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THE HINDU DELHI MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Record­breaking Bangladesh ambushes South Africa After the Shakib­Mushfiqur combine takes the Tigers to 330, the Proteas batsmen fail to overhaul the challenging total against an inspired attack SCOREBOARD

BANGLADESH Tamim Iqbal c de Kock b Pheh­ lukwayo 16 (29b, 2x4), Soumya Sarkar c de Kock b Morris 42 (30b, 9x4), Shakib Al Hasan b Tahir 75 (84b, 8x4, 1x6), Mush­ fiqur Rahim c van der Dussen b Phehlukwayo 78 (80b, 8x4), Mohammad Mithun b Tahir 21 (21b, 2x4, 1x6), Mahmudullah Reuters (not out) 46 (33b, 3x4, 1x6), LONDON Mossadek Hossain c Phehluk­ wayo b Morris 26 (20b, 4x4), Bangladesh piled up its high­ Mehedi Hasan (not out) 5 (3b, est One­Day International 1x4); Extras (lb­9, w­12): 21; To­ score and bowled superbly to tal (for six wkts. in 50 overs): upset South Africa by 21 runs 330. at The Oval on Sunday. FALL OF WICKETS It was a major scalp for 1­60 (Tamim, 8.2 overs), 2­75 Bangladesh, underlining its (Sarkar, 11.4), 3­217 (Shakib, reputation as a dangerous 35.1), 4­242 (Mithun, 39.4), 5­ outsider at the tournament, 250 (Mushfiqur, 42.1), 6­316 while South Africa slumped (Mossadek, 48.6). to its second successive SOUTH AFRICA BOWLING defeat. Ngidi 4­0­34­0, Rabada 10­0­ Mushfiqur Rahim (78) and 57­0, Phehlukwayo 10­1­52­2, Shakib Al Hasan (75) put to­ Morris 10­0­73­2, Markram 5­ gether a record partnership 0­38­0, Tahir 10­0­57­2, Dumi­ as Bangladesh made 330 for ny 1­0­10­0. six after being asked to bat. SOUTH AFRICA Quinton de Kock run out 23 Driving force: Mushfiqur Rahim was in full flow. * AP Star-of-the-match: Shakib Al Hasan complemented his impressive half­century with some productive spin bowling.* REUTERS Under threat (32b, 4x4), Aiden Markram b Shakib 45 (56b, 4x4), Faf du It meant South Africa needed runs off the last four overs. Plessis b Mehidy 62 (53b, 5x4, to pull off the highest run­ “It was one of our top in­ 1x6), David Miller c Mehidy b chase in World Cup history, nings. We’ve had some pre­ Mustafizur 38 (43b, 2x4), Rassie but it ended on 309 for eight vious upsets but this is a van der Dussen b Saifuddin 41 and with its next game World Cup where we really (38b, 2x4, 1x6), Jean­Paul Du­ against India on Wednesday, want to do well,” said man­of­ miny b Mustafizur 45 (37b, the chances of making the the­match Shakib. “It’s the 4x4), Andile Phehlukwayo c semifinals are already under way we wanted to start.” Shakib b Saifuddin 8 (13b, 1x4), threat. South Africa’s gamble to Chris Morris c Sarkar b Mustafi­ Mushfiqur and Shakib ad­ put Bangladesh, four places zur 10 (10b, 1x4), Kagiso Raba­ da (not out) 13 (9b, 1x6), Imran ded 142 runs for the third below it in the ODI rankings, Tahir (not out) 10 (10b); Extras wicket to notch up Bangla­ into bat and hoping to (b­4, w­9, nb­1): 14; Total (for desh’s highest World Cup bounce it out cheaply with its eight wkts in 50 overs): 309. partnership in an aggressive pace attack fell flat on a do­ FALL OF WICKETS batting display backed by en­ cile wicket, and was exacer­ 1­49 (de Kock, 9.4 overs), 2­102 thusiastic support. bated by a hamstring injury (Markram, 19.4), 3­147 (du Ples­ Bangladesh moved on to to Lungi Ngidi. sis, 26.4), 4­202 (Miller, 35.1), 217 for two before Shakib was South Africa’s target was a 5­228 (van der Dussen, 39.1), 6­ bowled for 75 by Imran Tahir, tough one and after Quinton 252 (Phehlukwayo, 42.5), 7­275 playing his 100th ODI. Mush­ de Kock departed, Aiden (Morris, 45.5), 8­287 (Duminy, fiqur went for 78 not long af­ Markram (45) was bowled by 63, followed by David Miller 47.1). ter, caught on the boundary. Shakib to make the top­ (38) and Rassie van der Dus­ BANGLADESH BOWLING But South Africa was un­ ranked all­rounder, playing sen (41) as South African Mustafizur 10­0­67­3, Mehidy able to apply the brakes and his 199th ODI, the fastest to hopes slipped away. 10­0­44­1, Saifuddin 8­1­57­2, continued to leak runs. the double of 5,000 runs and Mustafizur Rahman had Shakib 10­0­50­1, Mortaza 6­ 0­49­0, Mosaddek 6­0­38­0. Mahmudullah hit an un­ 250 wickets. the