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Shinwari destroys Lankans with five- burst

SHARJAH: Fast bowler Usman Shinwari dominated Sri Lanka’s top order with 5-34 as Pakistan whitewashed the tourists 5-0 for another convincing nine-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international yes- terday. Shinwari claimed all his in a 21-ball spell to dismiss Sri Lanka for 103 in only 26.2 overs. (48) and Imam-ul-Haq (45 no) then eased to 105-1 in 20.2 overs to cap Pakistan’s string in the ODIs in 2017 that began in June when it won the Champions Trophy. Sri Lanka’s poor run in limited-overs continued this year under Upul Tharanga. South Africa and India had earlier routed Sri Lanka 5-0 and the coun- try has now lost 12 ODIs in a row. Shinwari, playing in only his second ODI, claimed four of his wickets in his first two overs before adding one more to make Sri Lanka 20-5. “It wasn’t easy, but the environment of the team is as such that it gives you a lot of confi- dence,” said Shinwari, who made his ODI debut on Friday in the fourth game of the series. “It was my sec- ond game and I thought hard about it.” The last wicket pair of Dushmantha Chameera (11) and Vishwa Fernando (7) took Sri Lanka beyond the 100-run mark before No.1-ranked fast bowler finished off with 2-19 by clean Chameera. “The way Shinwari bowled, I guess it’s not seen quite a lot in cricket that you dismiss half the side within your first three overs,” Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said. “The good thing is that (our) bench strength is getting stronger and stronger and more good players are coming.” Shinwari was on a hat trick in the first when he had Sadeera Samarawickrama clean bowled for his second straight nought of the series and then lured SHARJAH: Imam UI Haq of Pakistan plays a shot during the fifth (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in to drive but only got a big outside Sharjah. — AFP edge. Tharanga, who won the toss and opted to bat first, drove the hat-trick ball to cover boundary before run-chase with an opening stand of 84 runs off 100 Shinwari had the skipper bowled off a that balls before Jeffery Vandersay got the consolation SCOREBOARD nipped back sharply into the left-hander. Niroshan wicket by having Zaman caught behind. Zaman hit Dickwella was the third man to get dismissed for seven fours. SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Scoreboard of the fifth and final day-night international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka played at Sharjah nought when Shinwari had Imam raised the victory yesterday: him lbw off another sharp by cutting Vandersay to the Sri Lanka Bowling: Shinwari 7-0-34-5 (5w), Ashraf 4-0-12-0 (1w), Wasim 4- incoming delivery. Milinda boundary as Pakistan made U. Tharanga b Shinwari 8 1-12-0 (2w), Hasan 5.2-0-19-2, Shadab 5-1-24-2, Hafeez 1-0-1-0. Siriwardana capped Sri a remarkable turnaround of S. Samarawickrama b Shinwari 0 Lanka’s top order batting Half the side form with a 5-0 victory D. Chandimal c Ahmed b Shinwari 0 Pakistan woes in the series when he after losing the test series 2- L. Thirimanne c Ahmed b Hasan 19 Imam-ul-Haq 45 played another lose drive to dismiss in first 0. “We are not playing to N. Dickwella lbw b Shinwari 0 Fakhar Zaman c Dickwella b Vandersay 48 get caught at covers. Ali our strengths, to our capa- M. Siriwardana c Zaman b Shinwai 6 not out 5 S. Prasanna run out 16 then reduced Sri Lanka to three overs bility,” Tharanga said. “We Extras: (lb2, w5) 7 T. Perera c Ashraf b Shadab 25 49-6 when Lahiru are making same mistakes Total: (for one wkt; 20.2 overs) 105 Thirimanne (19) was caught J. Vandersay lbw b Shadab 2 again and again, (but) we D. Chameera b Hasan 11 Did not bat: , , , Sarfraz behind and Seekkuge can do much better than V. Fernando not out 7 Ahmed, , Faheem Ashraf, , Hasan Ali, Prasanna was run out. this, hopefully we will learn Extras: (lb 1, w 8) 9 Usman Shinwari (25) was one of the four batsmen to from our mistakes and comeback strongly.” Total: (all out, 26.2 overs) 103 Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Zaman). cross the double-figure mark, hitting a six and three The teams will now play a three-match Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Samarawickrama), 2-1 (Chandimal), 3-8 Bowling: Chameera 4-1-13-0, Fernando 4-1-21-0, Vandersay 6.2-0- fours, before falling to legspinner Shadab Khan, who series, starting from Thursday with the final T20 (Tharanga), 4-8 (Dickwella), 5-20 (Siriwardana), 6-49 (Thirimanne), 30-1 (5w), Perera 2-0-18-0, Prasanna 4-0-21-0. finished with 2-24. Imam and Zaman then hurried the scheduled to be played at Lahore on Sunday.— AP 7-63 (Prasanna), 8-85 (Perera), 9-85 (Vandersay) Result: Pakistan win by nine wickets, take series 5-0.

