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THE HINDU DELHI SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Classy Williamson propels New Zealand Southee — man for all seasons Old-school swing bowler has adapted to the modern game Ishant’s strikes keep India in the game; Taylor digs in with his skipper to raise 93 for the third wicket Special Correspondent there ever is a safe number into play a little more. INDIA IN NZ Wellington and so I think it’s just about “Yeah I think the way we Tim Southee is a man for all us putting partnerships to­ bowled this morning was S. Dinakar seasons. He never com­ gether and batting as long as pretty good. To finish the In­ Wellington plains, never grumbles, just we can. Then going out and dian batting line­up like that Kane Williamson picked the does his job. doing our job with the ball. with two dangerous players length early and played the Just as he did at the Basin It’s obviously going to be in the morning.” ball late like great batsmen Reserve here on the first two tougher in the second in­ Talking about his swing, do. He had the time to essay days, scalping four. nings for us bowlers.” Southee said, “I probably his shots and the timing to An old­school swing bow­ He acknowledged there gave up worrying about ease the ball between fiel­ ler he has adapted to the had been some turn. “There speed a while ago, so I’ve got ders. modern game. is a little bit of spin. You to rely on other skills. And, I Men such as Williamson And he can turn adversity don’t usually see that on Day guess, swing." play with the field, they open — the physically draining 2 at the Basin. That’s why the up gaps, disrupt bowlers’ task of bowling against the first innings becomes impor­ World­class bowlers rhythm, create opportuni­ wind — into his strength. tant.” About Jasprit Bumrah hav­ ties. Yet, his innings on Sa­ Southee said the run­out ing an off­day, Southee said, turday, the second day of the No guesses of Rishabh Pant was a big “I don’t think there’s anyth­ first Test at the Basin Re­ Both Prithvi Shaw and R. breakthrough, “because he ing wrong with him. He’s a serve, ended in anticlimactic Ashwin were opened up and can be such a dangerous world­class bowler." fashion. castled by this 31­year­old se­ player.” On Ishant, Southee said, nior professional, with 274 The Kiwi added, “We “He’s been a world­class Quality innings Test scalps. Yet, Southee was knew, though, if we could bowler for a long time. He’s His strength, the cover­drive, wary against making predic­ open one end up then Jinks got experience.” proving his undoing. Wil­ tions or naming the target [Ajinkya Rahane] was look­ About himself, the Kiwi is liamson could not keep his his team could face. ing to play a little bit more modest but is often in the shot off seamer Mohammed He said, “I don’t think aggressively, which brings us swing of things. Shami down and was held by substitute Ravindra Jadeja, diving forward. Nevertheless his 89 was an innings of qual­ Ishant can deliver even in his sleep! ity and substance.

