Dennis Lillee Caught Ball-Tampering and Considered Quitting the Game Off a Very Short Run-Up
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Sports Sunday, December 23, 2018 17 Paul, Lewis clinch T20I Quick read series win for Windies Bangladesh lose SCOREBOARD WEST INDIES third and final E. Lewis b Mahmudullah ..................................... 89 S. Hope b Shakib ................................................ 23 K. Paul c Ariful b Mustafizur ...................................2 game by 50 runs R. Powell c Liton b Mahmudullah ........................ 19 S. Hetmyer lbw b Mahmudullah .............................0 AFP N. Pooran c Hider b Mustafizur ........................... 29 India cricketer Sanju Samson got married to his long-time girlfriend C. Brathwaite c Mehidy b Mustafizur ......................8 DHAKA S. Rutherford c Mushfiqur b Shakib .......................2 Charulatha at a resort in Kovalam, Kerala, on Saturday. F. Allen st Mushfiqur b Rahim .................................8 KEEMO PAUL grabbed a S. Cottrell not out ...................................................2 Sanju Samson ties the knot record 5-15 and Evin Lewis O. Thomas run out ..................................................0 Extras: (b1, w7) .....................................................8 smashed 89 off 36 balls as the TOTAL: (All out, 19.2 overs) ������������������������������ 190 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: India and Kerala cricketer Sanju Sam- West Indies beat Bangladesh Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Hope), 2-90 (Paul), 3-122 son, who has played for the Rajasthan Royals and also donned the by 50 runs in the third and (Lewis), 4-122 (Hetmyer), 5-159 (Powell), 6-176 national blue, tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend Charulatha final Twenty20 in Dhaka on (Pooran), 7-178 (Brathwaite), 8-188 (Allen), 9-189 on Saturday. The former college mates got married in a simple (Rutherford), 10-190 (Thomas). Saturday to win the series 2-1. Bowling: Hider 2-0-39-0 (w2), Saifuddin 4-0-36-0 ceremony at a resort in Kovalam, near here, earlier in the day. The Lewis guided West Indies (w2), Mehidy 2-0-26-0, Shakib 4-0-37-3, Mustafizur wedding reception was slated later in the evening. “There were just to 190 in 19.2 overs despite 4-0-33-3 (w1), Mahmudullah 3.2-0-18-3 (w2). 30 of us from both the families and it was a very simple function,” a late fightback by Bangla- BANGLADESH said Samson. “We are very happy that we have got the blessings Tamim Iqbal run out ...............................................8 desh led by Mahmudullah Ri- Liton Das c Brathwaite b Paul ............................. 43 of both the families,” he said. While Samson is a Christian, Charu yad, Mustafizur Rahman and Soumya Sarkar c Cottrell b Allen ...........................9 is a Hindu Nair. The marriage was solemnised under the Special Shakib Al Hasan, who claimed Shakib Al Hasan c Cottrell b Allen .........................0 Marriage Act. Both have known each other since their graduation three wickets each. Mushfiqur Rahim c Allen b Paul .............................1 at the Mar Ivanios College, here. Charu is presently doing her post Mahmudullah c Brathwaite b Paul ...................... 11 Paul then posted the best- Mehidy Hasan c Allen b Cottrell .......................... 19 graduation. Samson, 23, was part of the 2018 Indian Premiere ever T20 figures for a West Ariful Haque c Rutherford b Paul ...........................0 League (IPL) in the reinstated Rajasthan Royals team at a bid price Indies bowler to help the visi- Saifuddin c Hope b Paul ........................................5 of Rs 8 crore. (IANS) tors bowl out Bangladesh for Abu Hider not out ............................................... 22 Mustafizur Rahman b Brathwaite ...........................8 140 runs. Extras: (b1, lb2, w6, nb5) .................................. 14 Opener Liton Das, Bangla- TOTAL: (All out, 17 overs) .................................. 140 ICC asks BCCI to pay compensation or desh’s highest scorer with 43 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Tamim), 2-65 (Soumya), 3-65 lose rights to host 2023 World Cup off 25, gave the hosts a strong (Shakib), 4-66 (Mushfiqur) 5-80 (Mahmudullah), 6-89 (Liton Das), 7-89 (Ariful), 8-96 (Saifuddin), start but they lost their way 9-129 (Mehidy), 10-140 (Mustafizur). NEW DELHI: In a major blow to the Board of Control for Cricket after an umpiring gaffe ap- Bowling: Cottrell 4-0-32-1 (nb1, w3), Thomas 3-0- in India (BCCI), the International Cricket Council peared to have broken their 56-0 (nb4, w2), Allen 4-0-19-2(w1), Paul 4-0-15-5, (ICC) on Saturday asked the board to either pay concentration. Brathwaite 2-0-15-1. $23 million (Rs 161 crore) by the end of this year Result: West Indies won by 50 runs In the fourth over of the Series Result: West Indies won 2-1 as compensation for the tax deductions