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Blasters edge Challengers Williamson reflects on TDT | Manama

oung Blasters defeated YChallengers by 50 runs in a CBA Division D T-20 league match New Zealand’s record win Blasters won the toss and elected to bat first. Open- er Rishabh (53) scored a Kane Williamson and Co register record victory over the visitors brilliant half century while Bharath scored a quick 47 runs in 27 ball that helped Wagner, Boult New Zealand first innings 178 (Southee Blasters to score 157 runs • 68, Watling 46; Lakmal 5-54) in 20 overs. In second in- bowl New Zealand Sri Lanka first innings 104 (Mathews nings, tidy overs from to the record win 33 ; Boult 6-30, Southee 3-35) Blasters bowlers restricted New Zealand second innings 585-4 Challengers to 107 runs and New Zealand dec. (Latham 176, Nicholls 162 not out, won the match by 50 runs. crushed• Sri Lanka by de Grandhomme 71 not out, Raval 74; Thirumal and Rishabh took Kumara 2-134) three for Blasters. 423 runs in the second Sri Lanka second innings (overnight Brief Score: Young Blast- Test in Christchurch 231-6) ers 157/3 in 20 overs (Rish- to win the series 1-0 D. Gunathilaka c Watling b Southee 4 abh 53, Bharath 42) beat D. Karunaratne c Watling b Boult 0 Challengers 107/10 (Vishun D. Chandimal c Nicholls b Wagner 56 AFP | Christchurch, New Zealand 18, Rishabh 3/15, Thirumal K. Mendis c sub (Henry) b Wagner 67 3/16) by 50 runs A. Mathews retired hurt 22 Other Match Results ew Zealand celebrate a R. Silva c Watling b Wagner 18 Hempel Paints 148/8 in historic victory yester- N. Dickwella b Southee 19 20 overs (Ahsan 34, Manish Nday when they needed D. Perera c Williamson b Wagner 22 25, Ashan 3/26) beat Black just 14 balls on day five to de- S. Lakmal b Boult 18 Feather 101/10 (Jabran 40, molish Sri Lanka by a colossal D. Chameera lbw Boult 3 Ahsan 3/13) by 47 runs 423 runs in the second Test in L. Kumara not out 0 TISCA Stars 185/4 in 20 Christchurch. Extras: (b 4, lb 2, wd 1) 7 overs (Vipin 73, Omer 51) “That’s quite a cool thing to Total: (for 9 wickets; 106.2 overs) 236 beat Kooheji Contractors achieve,” skipper Kane William- Result: New Zealand won by 423 runs 165/8 (Shahzad 58, Irfan son said, reflecting on New Zea- Series: New Zealand 1-0 32, Shanmugam 3/13) by 20 land winning a fourth consecu- New Zealand’s (C) celebrates with team mates after their series win runs tive series for the first time in Matrix CC 157/3 in 20 their 88-year Test history. Pakistan this year. did not resume his innings. wiped out the lower order and broke the stubborn partnership. overs (Danishka 66, Priyesh “That’s wasn’t the focus, and Sri Lanka, having been set an After a placid pitch and rain the tourists were all out for “That was the key moment,” 37, Simon 2/28) beat Bah- if we do reflect on that a little improbable 660-run target, re- saved Sri Lanka in the first Test 104. Williamson said of Henry’s rain Hawks 156/7 (Raghav bit, the positives of the different sumed the final day at 231 for six in Wellington, the weather and diving catch at extra cover to 67, Priyesh 2/34) by 1 runs conditions we’ve experienced, and lost their first with wicket in Christchurch were Key moment remove Mendis for 67 off the Royal Blaster 145/8 in 20 the different opposition all come the third ball of the morning ideal for the decider. Tom Latham’s 176 and an un- of Neil Wagner to end overs (Siyad 45, Akhil 30, into the fact we’ve been able when Trent Boult bowled Sur- Sri Lanka won the toss and beaten 162 by Henry Nicholls a 53-over stand. Rayes 3/24) beat Santy Ex- to get across the line and that anga Lakmal for 18. had New Zealand six for 64 be- saw New Zealand declare at 585 The remaining seven batsmen cavation 105/10 (Noman 19, makes it quite special.” Neil Wagner removed Dilru- fore a whirlwind 68 from man- for four in their second innings, only lasted 50 overs in total and Vinod 2/4) by 40 rus The victory over Sri Lanka, by wan Perera for 22 before Boult of-the-match lifted leaving Sri Lanka more than two contributed 110 runs. Infonas 110/2 in 15.1 overs the biggest ever margin for New ended the innings with the wick- New Zealand to 178. days to survive. “He came on and perhaps be- (Musaib 57) beat Colta CA Zealand and