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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 16

Cricket World Cup 2019 standings

Team Played Won Lost Tied No rate Points Warner leads Aussies 6 5 1 0 0 0.849 10 New Zealand 4 3 0 0 1 2.163 7 4 3 0 0 1 1.029 7 4 3 1 0 0 1.557 6 5 2 3 0 1 -0.407 5 closer to semifinals 5 1 2 0 2 -1.778 4 West Indies 5 1 3 0 1 0.272 3 South Africa 5 1 3 0 1 -0.208 3 Warner ton against Pakistan 5 1 3 0 1 -1.933 3 • 4 0 4 0 0 -1.638 0 Bangladesh sends Australia top of World Cup table Today’s matches | Southampton, England England vs Sri Lanka avid Warner’s paved the way for Australia to beat Bangla- Headingley Ddesh by 48 runs at Stadium – Leeds yesterday as the reigning champions 12:30pm went top of the World Cup table. Warner made Bangladesh pay for dropping him on 10 with an innings of 166 -- the left-handed opener’s second century of the World Cup -- in a total of 381-5. » Sri Lanka are under a lot of pressure as one more defeat will put them on the Bangladesh, needing to surpass Ire- plays a shot brink of elimination from the 2019. land’s World Cup record chase of 329-7 » England have had the better of Sri Lanka in recent times; they have beaten them against England in 2011, struggled to Finch, fresh from his 153 in a win Australia six times in their last seven completed ODI meetings. keep up with the required run-rate. Sri Lanka, set the tone by launching D. Warner c Hossain b 166 » Sri Lanka have won the last two one-day internationals that they have played hit a fine 102 not Bangladesh Finch c b Soumya Sarkar 53 against England at the Headingley. out but the -keeper’s entertaining -- the sole survivor on either side from U. Khawaja c Rahim b Soumya Sarkar 89 fifth-wicket stand of 127 with Mahmudu- the Tigers’ shock 2005 ODI victory over G. Maxwell (Rubel Hossain) 32 England Sri Lanka llah (69) came too late to alter the course Australia in Cardiff -- for six over cover. M. Stoinis 17 England have now won nine of their last Sri Lanka have played five matches so far of the match as Bangladesh finished on But the opener was out soon after com- S. Smith lbw b 1 ten completed one-day internationals. With this World Cup and are currently sixth on 333-8 after their 50 overs. pleting his eighth fifty in 11 ODI innings A. Carey not out 11 eight points in their kitty, they are currently the points table with one win, two losses Defeat left them in fifth place, with when he guided a rising Soumya Extras (b1, lb5, nb1, w5) 12 leading the CWC 2019 leaderboard having and as many washouts. After a ten-wicket only the top four from the 10-team to Rubel Hossain at short third man. Total (five wkts, 50 overs) 381 won four and lost one out of their five drubbing at the hands of New Zealand round-robin group stage qualifying for An increasingly fluent Warner even- fixtures. After their defeat against Pakistan, in their campaign opener, they bounced the semi-finals. tually fell to the same combination after the home team has come back strongly back with a 34-run win over Afghanistan “It’s a great achievement but for us facing 147 balls, hitting 14 fours and five Bangladesh winning their next three games on the in a rain-marred contest. Their next two it’s about getting these two points and sixes. b Starc 62 bounce - against Bangladesh, West Indies games - against Pakistan and Bangladesh moving on to Lord’s,” said man-of-the- Khawaja fell in sight of a hundred Soumya Sarkar run out (Finch) 10 and Afghanistan. England were absolutely - got abandoned due to rain before they match Warner. when he bottom-eged a pull off Soumya c Warner b Stoinis 41 ruthless in their whopping 150-run victory ran into Australia last time and ended up “You’ve got to adapt and it’s about mo- and Mushfiqur dived forward to hold a Mushfiqur Rahim not out 102 over Afghanistan.at Nottingham. losing by 87 runs. mentum, so far things are working well,” good catch. lbw b Zampa 20 he added. “It was a tad slow, the wicket, Trent Bridge has twice seen England c Cummins b Coulter-Nile 69 Probable XI Probable XI but it was a grind for the bowlers, it was set a record innings score in a one-day b Coulter-Nile 0 , , , (c), Kusal Perera very difficult for the bowlers.” international, including the current mark Miraz c Warner b Starc 6 Eoin Morgan (c), , Jos But- (wk), , , The 32-year-old Warner, the highest of 481-6 against Australia last year. Mashrafe Mortaza c Maxwell b Stoinis 6 tler (wk), , , Adil , / run-scorer of the tournament, with 447 Bangladesh did not help their own Extras (b4, lb4, w9) 17 Rashid, , , , Dhanan- runs, is back to his devastating best for cause when a chaotic mix-up between Total (eight wkts, 50 overs) 333 jaya de Silva, , , Australia after completing a 12-month Tamim Iqbal and Soumya saw the latter Head to Head ban for his role in a ball-tampering scan- run out by Finch’s direct hit from mid-on. but the experienced Mush- dal in South Africa. Shakib Al Hasan, fresh from