26 Sports Tuesday, December 18, 2018 Kohli falls to Lyon as Australia closing in on overdue victory Set 287 to win on an unpredictable pitch PERTH: Australia is poised for their first Test match win SCOREBOARD since the ball-tampering scandal after spinner Nathan Lyon claimed the prized wicket of Indian captain Virat Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test Kohli in the second Test in Perth yesterday. against at Perth yesterday: Set 287 to win on an unpredictable pitch, India were reduced to 112 for five at stumps on the fourth day. Australia 1st innings 326 (M. Harris 70, T. Head 58; Sharma 4-41) Hanuma Vihari was 24 not out and Rishabh Pant was on India 1st innings 283 (V Kohli 123, A Rahane 51; Lyon 5-67) nine. The visitors still needed 175 to win with just five Australia 2nd innings (overnight 132-4) wickets in hand as Australia seek to level the four-Test M. Harris b Bumrah 20 series and claim their first Test win since beating South A. Finch c Pant b Shami 25 Africa at St George’s Park in March. U. Khawaja c Pant b Shami 72 It was during the following Test at Newlands that S. Marsh c Pant b Shami 5 Cameron Bancroft was caught using sandpaper to alter P. Handscomb lbw Sharma 13 the ball. The scandal led to lengthy suspensions from T. Head c Sharma b Shami 19 Cricket Australia for Bancroft, captain Steve Smith and T. Paine c Kohli b Shami 37 opener David Warner. Australian paceman Josh Hazlewood said the home P. Cummins b Bumrah 1 team were excited by the chance of an overdue victory M. Starc b Bumrah 14 on the fifth day. “It has been a bit of a long time N. Lyon c Vihari b Shami 5 between wins,” he said. J. Hazlewood not out 17 “We’re pretty excited to come back tomorrow. Extras (b8, lb3, w4) 15 “There is still a bit of work to be done, there is obvi- Total (all out, 93.2 overs) 243 ously enough there in the wicket and we just have to hit Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Harris), 2-64 (Marsh), 3-85 (Handscomb), the right areas.” India lead 1-0 after victory in Adelaide, 4-120 (Head), 5-192 (Paine), 6-192 (Finch), 7-198 (Khawaja), 8- but have never won a Test series in Australia. The loss 198 (Cummins), 9-207 (Lyon), 10-243 (Starc) of Kohli appeared a fatal blow to their chances of a Bowling: Sharma 16-1-45-1, Bumrah 25.2-10-39-3, Shami 24-8- famous win. 56-6 (2w), Yadav 14-0-61-0 (2w), Vihari 14-4-31-0 Lyon dismissed Kohli for the seventh time in Test cricket, two more than any other bowler, when he had PERTH: Australia’s bowler Nathan Lyon (R) celebrates after dismissing India’s Virat Kohli (C) during day four of India 2nd innings him caught at slip by Usman Khawaja for 17. Kohli was the second Test cricket match between Australia and India in Perth yesterday. — AFP KL Rahul b Starc 0 unable to repeat the heroics of his first innings century, M. Vijay b Lyon 20 the ball catching the outside edge as he probed for- C. Pujara c Paine b Hazlewood 4 ward defensively. inside edge by Lyon, who took two for 30. Cheteshwar Pujara then feathered a short delivery from V. Kohli c Khawaja b Lyon 17 His departure was the cause of great delight for The pair of wickets continued a fine match for Lyon, Josh Hazlewood on four, as India slumped to 13 for two. A. Rahane c Head b Hazlewood 30 Australian captain Tim Paine, after the pair had who picked up five in the Indian first innings to move Across the two teams, eight wickets fell for 68 runs H. Vihari not out 24 exchanged words at the conclusion of the third day. into the top 25 all-time Test wicket-takers, currently on between lunch and tea, as batting appeared to become R. Pant not out 9 The Australian wicketkeeper, looking for his first win as 333. After Australia lost their last six wickets for 51 runs very difficult due to variable bounce. Australian number Extras (b6, w2) 8 skipper in five Tests since taking over from the dis- to be dismissed for 243, with Mohammed Shami claim- eight Pat Cummins was the chief victim of the pitch Total (five wickets; 41 overs) 112 graced Steve Smith, celebrated the dismissal with a ing a career-best 6-56, India made a disastrous start to gremlins after lunch, when he was clean bowled for one Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Rahul), 2-13 (Pujara), 3-48 (Kohli), 4-55 cheeky comment to not out batsman Murali Vijay. their run chase just before tea. Opener KL