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THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Amla — a giant in his own right He is the only South African to have scored a triple century in Test cricket BIDDING ADIEU

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South Africa’s Hashim Amla announced his retirement from international cricket on Thursday, bringing the cur­ tain down on one of the country’s leading batting careers. The 36­year­old played in­ ternational cricket for 15 years, scoring almost 10,000 Test runs and close to anoth­ er 10,000 in limited­overs internationals. He is the only South Afri­ can to have scored a triple century in Test cricket —a re­ cord 311 not out against En­ gland at The Oval in mid­2012 — and is second be­

No show: Showers kept the groundsmen busy even as the first ODI was abandoned on Thursday.* AP hind Jacques Kallis in Test runs for the country (9,282). “I learnt many lessons during this incredible ride, First ODI called off due to rain made many friends and most importantly shared in A thing of beauty... Hashim Amla’s batting epitomised grace and class. * GETTY IMAGES the love of a brotherhood,” West Indies scores 54 for one in the 13 overs of play possible Amla said in a statement re­ His retirement follows Steyn and is no surprise after Amla struggled initially at leased by Cricket South Afri­ swiftly on from that of his a disappointing World Cup Test level, with his batting INDIA IN WI the toss and asked the West when Lewis, who was on returned and forced the ca (CSA). fast bowling colleague Dale in England in May and June. technique heavily ques­ Indies to bat. one, looked plumb in front players into the dressing tioned, but after a first Test in the fourth over off Mo­ room once again. century against New Zealand Press Trust of India Providence (Guyana) Slow knock hammed Shami. Replays The second one­dayer will at Newlands in 2006 he esta­ Chris Gayle was out in the showed the ball would have be played in Port­of­Spain on blished himself as a key Rain played spoilsport as the 11th over after scoring four gone on to hit the leg stump. Sunday. player in the South African first one­dayer between In­ off 31 balls. He came into the West Indies was nine for set­up. dia and the West Indies was match 12 short of Brian La­ no loss in 5.4 overs at the SCOREBOARD He went on to top the ICC called off after the home side ra’s 10,405 ODI runs, the first rain break. rankings for both Test and scored 54 for one in 13 overs most by a West Indian. The WEST INDIES ODI batsmen. here on Thursday. game was reduced to 43­ov­ Costly over C. Gayle b Kuldeep 4 ( 31b), E. Amla was appointed Test The stop­start match, er­a side even before a ball When the match restarted as Lewis (not out) 40 ( 36b, 2x4, captain in 2014 but gave up which was reduced to 34­ov­ was bowled as wet outfield a 34­overs­a­side affair, Gayle 3x6), S. Hope (not out) 6 (11b); the job during England’s visit er­a­side, was abandoned af­ due to rain forced the toss to and Lewis picked up steam. Extras (lb 2, w 2): 4; Total (for to South Africa at the begin­ ter a second rain interrup­ be delayed. The contest be­ Lewis hit Khaleel Ahmed for one wicket, in 13 overs): 54. ning of 2016 when it was af­ tion. More than an hour and gan two hours late than the 15 runs with a six and two FALL OF WICKET fecting his form. a half later, the umpires de­ original 7 p.m. (IST) start. fours in the eighth over. 1­42 (Gayle, 10.1 overs). INDIA BOWLING cided to call off the match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav gave India An occasion to celebrate Bhuvneshwar 4­1­11­0, Sha­ Opener Evin Lewis and Mohammed Shami exploited the breakthrough, dismis­ mi 3­0­5­0, Ahmed 3­0­27­0, “It is always sad to bid fare­ Shai Hope were batting on the conditions to tie down sing dangerman Gayle, who Kuldeep 2­0­3­1, Jadeja well to one of the true le­ 40 and six respectively when Gayle and Lewis before the dragged the ball onto his 1­0­6­0. gends of the game, but at the the match was called off. In­ first rain interruption. stumps. Shai Hope came in Toss: India. same time this is rather an dia captain Virat Kohli won India did not take DRS two overs later, but rain also No result. occasion to celebrate the richness that Hashim has brought to the game around BCCI timeline the world both on and off the field,” said CSA chief execu­ on Shaw case Gill, Vihari hammer WI-A attack tive Thabang Moroe. Amla will continue to play Former scores a double hundred, the latter a century domestic cricket.

