SUNDAY 6 3 FEBRUARY 2019 SPPORTSORTS CHENNAI Karunaratne returns, Perera retires hurt WE ARE HUNGRY FOR  Australia picks four on Day 3 Canberra, Feb 3 (AFP): SUCCESS: HOLDER Sri Lanka lost four wickets in a hostile session against Australia Sunday that saw Dimuth Karu-  West Indies crushes England again for series win naratne complete a half-century after being cleared of concussion and dazed teammate Kusal Per- North Sound (Antigua and era retire hurt. Barbuda), Feb 3 (AFP): Following an incident-packed morning on day three of the sec- Kemar Roach and Jason ond Test in Canberra, the visitors Holder led another rout of the Eng- went to lunch at 215 for seven in land batting line-up as the West reply to Australia’s 534 for fi ve de- Indies completed a crushing series- clared. was not clinching 10- victory after tea out 10 with Niroshan Dickwella on the third day of the second Test out for 25 on the last ball before at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium the break. Sri Lanka resumed on in Antigua on Saturday. a hot day at 123 for three on what Ironically, the courageous Karu- Trailing by 119 runs at the start appeared to be a perfect batting naratne replaced him after being of the second innings after Darren track. Australian skipper Tim declared fi t again after being Bravo’s ultra-patient half-century Paine opted to hand the ball fi rst felled by a brutal bouncer on Sat- extended the West Indies fi rst in- up to and Pat urday from Cummins. He had laid nings total to 306 in the morning, Cummins and they threw down prone on the ground for at least England were demolished for 132 plenty of bouncers. 10 minutes before being stretch- with Roach and Holder claiming four wickets each. Openers Kraigg Both Perera, who resumed on ered off in a neck brace, but after Sharon, early in the morning. Brathwaite and John Campbell 11, and Dhananjaya de Silva, who a hospital check was cleared of These consecutive victories also mark the fi rst He claimed the wickets of Root then enjoyed the formality of knock- was on one overnight, took blows concussion and given the OK to and debutant opener Joe Denly just ing off the 14 runs required for vic- to the head in the opening two resume his innings. He returned occasion since the 1994 tour of the Caribbean that the before the end of the afternoon ses- tory in 2.1 overs, Campbell sealing overs, but were fi ne to continue. on 46 and drove a for sion after Holder made the fi rst two the result in style by hoisting James Perera was then hit fl ush on the four to bring up his 22nd Test West Indies have beaten England in successive Tests breakthroughs in removing Rory Anderson for six over midwicket. helmet ducking into a Richardson 50 before being caught at gully Burns and Jonny Bairstow after an Following on a 381-run hammer- ball on 27. The neck protector by Kurtis Patterson off Mitchell since the 1994 tour of the Carib- again and that’s quite hard to take. opening partnership of 35. Roach, ing of the visitors in the fi rst Test in fl ew off and a Sri Lankan physio Starc after adding nine more. bean that the West Indies have ‘As a bowling group I thought we who earned the ‘Man of the Match’ Barbados a week earlier, the result rushed to his aid. He continued The opener was out just three beaten England in successive Tests. worked exceptionally hard. Scor- award, then took over in tandem gave the West Indies the series 2-0 and added two more runs only to balls after de Silva bizarrely hit ‘We’re hungry for success,’ said a ing under 200 isn’t going to win with Holder after tea, triggering with the fi nal match of the rubber call the physio again four balls his own wicket while attempting delighted Holder. ‘This group has you many games of .’ While England’s fi nal slide to humilia- starting next Saturday in St Lucia. later. a pull shot off Starc. As his bat been together for a while and we Roach (four for 52, match analysis tion by bowling Ben Stokes off the West Indies have also reclaimed Once again he opted to bat on swung around it took one of the have been doing some exceptional of eight for 82) and Holder (four for inside-edge as six wickets tumbled the Wisden Trophy, symbol of su- but after watching de Silva face bails off and he was gone for 25. things. The way we ended last year 43) claimed the main bowling hon- for 44 runs, Joseph taking a diving, premacy in Test series between the another three balls, he was clearly In the next over debutant Chami- was disappointing and everyone ours, fellow pacer Alzarri Joseph’s sprawling catch at mid-on off his two teams, after almost 10 years in feeling the effects and was helped ka Karunaratne also fell, without wanted to turn things around.’ contribution was especially sig- captain to dismiss Anderson and England hands. off the fi eld. Offi cials said he scoring, getting a thick edge to a A dejected England captain Joe nifi cant given that he decided to end another abject batting display would remain at the ground to be ball with Starc tak- These two comprehensive victo- Root said: ‘It’s been frustrating. I continue playing the match despite by a team ranked number three monitored by Sri Lankan medics. ing the catch at slip. ries also mark the fi rst occasion think we’ve been outperformed once the passing of his ailing mother, in Tests. Serbia, Germany, Aus grab finals berths  India loses to Italy in qualifier Divya achieves WGM

a 6-1 7-6 (7/2) win over Nerman Fatic, while the fi fth match was Mandhana is World norm, snatches top spot not played. Andreas Seppi guided Italy into No.1 ODI batswoman the fi nals of the revamped competi- tion after the 1976 champions dis- New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI): patched India 3-1. Seppi brushed India opener Smriti Mand- aside India’s number one Prajnesh hana on Saturday moved up three Gunneswaran 6-1 6-4 in the fi rst places to become number one in reverse singles tie on Kolkata’s the ICC women’s ODI rankings, grass court after India avoided a joining men’s team skipper Virat whitewash by taking the doubles. Kohli at the top of the standings. Italy, who had led 2-0, overnight Mandhana was player of the series were forced to extend the encounter in the three ODI series against DDivyaivya DeshmukhDeshmukh after Simone Bolelli and Matteo New Zealand. Berrettini lost to Since the beginning of 2018 and Divij Sharan 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. Mandhana, who has been in Canada’s over- AAndreasndreas SeppiSeppi exemplary form in the one-day came Martin Klizan 7-6 (7/4) 6-4 to Chennai, Feb 3 (PTI): Catherina achieved her WGM format, has scored two 100s and level their tie with Slovakia at 2-2 norm with a draw against com- eight 50s in 15 games. Competing Indian lass Divya Deshmukh patriot Aakanksha Hagawane. in Bratislava and set up a winner- for the top fi ve, Amy Satterthwaite posted two wins Saturday to Divya, who needed a draw to takes-all showdown between Felix Paris, Feb 3 (AFP): Fayziev 4-6 6-3 6-0 to nail down New Zealand skipper rose up ten snatch sole lead with seven achieve her norm, beat Olga Auger-Aliassime and Norbert a place for Serbia at November’s places to take the fourth position, points after the ninth round in Babiy in a hard fought game that Gombos. Former champions Serbia, Ger- revamped fi nals in Madrid. while Indian skipper Mithali Raj the Velammal-AICF Women In- lasted four hours and twenty many, Australia and Italy punched Germany, who won the last of Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime has moved down a spot. ternational Grand Master round- minutes after 92 moves. had earlier dropped the doubles to tickets to the Davis Cup fi nals on three titles in 1993, eased to vic- Mandhana is ahead of the Aus- robin chess tournament here. Results: Round 9 (Indians un- Klizan and Filip Polasek, losing Saturday, while Japan rallied from tory over Hungary as Jan-Lennard tralians Ellyse Perry and Meg The Nagpur girl also achieved less specifi ed): Chandreyee Hajra a 2-1 defi cit as Taro Daniel won the Struff and Tim Puetz strolled to a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Unheralded Swiss duo Lanning after scoring her fourth her maiden International Master (2) lost to Osmak Iulija (Ukr) 6.5, decisive rubber to overcome China. 6-2 6-3 doubles triumph to an unas- and Jerome Kym ODI century and an unbeaten 90 norm and WGM norm in one go, Michelle Catherina (6.5) drew Serbia, playing without Austral- sailable 3-0 advantage. kept their nation’s hopes alive with in the three-match series against while Chennai’s P Michelle Cath- with Aakanksha Hagawane (5), ian Open champion Novak Djoko- Third-ranked Alexander Zverev a 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7/1) win over Evgeny New Zealand. The southpaw had erina (6.5) secured a nine-game Divya Deshmukh (7) bt Olga vic, watched their 2-0 overnight cruised to a 6-3 6-4 win over Gabor Donskoy and Andrey Rublev to trim scored 105 and 90 in the fi rst two WGM norm. Michelle