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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bumrah and Shami need to fi re Tennis I’m saying goodbye Sharapova announced her decision in an article for Vogue and Vanity Fair Both got their lengths wrong at Basin Reserve and let the Kiwi tail wag Agence France-Presse INDIA IN NZ Paris Fivetime Grand Slam win S. Dinakar ner Maria Sharapova, one of Wellington the world's most recognisa India has a bunch of world ble sportswomen, on Wed class pacemen who have nesday announced her re been slicing through linesup tirement at the age of 32. both away and home in the “Tennis I'm saying good last two years. bye,” Sharapova said in an And there is intense com article for Vogue and Vanity petition for places. Not many Fair magazines. teams would have someone “After 28 years and fi ve of the quality of Umesh Ya Grand Slam titles, though, dav cooling the bench. I'm ready to scale another But the pace attack on mountain to compete on a view at the Basin Reserve, diff erent type of terrain.” with the exception of Ishant Sharapova burst onto the Sharma, largely scene as a supremely gifted disappointed. teenager and won her Grand Let’s take the case of Jas Slams before serving a 15 prit Bumrah. He was among month ban for failing a drugs the key factors in India’s mai test at the 2016 Australian den Test series triumph in Open. The Russian’s ranking Australia last season. With is currently 373. his whippy and deceptive ac Sharapova has hardly tion, he was quick off the played in the past year be pitch, had a nasty short ball cause of longstanding shoul and a telling yorker. der problems. Bumrah moved the new Sharapova shot to fame as ball just enough to fi nd the a giggly 17yearold Wimble edge and, when the sphere don winner in 2004, the became older, struck with re thirdyoungest player to con verse swing. His pace seldom Job on hand: Bowling coach B. Arun has to fi nd a quick fi x to the chinks in the armour of quer the All England Club's dropped below 140 kmph Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. * AP hallowed grass courts. even at the fag end of the DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD day, something that im pression that Bumrah was wicket of the Test when he DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Gave me life pressed pace legend Glenn not letting it rip; perhaps the had BJ. Watling caught She became World No. 1 in B Except for the game at McGrath. back injury was playing on behind. Mount Maunganui, where 2005 and won the US Open his mind. This was a Test where he scalped three, Bumrah the next year. “One of the Just a shadow There were times when even the Kiwi lower order had a lacklustre T20I series keys to my success was that I Yet, the Bumrah seemed a Bumrah appeared pedes batsmen were able to pick in New Zealand never looked back and I nev shadow of his former self at trian. The explosive release his yorker — a major delivery er looked forward,” Sharapo B In the fi rst Test, the last the Basin Reserve. The nip with the armspeed was ab in Bumrah’s arsenal — and three New Zealand wickets va said on Wednesday. off the track was missing. sent and the Kiwis were able dig it out. Bumrah was mis added 123 precious runs “I'll miss it everyday. I'll Bumrah had spent a long to play him comfortably. sing the extra speed that DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD miss the training and my dai period in the sidelines tend gave his bowling the cutting ly routine: Waking up at ing to a rather serious injury, Down on speed edge. speed. Then he uses his dawn, lacing my left shoe be stress fracture of the lower Bumrah appeared down on wrists and seam position for fore my right, and closing back. speed and was not bowling No reverse swing movement. the court's gate before I hit He did not undergo sur the right length for the Basin And there was no reverse However, the stiff breeze my fi rst ball of the day. gery and when he came Reserve surface. The seamer swing for him either. If some at the Basin Reserve ap “I'll miss my team, my back, he was drafted into the pitched short of a good one such as Bumrah fi nishes peared to have adversely im coaches. I'll miss the mo shorter formats. Except for length when he should have, with 1/88, the Indian bowling pacted the rhythm in Sha ments sitting with my father the game at Mount Maunga ideally, pitched the ball up. has a problem. mi’s runup and the rest of on the practice court bench. nui, where he scalped three, By not pitching up and Mohammed Shami too his bowling suff ered. The handshakes win or lose Bumrah had a lacklustre drawing the batsman into a had an ordinary Test, given India normally blows and the athletes, whether T20I series in New Zealand. drive, Bumrah was not giving the high benchmark he has away the tail. In the fi rst Test, they knew it or not, who And in the ODI series, he the ball a chance to swing. set for himself. Like Bumrah, the last three New Zealand pushed me to be my best. conceded 50 or more runs in And he was bowling on mid