DOCSLIB.ORG

Hodgson Laments Lost Momentum

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Hodgson Laments Lost Momentum FOOTBALL | Page 5 NBA| Page 6 Messi nets Curry drops in To Advertise here 50th goal in 26 as Golden Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Argentina’s 3rd Warriors beat straight win Wizards 102-94 Thursday, March 31, 2016 CRICKET Jumada II 22, 1437 AH India bank on spin GULF TIMES to blunt West Indian batting arsenal SPORT Page 2 CRICKET Roy’s belligerent knock steers England into fi nal New Zealand’s bowlers, who had shone in the team’s unbeaten run to the semis, were at the receiving end of some brutal hitting that kept the packed house in Delhi entertained AFP SCORECARD New Delhi England opener Jason Roy New Zealand: A. Hales c Munro b Santner ...................20 belts the New Zealand M. Guptill c Buttler b Willey ...................... 15 J. Root not out ....................................................27 pener Jason Roy’s 78 helped bowling in Delhi yesterday. K. Williamson c and b Ali ........................... 32 E. Morgan lbw Sodhi ....................................... 0 England sail into cricket’s C. Munro c Ali b Plunkett.......................... 46 J. Buttler not out ............................................... 32 World Twenty20 fi nal with a C. Anderson c Jordan b Stokes .......... 28 Extras (lb 1, w1) ...................................................2 crushing seven-wicket win R. Taylor c Morgan b Jordan .................... 6 Total (for 3 wickets, 17.1 overs) ..........159 Oover New Zealand in the last four in Did not bat: L. Ronchi c Willey b Stokes ........................ 3 B. Stokes, M. Ali, C. New Delhi yesterday. G. Elliott not out ...................................................4 Jordan, A. Rashid, D. Willey, L. Plunkett Chasing 154 for victory, England rode M. Santner c Jordan b Stokes .................. 7 Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Hales), 2-110 (Roy), on a brisk 82-run partnership between M. McClenaghan run out ...............................1 3-110 (Morgan) Roy and Alex Hales to canter home in Extras (b1, lb4, w6) .......................................... 11 Bowling: Anderson 1-0-16-0, Milne 17.1 overs after the bowlers had restrict- Total (for 8 wickets, 20 overs)........... 153 3-0-27-0, McClenaghan 3-0-24-0, Sant- ed a much-fancied New Zealand to 153 Did not bat: A. Milne, I. Sodhi ner 3.1-0-28-1, Sodhi 4-0-42-2, Elliott for eight. Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Guptill), 2-91 (Wil- 3-0-21-0 Roy rose to the occasion, smashing liamson), 3-107 (Munro), 4-134 (Taylor), England won by seven wickets four boundaries in the very fi rst over 5-139 (Ronchi), 6-139 (Anderson), 7-150 Toss: England against Corey Anderson to set the tone (Santner), 8-153 (McClenaghan) Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI) for what turned out to be a perfect chase Bowling: Willey 2-0-17-1, Jordan 4-0- and Rod Tucker (AUS) for the 2010 champions. 24-1, Plunkett 4-0-38-1, Rashid 4-0-33-0, TV umpire: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) New Zealand’s bowlers, who had Stokes 4-0-26-3, Ali 2-0-10-1 Match referee: David Boon (AUS) shone in the team’s unbeaten run to England: Reserve umpire: Joel Wilson (WIS) the semis, were at the receiving end of J. Roy b Sodhi ...................................................... 78 some brutal hitting that kept the packed house at Feroz Shah Kotla entertained. The introduction of spin after six kett for three straight boundaries in the slice went straight into the safe hands of overs of powerplay did little to improve sixth over of the innings to set the pace Ali at third man. England’s fi elders con- the situation but Mitchell Santner gave and his reverse-hit for a six against Adil tinued to pouch their catches and Morgan the Kiwis their fi rst breakthrough when Rashid brought the house down. dived beautifully at extra cover to get rid he got Hales (20) out. But Morgan then juggled his bowlers of Ross Taylor off Chris Jordan. