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Home , Imrul Kayes, Keemo Paul, Oshane Thomas, Shai Hope, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018 16 Hope levels series for Windies stars as West Indies level series against

Bangladesh West Indies won c Roach b Bishoo 50 • c Hetmyer b Paul 8 by 4 (with 2 c Hope b Thomas 0 balls remaining) c Hope b Thomas 62 b Roach 65 AFP | Riyad c Hetmyer c Powell 30 c Bishoo b Thomas 6 hai Hope smashed a bril- 6 liant as West Indies not out 10 Sedged Bangladesh by four Extras (b1, lb3, w9, nb5) 18 wickets in the second one-day Total (seven wickets; 50 overs) 255 international to level the three- West Indies innings match series 1-1 in Dhaka yes- C. Hemraj lbw b Mehidy 3 terday. S. Hope not out 146 Opener Hope hit an unbeaten D. Bravo b Rubel 27 146 off 144 balls, guiding West M. Samuels c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 26 Indies to 256-6 in 49.4 overs af- S. Hetmyer c sub b Rubel 14 ter the visitors relied on three R. Powell c Soumya b Mashrafe 1 wickets from paceman Oshane R. Chase c Tamim b Mustafizur 9 Thomas to restrict Bangladesh not out 18 to 255-7 in 50 overs. Extras (lb 5, w6, nb1) 12 Hope shared 71- in an un- Total (six wickets; 49.4 overs) 256 broken seventh stand : West Indies won by four wickets West Indies cricketer Shai Hope (R) plays a shot as Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim (L) looks on with Keemo Paul to help West hanging in the balance until wicket in the beginning,” man Stadium. Thomas, who returned with Indies get their first victory on Hope struck three fours off pace of the match Hope said. Shakib top-scored with 65 off bowling figures of 3-54, forced the tour and stay alive in the bowler in and Mustafizur 62 deliveries while Mushfiqur opener Liton Das to leave the series after they suffered a the penultimate over. claimed two wickets each for and Tamim made 62 and 50 re- field with a toe injury before five-wicket loss in the opening Hope, who has now three cen- Bangladesh giving away 57 and spectively after West Indies in- handing Imrul Kayes a for match on Sunday. turies in ODIs, hit 12 fours and 63 runs respectively. vited the hosts to bat first. West Indies’ first breakthrough. 146runs were scored by Shai Paul, who remained unbeaten three sixes in his innings. Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Mushfiqur and Tamim laid the Leg-spinner Hope on 18, pushed spinner Mahmud- “I just kept backing myself and Rahim and Tamim Iqbal earlier foundation of the innings with dismissed Tamim, who faced 63 ullah towards midwicket to knew that as long as I bat till the each scored a half-century to a 111-run second wicket stand balls, to break his complete the victory. end, we will win. I asked Keemo steer Bangladesh to a decent to- after worked up with Mushfiqur, who soon be- The fate of the game was to bat deep. It wasn’t an easy tal at the Sher-e-Bangla National lively pace early in the innings. came second victim of Thomas.

Van Dijk backs Liverpool to La Liga remains hopeful of overseas compete on multiple fronts games despite Barca setback AFP | Liverpool suggesting elimination from the Champions League would irgil van Dijk insists Liver- benefit Liverpool in the Pre- Vpool have a strong enough mier League, the centre-back squad to maintain a challenge responded: “I don’t think for both the Premier League they’re Liverpool fans. and the Champions League. “We want to compete at the Jurgen Klopp’s side went highest level. We are top of the top of the English top flight league now, but obviously that with a 4-0 victory at Bourne- could change next week. You mouth on Saturday. never know. Netherlands defender Van “But the main thing for Dijk has acknowledged Liv- us is that we want to stay at erpool will have no one to the highest level and we’re blame but themselves if they going to do fail to qualify from Champions everything League Group C, having lost that’s pos- all three of their away games. sible to go Former Manchester United through. star Gary Neville, now a tele- vision pundit, suggested in September that Klopp did not have a squad capable of being competitive both domestical- ly and in Europe, Barcelona players during the warm up before a match adding Liverpool should consider | Barcelona the Spanish football federation turned down its application prioritising the (RFEF), the most vocal opponent to have the game moved and Premier League. a Liga has pledged to perse- of the plan. whose president Luis Rubiales Klopp disagreed Lvere with a long-term strat- “We regret to disappoint our has loudly protested the league’s with that at the egy of taking games outside of fans in the U.S. and will work plans. time, and Van Dijk Spain after immediate plans to to, in the shortest possible time, KNOW WHAT La Liga president Javier Te- is adamant he and his play Barcelona’s January match stage an official La Liga game bas told reporters yesterday that team-mates will be able against Girona in Miami were in the U.S., just like the major he understood Barca’s decision, to cope with the demands derailed by the champions’ de- American leagues stage games Barca’s withdrawal while adding the league would of the knockout stages from cision to back out of the fixture. outside their borders,” a La Liga came a day after Copa not relent on its future plans. February, should they get Following a board meeting on statement said. Girona, meanwhile, said it ac- through. Monday, Barcelona withdrew “La Liga will continue the Libertadores final cepted Barca’s withdrawal but “We are definitely capa- from the game “after seeing the planned action, so an official between River Plate continued to support the idea of ble of competing in both lack of consensus surrounding league game can be played and Boca Juniors was playing games overseas. competitions. And hope- the proposal”, ending a protract- outside of Spain. La Liga is moved from Buenos Barca’s withdrawal came a fully that’s still going to ed saga since La Liga applied to convinced that the RFEF is not Aires to Madrid’s day after the second leg of the be the case tomorrow,” move the game from Catalonia acting in accordance with the Santiago Bernabeu Copa Libertadores final be - Van Dijk told reporters to Florida in September. law.” stadium tween River Plate and Boca on Monday. The league’s organising body The league also said Barca’s Juniors was moved from Bue- Asked accepted that the game, set to withdrawal did not affect its America. nos Aires to Madrid’s Santia- what he Virgil Van Dijk take place on Jan. 26, could not 15-year agreement with enter- Last month, La Liga filed go Bernabeu stadium after fan thought be played abroad but pledged tainment firm Relevent to pro- a lawsuit in a Spanish court violence in Argentina saw the about to continue its legal battle with mote Spanish football in North against the federation, which initial game postponed. people