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26 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Kohli anger as India ‘completely outplayed’ in N Zealand Test clean-sweep

‘We were not positive enough, we were not brave enough’

CHRISTCHURCH: Frustrated India captain Virat the first innings and he was on camera yelling Kohli criticised his team and sparred with a journalist an obscenity at a group of New Zealand supporters as New Zealand won the second Test inside three on Sunday. But he refused to answer questions about days to sweep the series yesterday. Home skipper his behaviour after the Test. celebrated “an outstanding perform- “What do you think?” he fired back at a journalist, ance” as New Zealand, who won the first Test by 10 when asked if it was appropriate conduct. “If you , claimed the second by seven wickets to wrap want to create controversy this is not the right place it up 2-0. to be. I spoke with the match referee and he had no But it left Kohli, who was caught making a foul- issues with what happened.” mouthed outburst to the crowd during day two, disap- In the two Tests, on traditional New Zealand green pointed with his top-ranked side. “We were completely wickets, India managed scores of 165, 191, 242 and outplayed in this series, and obviously did not play the 124, reflecting Kohli’s low contributions of 2, 19, 3 and kind of that we do play as a team,” Kohli said. 14. New Zealand are now unbeaten in their last 13 “We were not positive enough, we were not brave home Tests, winning nine of them, and in the past enough.” The irritation was clear from the current decade their record as hosts is played 39, won 20, holder of the “spirit of cricket” award as he lost his drawn 13 and lost five. world number one ranking following a string of India started the day at 90 for six and were all out low scores. for 124, before New Zealand chased down the required Kohli gave Williamson a very animated send-off in 132 to win for the loss of three wickets in 36 overs.

SCOREBOARD

Final scoreboard after the second Test between New Zealand and India ended in yesterday: India 1st innings 242 (Vihari 55, Shaw 54, Pujara 54; Jamieson 5-45) CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand pose for a photo after beating India 2-0 in the Test series on day three of the second New Zealand 1st innings 235 (Latham 52, Jamieson 49; Shami 4-81, Bumrah 3-62) match between New Zealand and India at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP India 2nd innings (overnight 90-6) New Zealand 2nd innings P. Shaw c Latham b Southee 14 T. Latham c Pant b Yadav 52 M. Agarwal lbw Boult 3 T. Blundell b Bumrah 55 SWING ATTACK and Southee signed for most of the dismissals with C. Pujara b Boult 24 K. Williamson c Rahane b Bumrah 5 The end came quickly for the India innings as Tim Boult taking four for 28 and Southee three for 36. V. Kohli lbw de Grandhomme 14 R. Taylor 5 Southee and tormented the batsmen with The swing pair accounted for 25 of the 40 Indian A. Rahane b Wagner 9 U. Yadav b Boult 1 H. Nicholls not out 5 their variety of inswing and outswing deliveries tar- wickets in the series. H. Vihari c Watling b Southee 9 Extras: (b1, lb8, nb1) 10 geting both sides of the stumps. There was enough seam and swing available for R. Pant c Watling b Boult 4 Total: (three wickets, 36 overs) 132 Hanuma Vihari was the first to fall, in Southee’s sec- India to keep the New Zealand batsmen guessing but R. Jadeja not out 16 Fall of : 1-103 (Latham), 2-112 (Williamson), 3-121 (Blundell) ond over, when he turned a legside too fine Bumrah and Umesh Yadav were unable to apply con- M. Shami c Blundell b Southee 5 : Bumrah 13-2-39-2, Yadav 14-3-45-1, Shami 3-1-11-0, J. Bumrah run out (Boult/Williamson) 4 and was caught by BJ Watling diving to his left. Five sistent pressure and Mohammed Shami was troubled Jadeja 5-0-24-0 (1nb), Kohli 1-0-4-0 balls later and with no addition to the score, India’s by a sore shoulder. Extras: (b9, lb12) 21 Result: New Zealand won by seven wickets Total: (all out, 46 overs) 124 Series: New Zealand won two-match series 2-0. other overnight batsman was caught New Zealand coasted through a opening Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Agarwal), 2-26 (Shaw), 3-51 (Kohli), 4-72 behind off a Boult delivery that swung away. stand by and Blundell before losing three (Rahane), 5-84 (Pujara), 6-89 (Yadav), 7-97 (Vihari), 8-97 (Pant), Mohammed Shami was caught for five by Tom quick wickets. Latham notched his 18th half-century 9-108 (Shami), 10-124 (Bumrah) Bowling: Southee 11-2-36-3, Boult 14-4-28-4, Jamieson 8-4-18-0, Blundell at deep mid-wicket and and second of the Test before he was caught behind de Grandhomme 5-3-3-1, Wagner 8-1-18-1 was run out when trying to give the strike to off Yadav for 52, Kane Williamson had a short stay for Ravindra Jadeja, who was unbeaten on 16. Boult five, and Blundell went for 55. — AFP

