26 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, March 1, 2020 Five- haul for Jamieson as New Zealand take charge Prithvi, Pujara and Vihari all collected half centuries for India

CHRISTCHURCH: Kyle Jamieson continued his eye- So it was a matter of hanging in there and as a collec- catching introduction to Test with a five-wicket tive we managed to do that and have a good day.” haul yesterday as New Zealand took the honours on Prithvi Shaw, Cheteshwar Pujara and Hanuma Vihari day one of the second Test against India in all collected half centuries for India to show that the Christchurch. green wicket was not as threatening as expected, and New Zealand, who won the crucial toss with an Vihari believed the side were at least 60 runs short. inviting green pitch on offer, were 63 without loss at “I think 300 plus would have been an ideal total on stumps after rolling India for 242. Tom Blundell was on this wicket, but we showed more intent that we did in 29 with on 27. Wellington and that’s a positive,” he said. “But he Jamieson, who has his sights on becoming estab- (Jamieson) gets much more bounce than other bowlers lished as an all-rounder, grabbed the headlines on and that extra bounce is a big factor. “The front foot debut with four and a sparking 44 runs in New ball becomes more dangerous than the short ball ... and Zealand’s 10-wicket first Test victory in Wellington. deservingly he got the five.” He backed that up in Christchurch with five for 45 to blunt a promising start by India in the second Test. “I KOHLI DISAPPOINTMENT guess it has fallen my way in the first couple of Tests,” Shaw was in sparkling form at the top of the innings Jamieson said, but added the Hagley Oval wicket with 54 off 64 deliveries while Pujara and Vihari played required more precision than Wellington’s Basin more patient roles. Pujara faced 140 balls for his 54 Reserve. while Vihari’s 55 took 70 deliveries but with most of his “Your margin for where you try and land the ball runs coming in a late flurry of boundaries. becomes a little bit smaller and when we overpitched again fell cheaply and there was they put it away, if we missed wide they put that away. little life in the tail. The last six wickets produced only

SCOREBOARD CHRISTCHURCH: India’s Hanuma Vihari hits a shot on day one of the second match between New Zealand and India at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP Scoreboard at stumps on day one of the second Test between New Zealand and India in Christchurch yesterday: India 1st innings (Rahane), 5-194 (Vihari), 6-197 (Pujara), 7-207 (Pant), 8-207 (Yadav), M. Agarwal lbw Boult 7 9-216 (Jadeja), 10-242 (Shami) 48 runs with 26 of them from Mohammed Shami and outswinger seamed back and smacked into the pads. P. Shaw c Latham b Jamieson 54 : Southee 13-5-38-2, Boult 17-2-89-2, de Grandhomme 9-2- C. Pujara c Watling b Jamieson 54 31-0, Jamieson 14-3-45-5 (5w), Wagner 10-2-29-1 Jasprit Bumrah for the final wicket. Southee followed with the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane V. Kohli lbw Southee 3 After Mayank Agarwal fell early, Shaw and Pujara for seven before Pujara and Vihari stabilised the innings A. Rahane c Taylor b Southee 7 New Zealand 1st innings put on 50 for the second wicket before the 2.03-metre in an 81-run stand for the fifth wicket. H. Vihari c Watling b Wagner 55 T. Latham 27 R. Pant b Jamieson 12 T. Blundell not out 29 (6ft 8in) Jamieson struck for the first time when he Wagner bagged Vihari with the last ball before tea R. Jadeja c Boult b Jamieson 9 Extras: (b4, lb3) 7 found the edge of Shaw’s bat and a leaping Latham and Jamieson took Pujara soon after the resumption U. Yadav c Watling b Jamieson 0 Total: (no wickets; 23 overs) 63 snared the catch at second slip. before racing through the lower order to remove M. Shami b Boult 16 To bat: , , Henry Nicholls, BJ Watling, Colin J. Bumrah not out 10 de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, , Neil Wagner, Enter Kohli and a chance for the master batsman to Rishabh Pant (12), Ravindra Jadeja (nine) and Umesh Extras: (b4, lb6, w5) 15 Bowling: Bumrah 7-1-19-0, Yadav 8-1-20-0, Shami 7-1-17-0, Jadeja play a captain’s knock as India battle to square the Yadav (nought). Trent Boult ended Shami’s 16-run Total: (all out; 63 overs) 242 1-1-0-0. two-Test series. Instead his disappointing tour contin- cameo to finish off the innings leaving New Zealand 23 Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Agarwal), 2-80 (Shaw), 3-85 (Kohli), 4-113 ued and he was out for three when a Tim Southee overs to bat before stumps. — AFP

