SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2014 SPORTS Lanka rout Photo of the day to clinch ODI series

DAMBULLA: Seamer Thisara Perera claimed 4-34 and Tillakartane Dilshan hit SCOREBOARD an unbeaten 50 as Sri Lanka trounced Pakistan by seven in the final one- dayer yesterday to clinch the series 2-1. DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka: Full scoreboard of the third and final one-day international Dhammika Prasad chipped in with two between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Dambulla on yesterday: wickets as the hosts bowled Pakistan out Pakistan: Malinga 7-2-17-1 (w1), Mathews 5-0-11- for 102 and then surpassed the c Perera b Prasad 10 0, Herath 2.1-0-6-1, Perera 8-1-34-4 (w2), Duckworth-Lewis target of 101 in the 19th c Jayawardene b Prasad 0 Prasanna 4-1-8-1. over of a one-sided game in Dambulla. An Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Malinga 1 hour-long rain interruption after Pakistan Misbah-ul Haq run out 18 Sri Lanka: had slumped to 81-8 in the 26th over of Fawad Alam 38 U. Tharanga b Irfan 14 the first session forced the umpires to c Malinga b Perera 7 T. Dilshan not out 50 reduce the game to 48-overs-a-side. S Maqsood c Sangakkara b Perera 7 K. Sangakkara c Hafeez b Riaz 2 Sri Lanka galloped home in style to c Perera b Prasanna 2 M. Jayawardene c Hafeez b Ajmal 26 build on the 2-0 sweep in the preceding Wahab Riaz c Sangakkara b Perera 0 A. Mathews not out 0 Test series and left Pakistan searching for c Jayawardene b Perera6 Extras: (lb7, w5) 12 answers ahead of the World Cup less than Mohammad Irfan b Herath 5 Total (for three wickets, 18.2 overs) 104 six months away. Opener Upul Tharanga Extras: (lb1, w6, nb1) 8 Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Tharanga), 2-59 and Kumar Sangakkara fell cheaply before Total (all out, 32.1 overs) 102 (Sangakkara), 3-100 (Jayawardene). Mahela Jayawardene (26) and Dilshan put Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sharjeel), 2-14 Bowling: Irfan 7-0-37-1 (w2), Riaz 6-1-42- on a 41-run stand for the third (Shehzad), 3-14 (Hafeez), 4-47 (Misbah), 1 (w2), Ajmal 4-0-10-1 (w1), Afridi 1.2-0- .Dilshan cut Shahid Afridi to the 5-55 (Akmal), 6-73 (Maqsood), 7-76 8-0. fence to bring up his half-century and also (Afridi), 8-77 (Riaz), 9-88 (Ajmal), 10-102 Sri Lanka won by seven wickets seal his team’s easy win. Fawad Alam top- (Irfan). (Duckworth-Lewis target of 101 in 48 scored for Pakistan with an unbeaten 38, Bowling: Prasad 6-0-25-2 (nb1, w3), overs). but eight batsmen failed to reach double figures as the tourists crumbled in 32.1 overs after electing to bat on the slow wicket. It was Pakistan’s lowest one-day showed character to bounce back after became 55-5 by the 19th over when total on Sri Lankan soil, falling below the losing the first match of the series in Misbah was run out for 18 by a direct 116 they made against New Zealand at the Hambantota. “We had to pull up our socks throw from Dilshan and Umar Akmal holed same venue in 2003. after that loss and we did that quite well,” out off Perera for seven. he said. “We gave Thisara (Perera) more The low total ruined any hopes Pakistan ‘Not a decent total’ opportunities in the series and he proved had of snatching a dramatic win with the Pakistan Misbah-ul Haq said it himself with both bat and ball.” Sri Lanka help of their spin spearhead Saeed Ajmal, was not a difficult wicket to bat on. “There next host England for a seven-match one- who was back after missing the previous was a bit of tennis-ball bounce, but we day series starting in November. two matches to have his bowling action should still have scored about 240-250 Pakistan never recovered after losing tested. Ajmal had flown to Brisbane, runs,” Misbah said. “We lost too many wick- opener Sharjeel Khan in the third over, Australia, for the tests after his action was ets early and could not get a decent total.” caught at second slip off Prasad. Prasad, reported by the umpires during the Test Misbah hoped Pakistan will perform better who replaced the off-form Nuwan series. He is allowed to play on until the in their next Test and one-day series Kulasekara, then had the other opener, results of the tests are made known. Ajmal against Australia in the United Arab Ahmed Shehzad, caught at mid-on to picked up the wicket of Jayawardene, Emirates in October. make it 14-2. The third wicket fell at the caught in the slips, but Sri Lanka were only “That is a really important series and we same total when Lasith Malinga had one run away from victory at that stage. need to find the right combination ahead Mohammad Hafeez leg-before for one as The World Cup is to be played in Australia of the World Cup,” he said. Sri Lanka’s cap- the TV umpire upheld the decision follow- and New Zealand in February-March next tain Angelo Mathews said his team ing a review by the batsman. It soon year. — AFP