Yet credit to the Indians — Exquisite: Kane Williamson showed why he may be counted among the greats with a finely crafted innings.* GETTY IMAGES dismissed for 165 — for fight­ Jet-lagged and rusty, the pacer still leads the attack ing back. They hung in there, bowled against the wind and drives, the on­drives and the move the last five wickets. out­swingers going. S. Dinakar continued to keep attacking there was some drift for him. cuts. The skipper was in Rishabh Pant began with a Rahane (46) did not last Wellington fields and hit back in the last control. rousing six, smoking left­arm long either, unable to take session. New Zealand was Off­colour Bumrah Taylor had his own meth­ spinner Ajaz Patel over long­ his bat away in time to a All he needs now is a night’s 216 for five when play Apart from Ishant, who test­ ods of coping with the pres­ on. However, a poor judg­ Southee ball, delivered wide sleep. “A good sleep is the reached an early conclusion ed batsmen with his line and sures of a personal miles­ ment call from Ajinkya Ra­ of the crease. best way to recover,” he said because of insufficient light. bounce to scalp three, the In­ tone. He slog­swept Ashwin hane — he ran without cau­ amidst laughter! Earlier, the host was coast­ dian pacemen largely disap­ for a six, and then leaned in­ tion after playing Tim Comical drop Ishant hasn’t slept since ing at 166 for two — a poten­ pointed. Jasprit Bumrah was to a cover­drive off Bumrah. Southee to point — resulted Despite some brave blows by he landed in New Zealand, tially huge lead in sight — off­colour. The mercurial Taylor’s in Pant being run­out; Ajaz Shami and a comical drop by apart from a couple of hours when Ishant Sharma got a The seamers should have cuts scorched the turf; on scoring a direct hit from Williamson when the wind here and there. delivery to climb into Taylor bowled a fuller length that view was his bat­speed. point. took the skier away from He’s jet­lagged and sleep­ (44), who, unable to keep the the Kiwi pacemen had em­ Then, Southee removed him, the Indian innings con­ deprived, had not played for sphere down, was picked up ployed with success to test Quick end Ashwin off his next delivery, cluded soon. weeks, had battled a grade by short­leg. footwork and find edges. Earlier, the Kiwis made short a mean ball that pitched on There were four wickets III tear in his ankle, and ar­ The dismissal ended the They needed to force the work of the Indians — the middle and hit off. each for Kyle Jamieson and rived in New Zealand only a 93­run third­wicket partner­ Kiwi batsmen to come for­ host needed just 13.1 overs Bowling against the wind, Southee, a combination of couple of days before the ship between Taylor and Wil­ ward to well pitched up de­ on the second morning to re­ Southee was able to get his the new and old. Test. liamson. Kohli did well to liveries and cover for the SCOREBOARD Ishant admitted, “Physi­ keep the short­leg. swing. If they didn’t do so, cally I wasn’t feeling really All for the team: Ishant Sharma’s selfless effort drew Then, late in the day, the they would be caught at the INDIA — 1ST INNINGS Total (in 68.1 overs): 165. c sub b Shami 89 (153b, 11x4), good because of lack of admiration from his mates. * AP left­handed Henry Nicholls crease. sleep. But I was rather happy Prithvi Shaw b Southee 16 FALL OF WICKETS Ross Taylor c Pujara b Ishant 44 was held in the slips off an Ishant struck for India (18b, 2x4), Mayank Agarwal c 1­16 (Shaw, 4.2 overs), 2­35 (71b, 6x4, 1x6), Henry Nicholls c with my bowling, and how I did not, what could I do? said defending Jasprit Ashwin delivery that spun when the Kiwis replied; he Jamieson b Boult 34 (84b, 5x4), (Pujara, 15.3), 3­40 (Kohli, 17.5), Kohli b Ashwin 17 (62b, 2x4), had recovered from the inju­ Eventually, I had to bowl 21 Bumrah. away. had Tom Latham taken Cheteshwar Pujara c Watling b 4­88 (Mayank, 34.3), 5­101 (Vi­ B­J. Watling (batting) 14 (29b, ry.” overs in two days at