Sports Monday, February 4, 2019 19 Khawaja Azam’s fiery 90 Rayudu lifts India to back in form, smacks ton goes in vain AFP 4-1 ODI series win Canberra South Africa halt ’s T20 Usman Khawaja finallyseries winning streak Visiting bowlers help inflict a crushing 35-run defeat on the home team found form again to stroke a fine Sunday and steer AFP reuters Australia into a massive lead WELLINGTON over Sri Lanka as the tourists battle to stay in the second hit a majestic 90 struck a Test at Canberra. but Pakistan’s long streak of se- sparkling 90 in tough condi- At stumps, the visitors ries wins came to an end in the tions to help India overcome were 17 without loss, chasing a second international the loss of four early huge 516 to win with two days against South Africa at the and beat New Zealand by 35 remaining after de- Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. runs in the final one-day in- clared Australia’s second in- South Africa took a winning ternational in Wellington on nings at 196 for three. 2-0 lead in the three-match se- Sunday, sealing a 4-1 series and ries with a dramatic seven-run victory. Lahiru Thirimanne were both win. Pakistan had not lost a T20 With the series already unbeaten on eight, weathering series since they were eliminat- safe, stand-in skipper Rohit some 30 minutes before bad ed from the World T20 in India Pakistan’s Babar Azam during his Sharma sent his men in to light stopped play slightly early. in March 2016. knock of 90 in Johannesburg. bat on a moist surface and Sri Lanka had resumed the Pakistan were on track to the tourists found themselves third day at 123 for three and overhaul South Africa’s 188 for “We were too short and too struggling on 18 for four. in a hostile morning session three until Azam was out off wide but the bowlers pulled it did the early lost four wickets and Kusal the first ball of the 17th over. It back.” damage, uprooting Sharma’s Perera, who retired after being started a collapse in which six Although neither took a off-stump with the batsman hit on the head by a bouncer. wickets fell for 34 runs in four , Miller praised left-arm on two, before Their resistence folded in overs. spinner and enticed (6) the second over after lunch, The contrast between the new fast bowler Lutho Sipamla to play a loose shot that was with taking five two innings was stark. South Af- for economical in the taken by Henry at third man. wickets to leave them trailing rica started slowly but stand-in middle overs before the late- Shubman Gill (7) was India celebrate their ODI series victory following the fifth one-day international (ODI) match against by 319 after Australia’s first in- David Miller plundered innings collapse. the next player sent back New Zealand in Wellington on Sunday. (AFP) nings 534 for five declared. an unbeaten 65 off 29 balls as Miller, captaining South by Henry, poking a routine Paine opted against the the hosts scored 127 runs off the Africa for the first time because catch to at Nicholls (8) early on, while follow-on in Australia’s last last ten overs, including 29 off was rested for the square cover, before Boult his strike partner Colin Mun- Scoreboard Test opportunity be- the final over bowled by Usman last two matches of the series, rattled MS Dhoni’s off- ro (24) lasted 19 balls, with India: New Zealand: fore the Ashes tour to England Shinwari. hit five sixes and four fours in stump to claim a prized scalp account- R. Sharma b Henry 2 C. Munro b Shami 24 later this year. Pakistan scored rapidly at an explosive innings, which fol- S. Dhawan c Henry b Boult 6 H. Nicholls c Jadhav b Shami 8 for a single run. ing for both openers. S. Gill c Santner b Henry 7 K. Williamson c Dhawan b Jadhav 39 Khawaja padded up know- the start of their innings, with lowed a similarly aggressive 45 It was left to Rayudu to was the next A. Rayudu c Munro b Henry 90 R. Taylor lbw Pandya 1 ing his place in that squad Azam hitting the first three balls off 27 balls by Rassie van der mount a salvage mission, to go after Pandya trapped M. Dhoni b Boult 1 