his fiqur continued to give the massed ranks England and Sri Lanka have played 72 completed matches against each other in the fifty-over He received solid support from Aus- match-winning century against the West of Bangladesh fans in the crowd plenty format of the game. 36 of those have been won by the former and 35 by the latter while tralia captain (53) and Us- Indies, then fell for 41 when he chipped to cheer. one has resulted in a tie. man Khawaja (89). a Marcus Stoinis slower ball to Warner There were more roars of approval England have won six of their last seven completed one-day internationals against Sri Lanka. Soumya Sarkar took 3-58 from eight at mid-off. when Mahmudullah launched Zampa The latter, however, recorded a mammoth 219-run victory when these two teams last faced overs but, by the time the sixth bowler Tamim played on to for for a 95-metre straight six before he each other - in October 2018 at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. came on, Australia had already benefited 62 and the left-arm fast bowler’s first ball holed out. England and Sri Lanka have both won two times each in the four ODIs that they have played from plenty of wayward deliveries from to Liton Das saw the new batsman struck And the crowd rose to their feet when against each other at the Headingley. Sri Lanka have emerged victorious on the previous an attack missing paceman Mohammad on the helmet by a bouncer but he batted Mushfiqur completed his seventh ODI two occasions - by 8 in 2006 and by 69 runs in 2011. Saifuddin, who was ruled out with a on after receiving on-field treatment. century, off 95 balls including nine fours back spasm. Das was eventually lbw to leg-spinner and a six. Williamson is New Zealand’s greatest ODI player: Vettori Shahidi blow sparks AFP | Manchester New Zealand, the runners-up in 2015, debate if players should were in trouble at 137 for five in the ormer New Zealand captain Daniel 33rd over before Colin de Grandhomme Vettori has hailed Kane William - (60) joined skipper Williamson at the take concussion calls Fson as New Zealand’s greatest-ev- crease. Reuters | Southampton er one-day player after his match-win - The pair put on 91 runs for the sixth ning World Cup century against South wicket as Williamson paced his innings to fghanistan’s Hashmat- Africa. perfection, hitting nine fours and a six in Aullah Shahidi’s decision Williamson made an unbeaten 106 to his 138-ball knock. to ignore medical advice and guide the Kiwis to a nervy four-wicket win “Kane has done so much in such a short keep even after being with three balls to spare at Edgbaston on period, whether a captain or not, he’s been floored by a bouncer on Tues- Wednesday as they maintained their un- exceptional and he’s an absolute joy to day has prompted demands beaten record. watch,” said Vettori. that cricketers should not be Afghanistan’s With the Black Caps needing eight runs “He plays all the shots, he knows how to allowed to take those calls. celebrates his half century to win in the rain-hit 49-over-a-side game, manipulate the strike and he’s always going Shahidi was smacked flush Williamson smashed paceman Andile Phe- to run hard. on the side of his helmet as kept on batting because he did hlukwayo for six to bring up his 12th ODI “What differentiates him from a lot of he took his eyes off a Mark not want his mother to worry. century and hit the next ball for four to batsmen in this day and age is his sole fo- Wood bouncer in the World Peter McCabe, chief execu- seal the victory. cus is winning the game and he tailors his Cup contest against England tive of brain injury association “ has to be New Zea- batting towards that.” at Old Trafford. The impact Headway, lamented the lack land’s greatest ODI player of all time -- Williamson, who made his ODI debut split the helmet and sent the of understanding about the and innings like that against South Afri- against India in 2010, averages an impres- batsman crashing to the turf. dangers of concussion. ca tell you exactly why,” Vettori wrote in sive 47.36 in 143 matches. Medical staff attending him “Players need to take the his column for the International Cricket New Zealand, who play the West In - urged the 24-year-old to leave advice of doctors and adhere Council. dies on Saturday, top the 10-team table ground but Shahidi ignored to the protocols, rather than “He’s already there now and by the end in the World Cup round-robin phase, advice and played on, topscor- follow a misguided sense of of his career his record will far exceed an- with four wins out of five matches. ing for his side. duty to their teammates which ything we’ve had in the past or present, he Their game against India was washed The cricketer said he dis- could result in a serious, pos- really is that good.” Kane Williamson celebrates his century out. regarded medical advice and sibly lifelong, injury,” he said.

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