he, carried away by the wickets added 123 precious “Looking back now, I real each of the three games dle and off stump when his grass, bowled the wrong runs. ise that tennis has been my without picking a wicket. line should have been off length, only rarely pitching It was a massive phase of mountain. My path has been The alarm bells were ringing. stump or just outside it. the ball up. Shami is a pace the match. The pacemen fi lled with valleys and de In the fi rst Test at the Ba In fact, it was this line that man who relies on the fl uen have to get their act together tours, but the views from its sin Reserve, one got the im fetched Bumrah his only cy of his runup to generate at Christchurch. peak were incredible.” Australia too Edgar goes down India eyes third victory Pakistan stuns West Indies hot for SA Knight stars for England It has been impressive in batting and bowling, takes on NZ Agence France-Presse memory lane Cape town No. 3 Jemmiah Rodrigues match T20I series at home. Australia trounced South T20 WORLD CUP EXCLUSIVE has also been among the Africa by 97 runs in the Press Trust of India runs with knocks of 26 and Top-class players third and fi nal T20I at New S. Dinakar MELBOURNE 34. New Zealand has some top lands here on Wednesday Wellington On a high after two victories Among the top order, on class players in its ranks in to win the series 21. Bruce Edgar was a tenacious on the trot, including one ly captain Harmanpreet has the form of captain and all Sent in to bat, Australia lefthanded opener who against defending champion not scored many runs and is rounder Sophie Devine and made an imposing 193 for took on the fastest of bow Australia, the Indian wo due for a big innings. toporder batswoman Suzie fi ve in its 20 overs. David lers in the golden era for pa men’s cricket will aim to Bates. Pacer Lea Tahuhu and Warner (57, 37b, 5x4, 2x6) cemen — the 70s and the 80s inch closer to a semifi nal Smriti set to return legspinner Amelia Kerr will and Aaron Finch (55, 37b, — without fl inching. berth when it takes on New India is also likely to be bol lead the bowling. 6x4, 1x6) added 120 for the People who saw him bat Zealand in the ICC Women’s stered by the return of star opening wicket in just 11.3 The team will go into this talk about his courage and T20 World Cup here on opener Smriti Mandhana, match on a high after an ea overs before the former de heart. And Edgar, the New Thursday. who missed the match parted. sy sevenwicket win over Sri Zealand chief selector not India hardly broke a against Bangladesh due to Lanka on Saturday. Devine A late fl ourish by Steve too long ago, has interesting sweat during its 17run and fever. Smith (30 not out, 15b, 2x6) had led from the front with tales to tell. Bruce Edgar. * S. DINAKAR 18run wins over host Aus The middle order has also an unbeaten 75 off 55 balls at took the visitors close to The southpaw was part of tralia and Bangladesh in its done its bit with Deepti Shar 200. the top of the order. a competitive New Zealand [the umpire] your father?’” previous two matches and is ma playing a major role The teams (from): South Africa simply col side, making 1958 Test runs perched atop the fi veteam against Australia with an un lapsed in the face of a India: Harmanpreet Kaur and 1814 ODI runs at 30.59 Blood and guts Group A standings with four beaten 49 while Veda Krish On the go: Heather Knight smashed the fi rst century of the daunting chase and was (Capt.), Smriti Mandhana, Je and 30.74 respectively. New Zealand won the series points from two matches. namurthy hit a matchdefi n tournament against a hapless Thailand attack. * GETTY IMAGES bowled out for 96, with mimah Rodrigues, Deepti Shar Edgar, who looks much 10 and Edgar made blood A victory against New ing 11ball 20 not out for a ma, Shafali Verma, Poonam Ya Mitchell Starc and Ashton AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE younger than his 63 years, and guts 127 in the third Test Zealand on Thursday will late fl ourish against dav, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia Knight hit an unbeaten Agar picking up three wick CANBERRA recollects the fi rst Test of the at Auckland, taking on Andy take the Harmanpreet Kaur Bangladesh. (wk), Harleen Deol, Rajeshwari 108 in a tournamentbest ets apiece. series against the allcon Roberts, Michael Holding, led side on the threshold of a The bowling has been led Gayakwad, Richa Ghosh, Veda Skipper Bismah Maroof an 169run partnership with The scores: Australia 193/5 in quering Clive Lloyd’s West Joel Garner and Colin Croft. knockout stage spot, to be admirably by seasoned leg Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, chored the chase admirably Natalie Sciver (59 not out) to 20 overs (David Warner 57, Indians at Dunedin in 1980. The southpaw, a char competed among the top spinner Poonam Yadav — se Arundhati Reddy and Pooja as Pakistan shocked former secure a vital win. England's Aaron Finch 55, Steve Smith Vastrakar. 