WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY 2019 SPORT 05 It’s something that I clearly Serena Williams on her bid to FOOTBALL want but I have to be able to FOOTBALL claim a record-equalling 24th get there and beat a lot of EFL Cup semi-final: Asian Cup, Grand Slam by winning the good players to get it. Manchester City vs Group E: Qatar vs Lebanon upcoming Australian Open. ACTION Group F: Uzbekistan vs Oman Burton Albion TODAY’S NBA RESULTS Dallas 97, LA Lakers 107 IPL 2019 to Boston 116, Brooklyn 95 NZ sweep Sri Lanka series be held in Houston 125, Denver 113 Milwaukee 114, Utah 102 India despite New Orleans 114, Memphis 95 Detroit 107, San Antonio 119 after Taylor, Nicholls tons election clash Portland 111, New York 101 Sacramento 111, Orlando 95 AFP NELSON, NEW ZEALAND AFP NEW DELHI Veteran Ross Taylor and rising Popovich ties star Henry Nicholls both The Indian Premier smashed centuries as New League will be held in for third on Zealand thrashed Sri Lanka by India, the cricket board 115 runs in the third One Day said yesterday, quelling victories list International in Nelson speculation that the yesterday to complete a 3-0 Twenty20 extravaganza REUTERS series whitewash. could be held elsewhere DETROIT Taylor top-scored with 137, owing to a clash with a and Nicholls was unbeaten on general election. DeMar DeRozan had 26 124 off just 80 balls, lifting the The money-spinning points, nine assists and seven hosts to 364 for four after they contest that lasts 2 rebounds and Gregg Popovich lost the toss and were sent in to months would be held continued his climb up the bat. from March 23 with a NBA’s career wins list as the It was a record ODI score at detailed schedule yet to visiting San Antonio Spurs Nelson’s Saxton Oval, where the be announced, the Board defeated the Detroit Pistons average is just 275, and Sri Lanka of Control for Cricket in 119-107 on Monday. never looked like reaching the India (BCCI) said. Popovich earned the mammoth total. The announcement 1,221st victory of his career, They were all out for 249 in comes amid widespread tying him with Jerry Sloan for the 42nd over, throwing away New Zealand’s players pose for a photo after winning the reports that the IPL could third on the NBA’s all-time list their final four wickets without ODI series against Sri Lanka in Nelson, yesterday. be moved out of the among coaches. The 23rd- scoring a run as the series ended country due to security year Spurs coach trails only with a whimper. two but combined with skipper space of two balls. Worse was to and Nuwan Pradeep to all depart concerns as India is to Don Nelson (1,335) and Lenny Thisara Perera, who scored Kane Williamson for a 116-run come after Perera fell to a spec- without furthering the score. hold general elections by Wilkens (1,332). a blistering 140 in the second partnership to steady the tacular one-handed catch from Sri Lanka, who lost a two- May. San Antonio dominated ODI, was again the tourists’ innings. Guptill, triggering a tail-end Test series against New Zealand “Based on prelim- the last three quarters after standout performer, racing to 80 When Williamson departed collapse. 1-0, wrap up their tour with a inary discussions with falling behind early. Just as in 63 balls. on 55, Taylor and Nicholls plun- Dushmantha Chameera went one-off Twenty20 match against the appropriate central they did against the Utah Jazz With the series already dered the Sri Lanka attack with with Sri Lanka on 249, only for the Black Caps in Auckland on and state authorities, it on Saturday, the Pistons got decided, Nicholls and Taylor an aggressive 154-run stand. Danushka Gunathilaka, Malinga Friday. was decided that the 12th off to a good start, jumping used the dead rubber to send a Sri Lanka captain Lasith edition of the world’s out to a 21-9 lead with 4:55 message to New Zealand Malinga had ousted openers SCOREBOARD most popular and com- remaining in the first quarter. selectors ahead of this year’s Martin Guptill and Colin Munro New Zealand D. Shanaka lbw Sodhi .........................................2 petitive T20 tournament LaMarcus Aldridge scored World Cup. cheaply but was expensive in the M. Guptill c Mendis b Malinga ............................2 T. Perera c Guptill b Ferguson .........................80 will be played in India,” 25 points on 9-of-12 shooting It was Nicholls’ maiden ODI long run, leaking 93 runs from C. Munro b Malinga ............................................21 M. Gunathilaka b Ferguson ...............................31 BCCI said in a statement. for the Spurs, who have won ton and the 27-year-old will his 10 overs. K. Williamson c de Silva b Sandakan .............55 P. Chameera c Southee b Ferguson ..................1 In 2014 