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SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019 16

Cricket World Cup 2019 standings

Team Played Won Lost Tied No rate Points (Q) 7 6 1 0 0 0.906 12 6 5 0 0 1 1.160 11 Proteas dent Sri New Zealand 7 5 1 0 1 1.028 11 7 4 3 0 0 1.051 8 Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 7 3 3 0 1 -0.976 7 7 2 3 0 2 -1.186 6 8 2 5 0 1 -0.080 5 West Indies 7 1 5 0 1 -0.320 3 Lankan hopes 7 0 7 0 0 -1.634 0 Today’s matches Pakistan vs Afghanistan , Faf du• Plessis’ fifties guide South Africa to an easy Headingley Stadium – win over Sri Lanka Leeds 12:30pm Sri Lanka’s semi-final • hopes dented by South Africa » Pakistan will be playing this game under more pressure as a defeat here will dash their hopes of a semi-final spot. AFP | Chester-le-Street » Afghanistan have never beaten Pakistan in the 50-over format; they have lost all the three matches they have played against them. ashim Amla and Faf du Ples- » Pakistan are coming on the back of two successive victories and so they will be carrying sis powered South Africa to a plenty of momentum with them. nine- victory over Sri H Pakistan Afghanistan Lanka yesterday, dealing a huge blow to the Asian side’s hopes of reaching South Africa’s Hashim Amla (L) and South Africa’s (C) run between Pakistan are currently sixth on the CWC 2019 points A win in this World Cup seems elusive for the World Cup semi-finals. as Sri Lanka’s looks on table with three wins and as many losses from their Afghanistan, who after having played seven Amla (80) and captain Du Plessis seven matches in this Cricket World Cup. After back- matches, are still languishing at the bottom (96) put on an unbeaten 175 for the Sri Lanka to-back defeats against Australia and India, they and trying to open their account on the second wicket as South Africa cruised Karunaratne c Du Plessis b Rabada 0 have bounced back with two consecutive wins over points table. They managed to stretch Sri to victory in the 38th over, finishing on b Pretorius 30 South Africa and New Zealand to keep themselves Lanka and give India a big scare, but apart 206 for one. Fernando c Du Plessis b Pretorius 30 afloat in the tournament. Pakistan have put out good from that, they have not really been able Sri Lanka were struggling after de- c Morris b Pretorius 23 performances in their last two matches - to pose much of a challenge to the other KNOW WHAT feats to New Zealand and Australia b Morris 11 they restricted the Proteas to 259/9 at before teams. Their most recent encounter came and two washouts before reviving their b Duminy 24 keeping the Kiwis to a below-par 237/6 in their most against Bangladesh at Southampton which World Cup chances with a shock win J Mendis c Pretorius b Morris 18 recent encounter at Birmingham. they lost by 62 runs. against hosts England last week. A swarm of bees halted the T Perera c Rabada b Phehlukwayo 21 But, with six points from seven game in the 48th over of first c&b Rabada 17 Probable XI Probable XI games, the 1996 champions have now . All the players and Suranga Lakmal 5 Imam-ul-Haq, , Babar Azam, Mo- Gulbadin Naib (c), , Hashmat- slipped behind England, Bangladesh both umpires went to ground, L Malinga c Du Plessis b Morris 4 hammad Hafeez, , ullah Shahidi, , Mohammad and Pakistan in the race to qualify from face down, to avoid any stings Extras (lb3, b4, w13) 20 (c/wk), , , , Nabi, , Samiullah Shen- the round-robin phase. Total (all out, 50 overs) 203 , Shaheen wari, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), , “It feels like it’s a long time coming,” , said Du Plessis, whose side were al- also finished with three South Africa PITCH REPORT ready out of contention for the semi-fi- wickets while pace spearhead Kagiso Q. de Kock b Malinga 15 The Headingley will be hosting its second game of this World Cup, the first one having been nals before the match. Rabada took two. H. Amla not out 80 played last week between England and Sri Lanka. It was a low-scoring thriller dominated by “It feels bittersweet, it doesn’t feel Sri Lanka had a disastrous start to F du Plessis not out 96 seam bowlers. However, with a sunny day and a dry pitch on offer, one can expect plenty of like it means too much,” he added. “But their innings when skipper Dimuth Extras (lb1, w14) 15 runs on Saturday. It is going to be warm and clear throughout the day with plenty of sunshine the basics of were shown today. Karunaratne was caught at slip by Du Total (1 wicket, 37.2 overs) 206 and temperature ranging from 21 to 27 degrees Celsius. Humidity is expected to be around 67%. We’ve not had guys bat long and build Plessis off the first ball of the match, big partnerships. One big delivered by Rabada. Angelo Mathews was bowled by and everything looks much easier.” Kusal Perera and Morris for 11 and Kusal Mendis de - New Zealand vs Australia Sri Lanka’s batting let them down batted positively to take the score