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SUNDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2018 SPORT 25 With great team work, great dreams work. Davis Cup World Group: First round Congratulations to our Sachin Tendulkar France vs Netherlands Kazakhstan vs Switzerland world champions, you after India’s Under-19 Japan vs Italy Croatia vs Canada cricketers won a record Spain vs Great Britain Serbia vs USA have made us proud. fourth World Cup yesterday. Australia vs Germany Hungary vs Belgium TENNIS Ton-up Kalra seals U-19 World Cup for India AFP SCOREBOARD MOUNT MAUNGANUI, NEW Australia U-19 ZEALAND: Opener Manjot Kalra J Edwards c Nagarkoti b Porel ..............................28 smacked an unbeaten 101 in even M Bryant c Abhishek Sharma b Porel ..................14 JJS Sangha (c) c Desai b Nagarkoti .......................13 time as India easily disposed of J Merlo c Shiva Singh b Roy ....................................76 Australia at Mount Maunganui to P Uppal c & b Roy ....................................................34 win the Under-19 World Cup for NA McSweeney c & b Shiva Singh.........................23 a fourth time. W Sutherland c Desai b Shiva Singh ......................5 With Kalra scoring freely, BJ Holt run out (Shiva Singh/ Desai) ....................13 India won by eight wickets as they Z Evans b Nagarkoti ....................................................1 chased down Australia’s 216 all R Hadley c Desai b Shivam Mavi ...............................1 out with more than 11 overs to L Pope (not out) ..........................................................0 spare. Extras (LB 1, W 7) .....................................................8 Total (all out) ......................................... 216 The opener’s century Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-52, 3-59, 4-134, 5-183, included eight fours and three 6-191, 7-212, 8-214, 9-216, 10-216 sixes, and he was well supported Bowling: Shivam Mavi 8.2-1-46; IC Porel 7-1-30- by wicketkeeper Harvik Desai, 2; Shiva Singh 10-0-36-2; KL Nagarkoti 9-0-41-2; who was 47 not out when he fin- Abhishek Sharma 6-0-30-0; AS Roy 7-0-32-2 ished the match with a India U-19 boundary. PP Shaw (c) b Sutherland ......................................29 The pair put on 89 for the Manjot Kalra (not out) ...........................................101 Shubman Gill b Uppal ..............................................31 third wicket, while Prithvi Shaw Indian players celebrate after winning the U-19 cricket World Cup final against Australia at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui yesterday. HM Desai (not out) ..................................................47 scored 29 at the top of the innings Extras (LB 1, NB 1, W 10).......................................12 and Shubman Gill added 31. Total (2 wkts) ........................................220 “I really can’t express what (have) been excellent throughout wicket, it was flat and good to bat Bryant (14) batted at a run a ball more than 17 overs, and there was Did not bat: R Parag, Abhishek Sharma, AS Roy, KL I’m feeling now,” said captain the tournament.” on,” he said. through the first five overs. But little resistance from the following Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Shiva Singh, IC Porel Shaw. Man of the match Kalra, not Australia’s innings, all over in once both were dismissed by batsmen. Porel finished with two Fall of wickets: 1-71 (PP Shaw, 11.4 ov), 2-131 “It was the final, a very cru- surprisingly, felt the wicket was the 48th over, was held together Ishan Porel, the steam went out for 30 while left-arm spinner (Shubman Gill, 21.2 ov) cial hundred from Manjot. Gill ideal for batting. by Jonathan Merlo’s 76 after it fell of the Australian innings. Merlo Shiva Singh was instrumental in Bowling: R Hadley 7-0-37-0; Z Evans-5-1-30; W Sutherland 6.5-0-36; J Edwards 1-0-15-0; Pope-5- was batting really well. And the “I enjoyed it a lot. The condi- apart despite a promising start. and Param Uppal (34) put on 75 slowing the Australian run rate 0-42-0; J Merlo-4-0-21-0; P Uppal 10-0-38-1 two pacers, Mavi and Kamlesh, tions were good. Not a difficult Jack Edwards (28) and Max for the fourth wicket but it took with two for 36. Bangladesh struggle after Australia beat New Zealand in Sri Lanka post huge lead tri-series opener AFP AFP SCOREBOARD New Zealand CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH: SYDNEY: Power hitters Chris M Guptill b Stanlake ..................................................5 Sri Lanka spinners led by Lynn and Glenn Maxwell C Munro c Carey b Stanlake .....................................3 Rangana Herath took three propelled Australia to a K Williamson c Warner b Tye ..................................8 crucial wickets late in day four to convincing seven-wicket victory T Bruce c Richardson b Stanlake ............................3 R Taylor c Carey b Agar ......................................... 