Webb bags Blunder referee Founders Cup Marriner escapes EPL demotion TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 15 19 Upbeat Man United plot City derailment Page 18 CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka cricketers celebrate the final wicket of the Netherlands during the ICC World Twenty20 tournament cricketmatch against Netherlands. — AFP Sri Lanka crush Netherlands CHITTAGONG: Sri Lanka crushed minnows was just us representing the Associates and The Netherlands by nine wickets after bowl- we’ve got to do a lot better,” said Borren. Dhoni backs Yuvraj ing their opponents out for the lowest-ever “Everything was a bit of a rush. It’s not the Twenty20 international total of 39 in first time the top-order has played at this lev- to hit T-20 form Chittagong yesterday. el and it’s not been this bad,” he said. MIRPUR: As he took off his helmet, tucked his bat under Ajantha Mendis took 3-12, Angelo “It was always going to be a struggle for his arm and trudged back to the pavilion after a 19-ball Mathews grabbed 3-16 and Lasith Malinga the lower order against Mendis and Malinga. struggle in the World Twenty20 on Sunday, Yuvraj Singh grabbed 2-5, as the Netherlands suffered The guys up in the dressing room are very looked a shadow of the talismanic all-rounder who deliv- ignominy in their opening Group One Super- embarrassed and hopefully we can show you ered two World Cups for India. 10 match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadi- guys in the next few games of what we can The dashing southpaw hitting England fast bowler um. really do,” Borren said. Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over remains the defining Sri Lanka knocked off the target in just five Paceman Nuwan Kulasekara struck with moment of India’s victory in the inaugural World Twenty20 overs for the loss of Kusal Perera for 14 — the the third ball of the match when he dismissed in 2007. biggest margin in terms of balls spared, 90 in Stephan Myburgh, Netherlands’ hero in the His player-of-the-tournament performance helped this case. match against Ireland with 63, to give a fright India win the 50-over World Cup in Mumbai four years lat- Tillakaratne Dilshan was 12 not out and to the Netherlands. er, and he showed his battling qualities off the pitch too by Mahela Jayawardene was unbeaten on 11 as Mathews then dismissed Michael Swart overcoming a cancerous lung condition. But it has not all Sri Lanka had to hardly sweat for their second and Wesley Barresi in the second over to win in as many games after beating South been plain sailing. leave the Netherlands reeling at 1-3. Africa by five runs on Saturday. Yuvraj, who has been dumped from India’s one-day Skipper Peter Borren followed in side, managed just one run and conceded 13 off his only It was a big embarrassment for the Netherlands, who made themselves proud for Mathews’s next over for nought before the over in India’s opening World Twenty20 match against Cooper brothers took the score to 25. The Pakistan. being the only Associate side to qualify for SCOREBOARD Netherlands lost the their last six wickets for And it was another forgettable outing on Sunday the Super-10 stage after their remarkable win against defending champions West Indies. He dropped over higher-ranked Ireland. just 14 runs. Netherlands’s previous lowest CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard of the Group One World Twenty20 Super-10 stage explosive opener Chris Gayle in the deep and was not They were shot out in just 10.3 overs after Twenty20 total was the 86 they made against match between Sri Lanka and the Netherlands played at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium even required to bowl his left-arm spin, a weapon which Sri Lanka sent them in to bat on a flat batting Ireland at Dublin in 2010. yesterday. proved crucial in India’s 50-over World Cup victory in 2011. pitch. Amidst the shambles, Tom Copper was Meanwhile, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur The Netherlands (Bukhari), 9-39 (Seelaar) When he came in to bat, Yuvraj struggled to middle the the only batsman who reached double fig- Rahim is banking on his spinners to pull off S. Myburgh c Malinga b Kulasekara 0 Bowling: Kulasekara 2-2-0-1, Mathews 4-0- ball and was dismissed after a laboured 10. Needing five ures with 16, and his brother Ben Copper an upset win over defending champion West M. Swart c Sangakkara b Mathews 0 16-3, Malinga 2-0-5-2, Mendis 2.3-0-12-3 runs from two overs with