MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2016 (PAGE 18) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU South Africa outsmart fighting Badree, Fletcher script West Indies' Afghanistan to remain in hunt second successive win MUMBAI, Mar 20: Today the Proteas, who elect- game won by England here and off Dawlat Zadran in the fourth BANGALORE, Mar 20: Tall left-arm spinner ed to bat, would have been was reprieved twice, struck four over. Sulieman Benn also contributed South Africa brought their pleased with the way De Villiers huge sixes and a four in one over Du Plessis was run out by a Samuel Badree stifled Sri in stifling the Lankan innings as ICC World T20 campaign back blazed his way to his eighth T20 from leggie Samiullah Shenwari, direct hit at stumps from Lanka with an exceptional spell he conceded only 13 runs in his on track after the stunning loss to half century in his inimitable style in the process reaching his 50 in Mohammed Nabi to terminate the before Andre Fletcher hammered four-over quota even as he did England two days ago when they to help South Africa muscle their 24 balls, before getting out. 65-run stand between him and de an unbeaten 84 as the West Indies not take a wicket. subdued a fighting Afghanistan way to their second 200-plus South Africa had raced to 66 Kock, who struck seven fours and cruised to a seven-wicket win Sri Lanka owed their score to by 37 runs at the Wankhede a six over covers. By the end of over the defending champions in Thisara Perera, who top scored Stadium here today. Today’s Fixture the 10th over the Proteas had a Group I World Twenty20 for the defending champion with The Proteas, who posted a Australia Vs Bangladesh (Bangaluru) 7:30 PM advanced to 92 for two. match, here tonight. a 40-run knock off 29 balls. The record-high score of 229 for 4 SCOREBOARD De Kock, who had slowed The Caribbean side ticked all left-hander also added 44 runs for that was overhauled by England South Africa innings (20 overs maximum) down considerably, under-edged the boxes right from winning the the sixth wicket with skipper in a thrilling fashion for the loss Quinton de Kock c Shahzad b Hamza 45 Hamza in trying to pull the toss to restricting Sri Lanka to Angelo Mathews (20). of eight wickets, became the first bowler and was caught behind 122 for nine and finally overhaul- Mathews and Perera's part- team in World T0 history to post a Hashim Amla c Stanikzai b Zadran 5 Andre Fletcher plays a big shot through the off side against with the Proteas score reading 97 ing the target in 18.2 overs. nership ended when the former second 200-plus score in the same Faf du Plessis run out 41 Sri Lanka in World T20 2016 at Bangalore. for three, having lost two set They now sit at the top of the was out in a bizarre manner. He edition when they rattled up 209 AB de Villiers c Zadran b Nabi 64 batsmen within the space of 11 table in Group I with two wins SCOREBOARD tried to duck a slow full toss from for five wickets against the min- JP Duminy not out 29 balls. from as many matches. Sri Lanka innings (20 overs maximum) Dwayne Bravo but the ball kissed nows. David Miller c Naib b Zadran 19 Duminy, who struck a six and Leg-spinner Badree tore into LD Chandimal run out (Charles/Ramdin) 1 the bat and flew towards Dinesh South Africa then bowled out David Wiese not out 0 two fours, and de Villiers then the Sri Lankan top-order by hit- TM Dilshan lbw b Brathwaite 12 Ramdin, who took an easy catch. Afghanistan for 172 in 20 overs Extras: (LB-2 W-4) 6 joined forces to put on 76 runs ting the right areas outside the off HDRL Thirimanne c Fletcher b Badree 5 Perera kept fighting hard and to emerge victorious after the Total: (For 5 wkts 20 overs) 209 after both were let off in one over stump with amazing consistency CK Kapugedera st Ramdin b Badree 6 found a few boundaries towards minnows were given an electric Bowling: Amir Hamza 3-0-25-1, Dawlat Zadran 3-0-46-1, Shapoor by leg spinner Shenwari in which as he gave away only 12 runs in AD Mathews c Ramdin b Bravo 20 the end before holing it up to start by opener Mohammad Zadran 3-0-28-1, Mohammad Nabi 4-0-35-1, Rashid Khan 4-0-51- the spinner was smashed for 29 his four overs and accounted