14 Established 1961 Sports Sunday, February 11, 2018 Australia hammer England by 7 wickets in T20 win Remain unbeaten after three games in triangular Twenty20 series MELBOURNE: Australia cruised to a seven-wicket SCOREBOARD victory over England with more than five overs to spare to remain unbeaten after three games in the triangular Twenty20 series in Melbourne yesterday. The MELBOURNE: Complete scoreboard in the third Twenty20 tri- series match between Australia and England at the Melbourne Australians restricted England to 137 for seven off their Cricket Ground yesterday: 20 overs with paceman Kane Richardson taking three wickets and then the home team knocked up the runs England off just 14.3 overs. J. Roy c Carey b Richardson 8 A match-winning partnership of 65 between Glenn A. Hales c Finch b Stanlake 3 Maxwell (39) and D’Arcy Short (36 not out), plus D. Malan run out (Warner) 10 cameos from Chris Lynn (31) and Aaron Finch (20 not J. Vince b Tye 21 out from five balls), got Australia comfortably home. The win ensured Australia will play in the tri-series final J. Buttler c Agar b Richardson 46 in Auckland on February 21 with preliminary matches S. Billings c Warner b Stanlake 29 now switching to New Zealand. The game-defining D. Willey c Warner b Richardson 10 sequence came when Maxwell and Short accelerated C. Jordan not out 1 Extras (b2, w7) 9 Total (7 wickets; 20 overs) 137 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Hales), 2-16 (Roy), 3-34 (Malan), 4-70 (Vince), 5-113 (Billings), 6-133 (Willey), 7-137 (Buttler) Did not bat: L. Dawson, A. Rashid, T. Curran Our players Bowling: Richardson 4-0-33-3 (2w), Stanlake 4-0-28-2 (2w), have been in Stoinis 4-0-18-0, Tye 4-0-29-1 (3w), Agar 4-0-27-0. tremendous form Australia MELBOURNE: Australia’s Aaron Finch (L) celebrates the Aussies 3rd series win with D’Arcy Short (R) during D. Warner c Buttler b Willey 2 the Twenty20 International Tri-Series cricket match between England and Australia at the MCG in Melbourne D. Short not out 36 yesterday. — AFP C. Lynn c Buttler b Jordan 31 G. Maxwell c Buttler b Jordan 39 the score from 65 for two at the end of the ninth over to has struggled for form in the ODIs and T20s. He is groin during training on Friday. Pacemen Kane A. Finch not out 20 104 for two after the 11th, 39 runs flowing over just two expected to travel with the T20 side to New Zealand Richardson and Billy Stanlake claimed five wickets Extras (lb2, w8) 10 overs. “Our players have been in tremendous form com- before heading straight to South Africa for the first of between them after Australia was sent into bat. Total (3 wickets; 14.3 overs) 138 ing off the Big Bash League and they are playing with four Tests. England were reeling at 34 for three in the fourth Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Warner), 2-51 (Lynn), 3-116 (Maxwell) freedom and they’re playing fearless,” Australia skipper It was a second drubbing for England after going over when David Warner ran out Dawid Malan with a David Warner said. down by five wickets to Australia in Hobart on brilliant direct hit. James Vince was skittled by a slower Did not bat: M. Stoinis, A. Carey, A. Agar, A. Tye, K. Richardson, B. “The bowlers executed their game beautifully and Wednesday. “It was another poor performance for us,” ball from Andrew Tye before Buttler (46) and Sam Stanlake the way the batters finished it off was absolutely clini- stand-in captain Jos Buttler said. “We didn’t quite soak Billings (29) steadied the ship. Bowling: Willey 3.3-0-30-1 (1w), Curran 2-0-23-0 (1w), Jordan 3- cal.”But Warner’s form is again in the spotlight after his up the pressure early on with the bat losing early wick- Billings struck the only six of England’s innings when 0-26-2 (1w), Rashid 4-0-34-0 (1w), Dawson 2-0-23-0. relentless playing schedule. This time he lasted just four ets to back it up for the end and none of us kicked on. he smashed Ashton Agar over long on in the 14th over, balls, nicking a David Willey outswinger on two. “Again the power of Australia proved too much.” but he fell to Stanlake with Warner taking the first of Result: Australia won by 7 wickets Warner is the only member of the Test side to have Buttler was deputising for injured skipper Eoin two catches at mid-off. Stanlake (2-28) and Richardson played for Australia in every format this summer and Morgan, who missed the match after straining his right (3-33) did the damage for Australia. — AFP