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi also tried to his hat-trick, and a composed Joe Root fi rst to restrict New Zealand after a poor Munro (46) and Williamson (32) around and off -spinner Moeen Ali’s in- The wickets quickly tumbled and bring some drama back into the game (27) then drove England to their second start. proved too hot to handle for England’s troduction in the 11th over soon saw the New Zealand’s run-rate, which had after picking the wickets of Roy and World T20 fi nal, with Buttler hitting a New Zealand lost opener Martin pacers as the duo took a special liking to back of Williamson. started impressively, plummeted. Eoin Morgan (0) to leave himself on a four and two sixes against Sodhi to fi n- Guptill early but Kane Williamson and Liam Plunkett and Stokes in the open- Plunkett did well in his second spell to Stokes was going for a hat-trick near hat-trick, but England made sure they ish things off in style. Colin Munro counter-attacked with a ing stages, both of whom came back deny the dangerous Munro, whose 32- the end after sending back Luke Ronchi stayed on course. Earlier, England’s bowlers responded 74-run partnership to lay a solid foun- well in their second spells. ball knock included seven boundaries and for three and the hard-hitting Ander- Jos Buttler (32), who denied Sodhi well to their captain’s decision to fi eld dation before the Kiwis faltered late on. Left-hander Munro smacked Plun- a six. He was denied his fi fty when a wild son for 28. BOTTOMLINE Al Ahli’s Meshal wins player of the month award, Adam takes coaching honours By Sports Reporter Doha l Ahli striker Meshal Ab- dulla has been announced as the QSL player of the month for March. The player will Areceive the award at Al Ahli’s training ground. The Qatari international has been in fi ne form this month, scoring cru- cial goals against Umm Salal and local rivals Al Arabi helping the Brigadiers pull away from the QSL relegation zone. His record of four goals in three QSL games has helped him pick up the coveted trophy. Statistics from Prozone, The QSL’s statistical partner, show how Meshal Al Ahli coach Yousuf Adam led the way in the month of March. Firstly, the striker sprinted more to glory as he claimed his fi rst ever Perhaps more impressive is that the than many of his peers – on average QSL player of the month award. victories came over teams in a higher he clocked up 458m of sprinting per QSL Coach of the month- league position. match – which is signifi cantly higher Yousuf Adam In front of goal, Al Ahli scored nine than the QSL average of 329m for a Al Ahli’s head coach Yousuf Adam times in just three QSL games. Sta- striker. has been awarded the coach of the tistics from Prozone, QSL’s statistical Meshal is dangerous with the ball at month award for March. This is the partner show that Ahli had an average his feet and can threaten any defence fi rst time that a QSL head coach has of 7 shots on target per game. How- on his day. No wonder then that the goal was typifi ed with his brace in the It’s unsurprising then that the Al their target, with 1.7 of his shots hit- picked up the award. ever, the sides overall fi tness running veteran attacker drew the most fouls 4-2 victory over Umm Salal. His goals Ahli man excelled at goals in the pen- ting their mark again much higher The Brigadiers have put in impres- can be a measure of their success in from his opponents in March, being eff ectively assured Ahli of all three alty area. In March, he averaged an than the average tally of 0.98 for QSL sive performances during the month March. The side totaled 11,332 meters on the receiving end of 2.3 tackles, points against a spirited Umm Salal impressive 1.3 goals per game from strikers. of March picking up wins against Umm this month, more than the QSL average higher than the average of 2.21. outfi t. inside the box, signifi cantly higher So from sprinting, plenty of shots Salal and Al Arabi. Crucially these of 10,400 metres. Meshal scored some crucial goals in The result gave his side relief from than the QSL average of 0.4 shots. and crucially plenty of goals Meshal timely wins have helped Al Ahli pull Ahli are set to play bottom placed February, his hard running and eye for the QSL relegation zone. Importantly