Sri Lanka Thump Afghanistan David Warner Held a Good Catch
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 SPORTS Australia dominate South Africa CAPE TOWN: Fast bowlers Ryan Harris four catches, missed a stumping off and Mitchell Johnson shared seven wick- Nathan Lyon when Du Plessis was on 30, ets as Australia continued their domina- then dropped a difficult leg side chance tion on the third day of the third and final off Harris when the batsman was on 35. Test against South Africa at Newlands With play starting 30 minutes earlier yesterday. because of rain which cut 51 overs from Australia bowled out South Africa for the second day’s play, Clarke’s declaration 287, a lead of 207, and added another 27 proved a shrewd move because there runs for no wicket before close of play. was early movement off the pitch for the Harris took three for 63 and Johnson bowlers. Smith was caught behind for four for 42. Captain Michael Clarke’s deci- five off a ball from Harris which seamed sion to declare at Australia’s overnight away from him. Smith has made only 42 total of 494 for seven paid off as his South runs in five innings in the series. African counterpart Graeme Smith failed Dean Elgar made 11 before he was again and South Africa lost four wickets superbly caught by Haddin off James before lunch. Pattinson, the wicketkeeper flinging him- Despite losing early wickets, South self to his right to hold an inside edge by Africa scored freely during an extended the left-hander. morning’s play, reaching 127 for four off Alviro Petersen and Hashim Amla 32 overs at lunch. added 53 off 58 balls with Petersen But with the Australian bowlers reaching a fluent half-century off 50 balls achieving reverse swing as the ball got with eight fours. But Petersen added only older, the scoring slowed to a trickle after three more before he gloved Mitchell in-form batsman AB de Villiers was Johnson down the leg side for Haddin to caught at second slip off Johnson for 14 take his third catch of the innings. soon after lunch. JP Duminy fell to a catch Amla looked in good form but was behind by Brad Haddin off Harris for four bowled for 38 when Harris made a ball before Faf du Plessis and Vernon swing back sharply to find a gap Philander came together in a seventh- between bat and pad. It was the first evi- wicket stand of 95, the best of the dence of reverse swing and it heralded a DHAKA: Afghanistan’s Asghar Stanikzai is bowled out by Sri Lanka’s Thisara Perera during the Asia Cup one-day international cricket innings. significant change in momentum with tournament. —AP Du Plessis battled his way to 67 before the remaining batsmen forced on to the Johnson returned to the attack and he defensive. edged a drive fast and low to gully, where Pattinson, picked in place of Peter Sri Lanka thump Afghanistan David Warner held a good catch. Siddle, because he offered more pace, Du Plessis, who faced 134 balls and took two for 77 and Shane Watson DHAKA: Four-time champions Sri Lanka The Islanders scored a challenging 253-6 Sri Lanka won all their three matches to gain 12 points, hit six fours, had two escapes. chipped in with the wicket of Kyle thumped newcomers Afghanistan by 129 with in-form Kumar Sangakkara hitting a leaving them to play a meaningless last game against hosts Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who took Abbott. —AFP runs to reach the final of the Asia Cup in solid 76 before they bowled their rivals out Bangladesh on Thursday before having a tilt at the title. Dhaka yesterday. for a paltry 124 in 38.4 overs. Afghanistan, who gave a good account of themselves by beating Bangladesh by 32 runs in their second match, found Sri Lanka’s pace-cum spin attack too hot to handle and only captain Mohammad Nabi (37), Asghar Stanikzai (27) and Noor Ali Zadran (21) were among the runs. Nabi hit a six and three boundaries off 43 balls before he fell leg-before to spinner Chaturanga de Silva in the 33rd over. Mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis took 3-11 in his seven overs while Thisara Perera chipped in with 3-29 in his full quota of ten overs. Paceman Suranga Lakmal (2-30) and left-armer de Silva fetched 2-29 to complete the rout. Only Nabi and Najibullah Zadran (11) could stay longer to put 48 runs for the sixth wicket before Afghanistan lost their last five wick- ets for a mere three runs. Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews said it was nice to qualify for the final. “It was a very important game for us because we had to book our place in the final,”said Mathews. “Afghanistan have a very good bowling attack and our batsmen found it hard on a slow pitch.” Nabi admitted his team was short on quality. “We bowled well in the first 35 overs and Sangakkara played SCOREBOARD very well,” said Nabi. “We started well with the bat, but then Mendis and Malinga bowled brilliantly.” CAPE TOWN: Ausralia’s Mitchell Johnson bowls to South Africa’s Alviro DHAKA: Complete scoreboard in the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in Earlier, Sangakkara hit six fours and a six off 102 balls to Petersen during the third day of the third Test. —AP Dhaka yesterday: hold the innings together when the batsmen faltered after Sri Lanka: Afghanistan: Mathews won the toss and decided to bat. K. Perera b Ashraf 33 Mohammad Shahzad b Lakmal 7 Sangakkara came to the crease after opener Lahiru Thirimanne had gone for five in the sixth over, bowled by SCOREBOARD L. Thirimanne b Shapoor 5 Noor Ali Zadran c de Silva b Mendis 21 Asghar Stanikzai b Thisara 27 paceman Shapoor Zadran. Fellow opener Kusal Perera K. Sangakkara run out 76 scored a 49-ball 33 with four boundaries and a six, while CAPE TOWN: Close of play scoreboard on the third day of the third and final Test between Nawroz Mangal c Sangakkara b Thisara 4 M. Jayawardene c Nabi b Ashraf 14 Mahela Jayawardene made 14. But both fell to medium South Africa and Australia at Newlands yesterday. Samiullah Shinwari c Thirimanne b Lakmal 6 D. Chandimal b Hotak 26 pacer Mirwais Ashraf, who finished with 2-29 in eight overs, Australia, first innings A. de Villiers c Clarke b Johnson 14 Mohammad Nabi lbw de Silva 37 A. Mathews not out 45 to leave Sri Lanka struggling on 83-3. (overnight 494-7) F. du Plessis c Warner b Johnson 67 Najibullah Zadran c Mathews b Perera 11 Sangakkara, fresh from a match-winning hundred C. Rogers c Smith b Steyn 25 J. Duminy c Haddin b Harris 4 P. de Silva c Ashraf b Dawlat 17 Mirwais Ashraf c Thisara b de Silva 1 against India, added 74 for the fourth wicket with Dinesh D. Warner c De Villiers b Duminy 135 V. Philander not out 37 T. Perera not out 19 Hamza Hotak lbw b Mendis 1 Chandimal (26) to put his team on firmer ground. A. Doolan c Steyn b Philander 20 K. Abbott b Watson 3 Extras: (lb6, nb6, w6) 18 Dawlat Zadran b Mendis 0 Sangakkara was run out in the 38th over with Sri Lanka M. Clarke not out 161 D. Steyn c Watson b Johnson 28 Total (for six wkts; 50 overs) 253 Shapoor Zadran not out 0 on 158-5, as Afghanistan-buoyed by their upset win over S. Smith b Elgar 84 M. Morkel c Watson b Pattinson 7 S. Watson c Amla b Duminy 40 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Thirimanne), 2-50 Extras: (lb2, w7) 9 Bangladesh-kept the pressure on. Extras (b8, lb3, nb3, w6) 20 B. Haddin c Amla b Duminy 13 Total: (all out; 38.4 overs) 124 But Mathews provided a late flurry with an unbeaten 45 Total (82.5 overs) 287 (Perera), 3-83 (Jayawardene), 4-157 off 41 balls, adding an unbeaten 69 with Thisara Perera (19 M. Johnson c De Villiers b Duminy 0 Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Shahzad), 2-53 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Smith), 2-42 (Elgar), 3-95 (Chandimal), 5-158 (Sangakkara), 6-184 not out) to get his team past the 250 mark. R. Harris not out 4 (Stanikzai), 3-59 (Noor), 4-61 (Mangal), 5-73 (Petersen), 4-121 (Amla), 5-133 (De Villiers), (Silva) Afghanistan had brought back Noor Ali and Dawlat Extras (nb6, w6) 12 6-146 (Duminy), 7-241 (Du Plessis), 8-249 (Shinwari), 6-121 (Najibullah), 7-121 (Nabi), Total (7 wkts declared, 127.4 overs) 494 Bowling: Najibullah 3-0-9-0, Shapoor 9-1- Zadran for Karim Sadiq and Hamid Hassan from the line-up, (Abbott), 9-279 8-122 (Hotak), 9-124 (Dawlat) which upset Bangladesh on Saturday, but they failed to Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Rogers), 2-138 (Doolan), 46-1 (3w), Dawlat 9.2-0-60-1 (w1, nb6), (Steyn) Bowling: Malinga 5-0-23-0 (6w), Lakmal 7-2- keep the momentum. 3-217 (Warner), 4-401 (Smith), 5-456 Bowling: Harris 22-9-63-3 (1nb), Johnson 19-5- Ashraf 8-1-29-2, Nabi 6.4-1-23-0, Hotak 7-1- 30-2, Thisara 10-2-29-3, de Silva 9.4-1-29-2, Pakistan meet hosts Bangladesh today and need to win (Watson), 6-489 (Haddin), 7-489 (Johnson) 42-4, Pattinson 18.5-4-77-2 (2nb, 2w), Watson 43-1 (1w), Shinwari 4-0-20-0, Mangal 3-0-17- Mendis 7-2-11-3 (1w) to meet Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final.