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NEW YORK: The US Open women’s draw was ranked Dominic Thiem of Austria 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-3. blown wide open by a series of upsets on Friday but it was business as usual on the men’s side with ‘Just really fast’ Roger Federer leading a parade of seeds into the Federer, chasing an 18th grand slam title, served third round at the year’s final grand slam. The shock up a tidy 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over big-hitting Australian waves began early on another sunny day at Sam Groth to ease into the third round. The former Flushing Meadows with 32-year-old qualifier world number one has feasted on Australian oppo- DAMBULLA: Members of the Sri Lanka team celebrate their victory with the ODI series trophy against Pakistan after their third Mirjana Lucic-Baroni dismissing Romanian second nents in grand slams over the years, piling up an and final (ODI) at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla yesterday. — AFP seed Simona Halep 7-6(6) 6-2 to reach the fourth 18-1 record against men from Down Under, and round. Lucic-Baroni, who failed to build on her run Groth, who was facing a top 10 opponent for the to the 1999 Wimbledon semi-finals, was almost first time, proved little more than a distraction to overcome by the victory. the Swiss maestro. Throughout the one hour and India spin to win “I mean, I’m a little bit emotional now. Sorry,” she 48 minutes contest the Australian took his best said, wiping away tears. “It’s been really hard. “After shots at the 33-year-old, including booming serves so many years to be here again, it’s incredible. I of over 140mph. “The 142, honestly I hit it and I wanted this so bad. So many times I would get to ... turned around,” said Federer. “I didn’t know if it a place where I could do it. “Then I wanted it so bad went into the stands or the bottom of the net or on against England that I’m kind of burned out. I’m so happy.” The the other side. I just felt like I hit it clean. “The 147 tremors continued at the US National Tennis Centre one I felt like I was there and felt like I had more as Swiss teen Belinda Bencic ousted sixth-seeded control on it. “The difference between 142 and 147, NOTTINGHAM: India’s spinners again German Angelique Kerber 6-1 7-5 to reach the there’s none really in the racquet. I think once you proved England’s undoing as the tourists SCOREBOARD round of 16 in her US Open debut. The tournament pass the 135 range everything is just really fast.” won the third one-day international at Trent also lost a fan favourite when Italy’s Sara Errani Ferrer reached the third round without lifting his Bridge yesterday by six wickets to take a 2-0 posted her first career win over twice champion racket when Australian Bernard Tomic withdrew NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom: Final scoreboard in the third one-day internation- and 19th seed Venus Williams, coming out on top in with a hip injury, while Dimitrov breezed into the lead in the five-match series. World champi- al between England and India at Trent Bridge on yesterday: ons India, chasing a modest 228 for victory, an absorbing roller-coaster clash 6-0 0-6 7-6(5). third round with a 6-1 6-2 6-2 win over Israel’s Dudi By the time fifth seed Maria Sharapova had Sela. Berdych had a much tougher time, needing cruised to 228 for four with seven overs to England India closed out the action under the Arthur Ashe five sets and three hours 45 minutes to tame Martin spare. Ambati Rayudu, only playing because A. Cook st Dhoni b Rayudu 44 A. Rahane c Buttler b Finn 45 Stadium floodlights with a labored 6-2 6-4 win over Klizan of Slovakia 6-3 4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3. Richard of Rohit Sharma’s tour-ending finger injury, A. Hales c Dhoni b Raina 42 S. Dhawan c Morgan b Woakes 16 Germany’s Sabine Lisicki the top of the women’s Gasquet, seeded 12th, and Gael Monfils, 20th, was an ODI-best 64 not out. Together with I. Bell run out (Sharma) 28 V. Kohli c Tredwell b Stokes 40 draw had lost four of the top eight seeds. The top 10 advanced in straight sets to set up an all-French Suresh Raina, who followed up his 100 in J. Root st Dhoni b Jadeja 2 A. Rayudu not out 64 men’s seeds, however, remain intact. Federer, collision for a berth in the fourth round. Working India’s equally dominant 133-run victory in E. Morgan c Dhoni b Ashwin 10 S. Raina c Woakes b Tredwell 42 Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer, sixth-seeded harder was 18th-seeded South African Kevin Cardiff on Wednesday with a run-a-ball 42, J. Buttler b Ashwin 42 R. Jadeja not out 12 Czech Tomas Berdych and seventh-seeded Anderson, a four-set winner