Catherina Babiy (Ukr) 5, Saloni Sapale (4) lead evaporate in as Borsos in the fi rst reverse singles Russia’s lead to 2-1 in Biel. ODIs, helping her team to rare and Osmak Iuilja (Ukraine) drew with Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh roared back to send as the countries opted to play out , the 2014 champions, series win in New Zealand. El- share the second spot at 6.5 (Mongolia) 3.5, Munguntuul their clash to a fi fth rubber. Denis the remaining dead rubbers in are without both and lyse Perry and Meg Lanning of points. Batkhuyag (Mongolia) 6 drew Istomin partnered Frankfurt. Australia romped to a who have combined Australia are second and third Divya Deshmukh posted with Nakhbayeva Guliskhan to a 2-6 6-1 6-3 win over Nikola 4-0 rout of Bosnia and Herzegovina for a total of 23 singles respectively. India ODI captain wins over WGM Olga Babiy of (Kaz) 4, V Varshini (2.5) drew Milojevic and in the in Adelaide, as John Peers and titles. Japan fought back after Mithali Raj has slipped to the Ukraine and Mongolia’s Uuriin- with Franco Valencia Angela doubles before he downed Dusan Jordan Thompson clinched the tie dropping the doubles to sweep the fi fth spot. Veteran pacer Jhulan tuya Uurtsaikh, while Michelle (Col) 2. Lajovic 6-3 6-4 in the singles. But with a 7-5 6-1 defeat of Mirza Basic reverse singles in Guangzhou as Goswami is fourth in the bowlers’ Filip Krajinovic picked up the de- and Tomislav Brkic in the doubles. Daniel clinched the fi nal point with rankings while spinners Poonam cisive point by coming from behind Teenager Alexei Popyrin, in his a tense 6-3 6-7 (4/7) 6-3 victory over Yadav and Deepti Sharma are Srinivasan’s unbeaten to beat world number 280 Sanjar Davis Cup debut, followed up with Li Zhe. eighth and ninth respectively. ton rescues MRC A | NT Bureau | Marcelino wins it for Pune Chennai, Feb 3: Chennai, Feb 3 (PTI): After a goalless fi rst half, to go goalless till the end but a R Srinivasan’s unbeaten 127 bailed MRC ‘A’ out of defl ected shot landed fortunately trouble against India Pistons on the fi rst day of the FC Pune City rode on Marce- the host went ahead in the at the feet of Vineeth, who slotted TNCA First Division League here on Saturday. lino’s double strike to beat a the ball home easily to help his At stumps, MRC ‘A’ was 272 for eight with Srinivasan struggling Chennaiyin FC 2-1 in 55th minute as new signing team take the lead. The advan- on 127 (211b, 17x4), and keeping him company was J an Indian Super League match tage though did not last long as Kaushik on 15 (50b, 2x4). At one stage, MRC ‘A’ was at the Nehru stadium here C K Vineeth scored only to Marcelino shot at goal was not in a spot of bother at 71 for six in the 28th over, before Saturday, to boost its chances of completely saved and the ball skipper R Ashwin 51 (69b, 10x4) and Srinivasan added qualifying for the play-offs. see Pune City hit back with crept through inside the goal. 98 runs in 23.4 overs for the seventh wicket. After Pune City is in seventh position two quick strikes. And a minute later, it became Ashwin’s exit, Srinivasan raised 65 runs in 26.1 overs on the points table with 14 from even worse for the hosts as the for the eighth wicket with Adithya Arun (29) to guide 13 game while defending cham- Pune City star doubled his and R Srinivasan MRC ‘A’ to a fi ghting total. Elsewhere, Nelson off- pion Chennaiyin is last with fi ve two quick strikes. his team’s goal tally for the night. spinner Shoaib Md. Khan took fi ve for 88 to restrict Grand Slam to 199. points from 14 games following a The game came alive for a Anirudh Thapa had replaced Brief scores: Jolly Rovers 270/7 in 90 overs (M Kaushik Gandhi 44, R 11th defeat this season. After a period of fi ve minutes which saw Andrea Orlandi for the hosts and Sathish 86, Varun Sood 3/61) vs TI Cycles. CromBest 224/9 in 90 overs goalless fi rst half, the host went three goals being scored. The sec- new manager Phil Brown made (Vignesh S Iyer 80, M Siddharth 4/55) vs Alwarpet. Globe Trotters 243/4 ahead in the 55th minute as new ond half began just like the fi rst three changes from the last time in 90 overs (K Mukunth 46, C Hari Nishaanth 70, Sumant Jain 69*, R signing C K Vineeth scored only one and the initial 10 minutes FC Pune City played, a 2-0 win Audi Sachin 50*) vs Young Stars. MRC ‘A’ 272/8 in 90 overs (R Srinivasan MMarcelinoarcelino to see Pune City hit back with looked like the game was going over Goa. 127*, R Ashwin 51) vs India Pistons.