30 n.o.) bt South Africa 96 in tered accountant by profes two teams from Groups A ven wickets in two matches champion West Indies by 176 for two was also the New Zealand: Sophie Devine 15.3 overs (Mitchell Starc 3/ Flying kick sion, said, “Holding was the and B. — with pacer Shikha Pandey eight wickets in its opening highest score by any team so (Capt.), Rosemary Mair, Amelia 23, Ashton Agar 3/16, Adam Michael Holding sent down quickest, Roberts spoke ve India has been impressive ably supporting her with fi ve match of the ICC Women’s far. Kerr, Suzie Bates, Lauren Zampa 2/10). a vicious delivery that hit ry little and hated batsmen, both in batting and bowling scalps. T20 World Cup here on England plays Pakistan Down, Maddy Green, Holly John Parkar on the gloves Garner had bounce and in its two matches. New Zealand, though, has Huddleston, Hayley Jensen, Wednesday. on Friday, while South Afri and then travelled to ’keep Croft was awkward with his The 16yearold sensation a better headtohead record Leigh Kasperek, Jess Kerr, Ka Diana Baig’s fi erce spell of ca faces Thailand. Sri Lanka er Deryck Murray. The um runup and angle.” Shafali Verma has been a against India in recent years, tey Martin (wk), Katie Perkins, fast bowling exposed the “We were gutted after the pire shockingly gave ‘not Edgar was part of the infa standout with the bat. She having won the last three Anna Peterson, Rachel Priest Windies toporder as it post performance the other day hammers WI out’ and Holding produced mous ODI where Greg Chap scored a whirlwind 17ball 39 matches between the two and Lea Tahuhu. ed 124 for seven, courtesy so it was very important that a fl ying kick to knock the pell asked his brother Tre against Bangladesh, follow sides. Exactly a year ago, it Match Starts at 9:30 a.m. Stafanie Taylor (43) and She we bounced back with a de Press Trust of India stump out of the ground. vor to bowl underarm. ing 29 against Australia. defeated India 30 in a three IST. maine Campbelle (43). cent performance here,” Hambantota Edgar saw the humorous “Greg bullied Trevor to bowl In reply, Pakistan open said Knight. Sri Lanka crushed West In side of it. “It was funny. Par underarm. I became good ers Javeria Khan and Munee “It was a challenging dies by 161 runs in the se kar was in pain. He even re friends with Greg later. And ba Ali put on 58 before Ma game for us, but we tried cond oneday international moved his gloves! The ball I told him he had done the roof’s unbeaten 38 steered our best,” said Thailand to clinch the series here on had struck him there. But single biggest thing to pro her side to a comfortable captain Sornnarin Tippoch. Wednesday. then, the umpire had given mote cricket in New win with 10 balls to spare. The scores: Chasing 346 for victory, him not out!” Zealand!” Earlier, England captain England 176/2 in 20 overs West Indies was bowled “The umpires were Edgar played his cricket Heather Knight smashed the (Natalie Sciver 59 n.o., Heather out for 184 in 39.1 overs . crouching on their knees in a diff erent era where his fi rst century of the Twen Knight 108 n.o.) bt Thailand Earlier, Avishka Fernando looking for noballs. By the mom used to stitch his chest ty20 World Cup as her team 78/7 in 20 overs (Nattakan (127) and Kusal Mendis time they looked up, the ball guard. And the New Zealan got its campaign back on Chantam 32, Anya Shrubsole 3/21). (119) put on 239 as the had already passed the bat ders, minutes before enter track with a crushing 98run hosts amassed 345 for West Indies 124/7 in 20 ov sman and was being relayed ing the arena for the WSC win over minnows ers (Shemaine Campbelle 43, eight after being put in to by ’keeper Murray to Alvin games in front of 50,000 Thailand. Stafanie Taylor 43) lost to Pa bat. Kallicharran at gully! Those spectators, would be wash The 2009 champion had kistan 127/2 in 18.2 overs (Ja The scores: Sri Lanka 345/8 in guys were so quick.” ing and ironing their clothes looked vulnerable as it veria Khan 35, Bismah Maroof 50 overs (Avishka Fernando Edgar made a typically in their hotel rooms. crashed to a sixwicket de 38 n.o.). 127, Kusal Mendis 119, Thisara gutsy 65 in the fi rst innings. And exchanging jerseys feat against South Africa in perera 36, Sheldon Cottrell 4/ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 67, Alzarri Joseph 3/57) bt But he too could not escape with Gundappa Viswanath, the opening Group B game DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD West Indies 184 in 39.1 overs a sharp comment. “Kalli “a fi ne player and a lovely on Sunday, following a B Heather Knight becomes (Shai Hope 51, Nicholas Poo charran, always talkative, chap,” remains among his shock 10wicket hammering the fi rst woman to score a ran 31, Wanindu Hasaranga 3/ shouted from gully after an favourite memories. Edgar by Sri Lanka in the fi nal century in all three formats 30, Lakshan Sandakan 3/57). appeal was negated. ‘Is he is never short of a tale. Sensational: The 16yearold Shafali has been a standout with the bat for India.* COURTESY: ICC warmup last week. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
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