Friday 43 Sports Friday, November 2, 2018 West Indies demolished as Jadeja spins India to series-clinching win

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India: Ravindra Bhuvneshwar Kumar to get two West Indies Jadeja starred in India’s nine- series batsmen in the first two overs. Bumrah bowled clinching win over West Indies after the tourists for zero. Marlon Samuels tried to were skittled out for just 104 in the fifth one-day steady the innings with counter-attacking international yesterday. West Indies won the boundaries but he fell to Jadeja’s spin for 24. toss and elected to bat in Thiruvananthapuram Jadeja also trapped big-hitter but collapsed, surviving just 31.5 of their 50 lbw for nine to rattle the West Indies middle- overs under overcast skies to register their low- order. est ODI total against India. Jadeja claimed four Skipper top-scored with 25 to with his left-arm spin as India romped raise hopes of a West Indies fightback but the to their target in 14.5 overs to take the five- rest of the folded. Young paceman match series 3-1. The second game was a tie. It Khaleel Ahmed also made his presence felt for is India’s sixth successive ODI series win on India, with two key strikes including the wicket home soil. of Holder. Jadeja, who was named man of the Opener , who smashed 63, and match, polished off the West Indies’ tail and skipper , who made 33, put on an un- India did not need the customary break after beaten 99-run stand as the hosts raced to their end of the first innings to get past their target. target before the sun had set in the day-night Kohli was the man of the series for his 453 runs game. “It was a clinical performance. Credit has in five matches including three centuries and a to go to the bowling unit, pitching the ball in the highest score of 157 . right place,” Kohli said after the win. “We The prolific run-getter became the quickest wanted to bowl first anyway and we got lucky. to 10,000 ODI runs in his 205th innings in We were surprised West Indies batted,” he Visakhapatnam ODI that ended in a tie last added. week. “To get runs as always gives me Fast bowler bowled opener confidence. It won’t happen all the time, but for six but the wicket proved when I’m going, I want to keep going longer,” just a hiccup in India’s march towards an easy said Kohli. “I don’t play for awards, just to impact win. Jadeja set up the convincing victory after the series and help the team win.” The two sides THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: West Indies bowler Oshane Thomas (R) reacts after missing a wicket returning figures of 4-34 from his 9.5 overs. now head to Kolkata for the first of three during the fifth (ODI) match between India and West Indies at Jasprit Bumrah combined with pace spearhead internationals on Nov 4. — AFP the Greenfield International Stadium. — AFP

fully India and Pakistan will start a dialogue,” En- Imran Khan urged gineer, a brilliant wicket-keeper, told the inaugu- SCOREBOARD ral Ranji Memorial Public Conversation on Cricket in London this week. “They should be Scoreboard of the fifth and final one-day international between India and West Indies in Thiru- to restore India playing against each other because vananthapuram yesterday: it will do Pakistan cricket, their economy, a world Test links of good. But you hear about border skirmishes West Indies Bowling: Kumar 4-1-11-1 (w1), Bumrah 6-1-11- and this and that. They’ve got to have dialogue.” K. Powell c Dhoni b Kumar 0 2 (w1), Ahmed 7-1-29-2 (w3), Jadeja 9.5-1- Unfortunately, the Indian government con- R. Powell c Dhawan b Ahmed 16 34-4 (w1), Yadhav 5-1-18-1 (w1). LONDON: India great Farokh Engineer has trols the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in S. Hope b Bumrah 0 called on former Pakistan captain turned Prime India) or they (the BCCI) have been using that as M. Samuels c Kohli b Jadeja 24 India (target 105) Minister Imran Khan to use his political clout to an excuse. As a cricketer, I would love India to S. Hetmyer lbw b Jadeja 9 R. Sharma not out 63 help restore Test match links between the border play Pakistan or vice versa. But it is a question of J. Holder c Jadhav b Ahmed 25 S. Dhawan b Thomas 6 rivals. Despite wild enthusiasm about cricket in convincing the political leaders. Basically we are F. Allen c Jadhav b Bumrah 4 V. Kohli not out 33 both nations, the two have not met in a five-day the same people. Both countries have extremely K. Paul c Rayudu b Yadav 5 Extras (lb1, nb1, w1) 3 Test match since they played out a draw in Ban- D. Bishoo not out 8 Total (1 wicket, 14.5 overs) 105 galore in 2007. Bilateral cricket ties between talented cricketers and I, for one, would love to see that happen but unfortunately the brakes are K. Roach c Jadhav b Jadeja 5 Did not bat: A. Rayudu, MS Dhoni (wk), K. India and Pakistan have been frozen amid polit- O. Thomas lbw b Jadeja 0 Jadhav, R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, K. Yadav, J. Bum- ical tensions and they only play each other in on,” Engineer lamented. Pakistan’s position has been complicated by the fact that since a 2009 Extras (lb1, w7) 8 rah, K. Ahmed multi-nation events such as the World Cup. Total (all out, 31.5 overs) 104 Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Dhawan) Imran Khan, one of the outstanding all-round attack by armed militants on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore, most major cricket nations have Fall of wickets: 1-1 (K. Powell), 2-2 (Hope), 3- Bowling: Roach 5-2-13-0, Thomas 4-0-33-1 cricketers of his generation, became Prime Min- 36 (Samuels), 4-53 (Hetmyer), 5-57 (R. Pow- (w1, nb1), Paul 2-0-22-0, Holder 1-0-15-0, ister earlier this year and Engineer believes he refused to tour on security grounds, with Pak- istan forced to play the bulk of their ‘home’ ell), 6-66 (Allen), 7-87 (Holder), 8-94 (Yadav), Bishoo 1.5-0-16-0, Allen 1-0-5-0. now has the authority to break the impasse. 9-103 (Roach), 10-104 (Thomas). Result: India won by nine wickets. “Imran Khan, he is the prime minister now. Hope- matches in the United Arab Emirates. — AFP

and long bans for three players. The former Rio the Australian public, as a “hiccup”. “Cricket “arrogant” and “controlling” culture within the Cricket Australia Tinto mining executive was only voted in for a Australia has today confirmed that Mr. David governing body contributed to players, who new three-year term last week, days before a Peever has announced his resignation as chair- existed in a “gilded bubble”, cheating in the scathing independent review sparked by the man of the board of Cricket Australia, effective pursuit of victory. The document also included chief quits after cheating row slammed the governing body. immediately,” the governing body said in a state- complaints that there was a bullying culture in Calls have been mounting for Peever to go after ment. His deputy Earl Eddings was appointed as elite men’s cricket. tampering outcry it emerged that the CA-commissioned report interim chairman and said: “We have a way to go It made 42 recommendations, including es- was not provided to the country’s state associ- to earn back the trust of the cricket community.” tablishing an anti-harassment code to stop ations before he was re-elected. The review by the Sydney-based Ethics sledging and training to improve team leaders’ SYDNEY: Cricket Australia chairman David He was also widely criticized after an inter- Centre blasted CA’s conduct leading up to the “moral courage”. Peever had until now kept his Peever quit yesterday after coming under in- view with broadcaster ABC this week in which tampering incident in March, when players job despite the exit of CA chief executive James tense pressure over a ball-tampering scandal he referred to the ball-tampering affair, which were caught using sandpaper to alter the ball Sutherland, coach Darren Lehmann and team which has triggered an exodus of senior figures rattled the sport and caused an outcry among at a Test match in Cape Town. It found that an performance boss Pat Howard. — AFP