most of his eff orts found has fi red his side to safety, and himself away from the QSL relegation zone. Mesaimeer in round 24 of the QSL. Gulf Times 2 Thursday, March 31, 2016 CRICKET PREVIEW REASON Unfancied Windies out to win back India bank on spin respect: Sammy to blunt West Indian batting arsenal ‘You can’t rely on one batsman, yes the others have contributed, but still at the same time, if we can do a bit more... I think we will feel the pressure slightly less’ West Indies captain Darren Sammy at a news conference. Reuters and, with the next World Twen- Reuters Mumbai ty20 scheduled in four years’ Mumbai time in Australia, the current campaign could be the swansong est Indies’s tumul- for a few of them. he second World Twenty20 tuous build-up to Sammy felt it had made the semi-fi nal is likely to hinge on the World Twen- players more focused. who emerges on top in the bat- ty20 has knit the “Looking at the calendar year tle between the big-hitting West Wplayers together and they will after this World Cup, I don’t see TIndian batsmen and India’s wily spinners have no better stage than today’s any T20 internationals sched- when the former champions clash at the semi-fi nal against India to ex- uled,” said the ever-smiling Wankhede Stadium today.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • REPORT Th ANNUAL 2012 -2013 the 119Th Annual Report of New Zealand Cricket Inc
    th ANNUAL 119 REPORT 2012 -2013 The 119th Annual Report of New Zealand Cricket Inc. 2012 - 2013 OFFICE BEARERS PATRON His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir Jerry Mateparae GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand PRESIDENT S L Boock BOARD CHAIRMAN C J D Moller BOARD G Barclay, W Francis, The Honourable Sir John Hansen KNZM, S Heal, D Mackinnon, T Walsh CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER D J White AUDITOR Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants BANKERS ANZ LIFE MEMBERS Sir John Anderson KBE, M Brito, D S Currie QSO, I W Gallaway, Sir Richard J Hadlee, J H Heslop CBE, A R Isaac, J Lamason, T Macdonald QSM, P McKelvey CNZM MBE, D O Neely MBE, Hon. Justice B J Paterson CNZM OBE, J R Reid OBE, Y Taylor, Sir Allan Wright KBE 5 HONORARY CRICKET MEMBERS J C Alabaster, F J Cameron MBE, R O Collinge, B E Congdon OBE, A E Dick, G T Dowling OBE, J W Guy, D R Hadlee, B F Hastings, V Pollard, B W Sinclair, J T Sparling STATISTICIAN F Payne NATIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT COMMISSIONER N R W Davidson QC 119th ANNUAL REPORT 2013 REPORT 119th ANNUAL CONTENTS From the NZC Chief Executive Officer 9 High Performance Teams 15 Family of Cricket 47 Sustainable Growth of the Game 51 Business of Cricket 55 7 119th ANNUAL REPORT 2013 REPORT 119th ANNUAL FROM THE CEO With the ICC Cricket World Cup just around the corner, we’ll be working hard to ensure the sport reaps the benefits of being on the world’s biggest stage.
    [Show full text]
  • Cricket World Cup Begins Mar 8 Schedule on Page-3
    www.Asia Times.US NRI Global Edition Email: [email protected] March 2016 Vol 7, Issue 3 Cricket World Cup begins Mar 8 Schedule on page-3 Indian Team: Pakistan Team: Shahid Afridi (c), Anwar Ali, Ahmed Shehzad MS Dhoni (capt, wk), Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Mohammad Hafeez Bangladesh Team: Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Yuvraj Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan Squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Moham- Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Sharjeel Khan, Wahab Riaz mad Mithun, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Ra- Mohammed Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Mohammad Nawaz, Muhammad Sami him, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Bumrah, Pawan Negi, Ashish Nehra, Hardik Khalid Latif, Mohammad Amir Mahmudullah Riyad, Nasir Hossain, Nurul Pandya. Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim Hasan, Arafat Sunny, Mustafizur Rahman, Al- Amin Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Abu Hider. Australia Team: Steven Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Max- well, Peter Nevill (wk), Andrew Tye, Shane Watson, Adam Zampa England: Eoin Morgan (c), Alex Hales, Ja- Asia Times is Globalizing son Roy, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, James Vince, Ben Now appointing Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Steven Finn, Reece Topley, Sam Bureau Chiefs to represent Billings, Liam Dawson New Zealand Team: Asia Times in ALL cities Kane Williamson (c), Corey Anderson, Trent Worldwide Boult, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, Mitchell McClenaghan,
