TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 SPORTS Australia rest Warner, recall Finch for N Zealand

SYDNEY: Australia have recalled open- Sunday when he hit 130 off 98 balls, his “I’m pretty comfortable with the 3-1 with a match left to play in Adelaide trophy after beating New Zealand 3-0 at ing batsman and decided to 12th one-day . Hohns praised changes that I’ve made. I’m also mental- on Thursday. Marsh comes in for Usman home late last year. The matches are in rest in-form in a 14-man Finch’s return to form in the ly in a better spot for the changes, and Khawaja who is heading to Dubai early Auckland on January 30, Napier on squad for the one-day series in New format. “His form in the Big Bash League probably for being dropped. “It gives to prepare for the tour of India next February 2 and Hamilton on February 5. Zealand starting next week. (BBL) has been very good and he has you to time to reflect and analyse your month. “This provides Shaun with a Australia squad: (capt), “David has had a very big summer earned his recall,” the selector said. game a little bit more in-depth than if chance to get back into international , Aaron Finch, James and will benefit from a break in , Finch said he had made some “slight you just roll from series to series,” Finch cricket following his injury earlier in the Faulkner, Peter Handscomb, Josh both mentally and physically,” interim technical changes” to his game and said. Western Australian batsman Shaun summer,” Hohns added in a statement. Hazlewood, Travis Head, , national selector Trevor Hohns said yes- sharpened his mental approach which Marsh is the only other change to the The squad will depart for New , , Billy terday. Vice- Warner was man-of- had led to him amassing 354 runs, one-day side that have already won the Zealand on Friday with Australia current- Stanlake, , , the-match against Pakistan in Sydney on including four fifties, in the BBL. current one-day series against Pakistan ly holding the one-day Chappell-Hadlee . —AFP De Villiers returns to lead SA one-day side

CAPE TOWN: South Africa have recalled fit- “We are entering a very important phase again batsman AB de Villiers to captain of our preparation for the Champions their one-day international side in the five- Trophy in England as we only have 10 match home series against Sri Lanka. games left - the five here against Sri Lanka The selectors also handed a first call-up and another five in New Zealand - before in this format to 20-year-old fast bowler we head for another major ICC event.” Ngidi Lungi Ngidi and all-rounder Chris Morris took six in as many overs in the first returns after an injury layoff for the series two matches of the Twenty20 series against starting in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Sri Lanka. “He has not only impressed with De Villiers has not played international the wickets he has taken and the skills he cricket since June last year after an elbow has displayed, but with the energy and injury, but is in line to return for the final intensity he has brought to his game as match of the Twenty20 series against the well,” Zondi said. South Africa are in action Sri Lankans in Cape Town on Wednesday. in the 50-over format for the first time since He will then skipper the one-day side they whitewashed Australia 5-0 on home having admitted last week that his top pri- soil last October. ority at this stage of his career was to lead the team at the 2019 World Cup. A more Squad: immediate aim, however, is this year’s AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Champions Trophy in England. Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP “It is wonderful to have AB back avail- Duminy, , Imran Tahir, David able both as player and leader,” Cricket Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Lungi South Africa selection convener Linda Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Zondi said in a statement yesterday. Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi. —Reuters

CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s Jeet Raval (C) bats as Bangladesh wicketkeeper (L) and (R) looks on, during day four of the second international match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP New Zealand sweep Bangladesh series

