SPORTS Thursday, February 8, 2018 21 Virat Kohli of India plays a shot (Pic courtesy-BCCI)

Cape Town Markram was outfoxed n all-round show saw India completely to be off crush South Africa by 124 Kuldeep in the 17th over and Aruns in the third ODI in Cape following that the spinners tightened Town yesterday as they took an their stranglehold in the middle Virat Kohli scores 160* unassailable 3-0 lead in the three- overs. Duminy, who returned to match series. The wristspinners form with his 25th ODI fifty, soon again spelled the doom for the followed when Chahal joined the hosts as the pair of Kuldeep Yadav fun trapping the well-set batsman in (4/23) and Yuzvendra Chahal (4/46) the 22nd over. shared eight to bowl out While Indian innings found a South Africa for 179 in chase of 304. rock in Virat Kohli who scored a It was a comprehensive magnificent unbeaten 160 to help performance from the visitors who, them breach the 300-run mark, for the first time, recorded a third there was no such luck for South India consecutive win in a bilateral series Africa. They weren’t allowed to in South Africa. The hosts never build any partnerships and the rising looked in the hunt as regular strikes pressure combined with the spinning pushed them on the backfoot with the deliveries, contributed to a quick end. spinners bossing over their batsmen. Debutant Heinrich Klaasen lasted South Africa chase started on the six runs while David Miller tried wrong foot with Jasprit Bumrah settling in before Jasprit Bumrah trapping opener Hashim Amla with returned to have him out caught BRIEF SCORE trample his first of the innings in behind on 25 as South Africa lost India 303 for 6 (Kohli 160*, Dhawan the second over. Aiden half their side on 129. 76, Duminy 2-60) beat South Africa Markram (32) and JP Duminy (51) The last five wickets fell for the 179 (Duminy 51, Kuldeep 4-23, attempted to resurrect the chase addition of just 50 with Chahal Chahal 4-46) by 124 runs with a decent 78-run stand before and Kuldeep inflicting the damage. SA again the slide began. (TOI) GB sprinter Nigel Maxwell century powers Levine suspended Australia to victory London since he broke his pelvis ritish Olympic sprinter in a motorbike crash in Nigel Levine has been Spain in January 2017, an Hobart wanted to be this summer. Bprovisionally suspended for accident which also involved lenn Maxwell slammed a last- Maxwell had a big moment on failing a drugs test. compatriot James Ellington. ball six to score a masterful 59 when his lofted drive found It was reported in He was also part of Gcentury and lead Australia to a the fingertips of long-off fielder December the 28-year-old Britain’s 4x400m relay team five- victory over England Jason Roy. had allegedly tested positive at the 2016 Rio Olympics. in the second tri-series But Maxwell stood his ground for the banned asthma drug Clenbuterol is on the international in Hobart yesterday. and although Gerald clenbuterol. World Anti-Doping Maxwell, who earlier took three Abood’s soft signal was out, the Levine will be offered a Agency’s prohibited list wickets in two overs, was man of television umpire deemed Roy did UK Anti-Doping hearing to because it is deemed a the match with an unbeaten 103 not complete the catch. defend himself. performance-enhancing as the Australians chased down Australia had a rocky start to The European indoor gold drug and can induce weight- England’s 155 for nine in the 19th their run chase when David Willey medallist has not competed loss. (BBC) over. dismissed David Warner and Chris Maxwell, who was Lynn in the space of three balls. Nigel Levine (file pic) controversially dropped from But Maxwell rebuilt the innings Australia’s one-day team for the with stands with D’Arcy Short recent series against England, (30), Travis Head (6) and Alex responded with a 58-ball century Carey (5 ) to secure victory. including 10 fours and four sixes Willey finished with three at Bellerive Oval. wickets for 28 off three overs. “It was nice to get one over the England, troubled by Australia’s rope and finish the job,” Maxwell spinners, lost their last six wickets said. “For us to start the series the for 33 in registering a below-par way we have has been outstanding. total of 155. We haven’t had a lot of success in cracked 50 off BRIEF SCORE T20 cricket for the last few years. 36 balls with five fours and two Australia 5 for 161 (Maxwell 103*, “Missing out on the one-day sixes but England fell away after Short 30, Willey 3-28) beat England squad and not playing any part in reaching 94 for two in the 10th 9 for 155 (Malan 50, Maxwell 3-10, the Ashes, it was obviously where I over. (AFP) Agar 2-15) by 5 wickets Australia’s Glenn Maxwell plays a shot

Sofia, Bulgaria progressed 6-3 6-7 (2/7) 6-3. Denis Istomin defeated Adrian ixth seed Viktor Troicki ended German Mayer had also made Andreev 6-3 6-4, and the Uzbek the hopes of former world it into the first-round draw as a player will next face Troicki, while Troicki Snumber 10 Ernests Gulbis with lucky loser, but went down 6-4 6-1 qualifier Jozef Kovalik progressed victory in their first-round clash at to Mirza Basic of Bosnia. after beating Radu Albot 6-3 6-3. the Sofia Open in Bulgaria. Slovak Martin Klizan beat Tuesday’s late match saw dumps out Latvian Gulbis, now ranked 199, Alexander Donski of Bulgaria number seven seed David Ferrer had come through qualifying by 7-5 6-1 to set up a second- of Spain suffer a surprise defeat to beating Florian Mayer but despite round contest against top seed Russian Karen Khachanov as the Ernests forcing a deciding set, he was Stan Wawrinka, the Swiss world 21-year-old won through 6-7 (5-7) defeated by Troicki as the Serbian number 15. 6-3 6-4. (PA Sport) Viktor Troicki Gulbis