    [Show full text]
  • P14 5 Layout 1
    14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Munro gets New Zealand home as Pakistan woes continue Southee finish with best New Zealand figures of three for 13 WELLINGTON: Colin Munro ensured New Zealand SCOREBOARD continued a stellar home summer yesterday when they thrashed Pakistan by seven wickets with 25 balls to spare in the opening Twenty20 match in Wellington. WELLINGTON: Completed scoreboard in the first Twenty20 Munro was left unbeaten on 49 when a wide by between New Zealand and Pakistan in Wellington yesterday. Hasan Ali in the 16th over gave New Zealand victory as they chased down Pakistan’s 105 in the clash of the Pakistan world’s top two ranked Twenty20 sides. It extended Fakhar Zaman c Kitchen b Southee 3 New Zealand’s winning streak to 13 across all three for- Umar Amin c Kitchen b Rance 0 mats in the past two months including five one-dayers Mohammad Nawaz c Munro b Southee 7 against Pakistan and a series of Tests, ODIs and Haris Sohail c Bruce b Kitchen 9 Twenty20s against the West Indies. Babar Azam c Bruce b Munro 41 Sarfraz Ahmed st Phillips b Santner 9 Shadab Khan c Phillips b Santner 0 Faheem Ashraf c Bruce b Southee 7 We’re not Hasan Ali c Southee b Rance 23 Mohammad Amir c Southee b Rance 3 batting well Rumman Raees not out 0 Extras: (w3) 3 up the order Total: (for 10 wickets; 19.4 overs) 105 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Fakhar), 2-4 (Umar), 3-15 (Nawaz), 4-22 (Haris), 5-38 (Sarfraz), 6-38 (Shadab), 7-53 (Faheem), 8-83 (Hasan), 9-90 (Amir), For Tim Southee, the stand-in captain after a late 10-105 (Babar) Bowling: Rance 4-0-26-3 (1w), Southee 4-0-13-3 decision to rest Kane Williamson who has a minor (1w), de Grandhomme 2-0-11-0, Kitchen 1-0-3-1, Sodhi 4-0-25-0 injury, everything went according to plan.
    [Show full text]
  • Southee, Taylor Inspire Black Caps Whitewash of Bangladesh
    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 16 Federer to play on clay at Madrid Kvitova, Halep advance Open Kerber capitulates as Pliskova, Halep and Kvitova blow into quarters in windy Dubai Petra Kvitova relieved• to win second straight match despite not playing her best tennis KNOW WHAT Roger Federer hits a return AFP | Dubai during the Australian Open (file Petra Kvitova reached photo) ormer winners Petra Kvi- her fourth successive tova and Simona Halep WTA quarter-final AFP | Madrid Fbattled through brisk desert winds to advance into oger Federer’s come- the quarter-finals of the Dubai Rback on clay will fea - Championships yesterday. ture a return to the Madrid Second seed Kvitova outlast- middle of a workday by scores of Open for the first time since ed American qualifier Jennifer chanting, enthusiastic local Ro- 2015, it was confirmed Brady 7-5, 1-6, 6-3. manian fans and her country’s yesterday. Crowd favourite and third ambassador to the UAE as she For the last two years, the seed Halep coped with the gusty rolled over Tsurenko in tricky 37-year-old has chosen to conditions the Aviation Club as conditions. skip the clay-court season she beat Lesia Tsurenko 6-3, 7-5, “The wind was difficult to- completely to preserve en- breaking seven times. day. It didn’t feel like last week,” ergy for tournaments on his Ukraine’s Tsurenko managed Halep said. “I know how she’s preferred surfaces of grass just a single point over the last playing, it’s not my favourite and hard. three games as former number Simona Halep of Romania in action against Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine style because she doesn’t give But Federer indicated in one Halep demonstrated her any power (on the ball).
