SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2016 SPORTS Pradeep treble rocks England in third Test LONDON: Nuwan Pradeep took three innings before making a Test-best 167 not wickets and did some serious damage to a out, survived the hat-trick. But on 32 he too couple of England careers as Sri Lanka was clean bowled by Pradeep. fought hard to avoid a series whitewash in the third Test at Lord’s yesterday. DOUBLE DESPAIR England in their second innings were Hales then saw a tough one-handed 109 for four at the close of the third day, a chance down the legside off Pradeep healthy but not impregnable lead of 237 dropped by wicket-keeper Dinesh runs. Alex Hales was 41 not out, having Chandimal. Worse followed for Pradeep been dropped on 19 and 39, with night- next ball when Chandimal inexplicably watchman Steven Finn, missed on one, failed to move for a Finn edge. Pradeep unbeaten on six. England, 2-0 up in the ended the day with three for 25 in nine three-match series, were rocking at 50 for overs but his figures could easily have been three on Saturday before first-innings cen- better. Earlier, England all-rounder Chris tury-maker Jonny Bairstow helped Hales Woakes started and finished a collapse that add 52 for the fourth wicket. saw Sri Lanka, 162 for one overnight, dis- Hales launched the innings with two missed for 288. fours in as many balls off Suranga Lakmal. That gave England, who made 416 in But he was dropped on 19 when Dimuth their first innings, a lead of 128. Woakes, Karunaratne failed to hold a one-handed who took a wicket with his first ball yester- slip chance off paceman Pradeep. day, ended the innings with the opening However, it wasn’t long before Pradeep delivery of a new spell when Eranga was had Nick Compton out for 19 instead. caught in the slips. Warwickshire all- Compton had been promoted to open in rounder Woakes took three for 31 in 17.1 place of England captain Alastair Cook, overs. Sri Lanka resumed Saturday with after the left-hander suffered a knee injury Kaushal Silva 79 not out and Kusal Mendis fielding close in earlier on Saturday. 25 not. But they both fell for their overnight By his own admission, Compton needed scores as Sri Lanka subsided in the face of a big score to secure his place. But on his increasingly accurate fast bowling, with the Middlesex home ground and one where a overcast conditions making batting harder HARARE: India’s batsman KL Rahul (R) eyes the ball during the first one-day international (ODI) matches between India and host imbabweZ at stand is named after his grandfather Denis than had been the case on Friday. the Harare Sports Club in Harare yesterday. — AFP Compton-one of England’s greatest bats- Woakes had Mendis lbw with his first men-he was caught behind tamely pushing ball Saturday before Silva was caught at Shaminda Eranga. behind off Stuart Broad. England were now 45 for one and that Kusal Perera (42) and Rangana Herath Ton-up Rahul makes India quickly became 50 for three. Joe Root (four) (31) fought back with a seventh-wicket was bowled by an absolute shooter from stand of 71. Pradeep. New batsman James Vince, like Perera’a bold innings was particularly Compton, was in need of runs, albeit this impressive as this was his first match in history in Zimbabwe romp was the Hampshire batsman’s maiden Test more than six months after a drugs ban series. But Vince was out for a golden duck was rescinded because of a botched analy- HARARE: Opener KL Rahul became the first opening spell. With the hosts reduced to 69 for differently and allowed us to create a few more as he deliberately played no shot to a sis. He was eventually caught behind after Indian to hit a century on one-day international four in the 20th over, spinners Axar Patel and chances,” said Zimbabwe’s batting coach Lance Pradeep delivery that nipped back down wildly slogging at James Anderson to start debut as he secured a comfortable nine-wicket Yuzvendra Chahal were able to strangle Klusener. “Let’s give the boys a little slack and the Lord’s slope and knocked over his off a slump that saw Sri Lanka lose all their last victory over Zimbabwe in the first ODI at Harare Zimbabwe through the middle overs, picking up hopefully we can grow from here. We want to stump. Bairstow, in at 84 for four in the first three wickets on 