the NCA He was proud of the man­ The Indians kept the be­ down the leg­side and cas­ Jamieson 11 (42b, 1x4), Virat hari, 41.1), 6­132 (Pant, 58.2), 7­ 1x4), Colin de Grandhomme before being cleared.” ner in which India fought lief. Even after the Kiwis had tled Tom Blundell (30), who Kohli c Taylor b Jamieson 2 (7b), 132 (Ashwin, 58.3), 8­143 (Ra­ (batting) 4 (2b, 1x4); Extras Demanding phase Ishant turned in a credita­ back. “This team keeps fight­ surpassed the Indian score, played some fluent pulls and Ajinkya Rahane c Watling b hane, 62.3), 9­165 (Ishant, (b­1, lb­1, w­5): 7. Total (for 5 Ishant had gone through a ble performance on the se­ ing till the match is over. At Kohli had a slip and two cover drives, with a Southee 46 (138b, 5x4), 67.3). wkts. in 71.1 overs): 216. mentally demanding phase, cond day of the Test here, no stage do we give up.” short­legs when Ashwin op­ nip­backer. Hanuma Vihari c Watling b Jam­ NEW ZEALAND BOWLING FALL OF WICKETS getting injured in a Ranji scalping three. Being tall, Ishant said, 1­26 (Latham, 10.2), 2­73 erated at Williamson, well in­ And the 100­Test man, ieson 7 (20b, 1x4), Rishabh Pant Southee 20.1­5­49­4, Boult Trophy game and then tra­ The senior bowler, he was had its advantages. “Tall run out 19 (53b, 1x4, 1x6), R. 18­2­57­1, de Grandhomme 11­ (Blundell, 26.4), 3­166 (Taylor, to his 80s. Ross Taylor, walking in to a velling to NCA, Bengaluru protective of his pack. bowlers can get lift and you Ashwin b Southee 0 (1b), Ishant 5­12­0, Jamieson 16­3­39­4, 52.1), 4­185 (Williamson, 62.4), There was some turn and memorable ovation, joined Sharma c Watling b Jamieson 5 Ajaz 3­2­7­0. 5­207 (Nicholls, 69.5). for recovery. “We have been getting 20 have seen how important bite for Ashwin and, if the In­ his skipper. (23b), Mohammed Shami c NEW ZEALAND — 1ST INNINGS INDIA BOWLING “I just worked on my re­ wickets on most occasions, bounce is.” dians can set a reasonable Williamson was already Blundell b Southee 21 (20b, Tom Latham c Pant b Ishant Bumrah 18.1­4­62­0, Ishant hab. I did not have any goals in different conditions. A Right now Ishant is des­ target in the fourth innings, into his groove, stroked off 3x4), Jasprit Bumrah (not out) 11 (30b), Tom Blundell b Ishant 15­6­31­3, Shami 17­2­61­1, of making this tour in mind. day without wickets doesn’t perate for some sleep! The he could be a handful. He either foot — the cover­ 0 (3b); Extras (lb­1, w­3): 4. 30 (80b, 4x4), Kane Williamson Ashwin 21­1­60­1. If I got fit, it was all right. If I change anything,” Ishant thunderbolts will come later. Devine turns it on for NZ Ervine hits ton India pulls off a victory PM launches KI Agence France-Presse varsity games Taylor excels in West Indies’ win Dhaka Beats Australia via the shootout to pocket three points Skipper Craig Ervine CUTTACK: Prime Minister Na­ scored a dogged century as FIH PRO LEAGUE rendra Modi launched the WOMEN’S T20 WC Zimbabwe shared the ho­ first Khelo India University nours with Bangladesh on Press Trust of India Games through a video Reuters the opening day of the one­ BHUBANESWAR conference facility here on Saturday. As many as 3,400 PERTH off Test here on Saturday. India bounced back in style The scores: athletes from 159 universi­ Sophie Devine led from the to beat holder Australia 3­1 Zimbabwe 228/6 in 90 ov­ ties across the country will front, smashing an unbeaten via a shoot­out, after being ers (Prince Masvuare 64, vie for top honours across 75 for her sixth straight T20 locked 2­2 at the end