eighth largest of all et of Dushmantha Chameera in Sri Lanka were cruising to- When Kusal Mendis and ing a sub fielder you’re not quite 106/10 (Vidhya 23, Aslam time in terms of runs, followed the third over of the morning. wards that target until a pur- were at the feeling the rhythm of the game 5/14) by 8 wickets back-to-back series wins against , who retired ple patch from Trent Boult crease they had a faint hope, but and it can be disruptive,” Wil- Cebarco 130/5 in 16.1 the West Indies, England and hurt when on 22 on Saturday, whose six wickets for four runs a stunning catch by Matt Henry liamson said. overs (Millon 28, Chrish 2/11) beat GT Abdulaal 127/8 (Omer 40, Swamy 2/8) by 5 wickets Masters CC 55/1 in 7.2 overs (Hari 26) beat Bulls Jeremy Kennedy stops Marat Magomedov 54/10 (Sumesh 11, Shiab 5/11, Akhil 3/22) by 9 wick- TDT | Manama kins, dismissing him as the true takedowns early on, while Jer- ets champ and saying he felt like emy was content striking from Superb XI 175/8 in 20 t was a night to remember for the best in the division at Brave the outside and doing damage. overs (Azhar 56, Nabeel 32, IJeremy Kennedy as he won Combat Federation. Marat was able to clinch a few Punnoes 2/23) beat Rising his first main event for Brave “Bubba who? I’m the champi- times but had trouble putting Star 81/10 (Sanju 23, Subhan Combat Federation, in beautiful on. I’ve always felt like this since the fight on the ground. 3/12) by 94 runs Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I signed with Brave. I showed to- It was Kennedy who got the Suha Travels 141/6 in 20 Facing the previously unde- night that there are levels to this takedown and was able to do overs (Usman 39, Taha 31, feated Marat Magomedov at sport and no one is on my level damage there too during the sec- Shafik 2/19) beat Karnata- Brave 21, the Canadian prospect here. I feel like I’m the cham- ond round. In the co-main event ka Strikers 121/7 (Shameel showed improvements in his pion, they need to prove them- of the evening, Rami Hamed had 35, Anand 2/19) by 20 stand-up to capitalize on small selves against me, not the other the best possible promotional runs mistakes made by the Russian way around. I should have that debut as he flattened Gadzhi- Tornado Riders 89/2 and, eventually, got the TKO vic- belt and I feel like I defended musa Gaziev with a right hook, in 10.3 overs (Ranjeet 42, tory. my title tonight”, said Kennedy. knocking out “Deadshot” inside Manu22) beat Lantern Li- After the fight, “ JBC” was The two men put on a great the first round. It was one of the ons 87/9 (Yogi 18, Vijesh quick to tease reigning Feath- fight, as Magomedov tried to MMA athletes in action during Brave 21 most vicious KO’s of 2018 for 3/16) by 8 wickets erweight champion Bubba Jen- close the distance to shoot in for Brave Combat Federation. Rest of the School triumph in CBA school tournament

TDT | Manama Ramesh. Batting against the the loss of 6 wkts in 20 overs. Earlier Rest of the School de- Combined School (White), the Arnav top scored for Combined feated Bangladesh school by a est of the school defeated new batting sensation Rishabh school (White) with a polished huge margin of 183runs.Rish- RCombined School (White) Ramesh has scored an unbeaten 24runs. bah Ramesh (91) and Gautam by 138 runs in their last league 128 to make a huge total of 219 Yashus Gopal was the pick of Chabar (89*) have made a re- match in the CBA Under 16 for the loss of one wicket in 20 the bowlers who took 2 wkts for cord partnership of 208 runs for School Tournament at overs. 4runs. Rest of the school placed the first wicket in the Under 16 the National Stadium ground Off spinner Sachiru Wijeratna top of Group –A with 8points. School Cricket tournament. In at Seef District too last Saturday. gave a good support to Rish - Rishabh Ramesh has scored 368 reply, Bangladesh school was all The highlights of the match abh with an unbeaten 43 runs. runs in this tournament so far out for just 33 runs. Safal Itani-7 were a superb unbeaten cen- In reply, the combined school with a century and 3 half cen- for 2, Sachiru Wijeratna - 4 for Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 tury by the Rishabh (White) could score only 81 for turies. 3wkts)