Sports FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2014 45 Hales ton leads England to SA survive Dutch scare thrilling win over Sri Lanka CHITTAGONG: Leg-spinner came to ’s rescue as they survived a scare from the Netherlands with a hard-fought six run win in their group CHITTAGONG: Opener Alex Hales smashed a one match in Chittagong yesterday. maiden hundred to help England upset world Tahir took 4-21 in his four beguiling overs to keep the number one Sri Lanka in a thrilling World Netherlands down to 139 in 18.4 overs in a chase for 146 Twenty20 Super-10 stage match in Chittagong in the super-10 stage match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday. stadium. Tahir’s effort overshadowed paceman Ahsan The 24-year-old smashed a 64-ball 116 not Malik’s best figures of 5-19 by a Dutchman in all out as England chased down a challenging 190- T20 internationals which restricted South Africa to 145-9 run target in 19.2 overs. With England needing in their 20 overs. The Netherlands, who were shot out for 23 off the last two overs Hales smashed Nuwan 39 - the lowest-ever Twenty20 score against Sri Lanka in Kulasekara for a six to reach his hundred off 60 their previous match, had themselves to blame for not balls and then hit Angelo Mathews for the win- able to chase the modest target despite a fiery start of 58 ning six, to anchor England’s best chase in all T20 in 5.5 overs given by Stephan Myburgh’s 28-ball 51. . Myburgh, born in South Africa, was particularly severe Hales hit six sixes and 11 boundaries in a on paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe who he smashed for breathtaking display of batting. The victory gives four boundaries and two sixes in the third and fifth overs. England their first win in two games while Sri Myburgh, who hit a match-winning 63 in a remark- Lanka lost their first in three to leave Group One able win over Ireland which helped his team to qualify wide open with South Africa beating the from the first round, reached his half-century off just 25 Netherlands by six runs earlier in the day for their balls with eight boundaries and two sixes but a run later second win in three matches. New Zealand have was bowled by spinner Jean-Paul Duminy. one win in two matches. CHITTAGONG: England batsman Eoin Morgan plays a shot during the ICC World But none of the other batsmen could cope with Tahir England were rocked by Kulasekara (4-32) in Twenty20 tournament cricket match against Sri Lanka. —AFP as the Netherlands lost their last seven for a mere the first over when he bowled Michael Lumb off 42 runs. South Africa’s skipper wasn’t happy with their the fifth ball and had Moeen Ali caught in the performance despite the win. “I think we are making it slips off the last to leave England reeling at 0-2. hard for ourselves,” said Du Plessis. “It’s a great sign when But Hales and Eoin Morgan took the attack to your side is not playing 100 percent and still gets over the Sri Lankan bowlers, as Hales smashed three the line.” Dutch skipper Peter Borren was left disappoint- sixes and a four off Ajantha Mendis. ed. “We obviously let this one go. We played across the Mendis went for 52 runs in his four overs as line to Tahir,” said Borren of the man-of-the-match leg- spinners found the ball hard to grip because of spinner. —AFP the excessive dew. Morgan was finally dismissed by Kulasekara with 38 needed for victory. The previous best third stand in all T20s was 137 set by thed New Zealand pair of SCOREBOARD Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson against Zimbabwe at Auckland in 2012. CHITTAGONG: Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Sri Lanka’s total was built around 89 by super-10 group one match between South Africa and the Mahela Jayawardene and 55 by Tillakaratne Netherlands played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium Dilshan. Jayawardene hit 11 boundaries and yesterday. three sixes during his 51-ball knock and Dilshan South Africa smashed two sixes and four fours in his 47-ball c Barresi b Malik 43 innings as the two added 145 for the second de Kock c Myburgh b Swart 0 wicket. du Plessis c van Beek b T. Cooper 24 Jayawardene was lucky not to be out off the AB de Villiers B. Cooper b van Beek 21 first ball he faced when television replays Morkel c B. Cooper b Malik 5 showed Lumb took a brilliant catch off Jade JP Duminy c Barresi b Gugten 12 SCOREBOARD Dernbach. Miller b Malik 17 But the on-field umpires-Rod Tucker at the Steyn c Barresi b Malik 5 non-striker’s end and Aleem Dar of Pakistan- Hendricks c c Borren b