of regu­ Craig Ervine 107, Nayeem Ha­ 17 disciplines. PTI half­century, to guide New san 4/68) vs Bangladesh. lation time, in the second Zealand to a seven­wicket match of the two­leg FIH Pro victory over another Sri Lan­ League match on Saturday. Ajay bows out ka in a Group A match of the Barca rides on India had lost 4­3 on Friday. ICC Women’s World Twen­ India converted two pe­ Press Trust of India BARCELONA ty20 World Cup on Saturday. Messi’s four nalty corners through Ru­ First salvo: Rupinder Pal Singh celebrates his opening strike In Group B, West Indies pinder Pal Singh (25th mi­ Ajay Jayram crashed out of Hitting away: Devine played as she is wont to while guiding Agence France-Presse for India. * BISWARANJAN ROUT captain Stafanie Taylor, with nute) and Harmanpreet the semifinals of the Barce­ New Zealand to an easy victory over Sri Lanka. * GETTY IMAGES London an allround display, helped Singh (27th), while Trent Beale found the net for the above the Manpreet Singh­ lona Spain Masters bad­ her side to a similar win over before Hayley Jensen’s spell 20, Chamari Atapattu 41, Hayley Lionel Messi scored four Mitton (23rd) and skipper visitors. led side at third spot in the minton on Saturday after debutant Thailand. of three of 16 slowed down 3/16) lost to New Zealand 131/3 goals as Barcelona began a Aran Zalewski (46th) were By virtue of the win, India standings on goal difference. suffering a straight­game in 17.4 overs (Sophie Devine 75 In the second match, the momentum. Devine hit crunch week in its season the scorers for Australia. earned three points while loss to Thailand’s Kunlavut six fours and two sixes in her n.o.). Group B: Thailand 78/9 in by thrashing Eibar 5­0 in The result: India 2 (Rupinder openers Chamari Atha­ In the shoot­out, Harman­ Australia pocketed one. 25, Harmanpreet 27) drew with Vitidsarn. The unseeded 55­ball knock to help the Ki­ 20 overs (Nannapat Koncharoen­ the La Liga on Saturday. paththu (41) and Hasini Ma­ kai 33, Stafanie Taylor 3/13) lost preet, Vivek Sagar Prasad Both the teams have 10 Australia 2 (Trent Mitton 23, Indian went down 20­22, wis get through. In the Premier League, dushika played unorthodox to West Indies 80/3 in 16.4 overs and Lalit Upadhyay scored points from six games but Aran Zalewski 46). India won 12­21 in the BWF World shots to give Sri Lanka a The scores: Group A: Sri Lanka (Stafanie Taylor 26 n.o., She­ Olivier Giroud and Marcos for India, while only Daniel the Kookaburras are a rung 3-1 in the shootout. Tour Super 300 event. brisk start with a stand of 60 127/7 in 20 overs (Hasini Perera maine Campbelle 25 n.o.). Alonso came in from the cold to inspire in Chelsea’s 2­1 win over Tottenham as the Blues cemented their Sri Lanka Agar’s hat­trick sinks SA grip on fourth place. Ravi Dahiya, India’s lone gold winner The results: — a 14­5 win against former find a way past the nippy and fight in the final, going down Premier League: Chelsea 2 ASIAN WRESTLING squeaks home world champion Yuki Taka­ strong Takuto Otoguro of Ja­ 7­5 in the 79kg category to AUSTRALIA IN SA (Giroud 15, Alonso 48) bt Tot­ tenham 1 (Rudiger 89­og); hashi of Japan — and ended pan, whom he last played in Arsalan Budazhapov of Kyr­ Agence France-Presse UTHRA GANESAN Agence France-Presse Burnley 3 (Vydra 53, Rodri­ the same way, thrashing Hik­ the 2018 World Champion­ gyzstan with most of the Colombo Johannesburg guez 61­pen, McNeil 87) NEW DELHI matullo Vohidov of Tajikis­ ships final, with the same re­ points being scored in the