Rahul didn’t by a Jasprit Bumrah delivery that kept very low off the (Vijay), 5-98 (Rahane) “Murali, I know he’s your captain, but you can’t seri- survive long, falling to the fourth ball of the innings wicket. The home team had resumed at 190 for four Bowling: Starc 10-2-28-1 (1w), Hazlewood 11-3-24-2, Cummins ously like him as a bloke,” Paine said, in comments from Mitchell Starc for a duck. after lunch, but Shami cleaned up the tail, removing 8-0-24-0 (1w) , Lyon 12-2-30-2. picked up by microphone. Just two overs later Vijay Rahul attempted to pull the bat away and only suc- Khawaja for 72 and Paine, on 37, with sharply rising was also on his way back to the pavilion, bowled off an ceeded in getting an inside edge onto his stumps. deliveries. —AFP Hope accelerated the West Indies’ run chase with 55 nerships of 25 and 30 respectively with Mahmudullah Cottrell, Hope off 23 balls that included six sixes and three fours. Riyad and Ariful Haque to lift the side briefly. Victory never looked in doubt as he struck spinner “Everything (fell) apart from the toss. Batting failed Mehidy Hasan for three sixes and a four in just the sec- and then the bowling also obviously went wrong,” India’s Shaw out for guide WI to ond over of the innings, yielding 23 runs. Shakib said after the match. “Was a good pitch, should Spinner Mahmudullah Riyad dismissed Hope after have probably got about 180 on the board.” Australia Tests, Pandya crushing T20 win medium pacer Mohammad Saifuddin broke a 51-run He hit eight fours and two sixes before being dis- opening stand with Evin Lewis, who fell for 18. But missed by Cottrell. Paul wrapped up Bangladesh’s and Agarwal get call Nicholas Pooran and Keemo Paul ensured West Indies innings with 2-23. The West Indies are hoping a series SYLHET: Left-arm pacer Sheldon Cottrell delivered a cruised to their target, with quickfire innings of 23 and win will end their Bangladesh tour on a positive note career best 4-28 before Shai Hope struck a half-centu- 28 respectively. Cottrell and fellow pacer Oshane after losing their Test and one-day international series PERTH: Indian batsman Prithvi Shaw has been ry as West Indies crushed Bangladesh by eight wickets Thomas earlier choked Bangladesh, who opted to bat 2-0 and 2-1 respectively. “Very good win but it’s only ruled out of the remaining two Test matches in their Twenty20 series opener yesterday. first, at the start of their innings. Openers Tamim Iqbal one game,” skipper Carlos Brathwaite said. “We have against Australia due to an ankle injury, the Indian West Indies raced to 130-2 in just 10.5 overs after and Liton Das, as well as Soumya Sarkar, all fell for started with a win before and then gone on to lose the cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday. Cottrell and his fellow pacers bowled out Bangladesh single-figure scores to short-pitch deliveries. series in recent times. So, it’s important to be respectful The 19-year-old opener injured his ankle while for 129 runs in Sylhet. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al In-form Mushfiqur Rahim was run out for five, leav- of the opposition.” Bangladesh and West Indies play fielding during a tour match against a Cricket Hasan scored 61 off 43 balls for the home side but could ing Bangladesh on 48-4 before six overs of batting the remaining two T20 internationals of the series in Australia XI in Sydney last month and has missed not stave off a thumping defeat. power play had elapsed. Shakib put on two small part- Dhaka this week. — AFP the first two matches of the series. Indian fans had hoped that Shaw, who scored an aggressive centu- ry on debut against West Indies in October, would SCOREBOARD be fit-again for the third test which begins in Melbourne on Dec. 26. Scoreboard of the first Twenty20 international in a three-match series between Bangladesh and West Fellow opener Mayank Agarwal, who is yet to Indies at Sylhet International Stadium yesterday: make his Test debut, was named as Shaw’s replacement. The Indian selectors also called up Bangladesh Bowling: Thomas 4-0-33-1, Cottrell 4-0-28-4 all-rounder Hardik Pandya who has recovered Tamim Iqbal c Brathwaite b Cottrell 5 (w1), Paul 4-0-23-2 (nb1), Brathwaite 3-0-13-1, from a back injury sustained in the Asia Cup earli- Liton Das c Brathwaite b Thomas 6 Allen 3-0-19-1, Powell 1-0-7-0 er this year.