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WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2019 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Shakib makes World Cup record England, New Zealand look to BIRMINGHAM, July 2: rounder scored 66 runs and also claimed the wicket of Rishabh seize World Cup destiny Bangladesh all-rounder Pant to achieve the rare land- CHESTER-LE-STREET first-round exit at the 2015 World Shakib Al Hasan today became mark. (UK), July 2: Cup. the first cricketer in the history of New Zealand's Scott Styris Jonny Bairstow (111) and the ICC World Cup to score 500 is the closest to Shakib in the England and New Zealand Jason Roy, who made 66 follow- plus runs and also claim more achievement, scoring 499 runs head into their final World Cup ing his return from a hamstring than 10 wickets in a single edition and picking up nine wickets in group match on Wednesday, each injury, put on 160 for the first of the showpiece event. the 10 matches he played in the knowing that a win would see wicket before the in-form Ben After his innings of 66 2007 edition of the tournament. them into the semi-finals. Stokes hit 79, his third successive against India today, Shakib was Shakib had blasted an Even a defeat would not spell fifty, to boost the total to 337-7. placed second in the leading run unbeaten 124 against the West the end of either team's chances of England, bidding to win their scorers chart in this World Cup Indies during their seven wicket emerging as one of the top four first World Cup, then kept things with 542 runs from seven win in Taunton. from the 10-team round-robin tight in the field, with Chris Indian fans cheering their team during ICC World Cup-2019 and Rohit Sharma celeberates his ton during the World cup match innings, just behind Rohit He had also claimed five for phase. Woakes impressive and recalled against Bangladesh at Edgbaston stadium, in Birmingham on Tuesday.(UNI) Sharma, who has 544 runs in his 29 to single-handedly bowled Were England to lose in paceman Liam Plunkett (3-55) kitty from seven innings as well. Bangladesh to victory over Chester-le-Street, Pakistan could once again taking wickets through Shakib, who has scored two Afghanistan in another match. leapfrog them into the top four the middle overs. Rohit’s ton, Bumrah’s yokers take India to WC semi-final centuries and four fifties so far, During the course of the with victory over Bangladesh. "Winning a game like this, BIRMINGHAM, July 2: already above them. guessing that Virat Kohli would Pakistan) and 102 (vs England) in also has 11 wickets in his kitty World Cup, Shakib also became Given that they play each other under the pressure we were under, Ironically, on a day when have opted to bat and Rohit along earlier games. from seven games at a strike the fourth Bangladeshi batsman in their final pool match, only one can only stand us in good stead, Rohit Sharma's dream run with Rohit's record 26th ODI hundred with Rahul added 180 for the Mashrafe Mortaza started the rate of 34.9. to amass over 6000 runs in of Bangladesh -- who also still potentially for the New Zealand the bat and Jasprit Bumrah's bril- ensured a seventh semi-final opening wicket to set up the plat- proceedings but pulled himself out On Tuesday, the star all- ODIs. (PTI) have to face India -- or Pakistan game and hopefully after that," liance at the death helped India appearance for his side, form. after solitary over as Rohit hit first can draw level with New Zealand said Woakes. beat Bangladesh by 28 runs to Bangladesh were left high and dry En route his ton, that had seven of his five sixes -- a pull-shot on in the event the Black Caps lose on "You don't actually play much clinch a semi-final berth in the despite Shakib's coveted record Wednesday. knockout cricket, so to put our- ongoing ICC World Cup here double of 500 plus runs and 10 SCOREBOARD And, with both Asian teams selves in the heat of the battle -- today. plus wickets in a single edition of India Innings: well behind on net run-rate, it obviously we'd rather have quali- It was Rohit's (104 off 92 the World Cup. Lokesh Rahul c Rahim b Rubel 77 would take a big New Zealand loss fied by now -- could potentially balls) record-equalling fourth cen- For Indian bowlers, it was Rohit Sharma c Liton Das b Soumya Sarkar 104 allied to a commanding Pakistan help us." tury in a single edition and his 180- another good day in office after Virat Kohli c Rubel b Mustafizur 26 victory or two Bangladesh wins by By contrast, New