best figures (three for 52) beaten 46 and Mosaddek Captain Faf du Plessis but all six bowlers contribut­ Toss: South Africa. Hossain scored 26 off 20 balls threatened to lead a success­ ed to keeping South Africa in MoM: Shakib Al Hasan. as the Asian side smashed 54 ful chase but was bowled for check. Bangladesh won by 21 runs. Injured Indian skipper ‘doing fine’ England will stick to winning formula There is nothing to worry, say team sources Pakistan was undone by a barrage of bouncers against the West Indies INDIA CAMP While all­rounder Vijay PREVIEW But given World Cup host Shankar had to sit out of the and favourite England start­ Press Trust of India warm­up game against New Agence France-Presse ed its campaign with a 104­ Southampton Zealand after hurting his el­ Nottingham run thrashing of South Africa bow, Kedar Jadhav is still re­ at the Oval on Thursday, it India captain Virat Kohli “is covering from a shoulder in­ England captain Eoin Mor­ may decide to stick with a doing fine” despite being hit jury he picked up during IPL gan played a straight bat winning formula rather, than on his thumb in a training and missed India’s both when asked about the chanc­ bring Wood in alongside fel­ session ahead of the team’s warm­up games against the es of bolstering his pace at­ low 90 mph plus paceman World Cup opener against Kiwis and Bangladesh. tack for the side’s second Jofra Archer. South Africa here on Having made significant match against Pakistan at “I think there’s a good Wednesday. recovery from his shoulder Trent Bridge on Monday. case for playing any of our “He is doing fine. There is injury, Jadhav’s active parti­ The way Pakistan’s bat­ bowlers,” Morgan told repor­ nothing to worry,” team cipation in successive net smen were undone by a bar­ ters on Sunday. Time to regroup: Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, centre, will hope sources. sessions augurs well for the rage of bouncers from the “We’ll have to adapt to that his batsmen handle the short­pitched stuff better. * AFP Kohli hurt his right thumb Indian team even though he West Indies in their opening anything the wicket throws during practice at the Ageas remains a doubtful starter defeat has led to suggestions up. the right team.” for three against Pakistan in Bowl here on Saturday, for India’s opener against England could recall fast “If there is anything to ex­ But Morgan was well 2016 before closing in on the prompting physiotherapist South Africa. bowler Mark Wood. ploit, hopefully we’ll select aware of the attraction of an 500 barrier with 481 for six Patrick Farhat to attend to Archer­Wood partnership. against world champions the Indian skipper. Close to full fitness “It is exciting. It’s like say­ Australia last year. Farhat was first seen using Jadhav has batted without ing can you add a Jason Roy But having seen England magic spray on the thumb any apparent discomfort 180 to a Jos Buttler 150 off 70 beaten by eventual tourna­ and then applied tape on it. during the sessions, which In holiday mood: Virat Kohli and some of his team­mates hit or 80 balls — it might happen ment winner Pakistan in the Later Kohli was seen leaving was a fair enough indication the gym on their off­day in Southampton. and if it does that would be semifinals of the 2017 Cham­ the field with his thumb that he is nearing full fitness. * COURTESY: VIRAT KOHLI/INSTAGRAM awesome.” pions Trophy in Cardiff, Mor­ dipped in a glass of ice. He has also started bow­ England has twice set gan was taking nothing for India, one of the favou­ ling in the nets, something The Indian team had an hav, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit world records for the highest granted. rites for the title, was hit by he was not doing during the off­day on Sunday. Bumrah, K.L. Rahul, Bhuv­ score in a one­day interna­ “We’re preparing for Pa­ injuries in the run up to the IPL due to his dodgy However, most of the neshwar Kumar and Vijay tional at Nottinghamshire’s kistan at their best,” he in­ World Cup. hamstring. players, including Kohli, Jad­ Shankar, hit the gym. headquarters — posting 444 sisted.

