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Revamped Sri Lanka Whitewash B'desh SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2014 SPORTS Amla strokes S Africa into strong position PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa moved over of the day when Philander had top- into a strong position on the third day of scorer David Warner caught at slip for 70. the second Test against Australia at St Nightwatchman Nathan Lyon, after stand- George’s Park yesterday but lost one of ing up to a bumper barrage from Morkel, their four specialist bowlers. chopped a ball from the tall fast bowler Australia were bowled out for 246 in into his stumps in the next over. their first innings, giving South Africa a lead Steve Smith and Brad Haddin both sur- of 177, which they stretched to 369 by the vived chances as they added 40 for the sev- close of play, reaching 192 for four. Hashim enth wicket before Haddin was bowled by Amla returned to form with a sparkling Dale Steyn. innings of 93 not out. Mitchell Johnson hit a quick 27 before But South Africa will be without left-arm he was bowled in the over before lunch by fast-medium bowler Wayne Parnell when off-spinner JP Duminy. In the previous over they attempt to bowl out Australia a sec- Johnson had been struck a heavy blow on ond time. the batting helmet by a bouncer from Parnell, who on Friday took two wickets Morkel. with his first three deliveries of the match, Smith made 49 before he was given out pulled up with a groin injury after bowling caught behind off a faint edge from Morkel DHAKA: Sri Lankan cricketers pose for a group photo with the tournament trophy following the presentation ceremony at the third One-Day three balls in his ninth over. after a review by South Africa. Australia International (ODI) cricket match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. —AFP Team manager Mohammed Moosajee struck back at the start of South Africa’s said Parnell had a strain, not a tear, but second innings by dismissing both open- would nevertheless be unable to bowl in ing batsmen cheaply. the second innings. Captain Graeme Smith failed for the Revamped Sri Lanka It left South Africa with three specialist fourth successive innings when he was bowlers after bringing in a batsman for an bowled off an inside edge for 14 by all-rounder after losing the first Test in Johnson - the eighth time he has been out Centurion by 281 runs. to the left-arm fast bowler in Tests. Australia found themselves in unfamiliar The opening partnership of 20 with whitewash B’desh territory in a dominant southern hemi- Dean Elgar was the highest by either side in sphere summer, during which they have seven innings of a series which features DHAKA: New-look Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan, Afghanistan and the hosts. Hossain (38), Naeem Islam (32) and skipper won six successive Tests, all by wide mar- two strong fast bowling attacks. Bangladesh by six wickets in the third and final “It was nice to win even without the senior Mushfiqur Rahim (30) gave the hosts their high- gins. Elgar was caught behind off Peter Siddle one-day international in Dhaka yesterday to players,” said Mathews. “This was a good test for est score in the series. South Africa, though, looked more like for 16. Amla, who suffered a dislocated left sweep the series 3-0. our bench strength. It will put us in the right Kusal Perera made light of the target as he the team that has surged to the top of the ring finger in dropping a difficult chance Seamer Dhammika Prasad claimed three frame for the Asia Cup.” flayed the home team’s attack till the 40th over international Test rankings as they followed from Haddin at gully off Philander, struck wickets in his first match of the series as the Prasad was well-supported by new-ball part- when he was bowled by Rubel Hossain with 43 up a solid first innings with aggressive the ball with superb timing as he made his tourists restricted Bangladesh to 240-8 after ner Suranga Lakmal, who finished with two for remaining for victory. bowling to put Australia under pressure. first Test half-century in eight innings off 53 electing to field in the day-night match. 