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 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ICC Women’s World T20 Final striker’s end. Gardner finished unbeaten starred on 33 with Lanning on in command with bat and ball as Australia 28 as the sealed a suc- cruised to an eight- 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 over. Azam struck contrasting cen- stitch together a 186-run stand combined for five 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 Resuming on their over- chasing a 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 . tailender Anya Shrubsole to fin- shoddy Australian outcricket by out, 28 not out; fancy their chances of amass- bowlers in nine overs in a bid etkeeper 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, , 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 c Latham b de Grandhomme 9 NEW ZEALAND FIRST INNINGS leveller against Australia 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 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, , , Mohammad : 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 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. He crunched a AUSTRALIA Toss: Australia going in the right direction in desperation and he deliv- D. Short lbw Pandya 33 Result: India won by six wickets. Series drawn 1-1 four off Khaleel Ahmed in his which is nice. Feeling good for ered, trapping Dhawan lbw A. Finch c Pandya b Yadav 28 first over to signal an attack- the Tests.” for a highly-entertaining 41 off ing intent. Australia were boosted by 22 balls. Adam Zampa then At the other end, Short also Pakistani batsmen Haris Sohail (left) and Babar Azam run between strike bowler Mitchell Starc be- bowled Sharma for 23, giving Zampa and Glenn Maxwell and Rishabh Pant went first looked in good nick and they the wickets during the second day of the second Test agaisnt New ing back for his first T20 inter- them a glimmer of hope. stymied the runs and it was ball, leaving India needing 56 ran well between the wicket to Zealand at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. (AFP) national in two years, replacing The spin combination of game on when KL Rahul fell off 36 deliveries. build a 50 partnership. sack team selectors as Dominant Cilic beats Pouille to England cruise towards whitewash win Davis Cup for Croatia REUTERS LILLE, FRANCE AFP SCOREBOARD COLOMBO MARIN Cilic clinched Croa- England 2nd innings (overnight 3-0) tia’s second Davis Cup title as SRI Lanka sacked their selec- R. Burns lbw b D. Perera ...... 7 he beat France’s Lucas Pouille tors on Sunday as the national K. Jennings lbw b D. Perera ...... 1 7-6(3) 6-3 6-3 to give his side a J. Bairstow c K. Silva (sub) b D. Perera ...... 15 team headed toward a white- J. Root (c) c and b Pushpakumara ...... 7 decisive 3-1 lead in the final at wash defeat in their Test series B. Stokes c Pushpakumara b D. Perera ...... 42 Lille’s Stade Pierre Mauroy on against England. J. Buttler st Dickwella b Sandakan ...... 64 Sunday. The home side were reeling Moeen Ali c D. de Silva b Sandakan ...... 22 The powerful world num- B. Foakes not out ...... 36 at 53-4 at the close of the third Adil Rashid c Dickwella b Pushpakumara ...... 24 ber seven was relentless as he day of the third and final Test, S. Broad c K. Mendis b Pushpakumara ...... 1 snuffed out any hope of a fa- chasing an unlikely 327 to J. Leach c Dickwella b D. Perera ...... 0 mous French fightback – giving avoid another crushing defeat. Extras (b3, lb4, w1, nb3) ...... 11 Pouille little chance of sending Croatia’s players celebrate their Davis Cup victory over France at The Total 230 (69.5 overs) ...... 230 The selection panel headed England players celebrate after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Fall of Wickets 3-1 (Jennings), 20-2 (Burns), 35-3 the showpiece into a fifth rub- Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille on Sunday. (AFP) by former Test bowler Graeme Dhananjaya de Silva in Colombo on Sunday. (REUTERS) (Bairstow), 39-4 (Root), 128-5 (Stokes), 168-6 ber. Pouille, 24, did not have a Labrooy and also including (Buttler), 171-7 (Moeen), 215-8 (Adil Rashid), single break point and despite lead in the third set and then which offered some consolation Gamini Wickremasinghe, Eric game in New Zealand starting in trouble on 39-4 after more 217-9 (Broad, 230-10 ( Jack Leach) Bowling: pushing hard in the first set, closed in for the kill when after France beat Croatia in this Dilruwan Perera 29.5 3 88 5, Malinda Pushpakumara Upashantha, Chandika Hathu- next month. failures by their top-order 12 2 28 3, Dhananjaya de Silva 9 1 24 0, Suranga he lost the last four points and Pouille served at 3-5. year’s soccer World Cup final. rusingha and Jeryl Woutersz De Mel will be backed up batsmen. Lakmal 3 1 7 0, Lakshan Sandakan 16 1 76 2 never threatened a comeback. The Frenchman saved two “It’s not every day that you were only appointed in June. by former players Brendon Jos Buttler said it would be Sri Lanka 2nd innings Cilic wasted four set points match points from 0-40 but become a world champion,” Sri Lanka’s Sports Minister Kuruppu, Hemantha Wick- “fantastic” for England to get a D. Gunathilaka c Stokes b Moeen ...... 6 when Pouille battled back from Cilic would not be denied and Cilic said on court. “For us it’s D. Karunaratne b Moeen ...... 23 Faiszer Musthapa summoned ramaratne and Chaminda rare whitewash triumph in an D. de Silva lbw b Leach ...... 0 0-40 down at 2-5 in the second finished it off with a lob. a dream come true, for this na- the panel on Sunday and Mendis. overseas series. K. Mendis not out ...... 15 set but with his own serve rock- Immediately the 30-year- tion. You can see the fans are “thanked them for their ser- Sri Lanka will be lucky to “We have to turn up to- A. Mathews c Broad b Stokes ...... 5 solid he calmly moved into a old former U.S. Open champion so passionate and they are here vices”, said a national cricket get through the fourth day of morrow with the same plans L. Sandakan not out ...... 1 two-set lead. was swamped by a swarm of his enjoying themselves. In Croatia Extras (w3) ...... 3 board statement. the Colombo Test after letting we have had all trip: stay pa- Total (4 wkts, 17 overs) ...... 53 The mainly French 22,000 team mates as Croatia could it’s going to be incredible too.” said a England off the hook to take a tient. Hopefully we’ll drive it To bat: R. Silva, N. Dickwella, D. Perera, S. Lakmal crowd kept roaring their sup- begin the party after emulating Croatia will enter the histo- four-member panel headed by dominant position. home,” added the run-scorer, a (capt), M. Pushpakumara Fall of Wickets: 15-1 port for Pouille, but it was the their triumph of 2005. ry books as winners of the last former Test player Asantha de Dilruwan Perera took Kea- renowned big hitter in the In- (Gunathilaka), 24-2 (de Silva), 34-3 (Karunaratne), Croatia contingent, decked Croatia’s sports-mad Presi- final played in the traditional 52-4 (Mathews) Bowling: Broad 4 0 11 0, Moeen Ali Mel, 59, will choose the squad ton Jennings lbw with the first dian Premier League and other 7 1 16 2, Leach 3 0 12 1, Stokes 3 1 14 1 out in their distinctive red and dent Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic format before the 118-year-old to play two Tests, three one ball of the day to shake Eng- T20 tournaments now making white, who would soon be cel- was among the fans at court- team competition gets a major day internationals and a T20 land who at one stage looked his name in Tests. ebrating. Cilic broke for a 3-2 side to savour a landmark title revamp.