score in the fourth minute. But it didn’t NZ salvage win, blow take the Hurricanes long to strike back and by half-time they were up 28-10 before adding a further 32 points in the India unbeaten away Sunwolves second stanza. It was another disappointment for the at women’s as Sharks Sunwolves, who opened the season with an unexpected win over the Melbourne sink Reds Rebels, but have seen their farewell year T20 WCup in go downhill since. The loss added to a week of bad luck, with WELLINGTON: Kobus van Wyk the side told Friday their matches against MELBOURNE: New Zealand salvaged an bagged a hat-trick in a sensational debut the ACT in Osaka next week unlikely victory against yesterday for the Wellington Hurricanes who and against the Crusaders in Tokyo a to set up a crunch clash against Australia for thrashed the hapless Sunwolves 62-15 week later have been moved to Australia a place in the women’s T20 World Cup semi- yesterday, while his old team the Coastal due to fears over the deadly coronavirus. finals, as impressive India kept their unbeaten Sharks kept their strong start to the sea- Despite the setbacks, they rattled record intact. son going. the Hurricanes early on in a short-lived Coming off a narrow loss to India, the The bonus-point win in Napier lifted show of promise before wing van Wyk White Ferns won the toss and opted to bat on the Hurricanes to second equal with the touched down for his opening try. a slow Junction Oval pitch in Melbourne. But Waikato Chiefs in the New Zealand con- After a Jumpei Ogura penalty regained after reaching 66 for two they collapsed to 91 ference, a point behind the Canterbury the lead for the Sunwolves, the all out, as grabbed a tournament- Crusaders with both the Chiefs and Hurricanes stepped up a gear, produc- MELBOURNE: India’s Radha Yadav (second left) celebrates with teammates after taking a Crusaders on a bye week. ing back-to-back tries to fullback Women’s T20 World Cup tables Sri Lankan wicket during their women’s World Cup cricket match in Melbourne It was the second game in a row that Chase Tiatia with van Wyk chiming in yesterday. — AFP the Japanese side leaked 10 tries after with his second for the team to turn Tables from the T20 women’s cricket World Cup in their thrashing by the Queensland Reds with a healthy 28-10 lead. Australia after yesterday’s matches (played, won, last weekend. “We’ve got some pretty Ben Lam, TJ Perenara, Gareth Evans, best 4-18 with back-up from fine fielding. pleted their Group A games unbeaten. New lost, tied, points): freakish athletes out there,” Hurricanes Van Dyke, Laumape and Vince Aso all A first World Cup victory for Bangladesh Zealand and defending champions Australia Group A captain TJ Perenara said. “You see Ngani, scored for the Hurricanes in the second since 2014 was within reach, but they blew both have two wins from three, making their India 4 4 0 0 8 Vince, (Ben) Lam, Vaea. When those boys the chance with sloppy and poor run- tomorrow clash in Melbourne a quarter-final. half while Siosaia Fifita touched down for Australia 3 2 1 0 4 ning between the wicket seeing them bundled Bangladesh are eliminated after losing three get going it’s quite hard to stop. the Sunwolves’ second try. New Zealand 3 2 1 0 4 out for 74. from three. “The more we can get those boys in Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 “Obviously nowhere near what we wanted Good line and length from Bangladesh’s space and open it up for the rest of us TRAVEL WELL Bangladesh 3 0 3 0 0 to post today, but Bangladesh were fantastic, bowlers restricted openers Devine and the better it is.” In Brisbane, the Durban- In Brisbane, the Sharks dominated the they put us under pressure on a really diffi- Rachel Priest to just 23 from the first five based Sharks proved too dangerous for breakdown for a battling four tries to Group B cult wicket,” said New Zealand captain overs. The runs started flowing but Devine the Reds, winning 33-23 for their third three win. “It was a great win, a great South Africa 2 2 0 0 4 Sophie Devine. “We learned from what fell to spinner on 12 while victory from four on their overseas tour. effort from the boys. Credit to the for- England 3 2 1 0 4 Bangladesh did, bowling straight and making trying to force the pace. Priest soon fol- Van Wyk joined the Hurricanes from wards. They put us on the front foot,” West Indies 2 1 1 0 2 the batters make mistakes and then we know lowed, lbw for 25, to leave them at 40 for the Sharks at the start of the season but said captain Lukhanyo Am. Pakistan 2 1 1 0 2 what our spinners can do.” two in the ninth over. Experienced cam- had been sidelined by injury until this “We’re really happy with the results, Thailand 3 0 3 0 0 India had already qualified for the semi- paigner Suzie Bates’ departure for 15 week. When he did take the field, he the Sharks are a team that travels well.” — The top two teams from each group advance to the knock- finals and a decisive seven wicket win over sparked a collapse, with the rest of the scored twice in the first half and again in Both sides booted penalties within the out stage — Sri Lanka in Melbourne ensured they com- wickets falling for just 25 runs. — AFP the