MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2017 SPORTS New Zealand’s Ronchi returns for South Africa series WELLINGTON: New Zealand wicket- international series. The hosts named Tom Blundell was dropped, while mid- Opening batsman Martin Guptill, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, keeper Luke Ronchi has recovered from 14-man squads for the T20 match and dle-order batsman Colin Munro was also who missed the last two matches Ben Wheeler. injury and is back in their limited-overs the first two ODIs. omitted after scoring three and two against Australia with an injury, was ODI squad: Kane Williamson (cap- squads for the upcoming home series “It will be great to have Luke back in against Australia. named in both squads. tain), Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Lockie against South Africa, Black Caps selector the mix,” Larsen said. “He’s the number “Colin hasn’t quite shown the consis- T20I squad: Kane Williamson (cap- Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Gavin Larsen said. one white-ball wicketkeeper in the tency he would like in the middle order tain), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Tom Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, New Zealand will play South Africa in country and brings considerable experi- and we feel Jimmy (Neesham) is Bruce, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell a Twenty20 match at Auckland before ence to the group.” deserved of an opportunity with the bat Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Colin Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ross the teams play a five-match one-day Ronchi’s return means wicketkeeper at six,” Larsen added. Munro, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Taylor. —Reuters GOLF Spieth surges to 6-shot lead at Pebble Beach SAN FRANCISCO: Jordan Spieth fired trous start to the third round with three eight birdies in a seven-under par 65 on bogeys and a double bogey in his first six Saturday to seize a six-shot lead after three holes at Pebble Beach. rounds of the weather-disrupted US PGA He finished on a stronger note with Tour Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. three of his five birdies in his last four Spieth, in a three-way tie for the lead holes-but not before his card was marred with world number one Jason Day and by another double bogey at his 14th hole Derek Fathauer when the second round of the day, Pebble’s par-three fifth. concluded early Saturday, pulled inex- Day signed for a three-over 75 that left orably away with a sparkling effort at him 10 off the pace. “It was kind of a tough Pebble Beach Golf Links, one of three one for me out there,” Day said. “It was just courses in use over the first three rounds of a mistake after mistake on the front side for the tournament. me and unfortunately, that’s sometimes The two-time major champion, seeking how it goes. To be honest, I just kept on his first PGA title of 2017, opened with back making silly errors and mistakes out there. to back birdies. His only bogey of the “But, you know what, I think with how I round, at the eighth, was followed by three played on the back side, I feel good about birdies in a row at the ninth, 10th and 11th. going into tomorrow and trying to build Having picked up another shot at 15, he momentum for next week’s tournament.” rolled in a 16-footer for birdie at the par- Spieth said his most satisfying putt of three 17th, and left himself inches for a the day wasn’t even for birdie, but to save birdie at 18. par at the 12th. “I couldn’t have asked for a better put- “I knew what the putt was doing, but it’s ting day, with greens that are poa annua one of those kind of left-to-right that and have a lot of traffic because they have you’ve got to go outside the hole and you been so soft with this weather, it’s very dif- don’t really want to ... and I trusted the line ficult even to make a putt from four feet,” and it went right in the dead center.” said Spieth, whose 17-under par total of Despite Spieth’s big cushion, Snedeker-a 198 put him six in front of American Brandt two-time winner at Pebble Beach thought HYDERABAD: India’s wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, left, and Lokesh Rahul, center, react after Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah, right, plays a shot Snedeker, who carded a five-under 67 at he could put challenge him yesterday. during the fourth day of the cricket Test match in Hyderabad, India, yesterday. —AP