added an empty-netter with 11 Australia edge Flyers beat seconds to go, and Ryan Murray had two assists. Goaltender Joonas Korpisalo, making just his second NZ to make T20 Rangers for start since a Dec. 29 knee injury that required surgery, stopped 36 World Cup semis 6th straight win shots. The Blue Jackets, who main- tained the Eastern Conference’s second and final wild-card playoff MELBOURNE: A stylish 60 from NEW YORK: Travis Konecny and spot, snapped a two-game skid and controlled bowling yesterday kept intact Derek Grant each recorded a goal and won for just the second time in Australia’s record of making at least the semi- and an assist as the Philadelphia their past 12 games (2-5-5). finals of every World Cup in a nail-bit- Flyers extended their winning streak ing four-run win over New Zealand. to a season-high six games with a KINGS 4, GOLDEN KNIGHTS 1 The defending champions and four-time win- 5-3 victory over the host New York Rookie goaltender Cal Petersen ners join India, England and South Africa in the last Rangers on Sunday afternoon. The made 42 saves and Anze Kopitar four, with the games played in on Thursday. Flyers tied a season high with three scored two goals as Los Angeles Australia have been dominant since the World Cup power-play goals and added a snapped the franchise-record-tying MELBOURNE: Australia’s (L) is by New Zealand wicketkeeper (R) was introduced 11 years ago, but were upset by short-handed tally en route to their eight-game winning streak of Vegas during the Twenty20 women’s World Cup cricket match between Australia and New Zealand in India in the opening game of the tournament. ninth win in the past 10 meetings in Las Vegas. Alex Iafallo had a goal Melbourne yesterday. — AFP Rattled, they bounced back emphatically with the Rangers. Philadelphia also and an assist and Trevor Lewis against and Bangladesh before narrow- improved to 16-5-1 in its last 22 scored a goal for Los Angeles, ly accounting for their trans-Tasman rivals, who basics right which gives us confidence going on a high with a crushing victory over games and remained three points which won its third consecutive leave the World Cup empty-handed. The White into the semi-finals.” Bangladesh in a fitting farewell to retiring behind Washington for the lead in game. Drew Doughty and Ben Ferns won the toss and at in One worry for Australia is the fitness of the veteran Shashikala Siriwardena, who bagged the Metropolitan Division. Hutton each added two assists for Melbourne, snaring an early breakthrough. But world’s top T20 all rounder Ellyse Perry, who a tournament-best 4-16. The clinical nine- Philadelphia’s Matt Niskanen and the Kings, who improved to 6-2-1 in Australia has incredible depth in its batting and limped off while fielding, seemingly with a ham- wicket win was their first of the event to Sean Couturier scored power-play their past nine games. Shea Mooney led them to a competitive 155 for five. string problem. New Zealand removed the dan- leave them fourth in Group A, with goals in the first period, while Theodore scored for Pacific Skipper (31) and gerous cheaply with Lanning join- Bangladesh beaten in all four games to prop Michael Raffl scored a short-handed Division-leading Vegas, which suf- (37) led the chase, but Australia’s bowlers were up ing Mooney, but after an attacking 21 she was up the table. marker. Grant scored the Flyers’ fered its first loss since Feb. 11, when to the task, with spinner taking caught off Anna Peterson’s bowling. While neither team could reach the knock- only even-strength goal, and it was blanked at Minnesota 4-0. three crucial wickets. “It was a crunch game and I (20) shared in a quickfire outs, there was plenty at stake with the winner Konecny added the third power- Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 13 of 17 thought we handled it really well,” said skipper 52-run stand with Mooney, who brought up her avoiding having to qualify for the 2022 tourna- play goal. New York’s Henrik shots, losing for the first time in six . “I think we showed that we are able fifth half-century in nine innings off 42 balls. ment in South Africa by virtue of finishing as Lundqvist made his first start since starts. The Kings are in last place in to be calm under the pump, we have done the Playing in her 50th T20, Moody finally depart- one of the top eight sides. Feb. 3 and allowed five goals on 26 the division. ed for 60, but it needed a spectacular catch on “Really happy with the performance.” said shots, as the Rangers dropped con- Women’s T20 World Cup tables the from to remove her. Sri Lanka captain Chamari Atapattu, who secutive games for the first time FLAMES 3, PANTHERS 0 Perry (21) and (19) added paid tribute to Siriwardena. “She’s a legend since Jan. 19-21. Cam Talbot made 38 saves, and Tables from the T20 women’s cricket World Cup in crucial late runs to power the score past 150. in Sri Lanka and she’s the big sister of the Sri captain Mark Giordano had three Australia after yesterday’s matches (played, won, lost, Rachel Priest looked dangerous as New Lankan team. I will miss her a lot, but she CAPITALS 4, WILD 3 assists in his third game back from tied, points). The top two from each group advance to Alex Ovechkin tallied twice in a an injury absence, leading