incurred innings, Bangladeshi umpire Toss: Bangladesh. in hosting the 2016 World T20 or end up losing Tanvir Ahmed called a no-ball the World Cup 2023 rights. During the ICC board when Liton spooned a catch to meeting in Singapore in October, it was decided Shimron Hetmyer at mid-off. by Mahmudullah. that the BCCI would have to compensate for the But TV replays showed Sent in to bat by Bangla- tax deductions that the ICC faced as India hosted Oshane Thomas had bowled desh, openers Lewis and Shai the 2016 World T20, after no exemption in taxes a legitimate delivery, leaving Hope put on 76 runs in just five was given by either the state or the central govern- Carlos Brathwaite furious. overs for the visitors before ment. The ICC also mulled deducting the amount The West Indies skipper left-arm spinner Shakib and The ICC wants from the revenue share for the ongoing financial immediately asked for a re- pace bowler Mustafizur struck. BCCI to pay $23 year from BCCI’s coffers if they failed to comply view, which halted the game Shakib bowled Hope for million by the with the demands. As per reports, the BCCI has for nearly 10 minutes. 23 while Mustafizur removed end of this year asked the ICC to share the minutes of the meeting Match officials eventually West Indies bowler Keemo Paul (left), who claimed five wickets for 15 runs, celebrates the dismissal of Paul for two, but Lewis contin- as compensa- where they had promised to get them a tax waiver. upheld the decision of umpire Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Saifuddin in their third Twenty20 match at the Sher-e-Bangla National ued his onslaught, racing to 50 tion for the But the ICC, they said, haven’t shared the same as Ahmed after long discussion, Stadium in Dhaka on Saturday. The visitors won the series 2-1. (AFP) off just 18 balls. tax deductions of yet. According to reports, while former president but Bangladesh collapsed and Mahmudullah, who fin- incurred in host- N Srinivasan was at the helm of BCCI, he did not were soon all out in 17 overs. really well,” Brathwaite said. think it was... (a) 180-run Indies up for victory with a ished with 3-18, trapped Shim- ing the 2016 promise the ICC any compensation for tax deduc- “I am very happy. We Bangladesh skipper Shak- wicket. With the bat we were blistering innings, which in- ron Hetmyer leg-before for World T20. tions if they fail to receive a waiver from the govern- wanted to be aggressive and ib lamented their poor batting. not sure how to go about our cluded six fours and eight a duck right after he bowled ment. India is slated to host the 2021 Champions we wanted to be positive. In all “The way we came back business,” he said. sixes – four of the sixes in one Lewis, slowing the West Indies Trophy and the 2023 World Cup. (IANS) three matches, we have batted with the ball was terrific. I Earlier, Lewis set the West over – until he was dismissed scoring spree. India’s pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah Disgraced Bancroft reveals he (left) with Ajinkya Rahane during the second cricket Test against Australia in almost gave up cricket for yoga Perth. (AFP) AFP to move forward. SYDNEY “This will become a defin- ing moment for you.” DISGRACED Australian Yoga became an important player Cameron Bancroft on You know you part of his life in exile while Saturday said he was a vastly cannot say sorry dealing with an absence of different person to the one enough, but cricket, to the extent that he Bumrah reminds me of Thomson: Dennis Lillee caught ball-tampering and considered quitting the game off a very short run-up. Lillee said it is not only fast revealed he considered walk- actually it is time to become of a teacher of the “He jogs and then bowls bowlers, India is producing ing away from cricket to be- you allow your discipline. with a very short run. He has quality bowlers at the moment. come a yoga teacher. cricket to be about “Maybe cricket isn’t for He is not as fast as Jeff got straight arms. His bowling “It’s very satisfying to see The opener received a nine- what you have you, you’ll ask yourself ... Thomson was but similar in is not text book by any means, that. But you know what, it’s month ban from the interna- learnt and use this will you return? Yoga will be but it works. He is very differ- not just about fast bowlers, tional and domestic game for such a fulfilling experience,” the sense that they were ent from other pace bowlers, India is now producing quality his part in the scandal in South opportunity to he wrote. outside the guidelines of which reminds me of another fast bowlers. They are so well Africa that rocked the sport, in make a great Bancroft ultimately decid- normal fast bowling action fast bowler of my era, who was equipped in the pace bowling which he used sandpaper to try impact. ed to pursue his cricket career or technique. very different from everyone department now that if they to alter the ball.