    [Show full text]
  • Red Sox Dump Cards
    SPORTS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2013 Photo of the day Red Sox dump Cards ST. LOUIS: There’s no telling how these wacky World Series “I take a lot of pride in the at-bat in front of me and games will end. One night after a rare obstruction call, behind me,” Gomes said. “Obviously, Big Papi is pretty much Jonny Gomes hit a decisive homer when he wasn’t even in an intentional walk. I did what I could to give him a little the original lineup and Koji Uehara picked off a rookie at protection.” Carpenter singled in a run in the seventh off first base for the final out Sunday in Boston’s series-leveling Craig Breslow in the seventh after pinch-hitter Shane 4-2 win over St. Louis. An entertaining, even goofy World Robinson doubled with two outs against Doubront on a Series is level at two games each, ensured the title will be ball that skidded away from Gomes. Junichi Tazawa came in decided back at Boston’s Fenway Park. and got Holliday to hit an inning-ending grounder to sec- “Emotional roller-coaster here, obviously,” Gomes said. ond, a night after allowing a tiebreaking, two-run double to Inserted into the lineup about 75 minutes before the game, Holliday. Gomes hit a tiebreaking, three-run shot off reliever Seth Doubront got the win with 2 2-3 innings of one-hit relief. Maness in the sixth inning. Lackey, the Game 2 loser and Boston’s probable Game 6 Felix Doubront and surprise reliever John Lackey, both starter, pitched the eighth for his first relief appearance in starters during the regular season, picked up for a gritty nine years, overcoming a two-base throwing error by third Clay Buchholz to help the Red Sox hang on.
    [Show full text]
  • Page10sport.Qxd (Page 1)
    MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017 (PAGE 10) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU 33rd Jammu District TT Championship Vishal Club, Srinagar Eleven register In Seventh Heaven: India pip Iknoor drubs Ragini to lift resounding victories New Zealand to win series 2-1 Cadet girls’ title Excelsior Sports Correspondent KC Sports Club and J&K Sports Abhinav took 2 wickets, while KANPUR, Oct 29: through Colin Munro (75 off 62), tered the most -- in the final three Promoters Club. Rajesh Gill, Ramandeep, Mohit Kane Williamson (64 off 84) and overs. Excelsior Sports Correspondent Langer beat Divyansh Gupta by JAMMU, Oct. 29: Vishal Earlier, in the first match, and Ashim claimed 1 wicket each. India came up trumps in a bat- Tom Latham (65 off 52) before Required to defend 15 runs in 3-1. Cricket Club and Srinagar Eleven Vishal Cricket Club defeated KC Vishal Club, in reply, achieved tle of nerves against a gutsy New being restricted to 331 for 7 in the the final over, 'King of Death' JAMMU, Oct 29: Outplaying In Sub jr boys, Saksham registered convincing wins over Academy by 8 wickets. the target in 12.2 overs by losing 2 Zealand to win the all-important SCOREBOARD Ragini Gupta convincingly by (3- Verma beat Akhilesh Khajuria by their rivals in the ongoing 6th wickets, thus won the match by 8 India Innings: 0) in the summit clash, ace ped- 3-1, while In Sub jr girls, Iknoor wickets. Abhinav Puri played a dler Iknoor Kour lifted the cadet outplayed Suhani by 3-1 and in jr brilliant innings of 73 runs, while Rohit Sharma c Southee b Santner 147 girls, Iknoor Kour beat Shreya by Rohan Gill and Ramandeep Singh Shikhar Dhawan c Williamson b Southee 14 3-0.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual General Meeting 2015
    ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015 MONDAY 30TH MARCH 2015 GRAEME HICK PAVILION - 19:00 Dear Member The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held on Monday 30th March 2015 at 19:00 in THE GRAEME HICK PAVILION at the County Ground. Free car parking is available on the ground. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015 AGENDA 1. Apologies for Absence. 2. To confirm the Minutes of the Meeting held on 24th February 2014. 3. President’s Address. 4. To receive and approve the Annual Report on behalf of the Board and the Statement of Accounts that accompany this Notice. 5. To elect a President for the forthcoming year. Your Board recommends the election of Lord King of Lothbury KG, GBE, FBA. 6. To seek approval by the AGM for the election of Mr Stephen Taylor and Mr Martyn Price as a non-executive Additional Directors of the Board for 2014/15 as per Rule 18.5. 