WORLD CUP DIARY No one in the team believes Windies can cause a few Get ready for chin music, Coulter-Nile tells West Indies upsets, says Lloyd Australia has warned Chris Gayle and company to be ready for ‘chin The current West Indies team music’. Nathan Coulter­Nile said the bowlers were ready to give in my bowling, but I do: Kohli has the firepower to cause a few West Indies a taste of its own medicine — bouncers. upsets, said Clive Lloyd. “You’ve got to give it (bouncers) to the Windies, otherwise they just Press Trust of India and said ‘no joking around, Lloyd, who captained the West get on the front foot and hit you everywhere,” he said. “We’ll Southampton it is an international game’. Indies in three World Cups, said: definitely give it to them — we give it to every team. You’ve got to He broke many a records “No one in the team “I thought the West Indies were use your two (permitted bouncers per over). with his batting but Virat believes in my bowling, but quite clinical against Pakistan. “The grounds are so small and the wickets are generally pretty flat, Kohli, the medium­pacer, I do. After that I had back They used the pitch to their so you’ve got to use bouncers when you can,” he added. could have had a lot more issues and never bowled,” advantage in the sense that it In Coulter­Nile, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins, Australia boasts of than eight international said the Indian captain. had a bit of life and they put a fiery pace battery. wickets if his teammates Kohli, however, still pressure on Pakistan. I’m sure “Oh Starcy (Mitchell Starc) will knock his off pole out. It will be believed in his bowling bowls in the nets, most they will upset a few of the big easy,” he said jokingly about the 39­year­old Gayle. ability like he himself does. recently in a practice boys if they play like that.” Kohli, albeit in a lighter session here earlier this Lloyd said West Indies was Aussies shut out the boos capable of making the vein, explained why he has week. Australia launched its World Cup campaign with an efficient semifinals. “From what I’ve seen not bowled in The star batsman also victory over Afghanistan — and appeared totally unfazed by the so far, though, I think the West hostile reception given to Steve Smith and David Warner. internationals since shared an anecdote which Indies do possess enough to Warner and Smith, both banned over the ‘sandpapergate’ scandal, December 2017. shows that he has always qualify for the last four,” he said. were subjected to jeers from the crowd after suffering a similar “It was during the ODI taken his bowling seriously. fate during last week’s warm­up match against England. series in Sri Lanka (in 2017) “I used to follow James Two fans even watched the game in Bristol from a nearby balcony where we had almost won Anderson’s action when I dressed as sandpaper. everything, I asked MS was at the academy [in Leg­spinner Adam Zampa, who took three wickets, said Australia [Dhoni] if I could bowl. Just Delhi]. Later, when I got to was prepared for barracking from spectators throughout the when I was getting ready to play alongside him, I told tournament. roll my arm over, Bumrah him about that story. We “We have spoken a bit how we are going to handle that situation,” Virat Kohli. * FILE PHOTO shouted from the boundary had a good laugh over it.” he said. “Obviously, we copped it in the warm­up game against England, too. But I think we are expecting it.” AFP

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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Liverpool earns redemption in Europe Wawrinka wins a marathon Sets up mouth­watering quarterfinal clash with Federer Wins its sixth Champions League title beating Tottenham in a less than exhilarating final ROLAND-GARROS nals for the 13th time. Nadal, Reuters bidding for a 12th title, swept Madrid Agence France-Presse past Argentina’s Juan Igna­ Liverpool ended an incredi­ Paris cio Londero 6­2, 6­3, 6­3. ble season by winning Eu­ Former champion Stan “It’s an incredible feeling rope’s biggest prize after Wawrinka downed Greek to be in another quarterfinal beating Tottenham Hotspur star Stefanos Tsitsipas in the at this tournament which 2­0 in Saturday’s all­English longest match of this year’s has been the most special of Champions League final, French Open on Sunday to my career.” earning sweet