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26 Established 1961 Sports Monday, March 2, 2020 Liton hits ton as Saifuddin star in record ODI win Bangladesh posted 321-6, their highest score against Zimbabwe

SYLHET: struck his second one-day interna- a late impetus in Bangladesh’s innings after Liton’s blazing tional to set up a crushing 169- win for hundred. “It’s not been going well the last 3-4 matches for SCOREBOARD Bangladesh in the first ODI against Zimbabwe in us in this format. We hadn’t been up to the mark in those yesterday. Liton hit 126 off 105 balls with 13 fours and games, but today we were up for it,” Mashrafe said in the Scoreboard for the first one-day international of a three-match series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at Sylhet International Cricket two sixes as Bangladesh posted 321-6, their highest score post-match presentation. Stadium yesterday: against Zimbabwe, before they bowled out the visitors for “Liton batted so well. And it mattered that others bat- 152 runs in 39.1 overs for their biggest ever ODI win. ted around him,” Mashrafe added. Liton and Bangladesh innings Zimbabwe innings The feat surpasses Bangladesh’s 163-run victory put on 60 runs in the opening stand before all-rounder Liton Das retired hurt 126 T. Kamunhukamweb Saifuddin 1 C. Chibhabha c b Mashrafe 10 Sri Lanka in 2018 and is also their 14th consecutive win Madhevere trapped Tamim in front for 24 for Zimbabwe’s Tamim Iqbal lbw b Madhevere 24 Najmul Hossain lbw b Mutombodzi 29 R. Chakabva lbw b Saifuddin 11 against familiar foes Zimbabwe, giving them a 1-0 lead in first breakthrough. Najmul Hossain along with Liton then c Mutumbami b Tiripano 19 B. Taylor b Taijul 8 the three-match series. added 80 runs for the second, but several dismissals Mahmudullah lbw b Mpofu 32 W. Madhevere c Mashrafe b Mehidy 35 starred for Bangladesh, playing slowed their innings as Najmul fell for 29 and Mushfiqur lbw b Mpofu 50 S. Raza Sikandar Razac Mahmudullah b Mustafizur 18 Mohammad Saifuddin 28 R. Mutumbami run out 17 his first match since the World Cup last year, and man- Rahim departed for 19. Liton brought his first hundred T. Mutombodzi c Saifuddin b Mashrafe 24 c Kamunhukamwe b Mumba 7 aged 3-22, while skipper and spinner since the Asia Cup final in 2018 before he limped off the D. Tiripano c & b Mehidy 2 Mashrafe Mortaza not out 0 Mehidy Hasan chipped in with 2-35 and 2-33 respective- ground with a muscle cramp. C. Mumba b Saifuddin 13 Extras: (lb1, w5) 6 ly. Chasing a mammoth target, Zimbabwe’s innings never Mithun and Mahmudullah Riyad added 68 runs for the C. Mpofu not out 9 Total: (six , 50 overs) 321 Extras: (b1, w3) 4 got going after Saifuddin took two wickets in his opening fourth to set-up the base for a late onslaught. Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Tamim), 2-140 (Najmul), 3-182 Total: (all out; 39.1 overs) 152 spell before Mashrafe took his first wicket in six matches Zimbabwe complimented (Mushfiqur), 4-274 (Mahmudullah), 5-289 (Mithun), 6-298 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kamunhukamwe), 2-23 (Chakabva), 3-23 to reduce the side to 23-3. Bangladesh on their . “I thought the (Mehidy) (Chibhabha), 4-44 (Taylor), 5-79 (Raza) 6-84 (Madhevere), 7-106 Teenage debutant Wesley Madhevere made 35 runs batted really well. They had a guy bat through for them, Did not bat: , (Mutumbami), 8-109 (Tiripano), 9-130 (Mumba), 10-152 (Mutombodzi) while Tinotenda Mutombodzi made 24 before he became and they had partnerships through the game,” he said. : Mpofu 10-0-68-2 (w1), Mumba 8-0-45-1 (w1), Bowling: Mustafizur 6-0-22-1, Saifuddin 7-0-22-3 (w2), Mashrafe 6.1- Madhevere 8-0-48-1, Tiripano 7-0-56-1 (w3), Raza 10-0-56-0, 0-35-2, Taijul 9-2-27-1 (w1), Mehidy 8-1-33-2, Mahmudullah 3-0-12-0 the last man dismissed. Chris Mpofu finished with the highest figure for Mutombodzi 7-0-47-1. : Bangladesh win by 169 runs. Mohammad Mithun earlier hit 50 off 41 balls and Zimbabwe of 2-68. The second match of the series will be Saifuddin remained unbeaten on 28 off 16 balls to provide held at the same venue tomorrow. — AFP