against Jerzy Janowicz Rayudu put on 87 for the fourth wicket. But B. Stokes c Raina b Ashwin 2 Extras (lb2, w7) 9 Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov all advanced on Friday. of Poland, while Spain’s 19th seed Feliciano Lopez it was the first innings that decided the C. Woakes c Sharma b Shami 15 Total (4 wkts, 43 overs) 228 The highest-ranked casualty was Ernests Gulbis of won a fourth-set tiebreaker to advance past course of the match, with England dis- J. Tredwell c and b Kumar 30 Did not bat: MS Dhoni, R Ashwin, B Latvia, the 11th seed, who was ousted by 45th- Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito. — Reuters missed for a meagre 227 after losing the S. Finn run out (Rayudu/Dhoni) 6 Kumar, Mohammed Shami, M Sharma toss. They were 82 without loss thanks to J. Anderson not out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dhawan), 2-85 under-fire captain Alastair Cook (44) and Extras (lb3, w2, nb1) 6 (Rahane), 3-120 (Kohli), 4-207 (Raina) Alex Hales (42). But England, as happened in Total (all out, 50 overs) 227 Bowling: Anderson 7-0-29-0 (2w); Cardiff, again succumbed to spin as they Fall of wickets: 1-82 (Hales) 2-93 (Cook), Woakes 8-1-43-1; Tredwell 10-1-46-1; lost three wickets for 15 runs in six overs to 3-97 (Root), 4-120 (Morgan), 5-138 (Bell), Finn 8-0-50-1 (2w); Stokes 6-0-31-1 (2w); be 97 for three. 6-149 (Stokes), 7-182 (Woakes), 8-202 Root 4-0-27-0 (1w) Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, thr (Buttler), 9-226 (Tredwell), 10-227 (Finn) man-of-the-match, took three for 39, with Bowling: Kumar 8-0-45-1 (1nb); Sharma Result: India won by six wickets only Jos Buttler (42), apart from Cook and 3-0-17-0; Shami 9-0-40-1 (1w); Ashwin Man-of-the-match: Ravichandran Ashwin Hales, passing 40 in the innings. England 10-0-39-3; Raina 8-0-37-1; Rayudu 2-0-8- (IND) managed just one four in 26 overs midway 1 (1w); Jadeja 10-0-38-1. Series: India lead five-match series 2-0 through their innings and didn’t hit a six until the last over. Cook and Hales posted their second fifty partnership, off 64 balls, was involved again when he Joe Wednesday, drove off-spinner James in as many matches. But their stand ended Root (two) after the batsman lunged for- Tredwell for six in the 13th over. Rahane when Hales, on his Nottinghamshire home ward to left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja. then lofted Stokes high over long-off for ground, top-edged a sweep off spin-bowl- Eoin Morgan (10) was also undone by spin, six to the delight of the India fans in a ing all-rounder Raina’s sixth ball and was Ashwin turning the ball away from the left- 17,000 sell-out crowd. caught by India captain and wicketkeeper hander and Dhoni holding the edge to But he was out for 45 when fast bowler Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was the second complete his fourth dismissal of the Steven Finn, playing his first international time in as many matches that Hales, who innings. An ambling Ian Bell (28) was then match in nearly a year, had Rahane caught made 40 on ODI debut in Cardiff, had fallen run out by Mohit Sharma’s dramatic direct behind as he tried to run the ball down to to the sweep shot. hit from wide long-off. third man. And Kohli’s promising 50-ball All-rounder Ben Stokes (two) added to innings of 40, his best international score Bogged down his growing list of low scores for England of the tour, ended when he somehow His exit was the cue for England to once when Raina held a brilliant low, one-hand- flicked Stokes straight to Tredwell at mid- more get bogged down against slow bowl- ed, slip catch off Ashwin. Stokes’s exit left on. Stokes then gave Kohli a verbal ‘send- ing. Occasional spinner Rayudu took his England 149 for six and, unsurprisingly, the off’, which prompted a warning from first international wicket when he speared lower order could not repair the damage. umpires Paul Reiffel and Michael Gough. one down the legside to have Cook Ajinkya Rahane, promoted to open in place India were now 120 for three but the rarely stumped by Dhoni. Cook, whom former of Rohit Sharma, showed his class with a troubled Rayudu went on to complete an England team-mate Graeme Swann sug- textbook cover-driven four off James impressive fifty when he deliberately gested this week should quit one-day Anderson. Virat Kohli, who averaged just uppercut Finn for his fifth four in 63 balls. cricket because he scores too slowly, took 13.4 in India’s preceding 3-1 Test series The series continues at Birmingham’s NEW YORK: Sara Errani of Italy celebrates match point after defeating Venus Williams of the United 65 balls to get his runs yesterday. Dhoni defeat and was out for a on Edgbaston ground on Tuesday. — AFP States in their women’s singles third round match on Day Five of the 2014 US Open. — AFP