288. —AFP Sports Club yesterday. a wicket apiece and conceding just 53 runs in draw a line in the sand from the way Zimbabwe With just two runs required for victory, Rahul their combined 20 overs. have played in the past, but we just need to find SCOREBOARD launched Hamilton Masakadza for six to finish Top scorer Elton Chigumbura attempted to our balance and work out how we want to play.” unbeaten on 100, as India chased down a target lift Zimbabwe to a respectable score with a late India lost debutant Karun Nair early on, but LONDON: Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the third Test between England and Sri Lanka at of 169 with more than seven overs to spare. flourish, but was eventually bowled by Bumrah the rest of their chase was a breeze as Rahul Lord’s yesterday: Such a dramatic finish was in stark contrast to for 41 in the final over of the innings. shared an unbroken 162-run stand with Ambati an otherwise lethargic match on a sluggish wick- “I think even 80 more runs, had we applied Rayudu, who ended unbeaten on 62. England 1st Innings 416 (J Bairstow 167 no, A 8-288 (Perera), 9-288 (Lakmal), 10-288 (Eranga) et that followed the expected trajectory, with ourselves and formed a few partnerships, would The second game in the three-match series Cook 85, C Woakes 66; R Bowling: Anderson 23-6-61-2; Broad 23-7-79-2; India’s second-string side proving too good for a at least have forced them to try and play a bit takes place at the same venue tomorrow. —AFP Herath 4-81, S Lakmal 3-90). Finn 18-1-59-3 (1w); Woakes full-strength Zimbabwean outfit despite Sri Lanka 1st Innings (overnight: 162-1) 17.1-5-31-3; Ali 14-2-38-0; Zimbabwe interim coach Makhaya Ntini’s pre- D. Karunaratne c Bairstow b Finn50 SCOREBOARD K. Silva c Bairstow b Broad 79 England 2nd Innings series comments about sweeping the tourists K. Mendis lbw b Woakes 25 N. Compton c Chandimal b Eranga 19 under the carpet. While Rahul has already scored HARARE: Scoreboard from the first one-day international between Zimbabwe and India in Harare yesterday: L. Thirimanne c Root b Finn 17 A. Hales not out 41 two centuries in five Tests, this is his first tour A. Mathews c Root b Woakes 3 J. Root b Pradeep 4 with the limited overs side and he made an Zimbabwe Bowling: Kulkarni 10-1-42-2, Sran 10-0-42-2, Bumrah 9.5- D. Chandimal lbw b Finn 19 J. Vince b Pradeep 0 immediate mark. “It’s a great thing to get an ODI P. Moor lbw b Sran 3 2-28-4, Patel 10-1-26-1, Chahal 10-1-27-1. C. Chibhabha b Bumrah 13 K. Perera c Bairstow b Anderson 42 J. Bairstow b Pradeep 32 hundred, but to get it in my first match is some- R. Herath b Broad 31 S. Finn not out 6 H. Masakadza c Dhoni b Kulkarni 14 India thing very special to me,” he said. “I always knew C. Ervine c sub (Fazal) b Patel 21 KL Rahul not out 100 S. Eranga c Vince b Woakes 1 Extras (b3, nb4) 7 I had the game and the skill set to be successful S. Lakmal c Root b Anderson 0 Total (4 wkts, 38 overs, 168 mins)109 V. Sibanda c Dhoni b Bumrah 5 K. Nair c Sikandar Raza b Chatara 7 N. Pradeep not out 0 To bat: A Cook, M Ali, C Woakes, S Broad, J in all three formats, it was just about getting the Sikandar Raza b Sran 23 A. Rayudu not out 62 Extras (b4, lb16, w1) 21 Anderson. opportunities and getting the confidence in E. Chigumbura b Bumrah 41 Extras (1lb, 3w) 4 Total (all out, 95.1 overs, 437 mins)288 Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Compton), 2-50 (Root), 3-50 myself to know that I can perform at any level.” R. Mutumbami c Rahul b Chahal 15 Total (1 wkt, 42.3 overs) 173 Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Karunaratne), 2-162 (Vince), 4-101 (Bairstow). Bowling: Lakmal 8-1-32- Playing just his second ODI, seamer Jasprit G. Cremer b Kulkarni 8 Fall of wicket: 1-11 (Nair) (Mendis), 3-166 (Silva), 4-169 (Mathews), 5-202 0; Eranga 8-1-25-1 (3nb); Pradeep 9-2-25-3 (1nb); Bumrah recorded figures of 4 for 28 as T. Chatara c Rayudu b Bumrah 4 Did not bat: Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra (Chandimal), 6-205 (Thirimanne), 7-276 (Herath), Herath 9-2-16-0; Mathews 4-1-8-0. Zimbabwe were bowled out for 168 after India T. Muzarabani not out 1 Singh Dhoni, Axar Patel, Extras (3lb, 14w, 3nb) 20 Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Barinder Sran, had won the toss and asked the hosts to bat first.