second. opening six minutes in a bruising The Sunwolves started strongly and encounter before hooker Kerron van wrong-footed the Hurricanes to have Vuuren pounced with the first try of the Australian-born lock Michael Stolberg game for the Sharks. — AFP turned a blind eye to rules and procedures, Sun Yang lawyer turned a blind eye to facts and evidence, and accepted all lies and false evidence.” The in the final game but rallied to win the statement reasserted Sun’s defence that dop- Nadal strolls next four points. On match point, sev- blasts ‘lies’ after ing officials who came to his home were not enth seed Dimitrov hit a backhand that qualified or authorised, and it was they who clipped the top of the net and bounced 8-year drug ban decided not to pursue testing. into Acapulco in. But it hung in the air just long enough Sun will sue a doping inspector who gave for Nadal to race forward and blast a “false evidence”, said the lawyer, also accus- final cross-court forehand that the Bulgarian HONG KONG: Three-time Olympic champi- ing the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had no chance on. on swimmer Sun Yang came out swinging of “distorting facts and abuse of power”. LOS ANGELES: Rafael Nadal used a Nadal continued his dominance of yesterday against his eight-year drugs ban, steady stream of blistering forehand Dimitrov, improving to 13-1 lifetime. threatening legal action of his own as he ‘NOTHING PERSONAL’ winners and a heavy dose of precision Nadal has only lost 20 games in his first attempts to salvage his broken career. With the Tokyo Olympics just five months serves to book his spot in the ATP four matches this week and is yet to lose The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) away, the reigning 1500m freestyle world Mexico Open final with a convincing 6- a set. The unseeded Fritz defeated fellow hit the Chinese freestyler with the lengthy record-holder is fighting to save his career 3, 6-2 win over Grigor Dimitrov. American John Isner in the other semi- and reputation. A vial of Sun’s blood was The two-time tournament champion final 2-6, 7-5, 6-3. ban on Friday for refusing to give a doping Sun Yang sample in September 2018. It is the 28-year- smashed with a hammer during the con- will be the favorite to claim his third “He’s playing well. He has a great old’s second ban for doping, having served tentious testing session in 2018, but he was Acapulco title when he faces unseeded serve, fantastic shots from the baseline. three months in 2014, and he said in the acquitted by world swimming body FINA of He served three months in 2014 for taking a Taylor Fritz in the final. It has been 15 It’s going to be a tough one,” Nadal said immediate aftermath that he would appeal at anti-doping violations, agreeing that testers banned substance. Sun’s downfall will be cel- years since world No. 2 Nadal won for of Fritz. “I know I’m going to have to be the Swiss federal court. failed to produce adequate identification. ebrated by clean athletes, but his arch-critic the first time here. He also won in 2013 at my best and I hope to be ready for it.” A lawyer for Sun, a hugely popular figure But WADA took the matter to CAS, and rival Mack Horton said their bitter feud and improved to 18-2 at this event overall. This will be the first meeting between in China, issued a fiery statement on Saturday demanding a ban of between two and eight was never personal. “I’m very happy. A great victory Nadal and 22-year-old Fritz. The second reiterating that he will appeal, based on “a years for missing the out-of-competition test. The Australian refused to shake hands with against one of the best players in the set progressed nearly identically to the series of procedural errors”. “February 28, In its bombshell judgment, CAS said its panel Sun after a medal ceremony at last year’s world and a good friend,” Nadal said first set, with Dimitrov breaking early for 2020 was a dark day. It shows the scene “unanimously determined” that Sun, whose acrimonious world championships in South after his one-sided victory on Friday a 2-0 lead before Nadal stormed back. where evil defeats justice and power replaces career has been overshadowed by numerous Korea, after which Horton received death night. “I think I’ve increased my level Nadal finished out the night by going self-evident truths,” Beijing lawyer Zhang controversies, had tampered with his doping threats on social media. It reignited a row during the match, so it’s positive for me.” on a six-game run. His final forehand Qihuai said in a statement. control. The severity of the ban reflected the from the 2016 Rio Olympics, where Horton The top seed clinched the victory on winner ended play after one hour and 41 “On this day, CAS listened to prejudice, fact that it was his second doping violation. labelled Sun a “drug cheat”. — AFP his first match point. He fell behind 0-30 minutes. — AFP