TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2019 16 Cricket World Cup 2019 standings Team Played Won Lost Tied No result Run rate Points Sri Lanka survive Australia 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 14 India 7 5 1 0 1 0.854 11 New Zealand 8 5 2 0 1 0.572 11 England 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 10 Pakistan 8 4 3 0 1 -0.792 9 Sri Lanka 8 3 3 0 2 -0.934 8 Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 Windies run chase South Africa 8 2 5 0 1 -0.080 5 West Indies 8 1 6 0 1 -0.335 3 Afghanistan 8 0 8 0 0 -1.634 0 West Indies fell to defeat by 24 runs after a spirited chase against Sri Lanka Today’s match Avishka Ferando hit India vs Bangladesh 104• runs for Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga took• three wickets Edgbaston Cricket Ground – Edgbaston 12:30pm AFP | Chester-le-Street Shakib-al-Hasan Rohit Sharma ri Lanka held off a West Indies » Bangladesh must win their final two games, against India and Pakistan, to stand any charge at Chester-le-Street yes- chance of qualifying for the semi-finals. Sterday to win an exciting battle of » India will book their top-four place with a win in this match, as they bid to bounce back two World Cup also-rans by 23 runs. from their first defeat of the tournament - a 31-run loss to England. Both teams came into the match » India have beaten Bangladesh in both the Champions Trophy and the Asia Cup in recent aware they could not reach the semi-fi- years - the latter a thrilling last-ball win in their most recent ODI against one another. nals but the Caribbean side came close Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando plays a shot to pulling off the highest successful Bangladesh India chase in World Cup history. unluckily run out when bowler Isuru in particular letting them down. Bangladesh have won three of their six completed India lost for the first time in this World Cup, Sri Lanka batted brightly to post an Udana diverted the ball into the stumps Australia are still the only side math- games so far, getting back to winning ways by when they could only reach 306/5 in reply to imposing total of 338 for six in their off his fingertips, with the batsman well ematically certain of their place in the seeing off Afghanistan last time out. After back- resurgent England’s 337/7. That was despite 50 overs, thanks largely to Avishka out of his ground. last four, with India, New Zealand and to-back defeats to New Zealand and England, the five wickets for Mohammed Shami, Rohit Fernando’s first one-day international The West Indies looked down and England currently occupying the other Tigers – led by Shakib-al-Hasan’s 124* - chased 322 Sharma’s century and a fifth-consecutive century. out at 199-6 in the 35th over but Pooran top-four slots. in 41.3 overs to beat West Indies by seven wickets. half-century for Virat Kohli. That total looked beyond the West put on 83 for the seventh wicket with Pakistan and Bangladesh still have a Defeat to Australia followed, after being set 382 India had previously been in dominant form, Indies in the early part of their innings Fabian Allen to keep them in the hunt chance of progressing. to win. Despite Mushfiqur Rahim’s century, they posting 268/7 in a 125-run win against West but Nicholas Pooran dug deep, also before a second run-out. could only reach 333/8. But Bangladesh bounced Indies – Shami again the stand-out bowler scoring his maiden ODI ton. The Caribbean side needed 31 runs Sri Lanka back again, posting 262/7 against Afghanistan be- with four wickets – while another four for The West Indies found themselves in off the final three overs when captain fore Shakib’s 5-29 helped them bowl Afghanistan D. Karunaratne c Hope b Holder 32 Shami had helped seal a narrow 11-run win early trouble at 22-2, with Sunil Ambris Dimuth Karunaratne summoned Ange- out for just 200. K. Perera run out 64 against Afghanistan.The only other match and Shai Hope back in the dressing lo Mathews to bowl for the first time in A. Fernando c Allen b Cottrell 104 they had failed to win was when the rain room, both dismissed by veteran fast an ODI since 2017. K. Mendis c & b Allen 39 Probable XI ruined the game against New Zealand. India bowler Lasith Malinga. He struck with his first ball, remov- A. Mathews b Holder 26 had bounced back well, however, thrashing Chris Gayle flickered briefly but was ing a distraught Pooran, who slashed Liton Das, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, L. Thirimanne