WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 SPORTS Mumbai boy’s 1,000 runs in innings smash 117-year record MUMBAI: A Mumbai schoolboy made been bowled out earlier for just 31, ment sent Twitter into a frenzy. His history yesterday when he became the according to the Press Trust of India. name trended in India, with excited but first batsman in any class of cricket to Dhanawade’s innings lasted 395 minutes also nervous cricket fans posting regular score 1,000 runs in a single innings, with and occurred during the Bhandari Cup score updates as he neared the 1,000 Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar leading school tournament, which is officially mark. the plaudits. recognised by the Mumbai Cricket Ayaz Memon, a cricket expert, said it Fifteen-year-old Pranav Dhanawade Association. would be a phenomenal feat for a crick- smashed his way to 1,009 not out off 323 The teenager, who also plays as wick- eter to score four digits at any level of balls as he obliterated a 117-year-old et-keeper, surpassed Collins’ score on the game. record for the highest number of runs Monday, finishing the day on 652, before “It’s just incredible. Scoring 1,000 runs scored in one innings. crossing the 1,000 mark after lunch yes- in less than two days at this speed is a Dhanawade, the son of an auto-rick- terday. great achievement,” Memon told AFP. shaw driver, soared past Arthur Collins’ “I have always been a big-hitter. But translating this accomplishment previous record total of 628 in England When I started I never thought about from club to international level will be a in 1899, during an inter-school tourna- breaking the record,” Dhanawade told big challenge for the teenager, he said. ment in the western Indian city. the Hindustan Times after his opening- The omens are good, however- “Congrats #PranavDhanawade on day knock. Tendulkar, Dhanawade’s batting hero, being the first ever to score 1,000 runs in “The focus was never that. I just first burst onto the scene in 1988 aged an innings. Well done and work hard. played my natural game, which is to 14 when he scored 326 not out in a You need to scale new peaks!” Indian attack from the word go. Mumbai school match. batting great Tendulkar posted on “After reaching 300, my coach Harish He went on to become the highest Twitter. Sharma told me to play on. I did not scorer in the history of Test cricket as MUMBAI: Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old opening batsman, who scored 1009 Dhanawade’s epic knock included know of the world record, but we had well as the first player to score 100 inter- not out in a tournament recognized by the Mumbai Cricket Association shows a 129 fours and 59 sixes and came at a the Indian record in mind,” he added, national centuries. thumbs up gesture as he poses near the score board in Mumbai, India, yester- phenomenal strike rate of 312.38. It end- referring to the previous highest nation- “...(The) numbers are just unbeliev- day. The Mumbai teenager has become the first batsman to score 1000 runs in ed when his KC Gandhi High School al individual total of 546. able. Another @sachin_rt in the mak- an officially recognized innings. — AP team declared on 1,465 at the ground at ing?” tweeted Indian international spin Thane in northern Mumbai. ‘ANOTHER TENDULKAR?’ bowler Harbhajan Singh yesterday . India, was aged just 13 when he entered College in Bristol, where a plaque hon- Their opponents, Arya Gurukul, had Dhanawade’s monumental achieve- Collins, who himself was born in the record books for his score at Clifton ours his exploits. —AFP NZ seal series win over S Lanka MOUNT MAUNGANUI: New Zealand the day Guptill capped a remarkable sealed the one-day series against Sri home season with his 10th ODI century, Lanka yesterday with Martin Guptill’s reaching 102 in 109 deliveries to go with century spearheading a 36-run victory in his 79, 93 not out, 30 and 27 earlier in the fifth and final one-dayer at Mount the series. Maunganui. When Mathews won the toss and put Matt Henry’s five-wicket bag helped New Zealand into bat he had an imme- ensure the hosts took a 3-1 series win to diate result with Tom Latham out in the go with their 2-0 Test domination last first over without scoring. But Guptill month. New Zealand posted 294 for 5 and Kane Williamson then established batting first at the popular beachside New Zealand’s dominance with 122 for resort venue with Guptill making 102, the second wicket. before Sri Lanka were all out for 258 with Any loose ball was