Ed Joyce stars as Irish record famous win

Ed Joyce starred with the bat as Ireland earned a famous six-wicket win over West Indies in yesterday’s Twenty20 clash at Sabina Park, Jamaica.

West Indies scored 116-8 off their 20 overs, Chris Gayle top-scoring with 18, and Alex Cusack, Kevin O'Brien and Tim Murtagh taking two wickets apiece.

Joyce contributed 40 not out and Andrew Poynter 32 as Ireland triumphed with five balls to spare.

Ireland will play the World T20 champions again on Friday.

George Clooney Attends White House Screening

George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray have attended a screening of The Monuments Men hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House.

The film, directed by Clooney, is based on the true story of US soldiers in World War Two who rescued artworks stolen by Nazi thieves.

Sara Bloomfield, director the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, also attended the screening.

Three policemen interdicted after Minuwangoda mother's death

Three policemen attached to the Minuwangoda police station were interdicted after the mother of a suspect died suddenly as police attempted to arrest the suspect.

Police went to a house at Poragoda in Minuwangoda on Tuesday night to arrest a suspect in connection with an assault.

Police had entered the house through its back door as family members did not respond to the police call to open the front door.

When the suspect’s mother learned that police came to arrest her son, she suddenly fell ill on the spot.

Later police took her to hospital in the police jeep but she was pronounced dead after hospitalizing. 

Later an inquiry was held on the instruction of a Gampaha Division SP to ascertain whether the officers who visited the suspect’s home had over acted beyond their duty.

On the outcome of the inquiry, one police sergeant and two constables were interdicted today.

The trial of the case against former Chief Justice is fixed for May 12th

The trial of the case against former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake for not declaring her bank assets was fixed for the 12th of May this year.

Colombo Chief  Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya told the Court today that the trial will be begun after charges are read out of the case filed by the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption.

Our Court correspondent said that International law counselors and legal officers attached to foreign embassies were present at the Court today to observe the trial.

Former Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake accompanied by a team of lawyers led by President Counselor Naleen Ladduwahetti appeared in Court today.

President Counselor Ladduwahetti said that the case had been fixed for trial on the 14th of last November and he raised objections for putting off the case for today on the request by the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption.

Appearing for the Attorney General State Counselor  Dilan Rathnayake said that the Commission to Investigate Bribery or Corruption requested to postpone the case due to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

President Counselor Naleen Ladduwahetti said that although the Court ordered to hand over the documents with regard to the bank accounts, it was unable to obtain them as the case was postponed.

Later State Counselor proposed the respondent party to backdate the receipt of the bank documents to the 14th of November.

At that point,  President Counselor Ladduwahetti raised objections to the State Counselor’s proposal but agreed to record as that the documents are received today.

Accordingly the respondent party received a bank account document of 35 pages.

The Judge also said in open court that the respondent party was not affected whatsoever due to the postponement of the case.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka also appeared for the former Chief Justice, and its President Attorney-at-law Upul Jayasuriya also present in Court today.

Sri Lanka beats Bangladesh by 61 runs in 2nd ODI

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh in their 2nd ODI today, by 61 runs Played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, in Mirpur.

Kumar Sangakkara corrected the flaws in Sri Lanka's batting by scoring his 17th ODI hundred, leading a recovery at first before completely dominating the Bangladesh bowling.

Sri Lanka scored 289 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their allotted 50 overs while Bangladesh was all out for only 228 runs.

Sri Lanka's 289 was a 57-run improvement over their previous best, while batting first in Mirpur.

SL 289/6 (50.0 Ovs) | Bangladesh Vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat to push for a series win in the second ODI in Mirpur.

Batting first Sri Lanka scored 289 for 6 for their allotted 50 overs.

Mathews added an extra spinner in the 11, by picking Ajantha Mendis to replace the injured Nuwan Kulasekara.

The seamer was ruled out of the series with a groin injury he picked up in the first ODI, which Sri Lanka won by 13 runs.

MS Dhoni needs to take risks to win abroad, says Rahul Dravid

Former Indian Captain Rahul Dravid has backed the under-fire Mahendra Singh Dhoni to stay on as Test skipper for at least a year, but added that he would need to take a "few risks" to win abroad.

Dravid said that Dhoni's captaincy has been defensive in critical situations and felt he doesn't trust his bowling attack enough.

Away from home, Dhoni has captained India in 23 Tests, of which they have won five, lost 11 and drawn seven, and asked if the selectors should continue with him, Dravid replied in positive.