals in the opening game of the Bangladesh Premier League. Sylhet’s total of 165 seemed like a competitive one, but Gayle made a mockery of it, smashing 10 sixes and seven fours in his 101 off 44 balls. Barisal were home in 13.1 overs.Keeping Gayle company was Pakistan’s Ahmed Shehzad, who scored 56 off 35 balls with nine fours and a six. Sylhet’s Australian import, Brad Hogg, could not keep Gayle quiet, and went for 27 in his three overs. Hogg didn’t have it as bad as two other Sylhet overseas players – Peter Trego and Scott Styris went for 23 and 27 in their only overs.Trego had earlier helped Sylhet recover from a sluggish start to reach a decent total, with his 62. His 105-run partnership with Alok Kapali (56) formed the bulk of Sylhet’s total.

When asked whether Pakistan preferred to play India or Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final, Misbah-ul-Haq smiled and said: “I can’t control this.”

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur18-Mar-2012When asked whether Pakistan preferred to play India or Bangladesh in the Asia Cup final, Misbah-ul-Haq smiled and said: “I can’t control this.” A Pakistan-India final will not take place if Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka in the final league game.Misbah’s words, however, might as well have been describing how he had felt on the field while Virat Kohli was mowing down the target of 330 to keep India in the tournament. Kohli seemed to have a plan for all six Pakistan bowlers and targeted each one.Against Umar Gul, Kohli was slightly cautious but also hit a six over wide long-off. He was watchful against Mohammad Hafeez and Shahid Afridi as well, while against Saeed Ajmal he decided to stay deep in the crease and play into the arc behind square on the off side. He managed to hit six boundaries off Ajmal, whom Kohli said was “quick and able to turn both ways.” While facing the left-arm pace of Wahab Riaz, however, it was a question of how many and how quickly. Kohli hit Riaz for seven fours in 17 balls – some pulled, a few flicked and one cover driven.Misbah praised India and Kohli for the way they approached the chase. “First of all, credit to them. Whatever the wicket or conditions, chasing 329 is difficult. The manner in which they batted, they outclassed us.Misbah-ul-Haq praised his openers for the platform they had given the team•Associated Press

“I think 329 is not a bad total. When you try to score 350-370, even making 329 is difficult,” Misbah said. “With our bowling, 325-330 was our target. I think it was a good total but the way they played, we didn’t have any answers.”Before Kohli wrested the game from Pakistan, though, Misbah’s team had performed impressively. They had their second-highest opening stand in one-dayers, with Nasir Jamshed and Hafeez adding 224 runs for the first wicket. The new pair thrived against a bowling attack that lacked bite and their teamwork paid off: when Hafeez attacked Jamshed batted steadily, and then they switched roles. Jamshed scored his maiden ODI century, while Hafeez made his fourth.”I think both played very well. Set a good platform for the team,” Misbah said. “It’s a good prospect for us that the openers are getting centuries and putting a good partnership at the top.”Despite playing an extra bowler, however, Misbah was unable to lead a successful defence in the field. It was the fourth time Pakistan had lost an ODI after scoring more than 300, and the first since 2000. Riaz was far from re-creating that magical spell in Mohali in the World Cup semi-final, while Aizaz Cheema had his worst day in international cricket.”We planned to bat first so we strengthened our bowling. His [Riaz] confidence was good; he took five wickets against India. We took him on that, but sometimes your decisions don’t pay off. It was a bad day for him.”I think our bowling has won us a lot of games. If you look at the performance in the last year and a half, they have done really well. It was a test against India, so such a day was possible.”

Sri Lanka player Jehan Mubarak was taken in custody and released on bail after the car he was driving was involved in a fatal accident that killed one person and injured another on the Chilaw-Colombo main road

Sa'adi Thawfeeq23-Apr-2012Sri Lanka player Jehan Mubarak was taken in custody by police and later released on bail after the car he was driving was involved in a fatal accident that killed one person and injured another at Maikkulan on the Chilaw-Colombo main road on Sunday.Mubarak was driving back to Colombo at around 1.00 pm when his car hit two youths who were heading to Chilaw on a motorbike.The victim, identified as a 31-year-old resident of Dumbaladeniya, was admitted to the Chilaw Base Hospital and transferred to the National Hospital in Colombo where he succumbed to his injuries. The injured person was receiving treatment at the Chilaw hospital, police said.Mubarak, who was produced before the Chilaw district judge on Monday, was released on personal bail of two sureties of Sri Lankan rupees two million each after being remanded immediately after the accident.The court also ordered Mubarak to pay SLR 600,000 to the family members of the deceased and SLR 400,000 to the injured person. Of this amount SLR 200,000 and SLR 100,000 have already been paid to the victims’ families, it was revealed in court.The case will be taken up again on May 3.Mubarak, a 31-year-old left-hand batsman from Royal College, Colombo, has represented Sri Lanka between 2002 and 2009, appearing in 10 Tests, 38 ODIs and 16 T20Is.