7. To confirm the election to the Board from 1st October 2014 of Mr Tim Jones and Mr Paul Pridgeon for three years as per rule 18.7. 8. To pass a Vote of Thanks to the Club’s Honorary Medical Officers – Prof Alan Hawley and Mr Andrew Pearse. 9. Further thanks to the Henwick Halt Medical Centre in St Johns and Mr Jamie Powell and colleagues at the Spire South Bank Hospital. 10. To receive any other business that the Chairman of the Meeting shall give permission to be raised and discussed (in accordance with rule 22.7) Yours sincerely, David Leatherdale Chief Executive 2nd March 2015 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014/15 (Subject to confirmation at the AGM) CHAIRMAN Stephen Taylor VICE CHAIRMAN Timothy Curtis EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS David Leatherdale (Chief Executive) Steve Rhodes (Director of Cricket) Chris Smith (Finance Director) ELECTED NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Tim Jones Meriel Harris Peter Jewell Neal Radford Paul Pridgeon ADDITIONAL NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Martyn Price CLUB AUDITORS Bishop Fleming 3 NOTES 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Munro Ton Helps New Zealand Level Series
    20 Sunday, November 5, 2017 SPORTS BICC thrash Munro ton helps New Tornado A Zealand level series Rajkot, India pener Colin Munro smashed a career- best 109 not out to help secure New OZealand’s series-levelling 40-run victory in the second Twenty20 International against India yesterday. Jimsheer - NDC Rafeeq - BICC Munro smacked seven sixes DT News Network Ramzan 2/19) beat Young and as many boundaries in his Manama Star 94/8 (Imran 19, Jayaraj Jr. 58-ball blitz to help New Zealand ahrain Indians Cricket 4/23) by 43 runs. post a commanding 196-2 in a Club (BICC) beat Tornado Sultan Palace 122/6 (Remy match they needed to win to stay AB by 45 runs in the latest 37, Shahzad 2/18) beat alive in the three-match contest. matches of the CBA Division C Shahzad Zafar 120/8 (Khalid India, who won the preceding cricket tournament. 32. Niroshan 30, Anees 5/23) one-day series against New Toss was won by BICC and by 2 runs. Zealand, wobbled early in their elected to bat first, opener Titans 177/4 in 20 overs chase and eventually managed Rafeeq’s brilliant century from (Zeeshan 56, Ibrar 36, JIshad 156-7 despite skipper Virat 59 ball includes 14 fours and 25, Waqar 3/46) beat Muharraq Kohli’s defiant 65. 4 sixes helped BICC team to Eagles 156/7 (Salman 33, Munro and Martin Guptill reach 166 runs at the end of Pravin 3/13, Ibrar 2/15) by 21 gave New Zealand a flying start 20 overs.
    [Show full text]
  • P42 Layout 1
    42 Friday Sports Friday, January 18, 2019 Pakistan seeking a change of fortune against South Africa PORT ELIZABETH: Pakistan will seek a change South Africa have based their World Cup of fortune when they play South Africa in the plans on picking four specialist bowlers but have first of five one-day internationals at St George’s yet to settle on a batting all-rounder to fill the Park tomorrow. The tourists were mauled in a re- crucial number seven position. They announced cent Test series, with none of the three matches a squad for the first two matches only. Since the going beyond lunch on the fourth day, but have squad was announced, it was decided to rest reason to be optimistic in the 50-overs game wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock and where fast short-pitched bowling will likely not fast bowler Dale Steyn. be a decisive factor. The changes provide opening batsman Aiden For both teams, the series is an important Markram with another opportunity to shine in a step towards the Cricket World Cup in England format in which he has yet to assert himself, and Wales later this year. “We’re certainly a far while fast bowler Duanne Olivier was rewarded better white-ball team than we are a Test unit at for his man of the series performances in the the minute,” said Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur Tests with a first one-day call-up. Port Elizabeth after the third Test on Monday. That seems a usually has one of the slowest pitches in South reasonable assessment as Pakistan have shown Africa, which should suit the tourists.
