IT’S GREAT TO WIN THE $9 MILLION but I just don’t want to lose to him and give him the satisfaction because the bragging rights are what is going to be even “worse than the money,”

IT WAS A PROPER BATTING SURFACE WITH THE BALL COMING ONTO THE BAT NICELY," said Simmons whose ambition is to help West Indies defend their World T20 title in SPORTS 11 Australia later this year. 21 January 2020 BCB president expects weakened Bangladesh to beat Pakistan

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DHAKA: Nazmul admitted that not there. So it is unfortunate that BLASTS 10 SIXES senior batsman Mushfiqur Ra- we missed both of them,” Nazmul hims’s absence is a blow for Ban- was quoted as saying by Cricfren- gladesh zy. “Still we think that there will The Bangladesh Board be good contest in the series. They (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan [Pakistan] also expect us to fight AS WINDIES is confident of a strong showing against them. Bangladesh should from Bangladesh in the upcoming win.” “Tamim is back after a long International (T20I) se- time and didn’t play badly. Liton ries against Pakistan, starting from Das has been in form and Afif also January 24 in Lahore. played well. There are the likes of While talking to reporters on Shanto, Naim Sheikh who showed LEVEL SERIES Sunday, Nazmul admitted that their capability. The courage and senior batsman Mushfiqur Ra- the spirit that is required to win hims’s absence is a blow for Ban- the T20 game, I saw it in them. So I gladesh, who are already without think if they can continue the BPL suspended all-rounder Shakibal performance, it would be enough Hasan.“Mushfiq is the most de- for us,” he added. pendable batsman of our team Bangladesh are scheduled to and he was always. In this BPL he play three T20Is, two Tests and proved that he is the best. If we one one-day international (ODI) think that way, he will be badly in Pakistan between January and LONDON: Opening batsman mat and came just five days before tory with 54 balls remaining. year."The three-match series ended the best spell by a West missed. Another thing is Shakib is April in three separate phases. blasted 10 sixes in his 35th birthday. "It was a proper batting surface 1-1 after Ireland edged a first-game Indian in T20 internationals (4-25) an undefeated 91 as West Indies Chasing a modest 139 to win, Sim- with the ball coming onto the bat thriller by four runs in Grenada be- in Saturday's abandoned game, routed Ireland by nine in mons won the match in style with nicely," said Simmons whose ambi- fore Saturday's match at Warner claimed 3-17. the third and final Twenty20 Inter- a six over midwicket off spinner tion is to help West Indies defend Park was abandoned due to rain. Bravo finished with 3-19 to be- Ronaldo double national at Warner Park on Sunday. Simi Singh whose three overs cost their World T20 title in Australia Earlier, veteran all-rounders Ki- come the West Indies' leading all- Simmons, the nephew of West In- 41 runs. later this year. eron Pollard and time -taker in the format dies coach , also hit Fellow opener made "I missed out on the last World shared six wickets as West Indies with 57 victims in his 69th game. five boundaries in his 40-ball blitz. 46 with four boundaries and three Cup because of injury but I am restricted Ireland to 138 all out. That beat the previous best of 54 fires Juventus four It was his highest score in the for- sixes as West Indies raced to vic- looking forward to the one this Pollard, who produced by leg-spinner . points clear Liverpool go 16 points clear England with win over United celebrate innings win LONDON: Liverpool fans should be dreaming of a first Premier League title for 30 years, admitted over SA Jurgen Klopp even if the German is taking nothing for granted after opening up a 16-point lead at the CAPE TOWN: England completed top of the table. a comprehensive win by an innings Goals early and late from Virgil van Dijk and 53 runs on the fifth day of the and Mohamed Salah earned a 2-0 victory over third Test against South Africa at St Manchester United at Anfield on Sunday and a George's Park on Monday, taking 13th straight league win since the sides last met an unbeatable 2-1 lead in the four- at Old Trafford in October. match series. After Salah galloped clear to score from England were held up by a last goalkeeper Alisson Becker's assist deep into wicket stand of 99 between Keshav stoppage time, the Liverpool fans broke into a Maharaj (71) and Dane Paterson (39 chorus of "we are going to win the league" for the ) and it needed a direct- LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Juventus beat Parma 2-1 first time this season. hit run-out by Sam Curran from to pull four points clear of Inter Milan at the top of the Serie A table on Klopp dismissed any notion that will only ramp mid-on to clinch the result shortly Sunday. up the pressure on his players, but is already before lunch. South Africa were Inter's title push hit another stumbling block after a 1-1 draw at lowly focusing on his next challenge away to Wolves on bowled out for 237. Lecce while Ante Rebic fired city rivals AC Milan to a last gasp 3-2 win Thursday. The partnership between over Udinese. "They are allowed to dream, allowed to sing, as Maharaj and Paterson was easily Ronaldo broke through just before the break, to score in a seventh long as they do their job as well in the moment South Africa's best of the match consecutive league game, and almost set up a second just after for Aaron when we play," said Klopp, who praised the and showed up an otherwise poor Ramsey, but the Welsh international rattled the post. Andreas Cornelius Anfield atmosphere for "carrying" his side as they batting performance by the hosts. scored with a towering header to get seventh-placed Parma back level tired in the closing stages. South Africa added 135 runs ten minutes after the break. But the visitors hardly had time to celebrate "I have no idea whether we will be caught or in losing their last four wickets, when Ronaldo broke through again after latching onto a Paulo Dybala not, I don't care. which seemed unlikely when cross for his 11th goal in seven games to bring his league tally this sea- "First and foremost it's the Premier League. We Vernon Philander chipped a catch son to 16."It was important that we win tonight," said Ronaldo. "Lazio play Wolves on Thursday, it's our next exceptional to midwicket off Stuart Broad three won, Inter drew so it was important to take advantage. challenge. I don't have enough space in my brain balls into the day. "Parma pushed forward in the end, we got a little nervous, but we to contemplate anything else." Mark Wood and Dom Bess also managed to get the result." The eight-time reigning champions have Liverpool also have a game in hand to come on took wickets but England captain a four-point cushion on Inter, who have won only two of their last six closest challengers Manchester City and the gulf Joe Root could not add to his four league games, and are now also under threat from Lazio, who are just in class between the European champions and wickets taken on Sunday, conceding two points behind with a game in hand after hammering Sampdoria United was exposed by the 30-point gap between 56 runs in 10 overs on Monday to 5-1 on Saturday. them in the table, if not the scoreline on the day. finish with four for 87.