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA TAROUBA Tax war: ICC Shubman Gill (204 not out, 250b, 19x4, 2x6) and Hanu­ wants India’s Dabang rallies from the brink ma Vihari (118 not out, 219b, 10x4, 1x6) were involved in a revenue cut Upstages Lions; Sathiyan’s win over Sharath proves decisive 315­run partnership for the fifth wicket as India­A de­ UTT rath changed gears and three points when the 63rd­ clared at 365 for four, setting Press Trust of India played far more aggressively ranked Persson blanked West Indies­A a target of 373 NEW DELHI and accurately. But Sathiyan Anirban Ghosh, ranked a dis­ Rakesh Rao on the third day of their The BCCI is set to seek ad­ NEW DELHI was relentless. He stayed tant 1138th. third and final ‘Test’ here on vice from an English law close to the table and used Thereafter, World No. 14 Thursday. firm after the ICC threa­ Scripting a thrilling finish, the blocks effectively to open Benadette Szocs played to Prithvi Shaw. The visiting side resumed tened to deduct a part of Dabang Delhi bounced back up an 8­5 lead. What fol­ her ranking against the 137­ * FILE PHOTO: K.V.S. GIRI at 23 for three, and Gill, two it’s annual revenue share in from 2­7 to win 8­7 over lowed was Sharath’s best. He ranked Madhurika Patkar overnight, reached his cen­ a continuing tussle on tax Chennai Lions in the last roared back to make it 8­8 and won 3­0 to carry Dabang PRESS TRUST OF INDIA tury just at the stroke of exemptions for events held league encounter of the Ulti­ and then won the last three past the finish line for a mo­ NEW DELHI lunch. Though nightwatch­ in India. mate Table Tennis league points to keep Chennai 4­2 rale­boosting triumph. The BCCI on Thursday put man Shahbaz Nadeem fell The Shashank Manohar­ here on Thursday. ahead in the tie. The results: out a timeline of Prithvi for 13, Gill and Vihari were in led ICC wants complete tax For the first time, four out Sharath stayed in the are­ Delhi Dabang bt Chennai Lions 8­7 (Krittwika Sinha Roy lost to Shaw’s doping violation scintillating form. Sizzler: Shubman Gill was simply unstoppable. * FILE PHOTO exemption for all global of five matches ended with na for the mixed doubles, case, which showed a gap events happening in India 3­0 verdicts. with Petrissa. They main­ Petrissa Solja 6­11, 9­11, 6­11; Earlier, off­spinner Krish­ G. Sathiyan bt Sharath Kamal of more than two months and is still awaiting waiver The decisive difference in tained their unbeaten run, nappa Gowtham had run 11­8, 11­8, 9­11; Jon Persson & between his sample collec­ through the West Indies­A for the 2016 World T20 favour of Dabang came with winning against Jon Persson Naina Jaiswal lost to Sharath & tion and the final report line­up, his six for 67 off 23.4 held in the country. G. Sathiyan beating Sharath and debutant Naina Persson Petrissa 3­11, 5­11, 2­11; Persson from National Dope Test­ overs giving India­A a seven­ According to the latest Kamal 2­1 in the second sin­ by a 3­0 margin. bt Anirban Ghosh 11­5, 11­8, ing Laboratory (NDTL). run lead. documentation of the July gles of the tie. Down 2­7, with two singles 11­8; Bernadette Szocs bt Mad­ In what appeared to be 6 Committee of Adminis­ The defeat, by the narrow­ to go, Dabang picked up hurika Patkar 11­5, 11­4, 11­10). Only opener Jeremy Solo­ an attempt at damage con­ trators (CoA) meeting here, est of margins, did not hurt zano defied the Indian at­ trol after attracting criti­ the ICC wants to recover Chennai (42 points) as it fin­ tack, carrying his bat for 69. cism for the manner in the tax burden for the 2016 ished second behind U Mum­ Sunil Ambris contributed which the BCCI handled event by slashing the BCCI ba (44). Dabang, tied with 43. For India, Umesh Yadav the 19­year­old’s case , the annual share from the ICC Goa Challengers at 41, fin­ finished with two for 29, timeline showed there was revenue. ished fourth, based on the Avesh Khan one for 34 and a reminder from the Board The CoA has asked the lesser number of matches Shivam Dube one for 35. to the NDTL. BCCI legal team to contact won from five ties. The scores: India­A 201 & 365 The World Anti­Doping an “English law firm” since for four decl. (Shubman Gill Agency (WADA) might also 204 n.o., Hanuma Vihari 118 the “agreement between ‘What we wanted’ reopen the case handled n.o.) vs West Indies 194 (Jere­ BCCI and the ICC in rela­ “This was exactly what we by a body that is reluctant my Solozano 69 n.o., Sunil Am­ tion to the hosting of the wanted,” revealed Sathiyan. to come under the purview bris 43, Krishnappa Gowtham 2016 World T20 is go­ “We wanted to enter the of the NADA. six for 67). Hanuma Vihari. * S. SUDARSHAN K. Gowtham. * SUDHAKARA JAIN verned by English law.” semifinal with a win and pre­ ferred to face Mumba, whom we beat 9­6 in the league. Se­ riously, it couldn’t have been better for us.” Hey, where you goin’? This day, Dabang was off to the worst possible start. In the net: Bengaluru Bulls defenders catch Siddharth Sirish Krittwika Sinha Roy lost 0­3 Desai of Telugu Titans in the ProKabaddi League match in to Petrissa Solja, though the Patna on Thursday. Bengaluru Bulls won 47­26. * RANJEET KUMAR scoreline did not reflect how well the 186th­ranked Indian girl played. It was left to Sharath to Pulling it off: Sathiyan defeated Sharath in a build on the lead but Sathi­ high­voltage encounter. * UTT yan was up to the challenge. The clash featuring two best male players of the country produced plenty of thrills. This fast­paced encoun­ ter, dotted with long rallies, saw Sathiyan quickly off the blocks. Though Sharath fought back briefly to move ahead 5­4, Sathiyan won the next five points to seize con­ trol. Even in the second game, Sathiyan broke away from 4­6 to win seven of the next nine points. Down by two games, Sha­

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