MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2017 SPORTS Pakistan’s Misbah wants life bans for fixers

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Test captain League. The case, which is being investi- rankings and rose briefly to number one quently awarded the International desperate for a turnaround after suffer- Misbah-ul-Haq yesterday called for life gated by a judicial commission, has last year. Speaking about the latest sus- Council’s Spirit of Cricket award- ing whitewashes in their last two series. bans on anyone found guilty of fixing, revived memories of a 2010 scandal pensions to reporters yesterday, he said: testament to the high regard in which “It will be a tough series and we will adding that an investigation into five that involved the national team and “Obviously it’s disappointing and there world cricket holds him. not take West Indies lightly because players threatened years of work to deprived it of three top players includ- should be a law that once you have “We did our best to clean the game they gave us a tough time in all three clean up the country’s image. ing paceman Mohammad Amir, who done something wrong you should not up and the seven years of hard work Tests last year,” said Misbah of Pakistan’s The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has has since made a comeback. return to this field again.” Pakistan’s and our image is now spoilt to a great 2-1 win in the United Arab Emirates. provisionally suspended Sharjeel Khan, Misbah was appointed captain in the rehabilitation on the international cir- extent. You cannot afford this again and “The conditions there will be tough Khalid Latif, , Shahzaib aftermath of that tainted series in cuit had appeared to be complete last again,” he said. Earlier this month and the ball will spin so you can’t relax,” Hasan and Nasir Jamshed on charges England, and set about rebuilding the year when Misbah led the team on its Misbah shelved plans to retire and will he added. Pakistan will play four linked to spot-fixing and failure to team with an ethos that emphasised first tour of England since the 2010 now lead his team in next month’s Twenty20 and three one-day interna- report approaches by bookmakers dur- discipline and integrity. scandal, in a series praised for its sports- three-match Test series in the West tionals against West Indies before the ing the recently-held Pakistan Super His team steadily climbed world manship. The 42-year-old was subse- Indies starting on April 22. Pakistan are Tests. — AFP Pujara, Saha put India on top in third Test

RANCHI: Cheteshwar Pujara said yesterday the pitch),” said Pujara. The day belonged to the spinners should win the third Test for Pujara (202) and Saha (117), who put on 199 India after his double century and a marathon for the seventh to frustrate an partnership with centurion Wriddhiman Saha Australian bowling attack that failed to take a put the hosts on top against Australia. After wicket in the first two sessions. Pujara record- declaring their first innings on 603 for nine ed his third Test double-century in his 47th late in the final session on day four in Ranchi, match and Saha posted a career-best Test the hosts rattled Australia with two strikes knock to take India way past Australia’s first including the key scalp of (14). innings score of 451. Pujara, who resumed the Ravindra Jadeja disposed of both Warner day on 130, hit 21 boundaries in an otherwise and nightwatchman Nathan Lyon (2) in an sedate innings which lasted for 525 balls-the absorbing final session of play. longest innings by an Indian Test player in The tourists, 152 behind on the first terms of balls faced. “I have the experience of innings, ended the day on 23-2. Before bam- scoring big runs in domestic cricket,” said boozling the Australian batsmen with his left- Pujara, who recently scored a century during arm spin, Jadeja also scored an unbeaten 54. a 300-plus stand with Saha in the final of a “I am very confident our spinners domestic competition. “Experience matters a (Ravichandran Ashwin and Jadeja) will bowl lot. When I was , I thought we just really well. There is rough, there are cracks (on wanted to get close to their total... I could have played more shots but I had to control myself.” The 29-year-old-whose top Test score is 206 not out against England in 2012 — got to his double century with a flick to square leg off Nathan Lyon. He pumped his fist in a rare show of emotion as his teammates cheered from the balcony. COLOMBO: cricketer Sabbir Rahman (R) plays a shot past a fielder as Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella (C) looks on dur- But he was out in Lyon’s next over, lobbing ing the fifth and final day of the second and final match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at The P. Sara Oval Cricket Stadium in a catch to midwicket. He walked back to the Colombo yesterday.