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P17 Layout 1 MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015 SPORTS WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s captain Brendon McCullum loses control of his bat during the first one day international cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch. — AFP McCullum blitz sets up New Zealand victory CHRISTCHURCH: A cracking half-century by paced. It wasn’t coming on to the bat really by Kumar Sangakkara to trigger a mini New Brendon McCullum set New Zealand up for a well so we had to work really hard,” he said. Zealand collapse. Three wickets fell for 13 runs SCOREBOARD comfortable three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in “The batters had to hang in there and try in 27 balls as Kane Williamson (15) and Grant their first one-day international in and rotate the strike but we kept losing wick- Elliot (one) followed McCullum back to the Christchurch yesterday. ets.” Sri Lanka, electing to bat first, posted 218- pavilion. Williamson was snared by a remark- CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Completed scoreboard in the first one-day international between After McCullum’s 51 in 19 balls had provid- 9 on the back of Jayawardene’s 104 in 107 able catch at first slip by a diving Jayawardene New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday: ed his side a comfortable target well under balls. It was the 18th ODI century for the 37- who juggled the ball twice in his left hand Sri Lanka (1w), N. McCullum 10-1-38-1 four an over as they chased 219, Corey year-old, the fifth highest run-scorer in the his- before securing the wicket. D. Karunaratne lbw Milne 5 New Zealand Anderson stepped up with 81 to ensure the tory of the shortened game, who was rarely in Tom Latham was stumped on 15 and New T. Dilshan st Ronchi b N. McCullum 19 M. Guptill c Dilshan b Kulasekara 0 job was done. trouble by the New Zealand attack until Zealand were 101-5 before Anderson and K. Sangakkara c Williamson b Milne 4 B. McCullum st Sangakkara b Senanayake 51 When Anderson was dismissed New caught in a wicket meltdown late in the late Ronchi put the innings back on course with 48 M. Jayawardene c Anderson b McClenaghan 104 K. Williamson c Jayawardene b Senanayake 15 Zealand required a further 10 runs which they innings. Although Jayawardene received little for the sixth wicket, and Anderson with A. Mathews run out (B. McCullum/Ronchi) 15 T. Latham st Sangakkara b Dilshan 15 achieved with seven overs remaining. “I support in the middle, Sri Lanka had reason to Nathan McCullum then added 60 in their sev- L. Thirimanne c Williamson b McClenaghan 23 G. Elliott b Kulasekara 1 thought Corey under pressure really stepped believe their modest target was defendable enth wicket stand. Tillakaratne Dilshan, who J. Mendis c B. McCullum b McClenaghan 23 C. Anderson lbw Dilshan 81 up nicely and got the job done,” New Zealand when they removed Martin Guptill on the had Anderson leg before wicket, finished with T. Perera c Ronchi b McClenaghan 0 L. Ronchi c Mathews b Eranga 17 skipper McCullum said, adding Anderson’s third ball of New Zealand’s reply. But for two for 28 while Senanayake and Nuwan N. Kulasekara not out 6 N. McCullum not out 25 catch to remove Sri Lankan centurion Mahela McCullum that was a signal to open up as he Kulasekara both took two for 43. Apart from S. Senanayake c Ronchi b Anderson 7 A. Milne not out 7 Jayawardene was also crucial. blazed away to bring up his 50 in just 19 deliv- Jayawardene there was little resistance in the S. Eranga not out 5 Extras (lb5, w2, ) 7 “That dismissal of Mahela when he was eries with six fours and three sixes. Sri Lankan innings with Lahiru Thirimanne and Extras (w7) 7 Total (seven wickets; 43 overs) 219 looking to pull the trigger at that stage, to get It was the seventh fastest half century of all Jeevan Mendis, both 23, the only other players Total (nine wickets, 50 overs) 218 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Guptill), 2-63 (B. McCullum), 3- him with a very good outfield catch from time, and only two behind the record held by to get past 20. Mitchell McClenaghan, who Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Karunaratne), 2-16 76 (Williamson), 4-77 (Elliott) 5-101 (Latham), 6- Corey allowed us to get some momentum.” Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya, who took 17 dismissed Jayawardene in a spell of three (Sangakkara), 3-51 (Dilshan), 4-82 (Mathews), 5- 149 (Ronchi), 7-209 (Anderson) Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews believed balls to reach 50 against Pakistan in 1996. wickets in four balls late in Sri Lanka’s innings, 155 (Thirimanne), 6-200 (Mendis), 7-200 Bowling: Kulasekara 10-1-43-2 (1w), Eranga 6-0- the target they set New Zealand was 30-40 McCullum had no sooner reached his 50 finished with four for 36. The second game in (Jayawardene), 8-200 (Perera), 9-213 (Senanayake) 49-1 (1w), Senanayake 10-0-43-2, Mathews 2-0- runs short of what was required. “It wasn’t the than his rollicking innings was over, beaten in the seven-match series is in Hamilton next Bowling: Boult 10-1-46-0 (4w), Milne 10-1-37-2, 17-0, Dilshan 7-0-28-2, Perera 7-0-29-0, Mendis 1- easiest wicket to bat on. It was a little bit two- the air by Sachithra Senanayake and stumped Thursday. — AFP McClenaghan 10-1-36-4 (2w), Anderson 10-0-61-1 0-5-0 Clarke in fitness race Gayle leads Windies to world record triumph JOHANNESBURG: Chris Gayle blasted 90 off 41 balls SYDNEY: Selectors named Michael Faulkner, while the versatile Glenn as the West Indies achieved a world record run chase Clarke yesterday as captain of Maxwell gets his chance. in the second Twenty20 international yesterday to Australia’s squad for next month’s Xavier Doherty was picked as the beat South Africa by four wickets. World Cup, with a fitness contingency sole recognised spinner, with Maxwell South Africa captain Faf du Plessis hit a 46-ball cen- should he not be able to play following expected to provide the side’s spin in tury in his team’s total of 231 for seven-their second recent hamstring surgery. Clarke, who most games. Mitchell Johnson, Pat highest total in the shortest form of the game. But it missed the final three Tests against Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh was overhauled with four balls to spare on a record- India following the surgery, has been Hazlewood form Australia’s pace attack, breaking day at the Wanderers with West Indies cap- given until February 21 to prove his fit- while Brad Haddin will keep wickets. tain Darren Sammy finishing the match with a six to ness for the one-day tournament. Johnson, who missed the final Test take his team to 236 for six. Man of the match Gayle was again the star for the “Captain Michael Clarke will lead our in Sydney with hamstring soreness, will West Indies as he shared a second wicket stand of 152 World Cup campaign should he recover be rested from the early stages of this off 75 balls with Marlon Samuels, who made 60. from his injury,” chief selector Rod month’s tri-series against India and “Cricket was the winner today,” said Sammy. “We were Marsh said. “He is one of the world’s England. dominated in the Tests but we have different energy best batsmen and we want to give him David Warner and Aaron Finch will in this series.” It was astonishing batting by both teams every chance to prove his fitness for a open the batting for Australia, with in ideal conditions on a field where the world record tournament as important as this one. batsmen Steve Smith, in the form of his 50-overs run chase was achieved by South Africa “(By February 21) we want to be life after scoring 769 runs in the four- when they scored 438 for nine against Australia in 2005/06. The previous T20 record chase was 211 for completely and utterly settled. What Test series against India, and Bailey JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s captain Faf du Plessis (right) plays a shot as West Indies’s wicket- we don’t want is talk about people’s fit- rounding out the squad. four by India against Sri Lanka in Mohali in 2009/10. keeper Denesh Ramdin watches during their 2nd T20 cricket match at the Wanderers stadium. —AP Du Plessis said his South African record score of 119 ness. “We had to draw the line some- “Mitchell (Marsh) is progressing well off 56 balls was “bittersweet”. where, we just couldn’t keep it hanging with his rehab and we expect him to be He added: “I said at half-time that this game is very on and on and on.” A standby player for available at some stage during the tri- SCOREBOARD far from finished. Nothing is out of reach. Chris played Clarke has not been named however series with the aim to have him well so well up front, it is very hard to contain him.” The Marsh said that if he became unavail- prepared for the World Cup,” chief tempo of the match was set when Du Plessis and JOHANNESBURG: Scoreboard in the second Twenty20 international between South Africa and able, George Bailey would captain the selector Marsh said. “These players David Miller (47) put on 103 off 49 balls for South the West Indies at the Wanderers on Sunday: side in his absence.
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