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MONDAY, MARCH 4, 2019 16 Jorginho fires Chelsea as recalled Kepa shines Gonzalo Higuain and Jorginho struck either side of Calum Chambers’ equaliser as Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea secured back-to-wins

AFP | London goal for Babel, but the Fulham It was Higuain’s third goal in winger was slow to react and eight games since the Argentine orginho fired Chelsea to a Kepa scrambled back to dive on striker joined on loan from Ju- 2-1 win at struggling Ful- the ball. ventus in January. Jham yesterday as Blues Chelsea made the most of Kepa redeemed himself with keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga began their escape to take the lead in an acrobatic save to keep out Al- to make amends for his Wemb- the 20th minute. eksandar Mitrovic’s volley from ley mutiny with an impressive Willian’s pass picked out Az- Ryan Sessegnon’s cross. display. pilicueta’s run down the right From the resulting corner, Maurizio Sarri’s side took the and Chelsea’s whipped Chelsea were punished for an lead through Gonzalo Higuain over a cross that Higuain met awful piece of defending as before Calum Chambers equal- with an instinctive volleyed fin- Fulham grabbed a 28th minute ised at Craven Cottage. ish. equaliser. In an incident-packed first half, the much-maligned Jorgin- English Premiere League ho restored Chelsea’s lead with Watford 2 - 1 Leicester City his first goal since the opening weekend of the season. Fulham 1 - 2 Chelsea Chelsea were also indebted Everton 0 - 0 Liverpool to Kepa for a series of superb saves that preserved their lead Italian Serie A after the break, lifting the sixth placed Blues within two points Torino 3 - 0 Chievo of fourth placed Manchester Chelsea’s Italian midfielder Jorginho (3rd R) watches his shot beat Fulham’s Spanish goalkeeper Sergio Rico (L) for their second goal Genoa 0 - 0 Frosinone SPAL 0 - 2 Sampdoria United. Despite an improved display Cesar Azpilicueta threw himself Sarri had dropped Kepa for in caretaker manager Scott in the path of Tom Cairney’s Udinese 2 - 1 Bologna Chelsea’s 2-0 win over Totten- Parker’s first game following goal-bound shot, with the re- ham on Wednesday as punish- the midweek sacking of Claudio bound falling to Joe Bryan, who German Bundesliga ment for the Spaniard’s refusal Ranieri, second bottom Fulham curled wide from the edge of VfB Stuttgart 5 - 1 Hannover 96 KNOW WHAT to be substituted during last have lost eight of their past nine the area. weekend’s League Cup final de- league games and sit 10 points Kepa’s return almost started in feat against Manchester City. from safety. embarrassing fashion when he French Ligue 1 Higuain has scored But Sarri had insisted Kepa re- Sarri’s decision to restore made a complete hash of catch- Guingamp 0 - 0 Nantes three goals in eight mained his “first choice” and the Kepa to the team was a gam - ing Kevin McDonald’s cross in a world’s most expensive keeper ble that could have backfired as swirling wind, the ball slipping Lille 1 - 0 Dijon games since he joined returned in place of Willy Ca- Chelsea made a nervous start. through his grasp as he was chal- Nice 1 - 0 Strasbourg on loan from Juventus ballero after his one-game de- After Ryan Babel’s cross lenged by Babel. Lyon 6 - 1 Toulouse in January motion. opened up the Chelsea defence, It would have been an open *Scores as of closing

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by New Zealand crush eight in first ODI

AFP | Johannesburg a challenging total. by innings after Boult bags five “He is probably my biggest outh African captain Faf du weapon as a captain over the SPlessis hit an unbeaten cen- years,” Du Plessis said of Tahir. AFP | Hamilton, New Zealand together for nearly three ses- tury as South Africa cruised to But the captain added that sions and produced the sixth an eight- victory over early strikes by Lungi Ngidi, efiant centuries from best by a Bangla- Sri Lanka in the opening one- playing in his first internation- DSoumya Sarkar and desh pair. day international in Johan- al match since suffering a knee were in vain as When Boult finally bowled nesburg. injury in November, had also Trent Boult’s five-wicket haul Soumya, the 26-year-old The hosts won the toss at the been important. gave New Zealand a crushing left-hander stood motionless for Wanderers Stadium, asked Sri “Imran bowled brilliantly in victory over Bangladesh in the several seconds as he realised Lanka to bat and bowled them the middle overs today but it is first Test by an innings and 52 the significance of his wicket out for 231, a total South Africa really important to get wickets runs in Hamilton yesterday. before departing the ground. overtook with more than 11 with the new ball,” said Du After the stubborn dou - The remaining five wickets overs to spare. Plessis. ble- partnership took lasted only 18 overs. Du Plessis made 112 Ngidi took the first two Bangladesh to 361 for four in as South Africa cruised to vic- wickets to reduce Sri Lanka to their second innings, Boult Bangladesh first innings 234 tory and then praised veteran 23 for two. opened the final chapter of the ( 126; Wagner 5-47, Southee leg-spinner Imran Tahir for Tahir, who turns 40 later Test when he bowled Soumya 3-76) ensuring South Africa chased this month, was not included for 149. New Zealand first innings 715 - 6 a modest total. among Cricket South Africa’s The crucial wicket ended a dec (K. Williamson 200 not out, T. Tahir took three for 26 in ten contracted players, announced 235-run stand with Mahmudul- Latham 161, J. Raval 132, C. de Grand- overs as Sri Lanka were bowled last week. But he showed he lah (146) for the fifth wicket and homme 76 not out; 2-68) out for 231 after being sent in remains a key member of the saw Bangladesh cave in with the Bangladesh second innings on a good batting pitch. He country’s one-day bowling at- Test all over 68 runs later, just (overnight 174-4) twice broke partnerships that tack with an immaculate per- after tea on day four. Tamim Iqbal c Watling b Southee 74 threatened to take Sri Lanka to formance. “The fight today was as tough c Boult b Wagner 37 as does get,” New c Taylor b Boult 8 Zealand captain Kane William- Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah plays a shot M. Mithun c Williamson b Boult 0 son said after Boult’s lethal well for us today and we had to end from that point on.” Soumya Sarkar b Boult 149 spell with the second new ball go back to trying to stop some The match had belonged to Mahmudullah c Boult b Southee trumped the 54-over battle by scoring for a period of time, be- New Zealand long before they 146 Soumya and Mahmudullah. cause they were scoring quick- declared their first innings at a b Boult 1 It was Soumya’s maiden hun- ly,” Williamson said. colossal 715 for six -- a first in- c Raval b Wagner 1 dred and the fifth and highest “There was some fantastic nings lead of 481 -- but Soumya b Boult 3 not out 4 century for Mahmudullah as batting. and Mahmudullah were deter- Ebadat Hossain c Boult b Southee 0 they pounded the boundaries “When the breakthrough mined to make crossing the fin- Extras (w6) 6 and took control of the short- came with the second new ball, ish line as difficult as possible Total: (all out; 103 overs) 429 ball barrage that decimated which was obviously a fairly for the hosts. : New Zealand won by an innings their first innings. long time coming, it was great Mahmudullah called it a and 52 runs “That plan didn’t work very that we were able to open up an “gutsy innings” as they batted South Africa’s (c) plays the winning shot