CHRISTCHURCH: A Bangladesh implosion saw New Zealand cruise to a comfortable nine SCOREBOARD win in the second Test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Scoreboard at the end of second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Bangladesh were all out for 173 in their second Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday: innings, with the damage done when they lost five Bangladesh first innings 289 ( 86, c de Grandhomme b Southee 8 for 23 in the middle of the innings. New Zealand Shakib Al Hasan 59; Southee 5-94, Boult 4-87) Nazmul Hossain b Boult 12 were left with a 109-run target which they knocked New Zealand first innings (overnight 260-7) c Watling b Wagner 0 off in 18.4 overs to complete a rout of Bangladesh, J. Raval b Kamrul Islam 16 Nurul Hasan c Watling b Wagner 0 AB de Villiers winning all eight matches-three , three T. Latham c Nurul Hasan b 68 Mehedi Hasan c Latham b Boult 4 one-day internationals and two Tests-during the K. Williamson c Nurul Hasan b Kamrul Islam 2 Taskin Ahmed b Boult 33 tour. The Test sweep means New Zealand will over- R. Taylor c sub (Taijul Islam) b Mehedi Hasan 77 Kamrul Islam 25 take Pakistan and move to fifth on the world rank- H. Nicholls b Mehedi 98 c Watling b Southee 7 M. Santner lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 29 Extras (lb2) 2 ings. On a day of 14 dismissals on an easy wicket, B. Watling b Shakib Al Hasan 1 India rest Ashwin and New Zealand coasted home with Tom Latham Total (all out, 52.5 overs) 173 C de Grandhomme b Shakib Al Hasan 0 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tamim), 2-58 (Soumya), 3-73 unbeaten on 41 and Colin de Grandhomme on 33, T. Southee c Mehedi Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 17 (Shakib), 4-92 (), 5-100 (Sabbir), 6-100 effectively ending the Test in three days after N. Wagner (Nurul) 26 Jadeja for England T20s (Nurul), 7-106 (Nazmul), 8-115 (Mehedi), 9-166 (Taskin), T. Boult not out 7 Sunday’s third day was washed out. Bangladesh 10-173 (Rubel) Extras (lb6, w4, nb 3) 13 were 65 in arrears and in need of patience when Bowling: Boult 17-3-52-3, Southee 12.5-2-48-3, de NEW DELHI: India’s premier spinners on run-filled pitches. The 34-year-old Mishra they started their second innings before lunch. Total (all out, 92.4 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Raval), 2-47 (Williamson), 3-153 Grandhomme 11-3-27-1, and was in the ODI squad against England but Instead, they showed their inexperience with Wagner 12-3-44-3 have been rested for the three-match failed to make it to the starting lineup. He the short ball and tried to hook and drive their way (Latham), 4-177 (Taylor), 5-252 (Santner), 6-256 Twenty20 series against England starting finished with figures of 5-18 in his last out- (Watling), 7-256 (Grandhomme), 8-286 (Southee), 9-343 out of trouble. (Nicholls), 10-354 (Wagner) New Zealand second innings this week. The selectors have recalled veter- ing for his country, an ODI against New After 10 overs they went to lunch at 20 for one, Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 22-2-86-1 (2w), Mehedi Hasan J. Raval b Kamrul Islam 33 an leg-spinner Amit Mishra and off-spinner Zealand in October. by tea they were 100 for five and the end came 17 19-3-59-2, Rubel Hossain T. Latham not out 41 Parvez Rasool in the 15-man squad, accord- Meanwhile Rasool, 27, who represented overs into the final session, boosted by a late slog 17-2-65-0 (2nb), Kamrul Islam 19-4-78-2 (2w, 1nb), C. de Grandhomme not out 33 ing to the the Board of Control for Cricket in India in just one ODI in 2014, joins the squad from Taskin Ahmed and Kamrul Islam who put on Shakib Al Hasan 12.4-1-50-4, Soumya Sarkar 3-0-10-0 Extras (b1, wd1, nb2) 4 India (BCCI). The -led side, which riding on his excellent domestic showing in 51 in 48 balls. There had been a question mark Total (one wicket, 18.4 overs) 111 won the three-match one-day international the Ranji Trophy competition. India squad: over the Bangladesh line-up after , Bangladesh second innings Fall of wicket: 1-56 (Raval) series 2-1, moves into the shortest format Virat Kohli (capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and , with 98 c Santner b Southee 8 Bowling: Taskin 5-0-21-0 (2nb), Mehedi 6-0-27-0 (1w), with the first game scheduled in Kanpur on Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Rishabh Pant, Tests between them, were kept out by injury. Soumya Sarkar c Raval b de Grandhomme 36 Kamrul 3-0-21-1, Shakib 4-0-28-0, Nazmul 0.4-0-13-0 Mahmudullah b Wagner 38 January 26. Manish Pandey, , Hardik Pandya, They cobbled together a makeshift side with Result: New Zealand won by nine wickets. Ashwin and Jadeja shared seven wickets Amit Mishra, Parvez Rasool, Jasprit Bumrah, seven players having three or fewer Tests to their between them in the three 50-over matches, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, name, and although the game was evenly poised bowling tighter lines than the fast bowlers , Mandeep Singh. —AFP after the first two days, the greenness of the wicket came to the fore after that. After the third day washout the sun returned on Monday and New Zealand took command. They resumed at 260 for seven and aided by sloppy fielding, their last three partnerships put on 94 with Henry Nicholls leading the way with a career best 98.

SOUTHEE MILESTONE The innings was halted at 354 with an unusual run out of Neil Wagner for 26 after he had initially grounded his bat behind the crease. In the fleeting moment when wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan deflect- ed the ball on to the stumps, Wagner was mid- stride with neither foot on the ground and he had momentarily lifted his bat. A bewildered Wagner took out his frustrations when Bangladesh went into bat taking three wick- ets for 44. Tim Southee took three for 48 and Trent Boult three for 52. Bangladesh may have denied Nicholls a maiden century but they could not deny Southee becoming the fifth New Zealander to take 200 wickets on a list headed by Richard Hadlee with 417. Southee ignited the Bangladesh collapse with the early wicket of Tamim Iqbal when the stand-in captain hooked to Mitchell Santner wait- ing on the boundary. He reached the milestone with a short ball to Shakib Al Hasan that was steered to Colin de Grandhomme at point and wrapped up the innings with a short ball to Rubel Hossain that was edged to the wicketkeeper. Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah attempted to put backbone into the innings adding 41 for the second wicket until Soumya (36) smacked a wide de Grandhomme to Raval at gully. Mahmudullah, on 38, dragged a wide Wagner delivery on to his stumps to start a slide in which Bangladesh fell from 92 for three to 115 for eight CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s Neil Wagner celebrates after Bangladesh’s Sabbir Rahman was before the late burst from Taskin (33) and Kamrul caught during day four of the second international Test cricket match between New Zealand who was 25 not out. — AFP and Bangladesh at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch yesterday. —AFP Amit Mishra