24 leave Bangladesh with an uphill over New Zealand in the first tri- T Blundell c Richardson b Zampa ........................14 task of saving the opening Test series Twenty20 match at the C de Grandhomme (not out) .................................38 in Chittagong yesterday. Sydney Cricket Ground M Santner c Warner b Tye ........................................1 Bangladesh reached 81-3 at yesterday. T Southee c Stoinis b Tye ..........................................9 stumps, still needing 119 to make Lynn (44 runs from 33 balls) I Sodhi b Tye ...............................................................0 Sri Lanka bat again. The visitors and Maxwell (40 not out from Extras: (B2, LB4, W6) ..........................................12 Total (9 wkts) ........................................ 117 declared their first innings at 24 balls) shared in a scorching Fall of wickets: 1-11, 2-11, 3-16, 4-34, 5-60, 6-90, 713-9 in the final session. 77-run stand from just 53 balls 7-92, 8-114, 9-117 Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera to steer Australia to the rain- Bowling: Richardson 4-0-28-0 (2w), Stanlake 4-0-15- dismissed Imrul Kayes for 19 reduced total of 95 from 15 overs 3, Agar 4-0-22-1 (1w), Tye 4-0-23-4 (2w), Zampa 3-0- before left-arm unorthodox with 21 balls to spare. 21-1 (1w), Stoinis 1-0-2-0 bowler Lakshan Sandakan got Despite a top-order wobble, Australia D Warner c Bruce b Boult ........................................6 Tamim Iqbal caught behind for in which captain David Warner D Short c Taylor b Southee ......................................4 41. Herath then removed Mush- and the debutant D’Arcy Short C Lynn c Sodhi b Boult ..........................................44 fiqur Rahim for two with his left- fell inside the first three overs, G Maxwell (not out) ................................................40 Sri Lankan wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella (right) and team- arm spin in the last over of the Lankan progress. Debutant left- the belligerent power of Lynn A Carey (not out) ........................................................0 mates appeal for the dismissal of Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim day. Mominul Haque -- 18 not out arm spinner Sunzamul Islam got and Maxwell swamped the Kiwi Extras (W2) ..............................................................2 -- was at the crease when the his maiden Test wicket, trapping Iqbal (left) during the fourth day of the first cricket Test yesterday. bowling attack. Total (3 wickets; 11.3 overs) .................. 96 Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-10, 3-87 players walked back after Dilruwan Perera leg-before for Australia’s victory was ear- Bowling: Boult 3-0-14-2, Southee 2.3-0-27-1 (2w), another run-filled day. 32. Roshen Silva joined the run SCOREBOARD lier set up by towering paceman Santner 2-0-20-0, Sodhi 3-0-24-0, De Grandhomme Sri Lanka declared their fest in the morning session to post Bangladesh (I innings) ......................... 513 Did not bat: L Sandakan Billy Stanlake whose fierce pace 1-0-11-0 innings in the third over into the his maiden Test century after Sri Sri Lanka (I innings) Bowling: Mustafizur 32-6-113-1, Sunzamul 45-2-153-1, justified Warner’s decision to final session with a lead of 200 Lanka resumed on 504-3. D Karunaratne c Kayes b Mehedi ...........................0 Mehedi 49-4-174-3, Taijul 67.3-13-219-4, Mosaddek 3-0- bowl first after winning the toss, his hat-trick as Tom Bruce runs in response to Bangladesh’s He made 109 off 230 balls K Mendis c Mushfiqur b Taijul ............................196 24-0, Mominul Haque 2-0-6-0, Mahmudullah 1-0-7-0 as he wrecked New Zealand’s clipped an attempted yorker first innings total of 513. before becoming the first D De Silva c Liton b Mustafizur ...........................173 Bangladesh (II innings): top order with three wickets in through the leg side for three. R Silva c Liton b Mehedi ......................................109 Tamim Iqbal c Dickwella b Sandakan ..................41 Left-arm spinner Taijul batsman dismissed on the day. D Chandimal b Taijul ............................................ l 87 Imrul Kayes c Chandimal b Perera ......................19 the space of his first eight balls. Andrew Tye claimed four Islam, who returned figures of Silva was Sri Lanka’s third N Dickwella c Liton b Mehedi ...............................62 Mominul Haque not out ........................................18 Stanlake startled Colin wickets as Australia restricted 4-219, took two wickets off his century maker of the innings D Perera lbw b Sunzamul ......................................32 Mushfiqur Rahim c Mendis b Herath ....................2 Munro with his high bounce for New Zealand to a below-par 117 successive overs to wrap up the after Kusal Mendis and Dhanan- R Herath lbw b Taijul .............................................24