finished with 39 saves for the Oilers, who NZ bowling ‘pack’ Blues stay hot moved into sole possession of second place in the Pacific Division, four points leave Kohli’s with shootout behind the idle Vegas Golden Knights. MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANUCKS 2 reeling at 90-6 win over Stars Defenseman Martin Marincin scored his first goal of the season 18 seconds into the third period to break a tie and Toronto CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult said his side’s “pack” mentality ST LOUIS: Ryan O’Reilly scored the win- went on to defeat visiting Vancouver. had left India reeling a day two of the second ning shootout goal to lead the St. Louis Frederik Gauthier, Auston Matthews and Test on which 16 wickets fell including anoth- Blues past the visiting Dallas Stars 4-3 Zach Hyman also scored for the Maple er cheap dismissal for in Saturday night for their seventh consecu- Leafs. Toronto has won three games in a Christchurch yesterday. tive victory. The Stars rallied from a 3-1 row. Tyson Barrie and Travis Dermott each At stumps India led by just 97 lead with deficit to force overtime — with John added two assists for Toronto, and Frederik only four wickets remaining and three days to Klingberg scoring the tying goal with 19 Andersen made 25 saves. Tyler Motte and play. Kohli’s side dismissed New Zealand for seconds left in regulation. But O’Reilly Tanner Pearson scored for the Canucks, 235 to take a seven-run first innings lead, but scored the only goal in the shootout. The who have lost two of the first three games they stuttered to 90 for six at stumps with Central Division-leading Blues have had on a four-game road trip. Thatcher Demko Boult taking three for 12 off nine overs. three winning streaks of at least seven made 26 saves for the Canucks. “The bowlers obviously pitched the ball up games this season, a franchise first. David nicely and got rewards seeing the ball move Perron, Tyler Bozak and Brayden Schenn CANADIENS 4, HURRICANES 3 around like it did. I feel we’re in a decent scored for the Blues, and Vince Dunn Jeff Petry scored on a breakaway 52 position,” Boult said. “We’re all enjoying earned two assists. Goaltender Jake Allen seconds into overtime, and Montreal pre- CHRISTCHURCH: India’s Cheteshwar Pujara is clean-bowled on day two of the second Test crick- stopped 28 shots for his third victory over vailed over Carolina despite blowing a hunting out there as a pack, getting the ball to et match between New Zealand and India at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP move around, and I think the bowling unit is the Stars this season. multi-goal lead in its fifth straight home very clear about how we’re trying to target game. Brendan Gallagher and Phillip the opposition.” LIGHTNING 4, FLAMES 3 Danault each had a goal with an assist, The tourists were left to rue their inability SCOREBOARD Tampa Bay’s special teams scored three Max Domi scored, and Tomas Tatar to remove tailenders when New Zealand’s last times against visiting Calgary just after it recorded three assists for the Canadiens. Scoreboard at stumps on day two of the second Test between New Zealand and India in Christchurch yesterday: was announced that captain Steven Charlie Lindgren made 27 saves in getting three wickets put on 82, led by a polished 49 India 1st innings 242 (H. Virahi 55, P. Shaw 54, C. Pujara 54; Jamieson 5-45 from Kyle Jamieson. With a small first-innings Stamkos (lingering core muscle injury) the call after Carey Price started the previ- advantage India needed to build a substantial New Zealand 1st innings (overnight 63-0) India 2nd innings would miss the remainder of the ous 11 games. Haydn Fleury, Joel T. Latham b Shami 52 P. Shaw c Latham b Southee 14 total for New Zealand to chase but they went T. Blundell lbw Yadav 30 Lightning’s regular season. Tyler Johnson Edmundson and Justin Williams scored for M. Agarwal lbw Boult 3 and Ondrej Palat netted power-play goals, the Hurricanes. Anton Forsberg started in off script from the start with Mayank Agarwal K. Williamson c Pant b Bumrah 3 C. Pujara b Boult 24 R. Taylor c Yadav b Jadeja 15 out for three in the second over. V. Kohli lbw de Grandhomme 14 Yanni Gourde had a short-handed tally, goal for Carolina but was pulled after H. Nicholls c Kohli b Shami 