Pebble Beach. It was a further stroke back “The front nine will be huge tomorrow, to two-time winner Dustin Johnson and the first seven holes, I’ve got to go out CRICKET unheralded Kelly Kraft, Americans who there and make some birdies and put some posted 65s for 205. pressure on him,” he said. “If you don’t get the first seven holes at Pebble, you’re going DAY IN DIFFICULTY to have a long day, so I know what I have to World number one Day made a disas- do.” —AFP Bangladesh battle for survival in India Test HYDERABAD: Bangladesh reached 103-3 in 35 overs at stumps on day four of the one-off Test SCOREBOARD against India in Hyderabad yesterday. The tourists, chasing an improbable 459-run HYDERABAD, India: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh in target, need another 356 runs for victory. Hyderabad yesterday. Bangladesh was bowled out for 388 in their first innings, prompting India to declare at 159-4 in India 1st innings 687-6 dec (Kohli 204, Saha 106 not L. Rahul c Rahim b Ahmed 10 their second innings to set up the chase. out; Islam 3-156, Hasan 2-165) C. Pujara not out 54 Bangladesh 1st innings (overnight 322-6; Rahim 81 not V. Kohli c Mahmudullah b Shakib 38 At stumps, Shakib Al Hasan was unbeaten on out, Hasan 51 not out) A. Rahane b Shakib 28 21 runs, while Mahmudullah was batting on 9 Tamim Iqbal run out (Yadav/Kumar) 24 R. Jadeja not out 16 not out. Post tea, Bangladesh made a poor start Soumya Sarkar c Saha b Yadav 15 Extras (lb5, w1) 6 as Tamim Iqbal (3) was dismissed off Mominul Haque lbw b Yadav 12 Total (4 wickets dec; 29 overs) 159 Ravichandran Ashwin (2-34) in the sixth over. Mahmudullah lbw b Sharma 28 Fall of wicket: 1-12 (Vijay), 2-23 (Rahul), 3-90 (Kohli), 4- India called for a DRS review, which showed the Shakib Al Hasan c Yadav b Ashwin 82 128 (Rahane) batsman got an inside -edge onto his pad before Mushfiqur Rahim c Saha b Ashwin 127 Bowling: Taijul 6-1-29-0, Ahmed 7-0-43-2, Shakib 9-0-50- 2, Hasan 7-0-32-0 he was caught at gully. Soumya Sarkar (42) and Sabbir Rahman lbw b Jadeja 16 Mehedi Hasan b Kumar 51 Did not bat: W. Saha, R. Ashwin, B. Kumar, U. Yadav, I. PEBBLE BEACH: Jordan Spieth hits out of a bunker on the sixth fairway of the Pebble Mominul Haque (27) then put on 60 runs for the Sharma Beach Golf Links during the third round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Taijul Islam c Saha b Yadav 10 second wicket. Sarkar survived a caught behind Taskin Ahmed c Rahane b Jadeja 8 golf tournament Saturday, in Pebble Beach, Calif. —AP shout off Ashwin via DRS review. Kamrul Islam Rabbi not out 0 Bangladesh 2nd innings (target 459) Tamim Iqbal c Kohli b Ashwin 3 Ravindra Jadeja (1-27) removed Sarkar, Extras (lb15) 15 Soumya Sarkar c Rahane b Jadeja 42 caught at slip in the 22nd over, and then Ashwin Total (all out, 127.5 overs) 388 Mominul Haque c Rahane b Ashwin 27 made it a quick double blow three overs later, Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Sarkar), 2-44 (Iqbal), 3-64 (Haque), Brilliant Zanotti eagles Mahmudullah not out 9 with Haque caught at slip as well. 4-109 (Mahmudullah), 5-216 (Shakib), 6-235 (Rahman), Shakib Al Hasan 21 Shakib too survived a caught behind appeal 7-322 (Hasan), 8-339 (Taijul), 9-378 (Ahmed), 10-388 Extras (nb1) 1 last for Malaysia triumph via DRS, and later his 28-run partnership with (Rahim). Total (3 wickets; 35 overs) 103 Mahmudullah pushed Bangladesh past 100 in Bowling: Kumar 21-7-52-1, Sharma 20-5-69-1, Ashwin Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Iqbal), 2-71 (Sarkar), 3-75 (Haque) 28.5-7-98-2, Yadav 25-6-84-3, Jadeja 33-8-70-2. KUALA LUMPUR: Fabrizio Zanotti com- week. It was that way. I played very calm, the 32nd over. Bangladesh faces an uphill battle Bowling: Kumar 5-2-14-0, Ashwin 16-6-34-2, Sharma 3-0- pleted a brilliant final round with a birdie- played shot-by-shot all the four rounds.” to steal a draw from this match. 19-0 (1nb), Yadav 3-0-9-0, Jadeja 8-2-27-1. eagle finish to claim a one-shot victory at In a round worthy of winning any title, India 2nd innings Still to bat: Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mehedi “It’s not just one batsman but we as a group M. Vijay c Rahim b Ahmed 7 Hasan, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Kamrul Islam Rabbi. the Maybank Championship yesterday as Zanotti picked up four shots on the front have to build a 50-60 partnership and then see the Paraguayan stormed to his second nine and added three more birdies coming how it goes from the lunch time.