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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 29 December, 1997   Sri Lanka share honours with a Silva streak India yesterday lost the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. India, after winning the toss and batting first, made 228 in their 50 overs. Sri Lanka achieved the target in the 49th over, thanks to a masterly unbeaten 82 from Aravinda De Silva.   Donald's pace sends the Aussies ducking for cover Australia built a potentially match-winning lead against South Africa in the first Test today despite a top order collapse in their second innings. Leading by a commanding 123 runs from the first innings, Australia closed the day at 67 for four in the second innings. Earlier Australia had bowled the Proteas out for only a 189 runs. Kiwis hope to make it second time lucky The formidable Australians would be relying on their strong batting line-up to regain the Women's Cricket World Cup when they clash with a spirited New Zealand in the final at the Eden Gardens here tomorrow. Hide-and-seek draw in Game 3 Viswanathan Anand of India and Michael Adams of England played a searching game today and drew in 35 moves to keep the scores level at 1.5-1.5 in the World Chess Championship at Groningen. The fourth game will be played today.   Purnima Rau refutes WCAI's charges Former Indian women's cricket captain Purnima Rau strongly refuted yesterday the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) charges that she did not give her best in the ongoing World Cup championship. She reiterated her statement that her ``dreams were shattered.'' Cut diamond and Asiad silver lining If FIFA ranking is the only yardstick to measure success in football, then India have had a `successful' year. From last year's ranking of 119, India finished at 109 by Christmas. In a sport where three figure rankings reflect the poor state of affairs, there couldn't have been a better news than the team jumping 10 spots in the international ladder.     Chadda downs Kannan   Indiscretion claims Pratap Stud   Pagnis to lead India under-19   Cut diamond and Asiad silver lining   Donald's pace sends the Aussies ducking for cover   Chima shines in Bagan win   Hide-and-seek draw in Game 3   Indo-Pak hockey series from February   Purnima Rau refutes WCAI's charges   Samba beat steps up Dempo tempo   Nobody hold Khalsa   Rani rules the roost   Kiwis hope to make it second time lucky   Masurkar, Joshi excel   Maharashtra desperate for win