despatched 17 balls remaining. towards the boundary with a Guptill four Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews, bringing up their century partnership in with a brave knock of 95, had set the 115 balls. But a lapse in timing by scene for a cliff-hanger finish when he Williamson on 61 led to his undoing led his side to 223 for 5 before the tail when he gloved an attempt to sweep a folded in six overs for the addition of leg-side delivery from Tillakaratne only 35 runs. The last three wickets fell Dilshan and wicketkeeper Dinesh for six runs in the space of 10 deliveries. Chandimal snared the catch. Ross Taylor Along with Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal put on 81 for the third wicket with and Milinda Siriwardana played their Guptill who was caught by Thisara part in keeping Sri Lanka in with a Perera off Nuwan Kulasekara. chance for most of the their innings. Taylor brought up his half-century with Mathews and Chandimal produced a 93- a six to mid-wicket before also falling to run stand for the fourth wicket before Kulasekara. Sri Lanka in reply were on the Trent Boult, making his first appearance back foot in the third over when Dilshan, in the series, dismissed Chandimal for marking his 300th ODI, was removed by 50. Boult for five. Henry bowled Lahiru CAPE TOWN: South African batsman Temba Bavuma plays a shot during day 4 of the second Test match between England and South Africa at After Thisara Perera (15) made a brief Thirimanne for two and had Danushka the Newlands stadium yesterday in Cape Town, South Africa.—AFP appearance at the crease Siriwardana Gunathilaka caught for 15 as Sri Lanka and Mathews cracked 62 off 40 to have slumped to 33 for 3 after nine overs Sri Lanka at 223 for 5 with nine overs before Mathews put some respectability and five wickets to get the remaining 72 into their innings. Henry, who was only runs. required by New Zealand for three of the Amla, Bavuma bat But when Siriwardana fell to Mitchell five matches, finished with five for 50 to Santner for 39, New Zealand rammed give him 13 wickets in the series, while home their advantage. At the start of Boult took three for 43. —AFP SCOREBOARD S Africa to safety MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand: Completed scoreboard in the fifth and final ODI between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Mount Maunganui yesterday: CAPE TOWN: Hashim Amla hit a double century and Temba Bavuma made a maiden hundred as SCOREBOARD New Zealand L. Thirimanne b Henry 2 South Africa batted their way to safety on the M. Guptill c Perera b Kulasekara 102 D. Chandimal c Williamson b Boult 50 fourth day of the second Test against England at CAPE TOWN: Scores at close of play on the fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and England T. Latham c Chandimal b Pradeep 0 A. Mathews c Nicholls b Henry 95 Newlands yesterday. at Newlands yesterday: K. Williamson c Chandimal b Dilshan 61 T. Perera c Taylor b Milne 15 South Africa made 627 for seven before R. Taylor c Siriwardana b Kulasekara 61 M. Siriwardana c Nicholls b Santner 39 declaring two runs short of England’s first- England, first innings, 629-6 dec Kock), 7-616 (Morris) H. Nicholls c Dilshan b Kulasekara 2 C. Kapugedera c Milne b Henry 10 innings total of 629 for six declared. England South Africa, first innings (overnight 353-3) Bowling: Anderson 35-12-77-1, Broad 34-8-94-2 (2w), L. Ronchi not out 37 N. Kulasekara c Santner b Boult 15 D. Elgar c Compton b Stokes 44 Ali 52-14-155-0, Finn 39-5-132-2 (2w), Root 20-4-54-0 M. Santner not out 21 D. Chameera c Nicholls b Henry 0 openers Alastair Cook and Alex Hales negotiated a tricky six overs, reaching 16 for no wicket at S. van Zyl run out (Compton) 4 (3w), Stokes 28-4-100-1 (4w), Hales 3-1-2-0. Extras (lb5, w5) 10 N. Pradeep not out 0 H. Amla b Broad 201 Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 294 Extras (lb1, w11) 12 the close. They will go into the last day with an Did not bat: D. Piedt, M. Morkel A. de Villiers c Anderson b Finn 88 Did not bat: I. Sodhi, A. Milne, M. Henry, T. Boult Total (10 wickets; 47.1 overs) 258 overall lead of 18 runs. F. du Plessis c Stokes b Anderson 86 Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Latham), 2-125 (Williamson), 3- Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Dilshan), 2-15 (Thirimanne), Amla made 201 and Bavuma 102 not out in a England, second innings T. Bavuma not out 102 206 (Guptill), 4-215 3-33 (Gunathilaka), South African innings which lasted for 211 overs A.