redemption set up a quarterfinal clash In a wide­open women’s after agonisingly missing out with Roger Federer. draw after the shock exits of on the Premier League title. Wawrinka sealed a stun­ top seed Naomi Osaka and Mohamed Salah scored ning 7­6(6), 5­7, 6­4, 3­6, 8­6 23­time Grand Slam cham­ the second­quickest goal in a fourth­round victory with a pion Serena Williams on Sa­ Champions League final by magnificent winner from turday, 19­year­old Marketa converting from the penalty yards behind the baseline af­ No. 68 Mayer in a sweltering Vondrousova reached her spot in the second minute ter five hours and nine mi­ 32 degrees. maiden major quarterfinal while Divock Origi sealed nutes on Court Suzanne Federer, the 2009 cham­ by thrashing Anastasija Se­ victory in the 87th after Li­ Lenglen. He has a 23­3 losing pion in Paris, is the oldest vastova. The unseeded verpool survived some hea­ head­to­head record against man to make the quarterfi­ Czech, ranked 38th, eased vy late pressure from Spurs. close friend and fellow Swiss nals of a Slam since Jimmy past Latvian 12th seed Sevas­ Tottenham, in its first Eu­ Federer. Connors at the 1991 US tova, winning 6­2, 6­0 in on­ ropean Cup final, kept its “It’s incredible, lots of Open. ly 59 minutes. heads after the early setback emotions. Thanks to all the “It’s fabulous that I can and came to life when semifi­ fans for staying and (the) spend this time in Paris,” THE RESULTS nal hat­trick hero Lucas support,” said the 34­year­ said Federer, who last Moura was brought on but, old Wawrinka after the third played the tournament in Men: Fourth round: 24­Stan with Harry Kane lacking longest match in the last 20 2015 when he lost in the Wawrinka (Sui) bt 6­Stefanos sharpness, another Euro­ years at the French Open. quarterfinals to Stan Tsitsipas (Gre) 7­6(6), 5­7, 6­4, 3­6, 8­6. 3­Roger Federer (Sui) pean comeback was beyond It is the first time Wawrin­ Wawrinka. bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6­2, it. ka has reached a Grand Slam Federer said he still re­ 6­3, 6­3; 2­Rafael Nadal (Esp) quarterfinal since losing to members his quarterfinal bt Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) Debatable Cup that matters: Manager Jurgen Klopp leads the celebrations after engineering Liverpool’s return to continental glory. * AFP Rafael Nadal in the 2017 Ro­ loss to his friend in Paris 6­2, 6­3, 6­3. Liverpool, which missed out land Garros final, and com­ four years ago. “I have a bad Doubles: Third round: Dusan on the Premier League title pletes an amazing turna­ memory of it. Stan beat me Lajovic & Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) to Manchester City by one Salah inspired round from 12 months ago. in three sets with his terrible bt Rohan Bopanna & Marius point, did not produce its Earlier, Federer made shorts! But he played really Copil (Rou) 1­6, 7­5, 7­6(8). usual whirlwind attacking by 2018 loss short work of Argentinian great that year and won the Women: 7­Sloane Stephens game but Salah’s debatable Leonardo Mayer to become title.” (USA) bt 19­Gabrine Muguruza (Esp) 6­4, 6­3; 31­Petra Martic penalty and Origi’s arrowed Agence France-Presse the oldest man in 28 years to Madrid (Cro) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 5­7, finish sealed a sixth Euro­ reach a Grand Slam quarter­ Nadal’s 90th win 6­2, 6­4; Marketa Vondrousova pean Cup triumph. Mohamed Salah revealed he final at Roland­Garros on Defending champion Rafael (Cze) bt 12­Anastasija The win at the Wanda Me­ had drawn motivation from Sunday. Nadal racked up his 90th Sevastova (Lat) 6­2, 6­0; 26­ tropolitano was sweet re­ the disappointment of losing The 37­year­old claimed a win at Roland Garros as he Johanna Konta (GBr) bt 23­ demption for Salah and es­ the final in 2018, a match in 6­2, 6­3, 6­3 win over World stormed into the quarterfi­ Donna Vekic (Cro) 6­2, 6­4. pecially Klopp, who had which he left the pitch in suffered defeat in his last six tears with a shoulder injury. major finals, including “Before the game, I Champions League show­ looked at a picture of last pieces with Borussia Dort­ year and we were so disap­ mund in 2013 and Liverpool pointed to lose the final,” Sa­ last year. lah said. His opposite number “I was very disappointed Mauricio Pochettino praised after that injury, I went off af­ his team’s determined ef­ ter 30 minutes and