20 Saturday, January 20, 2018 SPORTS

Dhaka He was given strong support amim Iqbal smashed 84 by who made as Bangladesh hit 320 and 67, and took three for 47 thenT inflicted further misery to claim man of the match on to claim their honours, and Mushfiqur B’desh thrash SL biggest win in one-day Rahim on 62. on Friday. Tamim put on a scintillating Sri Lanka, under new coach 99 for the second with , Shakib before wicketkeeper were skittled out for 157 and Niroshan Dickwella the performance will set new successfully reviewed a not- for biggest win alarm bells ringing after they out decision to end his 102- lost to Zimbabwe in their ball innings. previous match in the three- Sri Lanka, rebuilding under nation contest. Hathurusingha after their But Bangladesh celebrated worst year in international their victory. cricket, never posed a serious “If you look at (the) recent threat as they lost by 163 past, it is one of our best runs. wins,” said Mashrafe With captain Angelo Mortaza. Mathews missing due to “I think Tamim could have injury, hit the got a hundred. Shakib also top score of 29 while could have gone on.” regularly tumbled at the other The 28-year-old left hander end. Hathurusingha saw his Tamim plundered two sixes side collapse in 32.2 overs. and seven fours as Bangladesh Perera, who took three came within four runs of their for 60, was also his side’s record one-day score against most effective bowler. became the third half-centurion in the innings and hoisted the hosts to 320 for 7 Sri Lanka. (AFP) BRIEF SCORES BAN VS SL Root and Woakes carry England to 2-0 lead Bangladesh 320 for 7 (Tamim 84, Shakib 67, Mushfiqur 62, Brisbane his fine form with 106 on tests, lost both Bairstow and Perera 3-60) beat Sri Lanka 157 ngland’s top order fired Friday to help his side post Hales in quick succession (Perera 29, Shakib 3-47, Rubel 2-20, Ein unison to give them a 270 for nine after the hosts to debutant paceman Jhye Mashrafe 2-30) by 163 runs four-wicket win in the second won the toss and opted to bat. Richardson and then Morgan one-day international against Yet the target was not steep to Starc in a minor wobble Australia on Friday as Aaron enough for Eoin Morgan’s but it was not enough to ENG VS AUS Finch’s second straight side who looked comfortable derail their march towards England 6 for 274 (Bairstow hundred for the hosts could despite losing last-match victory. 60, Hales 57, Starc 4-57) beat not prevent them falling 2-0 centurion Jason Roy to fast Test captain Joe Root and Australia 9 for 270 (Finch 106) by behind in the series. bowler Mitchell Starc for two wicketkeeper Jos Buttler 4 wickets Chasing 271 for victory in in the first over. steadied the innings with a Brisbane, England reached Roy’s opening partner stand of 68 before the latter their target comfortably with Jonny Bairstow hit 60 and fell to Starc for 42. NZ VS PAK 34 balls to spare and need one added 117 for the second Left-arm paceman Starc New Zealand 271 for 7 (Guptill more victory to wrap up the wicket with Alex Hales, who also dismissed Moeen Ali in 100, Taylor 59, Raees 3-67) beat five-match series. made 57, to put England the same over to pick up his Pakistan256 (Sohail 63, Shadab Finch had scored 107 in firmly on course for victory. fourth wicket of the innings, 54, Henry 4-53, Santner 3-40) by Australia’s five-wicket loss in The touring side, who handing Australia a faint 15 runs the first match and continued were beaten 4-0 in the Ashes hope of victory. (Reuters) Black Caps sweep ODI series 5-0 Wellington helped the Black Caps set a 272 have been on the wrong end of ew Zealand inflicted a rare 5-0 total that proved too much for a 5-0 ODI clean sweep after they one-day international series Pakistan after Matt Henry tore succumbed by the same margin Nwhitewash over Pakistan on Friday through their top order. to Australia in 2010 and the West with a 15-run win at Wellington’s Pakistan were all out for 256 Indies in 1988. Basin Reserve. with one over remaining. New Zealand have won by a 5-0 A century to It is only the third time Pakistan margin only once before, when they hosted the West Indies in 2000. The result extends New Zealand’s winning streak in all forms of the game to 12 matches, a record for the team, and means they are undefeated at home since March last year. Pakistan captain said his side, particularly the batsmen, had failed to take their chances. “The main thing is the batting has not clicked throughout the whole series, that’s why we lost,” he said. Faheem Ashraf of Pakistan attempts to run out Martin Guptill “The bowling unit was very good of New Zealand during game five sometimes. We had opportunities Jos Buttler’s 32-ball 42 took England towards their target but we didn’t grab them.” (AFP)