SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019 16 Windies fire out warning day of the competition in England three wickets for paceman Moham- Amir had Shai Hope (11), Darren Oshane Thomas, and Wales. mad Amir on his World Cup Bravo (0) and Gayle caught in an in- • West Indies cruised to victo - debut after he missed the cisive six-over spell, but the batsmen Chris Gayle lead West ry in just 13.4 overs, Chris Gayle 2011 and 2015 tournaments had not put enough runs on the board Indies World Cup top-scoring with 50. He reached due to a spot-fixing ban of to give the bowlers a chance. rout of Pakistan his half-century off 33 balls with 2010. Pakistan’s sloppy and vulnerable three sixes and six fours before batting was cruelly exposed by some Oshane Thomas he was dismissed off the next short-pitched bowling by the West • ball he faced. Indies pacemen on a Trent Bridge took four wickets as During his innings Gayle, Oshane Thomas pitch famous for big totals. West Indies bowled who calls himself the “Uni- celebrates Opener Fakhar Zaman and Babar verse Boss”, broke the re - Babar Azam’s Azam were the joint top-scorers with Chris Gayle plays a shot Pakistan out for wicket 105 in their World cord for the most sixes hit in 22 each in an abysmal display of bat- World Cup history. ting. Cup match at He now has 40 maximums, The only other batsmen to reach Trent Bridge three more than retired South double figures were Riaz, who scored Pakistan African batsman A B de Villiers. 18, and Mohammad Hafeez (16). Imam-ul-Haq c Hope b Cottrell 2 Nicolas Pooran smashed paceman Holder took three wickets and Fakhar Zamanb Russell 22 Reuters | Wahab Riaz for a huge six over the Andre Russell chipped in with Babar Azamc Hope b Thomas 22 Nottingham Haris Sohailc Hope b Russell 8 square-leg boundary to give the 1975 two. Sarfaraz Ahmedc Hope b Holder 8 e s t and 1979 world champions an ideal Pakistan’s lowest World Cup Mohammad Hafeezc Cottrell b Thomas 16 In- start to their campaign. score was 74, made against Imad Wasim c Gayle b Holder 1 W “It was a good game. I think the England at Adelaide on the Shadab Khan lbw b Thomas 0 dies crushed bowlers were outstanding today,” way to their only World Cup Hasan Ali c Cottrell b Holder 1 Pakistan by seven said Holder. “We kept our foot on the title in 1992. Wahab Riaz b Thomas 18 wickets in a one-sid- accelerator. We’ve eased off in the Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Mohammad Amir not out 3 ed World Cup match at past but it was good to see the killer Ahmed, said: “Very disappointed Extras (nb2, w2) 4 Trent Bridge yesterday, instinct today. at the batting. I was very confident Total (all out, 21.4 overs) 105 with the two-time champi- “We wanted to be aggressive. It’s before the match, batting was a key West Indies ons showing they are a resur- the nature of our cricket with bat, ball point but we didn’t apply it to the C. Gayle c Shadab b Amir 50 gent force in the one-day game. and in the field. short ball. S. Hope c Hafeez b Amir 11 Fast bowler Oshane Thomas “We’ve definitely come to win this “Credit to the West Indian bowlers, D. Bravo c Babar b Amir 0 took four wickets as Pakistan were World Cup but I just want us to enjoy they bowled really well. We have to N. Pooran not out 34 bundled out for their second-low- our cricket, play fearless cricket and take time if the bowlers are bowling S. Hetmyer not out 7 est World Cup total of 105 in make the fans back home proud.” like that. We lose so many wickets and Extras (lb3 w3) 6 just 21.4 overs on the second The only positive for Pakistan was that’s why we lost the match.” Total (3 wickets, 13.4 overs) 108 Today’s matches ICC to give full refunds after Trent Bridge ticket delays New Zealand vs Sri Lanka he ICC has encouraged fans print tickets at home. (12:30 pm) Twho have not yet received In the lead-up to the tourna- their tickets for World Cup ment, a number of fans had taken Afghanistan vs Australia games over the weekend to print to Twitter to complain about not (3:30 pm) them out in advance, as issues receiving tickets despite pur- with its systems led to the offer chasing them up to a year ago. of full refunds for those delayed While the ICC has overseen the getting into Trent Bridge for delivery of more than 700,000 West Indies’ win over Pakistan tickets, Elworthy said there had yesterday. been problems with some get- Steve Elwor- ting through. thy, the tour- “Anybody whose tickets were nament’s man- Some fans were delayed getting into the