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Home , Alex Cusack, Andrew Balbirnie, Brendan Taylor, Craig Ervine, Dimuth Karunaratne, Ed Joyce

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2015

SCOREBOARD

HOBART, : Completed scoreboard in the World Cup Pool B match between Ireland and at Bellerive Oval, Hobart, yesterday: Ireland Zimbabwe W. Porterfield c Masakadza b Williams 29 C. Chibhabha c Porterfield b Cusack 18 P. Stirling c Williams b Panyangara 10 c Stirling b Mooney 12 E. Joyce c Ervine b Chatara 112 S. Mire c Cusack b Dockrell 11 A. Balbirnie out (Chakabva/Taylor) 97 H. Masakadza c Wilson b K O’Brien 5 K. O’Brien c Chakabva b Chatara 24 B. Taylor c K O’Brien b Cusack 121 G. Wilson c Chakabva b Williams 25 S. Williams c Mooney b K O’Brien 96 J. Mooney b Williams 10 C. Ervine c N O’Brien b McBrine 11 N. O’Brien c Panyangara b Chatara 2 R. Chakabva b Cusack 17 G. Dockrell 5 T. Panyangara c Porterfield b Mooney 5 T. Mupawira c Porterfield b Cusack 18 A. Cusack not out 2 T. Chatara not out 1 Extras (lb4, w8, nb3) 15 Extras (lb8, w2, nb1) 11 Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 331 Total (all out, 49.3 overs) 326 Did not bat: A McBrine Fall of : 1-32 (Raza), 2-32 (Chibhabha), 3-41 Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Stirling), 2-79 (Porterfield), 3- (Masakadza), 4-74 (Mire), 5-223 (Taylor), 6-259 217 (Joyce), 4-276 (K O’Brien), 5-308 (Wilson), 6- (Ervine), 7-300 (Williams), 8-305 (Panyangara), 9- 319 (Mooney), 7-322 (N O’Brien), 8-326 (Balbirnie) 325 (Chakabva), 10-326 (Mupawira) : Panyangara 9-0-69-1 (1nb, 1w); Chatara Bowling: Cusack 9.3-2-32-4 (1w); Mooney 10-0- 10-0-61-3 (1nb, 4w); Mupariwa 10-0-56-0 (1w); 58-2 (1w); K O’Brien 10-0-90-2; Dockrell 10-0-56-1; Raza 9-0-51-0; Williams 9-0-72-3 (1nb, 2w); McBrine 8-0-56-1; Stirling 2-0-26-0 (1nb). Masakadza 3-0-18-0; Result: Ireland won by five runs. Our World Cup not , insists England’s Morgan

