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MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017 SPORTS Bangladesh player arrested over photos of girlfriend DHAKA: Bangladesh police yesterday “She said Sunny opened up a fake used to crack down on dissent. ed from international matches during claimed to be his fiancÈ. arrested national cricketer Arafat Sunny Facebook account of hers and posted There was no immediate comment the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 for an ille- The fast bowler was however grant- for allegedly breaching strict internet their personal photos, which she found from the cricketer. “It seems to be a per- gal bowling action. ed bail days after his arrest to join the laws after his girlfriend accused him of offensive and defamatory,” he told AFP. sonal matter. We don’t want to comment Since then he has been playing squad for the 2015 World Cup. The uploading sensitive photos on social “We have arrested him and sent him to now, however, we are observing (the sit- domestic first-class cricket for Dhaka actress later withdrew the charges. media. Police raided the home of the the court, seeking to take him into cus- uation),” Bangladesh Cricket Board chief Metropolis. Sunny is the third national Shahadat spent nearly two months in 30-year-old slow left-arm bowler in the tody for five days for questioning.” executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told team cricketer to have been arrested in custody last year after he and his wife Dhaka suburb of Aminbazar after his If found guilty Sunny could face up to AFP. The spinner has played 16 one-day recent years, after pacemen Rubel were arrested on charges of torturing longtime girlfriend filed a complaint two 14 years in jail or a fine of 10 million taka internationals, taking 24 wickets, and 10 Hossain and Shahadat Hossain. Rubel an 11-year-old girl whom he weeks ago, said local police chief ($126,340) under the controversial law, Twenty20 internationals in which he was jailed in 2015 after he was charged employed as a maid. A court acquitted Jamaluddin Mir. which local right groups say is being picked up 12 wickets. He was suspend- in a rape case filed by an actress who the couple. —AFP Injured Mathews wins it for Sri Lanka JOHANNESBURG: Injured captain Angelo discovery Lungi Ngidi gave South Africa Mathews hit two sixes in the last over to hope of defending their low total, taking hand Sri Lanka a series-levelling three- four for 19. wicket win in the second Twenty20 interna- tional against South Africa yesterday. But BIG HIT the win came at a cost. Mathews said at the Ngidi, who was man of the match when after-match presentation that he could South Africa won the first game in miss the rest of the tour after twisting his Centurion, took three wickets in an electri- right ankle when he dived to avoid being fying three-over opening spell, then came run out in the penultimate over. “It’s pretty back to take another wicket in the 15th bad, I think I will be out for a couple of over, at the end of which Sri Lanka were 89 weeks,” said Mathews, who made 54 not for four. out as Sri Lanka chased down a low South It came down to eight needed off the African total of 113 with two balls to spare. last seven balls when man of the match The third and final Twenty20 interna- Mathews was injured after a risky leg bye. tional will be played in Cape Town on He managed to hobble a single off Wayne Wednesday, followed by five one-day inter- Parnell’s last ball to keep the strike. nationals, finishing on February 10. On an Mathews went for a big hit off the first unusually dry, slow Wanderers pitch, South ball of the last over, bowled by left-arm Africa were bowled out in 19.3 overs. spinner Jon-Jon Smuts, and was dropped Left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan by a diving Heino Kuhn at deep midwicket. Sandakan, playing in his first T20 interna- He did not take a run. He hit the next ball tional-although he has played in three Test for six to level the scores and two balls later matches and a one-day international-took finished the match with another six. “I had four for 23 and bamboozled the South to hit sixes because I couldn’t run,” he said. African batsmen with his ability to spin the South African captain Farhaan Behardien ball both ways. said: “On a deck that was a little bit slow, Sri Seamers