eight wickets in hand, India made eight while the rest flopped. Indies in the World Twenty20 today. W. Barresi c Chandimal b Mathews 1 eventually won with two balls to spare. Fortunately for The previous lowest total in a Twenty20 “We know their strengths and weaknesses T. Cooper lbw b Mendis 16 Sri Lanka Yuvraj, India won both matches with ease and captain international was 56 made by Kenya against and if the wicket helps the spinners, we obvi- P. Borren lbw b Mathews 0 K. Perera c Swart b Jamil 14 Mahendra Singh Dhoni is willing to be patient with him. Afghanistan at Sharjah in 2013. Five batsmen ously have a plan,” Rahim said yesterday. B. Cooper run out 8 T. Dilshan not out 12 “Yuvraj is perhaps the best player in Twenty20. You can failed to score as the Netherlands, who quali- “Anyone can win in Twenty20 cricket and if Mudassar Bukhari b Malinga 4 M. Jayawardene not out 11 say he’s not in his rhythm but it’s always tough after you’ve fied after beating Ireland in a high-scoring we play to potential and execute our plans L. van Beek b Malinga 1 Extras: (nb1, w2) 3 run-chase in the first round, were left embar- been dropped from ODI side and return in Twenty20,” there is every chance that we’ll win tomorrow P. Seelaar c Mathews b Mendis 3 Total: (for one wkt; 5 overs) 40 Dhoni said after the victory against defending champions rassed in their first big test. and we’re looking forward to that.” T. Gugten not out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Perera) West Indies. Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal said The West Indian batsmen were made to Ahsan Jamil lbw b Mendis 0 Did not bat: K. Sangakkara, D. Chandimal, A. “There is invariably some pressure on an individual Mathews did the initial damage. “Angelo gave struggle by Indian slow bowlers on Sunday Extras: (lb6) 6 Mathews, T. Perera, N. Kulasekara, S. returning to the side. It takes a couple of games at least. a good start and Malinga and Ajantha fin- Total: (all out; 10.3 overs) 39 Senanayake, B. Mendis, L. Malinga with leg-spinner Amit Mishra continuing his “We are only hoping that he gets a good match. We all ished it off. I am very happy. We won’t be Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Myburgh), 2-1 (Swart), 3- Bowling: Van der Gugten 3-0-22-0 (1nb, 1w), fine form with a spell of 2-18 that helped con- know the kind of match winner he is. He can really turn underestimating any team,” said Chandimal. 1 (Baresi), 4-9 (Borren), 5-25 (B. Cooper), 6- Jamil 2-0-18-1 (1w) the game around on his own.” — Reuters The Dutch captain said his players were trol the game and left-arm spinner Ravindra 33 (T. Cooper), 7-36 (van Beek), 8-39 Result: Sri Lanka won by nine wickets. embarrassed. “We let a few people down. It Jadeja supporting him with 3-48. — Agencies SCOREBOARD Duminy, Steyn star in SA CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard of the Group one Super-10 World Twenty20 match between South Africa and New Zealand in Chittagong yesterday. South Africa New Zealand win over New Zealand Q. de Kock c Ronchi b Mills 4 M. Guptill c de Kock b A. Morkel 22 Hashim Amla c and b Anderson 41 K. Williamson c de Villiers b Steyn 51 CHITTAGONG: Jean-Paul Duminy hit a fighting the game. Fantastic effort from him.” New Zealand Earlier, Duminy hit ten boundaries and three Faf du Plessis c N. McCullum b Southee 13 B. McCullum st de Kock b Tahir 4 half-century and Dale Steyn took four wickets as captain Brendon McCullum admitted winning in sixes while Hashim Amla made a resolute 41 to AB de Villiers b N. McCullum 5 R. Taylor run out 62 South Africa recorded a thrilling two-run win over the final over was difficult. guide South African, who were put in to bat. JP Duminy not out 86 C. Munro c Amla b Tahir 7 New Zealand at the World Twenty20 in “Credit to South Africa for the way they hung South Africa’s start wasn’t ideal as they lost D. Miller c and b Anderson 6 C. Anderson c Miller b Steyn 7 Chittagong yesterday. in there, we probably should have won it easily, opener Quinton de Kock (four), du Plessis (13) and A. Morkel b Southee 13 L. Ronchi c de Kock b Steyn 5 Duminy notched a 43-ball 86 to lift South can’t take it to the final over against a top bowler AB de Villiers (five) inside seven overs with the Africa to 170-6, before Dale Steyn successfully like Steyn. Little bit of luck and we’d have got score at 42. D. Steyn not out 1 N. McCullum c du Plessis b Steyn 4 defended seven runs in the final over to help the across the line,” said McCullum.