22 Monday, April 2, 2018 SPORTS Vince, Stoneman put South Africa’s Dean Elgar slaps it through cover (Pic courtesy: espncricinfo) England back on top Christchurch assistance to the bowlers. ames Vince and Mark Stoneman, whose Stoneman posted half previous best was 56 in the centuriesJ to give England a third Test against Australia healthy 231-run lead with three months back, had seven wickets in hand at an anxious moment on stumps on day three of the 35 when given out caught second Test against New behind, but the decision Zealand in Christchurch was overturned on review. yesterday. On 48 he was dropped The pair put on 123 for by Ross Taylor at first the second wicket before slip and he brought up both being dismissed in his 50 with a nick off Tim the final session as England Southee that sailed just past reached 202 for three at the outstretched arm of close of play. wicketkeeper BJ Watling to Vince made 76 and the boundary. Stoneman a personal best But on 60 his luck ran out 60 while Joe Root was not when he tried beating the out 30 with Dawid Malan cordon once too often and on 19. another edge off Southee New Zealand, who was pouched by a diving started the day at 192 for Watling. six, were all out for 278, Vince went in similar allowing England to start fashion when he nicked their second innings 29 Boult to the sole slip Taylor ahead. who made no mistake with Alastair Cook went the second chance to fly his early for 14, continuing a way. (AFP) disappointing run for the opener in which he has totalled only 23 in four BRIEF SCORE innings in New Zealand, and has been removed by England 307 (Bairstow 101, SA build massive Trent Boult each time. Wood 52, Southee 6-62, Boult But Vince and Stoneman 4-87) and 202 for 3 (Vince put England’s innings back 76, Stoneman 60) lead New on track, helped by a benign Zealand 278 (Watling 85, Broad wicket which offered little 6-54) by 231 runs lead over Aussies Johannesburg have been rocked by the ball- to misbehave with variable outh Africa opener Dean tampering scandal that saw bounce and there is sideways SElgar dropped anchor to former captain Steve Smith, movement to assist the BRIEF SCORE steer his side to 134 for three his deputy David Warner and bowlers, which has brought South Africa 488 and 134 for 3 (Elgar in their second innings at the batsman Cameron Bancroft Australia some success. 39*, Du Plessis 34*) lead Australia close of the third day of the sent home and slapped with The excellent Pat Cummins 221 (Paine 62, Khawaja 53, Cummins fourth and final Test against hefty bans after the third Test (2-35) removed in-form 50, Philander 3-30, Rabada 3-53, Australia yesterday, giving the in Cape Town. Aiden Markram (37) when he Maharaj 3-92) by 401 runs hosts a daunting lead of 401 Elgar will resume on the edged to Peter Handscomb at runs. fourth morning, with his second slip, but not before the Elgar amassed 39 from 158 captain Faf du Plessis on 34, opener, playing just his 18th a rising Cummins ball to balls in a patient knock that as the pair look to increase Test innings, went past 1,000 wicketkeeper Tim Paine. has been the glue for South the lead towards the 500-run runs in the five day game, the South Africa had earlier Africa’s second innings, mark. second fastest to reach that bowled Australia out for 221 as they look to build an With so much time left mark for South Africa behind in their first innings with a unassailable lead with two in the Test, a declaration at Graeme Smith (17 innings). rush of wickets after lunch full days remaining at the that point would make South Hashim Amla (16) was having been frustrated in the Wanderers. Africa heavy favourites to win caught at backward short leg morning session by Paine (62) Australia need victory to or secure a draw at the very by Mitchell March from a and Cummins (50), who put avoid a first series defeat in least. Nathan Lyon delivery, while on 99 for the seventh wicket. South Africa since 1970, but The wicket is beginning AB de Villiers (six) gloved (Reuters) Pakistan humiliate Windies Karachi they were all out for only 60. est Indies were dismissed for Hussain Talat top scored with 41 only 60, slumping to the second- on his Pakistan debut as the hosts biggestW Twenty20 international defeat racked up 203-5 in the first bilateral of all time against Pakistan. series to be played in the country Pakistan put on a show in a long- since May 2015. awaited return of international cricket Mohammad Amir (2-3), Mohammad to Karachi as West Indies were Nawaz (2-19) and Shoaib Malik (2-13) skittled out for their lowest Twenty20 took two wickets apiece as the Windies, international total to suffer a crushing missing the likes of captain Carlos 143-run defeat. Brathwaite and Chris Gayle, folded to The Windies yesterday became the the joint-fourth lowest T20I total. first national team to play in the city The victory for Pakistan was their since an attack on the Sri Lanka team in biggest in the shortest format and the Mohammad Amir celebrates 2009 and the tourists might have been second-heaviest of all time in T20Is. James Vince acknowledges his half-century (Pic courtesy: AP) a wicket (Pic courtesy: AFP) wishing them had stayed at home after (Sportskeeda)