T. Latham lbw Chahal 37 was in doubt after managing a off for four. Dussen, who hit four sixes. which the right-hander duly him leg before on one. Re- V. Shankar run out (Neesham/Munro) 45 J. Neesham run out (Dhoni) 44 high-score of just 72 across six It was 70 for one at the end of South Africa made a rela- K. Jadhav b Henry 34 C. de Grandhomme lbw Chahal 11 did, staying at the crease for plays showed the ball would H. Pandya c Boult b Neesham 45 M. Santner c Shami b Pandya 22 Tests in a lacklustre summer. the six-over power play -- 26 tively sedate start on an unu- 113 deliveries and being abet- have gone over the stumps, B . Kumar c Taylor b Boult 6 T. Astle lbw Chahal 10 He responded in emphatic runs ahead of South Africa’s to- sually slow, dry Wanderers ted by Vijay Shankar (45). but Taylor did not review on M. Shami run out (Boult) 1 M. Henry 17 fashion, smashing his eighth tal at the same stage. pitch. Left-arm spinner Imad “After we lost four wick- the advice of skipper Kane Y. Chahal not out 0 T. Boult c Shami b Kumar 1 Test ton off 134 balls. Azam and Hussain Talat Wasim, who opened the bowl- Extras (b 5, lb 7, wd 2 nb1) 15 Extras: (wd 3) 3 ets, all we needed was some- Williamson at the other end. Total (for all out; 49.5 overs) 252 Total (all out; 44.1 overs) 217 “Obviously getting a hun- (59) put on 102 off 75 balls for ing, took one for nine in four body to show application. Williamson took 72 balls Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Sharma), 2-12 (Dhawan), 3-17 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Nicholls), 2-37 (Munro), 3-38 dred and setting up another the second wicket. overs. He bowled a maiden to The partnership between to get to 39, but he was (Gill), 4-18 (Dhoni), 5-116 (Shankar), 6-190 (Rayudu), (Taylor), 4-105 (Williamson), 5-119 (Latham), 6-135 game that we can hopefully “We had the game but we new opening batsman Janne- Rayudu and Vijay Shankar caught by Dhawan at deep 7-203 (Jadhav), 8-248 (Pandya), 9-252 (Kumar), (de Grandhomme), 7-176 (Neesham), 8-194 (Astle), win, that’s the ultimate feeling couldn’t finish it,” said Pakistan man Malan, who had an oth- 10-252 (Shami) 9-204 (Santner), 10-217 (Boult) turned the game for us,” mid-wicket off a Jadhav de- Bowling: Henry 10-1-35-4 (1nb), Boult 9.5-2-39-3 Bowling: Kumar 7.1-0-38-1, Shami 8-0-35-2 (1w), for the team and for myself,” captain Shoaib Malik. erwise promising innings of 33 Sharma said. livery to leave New Zealand (2w), Neesham 5-0-33-1, de Grandhomme 7-0-33-0, Pandya 8-1-50-2 (1w), Shankar 4-0-19-0, Chahal said Khawaja, who admitted it The tempo of the game off 31 balls. (34) kept on 105 for four. Munro 10-0-47-0, Santner 3-0-18-0, Astle 5-0-35-0. 10-0-41-3, Jadhav 7-0-34-1 (1w). had been a tough few months changed when Azam pulled a Left-arm fast bowler Shin- the scoreboard ticking over and James on and off the field. slower ball from Beuran Hen- wari conceded 63 runs off his and all-rounder Hardik Pan- Neesham mounted a fight- dricks to deep midwicket after four overs. dya (45) cut loose at the end back before Yuzvendra Cha- out by Dhoni who, spotting That broke New Zea- Brief scores hitting 13 fours and a six in a with five sixes and two fours hal struck twice in succession the batsman out of his crease land’s spirit and Pandya, Sri Lanka 215 (Karunaratne 59, Starc 5-54) 58-ball innings. Brief scores to set the Kiwis a 253-run to remove Latham (37) and following an appeal for Chahal and Bhuvneshwar and 0 for 17 need 499 more runs to beat “We didn’t start too well South Africa 188 for 3 (Miller 65*, van der Dussen victory target. (11). lbw, picked up the ball and Kumar cleaned up the tail Australia 5 for 534 dec and 3 for 196 dec with the ball,” said Miller, who 45, Imad 1-9) beat Pakistan 181 for 7 (Babar 90, New Zealand lost Henry Neesham (44) was run knocked off the bails. and secured victory. (Khawaja 101*, Head 59*) was named man of the match. Talat 55, Phelukwayo 3-36) by seven runs