24 in 10 overs on the slow pitch. Rubel dismissed Chandimal in his next over The tall Morne Morkel was particularly hos- balls. He and Faf du Plessis steadied the Kusal Perera, a 23-year-old left-handed open- The hosts missed premier all-rounder Shakib to make it 205-4, but Mathews signalled the win tile, peppering the batsmen with numerous innings with a third wicket stand of 70. AB er, then hit a maiden one-day century as Sri Al Hasan, who was handed a three-match ban with a six off Naeem Islam. short deliveries as he took three wickets for de Villiers helped Amla add 55 for the Lanka surpassed the target with 15 deliveries to for a lewd on-camera gesture during the second “We have a lot to work on if we are to do well 63 runs. Vernon Philander claimed three for fourth wicket. By the close Amla had faced spare at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. one-dayer on Thursday. in the Asia Cup,” said Rahim. “We need to score 68. South Africa were on top from the fifth 126 balls and hit 12 fours.—AFP Perera hit a belligerent 106 off 124 balls with Mominul Haque top-scored with a run-a-ball big on these wickets, otherwise it puts the six boundaries and five sixes, sharing a third- 60, while valuable contributions from Nasir bowlers under pressure.” —AFP wicket stand of 138 with Dinesh Chandimal, who scored 64. SCOREBOARD Sri Lanka ended the month-long tour on a high, having also won both the preceding Test DHAKA: Full scoreboard of the third and final one-day international between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in and Twenty20 series. But the victory yesterday Dhaka yesterday: was sweeter as Sri Lanka took the field without Bangladesh: Priyanjan 6-0-42-0 (w1), A. Perera 3-0-17-0, Mathews 3- either of their three veterans, Mahela Anamul Haque c Chandimal b Prasad 2 0-21-0 Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Shamsur Rahman c A. Perera b Prasad 25 Tillakaratne Dilshan, for the first time in a one- Mominul Haque run out 60 Sri Lanka: dayer since 2000. Mushfiqur Rahim c Senanayake b Prasad 30 K. Perera b Rubel 106 Jayawardene and Dilshan were nursing Naeem Islam c Prasad b Senanayake 32 L. Thirimanne c Shamsur b Mahmudullah 18 Nasir Hossain c Priyanjan b Lakmal 38 K. Vithanage b Mahmudullah 9 injuries, while Sangakkara was rested ahead of Mohammad Mahmudullah c Thirimanne b Lakmal5 D. Chandimal c Anamul b Rubel 64 the five-nation Asia Cup which opens in Sohag Gazi b T. Perera 23 A. Mathews not out 20 Bangladesh on Tuesday. Shafiul Islam not out 15 A. Priyanjan not out 22 The bowling was also depleted in the Arafat Sunny not out 1 Extras: (lb4, w3) 7 absence of pace spearhead Lasith Malinga, who Extras: (lb2, w7) 9 Total (for four wickets, 47.3 overs) 246 was given a break, and the injured duo of seam- Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 240 Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Thirimanne), 2-60 (Vithanage), 3- er Nuwan Kulasekara and spinner Rangana Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Anamul), 2-62 (Shamsur), 3-108 198 (K. Perera), 4-205 (Chandimal). Herath. (Mominul), 4-130 (Rahim), 5-184 (Islam), 6-200 Bowling: Shafiul 4-0-27-0 (w1), Gazi 9-1-47-0, Rubel 10- Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews said the (Mahmudullah), 7-201 (Nasir), 8-232 (Gazi). 0-69-2 (w1), Mahmudullah 10-0-38-2 (w1), Nasir 4-1-12- Bowling: Lakmal 10-3-24-2 (w1), T. Perera 9-0-39-1 (w2), 0, Sunny 10-0-42-0, Naeem 0.3-0-7-0 series provided useful preparation for the Asia Prasad 10-0-49-3 (w2), Senanayake 9-0-46-1 (w1), Sri Lanka won by six wickets; sweep series 3-0. Cup, where the other contenders are India, Kuwaiti champions snatch top records at Qatar’s drag race DOHA: Kuwaiti drivers ranked among the top in the sixth and final round of Qatar-hosted Arabian Drag Racing League which came to an end late on Friday. In the “Q-80” racing, Turki Al-Humaidi was crowned PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa’s batsman Hashim Amla (top) watches as Australia’s champion of the oulaw category. His fellow Kuwaiti racer, fielder Steven Smith (bottom) fields off his shot on the third day of their 2nd cricket Tareq Al-Qedairi came third in the “index-4.5,” and Abdullah Test match at St George’s Park. —AP Al-Shatti was fourth in the “8-c super street.” In the motorbike competitions, Al-Humaidi also came first in the “outlaw 10. 50,” and the Canadian Terry SCOREBOARD Schweigert won the championship in the “pro-extreme PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa: Close of play scores on the third day of the second Test between motorcycle” competition. In “super street,” the Kuwaiti racer, South Africa and Australia at St George’s Park yesterday. Misfer Al-Misfer, came second in the “stock.” The Kuwaiti team in the “drag-965” category bagged four cups for the South Africa, first innings, 423 Bowling: Steyn 13-3-55-1, Philander 13-0-68-3, top ranks and three champions’ cups. Australia, first innings (overnight 112-4) Morkel 17-0-63-3 (1nb, 1w), Parnell 8.3-2-31-2, C.
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