The squad for the third and final Test will be named later, with Indian media reporting that Kohli could be India recall rested for the game and the subsequent limited-overs series before India embark on a gruelling tour of South Chase stars as West Africa. India and South Africa are scheduled to play Vijay for three Tests, six ODIs and three T20s from early January to late February. The first India-Sri Lanka Test takes Indies dominate S Lanka Tests place in Kolkata from November 16-20. The sides trav- el to Nagpur for the second match, which starts on Zimbabwe November 24. The final Test will be played in Delhi MUMBAI: Selectors recalled experienced opener between December 2-6. Murali Vijay to India’s Test squad yesterday for the first Squad: (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Murali BULAWAYO: Roston Chase and Kraigg Brathwaite two matches of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka Vijay, , , Ajinkya led the way with the bat as the West Indies strength- which starts next month. The right-hander has recov- Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman ened their grip on the first Test against Zimbabwe at ered from a wrist injury that forced him to miss India’s Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep yesterday. After Brathwaite made recent tour of its island neighbour, when Virat Kohli’s Yadav, Hardik Pandya, , Umesh 86 at the top of the innings, Chase scored an unbeaten Murali Vijay 91 to take the West Indies to 369 for eight at stumps side crushed the Sri Lankans 3-0. Yadav, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma. on the third day. The tourists now hold an overall lead Left-handed Abhinav Mukund makes way for the Meanwhile, India named uncapped rising stars of 429, meaning Zimbabwe will face a world-record 33-year-old Vijay in what is the only change to India’s Mohammed Siraj and Shreyas Iyer in their Twenty20 match on Sunday, successfully chasing down 281 thanks chase in the fourth innings. Test squad from the one fielded against Sri Lanka. Ace squad for the three-match series against New Zealand to an unbeaten Tom Latham century and 95 from Ross The two batsmen took very different approaches to spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are starting next month. The 23-year-old Siraj, a pace Taylor. A Virat Kohli ton had fired India to 280-8 but their innings, with Brathwaite’s patience paying off in joined by India’s new spin king, 22-year-old Kuldeep bowler for (IPL) side Sunrisers New Zealand won the match by six wickets and with six the morning session as the West Indies added just 67 Yadav, who has impressed since taking four wickets in , was called up after a string of impressive balls to spare, finishing on 284-4. The first T20 takes runs for the loss of Kyle Hope for 43. With the heat his Test debut against Australia in Dharamsala in March. performances for India A. place in Delhi on November 1. The teams will then line and general frustration taking its toll on the Ashwin and Jadeja have been rested from India’s limit- Iyer is a 22-year-old right-handed batsman who up in Rajkot on November 4 followed by the final match Zimbabwean bowlers, Chase was able to cash in later ed-overs side after selectors decided to give younger plays first class cricket for Mumbai. He has turned out in Thiruvananthapuram on November 7. Veteran bowler in the day. “I thought Kraigg played a really good bowlers a chance in the run-up to the 2019 World Cup. for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. The T20 series fol- , who is due to retire after the first match, innings,” said Chase. “He wore down the bowlers for Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and lows a three-match ODI contest between the sides. will drop out of the squad for the remaining fixtures, the other batsmen so that when we got out there they Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will lead the hosts’ speed attack. New Zealand stunned the hosts in the first 50-overs selectors said in a statement. — Agencies weren’t as fresh, which didn’t allow them to be as con- sistent as they wanted to be.” Zimbabwe did enjoy a brief period of success in the hour before tea, when classed in her debut WTA Finals match. the West Indies fell from 174 for two to 244 for six. In a match-up of contrasting styles Brathwaite’s innings was ended when he was trapped Halep crushes and sizes-with the 1.77m (5ft 10ins) lbw by off-spinner Sikandar Raza, before Kyle Jarvis Frenchwoman holding a 9cm height used the second new ball to dismiss Shai Hope for 44. advantage-Garcia attempted to dictate Left-arm spinner Sean Williams also enjoyed suc- Garcia at cess with the harder ball, as he had Jermaine through her powerful groundstrokes. Blackwood and Shane Dowrich caught at slip. WTA Finals Garcia also mixed up her game with an However, captain Jason Holder counter-attacked with array of deft drop shots and volleying to a run-a-ball 24, and Chase continued to score briskly. have Halep on the back foot early on. “My plan was to be aggressive towards the SINGAPORE: World number one But Halep’s famed defensive prowess and bowlers, to get the field changed around a bit and get Simona Halep delivered an ominous precision hitting soon told and she broke some of the catchers from nearby away from the bat, warning to her rivals at the WTA Finals to love in the fifth game. Even though to make it easier for me to play my natural game,” said with a crushing, straight-sets victory she was subsequently broken back, Chase. When Holder was dismissed by Graeme over the in-form Caroline Garcia yester- Halep gained in confidence and eventu- Cremer shortly after tea, Zimbabwe’s hot day in the day. In her opening round robin match ally claimed the decisive break in the field looked to be nearing an end, before Devendra at the eight-player season finale, Halep ninth game when a rattled Garcia dou- Bishoo hit a feisty 44 in an 82-run stand for the eighth halted Garcia’s 11-match winning streak ble-faulted. Halep clinched the opening wicket with Chase. The partnership was terminated on with a 6-4, 6-2 masterclass in 88 minutes set through a superb backhand winner the stroke of stumps when Cremer had Bishoo caught at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. down the line. She continued to press on the boundary to record his seventh wicket of the It was sweet revenge for the recently home the advantage with an early break match, but Zimbabwe still face a long battle to save the game. “Everyone knows it’s going to be tough, but crowned world number one from in the second set and thwarted Garcia’s bid for a bold comeback. you can’t go out there and be negative and hand the Romania, who lost to France’s Garcia in game over,” said fast bowler Jarvis, who is playing his Down three break points in the fourth this month’s China Open final in Beijing. first Test since April 2013. Garcia, the world number eight, had game, Halep brilliantly reeled off five “If they bat for another session, we have to bat out secured the last spot for Singapore after straight points to restore her initiative SINGAPORE: Simona Halep of Romania hits a return against Caroline Garcia of five sessions. I think the best case is that we could get winning back-to-back titles in Wuhan and she breezed through the second set a draw out of this game.” — AFP and Beijing, but she was thoroughly out- in 38 minutes. — AFP France during the WTA Finals tennis tournament in Singapore yesterday. — AFP