LONDON: Quique Setien may said Setien. "But I already saw on the bench was an early indi- MESSI want a different Barcelona but he some of them against Atletico (last cation of Setien's belief in youth. needed the same old Lionel Messi weekend) because Barca has been Puig's contribution after coming on Sunday as the Argentinian gave doing great things for many years." on should mean more opportuni- his new coach a winning start by It would have been different if ties are to come. GIVES NEW scoring in a 1-0 victory over Grana- Granada's Yan Eteki hadn't struck Setien said last week that if he da. the post with just over 20 minutes could make one guarantee, it was Messi's strike in the 76th min- left or their central defender Ger- that Barcelona would play good ute decided a cagey contest at man Sanchez not been sent off for football while he is in charge and the Camp Nou and prevented the a needless second yellow card soon although few could argue this was BARCA COACH much-anticipated launch of Se- after. a transformative display following tien's new era becoming some- The extra man was the boost the sacking of Ernesto Valverde, thing of a damp squib. Barca needed and Messi duly there were certainly some encour- Victory also sends Barca back poked home his 17th goal in 21 aging signs. SETIEN to the top of La Liga on goal differ- games this season following good The passing was faster, the ence, after Real Madrid had briefly work by Arturo Vidal, Antoine pressing higher and Messi spent claimed first place following their Griezmann and the 20-year-old most of the match playing down win over Sevilla on Saturday. Riqui Puig. the middle, with Griezmann on the "I have seen many things from All three had reasons to impress, left and Ansu Fati, another young- DEBUT WIN the team today that I want to see," particularly Puig, whose inclusion ster, on the right.