SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2019 16 Kiwis thrash Sri Lanka Henry shines as New Zealand coast to opening Cricket World Cup win over Sri Lanka

Ferguson, who also took three gates for New Zealand’s domina- Incisive pace But Williamson kept Henry on Matt Henry and wickets, to bowl out Sri Lan - tion against the 1996 champions. for the bowler’s fifth over and • ka for just 136 in 29.2 overs in “It’s a great start for us. You Henry stood out in the absence the decision paid off as he got Lockie Ferguson tear Cardiff. want a balanced attack going of senior paceman Tim Southee, Perera for 29 and Kusal Mendis up Sri Lanka Martin Guptill and Colin Mun- into any surface. It is important who missed the game due to a without scoring on successive ro then hit unbeaten half-centu- that you have that to have ag- calf injury, with his incisive pace deliveries. AFP | Cardiff ries to make short work of their gressive options for different and swing. Dhananjaya de Silva played modest target. occasions,” New Zealand captain He struck with the second de- the hat-trick ball with a glorious The Kiwis cruised home in Kane Williamson said. livery of the game to send Lahiru off drive, but soon fell to the pace Matt Henry ew Zea- 16.1 overs to register their third “The two at the top played Thirimanne trudging back to the of Lockie Ferguson after being land win in a World Cup game by 10 beautifully. It was nice for those pavilion after the left-handed trapped lbw. Nmade wickets. The right-left batting guys to play a few shots. It was opener had hit a boundary from Karunaratne fought on to reg- a flying start combination of Guptill, who hit a good all-round performance.” the first ball. ister his third ODI fifty in 81 balls to their World 73, and Munro, who scored 58, Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Thirimanne was initially ruled before he ran out of partners Cup campaign had little trouble in smashing the Karunaratne added: “It was a not out by the on-field umpire, after Lasith Malinga was bowled as paceman Matt Sri Lankan bowlers to all parts of good toss to win. In the morning but the Kiwis successfully re- by Ferguson for one. Henry struck the ground. it was seaming and swinging. viewed the lbw call in their fa- Karunaratne’s unbeaten 52 three times in a Guptill hammered eight fours They had that advantage and vour after replays suggested the made him only the second open- 10-wicket trashing and two sixes including one hit they have good bowlers to do ball pitched on line and would er in World Cup history to car- of woeful Sri Lanka that sailed out of the ground. that, so they took their chance. have hit the batsman’s leg stump. ry his bat through a completed yesterday. But it was Henry’s spell of sev- “The batters aren’t low on The left-handed Karunaratne, innings. Henry returned en straight overs that opened the confidence. We batted well in who has returned to the one-day The feat had previously been figures of 3-29 and some practice games and we side after a gap of four years, achieved by West Indies’ Ridley combined with fellow Sri Lanka work really hard. We need to then put on 42 runs for the sec- Jacobs, who made an unbeaten paceman Lockie Lahiru Thirimanne lbw b Henry 4 think about the game.” ond wicket with Kusal Perera. 49 against Australia in 1999. Dimuth Karunaratne not out 52 Kusal Perera c De Grandhomme b Henry 29 Kusal Mendis c Guptill b Henry 0 Today’s matches Dhananjaya de Silva lbw b Ferguson 4 A Mathews c Latham b De Grandhomme 0 Australia’s Warner stars in Jeevan Mendis c Neesham b Ferguson 1 Thisara Perera c Boult b Santner 27 Isuru Udana c Henry b Neesham 0 Suranga Lakmal c Santner b Boult 7 Afghan World Cup romp Lasith Malinga b Ferguson 1 Bangladesh vs South Africa Extras ((b1, nb2, w8) 11 207 in 38.2 overs on a warm ‘Nerves getting back’ (12:30 pm) Total (all out, 29.2 overs) 136 David Warner and day in Bristol and then made “It’s good to be back and it’s New Zealand • steady progress, reaching their a good win for us,” said man- M.Guptill not out 73 Aaron Finch score target with more than 15 overs of-thee-match Warner at the C.Munro not out 58 half-centuries to spare, with Warner 89 not presentation ceremony. Extras (lb3, nb1, w2) 6 out. “There were nerves getting Total (no wickets, 16.1 overs) 137 AFP | Bristol The match was the first of- back into the camp and getting ficial Australian appearance in back into the full intensity of any format for Warner and for- training, but to come out and avid Warner hit an un- mer captain Steve Smith since bowl the way we did helped us beaten half-century on the end of their year-long bans set the tone with the bat. Dhis official return to in- for ball-tampering. “It’s a positive victory and ternational cricket yesterday as The crowd booed the pair now we move onto the West In- Australia romped to victory by and two fans watched the game dies...There’s a great buzz about seven wickets in their World from a balcony dressed as sand- this team at this moment.” Cup opener against Afghani- paper after the scandal last year Left-handed Warner opened stan. in which Australia hatched a the batting with captain Aaron The five-time champions plot to use the material to alter Finch in the evening sunshine bowled Afghanistan out for the condition of the ball. but it was the skipper who set the tone, reaching his fifty off 40 balls with three sixes. Warner, not at his belligerent best, had a narrow escape when he was on 19, scrambling back after chopping a delivery and losing sight of the ball as wick- et-keeper Mohammad Shahzad whipped off the bails. The breakthrough finally came in the 17th over when Finch mistimed a slower ball from Afghan skipper Gulba- din Naib and holed out to Mu- jeeb Ur Rahman at deep cover, smashing his bat into his pads David Warner plays a shot in frustration.

Bangladesh vs South Africa Shakib Al Facts Faf du Hasan Plessis South Africa have claimed three consecutive victories over the Tigers, who had won the previous two encounters.

The two nations have faced off three times in the World Cup; South Africa winning their most recent game in the 2011 showpiece by a huge margin of 206 runs.

- Tamim Iqbal has scored 223 runs in two previous ODI appearances at The Oval, registering scores of 128 and 95. Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Abu Jayed, Liton Das (c), Aiden Markram, Quinton (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Pitch Report de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Hasan, Mohammad Mithun The match is going to be played at the Kenning- Rassie van der Dussen, David (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, ton Oval, London. The weather in London on Miller, Chris Morris, Andile Mosaddek Hossain, Mush- match day is expected to be a bit cloudy but the Phehlukwayo, JP Duminy, fiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur chance of rain falling is very low. The pitch at Dwaine Pretorius, Dale Steyn, Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir the Oval was bouncy but did not have the pace Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, that it usually does. The groundsman would Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal have had a couple of days in between matches to fix that and we could see an even better batting surface in this match.