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Page14sports.Qxd (Page 1) SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 2017 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Herath leads Lanka's crushing Saina’s gallant fight ends in Elgar goes, South Africa agony at All England C’ship win over Bangladesh BIRMINGHAM, Mar 11: Malaysia Masters Grand Prix stumble as rain hovers Gold, had to do a catch up act GALLE (SRI LANKA), the first ball, which somehow spinner Lakshan Sandakan broke Indian ace Saina Nehwal right from the start but she man- WELLINGTON, Mar 11: Wagner had success with the through the hands of substitute Mar 11: missed a fielder. However, the the stand. crashed out of the All England aged to grab a four-point lead at wickets of Hashim Amla, caught fielder Colin de Grandhomme at next ball of medium pace Asela Mushfiqur fell to Sandakan Championship after her gallant the break after reeling off four New Zealand captured the at midwicket for 24, and JP short cover. Rangana Herath grabbed six SCOREBOARD fight against World No. 3 Korean straight points having levelled key South African wicket of SCOREBOARD wickets in the second innings to Sri Lanka 1st innings 494 Sung Ji Hyun ended with a nar- the scores at 7-7. Dean Elgar late on day four to South Africa 1st innings 308 keep the faint prospect of a become Test cricket's most suc- Bangladesh 1st innings 312 row 20-22 20-22 loss in the After the breather, Saina fur- New Zealand 1st innings 341 cessful left-arm spinner as Sri result alive in the first Test in Sri Lanka 2nd innings 274/6 declared women's singles quarterfinals of ther consolidated her advantage South Africa 2nd innings (overnight 38-1) Lanka defeated Bangladesh by Dunedin on Saturday. Bangladesh 2nd innings (overnight 67-0) the Super Series Premier event to reach 17-12 at one stage but S. Cook c Watling b Boult 0 259 runs in their first Test at Galle At stumps, New Zealand had Tamim Iqbal c Gunaratne b Perera 19 here. then the Korean pocketed eight D. Elgar c Williamson b Patel 89 today. World No. 10 Saina blew 17- South Africa at 224 for six, a Soumya Sarkar b Gunaratne 53 points on the trot to grab three H. Amla c sub (Southee) b Wagner 24 Herath finished with 6-59, his 12 and 9-6 leads in the two game point advantage. lead of 191 but with the prospect Mominul Haque lbw b Perera 5 J. Duminy lbw Wagner 39 23rd five or more wicket haul, games to go down fighting Saina though managed to of a result threatened by forecast Mushfiqur Rahim c Dickewella b Sandakan 34 rain on the final day. F. Du Plessis not out 56 which took his tally in Tests to against Sung in a 54-minute bat- level par with three points, Sung Shakib Al Hasan c Karunaratne b Herath 8 Elgar had been a shining T. Bavuma b Santner 6 366 wickets, going past New tle to drew curtains on India's closed the game with two points light in the gloom of Dunedin, Zealand's Daniel Vettori, who has Mahmudullah lbw b Herath 0 campaign at the prestigious tour- to earn the bragging rights. Q. De Kock b Patel 4 batting comfortably to keep 362 wickets to his name. Liton Das c Tharanga b Herath 35 nament here last night. In the second game, the third V. Philander not out 1 New Zealand at bay as he His exploits helped Sri Lanka Mehedi Hasan c Kumara b Herath 28 Olympic silver medallist P V seeded Korean opened up a 3-0 Extras: (b1, lb3, w1) 5 dismiss Bangladesh for 197 runs backed up from a first innings Taskin Ahmed c Mendis b Herath 5 Sindhu had also lost her quarter- lead before Saina turned the Total: (six wickets; 102 overs) 224 in the second innings in less than 140. Mustafizur b Herath 0 final match in straight games to tables and moved to a 9-6 lead. Bowling: Boult 15-4-34-1, Wagner 27-7-57-2 (1w), Santner two sessions on the fifth day after But on 89 when he tried to Subashis Roy not out 0 World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of The Indian entered the break with 19-6-37-1, Patel 36-15-72-2, Neesham 5-0-20-0. the visitors resumed play promis- lift the pace in the final session, Extras (b1, lb4, w1 nb4) 10 Chinese Taipei. a slender 11-9 lead but Sung once ingly on 67-0. Elgar skied a Jeetan Patel deliv- Duminy who went lbw for 39. Temba Bavuma was bowled Total (all out, 60.2 overs) 197 Saina had a 6-1 head-to-head again clawed back and slowly "I would say kind of a big ery which was taken by Kane Duminy had a charmed stay. by