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P26 Layout 1 26 Sports Monday, November 26, 2018 S Lanka sack selectors as England cruise toward whitewash series win S Lanka’s Sports Minister summons panel and thanks them for their services COLOMBO: Sri Lanka sacked their selectors yesterday SCOREBOARD as the national team headed toward a whitewash defeat in their Test series against England. The home side were Scorecard at stumps on third day of the 3rd Test between Sri Lanka reeling at 53-4 at the close of the third day of the third and England in Colombo yesterday: and final Test, chasing an unlikely 327 to avoid another England 1st innings 336 (J. Bairstow 110; Sandakan 5-95)) crushing defeat. Sri Lanka 1st innings 240 (F. Karunaratne 83, D. de Silva 73; A. The selection panel headed by former Test bowler Rashid 5-49) Graeme Labrooy and also including Gamini England 2nd innings (overnight 3-0) Wickremasinghe, Eric Upashantha, Chandika R. Burns lbw b D. Perera 7 Hathurusingha and Jeryl Woutersz were only appointed K. Jennings lbw b D. Perera 1 in June. J. Bairstow c K. Silva (sub) b D. Perera 15 Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Faiszer Musthapa sum- J. Root (c) c and b Pushpakumara 7 moned the panel yesterday and “thanked them for their B. Stokes c Pushpakumara b D. Perera 42 services”, said a national cricket board statement. Sri J. Buttler st Dickwella b Sandakan 64 Lanka Cricket said a four-member panel headed by for- Moeen Ali c D. de Silva b Sandakan 22 mer Test player Asantha de Mel, 59, will choose the B. Foakes not out 36 squad to play two Tests, three one day internationals Adil Rashid c Dickwella b Pushpakumara 24 and a T20 game in New Zealand starting next month. S. Broad c K. Mendis b Pushpakumara 1 J. Leach c Dickwella b D. Perera 0 De Mel will be backed up by former players Brendon Extras (b3, lb4, w1, nb3) 11 Kuruppu, Hemantha Wickramaratne and Chaminda Total 230 (69.5 overs) 230 Mendis. Sri Lanka will be lucky to get through the Fall of Wickets 3-1 (Jennings), 20-2 (Burns), 35-3 (Bairstow), 39-4 fourth day of the Colombo Test after letting England off (Root), 128-5 (Stokes), 168-6 (Buttler), 171-7 (Moeen), 215-8 (Adil the hook to take a dominant position. Rashid), 217-9 (Broad, 230-10 (Jack Leach) Dilruwan Perera took Keaton Jennings lbw with the Bowling: Dilruwan Perera 29.5 3 88 5, Malinda Pushpakumara 12 2 first ball of the day to shake England who at one stage COLOMBO: England’s wicketkeeper Ben Foakes (R) celebrates after dismissing Sri Lanka’s Dimuth 28 3, Dhananjaya de Silva 9 1 24 0, Suranga Lakmal 3 1 7 0, Lakshan looked in trouble on 39-4 after more failures by their Karunaratne (L) during the third day of the third Test match between Sri Lanka and England at the Sinhalese Sandakan 16 1 76 2. top-order batsmen. Sports Club (SSC) international cricket stadium in Colombo yesterday. — AFP But after the scare, spinner Lakshan Sandakan made Sri Lanka 2nd innings basic blunders that set the tone for England to score D. Gunathilaka c Stokes b Moeen 6 230 and set their sights on a third straight win. The left- centrepiece of the second innings total. Buttler made took a creditable 5-88 to pass 100 wickets in home D. Karunaratne b Moeen 23 arm spinner had Ben Stokes caught at cover on 22, then 64, Stokes 42 and Ben Foakes an unbeaten 36. England Tests but their batting crumbled. D. de Silva lbw b Leach 0 at slip on 32, only for replays to show Sandakan had scored just 11 boundaries, with the lower order batsmen Moeen Ali opened the bowling for England and took K. Mendis not out 15 overstepped the bowling line on each occasion. sweeping singles and doubles to build the score. openers Danushka Gunathilaka for six and Dimuth A. Mathews c Broad b Stokes 5 Buttler said it would be “fantastic” for England to get Karunaratne for 23 on the spin paradise pitch. Jack L. Sandakan not out 1 NO BALLS PILE UP a rare whitewash triumph in an overseas series. “We Leach claimed Dhananjaya de Silva, who failed to Extras (w3) 3 have to turn up tomorrow with the same plans we have score, while Stuart Broad took a brilliant catch off Total (4 wkts, 17 overs) 53 Stokes had to be called back from his march to the had all trip: stay patient. Hopefully we’ll drive it home,” Stokes to end Angelo Mathews’ innings after nine balls To bat: R. Silva, N. Dickwella, D. Perera, S. Lakmal (capt), M. pavilion each time. He shook his head in disbelief as he Pushpakumara walked off for lunch. Jos Buttler was given out lbw on added the run-scorer, a renowned big hitter in the which produced five runs. Fall of Wickets: 15-1 (Gunathilaka), 24-2 (de Silva), 34-3 27 to part-time spinner Dhananjaya de Silva, but the Indian Premier League and other T20 tournaments now India, whose position as number one Test nation is (Karunaratne), 52-4 (Mathews) decision was overturned by a review which deemed the making his name in Tests. now at risk from England, whitewashed Sri Lanka in Bowling: Broad 4 0 11 0, Moeen Ali 7 1 16 2, Leach 3 0 12 1, Stokes 3 ball was heading over the stumps. Buttler, who has signed again for the Rajasthan their three Test tour last year. Before that only Australia 1 14 1. The pair came back to complete an 89-run fifth Royals in the IPL next year, said that Tests are now “a managed the feat in 2004. England scored 336 in their wicket stand that rescued England and became the big driver” in his career. For Sri Lanka, spinner Perera first innings and Sri Lanka 240. — AFP Finch said he was proud of the team. King Kohli “The way we fought was outstanding,” he said. “Still fair bit of work to do but we’re going in the right direction which is steers India to nice. Feeling good for the Tests.” Australia Gardner stars as were boosted by strike bowler Mitchell Starc being back for his first T20 interna- Australia crush victory in final tional in two years, replacing Jason Behrendorff. He caused opening batsmen Australia T20 Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan trouble England in but they took apart Nathan Coulter-Nile at the other end, each cracking a huge six in SYDNEY: Captain Virat Kohli smashed an plundering 29 runs off his first two overs. World T20 final unbeaten 61 to steer India to victory with Their confidence was soaring and the two balls to spare in the third and final strokes were majestic as they hammered Twenty20 against Australia yesterday, 22 off Marcus Stoinis’ opening over. Finch ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: All-rounder Ashleigh ensuring the series ended all square. brought Starc back in desperation and he Gardner starred with bat and ball as Australia cruised The prolific batsmen lived up to his delivered, trapping Dhawan lbw for a to an eight-wicket victory over England in the final of reputation, coming in when the two open- highly-entertaining 41 off 22 balls. Adam the Women’s World T20 in Antigua on Saturday. ers fell in quick succession after an enter- Zampa then bowled Sharma for 23, giving Gardner and teenage leg-spinner Georgia Wareham taining 68-run partnership to prevent them a glimmer of hope. The spin combi- combined for five wickets to restrict the English to 105 Australia earning bragging rights ahead of nation of Zampa and Glenn Maxwell all out off 19.4 overs after they had chosen to bat first SYDNEY: India’s batsman Virat Kohli celebrates his team’s victory against Australia their four Test series starting next month. stymied the runs and it was game on at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Gardner then fea- in a T20 international cricket match at the SCG in Sydney yesterday.— AFP The home team won a nail-biting and when KL Rahul fell and Rishabh Pant tured in an unbroken third-wicket partnership of 62 rain-affected first match in Brisbane by went first ball, leaving India needing 56 with her captain Meg Lanning as the Aussies reached four runs, with the second in Melbourne off 36 deliveries. But Kohli was unstop- the other end, Short also looked in good He too reviewed but lost and his innings the target with almost five overs to spare to lift their abandoned due to persistent showers. “I pable, hitting two sixes and four fours as nick and they ran well between the wicket was over. fourth World T20 crown. thought overall skill-wise we were better he guided his side home alongside Dinesh to build a 50 partnership. Finch was given In came Ben McDermott and he tried to Given her significant contributions in both innings today,” said Kohli. “When out openers get Karthik (not out 22). a second life on 23 when Sharma dropped sweep Pandya on his first ball and was out the 21-year-old was the obvious choice as “Player of into the zone they are difficult to stop. an easy catch, but he didn’t last much lbw for a golden duck, leaving Australia in the Match.” The “Player of the Series” honour was also There were a few nervous moments in IN TROUBLE longer, getting a top edge to Pandya off trouble, losing three wickets for five runs a predictable selection with opener and wicketkeeper between, but (for me) it’s always easy when Australia’s inconsistent batting has Kuldeep Yadav and he was gone for 28 off to be 73-3.
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