14 and Alex Killorn added a marker. Nikita allowing three goals in 20 shots. Alex Prithvi Shaw followed for 14 and at 26 for B. Watling c Jadeja b Bumrah 0 A. Rahane b Wagner 9 two, with India needing a win to square the C. de Grandhomme b Jadeja 26 U. Yadav b Boult 1 Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev each Nedeljkovic made 18 saves in relief. series, the opportunity was ripe for a cap- T. Southee c Pant b Bumrah 0 H. Vihari not out 5 contributed two assists. Andrei Vasilevskiy tain’s knock from Kohli. But on 14, a full deliv- K. Jamieson c Pant b Shami 49 R. Pant not out 1 made 18 saves to notch his league-leading KINGS 2, DEVILS 1 (OT) N. Wagner c Jadeja b Shami 21 Extras: (b9, lb10) 19 Adrian Kempe scored with 3:02 left in ery from Colin de Grandhomme cut back into T. Boult not out 1 33rd victory. Total: (6 wickets; 36 overs) 90 his pads and he was gone. Extras: (b20, lb4) 24 Elis Lindholm had a goal and an assist, overtime to lift Los Angeles to a win Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Agarwal), 2-26 (Shaw), 3-51 “It was a good feeling to see the back of Total: (all out, 73.1 overs) 235 and Andrew Mangiapane and Sean against visiting New Jersey. Dustin Brown Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Blundell), 2-69 (Williamson), 3- (Kohli), 4-72 (Rahane), 5-84 (Pujara), 6-89 (Yadav) Monahan posted markers for the Flames. also scored, and Jonathan Quick made 32 him,” Boult said of Kohli’s dismissal. 109 (Taylor), 4-130 (Latham), 5-133 (Nicholls), 6-153 Bowling: Southee 6-2-20-1, Boult 9-3-12-3, Jamieson “Obviously he’s a big player for them and we (Watling), 7-153 (Southee), 8-177 (de Grandhomme), 8-4-18-0, de Grandhomme 5-3-3-1, Wagner 8-1-18-1. David Rittich stopped 29 of 33 shots for saves for the Kings, who improved to 5-2-1 were just try to put enough pressure on him, 9-228 (Wagner), 10-235 (Jamieson) Calgary, which went 6-7-1 in February. in their past eight games. Jesper Bratt keep him quiet and it was nice to see him Bowling: Bumrah 22-5-62-3, Yadav 18-2-46-1, Shami scored, and Mackenzie Blackwood made make a few errors.” — AFP 23.1-3-81-4, Jadeja 10-2-22-2 AVALANCHE 3, PREDATORS 2 36 saves for the Devils, who are 3-0-2 in Erik Johnson had a goal and an assist, their past five games and 8-3-5 in their Pavel Francouz stopped 30 shots, and visit- past 16. Blackwood had 37 saves in a 3-0 ing Colorado beat Nashville as Johnson’s win against visiting Los Angeles on Feb. 8. two points gave him 300 for his career. S Africa, Gabriel Landeskog and Martin Kaut also BRUINS 4, ISLANDERS 0 had goals for Colorado, which has won a David Pastrnak scored his 47th goal, power into T20 franchise-best eight straight road games defenseman Charlie McAvoy had one goal and six in a row overall. Viktor Arvidsson with two assists and Tuukka Rask needed WCup semi-finals and Calle Jarnkrok had goals, and Juuse just 25 saves for his 49th career shutout as Saros had 28 saves for Nashville. The Boston extended its road winning streak Predators had their three-game winning over New York to 10 games with a shutout SYDNEY: Laura Wolvaardt smacked a cru- streak snapped. in Uniondale, NY. Brad Marchand record- cial 53 as South Africa whipped to ed a goal with an assist, and Matt Grzelcyk make only their second women’s SHARKS 5, PENGUINS 0 scored for the first time since November as World Cup semi-finals yesterday, where they Evander Kane and Timo Meier each had the Bruins won for the 13th time in their last were joined by former champions England a goal and an assist, and goaltender Martin 16 games. Rask didn’t need to do much in who swept past the West Indies. Jones posted his second shutout of the sea- posting his fourth shutout of the season Proteas captain won the son as host San Jose blanked Pittsburgh to while Boston won for the 18th time in the toss and opted to bat on a slow track at spoil the return of Patrick Marleau. Joel last 21 meetings on the Islanders’ home ice. Sydney Showgrounds, with her team making a Kellman, Logan Couture and Joe Thornton Semyon Varlamov stopped 26 shots for competitive 136 for six, boosted by also scored for San Jose, which won its sec- New York, which has dropped three in a Wolvaardt’s late