not out 45 Pakistan thanks to Sharma’s century. caught for 35 from a steepling top edge at an innocuous wide delivery and was Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), I. Udana c Holder b Thomas 3 by Jeffrey Vandersay off the bowling of caught behind by wicketkeeper Kusal Mahmudullah, Mossadek Hossain, Mo- Probable XI D. de Silva not out 6 Kasun Rajitha. Perera. hammad Saifuddin, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Extras (b4, lb5, nb5, w5) 19 Pooran, 23, held the innings togeth- Earlier, Fernando hit a sparkling Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Mustafizur Rahman Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, MS Dhoni Total (six wickets, 50 overs) 338 er but the West Indies’ hopes were maiden ODI century, with all of the top (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Mohammad Shami, badly hit when Carlos Brathwaite was order chipping in to help him. West Indies Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah The 21-year-old reached three fig- C. Gayle c Vandersay b Rajitha 35 PITCH REPORT ures off exactly 100 balls with eight S. Ambris c Perera b Malinga 5 While the pitches used at Edgbaston earlier in the tournament favoured the bowlers, the pitch fours and two sixes but was caught by S. Hope b Malinga 5 used last time out – as England beat India – turned out to be a great batting track. Though Fabian Allen off the bowling of Sheldon S. Hetmyer run out 29 slightly cooler than it was over the weekend, Birmingham is set fair for the week ahead. Cottrell for 104. N. Pooran c Perera b Mathews 118 KNOW WHAT Sri Lanka revived their fading hopes J. Holder c sub b Vandersay 26 Head to Head of reaching the World Cup semi-finals C. Brathwaite run out 8 by beating England but a heavy defeat Bangladesh won their last bilateral series against India, back in 2015, but they have since lost to F. Allen run out 51 India at the Champions Trophy, Asia Cup (twice) and in a warm-up match for this World Cup too. It West Indies started the tour- to South Africa and results elsewhere S. Cottrell not out 7 ended their chances. means India have won 29 of their 35 ODI matches against the Tigers. nament with a thumping O. Thomas lbw b Malinga 1 Their last full ODI was the Asia Cup final, which produced a low-scoring thriller in the UAE. Liton West Indies started the tournament S. Gabriel not out 3 seven-wicket win against with a thumping seven-wicket win Das’ century powered Bangladesh’s total of 222 all out, which so nearly turned out to be enough. Extras (b3, lb2, nb2, w20) 27 A leg-bye off the final ball of the innings earned India a three-wicket win Pakistan but have not won a against Pakistan but have not won a Total (nine wickets, 50 overs) 315 single match since single match since, with their batsmen India defend Dhoni after limp end to England chase Close to complete performance, AFP | Birmingham says England’s Bairstow But the pair added just 39, prised him, adding that 37-year- scrambling singles but failing old Dhoni was “doing the job for Reuters | Birmingham ndia team bosses yesterday to find the boundary regularly, the team”. Idefended M.S. Dhoni after to finish on 306-5. Dhoni was “Except for one odd innings, ngland opener Jonny the wicketkeeper-batsman unbeaten on 42 off 31 deliveries he has done the role always. EBairstow said Sunday’s came under fire for slow bat- while Jadhav was 12 not out off Five out of seven games he has 31-run victory over previously ting towards the end of his side’s 13 balls. done the job for the team,” said unbeaten India was the clos- World Cup defeat to England. The two batsmen were crit- Bangar. est the hosts have come to a Chasing a stiff target 338 to icised in the Indian press and “If you see the earlier games, complete performance in the win, previously unbeaten India on social media, with pundits against South Africa he stitched Cricket World Cup. needed 71 runs from the last five labelling their approach as “baf- together a partnership of 70 (the Bairstow was man of the overs of Sunday’s match at Edg- fling”. partnership was 74) with Rohit match after scoring 111 in Eng- baston, with veteran big-hitter But assistant coach Sanjay (Sharma). After that, what was land’s 337, also fielding bril- Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav at the Bangar said the criticism lev- required of him against Austral- liantly as India managed 306-5 crease. MS Dhoni plays a shot elled at the former captain sur- ia he did that.