76 NEW VISION, Monday 7 July, 2014 VISION SPORT

Amla inspires South Africa to big win in first ODI

COLOMBO Lanka were still bundled out for 229 and that cost us the game.” trapped star all-rounder Jacques

off 40.3 overs. Spinner was a tad ex- Kallis leg before with his Opener Hashim Amla smashed The hosts appeared headed pensive but emerged as the highest trademark carrom ball for a duck, to 109 and Ryan McLaren took two towards victory at one point. But wicket taker for the visitors, finishing reduce the Proteas to a shaky 60-2. in three balls as South paceman McLaren dismissed Lahiru with 3-50 from seven overs. Africa thrashed by 75 Thirimanne and Sangakkara in the The visitors had got off to a steady We fought well A new golf format  S   38th over to trigger a collapse that start after winning the toss, putting But Amla and de Villiers made light   saw Sri Lanka lose their last five on 58 before losing two batsmen in of the twin setbacks and steered the 4 #+ - Amla, 31, hit eight fours in his com- wickets for just 13 runs. quick succession. innings to a position of strength with  ,   posed 130-ball knock and shared “We had a bad day at the office. Opener Quinton de Kock was their 141-ball stand.     a 151-run third-wicket stand with The South Africans played better bowled by Mathews (1-30) for 27 “We fought really well -#".3 8$+4&  skipper AB de Villiers (75), helping and we were really rusty,” which included a mighty six over and I am really proud   %&  4  the visitors post a formidable 304-5 said Sri Lankan Angelo mid-wicket off spinner Sachithra of our first innings here.   ,  at the R. Premadasa Stadium. Mathews. Senanayake (1-49). I thought the guys  $)# responded with “After the start we got, the middle Just two balls later, unorthodox recovered really well,” &+9 +0  a fine 88 off just 84 balls but Sri order made some poor shot selection spinner Ajantha Mendis (3-61) said de Villiers.  !  @  ,        00  % =,       , 0  & +   3+4&   &)   %%=#   3& ) %%&    HAMILTON UP TO   C       ,   3 &   ) %&&  CD   ,  ,  0  ,"C   , % THE CHALLENGE Namibia qualify for Rugby W. Cup 2015   S  S             -    ! "#$  % & "( ) # + ,    -#". -     -   , /    ( 0  1 2 $  % ,    &34   -  S        !" ! #"+)+ $   " !2 5"   ,   SILVERSTONE Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. ,    !  Alonso’s team-mate Finn Kimi Raik-     ! Lewis Hamilton delighted a 120,000 konen was involved in a spectacular S %$  !   crowd of enthusiastic home fans when he high-speed opening lap accident that /,     revived his world championship bid on halted the race for an hour, for repairs   6  $  Sunday with an emphatic victory in a dra- to the barriers. He lost control, spun, 70  -   S   hit the barriers and collided with Bra-   !S  The 29-year-old Briton took full advantage zilian Felipe Massa’s Williams.  , , - of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg’s first Both escaped serious injury, but 8  97 non-finish of the season, due to gearbox prob- Raikkonen, whose car was massively     % lems, to reduce the German’s lead in the title damaged, limped away and required later race to just four points. x-rays on his right ankle. Massa was forced Match-fixer Vincent Driving with great elan and speed, the 2008 out with a damaged car. champion Hamilton came home 30 seconds Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen Britain clear of second-placed Finn Valtteri Bottas of finished seventh for McLaren ahead of tells of attack fears Williams, who started from 14th on the grid. German Nico Hulkenberg of Force India, July Silverstone :   , It was Hamilton’s second home win at the Russian rookie Daniil Kvyat of Toro 6 /   0  1  British Grand Prix, his fifth of the season and Rosso and 10th-placed French- ;  &   the 27th of his career drawing him level with man Jean-Eric Vergne in the 1 Lewis 2h26:52.094 Hamilton (GBR) !S< - fellow-Briton three-time champion Jackie second Toro Rosso.  ,0  Stewart in the record books.    “You can’t touch this Lewis - home Grand     Mercedes  0S 3 Prix,” said Hamilton’s race engineer on the The race began in 2 Valtteri at 30.135 0 0   % team radio. “England! What a great feeling mild and breezy (FIN) Bottas ; 3,      guys I couldn’t be happier, I’m sorry about English sum- Williams- 0 , 0 yesterday, but a fantastic job today, as ever!” mer conditions Mercedes   S<3  responded Hamilton. with an air track Daniel      Later, from the podium, he added: “This just temperature of 17 3 at 46.495 Ricciardo (AUS) -##    proves you should never give up! I have got so degrees and track ,!  = 0  many mixed feelings and you never want to temperature of 34, Red Bull- Renault 1  >=1?3,  , see a team-mate go out.” almost perfect for       Australian Daniel Ricciardo, of Red Bull, the contest which Championship , %=  3  finished third ahead of 2009 champion Briton exploded into N. Rosberg (GER) 165 , ,  Jenson Button, of McLaren, defending four- dramatic life on L. Hamilton (GBR) 161      3  time champion German Sebastian Vettel in the opening lap. D. Ricciardo (AUS) 98  0  the second Red Bull and two-time champion     <%