QCA honours Shiraz Taskin ruled Shan fires CBQ to 40-run win over Galfar out of New Tribune News Network Riding Titu’ all-round performance, DOHA Seniors crushed Al Rayyan Zealand tour Club by 102 runs in another match. Titu’s Shan blasted an unbeaten century and 71 in 50 balls had a six and 10 boundaries AFP grabbed three wickets to spark Commer- and Ilyas hit seven fours in his 33-ball 50 cial Bank Qatar to a fine 40-run victory had racing them to 192 for four. Al Rayyan over strong Galfar Al Misnad in an enter- Club collapsed at 90 all out in 19.3 overs, Bangladesh’s tour of New taining Premier Division match at the Qa- crumbling under the run pressure. Rifat Zealand this month suffered a tar Airways Cricket Tournament. CBQ’s Shan (left) and Javed of Gulf Colours and Halim grabbed two wickets each. blow Sunday after pace bowler Qatar Airways, who has been sup- Taskin Ahmed was ruled out porting the Qatar Cricket Association teammates as he would have wanted. Ri- Brief scores: of the series with an ankle in- Premier Division (50 overs a side) activities in the country for a long time, zlan’s splendid 101 off 99 balls contained CBQ beat Galfar Al Misnad by 40 runs jury by the team doctor. has sponsored the tournament to provide nine boundaries. Joe contributed 63. His CBQ: 281 for 6 in 50 overs (Shan 142 not out, Abbas 56, Dharmang 24; Gayan Ahmed was recalled into competitive opportunity to players and 80-ball knock had four sixes and a four. 3/76, Yusuf 2/51) the side’s one-day international help them raise their level. Iqbal Chaudhry hit a six and three fours Galfar Al Misnad: 241 all out in 44.5 overs (Rizlan 101, Joe 63, Iqbal Chaudhry and Test squads after an im- 24; Shan 3/29, Zaheer 2/45, Amir 2/55) At the West Bay grounds, CBQ piled in 24. Man of the match: Shan (142 not out & 3 wkts) of CBQ pressive show for the Sylhet up 281 for six in 50 overs after electing Shan went on torment the rivals fur- Sixers in the Bangladesh Pre- to bat first. Shan was exceptional mixing ther with ball and collected three scalps. Division A T20 mier League Twenty20 tourna- his aggression and patience well. He fired Zaheer and Amir shared four wickets. Gulf Colours Lagaan beat United Challengers by four wickets ment. He was the competition’s Gulf Colours Lagaan: 136 for nine in 18 overs (Ahnaf 45 in 28 balls; Javed three sixes and 17 boundaries to compile In a Division A Twenty20 match, 3/24, Saeed 2/21) leading wicket-taker with 22 142 not out off 146 balls. Javed’s all-round show lifted Gulf Col- Gulf Colours Lagaan: 137 for six in 19 overs (Javed 51 in 40 balls, Ameen 32 scalps until an injury against Abbas (56 with four boundaries in 102 ours Lagaan past United Challengers by in 23 balls; Satish 3/30) Chittagong Vikings on Friday. balls) and Dharmang (24 in 20 balls with four wickets. His three-wicket haul and a Man of the match: Javed (51 runs & 3 wkts) of Gulf Colours Lagaan Chief selector Minhajul five fours) propped up the innings as well. double by Saeed limited the rivals to 136 Bangladesh Seniors beat Al Rayyan Club by 102 run Abedin said a replacement for Gayan (three for 76) and Yusuf picked five for nine in 18 overs. Later he slammed a Bangladesh Seniors: 192 for four (Titu 71 in 50 balls, Ilyas 50 in 33 balls; Qatar Cricket Association’s Domestic Cricket Head Gul Khan Jadoun Ahmed had not yet been decid- wickets between them. six and seven fours to get 51 in 40 balls Talha 2/31, Nasir 1/23) honours Galfar Al Misnad’s Mohamed Shiraz on being selected in the ed. Bangladesh will play three Rizlan led the chase and cracked a and Ameen whacked three sixes and a Al Rayyan Club: 90 all out in 19.3 overs (Ismail 21 in 32 balls; Rifat 2/19, Sri Lankan team for the tour of South Africa. The tour, starting on ODIs and three Test matches Halim 2/4) century for himself as well. However, he four in his 23-ball 32 to set up a four- Man of the match: Titu (71 runs, 1 wkt and 2 catches) of Bangladesh Seniors February 13 with one of the two Test matches, includes five ODIs and in New Zealand between Feb- could not get as much help from other wicket victory. three T20 internationals. ruary 13 and March 20.