Isara Udana and Nuwan Lanka kept taking wickets and we couldn’t Kulasekera took three for 13 and two for launch at the end. “We were put under pres- 10 respectively. Heino Kuhn top-scored for sure today. But the guys really fought hard South Africa with 29. New fast bowling and I’m proud of them.” — AFP KOLKATA: Indian team pose with trophy after winning the series after their third one day international cricket match against England at Eden SCOREBOARD Gardens in Kolkata, India, yesterday. —AP JOHANNESBURG: Scores in the second Twenty20 international between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the Wanderers Stadium yesterday. Jadhav’s 90 in vain as South Africa Sri Lanka J. Smuts c Sandakan b Kulasekera 4 N. Dickwella c Mosehle b Ngidi 22 H. Kuhn st Chandimal b Sandakan 29 D. de Silva c Miller b Ngidi 2 T. de Bruyn c D. de Silva b Udana 7 K. Mendis b Ngidi 4 M. Mosehle c Chandimal b Sandakan 11 D. Chandimal c Mosehle b Ngidi 22 England wins third ODI D. Miller c Mathews b D. de Silva 11 A. Mathews not out 54 F. Behardien c Chandimal b Udana 27 A. Gunaratne lbw b Imran Tahir 3 W. Parnell c Mathews b Sandakan 3 S. Prasanna c Imran Tahir b Smuts 2 KOLKATA: England narrowly avoided an Indian A. Phehlukwayo c Chandimal b Sandakan 0 T. de Silva c Behardien b Parnell 3 sweep of the one-day international series, win- SCOREBOARD A. Phangiso c Gunaratne b Udana 13 N. Kulasekera not out 0 Imran Tahir b Kulasekera 1 ning the third and final cricket match by five Extras (b3, lb2, w2) 7 L. Ngidi not out 2 runs as Ben Stokes took 3-63 and Kedar Jadhav’s KOLKATA: Scoreboard yesterday from the third one-day international between India and England at Eden Gardens: Total (7 wkts, 19.4 overs) 119 Extras (lb2, w3) 5 fighting 90 went in vain yesterday. Fall of wickets: 1-11 (D. de Silva), 2-15 (Mendis), 3- England Innings India Innings Total (19.3 overs) 113 India fell short on 316-9 in reply to England’s 35 (Dickwella), 4-86 (Chandimal), 5-93 Jason Roy b Jadeja 65 Ajinkya Rahane b Willey 1 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Smuts), 2-13 (De Bruyn), 3-41 321-8 in 50 overs. Stokes blasted an undefeated (Gunaratne), 6-97 (Prasanna), 7-105 (T. de Silva) Sam Billings c Bumrah b Jadeja 35 Lokesh Rahul c Buttler b Ball 11 (Mosehle), 4-57 (Kuhn), 5-68 (Miller), 6-74 (Parnell), 57 off 39 balls to propel the tourists’ innings late 7-74 (Phehlukwayo), 8-107 (Behardien), 9-109 Bowling: Ngidi 4-0-19-4 (1w), Parnell 3-0-16-1, Jonny Bairstow c Jadeja b Pandya 56 Virat Kohli c Buttler b Stokes 55 Phehlukwayo 2-0-22-0, Imran Tahir 4-0-14-1, on, after Jason Roy (65) and Jonny Bairstow (56) Eoin Morgan c Bumrah b Pandya 43 Yuvraj Singh c Billings b Plunkett 45 (Imran Tahir) both scored half-centuries. Bowling: Mathews 2-0-11-0, Kulasekera 3-0-10-2, Phangiso 4-0-24-0, Smuts 2.4-0-19-1 (1w) Jos Buttler c Rahul b Pandya 11 MS Dhoni c Buttler b Ball 25 Udana 2.3-0-13-3 (1w), Prasanna 3-0-24-0, Did not bat: I. Udana, L. Sandakan India won the first two ODIs to take the Ben Stokes not out 57 Kedar Jadhav c Billings b Woakes 90 Sandakan 4-0-23-4 (2w), Gunaratne 4-0-27-0, D. de Result: Sri Lanka won by three wickets series 2-1. India started badly as its openers’ Moeen Ali c Jadeja b Bumrah 2 Hardik Pandya b Stokes 56 Silva 1-0-3-1. Series: The three-match series is tied at 1-1 poor form continued. David Willey (1-8), who Chris Woakes run out Kumar/Dhoni 34 Ravindra Jadeja c Bairstow b Woakes 10 went off with an injured shoulder later in the Liam Plunkett run out Pandey (sub)/Dhoni 1 Ravichandran Ashwin c Woakes b Stokes 1 innings, bowled Ajinkya Rahne (1) in the second Extras: (1b, 8lb, 7w, 1nb) 17 Bhuvneshwar Kumar not out 0 over. Lokesh Rahul (11) skied a catch while TOTAL: (for eight wickets) 321 Jasprit Bumrah not out 0 attempting a wild pull off Jake Ball (2-56) in the Overs: 50. Minutes: 221. Extras: (8lb, 13w, 1nb) 22 sixth over. Did not bat: David Willey, Jake Ball. TOTAL: (for nine wickets) 316 Virat Kohli (55) then put on 65 runs for the Fall of wickets: 1-98, 2-110, 3-194, 4-212, 5-237, 6-246, 7- Overs: 50. Minutes: 241. third wicket with Yuvraj Singh (45) but they did- 319, 8-321. Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-37, 3-102, 4-133, 5-173, 6-277, 7- n’t look in control of the chase against England’s Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 8-0-56-0 (2w), Hardik 291, 8-297, 9-316.