James, Irving Only pride on line lead Cavaliers for Valencia in past Kings Copa semis WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 201617 19 Golfers say Zika virus will not put them off their stroke Page 15 PUNE: Sri Lanka’s captain Dinesh Chandimal (L) reacts as he alongwith others run to greet teammate Dusmantha Chameera (R) after taking the wicket of India’s Yuvraj Singh during the first T20 international match between India and Sri Lanka at the MCA International Cricket Stadium in Pune yesterday. — AFP S Lanka stun India by 5-wkts in first T20 PUNE: Debutant Kasun Rajitha picked up three crucial wick- Rajitha nearly got his third wicket in his next over, only to ets to help a depleted Sri Lanka stun the top-ranked Indians see Danushka Gunathilaka spill a sitter at third man to give by clinching a five-wicket win in the first Twenty20 interna- Suresh Raina a life. His disappointment was short-lived as SCOREBOARD tional in Pune yesterday. Belying their status as underdogs, Shikhar Dhawan was caught by Gunathilaka for just nine. the inexperienced Sri Lankan pace attack skittled out their Raina made little use of his reprieve and he was cleaned PUNE, India: Completed scoreboard in the first Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka in Pune yesterday: hosts for a paltry 101 in 18.5 overs, India’s third lowest score up by Shanaka in the ninth over for 20 as the wickets tum- India Senanayake 3-0-18-1, Chameera 3.5-0-14-2, Shanaka in T20 cricket. bled with alarming regularity. R. Sharma c Chameera b Rajitha 0 3-0-16-3, Prasanna 2-0-11-0. After Rajitha took the wickets of India’s first three bats- India should have been full of confidence after their S. Dhawan c Gunathilaka b Rajitha 9 man, Dasun Shanaka bagged three other top order scalps on recent 3-0 T20 away series win over Australia, which secured A. Rahane c Chandimal b Rajitha 4 Sri Lanka a bouncy wicket in Pune, helped by some poor selection by their place at the top of the rankings but none of their bats- S. Raina b Shanaka 20 N. Diwckwella c Dhawan b Nehra 4 the hosts. Sri Lanka made hard work at times of meeting men showed any kind of form. Skipper Mahendra Singh Y. Singh c & b Chameera 10 M. Gunathilaka c Dhawan b Nehra 9 their target, losing five wickets during the chase, but the Dhoni made just two before being caught behind off M.S. Dhoni c Dickwella b Shanaka 2 D. Chandimal lbw b Raina 35 Dinesh Chandimal-led side eventually eased home with two Shanaka and the big-hitting left-hander Yuvraj Singh (10) H. Pandya lbw b Shanaka 2 C. Kapugedara lbw b Ashwin 25 overs to spare. Regular T20 skipper Lasith Malinga, Test cap- was the next to go when Chameera had him caught and tain Angelo Mathews and premier spinner Rangana Herath bowled in the tenth over. R. Jadeja lbw b Senanayake 6 M. Siriwardana not out 21 have all stayed at home as they try to shake off niggles A cameo of 31 by spinner Ravichandran Ashwin enabled R. Ashwin not out 31 D. Shanaka c Raina b Ashwin 3 before Sri Lanka begin their defence of the Asia Cup later this India to edge past the three-figure mark but it was never A. Nehra c Siriwardana b Chameera 6 S. Prasanna not out 3 month and then return to India for the World T20. likely to be enough. Indian pace spearhead Ashish Nehra J. Bumrah run out 0 Extras (lb 3, w 2) 5 But their stand-ins soon showed they would not be over- gave the fans something to cheer about with the early wick- Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 8) 11 Total (5 wickets; 18 overs) 105 whelmed by a capacity crowd at the Maharashtra Cricket ets of openers Gunathilaka and Niroshan Dickwella. Total (all out; 18.5 overs) 101 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Dickwella), 2-23 (Gunathilaka), 3- Association Stadium after winning the toss and electing to But, showing much more application than their hosts, Fall of wickets 1-0 (Sharma), 2-5 (Rahane), 3-32 62 (Kapugedara), 4-84 (Chandimal), 91-5 (Shanaka) bowl. The 22-year-old Rajitha made his presence felt right Chandimal and Chamara Kapugedera then compiled a 39- (Dhawan), 4-49 (Raina), 5-51 (Dhoni), 6-53 (Yuvraj), 7- Bowling: Nehra 3-0-21-2, Bumrah 4-1-19-0, Jadeja 3- away with a double strike in his first over in international run third wicket stand that effectively put the outcome 58 (Pandya), 8-72 (Jadeja), 9-100 (Nehra), 10-101 0-18-0, Pandya 3-0-18-0, cricket. In-form Rohit Sharma was the first to go, caught by beyond doubt. After their partnership was broken, Milinda (Bumrah) Ashwin 3-0-13-2, Raina 2-0-13-1. Dushmantha Chameera off only the second delivery and Siriwardana also weighed in with an unbeaten 21 to give the Bowling: Rajitha 4-0-29-3, Perera 3-1-10-0, Result: Sri Lanka won by five wickets. Ajinkya Rahane (4) followed soon after. visitors a dream start to the series. — AFP SCOREBOARD De Kock, Amla centuries help SA sink England CENTURION, South Africa: Final scores in the third one- day international between South Africa and England at CENTURION: Centuries by openers Quinton de Kock and SuperSport Park yesterday: Hashim Amla kept South Africa alive in the one-day series England against England as the host won the third game by seven wick- J. Roy run out (Morkel) 20 ets yesterday. Chasing England’s formidable 318-8, De Kock A. Hales c Morkel b Rabada 65 made 135 and Amla 127 as South Africa reached 319-3 at J. Root run out (Wiese) 125 SuperSport Park, the highest second innings score in one-day- J. Buttler c Duminy b Rabada 0 ers at the ground. E. Morgan c Amla b Wiese 8 De Kock made his second century of the series, and Amla B. Stokes c Behardien b Abbott 53 nearly batted all the way through the innings to guide South M. Ali c Amla b Morkel 3 Africa home. C. Jordan c Duminy b Abbott 3 Joe Root earlier made 125 for England, his best ODI score, but D. Willey not out 13 South Africa handled the pressure of a must-win game, and A. Rashid not out 13 chasing 300-plus, to pull the series back to 2-1. The fourth game Extras (b4, lb3, w8) 15 is on Friday in Johannesburg. Earler, Joe Root hit an assured cen- Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 318 tury as England went in search of a series-clinching win in the Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Roy), 2-161 (Hales), 3-162 (Buttler), 4- third one-day international against South Africa at SuperSport 187 (Morgan), 5-269 (Root), 6-284 (Ali), 7-291 (Stokes), 8- Park yesterday. 291 (Jordan) England, leading 2-0 in the five-match series, made 318 for Bowling: Abbott 10-0-50-2 (3w), Rabada 10-0-65-2 (3w), eight after winning the toss. Root made a career-best 125 off Morkel 10-0-63-1 (1w), Wiese 10-0-64-1, Imran Tahir 8-0- 113 balls with ten fours and five sixes, scarcely playing a false 56-0 (1w), Behardien 2-0-13-0. stroke. Root shared a second wicket partnership of 125 with Did not bat: R Topley Alex Hales, who made 65 off 73 balls and 82 for the fifth wicket with Ben Stokes, who slammed 53 off 37 balls. A mix-up with South Africa Stokes caused Root to be run out and South Africa came back Q. de Kock c Root b Rashid 135 into the match by taking another three wickets, including that H. Amla c Buttler b Jordan 127 of Stokes, in quick succession. D. Wiese b Ali 7 But David Willey and Adil Rashid scored 27 runs off the last 15 F. du Plessis not out 33 balls of the innings as England finished strongly.Hales and Root, A. de Villiers not out 0 who put on 97 for the second wicket in England?s win in the Extras (lb5, nb3, w9) 17 second match in Port Elizabeth, again played England into a Total (3 wkts, 46.2 overs) 319 strong position Hales hooked Kagiso Rabada to Morne Morkel Fall of wickets: 1-239 (De Kock), 2-249 (Wiese), 3-311 on the fine leg boundary. The in-form and quick-scoring Jos (Amla) Buttler was promoted to number four but was out first ball, flick- Bowling: Willey 5-0-40-0, Topley 6-0-46-0 (1w), Stokes 8.2- ing Rabada to JP Duminy at leg gully. The momentum of the 0-54-0 (1nb, 2w), Jordan 7-0-54-1 (1nb, 4w), Ali 10-0-75-1 innings slowed as England captain Eoin Morgan struggled to (1nb, 1w), Rashid 10-0-45-1 (1w). find his timing, labouring to eight off 24 balls before he was Did not bat: J. Duminy, F. Behardien, K. Rabada, K. Abbott, caught at midwicket off all-rounder David Wiese, who had been selected in place of batsman Rilee Rossouw. But Root continued PRETORIA: South Africa’s batsman Hashim Amla, runs as he watches his shot during the 3rd One Day M. Morkel, Imran Tahir. to bat with controlled skill, reaching his seventh one-day inter- International cricket match between South Africa and England at the Centurion Park stadium in Pretoria, Result: South Africa won by seven wickets.