Mitchell Santner for six when Bowling: Lakmal 7-3-12-0, Perera 15-0-66-2, Herath 20.2- record against the Korean going distanced herself to reach a three achievement, but I must thank into the match but that didn't mat- Williamson running to his right He was dropped by Tom Latham he blocked the left-armer only 5-59-6, Gunaratne 6-1-16-1 (nb1), Sandakan 9-0-29-1 match point advantage yet again. every single person who has sup- ter as Sung held on to her nerves from mid off. on six, and on 20 he was given for the ball to hit the pitch and ported me - the support staff, my (nb3), Kumara 3-0-10-0 (w1). A fighting Saina once again On a chilly day in which play not out to a Patel appeal for lbw. spin back on to the stumps. in crucial moments to emerge saved the three match points but family - I want to say thank you to victorious in their eighth meeting was disrupted twice by rain and New Zealand did not review Patel then bowled Quinton only to allow Sung grab the cru- all of them," Herath said about his Gunaratne clipped the bails of his for 34 runs before Herath at the international circuit. gloom, Faf du Plessis on 56 and the umpire's decision, although de Kock (four), claiming the cial two points to end her cam- record. off stump to dismiss the left-han- removed Liton for 35 runs to The 26-year-old from Vernon Philander on one when the ball-tracker technology South African keeper for the paign. (PTI) "Everybody chipped in and I der with his overnight score of 53. expedite the win. Hyderabad, who had clinched the bad light ended play 20 minutes showed it was heading straight fourth consecutive innings on must congratulate everyone Perera then struck in succes- Mushfiqur refused to blame early on a tough day which pro- at leg stump. this tour. because it is a team effort," he sive overs, trapping Mominul the pitch for their defeat. duced only 186 runs and five Elgar also had a life when he Patel had figures of two for said about the victory. Haque leg-before for five before "I thought the wicket is still Bopanna, Cuevas knocked wickets -- three in the final ses- brought up his half century with 72 and Wagner two for 57. Herath claimed four of the last forcing a catch from Tamim Iqbal pretty good to bat, it does not look sion -- at University Oval. a cracking drive that went (Agencies) five wickets that fell in the post- to Gunaratne at slip for 19. like a day five wicket," he said. out by Djokovic and Troicki While Elgar slowly moved lunch session as Bangladesh were Herath delivered further "It came down to how we bat- INDIAN WELLS (USA), tournament together this season South Africa ahead on the board, Registration for Mar 19 Jammu folded in 60.2 overs to hand Sri blows when he removed Shakib ted on the final day and the first Mar 11: and have managed to win just one New Zealand did not help their Lanka a 1-0 lead in the two-Test Al Hasan for eight and handed session was going to be crucial, match at the Australian Open. cause by committing a series of Marathon begins: ADGP Mohanti series. Mahmudullah a second-ball duck but we unfortunately lost wick- Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Bopanna was hoping for better blunders, with their problems Off-spinner Dilruwan Perera in a space of three balls in one ets." Cuevas yet again failed to click as results, specifically at the Grand compounded by the light and an Excelsior Sports Correspondent Marathon open male category claimed two wickets in the morn- over. Sri Lanka's Kusal Mendis was a team, losing the closely-fought Slams, after teaming up with sin- injury to Trent Boult. would start their Run with first ing to trigger the collapse in Shakib gloved a catch to named man of the match for his opening round of the ATP Indian gles world number 30 for the 2017 When the new ball was taken JAMMU, Mar 11: State Level flag off ceremony at 6.15 am and Bangladesh innings before Dimuth Karunaratne at leg slip heroic 194 runs in the first Wells Masters to Novak Djokovic season. They had lost first round in the final session, the umpires Marathon “Run for Fun,” is being would return after covering a dis- Herath took charge of Sri Lanka's while Mahmudullah was innings. and Viktor Troicki, here today. at Apia International in Sydney initially considered it too dark held in Jammu City on March 19, tance of more than 42 kms via bowling unit.
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