fireworks. In reply Pakistan, ond in a row after snapping a five-game row (0-1-2). The Islanders, who went 0- missing captain who was ruled losing streak. Jones made 30 saves for the for-6 on the power play, are 2-5-2 in their out of the tournament on Saturday with a bro- SYDNEY: England’s players celebrate their victory against West Indies during the Twenty20 24th shutout of his seven-year career. last nine contests while trying to remain in ken thumb, could only manage 119 for five. women’s World Cup cricket match between England and West Indies in Sydney yesterday. —AFP Tristan Jarry stopped 27 of 32 shots as the playoff position in the Eastern Conference. “I’m really happy, but have to give credit Penguins suffered their sixth consecutive to Pakistan, they gave it a massive go and with defending champions Australia playing quick 18 before removed defeat — their longest skid since the 2011- BLACKHAWKS 3, kept coming at us,” said van Niekerk. “It was New Zealand to determine who gets the last Muneeba Ali in a rare T20 wicket-maiden. 12 season. Pittsburgh has been outscored PANTHERS 2 (SO) an incredible game to be a part of,” she berth. The dangerous , who Omaima Sohail lasted just three balls before 24-8 over that stretch. Pittsburgh acquired Jonathan Toews had one goal and an added, while paying tribute to Wolvaardt. smashed a century against Thailand, immedi- being run out in a comical mix-up with stand- Marleau, who played 20 of his 22 seasons assist, and he also scored in the shootout, “It’s only her third time batting at five, she ately went on the attack as she opened the in skipper , then the dangerous and 1,551 games with the Sharks, on leading visiting Chicago over Florida in usually bats at the top, and to display her South African innings. departed for three. Monday for a conditional draft pick in 2021. Sunrise, Fla., as Patrick Kane had the other skills like that, she got us the winning total.” But pace spearhead bowled a A desperately unlucky Khan was batting shootout goal, which ended the game. South Africa have won three from three in beautiful outswinger and she got an edge to beautifully in her 100th T20 when she was OILERS 3, JETS 2 Chicago’s Corey Crawford made 38 saves Group B — including a six-wicket humbling behind the stumps in a big run out for 31. Needing 58 off the last five Leon Draisaitl scored two goals and had — and he also stuffed Frank Vatrano and of England and a 113-run thumping of breakthrough for Pakistan. Baig struck again overs, Aliya Riaz (39 not out) and Iram Javed an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins tallied Mike Hoffman in the shootout — to earn Thailand — to make a second T20 semi-final with van Niekerk gone for three to leave (17 not out) did their best but were denied by three points, including the game-winning the win. He is 9-2-0 in his career against following their efforts in 2014. South Africa at 17 for two. tight bowling. goal with 5:16 remaining, to lead Edmonton Florida. Drake Caggiula had Chicago’s England, 2009 champions and runners up (17) and In the later game, England won the toss over visiting Winnipeg. It was the fourth other goal, giving the Blackhawks a 2-1 at the last tournament, secured their place (31) steaded the ship, then Wolvaardt played and powered to a competitive 143 for five, game-winning goal of the season for lead in the second. That looked like it with a comfortable 46-run win over the West what proved to be a critical knock. She carved with the West Indies ending on a paltry 97. “It Nugent-Hopkins, who took a feed from would be the game-winner until Florida’s Indies, courtesy of fine bowling and a battling out a high-quality 53 from 36 balls, including was just very professional, we knew we had to Draisaitl in the right circle and fired a shot Mike Matheson scored on a breakaway 57 from Natalie Sciver. fours off the final three deliveries. keep it simple and that’s what we did today,” inside the left post past Connor Hellebuyck wrist shot with 1:28 left in the third, forcing India are already through from Group A, Pakistan made a brisk start, whacking a said England captain Heather Knight. — AFP for his 19th goal of the season. Mike Smith overtime. — Reuters