Kohli Steers India to Series Leveller Against Australia
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18 Monday, November 26, 2018 Sports Ton-up Sohail and Gardner stars as Australia crush England AFP with a direct hit to the non- Azam put Pakistan ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ICC Women’s World T20 Final striker’s end. Gardner finished unbeaten ASHLEIGH Gardner starred on 33 with Lanning not out on in command with bat and ball as Australia 28 as the captain sealed a suc- cruised to an eight-wicket vic- cessful campaign to reclaim the REUTERS 309 balls. tory over England in the final title they lost to the West Indies DUBAI The left-hander frustrat- of the Women’s World T20 in in Kolkata in 2016, taking a sin- ed the Kiwi bowlers with his Antigua on Saturday. gle off medium-pacer Natalie PAKISTAN’S top-order bats- tight defence, combining with Gardner and teenage leg- Sciver at the start of the 16th men Haris Sohail and Babar the more aggressive Azam to spinner Georgia Wareham over. Azam struck contrasting cen- stitch together a 186-run stand combined for five wickets to “We did not have our best turies as they took control of for the fifth wicket. restrict the English to 105 all day in the field but the bowlers the second test against New Sohail fell shortly after out off 19.4 overs after they had did a good job,” said Lanning af- Zealand on day two in Dubai the tea break, caught by wick- chosen to bat first at the Sir Viv- ter receiving the championship on Sunday. etkeeper BJ Watling while ian Richards Stadium. trophy from West Indies batting Resuming on their over- chasing a delivery from pace Gardner then featured in an legend and former captain Sir night total of 207-4, Pakistan bowler Trent Boult, to leave unbroken third-wicket partner- Vivian Richards. “The last two ground down the Kiwi attack, Pakistan at 360-5. ship of 62 with her captain Meg World Cups really hurt and we with Sohail scoring 147 and Azam, who was on 99, Lanning as the Aussies reached Australia’s players celebrate winning the ICC Women’s World T20 inal against England at Sir Vivian had to change a few things and Azam 127 not out before they reached his maiden test ton the target with almost five overs Richards Cricket Ground, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda, on Saturday. (AFP) move it forward.” declared their first innings on with a flick off his pads in the to spare to lift their fourth 418-5. same over. World T20 crown. performance. Heather Knight managed any 19-year-old accounting for Lau- Brief Scores New Zealand were 24 for The highly-rated 24-year- Given her significant con- After winning three consec- other score of note in getting to ren Winfield and Sophia Dunk- England 105 all out off 19.4 no loss after nine overs at the old looked set to push on in tributions in both innings the utive “Player of the Match” hon- 25 as wickets continued to tum- ley off successive deliveries and overs (Danielle Wyatt 43, Heather close of play, with opening the company of skipper Sar- 21-year-old was the obvious ours in Australia’s group match- ble around her. conceding just 11 runs through Knight 25; Ashleigh Gardner 3-22, batsmen Jeet Raval (17) and fraz Ahmed (30 not out) be- choice as “Player of the Match.” es in Guyana, Healy dropped Gardner dismissed both three excellent overs. Georgia Wareham 2-11) Tom Latham (5) at the crease. fore Pakistan declared their The “Player of the Series” England topscorer Danielle Wy- Wyatt and Knight with her off- Wareham also made Australia 106 for two off 15.1 The visitors are still 394 innings abruptly. honour was also a predictable att in the third over of the final spinners and added the scalp of amends for some surprisingly overs (Ashleigh Gardner 33 not runs behind Pakistan but will Ahmed then deployed five selection with opener and wick- off seamer Ellyse Perry. tailender Anya Shrubsole to fin- shoddy Australian outcricket by out, Meg Lanning 28 not out; fancy their chances of amass- bowlers in nine overs in a bid etkeeper Alyssa Healy taking Wyatt contributed a breezy ish with the impressive figures running out England’s “Player Sophie Ecclestone 1-12) ing a decent score on a Dubai to knock off a few Kiwi wick- the title although the final rep- 43 off 37 balls to her team’s ef- of three for 22. She was ably of the Match” from the semi- Result: Australia won by eight International Cricket Stadium ets, but bad light resulted in a resented her least accomplished fort but only England captain