Dananjaya’s maiden China face five-wicket haul Indonesia in hands S Lanka win Asia Team final DHAKA: Sri Lanka off-spinner Akila Dananjaya took eight wickets on his debut, including a maiden five-wicket haul in the second innings, to help his side to a 215-run win KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton powerhouse China against Bangladesh in the second Test yesterday and a 1-0 stormed into the Asia Team Championship final where series win. they will face Indonesia after they defeated Malaysia Chasing 339 for victory, Bangladesh were all out for 123 3-1 in the semifinals yesterday. Since China and in their second innings in the second session of the third Malaysia qualified for the Thomas Cup Finals after day of the match with Dananjaya taking 5-24 in just five their respective victories in the quarter finals Friday, overs. Dananjaya had taken 3-20 in the first innings and DHAKA: Sri Lanka cricketers pose with the tournament trophy following the presentation ceremony on the they rested their senior players and allowed their ended up with the best figures for a Sri Lankan debutant. young shuttlers to gain some international exposure. third day of the second cricket Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla national crick- Veteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath also took 4- et stadium in Dhaka yesteday. — AFP The Thomas Cup Finals is one the world’s most presti- 49 by eroding Bangladesh’s top half as the hosts capitulat- gious badminton events in terms of player and fan ed after also being all out for 110 in their first innings. interest. Sri Lanka scored 222 in their first innings and were all The semi-finalists in this tournament automatically out for 226 earlier on Saturday with Roshen Silva scoring SCOREBOARD qualify for this year’s Thomas Cup, to be held in half-centuries in both innings. The first test of the two- Thailand’s capital Bangkok in May. World number two match series was drawn and Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia did not play in the semi- Chandimal was surprised that the hosts had gone into the DHAKA: Final scoreboard of the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: finals as the team’s goal in the tournament was to book deciding match at the Shere Bangla National Stadium on a a ticket for the Thomas Cup. The veteran Lee was turning track. “This was a really good series. The first Sri Lanka first Innings: 222 (K. Mendis 68, R. Silva 56; Abdur 76-4, Mehedi 20-5-37-2. replaced by Lee Zii Jia. game was a nightmare for the bowlers and this one was a Razzak 4-63, Taijul Islam 4-83, Mustafizur Rahman 2-17) Bur he found China’s Shi Yuqi too strong, resulting nightmare for the batters,” Chandimal said at the presenta- Bangladesh first innings: 110 (Mehedi Hasan 38 not out; A. Bangladesh second innings in the world number seven winning 21-18, 21-9. tion. “The guys executed our game plans really well out in Dananjaya 3-20, S. Lakmal 3-25) Tamim Iqbal lbw b Perera 2 Malaysia drew level after 2016 Olympic silver medal- Sri Lanka second innings (200-8 overnight) Imrul Kayes c Dickwella b Herath 17 the middle. After the first game we thought the second D. Karunaratne c Kayes b Mehedi 32 Mominul Haque c Dickwella b Herath 33 ists Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong beat He Jiting/Tan pitch might be a turning wicket. We were surprised, K. Mendis lbw b Razzak 7 Mushfiqur Rahim st Dickwella b Herath 25 Qiang 21-18, 21-12. because we have all the experienced spinners.” D. de Silva b Taijul 28 Liton Das c Mendis b Dananjaya 12 But China bounced back with vengeance when Silva followed up his 56 in the first innings with an D. Gunathilaka lbw b Mustafizur 17 Mahmudullah c Karunaratne b Dananjaya 6 Qiao Bin crushed Soong Joo Ven 21-17, 21-8. In the unbeaten 70 in the second and was adjudged the player of D. Chandimal lbw b Mehedi 30 Sabbir Rahman c Mendis b Dananjaya 1 men’s doubles Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong confirmed the match and the series. “I thought this wicket was difficult R. Silva not out 70 Mehedi Hasan c Dickwella b Dananjaya 7 China’s berth in the final with a 21-15, 21-13 triumph so I just wanted to keep it simple-I just played my normal N. Dickwella c Mahmudullah b Taijul 10 Abdur Razzak st Dickwella b Dananjaya 2 over Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi. Meanwhile, defending game,” said the 29-year-old, who scored his maiden hun- D.