Khelalfi dominates Manateq Qatar National Sprint again West Indies rout England, clinch Test series

Abdulla al Khelaifi continued his domination in the Class 1 as he AFP emerged the winner of the second round of the Manateq Qatar North Sound National Sprint at the Losail International Circuit on Saturday. Driving Westfield Sport, he clocked 38.594 in the opening run and improved Kemar Roach and captain led it to 38.059 in the next – which proved unmatchable for other drivers. another rout of the England batting line-up as Abdul Aziz Aljabri (Nissan 370Z) was overall runner-up with 41.155, the West Indies completed a crushing series- while Elie Daccache (Renault Clio) was third. The Class 2 was topped clinching 10-wicket victory after tea on the by Mohammed al Khayarin (Mitsubishi Evo8) with his third run of third day of the second Test at the Sir Vivian 39.259. Mohammed Aldelaimi (Mitsubishi Evo10) was narrowly Richards Stadium in Antigua on Saturday. second to him. Khayarin also won the Class 3 in Chevrolet Corvette, Trailing by 119 runs at the start of the sec- clocking 39.149 in the third run. Mansour Chebli (Renault Clio), ond innings after Darren Bravo’s ultra-patient Nadim Ziade (EvoX) and Saad Fahad (Porche GT3) won the Class P1, half-century extended the West Indies first P2 and P3, respectively. QMMF President Abdulrahman al Mannai, innings total to 306 in the morning, England Captain Jason Holder of West Indies celebrates the chief guest, gave away the prizes. The QMMF president along with were demolished for 132 with Roach and Hold- winning the second cricket Test match against other QMMF officials and participants also cut a cake to celebrate er claiming four wickets each. England at the Vivian Richards Cricket Stadium in Qatar’s historic Asian Cup victory. Openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Camp- North Sound on Saturday. (AFP) bell then enjoyed the formality of knocking off the 14 runs required for victory in 2.1 overs, “This group has been together for a while Campbell sealing the result in style by hoisting and we have been doing some exceptional James Anderson for six over midwicket. things. The way we ended last year was disap- Following on a 381-run hammering of the pointing and everyone wanted to turn things visitors in the first Test in a week ear- around.” lier, the result gave the West Indies the series A dejected England captain said: 2-0 with the final match of the rubber starting “It’s been frustrating. I think we’ve been out- next Saturday in St Lucia. performed once again and that’s quite hard to West Indies have also reclaimed the Wisden take. Trophy, symbol of supremacy in Test series be- “As a bowling group I thought we worked tween the two teams, after almost 10 years in exceptionally hard. Scoring under 200 isn’t go- England hands. ing to win you many games of cricket.” These two comprehensive victories also mark the first occasion since the 1994 tour of Brief scores the Caribbean that the West Indies have beaten England (1st Innings): 187 England in successive Tests. West Indies (1st Innings, overnight 272-6) “We’re hungry for success,” said a delighted England (2nd Innings): 132 all out Holder. West Indies (2nd Innings): 17 for no loss