we lost forts to get themselves back the game. It motivated me to into the game. win today. When you know It was Liverpool’s first how it feels to lose, you say Champions League triumph to yourself ‘Let’s go and win since its incredible come­ that’. back against Milan in 2005 “I think our game is more and, while this victory mental. You have to believe lacked the blockbuster dra­ in yourself,” added Salah. ma of that night in Istanbul, it was not exactly a smooth Proud Spurs ride in a lacklustre affair. Meanwhile, Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino said, Gamble backfires “it’s so painful but at the Tottenham manager Pochet­ same time we need to be Gung ho: Stan Wawrinka needed five hours and nine minutes to overcome Stefanos Tsitsipas. tino took a bold but ultimate­ calm in the way that we talk * REUTERS ly misguided gamble in field­ and analyse things. Because ing Kane, who had only the season was fantastic and returned to full training a we need to feel proud.” week ago after almost two Move out Thiem, Serena is here months out with a serious beat away a free kick from ankle injury and struggled to Christian Eriksen. We were crying on the pitch: Klopp AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE officers after being told he influence play. The Brazilian keeper’s re­ PARIS should finish his interviews The England striker was liable display was in stark Austrian star Dominic in a smaller room. “I have far from the only player from contrast to what happened Promises to go mano­a­mano with Guardiola next season Thiem was left fuming after to leave the room because both sides who lacked sharp­ last year in Kiev, when Liver­ apparently being kicked she’s coming. What the ness in a game with few mo­ pool’s Loris Karius made two Agence France-Presse from Manchester City man­ League right next season. out of his Roland Garros hell, I don’t care. I can also ments of quality, a possible horrendous errors which Madrid ager Pep Guardiola. “In July when we start media conference so that do whatever I want.” effect of neither side having cost his side two goals in the Liverpool’s celebrations “We promised each other again, everyone starts on nil Serena Williams could be There was no indication played any competitive painful 3­1 defeat by Real stretched long into the night already that we will kick our and everyone’s working to­ accommodated instead. as to who had decided to games for three weeks after Madrid. after it became six­time Eu­ butts next year again,” Klopp wards their goals,” the Thiem, the fourth seed shift Thiem mid­stream. the domestic season. When the final whistle ropean champion, giving a said of his brief exchange Dutchman said. and 2018 runner­up, was However, French sports went, Alisson was mobbed first win in seven finals for with Guardiola. “Obviously we want to conducting his post­match daily L’Equipe claimed that Under pressure by his team mates while coach Jurgen Klopp. “We will go for everything challenge for every trophy if press obligations after Serena had no preference

Spurs put Liverpool under Klopp ran on to the pitch to “We were all pretty much and we’ll see if we get possible. We have the squad reaching the last 16 on Thiem. * AP over where she carried out real pressure in the latter embrace Origi, one of the he­ crying on the pitch, because something.” for it, but you’ve also seen it Saturday. However, he was her press conference. stages as Dele Alli headed ov­ roes in the stunning semifi­ it was so emotional, it was so Centre­back Virgil van this year, you still have to do informed that the main suffered a third round loss “Put me in another er and Son Heung­min and nal second­leg turnaround big, it means so much to us,” Dijk, named man of the it, and hopefully we can interview room was to Sofia Kenin. room, a smaller one, but Moura forced impressive against Barcelona, who Klopp said. match, said the team would challenge Manchester City needed by American “It’s a joke,” said the now,” she was reported to saves from Alisson, who also killed the game with a ruth­ Klopp revealed he had re­ try to put the disappoint­ again next season for the superstar Serena who had 25­year­old Thiem to media have said. pulled off his best effort to less finish. ceived a congratulatory call ment of losing the Premier title.”

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