Latham, Raval Hit Tons As Kiwis in Driver's Seat
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Sports Saturday, March 2, 2019 13 Smith returns World Cup team Latham, Raval hit tons to the nets AFP will be sorted out as Kiwis in driver’s seat SYDNEY STEVE Smith has returned to before IPL: Kohli the nets after elbow surgery, The two players put up best opening partnership for Kiwis in five decades with Australia coach Justin Langer expecting the banned IANS bowling combination chang- AFP former captain and his deputy HYDERABAD ing,” the skipper said. HAMILTON (NEW ZEALAND) David Warner to be fit for the Kohli also lavished praise Indian Premier League. INDIA captain Virat Kohli on on KL Rahul and hinted that he CENTURIES to Tom Latham Smith went under the knife Friday said the World Cup did impress the team manage- and Jeet Raval and New Zea- in January after being forced to team will be decided before ment with his good shows in land’s best opening partner- drop out of the Bangladesh Pre- the Indian Premier League the T20s ship in nearly half-a-century mier League Twenty20 tourna- (IPL) starts and performances “It augurs really well. KL, left Bangladesh on the ropes ment with a ligament problem. in the cash-rich domestic T20 when he plays well, is operat- on day two of the first Test on He has been in a brace tournament will have no bear- ing at a different level I feel. Friday. since, but picked up a bat ing on team selection. We have seen him do that in Kane Williamson, unbeat- again and had a session at the “No, I don’t see the IPL the IPL last year and in patches en on 93, added to the run- Sydney Cricket Ground on having any influence on World over the last season we played fest at Hamilton’s Seddon Thursday. Cup selection. I think that will as a team.” Park in a century stand for “Great to have my first be very, very radical sort of Kohli explained what the fourth wicket with Henry hit back. The elbow is feeling analysis,” Kohli said on the eve makes Rahul special. Nicholls. good,” Smith posted to his of the first ODI against Aus- “It’s very difficult to find a At stumps, New Zealand 1.4 million Instagram follow- tralia. consistent player, who can play were 451 for four, leading by ers with a short video early “We need to have a solid good cricketing shots and still 217 with six wickets in hand. Friday. team. Before we head into the win you games at a strike-rate Latham made 161, Raval IPL, we need to be absolutely of over 140 or 150. He has all notched his maiden cen- clear of what team we want for the shots and has a solid game tury with 132, while Nicholls the World Cup. I don’t see any- as well. departed two overs before thing changing on how the IPL “It will be interesting to stumps for 53. New Zealand’s Jeet Raval (left) and Tom Latham shake hands during day two of the first cricket Test match Jenkins to goes for any of the players. see what happens in the final Raval, who went into the against Bangladesh at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on Friday. (AFP) “If one or two players do World Cup squad. Definitely, Test frustrated at holding the coach Osaka not have a good IPL season, it he has made a strong case for New Zealand record for the doesn’t mean that they are out himself. It’s good he’s in great most fifties (eight) without a Latham made 161, Raval SCOREBOARD AFP of the picture for the World nick and hopefully he can carry century, was relieved to get notched his maiden centu- BANGLADESH (1ST INNINGS): 234 Total: (four wickets; 118 overs) 451 LOS ANGELES Cup. Those things are not go- it forward.” the monkey off his back in his ry with 132, while Nicholls NEW ZEALAND (1ST INNINGS, OVERNIGHT 86-0): Fall of wickets: 1-254 (Raval), 2-333 (Latham), 3-349 ing to matter,” Kohli set the Australia head coach Justin J. Raval c Khaled b Mahmudullah 132 (Taylor), 4-449 (Nicholls) 17th Test. departed two overs before T. Latham c Mithun b Soumya 161 To bat: BJ Watling, Colin de Grandhomme, Todd Astle, WORLD number one Naomi record straight. Langer meanwhile, backed top- “It’s very nice to get over stumps for 53. K. Williamson not out 93 Tim Southee, Trent Boult Osaka welcomed US coach Jer- Young Rishabh Pant has order batsman Aaron Finch to the line and get the hundred R. Taylor b Soumya 4 Bowling: Jayed 23-4-65-0, Ebadat 21-4-77-0, Khaled maine Jenkins to her team on been in poor form of late but rediscover his form during the but more importantly it’s nice Soumya’s revenge H. Nicholls b Mehidy Hasan 53 22-6-84-0 (1nb), Soumya 19-1-57-2 (1w), Mehidy Thursday, just in time for her Kohli said he will be given ODI series. N. Wagner not out 1 31-2-149-1, Mahmudullah 1-0-3-1, Mominul Haque to get the big partnership,” Latham punished Sri Lan- Extras: (Lb 5, Wd 1, Nb 1) 7 1-0-11-0. title defense at Indian Wells more opportunities but not Australia’s limited overs said the Test specialist open- ka for dropping him on nought next week. at the cost of playing a bowler captain is going through a er, who has been working on at the start of the innings. “Had a great dinner with less. prolonged lean patch and has “the focus I wanted to build He occupied the crease hander who has three centu- slog-sweep to Khaled Ahmed the team,” Japan’s US and “We will have to think failed to register a single half- on, especially getting starts for more than six hours, scor- ries from his past four Test at mid-wicket. Australian Open champion about the combinations. I don’t century in his last 19 innings in and not being able to go on ing freely around the ground innings. It was another part-time said in a Twitter post. “Also think playing a bowler less is a ODIs and T20Is. and get a big one. and reaching the boundary Raval held his nerve after bowler, Soumya, who picked taking this moment to thank good idea because with the ex- “He’s such a good player, “Hopefully this is the start with 17 fours as well as hitting passing his previous best -- 88 up the wickets of Latham and Jermaine for joining us and tra fielder in till the 40th over, such a good person, captain of of something and I can build Mehidy Hasan over the mid- on the same ground against Ross Taylor. coming on board lol.” it becomes very difficult to sort the team, we know he’ll come on those starts for the rest of wicket fence three times. South Africa two years ago Latham poked at a wide An article on the WTA web- of get a few guys to chip in with good. We just got to keep giv- the series.” Fittingly, it was Soumya -- and was able to raise his ball and a diving Mohammad site said Jenkins would fill the a few overs here and there. ing him plenty of care and sup- With the assistance of a Sarkar -- who spilled the sim- bat when he cracked back-to- Mithun completed the dis- role of head coach in the wake of “We will have to work out port. We know he’ll come good. flat track, Latham and Raval ple catch Latham gave at sec- back fours off Ebadat Hossain missal at second slip, while Osaka’s shock split with coach the batting combination to try There’s no more destructive put on 254 for the first wicket ond slip before scoring -- who to move from 93 to 101. an in-swinger rapped Taylor Sascha Bajin just 17 days after and give game-time to the guys player in the world,” Langer -- the third-highest opening eventually claimed his wicket. It took a sly switch from on the front pad plumb in line she won the Australian Open. we want to. But, I don’t see the told reporters. partnership by a New Zea- But by then, Latham had Mahmudullah to make the with the stumps. land pair, and their best since passed 150 for the fourth time elusive breakthrough. Against the run of play, the record 387 set by Glenn in his career and New Zealand The Bangladesh skipper Mehidy claimed the late wick- Turner and Terry Jarvis were 333 for two. brought himself on for a sin- et of Nicholls with a ball that against the West Indies 47 It continued a purple gle over and on his fifth deliv- came back and crashed into Mourinho back for blockbuster fixtures years ago. patch of form for the left- ery, Raval skied an attempted the stumps. on beIN SPORTS TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK SCHEDULE Spanish commentary. 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