Malik 3 CHITTAGONG: Scoreboard of the World Twenty20 Super-10 Group one match between referred the catch to television umpire Steve England and Sri Lanka played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium yesterday. Imran Tahir 9 Davis. Davis, also from Australia, ruled replays L. Tsotsobe not out 1 Sri Lanka 29-0 (1nb, 2w). were inconclusive. Extras: (b1, w4) 5 T. Dilshan c Jordan b Dernbach 55 England That did not end England’s misery as their Total: (for nine wkts; 20 overs) 145 K. Perera c Buttler b Dernbach 3 M. Lumb b Kulasekara 0 fielders dropped as many as four catches, twice Fall of wickets: 1-3 (de Kock), 2-45 (Amla), 3-84 (du M. Jayawerdene b Jordan 89 A. Hales not out 116 off Jayawardene on five and 82, and one off Plessis), 4-92 (de Villiers), 5-102 (Morkel), 6-120 (Duminy), T. Perera not out 23 Moeen c Senanayake b Kulasekara 0 Dilshan on 21 and in the final over off Thisara 7-127 (Steyn), 8-133 (Hendricks), 9-135 (Miller) Perera who made 23 not out. K. Sangakkara c Hales b Jordan 0 E. Morgan c Mathews b Kulasekara 57 Bowling: Swart 2-0-26-1 (1w), Gugten 4-0-28-1 (1w), Malik England dismissed opener Kusal Perera for A. Mathews not out 11 J. Buttler c Chandimal b Kulasekara 2 4-0-19-5, van Beek 2-0-14-1 (2w), Bukhari 4-0-26-0, R. Bopara not out 11 three in the second over. Jayawardene smashed Extras: (lb2, nb2, w4) 8 Seelaar 1-0-9-0, T. Copper 3-0-22-1. Extras: (nb1, w3)4 James Tredwell for his eighth boundary to com- Netherlands Total: (for four wkts; 20 overs) 189 Total: (for four wkts; 19.2 overs) 190 plete his ninth half-century off just 32 balls. Myburgh b Duminy 51 Did not bat: D. Chandimal, S. Senanayake, N. Did not bat: T. Bresnan, C. Jordan, S. Broad, J. Tredwell, J. He was finally bowled by Chris Jordan. Both Swart c du Plessis b Steyn 8 Kulasekara, A. Mendis, L. Malinga. Dernbach Jordan and Dernbach picked up two wickets Barresi lbw b Tahir 14 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Perera), 2-149 (Jayawardene), 3- Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Lumb), 2-0 (Ali), 3-152 (Morgan), 4- apiece. Australia take on defending champions Borren lbw b Tahir 13 156 (Dilshan), 4-169 (Sangakkara) Bowling: Ali 1-0-4-0, 156 (Buttler) the West Indies and India face Bangladesh in T Cooper b Tahir 16 Dernbach 4-0-42-2 (1nb, 1w), Bresnan 4-0-48-0, Bowling: Kulasekara 4-1-32-4 (2w), Mathews 2.2-0-31-0, Group Two in Dhaka today. Top two teams from B Copper c de Kock b Steyn 5 Jordan 4-0-28-2 (1w), Tredwell 4-0-36-0, Broad 3-0- Malinga 4-0-31-0 (1nb, 1w), Senanayake 4-0-30-0, each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The Mudassar c Miller b Tsotsobe 11 final will be played in Dhaka on April 6. —AFP Seelaar c Duminy b Tahir 2 van Beek run out 1 Gugten c de Kock b Hendricks 8 Gavaskar ready to take over troubled India board Ahsan Malik not out 1 Extras: (b4, lb2, w3) 9 NEW DELHI: Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar said he next month. After warning the incumbent N. Gavaskar, the first player ever to score 10,000 Total: (all out; 18.4 overs) 139 was willing to take the helm of India’s embattled Srinivasan that they could order him to quit, the runs in Test match cricket and who is now a televi- Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Swart), 2-80 (Myburgh), 2-80 cricket board yesterday after a proposal by the judges proposed 64-year-old Gavaskar take over on sion commentator, said he was up for the challenge (Myburgh), 3-82 (Barresi), 4-97 (Borren), 5-116 (B. Supreme Court designed to stem the damage from a an interim basis as president of the Board of Control of leading the most powerful body in world cricket. Cooper), 6-116 (T. Cooper), 7-118 (Seelaar), 8-124 (van betting scandal. for Cricket in India. “The fact that I am contracted to the BCCI to do Beek), 9-134 (Bukhari) At a dramatic hearing in New Delhi, a panel of “In the place of Srinivasan, we propose to appoint TV commentary has to be put on record,” he told the Bowling: Morkel 2-0-19-0 (1w), Hendricks 3.4-0-16-1, judges also called for the banning of two teams from an experienced cricket player like Sunil Gavaskar to NDTV network. “After that if the honorable Supreme Tssotsobe 4-0-46-1, Steyn 4-0-19-2 (1w), Tahir 4-0-21-4, this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), in a potential- replace him and function as BCCI president,” said Court tells you to do something, then of course ... if Duminy 1-0-12-1 (1w) ly devastating blow to a tournament which begins Justice A.K. Patnaik, the panel’s chairman. they ask me to do something, I will do it. —AFP