    [Show full text]
  • Page14.Qxd (Page 1)
    SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU England enter semis with 10-run Indian women in do-or-die Clinical New Zealand thrash Bangladesh by 75 runs situation against West Indies KOLKATA, Mar 26: Earlier, Mustafizur dismissed Ross Taylor also played a a slower cutter to give his team a MOHALI, Mar 26: breakthrough in the fourth over, win over Lanka, SA ousted New Zealand produced SCOREBOARD India find themselves in a do-or- Mustafizur was brought back in NEW DELHI, Mar 26: five sixes. 15 runs. another clinical performance to New Zealand: die situation as they take on formi- the ninth and the New Zealand With West Indies in all likeli- Mathews kept the strike with record a crushing 75-run victory Nicholls b Mustafizur 7 dable West Indies in a group match Williamson b Mustafizur 42 skipper attacked him with a England clinched a semi-final hood to win against Afghanistan in him but could not get the desired of the ICC Women's World over Bangladesh in their final Munro b Al-Amin Hossain35 boundary. berth in the World Twenty20 after their final group league outing, the big shot and played as many as Twenty20 at the IS Bindra stadium group game and entered the Taylor c Mithun b Al-Amin Hossain 28 But the bowler bounced back quelling a spirited challenge from England team, who are likely to four dot balls. He threw his bat in here tomorrow. semifinals of the ICC World Anderson b Mortaza 0 strongly to frustrate Williamson defending champions Sri Lanka finish second in the group, will disgust at the end of the match.
    [Show full text]
  • ICSS Securing Sport 2020 Virtual Conference from December 1
    Sports Monday, November 30, 2020 15 ICSS Securing Sport 2020 virtual conference from December 1 The confirmed speaker lineup Meet will see for Securing Sport 2020 includes among others Australia’s Steve Smith celebrates after reaching his century in the global sport 2nd ODI against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday. (AFP) ● HE Miguel Angel Moratinos, High safeguarding Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) community ● HE Staffan De Mistura, Former Smith ton up again, Under-Secretary-General and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and touch on Lebanon Kohli misses out as ‘Building ● Constantinos Filis, Director-General, International Olympic Truce Centre Resilience In ● HE Vladimir Voronkov, Oz take ODI series Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Ever-Changing Counter-Terrorism Office (UNOCT) AFP ● Dr Claudia Pereira, Secretary of State for Friday’s 66-run crushing win Integration and Migration, Portugal SYDNEY in the first ODI on the same World’ ● Raffaele Chiulli, President of Sport ground and was the third-high- Accord and the Global Association of ANOTHER pulsating Steve est total scored against India. TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK International Sports Federations (GAISF) Smith century and two flying “I felt good from ball one. DOHA ● Ambassador Thomas Stelzer, Dean, outfield catches clinched the Got myself in and went hard,” International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), one-day international series for Smith said. “It was another BRINGING eminent interna- ICSS Honorary Board Member Australia with a 51-run victory great foundation set by Finchy tional experts and leaders from ● Azat Kadyrov, First Deputy Minister of over India in Sydney on Sunday.
    [Show full text]
  • Afghanistan Vs New Zealand England V Bangladesh
    SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019 16 Nadal ousts Federer Today’s matches Rafael Nadal hands Roger Federer worst Slam loss in 11 years to reach 12th French Open final England v Bangladesh er’s first French Open campaign (12:30pm) Nadal beats since 2015, after skipping the • clay-court season for two years Afghanistan vs New Federer 6–3, 6–4, in order to be better prepared Zealand (3:30pm) 6–2 in semi-final for Wimbledon. “I think I surprised myself Rain washes out Spaniard aiming maybe how deep I got in this Pakistan-Sri Lanka to• win 12th French tournament and how well I ac- tually was able to play through- World Cup match Open title out,” he said. AFP | Bristol AFP | Paris Topsy-turvy start A topsy-turvy start saw the he World Cup match efending champion Spaniard race through the first Tbetween Pakistan and Rafael Nadal powered three games before Federer Sri Lanka was abandoned Dpast Roger Federer in broke back as the wind played without a ball being bowled the French Open semi-finals havoc with the players’ serves yesterday after persistent yesterday, to move within one from one end. rain in Bristol. victory of a record-extending But Nadal grabbed a 4-2 ad- The game was scheduled 12th Roland Garros title after vantage in a marathon sixth to begin at 10:30 (0930 GMT) handing his “biggest rival” his game as Federer, looking to but was eventually called worst Grand Slam defeat in 11 Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Switzerland’s Roger Federer become the oldest Grand Slam off in the afternoon, with years.
    [Show full text]