— AFP pavilion to a standing ovation and a few handshakes from the opposition players. Saha, who hit seven fours and a six, soon fol- CRICKET lowed his overnight partner after falling to left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe. “This is the best among the three (Test hundreds) I have,” Saha told reporters. “We badly needed a part- Bangladesh pull off nership. Pujara has so much patience... he is always at the top of his game,” said Saha, adding that “every Indian bowler would be effective” come day five. historic win over Lanka

PLAN TO COMBAT JADEJA Jadeja came in at number nine and played COLOMBO: Opener top-scored a useful cameo, putting on 54 for the ninth with 82 runs in the second innings as SCOREBOARD wicket with Umesh Yadav (16). Bangladesh pulled off a historic four-wicket win Pat Cummins claimed four while over Sri Lanka in the second Test in Colombo COLOMBO: Scoreboard at the end of the second Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the P. Sara Oval left-arm spinner O’Keefe took three. yesterday. The rare win for Bangladesh-just their Stadium in Colombo yesteday. RANCHI: India’s batsman Cheteshwara Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann said Steven fourth away from home and first against Sri Pujara (L) is watched by Australian wick- Smith’s side has the mettle to last three ses- Lanka in 18 attempts-ended the two-Test series Sri Lanka 1st innings 338 (D. Chandimal 138, Mehedi Mustafizur 23-3-78-3, Shakib 36.2-9-74-4, Mosaddek 3- etkeeper Matthew Wade (C) as he plays a sions against the Indian spinners. in a draw after the visitors endured a 259-run Hasan 3-90) 0-10-0, Taijul 11-1-38-1. Bangladesh 1st innings 467 ( 116, shot over a close fielder during the “Going to have to come up with a plan to loss in the opener in Galle. Chasing a target of 75, 61, Mushfiqur Bangladesh 2nd innings 191, teenage batsman Mehedi Hasan hit the fourth day of the third Test cricket combat Jadeja, but we’ve worked on that and Rahim 52; R. Herath 4-82, L. Sandakan 4-140) Tamim Iqbal c Chandimal b Perera 82 match between India and Australia at you’ll probably see it tomorrow, I would winning run after an anxious half hour in the Sri Lanka 2nd innings (overnight 268-8) Soumya Sarkar c Tharanga b Herath 10 The Jharkhand State Cricket Association think,” said Lehmann. “Once the ball gets a lit- final session on the fifth day, getting Bangladesh D. Karunaratne c Soumya b Shakib 126 c Gunaratne b Herath 0 (JSCA) Stadium Complex in Ranchi yes- tle bit softer it plays pretty well so there’s no across the line in 57.5 overs. Tamim laid the U. Tharanga b Mehedi 26 Sabbir Rahman lbw b Perera 41 terday. — AFP real demons in the track.— AFP groundwork with his 22nd Test fifty, teaming up K. Mendis c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 36 Shakib Al Hasan b Perera 15 with Sabbir Rahman who made 41 runs and D. Chandimal c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 5 not out 22 shared 109 for the third wicket with the left-han- A. Gunaratne lbw b Shakib 7 Mosaddek Hossak c Dickwella b Herath 13 der. Sri Lanka struck in phases through spin- D. de Silva c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur 0 Mehedi not out 2 SCOREBOARD N. Dickwella c Mushfiqur b Shakib 5 ners Dilruwan Perera and skipper Rangana Extras (b4, lb1, w1) 6 D. Perera run out 50 Total (six wickets; 57.5 overs) 191 Herath, who grabbed three wickets each, but R. Herath lbw b Taijul 9 RANCHI, India: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the third Test between India and Australia in Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Soumya), 2-22 (Imrul), 3-131 lacked the cutting edge to deny Bangladesh S. Lakmal c Mosaddek b Shakib 42 in Ranchi yesterday. (Tamim), 4-143 (Sabbir), 5-162 (Shakib), 6-189 from celebrating their 100th Test match in style. L. Sandakan not out 0 Australia 1st innings 451 (S. Smith 178 not out, (Kohli), 4-276 (Rahane), 5-320 (Nair), 6-328 Bangladesh began looking nervous when Extras (b4, lb8, w1) 13 (Mosaddek) G. Maxwell 104; R. Jadeja 5-124, U. Yadav 3-106). (Ashwin), 7-527 (Pujara), 8-541 (Saha), 9-595 