ADELAIDE: England what happened during the Sri Lanka game. is confident his beleaguered team are good “There were a few positives in that game enough to revive a faltering World Cup too. Scoring 300 was one. ’s centu- campaign, saying they are under no pres- ry was outstanding and we were brilliant in sure despite facing two must-win games. the last 10 to 12 overs with the bat,” the for- HOBART: Ireland cricketer Kevin O’Brien celebrates after taking the of (unseen) Zimbabwe batsman Sean Williams at the Bellerive Oval Morgan’s side, who have just one win in mer Ireland batsman added. ground during the 2015 Pool B match. -—AFP four Pool A matches, must defeat both “But our bowling was a bit of a concern. in Adelaide on Monday and We bowled some bad balls and were less minnows Afghanistan in Sydney on March attacking with the ball then we usually 13 to remain in contention for a quarter- would have been. Ireland hold nerve to final place England have lost only two of their 15 But even that may not be enough if one-day internationals against Bangladesh, Bangladesh, who have five points to but Morgan said he did not expect an easy England’s two, upset co-hosts New Zealand game. “We certainly are not taking a win for edge past Zimbabwe in Hamilton on March 13 to squeak granted,” he said. “They have come a long through to the last eight. way in the last 10 years and we have played Morgan rubbished suggestions England a lot against them. But a lot of focus going HOBART: Ireland just did enough to see off in the deep as the Irish won with three balls to chance at short midwicket to dismiss him. had not been ruthless-or nasty-enough forward is going to be on us. Zimbabwe by five runs in a thrilling World Cup spare. Cusack finished with fine figures of four Meanwhile Balbirnie, who gave a tough and insisted the hurdles in front of them “If we play well, I have every confidence clash in Hobart yesterday that kept them on for 32 in 9.3 overs as Zimbabwe, who tied a caught and bowled chance to Williams early on, can be cleared if they play good cricket. we can win this game. The illusion of mak- course for the quarter-finals. World Cup match with Ireland in 2007, saw their scored his second successive fifty following his “When a side loses, a thousand theories ing it a bigger game than it is, is probably Zimbabwe chasing a huge 332 to win, were bid for a last eight place come to a dramatic end. gutsy 58 in the 201-run thrashing by South come up so the best thing for us moving the wrong thing to do.” all but beaten at 74 for four after a top-order col- Victory left Ireland as one of three teams in Africa. forward is to concentrate on what we can Morgan refused to confirm speculation lapse. But stand-in captain ’s Pool B on six points behind already qualified He faced just 79 balls, with seven fours and do,” Morgan said yesterday. that hard-hitting batsman Alex Hales will superb 121 and a fifth-wicket stand of 149 with leaders India, the defending champions. four sixes, before falling agonisingly short of “If we start winning games, being nasty replace the struggling to Sean Williams (96) gave Zimbabwe hope. Earlier, Ireland veteran ’s 112 was the what would have been a maiden ODI century or not nasty does not matter. We need to lend solidity to the top order. However, a see-saw match turned back the non- centrepiece of an imposing total of 331 for eight. when run out in the final over of Ireland’s be ourselves. The answers are within us. “There is not very much to choose Test nation’s way when Williams was given out Joyce made Zimbabwe pay for dropping him innings. “We have to play our style of cricket. We between Gary and Hales,” he said. “A lot of caught right on the boundary by . early in his innings by going on to 112 while Zimbabwe were left needing to set a new have to be ruthless enough to do the sim- time a player can be twice the player he is There was a suggestion that Mooney may struck a quickfire 97 after record score by a team second to win a ple things consistently well. We have not when he is not playing, particularly when have touched the rope in completing the catch, Ireland lost the toss. World Cup match, surpassing Ireland’s 329 for done that, that’s why we have struggled.” someone is not doing well. which would have been a six to Zimbabwe. The pair put on 138 for the third wicket at seven against England in Bangalore four years “It’s a big decision to change anyone in But while the umpires’ review was in Bellerive. Taylor, leading the side in place of the ago. However, their top-order failed to make an ‘QUITE RELAXED’ the side, so it won’t be made quickly.” progress, Williams-whose runs came from 83 injured , opted to bowl first in impact before Taylor and Williams repaired the England’s lone win has been against Morgan said he expected his two pace balls with seven fours and two sixes - walked off overcast conditions after winning the toss. early damage. Taylor was especially impressive minnows Scotland, but their most embar- spearheads, James Anderson and Stuart the field, effectively making the decision for the Zimbabwe had an early success when Paul with a 79-ball hundred-the fastest by a rassing moment came last Sunday when Sri Broad, to come good after managing just officials and Zimbabwe were 300 for seven. Stirling (10) guided to Zimbabwe batsman-including 10 fours and two Lanka chased down what seemed a reason- four wickets between them in four match- Big-hitting from tailender Tawanda Mupawira Williams at backward point. Joyce should have sixes. ably challenging target of 310 with nine es. “They are exceptional bowlers but in got the target down to seven off the last six balls been out when, on 34, he saw Mupariwa drop a It was Zimbabwe’s first century of this World wickets and 16 deliveries to spare. tandem they have not been consistent with two wickets standing. skyed caught and bowled chance. Cup and the 29-year-old Taylor’s seventh in 166 Morgan said England had moved on enough to put the ball in the right areas,” However, seamer had Regis The left-hander came out of his shell and ODIs. Taylor struck two sixes in one over from from that loss and looked forward to their he said. “The guys are training really, really Chakabva playing on with the first ball of the went on to a 96-ball hundred with eight fours left-arm spinner before he was two remaining group games. “The guys are hard to do it. “But they have not managed 50th over and, two deliveries later, Mupawira and two sixes. He was dropped again, on 105, by deceived by Cusack’s slower ball and skyed a quite relaxed,” he said. “The week’s break to take wickets early enough. They are not holed out to Ireland captain before the same fielder held an easy catch to Kevin O’Brien.—AFP has given us time to reflect and analyse at their best at the moment.”—AFP Aussies, Sri Lanka out to avoid knockout collision