when the R. Taylor c de Silva b Malinga ........................137 L. Malinga stumped (Seifert/Sodhi) .................0 five straight and six of their hope his strong Test form is Sri Lanka’s senior bowlers H. Nicholls not out ...........................................124 L. Sandakan not out ............................................0 country last held national last seven. Blake Griffin had finally transferring to the limited were all wayward, particularly J. Neesham not out ............................................12 N. Pradeep b Sodhi ..............................................0 polls, the UAE hosted the 34 points and eight assists, overs format. Taylor’s 20th ODI at the death, as the tourists con- Extras: (b1, lb5, nb1, w6) .................................13 Extras: (lb4, w7) ...............................................10 first two weeks of the IPL. and Andre Drummond had 19 century tightened the 34-year- ceded 57 runs in the final three Total: (for 4 wickets; 50 overs) .......... 364 Total: (all out; 41.4 overs) ...................249 The entire 2009 edition points and 14 rebounds in old’s grip on the New Zealand overs. Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Guptill), 2-31 (Munro), Fall of wickets: 1-66 (de Silva), 2-107 (Dickwel- took place in South Africa, defeat for the Pistons, who record he already holds for Sri Lanka made a bright start 3-147 (Williamson), 4-301 (Taylor) la), 3-107 (K. Mendis), 4-117 (Shanaka), 5-143 (M. again to avoid a clash with have lost five of six. one-day centuries. to the run chase, scoring freely Bowling: Malinga 10-1-93-3 (1w), Chameera Perera), 6-244 (T. Perera), 7-249 (Chameera), elections. State govern- In other match, James “I’m getting old and hope- before Tim Southee trapped 8-0-55-0, Pradeep 9-1-77-0 (5w, 1nb), Perera 8-249 (Gunathilaka), 9-249 (Malinga), 10-249 ments say providing 2-0-8-0, Sandakan 10-0-54-1, Shanaka 6-0-36- (Pradeep) Harden produced another fully I’ve got a few more left in Dhananjaya de Silva lbw on 36. 0, de Silva 5-0-35-0 Bowling: Southee 7-0-46-1 (4w), Henry 8-0- security for the IPL is a sparkling double-double but me,” he said. The run rate then slowed to Sri Lanka 62-0 (2w), Ferguson 8-0-40-0 (1w), Neesham challenge at a time when this time received plenty of In his last 11 ODI innings a crawl when the tourists lost N. Dickwella c Ferguson b Neesham ............. 46 5-0-34-1, Williamson 5-0-24-0, Sodhi 8.4-0-40- they are preoccupied help as Houston extended its Taylor has scored three centuries three wickets for 10 runs to D. de Silva lbw Southee ....................................36 3 with election duty in the home-court winning streak and six half centuries. slump to 117 for four, with K. Perera c Seifert b Ferguson .........................43 Result: New Zealand win by 115 runs country of 1.25 billion to 10 games with a victory He came to the crease with Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal K. Mendis run out (Williamson/Seifert) ..........0 Series: New Zealand 3-0 people. over Western Conference- New Zealand struggling at 31 for Mendis departing within the leading Denver. Harden paired 32 points with 14 assists. The Rockets India’s captain Virat Kohli also received a career-high 31 kisses the Border-Gavaskar points from centre Clint India rest Bumrah for Capela (plus nine rebounds) Trophy. and 21 points apiece from PJ Tucker and Gerald Green. The Australia ODIs, NZ tour Rockets bounced back after having their six-game win streak end on Saturday REUTERS four-match series, which the INDIAN SQUADS against the Trail Blazers. NEW DELHI tourists won 2-1. Bumrah sent Elsewhere, Marcus Smart down 157.1 overs in hot and India squad for the ODIs against Australia drained 3-pointers on consec- India paceman Jasprit Bumrah demanding conditions, the most and New Zealand utive possessions in the first will be rested for the one-day by a fast bowler in the series and Virat Kohli (capt), Rohit Sharma, Lokesh Ra- quarter to begin a game- series in Australia and subse- second only to spinner Lyon’s hul, Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Di- changing run by host Boston, quent tour of New Zealand after 242.1. nesh Karthik, Kedar Jadhav, Mahendra Singh which went on to beat playing a key role in their break- “Keeping in mind the Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuz- Brooklyn. through Test series win Down workload of the bowler, it was vendra Chahal, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuv- The Celtics have won three Under, the Indian cricket board best felt to give him adequate neshwar Kumar, Mohammed Siraj, Khaleel straight and four of five. The (BCCI) said yesterday. rest ahead of the home series Ahmed, Mohammed Shami.