Monday, November 27, 2017
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SPORTS
Kohli’s double hundred
headlines India’s run feast
Nagpur, India
defeat after the first of the irat Kohli coasted to his three-test series was drawn in
Vfifth double century as Kolkata.
- India’s frontline batsmen
- The world’s top-ranked
crushed Sri Lanka’s toothless test side had not lost a wicket attack to stay on course for an in the first two sessions on innings victory in the second Saturday with Murali Vijay
- test in Nagpur yesterday.
- and Cheteshwar Pujara both
Kohli smashed 213 while getting hundreds to put the Rohit Sharma celebrated his bowlers to the sword.
- return to the side after more
- Kohli and Pujara extended
than a year with an unbeaten Sri Lanka’s misery on the 102 before the hosts declared third morning with their their second innings closed third-wicket stand of 183.
- on 610 for six on the third
- Sri Lanka barely managed
day for a commanding lead to trouble Kohli and Pujara as
- of 405.
- the duo picked up singles and
Sri Lanka’s misery did not twos at will, mixing them with end there as they lost Sadeera occasional boundaries after Samarawickrama without resuming the day on 312-2. scoring on the second ball (Reuters) from Ishant Sharma to reach 21-1 in their second innings at stumps, still needing 384 to
BRIEF SCORE
make India bat again. Dimuth Karunaratne was
India Sri Lanka 205 and 21 for 1
unbeaten on 11 with Lahiru
(Karunaratne 11*, Thirimanne 9*)
Thirimanne nine not out and
trail India 610 for 6 dec. (Kohli 213,
the touring side will need a
Pujara 143, Vijay 128, Rohit 102*)
Herculean effort from their
by 384 runs
India’s Virat Kohli celebrates
batsmen to avoid an innings
Warner, Bancroft march Australia towards victory
Mudabbar crush Tornado Riders
London
n the final analysis, it has been Ia slaughter, but England’s latest trip to the Gabbatoir has turned out to be a more humane affair than some of their more gory predecessors.
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udabbar beat Tornado Riders by 4 wickets
Min the latest matches of the CBA Divison D
- cricket tournament.
- Their decisive second innings
may have been topped and tailed by some traditional fast-bowling savagery, with Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins claiming 4 for 10 in 21 balls to finish the work that Josh Hazlewood had started with the new ball on the third evening. But the extinguishing of English hope was left to David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, whose utterly
Toss was won by Tornado and elected to bat first, Tornado scored 143 in 20 overs. Sonu the top scorer with 29 runs, Tayib took 3 wickets for Mudabbar. Chasing the target Mudabbar opener Waqas brilliant half century helped his team to reach the target in 18th over, Tayib supported with 31 runs for mudabbar.
Other scores:
Matrix 158/4 in 20 overs (Priyesh 47, Aby 45, Rajesh 2/14) beat Royal Blaster 94/10 (Akhil 33, Aby 2/9) by 64 runs. Asma 152/10 (Noor 29, Rohit 4/34, Yogesh 3/20) beat Lanterns Lions 76/10 (Yogesh 18, Najaf 3/25) by 76 runs.
BRIEF SCORE
unhurried opening partnership of 114 in 34 overs made mincemeat of
Australia 328 (Smith 141*, Marsh
what could have been an awkward
SAG Bahrain 116/7 in 17.4 overs (Manish 54, Raza 4/10, Abdulla 4/23) beat Hempel Paints 113/10 overs (Sijo 25, Adil 27, Bijoy 2/17) by 3 wickets. Azeem 84/5 in 14.3 overs (Nafees 14) beat Rising Star 83/10 (Sentil 18, Sufiyan 2/3) by 5 wickets. Masters CC 130/7 (Faisal 30, Hari 21, AbdulRahman 3/23) beat Panthers 123/7 (Rehman 24, Nishad 3/19) by 7 runs. Al-Ghad Cargo 109/7 in 16.1 overs (Anil 28, Joju 2/23) beat Friends XI 108/8 (Chimbu 41, Nossar 3/11, Ahmed 2/13) by 3 wickets. Indian Super Kings 72/2 in 14.2 overs (Ashwini 34, Dawood 3/19, Rishabh 2/24) beat Young Blaster 71/10 (Siddarth 18, Loveneesh 5/11, manu 2/16) by 8 wickets.
51) and 0 for 114 (Warner 60*,
victory target of 170.
Bancroft 51*) trail England 302
It was a curiously flat finale to a
and 195 (Root 51, Bairstow 42) by
contest in which the momentum
56 runs
had not so much swung as vibrated from session to session. But, after
David Warner plays a shot
a final burst of violent lurches one way and then the other on the fourth came from 74 balls with not so relied exclusively on the new ball - was unable to replicate either the afternoon, Australia’s traditional much as a boundary until his 27th for their breakthroughs, and once turn or the bounce generated by
- dominance at their favourite home delivery.
- James Anderson and Stuart Broad Australia’s own offspinner, Nathan
venue came flooding to the fore in a one-sided finale.
But he did not need to rush had been neutered in a watchful Lyon. Emboldened by his lack on this occasion - worryingly for start from Australia’s openers, the of threat, the debutant Bancroft
- Warner, whose second-innings England, where the Aussie quicks rest of the attack proved toothless.
- pumped him over long-off for six
- en route to a maiden Test half-
- onslaughts had been such a crucial had been able to threaten with pace
- In particular, Moeen Ali
- -
Alpha Fire Bahrain 95/2 in 16.2 overs (Tushara 29) beat Liaison 94/8 (Zahid 24, Rovin 3/21, Thusara 2/13) by 8 wickets. Bassali Tiger 89/3 in 13 overs (Omer 45, Nabeel 2/14) beat Shafiq Glass 88/10 (Wahab 28, Burhan 4/17, Salman 2/18) by 7 wickets.
factor in the 5-0 whitewash in 2013- through the air, even when the whose spinning finger was glued century, as Moeen’s contribution 14, took a more measured route to wicket had been at its most sluggish, together after being lacerated by the was limited to four unthreatening his latest Ashes half-century, which England’s own mid-80mph seamers Kookaburra seam in the first innings overs. (espncricinfo)