SYDNEY: Australia and Sri Lanka will be angling “A side that has won every one of their 2007 final in Barbados, while the Sri Lankans to avoid a potential World Cup quarter-final colli- games, maybe they don’t have to worry too beat them in the 1996 tournament decider in sion with South Africa as they face off in a crucial much,” Sri Lanka’s batting leviathan Kumar Lahore. “I think Sri Lanka are going to be a really Pool A showdown today. Sangakkara said. tough team to beat,” Clarke said. The 1996 winners Sri Lanka lead the Aussies “But when you’re not in that situation, you “They like the SCG and they’re playing some by one point in the group standings and a win might start thinking about who you’ll face in the really good cricket. They’ve got experience and I would clinch second spot in the pool behind quarter-finals and whether these wins have any think that’s always an important part of a good leaders New Zealand. bearing on what happens there. team in major tournaments.” But a defeat for either nation at the Sydney “For us as well as Australia, it’ll be a very Sri Lanka smashed the third-highest run Cricket Ground would increase the possibility of important game.” Australia, coming off a record chase in tournament history to clinch a nine- finishing third in the group and thereby the like- 275-run thrashing of Afghanistan in Perth on wicket win over England in Wellington last lihood of encountering the AB de Villiers- Wednesday, will be favourites at the SCG to Sunday. charged Proteas in the knockout round. The heat extend their World Cup dominance over Sri Centuries by Sangakkara and Lahiru is on Michael Clarke’s Australians to defuse Sri Lanka. Thirimanne ensured Sri Lanka reeled in the 310- Lanka’s batting arsenal after going down by one The Australians have beaten Sri Lanka six run target, scoring 312-1 with 16 balls to spare. wicket to New Zealand last weekend. times in eight matches, including victory in the Sangakkara’s 117 was his second successive cen- tury and his 23rd century in 401 one-day inter- nationals. He will bid farewell to limited-overs NEW ZEALAND: Bangladesh’s (left) congratulates teammate cricket after the World Cup. Roman during the Pool A 2015 Cricket World Cup match in this file Australia, vying to win their fifth World Cup, photo. —AFP dropped out-of-form veteran for returning all-rounder James Faulkner, promoted Pocket dynamo Mushfiqur to No.3 and hit the highest World Cup score of 417-6 against the hapless Afghans. key to Bangladesh fortunes “They’re one of the top teams in the tourna- ment ... we will play as the underdogs,” NEW ZEALAND: may not Endowed with a strong work ethic, Sangakkara admitted. “They had a poor game be in the same league as the leading Mushfiqur has undergone a major transfor- against New Zealand, but bounced back strong- stumper-batsmen at the World Cup such as mation with the bat, evolving from a dour ly. Every side has got weaknesses and strengths, Brendon McCullum and lower order batsman to a smooth-scoring but Australia are a very strong side.” but the diminutive Bangladesh glovesman middle order asset. Australia have a strong record at the SCG, but has proved he is no less crucial to his team’s “The last two or three years have gone Sri Lanka have beaten them four times in 13 progress. well for me, but that is in the past,” the for- encounters at the famous ground and possess New Zealand’s success depends to some mer Bangladesh captain said before the the formidable batting of Sangakkara, Mahela extent on the kind of start McCullum pro- World Cup, which he saw as a gilt-edged Jayawardene, , Angelo vides while Sangakkara’s role for Sri Lanka opportunity to prove the team can perform Mathews and Thirimanne to trouble any bowling is more nuanced, a combination of protec- well outside their home comforts. attack. tor and punisher who must rescue as well “If we can do well, it will send a message Sri Lanka have confirmed spinner Rangana as rampage according to match situations. to others that Bangladesh can play well in Herath will miss the game with a finger injury The 167 runs Mushfiqur scored from such conditions,” said Mushfiqur, who forms while batsman suffered a three innings with a 121-plus strike rate to the core of the team with opener Tamim tournament-ending broken finger batting in the establish himself as Bangladesh’s top scorer Iqbal and all-rounder Shakib-Al Hasan. nets. in the tournament suggests the 26-year-old Bangladesh, who shared the points with Legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, is equally central to his team’s fortunes. The Australia after a washout in Brisbane, are who worked as a spin consultant for Australia right-handed batsman top scored for his fourth in Pool A, just above England, who last year, said Sri Lanka have nothing to fear team in their tournament opener against they face in their next match on Monday. from Australia. Afghanistan and walked away with the ’s side will fancy their “The team has had a full week to rest up and man-of-the-match prize after the 105-run chances at the Adelaide Oval against a stut- prepare for the match against Australia while, for win at Canberra and played a key role in tering England before taking on tourna- Michael Clarke’s side, it will be a third game in the team’s second victory in the tourna- ment co-hosts New Zealand in their final nine days,” he said. ment against Scotland on Thursday. pool match on Friday. “Sri Lanka have three wins in a row, two of Even in the defeat by Sri Lanka, a match The Kiwis are looking in ominous form them with outstanding batting displays, should where his glovework was sloppy, Mushfiqur but the tournament has seen several make the dressing room a good place to be and contributed 36 quick runs in his team’s upsets in the past, a couple of them pulled AUSTRALIA: Sri Lanka captain catches the ball as the team trains ahead of once again Sri Lanka are set to be a threat at the unsuccessful chase. off by Bangladesh themselves. — their 2015 Cricket World Cup Group A match against Australia.—AFP business end of a major event.” —AFP