Tamim-who faced 82 balls and hit seven fours Total (all out; 113.2 overs) 319 Did not bat: , , Subashis Roy India 1st innings (overnight 360-6; Pujara 130 (Yadav) and a six-hoisted a catch to Dinesh Chandimal Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Tharanga), 2-143 (Mendis), 3-165 Bowling: Perera 22-1-59-3, Herath 24.5-2-75-3, de Silva not out, Saha 18 not out) Bowling: Hazlewood 44-10-103-1, Cummins 39- off Perera just before the tea break. (Chandimal), 4-176 (Gunaratne), 5-177 (de Silva), 6-190 2-0-7-0, Sandakan 6-1-34-0, Lakmal 2-0-7-0 (w1), L. Rahul c Wade b Cummins 67 10-106-4, O’Keefe 77-17-199-3, Lyon 46-2-163-1, Gunaratne 1-0-4-0 Perera then removed Sabbir through a suc- (Dickwella), 7-217 (Karunaratne), 8-238 (Herath), 9-318 M. Vijay st Wade b O’Keefe 82 Maxwell 4-0-13-0. Result: Bangladesh won by four wickets cessful review after the bowler’s initial appeal for (Perera), 10- 319 (Lakmal) C. Pujara c Maxwell b Lyon 202 Bowling: Roy 16-4-36-0 (w1), Mehedi 24-0-71-1, Series result: Two Test series 1-1 draw V. Kohli c Smith b Cummins 6 Australia 2nd innings a leg-before was rejected, giving Sri Lanka an A. Rahane c Wade b Cummins 14 D. Warner b Jadeja 14 outside chance for a win. K. Nair b Hazlewood 23 M. Renshaw not out 7 Mushifiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan got in the morning thought to have given Sri Lanka duck. Perera and Suranga Lakmal frustrated R. Ashwin c Wade b Cummins 3 N. Lyon b Jadeja 2 Bangladesh through to the tea break with 35 some control once he picked up two wickets in Bangladesh for more than an hour with the bat W. Saha c Maxwell b O’Keefe 117 Extras 0 runs still needed, but Herath got a lucky break- two balls to leave Bangladesh struggling at 38-2 as Sri Lanka added 51 runs to their overnight R. Jadeja not out 54 Total (2 wickets; 7.2 overs) 23 through soon after the resumption as Shakib at the lunch break. 268-8 before finishing up for 319 in their second U. Yadav c Warner b O’Keefe 16 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Warner), 2-23 (Lyon) dragged a ball to stumps on 15. Herath claimed his first wicket when opener innings. Perera hit his fourth Test fifty off 174 I. Sharma not out 0 Bowling: Ashwin 4-0-17-0, Jadeja 3.2-1-6-2 Soumya Sarkar, charging down the pitch, was balls while tail-ender Lakmal smashed 42 off 48 Extras (b14, lb5) 19 Still to bat: S. Smith, S. Marsh, P. Handscomb, G. Mushfiqur remained unbeaten on 22 to take Bangladesh home with some support from deceived by a turn and lofted a catch to Upul balls. The duo shared 80 runs for the ninth wick- Total (9 wickets dec; 210 overs) 603 Maxwell, M. Wade, S. O’Keefe, P. Cummins, J. Tharanga at mid-off for 10. Imrul Kayes edged et before Bangladesh separated them through a Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Rahul), 2-193 (Vijay), 3-225 Hazlewood debutant Mosaddek Hossain, who made 13 runs during the crucial period. Skipper Herath earlier the next ball to slip fielder Asela Gunaratne for a run out. — AFP Curry scores game-high 28 pts NBA results/standings Golden State 117, Milwaukee 92; Houston 109, Denver 105; Chicago 95, Utah 86; Memphis 104, San Antonio 96; LA Clippers 108, Cleveland 78; Charlotte 98, Washington 93; Portland 113, Atlanta 97; as Warriors beat Bucks 117-92 Oklahoma City 110, Sacramento 94. Eastern Conference OAKLAND: Stephen Curry scored 28 points the Oklahoma City Thunder for the No. 5 which had won 11 of its previous 13 games, ter to 16 percent for the Hawks (37-32) Atlantic Division with six 3-pointers and the Golden State seed in the Western Conference. Jamal got 22 points from Kawhi Leonard and 21 while going up 40-18. Ersan Ilyasova, start- W L PCT GB Warriors overcame a sluggish start to beat Crawford also had 13 points while Chris from LaMarcus Aldridge. ing for the Hawks (37-32) in place of Paul Boston 44 25 .638 - the Milwaukee Bucks 117-92 on Saturday Paul was held to five points on 0 of 8 shoot- Millsap, had 23 points. Millsap experienced Toronto 40 29 .580 4 NY Knicks 27 42 .391 17 night. Draymond Green added eight ing. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue decided to BULLS 95, JAZZ 86 left knee tightness warming up and was a Philadelphia 25 43 .368 18.5 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists, Klay sit LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Jimmy Butler scored 23 points and dis- late scratch. Brooklyn 13 55 .191 30.5 Thompson scored 21 points and Matt Love against the Clippers to rest them. tributed seven assists to help Chicago end a Central Division Barnes made back-to-back 3-pointers to However, all three are expected to play two-game losing streak. Bobby Portis THUNDER 110, KINGS 94 Cleveland 45 23 .662 - Indiana 35 33 .515 10 spark a big run in the second quarter and Sunday against the Los Angeles Lakers. scored 22 points in 30 minutes off the Thunder guard Russell Westbrook Milwaukee 34 35 .493 11.5 help the Warriors complete a season sweep bench for the Bulls. Rookie Denzel Valentine scored 28 points to go along with 10 assists Detroit 33 36 .478 12.5 of the Bucks. Golden State improved to an ROCKETS 109, NUGGETS 105 joined Portis off the bench to post his first and eight rebounds, leaving him two Chicago 33 37 .471 13 NBA-best 55-14 with its second straight win James Harden had 40 points, 10 career double-double, with 11 points and rebounds shy of his 36th triple-double. Southeast Division by 25 points or more. It was also the rebounds and 10 assists, notching his 19th 12 rebounds. George Hill led the Jazz with Doug McDermott came off the bench to Washington 42 27 .609 - Atlanta 37 32 .536 5 Warriors’ third consecutive victory overall triple-double in the Rockets’ victory. 18 points to go along with seven rebounds. score 21 points on 8-of-9 shooting for the Miami 34 35 .493 8 following a season-high, three-game losing Harden has 11 games of 40 or more points Gordon Hayward added 14 points on 5-for- Thunder, which won its fifth straight game. Charlotte 30 39 .435 12 streak. The win came on the heels of news and did it this time after scoring 41 on 16 shooting. Utah (43-27) lost for the sec- Georgios Papagiannis led the Kings with 14 Orlando 25 45 .357 17.5 that All-Star Kevin Durant, out since sprain- Friday. Clint Capela had 16 points for the ond straight game and the third time in the points and 11 boards. Western Conference Northwest Division ing a knee ligament on Feb. 28, has pro- Rockets (48-22), who won despite a season- past five contests. The Jazz were swept by Utah 43 27 .614 - gressed to taking jump shots, an encourag- low in 3-point attempts (24) and makes the Bulls in a two-game season series. HORNETS 98, WIZARDS 93 Oklahoma City 40 29 .580 2.5 ing sign for a team trying to hold on to the (five). Gary Harris had 17 points, Nikola Cody Zeller scored 19 points on 8of-10 Denver 33 36 .478 9.5 top spot in the West. Jokic 16 and Jameer Nelson 15 points and TRAIL BLAZERS 113, HAWKS 97 shooting, and the Hornets snapped a Portland 31 37 .456 11 11 assist for the Nuggets, who now lead The Trail Blazers snapped a five-game three-game losing streak. The Hornets Minnesota 28 40 .412 14 Pacific Division CLIPPERS 108, CAVALIERS 78 Portland by 1 1/2 games for the No. 8 seed. losing streak to the Atlanta Hawks as they trailed at halftime but built the lead up to Golden State 55 14 .797 - Blake Griffin scored 23 points and col- continued their quest to overtake the as many as nine midway through the LA Clippers 41 29 .586 14.5 lected eight rebounds in three quarters, as GRIZZLIES 104, SPURS 96 Nuggets for the final playoff spot in the fourth quarter and then held on down the Sacramento 27 42 .391 28 the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a three- Mike Conley scored 19 points, Zach Western Conference. Portland led by 23 stretch. The Wizards got as close as three in Phoenix 22 47 .319 33 LA Lakers 20 49 .290 35 game losing streak with a victory over the Randolph added 18 and Marc Gasol fin- points just 10 minutes into the game and the final 20 seconds, but the Hornets’ Southwest Division short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on ished with 16 as Memphis extended its rolled to victory behind 27 points from Marvin Williams hit two free throws with San Antonio 52 16 .765 - Saturday at Staples Center. DeAndre Jordan winning streak to four games. The Grizzlies Damian Lillard and 22 from fellow guard CJ 9.6 seconds left and two more with 7.3 sec- Houston 48 22 .686 5 had 13 points and 17 rebounds and J.J. (40-30) led for all but 48 seconds in the sec- McCollum. The Trail Blazers, who are 7-2 in onds left. John Wall led the Wizards with 19 Memphis 40 30 .571 13 Redick scored 16 points for the Clippers ond half to hand the Spurs (52-16) their March, made 13 of their first 15 from the points and eight assists, but he was just 5 Dallas 29 39 .426 23 New Orleans 28 41 .406 24.5 (41-29), who have a half-game lead over ninth road loss this season. San Antonio, floor and shot 76.2 percent in the first quar- of 16 from the field. — Reuters