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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014 SPORTS Sri Lanka thrash South Africa PALLEKELE: Tillakaratne Dilshan starred with but lost their last five wickets for 11 runs, with both the bat and the ball as Sri Lanka crushed paceman Ryan McLaren (4-48) accounting for South Africa by 87 runs in their second one- four of these dismissals. dayer yesterday to draw the three-match “I was a bit concerned after we collapsed, I series level at 1-1. thought we were perhaps 30-40 runs short,” Dilshan smashed 86 off 90 balls and also said Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews. “But took three wickets for 40 runs to set the stage Dilshan played a great knock. All the spinners for a Sri Lankan victory in the day-night contributed as well.” match at the Pallekele International Stadium. The Proteas suffered an early setback Fast bowler Lasith Malinga chipped in with a when pace spearhead Dale Steyn had to leave valuable 4-24 as South Africa were bowled the field after sustaining a bruise on his right out for 180 off 38.1 overs while chasing Sri thumb while attempting a return catch in his Lanka’s 267 all out. third over. In-form opener Hashim Amla fought back But with tests ruling out any fracture, brilliantly, making a 102-ball 101, but failed Steyn came on to bat later, making 23. Sri to find support from the other batsmen, only Lanka were off to a flying start with Dilshan two of whom could manage scores in double going after the attack, but the visitors struck figures. Malinga gave Sri Lanka crucial break- at regular intervals to peg back the scoring. throughs when he sent back opener Quinton Opener Kusal Perera (seven) was the first de Kock (four) and star batsman Jacques to go, lobbing the ball tamely to Amla at short Kallis (one) in his consecutive overs. Kallis, mid-wicket off fast bowler Vernon Philander who was out for a second ball duck in the (2-49). Sangakkara, who scored a fine 89 in first game, fell to a sharp bouncer from the Sunday’s match, was out for seven when he bowler, edging it straight to Kumar tried to pull a short delivery from Morne Sangakkara behind the stumps. At the other Morkel but ended up gloving it to the wicket- end, Amla held the innings together, string- keeper. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir (2-41) got rid ing a 75-run stand with skipper AB de Villiers of Lahiru Thirimanne (36) and then off-spin- (29) and reaching his 14th ODI century in the ner Jean-Paul Duminy deceived Dilshan with process. a ball that deflected off the batsman’s glove But de Villers’ dismissal in the 20th over by onto the stumps. NOTTINGHAM: India’s Murali Vijay (left) plays a shot past England’s Matt Prior during play on day One of the first cricket Test match between Dilshan triggered a collapse that derailed the Jayawardene was given out lbw when he England and India at Trent Bridge. — AFP South African innings and put the hosts in was on six, but the decision was overturned the driver’s seat.“Hashim (Amla) played an on review. He went on to score a patient 48 amazing innings but there were not enough off 70 balls and shared a 71-run stand with Vijay keeps England at bay partnerships around him. I got out to a soft Mathews (34) to steady the innings. Ashan dismissal as well,” said de Villiers. Earlier, Priyanjan provided some late impetus, hitting Dilshan, 37, struck nine fours in his quickfire Morkel for a six and a boundary off consecu- NOTTINGHAM: Murali Vijay’s maiden overseas Rising star Virat Kohli, on one, then carelessly the toe of the bat, the ball deflecting to Cook, who innings after Sri Lanka won the toss and tive deliveries in a cameo 25-run knock. The Test hundred took India to 259 for four at stumps opened the face against Broad and guided the ball grabbed the catch at silly point - not an obvious chose to bat. third and final game will be played in on a grinding first day of a five-match series with low to Bell, now at second slip. England, gaining a position for a fast bowler such as Plunkett. The hosts looked in line for a bigger total Hambantota on Sunday. — AFP England at Trent Bridge yesterday. measure of reverse swing, restricted India to a Vijay spent 13 balls on 99 before a scampered Vijay was 122 not out after batting through the mere 18 runs in the first 14 overs after lunch. single off Anderson saw the 30-year-old to his whole day, with India captain Mahendra