ground by ticketing issues printed after half past 10 at the aging director, ticket box office, because the Australia vs Afghanistan said that a and people needing to collect standing in a queue”, forcing the delay was there, we’re going to combination tickets that had not been deliv- ICC to consult with Ticketmas- refund 100% of their ticket val- of late sales ered led to “1600, 1700 people ter about offering the facility to ue,” Elworthy said. Hazratullah Zazai – Afghanistan New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Stats and trivia Aaron Finch – 1. No seamer has more wickets than Trent Boult’s 108 Australia since the 2015 World Cup. Kagiso Rabada, too, has claimed 108 wickets although he has had the benefit It’s still not clear who should be the openers. of playing 12 more matches than Boult. Khawaja did well against Lanka and it’s tough to 2. New Zealand have lost all of their last three games demote David Warner as well. If the duo opens at Sophia Gardens. then, Finch has to drop down the middle order. The Afghans are likely to bring back Mohammad Shahzad, who 3. Sri Lanka’s ragtag squad has an average age of 30.43 There’s uncertainty over Warner’s fitness as missed the second warm-up due to a hamstring injury, in place of - the highest among all sides in the World Cup. well. Steve Smith should bat at three given the Noor Ali Zadran. The likes of Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi 4. Legspin-bowling allrounder Jeevan Mendis, like his awe-inspiring form he is in. Stoinis and Maxwell have been consistent and their team would depend on them. The captain Karunaratne, has played just one ODI since can inject momentum into the innings. Starc, onus will be on Dawlat and Hamid to give Afghanistan the early the 2015 World Cup Behrendorff, and Pat Cummins will form the breakthroughs. Their spin trio of Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb will also New Zealand’s first-choice wicket- Lahiru Thirimanne is set to open pace attack with Zampa as the lone spinner. be in focus. keeper Tom Latham has resumed with Karunaratne, but the rest of the training at full tilt and is likely to Pitch Report line-up is pretty difficult to predict. Probable XI Probable XI be available for Saturday’s game. David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Hash- New Zealand might have to make The pitches during the Champions Trophy Probable XI Aaron Finch (C), Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, matullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib a choice between left-arm spinner provided a fair amount of assistance to the 1 Dimuth Karunaratne (capt), 2 Lahi- Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins, Jason Behren- (C), Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb Ur Santner and Ish Sodhi on the spin seamers in 2017, but the most recent ODI at ru Thirimanne, 3 Kusal Mendis (wk), dorff, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa front. Having leaked 107 runs in this venue saw 646 runs being racked up. 4 Kusal Perera, 5 Angelo Mathews, nine overs in the warm-up against However, the pitch was so green on the eve of 6 Dhananjaya de Silva, 7 Thisara West Indies, Matt Henry could the match that it was indistinguishable from Perera, 8 Jeevan Mendis, 9 Isuru make way for Tim Southee. the outfield. The weather is expected to be Udana, 10 Suranga Lakmal, 11 Nu- Pitch Report fine for the duration of the match. wan Pradeep The venue has been a witness to 16 completed ODIs out of which nine were won by the team, batting second. The last ODI Probable XI here produced almost 720 runs and the numbers show how good the track is. That day, England chased down a colossal 359 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Henry Nicholls, with 31 deliveries to spare. It won’t be a surprise if the teams opt to field first after winning the toss. 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 James Neesham, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 “We had a couple of really good warm-up games Mitchell Santner/Ish Sodhi, 9 Lockie and it was good to get the boys back together. I Ferguson, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Matt was delighted with both workouts; we were put “I can’t remember a group of players who have had so Henry/Tim Southee under pressure. All in all, confidence levels are much laughter, and that’s a really good sign for me.” high going into the World Cup.” AUSTRALIA COACH JUSTIN LANGER NEW ZEALAND HEAD COACH GARY STEAD.