Calgary the knockout stage. * denotes qualified: Zealand set about the chase, hitting quick three retired like a champion.” fours, but she was undone by . Bangladesh won the toss but again failed to three-point outing to carry to a shutout win over Florida at Group A Australia piled pressure on when Wareham fire. None of their players managed a half- Washington to a win over Minnesota Sunrise, Fla. The loss was the sev- *India 4 4 0 0 8 snared the world’s number one T20 batswoman century during the tournament, with Nigar in St. Paul, Minn. Ovechkin, who enth in a row at home for Florida, *Australia 4 3 1 0 6 Bates for 14, leaving them in trouble on 55 for Sultana Joty once more the standout, smack- scored twice in Washington’s three- tying a franchise record previously New Zealand 4 2 2 0 4 Sri Lanka 4 1 3 0 2 two at the halfway mark. Devine knew she had ing 39 in their 91 for eight. goal first period, raised his season set in 2003. Johnny Gaudreau col- Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0 to take risks and after reaching 31 charged Siriwardena was the top bowler in her last total to 45, tying him with the lected a goal and an assist, and down the wicket to Wareham and was stumped. match after a 17-year international career. Toronto Maple Leafs’ Auston Milan Lucic and defenseman T.J. Group B took on the attack in a light- Sri Lanka made a good start with Atapattu Matthews for the NHL’s second- Brodie also tallied for Calgary, *England 4 3 1 0 6 ning 28 but Wareham again pounced, with her crunching 30 before being stumped. Fellow most. Richard Panik and Tom Wilson which concluded a five-game road *South Africa 3 3 0 0 6 wickets proving vital as New Zealand fell short. opener (39 not out) and netted goals, and Evgeny Kuznetsov trip with a 3-1-1 record. It was West Indies 3 1 2 0 2 Pakistan 3 1 2 0 2 Anushka Sanjeewani (16 not out) kept the had two assists for Washington, Talbot’s second shutout of the sea- Thailand 3 0 3 0 0 A LEGEND momentum going to cruise home with 27 which has won three of four and son and his first since his 44-save Earlier, Sri Lanka ended their tournament balls left. —AFP snapped a four-game road losing performance in a 6-0 romp over the streak (0-4-0). Minnesota’s Kevin Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 13. Fiala (goal, assist) and Zach Parise who made his Test debut against India in Ranchi selected to put their hands up and show what produced power-play tallies, Ryan DEVILS 3, DUCKS 0 Du Plessis back last October, is in line for his first white-ball cap they are capable of in the tough playing condi- Donato also scored and Alex Stalock Pavel Zacha scored two power- in place of left-arm wrist spinner Tabraiz tions of India,” the statement said. The South made 26 saves for the Wild, who play goals, and Jesper Bratt had Shamsi, who is unavailable because his wife is African squad will leave for India following the opened March with a loss after two assists as visiting New Jersey for S Africa’s soon to give birth to the couple’s first child. third and final one-day international against going 9-4-1 last month to move into shut out Anaheim. Zacha and Bratt Fast bowler was unavailable Australia in Potchefstroom on Saturday. The first the playoff race. connected twice in almost identi- tour to India because of a groin injury. Kyle Verreynne, who match in India will be played in Dharamsala on cal plays as the Devils stopped made an impressive international debut by scor- March 12. The second and third matches will be in BLUE JACKETS 5, CANUCKS 3 their two-game losing streak. ing 48 and taking three catches in the first Lucknow on March 15 and Kolkata on March 18. Emil Bemstrom scored the go- Nico Hischier added one goal for JOHANNESBURG: Former captain Faf du match against Australia on Saturday, has been ahead goal on the power play with the Devils. Cory Schneider posted Plessis will return to South Africa’s one-day retained but Janneman Malan, who failed to SOUTH AFRICA SQUAD: 1:37 remaining in regulation as his second win and first shutout international squad for a three-match tour of score on debut in the same match, was left out. (captain, wkt), Temba Columbus rallied to defeat visiting since returning to the Devils from India later this month. Du Plessis and fellow A statement from said Bavuma, , , Vancouver. Riley Nash, Zach a monthslong stint with batsman were rested for the selections were a continuation of a search Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, Keshav Werenski and Kevin Stenlund each Binghamton of the AHL. Schneider, a current series against Australia but both were for the next generation of players who will Maharaj, David Miller, , Anrich had a goal and an assist for the who started the NHL season 0-6- named in a 15-man squad announced by Cricket potentially represent the country in the 2023 Nortje, , Lutho Sipamla, Blue Jackets, who scored four 1 before being sent to the minors, South Africa yesterday. Cricket World Cup in India. Jon-Jon Smuts, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle times in the final 7:21 to overcome made 34 saves for his 26th career Orthodox left-arm spinner George Linde, “It is a good opportunity for the players Verreynne. — AFP a 3-1 deficit. Gustav Nyquist shutout. — Reuters