Tailender Hasaranga de Sil­ Left­arm spinner Ashton Bournemouth 0; Crystal Pa­ On a day Bajrang Punia was tan 10­0 in 2 minutes 38 se­ sult. last 30 seconds of the match. va hit an unbeaten 42 as Sri Agar took a hat­trick as Aus­ lace 1 (Van Aanholt 44) bt expected to raise the Indian conds for the title. Gaurav Baliyan was the The results: Lanka beat West Indies by tralia crushed South Africa Newcastle 0. flag, the crowd at the KD Jad­ Bajrang, though, failed to only one to put up a decent 57kg: 1. Ravi Dahiya (IND), 2. one wicket in the first ODI by 107 runs in the first Sheffield United 1 (Stevens hav Indoor Stadium had to Hikmatullo Vohidov (TJK), 3. here on Saturday. Needing Twenty20 International at 26) drew with Brighton 1 wait till late night, the last Yuki Takahashi (JPN), Bekbolot 290, Sri Lanka reached the the Wanderers here on (Maupay 30); Southampton 2 bout of the day to be precise, Myrzanazar Uulu (KGZ). (Long 8, Armstrong 90+5) bt target with five balls to Friday. to listen to the Indian nation­ 65kg: 1. Takuto Otoguro (JPN), Aston Villa 0 spare as Hasaranga held his 2. Bajrang Punia (IND), 3. Amir­ Steve Smith, back in La Liga: Celta Vigo 1 (Aspas al anthem. hossein Azim Maghsoudi (IRI), nerve after the hosts slipped South Africa for the first 62) bt Leganes 0; Barcelona 5 Ravi Dahiya was the lone Daulet Niyazbekov (KAZ). to 262 for eight. For the time since the 2018 ball­tam­ (Messi 14, 37, 40, 87, Arthur bright spot for the host, ex­ West Indies, Alzarri Joseph pering scandal, hit a top 89) bt Eibar 0. pected to rule the medals ta­ 70kg: 1. Ilyas Bekbulatov claimed three wickets after score of 45 for Australia, Friday: La Liga: Real Betis 3 ble in the men’s freestyle ca­ (UZB), 2. Amirhossein Ali Hos­ Shai Hope had made 115. which made 196 for six after (Sergio Canales 19­pen, Fekir tegory on the day but seini (IRI), 3. Islambek Orozbe­ kov (KGZ), Meirzhan Ashirov The scores: West Indies 35­pen, Joaquin 48) drew managing only a handful of being sent in. (KAZ). 289/7 in 50 overs (Shai Hope South Africa made a bad with Real Mallorca 3 (Hernan­ silvers instead on day five of 79kg: 1. Arsalan Budazhapov 115, Darren Bravo 39, Roston start against the pace of Ashton Agar. * AP dez 16, Budimir 27, Kubo 70). the Senior Asian Wrestling Chase 41, Keemo Paul 32 n.o.) Serie A: Brescia 1 (Chancellor (KGZ), 2. Gourav Baliyan (IND), Mitchell Starc and Pat Cum­ Championships here. lost to Sri Lanka 290/9 in 49.1 best figures of five for 24. 26) lost to Napoli 2 (Insigne 3. Ali Bakhtiar Savadkouhi (IRI), overs (Avishka Fernando 50, mins before Agar's triple The scores: Australia 196/6 in 49­pen, Fabian 54). Dahiya, who won bronze Shinkichi Okui (JPN). Dimuth Karunaratne 52, Kusal strike sent them hurtling to 20 overs (S. Smith 45, A. Finch Bundesliga: Bayern Munich 3 at the 2019 World Cham­ 97kg: 1. Mojtaba Mohammed­ Perera 42, Thisara Perera 32, an all­time lowest T20 total 42; Steyn 2/31, Shamsi 2/31) bt (Gnabry 25, Lewandowski 70, pionships in the 57kg to shafie Goleij (IRI), 2. Satyavrat Hasaranga de Silva 42 n.o.; of 89. South Africa 89 in 14.3 overs 88) bt Paderborn 2 (Srbeny qualify for Tokyo Olympics, Bright spot: Ravi Dahiya, on top, brought cheer to the Kadiyan (IND), 3. Alisher Yergali Alzarri Joseph 3/42). Agar returned career­ (Agar 5/24). 44, Michel 75). began in dominating fashion Indian fans with a stellar show. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR (KAZ), Rustam Iskandari (TJK).

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