supported by Wareham, the final against India, Amy Jones, wickets pitch that has progressively premature end to the day. improved for batting. New Zealand won the Sohail, who had played opening test in Abu Dhabi by patiently to reach 81 on Satur- four runs to take a 1-0 lead in day, continued his innings in the series. The teams will re- a similar manner to bring up turn to the same venue for the only his second test century in final match from Dec. 3-7. Kohli steers India to series SCOREBOARD PAKISTAN FIRST INNINGS (overnight 207-4) 22-1-63-0, Williamson 5-0-20-0 Imam-ul-Haq c Latham b de Grandhomme 9 Mohammad Hafeez c Latham b de Grandhomme 9 NEW ZEALAND FIRST INNINGS leveller against Australia Azhar Ali run out 81 J. Raval not out 17 Haris Sohail c Watling b Boult 147 T. Latham not out 5 Asad Shafiq c Wagner b Patel 12 Extras: (lb2) 2 AFP Babar Azam not out 127 Total: (for no loss; 9 overs) 24 SYDNEY Sarfraz Ahmed not out 30 Still to bat: K. Williamson, R. Taylor, H. Nicholls, B. Extras: (b2, nb 1) 3 Watling, C. de Grandhomme, I. Sodhi, N. Wagner, A. Total: (for five wkts; 167 overs) 418 Patel, T. Boult CAPTAIN Virat Kohli Did not bat: Bilal Asif, Yasir Shah, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Bowling: Abbas 2--0-8-0, Hasan 2-1-4-0, Hafeez 2-1- smashed an unbeaten 61 to Abbas 1-0, Yasir 2-0-9-0, Asif 1-1-0-0 steer India to victory with two Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Hafeez), 2-25 (Imam), 3-151 Toss: Pakistan balls to spare in the third and (Azhar), 4-174 (Shafiq), 5-360 (Sohail) Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Bowling: Boult 34-7-106-1, Grandhomme 30-11-44-2, TV umpire: Ian Gould (ENG) final Twenty20 against Aus- Wagner 37-12-63-0 (1nb), Patel 39-5-120-1, Sodhi Match referee: Javagal Srinath (IND) tralia on Sunday, ensuring the series ended all square. The prolific batsmen lived up to his reputation, coming in when the two openers fell in quick succession after an enter- taining 68-run partnership to prevent Australia earning brag- ging rights ahead of their four Test series starting next month. The home team won a nail- biting and rain-affected first match in Brisbane by four runs, with the second in Melbourne abandoned due to persistent showers. “I thought overall skill-wise we were better today,” said Kohli. “When out openers get into the zone they are difficult to stop. There were a few nervous moments in between, but (for India’s Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring 50 runs during the third T20I against Australia at the SCG in Sydney on Sunday. (EPA) me) it’s always easy when the guys at the top do what they do.” Jason Behrendorff. SCOREBOARD But Kohli was unstop- After losing the toss and be- He caused opening bats- pable, hitting two sixes and ing told to bowl, India restricted men Rohit Sharma and Shikhar INDIA G. Maxwell c Sharma b Pandya 13 four fours as he guided his Australia to 164-6, with all- Dhawan trouble but they took R. Sharma b Zampa 23 B. McDermott lbw b Pandya 0 side home alongside Dinesh rounder Krunal Pandya taking apart Nathan Coulter-Nile at S. Dhawan lbw Starc 41 A. Carey c Kohli b Pandya 27 Karthik (not out 22). V. Kohli not out 61 C. Lynn run out (Bumrah) 13 four wickets and D’Arcy Short the other end, each cracking a KL.Rahul c Couler-Nile b Maxwell 14 M. Stoinis not out 25 Australia’s inconsistent bat- top-scoring on 33. huge six in plundering 29 runs R. Pant c Carey b Tye 0 N. Coulter-Nile not out 13 ting has been a concern since Despite losing, Australian off his first two overs. D. Karthik not out 22 Extras (b1, lb2, w9) 12 the ball-tampering scandal in captain Aaron Finch said he was Their confidence was soar- Extras (lb1, w6) 7 Total (six wickets, 20 overs) 164 March. Total (four wickets, 19.4 overs) 168 Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Finch), 2-73 (Short), 3-73 proud of the team. ing and the strokes were ma- Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Dhawan), 2-67 (Sharma), 3-108 (McDermott), 4-90 (Maxwell), 5-119 (Carey), 6-131 Finch had much to prove, “The way we fought was jestic as they hammered 22 off (Rahul), 4-108 (Pant) Did not bat: K. Pandya, B. Kumar, (Lynn) Did not bat: A. Tye, A. Zampa, M. Starc Bowling: having only managed a top outstanding,” he said. “Still Marcus Stoinis’ opening over. K. Yadav, J. Bumrah, K. Ahmed Kumar 4-0-33-0, Bumrah 4-0-38-0, Ahmed 4-0-35-0, score of 41 in 10 innings across fair bit of work to do but we’re Finch brought Starc back Yadav 4-0-19-1, Pandya 4-0-36-4 all formats.