Singh But with Cook unwilling to deploy part-time fourth hundred in 23 Tests and first outside India Dhoni unbeaten on 50 exactly. Together the pair off-spinner Moeen Ali, Vijay made the most of any in more than four-and-a-half hours at the crease. had put on an unbroken 81 for the fifth wicket. opportunities he was given by England’s seam His first fifty had taken just 68 balls, his second India, after Dhoni won the toss on a sunny day, quartet and late cut recalled all-rounder Ben 146. Vijay, however, raised a stand of fifty by overcame the early loss of Shikhar Dhawan to be Stokes for two fours. At tea, India were 177 for advancing down the pitch to drive Ali for six over 106 for one at lunch on a placid pitch. But England three, with Vijay 92 not out and Ajinkya Rahane 32 long-off, while Dhoni upped the tempo with a 64- then took two wickets for one run to reduce India not out. ball fifty of his own. Vijay had made 110 when to 107 for three and the run-rate slowed signifi- But Rahane, as happened to Pujara, failed to Plunkett appealed for lbw. cantly with Stuart Broad (one for 26 in 19 overs) add to his interval score when he was dismissed in But England, with the Decision Review System particularly miserly on his Nottinghamshire home the first over after tea thanks to another smart not in use this series because of Indian objections, ground. Vijay was into his stride right from the first ploy from Cook. had to accept Australian umpire Bruce Oxenford’s over, which saw him strike England spearhead Rahane, unsettled by an earlier short ball, tried not out decision, which replays suggested would James Anderson for three fours in as many balls. to pull Liam Plunkett but only made contact with still have stood even under DRS. — AFP But Anderson, who has taken more Test wickets at Trent Bridge than any other bowler, did claim his 50th scalp on the ground when he found SCOREBOARD Dhawan’s outside edge and wicketkeeper Matt Prior, passed fit after a minor thigh injury, took an NOTTINGHAM: Scoreboard at stumps on the first day of the first Test between England and India excellent diving left-handed catch in front of at Trent Bridge on Wednesday: England captain Alastair Cook at first slip. Such was Vijay’s touch, his first fifty featured 44 India 1st Innings Mohammed Shami runs in boundaries. But Anderson and new-ball M. Vijay not out 122 Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Dhawan), 2-106 (Pujara), partner Broad eventually checked India’s progress. S. Dhawan c Prior b Anderson 12 3-107 (Kohli), 4-178 (Rahane) SRI LANKA: South African Dale Steyn ducks to avoid a ball during the second One Cheteshwar Pujara fell for his lunch score of 38 C. Pujara c Bell b Anderson 38 Bowling: Anderson 21-6-70-2; Broad 19-8-26- Day International cricket match against Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International to a well-set trap when he chipped an Anderson V. Kohli c Bell b Broad 1 1; Stokes 19-4-47-0; Plunkett 21-4-56-1; Ali 9-0- Cricket Stadium. — AFP delivery that ‘stopped’ to the rarely deployed posi- A. Rahane c Cook b Plunkett 32 50-0; Root 1-0-6-0 tion of silly mid-on, where Ian Bell took a superb M.S. Dhoni not out 50 England: Alastair Cook (capt), Sam Robson, SCOREBOARD one-handed catch diving full-stretch to his right. Extras (lb4) 4 Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Pujara’s dismissal was also a tactical triumph for Total (4 wkts, 90 overs, 373 mins) 259 Matt Prior (wkt), Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad, Cook, much criticised for his tactics during To bat: R Jadeja, S Binny, B Kumar, I Sharma, Liam Plunkett, James Anderson PALLEKELE: Full scoreboard from the second one-day international between Sri England’s recent run of eight Tests without a win. Lanka and South Africa at the Pallekele International Stadium yesterday: Sri Lanka: South Africa: K. Perera c Amla b Philander 7 H. Amla c Senanayake b Malinga 101 T. Dilshan b Duminy 86 Q. de Kock b Malinga 4 Froome crashes out K. Sangakkara c de Kock b Morkel 7 J. Kallis c Sangakkara b Malinga 1 L. Thirimanne c Amla b Tahir 36 AB de Villiers c sub (T. Perera) b Dilshan 29 M. Jayawardene b Tahir 48 J. Duminy c Sangakkara b Mendis 1 A. Mathews c de Kock b McLaren 34 D. Miller c Senanayake b Dilshan 4 of Tour de France A. Priyanjan c Duminy b McLaren 25 R. McLaren c Kulasekara b Senanayake3 N. Kulasekara c de Villiers b McLaren 0 V. Philander c Sangakkara b Dilshan 1 S.