for TAM Siriwardana c Gayle b Badree 0 Andre Russell off Dywane Bravo Shahzad with a 19-ball 44, which 0, Samiullah Shenwari 3-0-22-0. runs. De Villiers was out in the three batsmen after opting to NLTC Perera c Russell b Bravo 40 (2/21). was studded with five sixes and next over, caught at deep mid bowl. KMDN Kulasekara b Russell 7 At the start, Andre Rusell three fours. Afghanistan innings (target: 210 runs from 20 overs) wicket off Nabi. Sri Lanka struggled to recov- HMRKB Herath run out (Bravo) 3 bowled loose and was duly pun- It was South Africa's first win Mohammad Shahzad b Morris 44 Afghanistan made a bold er after losing half the side inside JDF Vandersay not out 0 ished with Tillakaratne Dilshan in two games in the Super 10 Noor Ali Zadran st de Kock b Imran Tahir 25 10 overs and it was Thisara reply with Shahzad carting Kyle PVD Chameera not out 0 (12) creaming off a six and a four Group 1 round robin league after Asghar Stanikzai* c de Kock b Morris 7 Perera's fiery 40-run knock that Abbott for three sixes and a four Extras (lb 7, w 5, nb 1) 13 in the very first over but the the first game loss to England. Gulbadin Naib c de Kock b Abbott 26 in the second over after lashing gave them something to fight to opener was trapped by Carlos Lanky pacer Chris Morris led Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 122 Mohammad Nabi c de Villiers b Imran Tahir 11 Kagiso Rabada for a six and a for. Brathwaite at the start of the the South African bowling charge Bowling: AD Russell 4-0-34-1, S Badree 4-0-12-3, SJ Benn 4-0-13-0, Samiullah Shenwari c Wiese b Abbott 25 four in the first to help his team The huge crowd wanted to fourth over. by grabbing 4 for 27 while leggie CR Brathwaite 4-0-36-1, DJ Bravo 4-0-20-2 Najibullah Zadran c de Kock b Rabada 12 smash 33 in two overs. see the big-hitting Chris Gayle to The TV replays showed that Imran Tahir also impressed with 2 West Indies innings (target: 123 runs from 20 overs) Rashid Khan b Morris 11 The aggressive opener struck bat but he did not come out to the ball would have missed the for 24. ADS Fletcher not out 84 Dawlat Zadran b Morris 0 a four behind the keeper and a open after pulling his hamstring leg stump but the damage was The defeat, the second suf- J Charles b Vandersay 10 Amir Hamza not out 3 flicked six off Rabada in the third while fielding. done. The Lankans had more dis- fered by Afghanistan after their MN Samuels st Chandimal b Siriwardana 3 Shapoor Zadran b Rabada 1 but it was too good to last and he Fletcher was no Gayle but he appointment in store as Dinesh six-wicket loss to Sri Lanka on D Ramdin b Siriwardana 5 Extras (lb 1, w 6) 7 lost his stumps in the first over entertained the crowd with his Chandimal was run out when March 17 at Kolkata, has virtual- AD Russell not out 20 Total (all out; 20 overs) 172 from Chris Morris who also power-hitting. He punished the Lahiru Thirimanne sent him ly ended their hopes of advancing Extras (w 5) 5 Bowling: K Rabada 4-0-37-2, KJ Abbott 4-0-36-2, CH Morris 4-0- removed rival captain Asghar bowlers by smashing six fours back. to the semi finals. Total (3 wickets; 18.2 overs) 127 27-4, Imran Tahir 4-0-24-2, D Wiese 4-0-47-0. Stanikzai cheaply. and five sixes in his knock that Badree soon scalped They have two games to play Did not batCH Gayle, DJ Bravo, DJG Sammy*, CR Brathwaite, S Opener Noor Ali Zadran (25 came off 64 balls. Thirimanne, who hit straight to - against England (March 23 at Badree, SJ Benn score on the trot. in the first six power play overs in 24 balls) and Gulbadin Naib The track was helping the point fielder Fletcher. He contin- Delhi) and West Indies (March 27 Bowling: AD Mathews 1-0-13-0, HMRKB Herath 4-0-27-0, KMDN After a quick-fire 40s from before spin bowling arrested their (26 in 18 balls) departed before spinners but Fletcher negated it ued to torment the defending at Nagpur). opener Quinton de Kock (45 in 31 progress considerably. De Kock, the end of the 15th over with well by reaching to pitch of the Kulasekara 2-0-17-0, JDF Vandersay 4-1-11-1, TAM Siriwardana 4-0- champions as he dismissed two South Africa, with two points balls) and captain Faf du Plessis who notched up 52 against Afghanistan on 140 for four, ball.