to 67 parted for 23. against an inspired South African pace for one in the 10th over before Fernan- A swarm of bees briefly interrupted attack led by recalled seamer Dwaine do (30) mistimed a shot, sending the play towards the end of the innings, Pretorius, who returned figures of 3-25 ball steepling into the air before it was forcing the players and umpires to lie Lords Cricket Ground - from his 10 overs. taken by Du Plessis. flat on the ground. London Playing for pride, South Africa rarely Perera (30) was next to go, chopping Veteran paceman 3:30pm put a foot wrong after electing to field a Pretorius onto his stumps struck in the fifth over of South Africa’s first in Chester-le-Street, bowling out as Sri Lanka slipped to 72-3 in the 12th innings, bowling for Sri Lanka for 203 in the 50th over. over. 15, but it only proved a minor hiccup. » Momentum is going to be with Australia who are coming on the back of four con- secutive wins. » Australia boast a very strong record against New Zealand in the 50-over format and are leading the scoreline 90-39. » New Zealand have never lost an ODI at the Lord’s. They have played three completed Kohli backs ‘legend’ Dhoni’s go-slow tactics matches here and have won all three of those. Reuters | Manchester against Afghanistan, absorb- His early struggle was in the middle. ing many deliveries before even more conspicuous “Hardik also played really New Zealand Australia ahendra Singh Dhoni’s trying to accelerate and per- with hitting well, but his experience has With eleven points, New Zealand are currently Australia have won six and lost just one Mcalculated batting in ishing as India had a narrow a breezy 46 during their 70- come good eight out of ten positioned third on the CWC 2019 points table out of the seven matches they have played the middle overs has the full escape in the low-scoring run stand. times for us.” with five wins, a loss and a washout from seven so far in this Cricket World Cup. They are backing of the India team, game. Former team mate Sachin Dhoni has played 346 one- matches. They won their first five completed currently leading the CWC 2019 leaderboard skipper said on Against West Indies on Tendulkar has questioned day internationals and Kohli fixtures on the bounce before suffering their first with 12 points and, so far, are the only team Thursday amid criticism that Thursday too, Dhoni found Dhoni’s approach but Kohli said the wicketkeeper knew defeat of the tournament last time out - against in the tournament to have qualified for the the former skipper’s slow it difficult to get going before threw his weight behind the better than most what was a Pakistan by six wickets at Birmingham. The Kiwis semi-finals. Australia’s solitary defeat came approach has not worked in hitting two sixes in the final 37-year-old after the team’s par score on a pitch. faltered with the bat in that game with three of against India at London where they fell short the World Cup. over to remain not out on 56 125-run victory over West “He is one guy in the mid- their top five batsmen scoring only in single digits. by 36 runs in their chase of 353. Post that, Dhoni made 28 off 52 balls off 61 balls. Indies. dle who always sends out the Aussies have won four games on the trot “He knows exactly what a message for the team: ‘I Probable XI - beating Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh he wants to do out in the think this is the par score and England on the way. middle,” Kohli said at the on this pitch’...he has such , /Henry Nicholls, Kane Probable XI presentation ceremony. a keen understanding of the Williamson (c), , (wk), “The best thing about game.” , , Mitchell David Warner, (c), Usman having someone like him is “He has always been that Santner, , Lockie Ferguson, Khawaja, Steven Smith, , when you need those extra way, that is his strength, to Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cum- 15-20 runs, he knows exactly play calculated cricket, to al- mins, , Nathan Lyon, Jason how to get them with the tail. ways stay in the game, equal PITCH REPORT Behrendorff “Keeping strike in the end to the opposition and then Two matches have been played at the Lord’s in this World Cup, and so far, the pitch has looked and finishing off with two find ways of winning. good for batting particularly during the first period of play. The wicket has tended to favor the big sixes gave us a boost as “He’s a legend of the game, bowlers more in the second-half. A bright and sunny weather has been forecast for this match. a team. We were looking at we all know that. He’s doing It is expected to be warm enough throughout the day with temperate ranging from 30 to 33 250 but we got close to 270- a tremendous job for us and degrees Celsius. Humidity will be close to 40% for most part of the game. MS Dhoni plays a shot odd because he was out there hope he can continue.”

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