Zealand run opening stand with K L Rahul English nightmare as Yuzvendra Rishabh Pant c Mosaddek Hossain b Shakib 48 big margins, to deny the 2015 los- head into the match following suc- (77 off 92 balls) that laid the foun- Chahal (1/50 off 10 overs) found Hardik Pandya c Soumya Sarkar b Mustafizur 0 ing finalists a place in the last four. cessive losses to Pakistan and dation for a par-score of 314 for his mojo back with a controlled MS Dhoni c Shakib b Mustafizur 35 But right now, England and Australia that have put a taken the nine after India opted to bat. effort while Bhuvneshwar Dinesh Karthik c Mosaddek Hossain b Mustafizur 8 New Zealand's World Cup destiny gloss off a promising campaign. The chase wasn't impossible Kumar (1/51 in 9 overs) also Bhuvneshwar Kumar run out (Rahim/Mustafizur) 2 is in their own hands. An attack led by left-arm quick but Shakib Al Hasan (66 off 74 bowled a steady first spell in the Mohammed Shami b Mustafizur 1 England travel to the northeast Trent Boult, who took a hat-trick balls) didn't get any notable sup- company of ever-reliable Jasprit Bumrah not out 0 buoyed by a 31-run win over an hero against Australia, and featur- port from the other end as Bumrah. Extras: (LB-6,W-6,NB-1) 13 India side that were previously ing the express pace of Lockie unbeaten. Ferguson is a testing proposition Bangladesh were bundled out for Shakib also couldn't play in his Total: (For 9 wickets in 50 Overs) 314 Advisors to Governors jointly inaugurating Gym at Gindun Sunday's success against India, for any side. 286 in 48 overs. free-flowing manner as there was- Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 5-0-36-0, Mohammad Saifuddin 7-0-59-0, Sports Complex Rajbagh in Srinagar on Tuesday. the team that recently replaced New Zealand could now recall But Mohammed Shaifuddin's n't a single half-century stand for Mustafizur Rahman 10-1-59-5, Shakib Al Hasan 10-0-41-1, Mosaddek 51 not out off 39 balls did raise the first five wickets. England at the top of the one-day another paceman in Matt Henry at Hossain 4-0-32-0, Rubel Hossain 8-0-48-1, Soumya Sarkar 6-0-33-1. Advisors Kumar, Ganai, Skandan international rankings, came after the expense of spinner Ish Sodhi, Bangladesh Innings: Today’s Fixture back-to-back defeats by Sri Lanka given the Riverside is not Tamim Iqbal b Shami 23 jointly inaugurate Gym and reigning champions Australia renowned for turning pitches. England Vs New Zealand (Chester-le-Street) 3 pm Soumya Sarkar c Kohli b Hardik Pandya 33 had led many pundits to question But while several England Shakib Al Hasan c Kaarthik b Hardik Pandya 66 Excelsior Sports Correspondent allow play matches during the slim hopes of a victory before Sabbir Rahaman (36) and their tournament nerve and nous. batsmen have made hundreds at Mushfiqur Rahim c Shami b Chahal 24 dark hours too. Bumrah (4/55), with his toe-crush- Saifuddin added 66 for the seventh But the pleasing aspect for the World Cup, New Zealand Liton Das c Karthik b Hardik Pandya 22 SRINAGAR, July 2: It is important to mention ers, dashed Bangladesh's opti- wicket but Bumrah, coming on for England, other than the result, was appear dangerously over-reliant on Advisors to Governor, K Vijay here that the project for fencing mism. his third spell, ended their hopes. Mosaddek Hossain b Bumrah 3 that the defeat of India was built on captain Kane Williamson and fel- Kumar, Khurshid Ahmad Ganai and installation of flood lights Hardik Pandya (3/60 in 10 Earlier, Mahendra Singh Shabir Rahman b Bumrah 36 many of the factors that have been low senior batsman Ross Taylor and K Skandan today jointly for Rugby, Basket Ball and overs) also showed that his worth Dhoni's (35 off 33 balls) another Mohammad Saifuddin not out 51 key to their ODI revival since a for runs. (PTI) in limited overs with his display failure at the death saw India score Mashrafe Murtaza c Dhoni b Buvneshwar 8 inaugurated Gymnasium at Lawn Tennis playground at with the ball. only 63 runs in the last 10 overs Rubel Hossain b Bumrah 9 Gindun Sports Complex at Gindun Sports Complex is India with 13 points from eight after Rohit's 26th ODI century and Mustafizur Rahman b Bumrah 0 Rajbagh, here today. The advi- completed at an estimated cost games will now hope to beat Sri Rishabh Pant's (48 off 40 balls) Extras: (B-1 LB-1,W-10) 12 sors also witnessed Rugby of Rs 75 lakh by JK Sports Lanka in their final game and fin- flamboyance had taken India to Total: (For 10 wickets in 48 Overs) 286 matches being played for the Council.