THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 SPORTS SCOREBOARD BIRMINGHAM: Scoreboard in the first day/night one-day international between England and New Zealand at Edgbaston yesterday: England New Zealand J. Roy c Guptill b Boult 0 M. Guptill c Buttler b Finn 22 A. Hales c Henry b Boult 20 B. McCullum b Finn 10 J. Root c Ronchi b Boult 104 K. Williamson c Root b Rashid 45 E. Morgan lbw b McClenaghan 50 R. Taylor lbw b Finn 57 B. Stokes b Boult 10 G. Elliott run out (Billings/Buttler) 24 J. Buttler c Henry b McClenaghan 129 M. Santner c Jordan b Rashid 15 S. Billings lbw b Santner 3 L. Ronchi b Rashid 0 N. McCullum c Jordan b Finn 5 A. Rashid c Guptill b Elliott 69 M. Henry lbw b Rashid 0 C. Jordan c Boult b Elliott 2 M. McClenaghan c Hales b Jordan 2 L. Plunkett not out 13 T. Boult not out 0 S. Finn not out 0 Extras (lb10, w8) 18 Extras (w8) 8 Total (all out, 31.1 overs) 198 Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 408 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (B McCullum), 2-52 (Guptill), Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Roy), 2-50 (Hales), 3-171 3-94 (Williamson), 4-160 (Elliott), 5-185 (Santner), (Morgan), 4-180 (Root), 5-195 (Stokes), 6-202 6-185 (Ronchi), 7-190 (Taylor), 8-195 (Henry), 9- (Billings), 7-379 (Buttler), 8-394 (Jordan), 9-394 198 (N McCullum), 10-198 (McClenaghan) (Rashid) Bowling: Finn 7-1-35-4 (2w); Jordan 5.1-0-33-1; Bowling: Boult 10-0-55-4; Henry 10-0-73-0 (3w); N Plunkett 5-0-37-0 (2w); Rashid 10-0-55-4 (1w); McCullum 7-0-66-0 (1w); McClenaghan 10-0-93-2 Stokes 4-0-28-0 (2w) (3w); Elliott 5-0-57-2 (1w); Santner 8-0-64-1 Result: England won by 210 runs Buttler ton sets up record England win BIRMINGHAM: Jos Buttler’s 129 and a hun- teams. dred from Joe Root helped England to a That result formed part of New record 210-run win over New Zealand in Zealand’s unbeaten run to the final, where the first one-day international at they lost to fellow co-hosts Australia, Edgbaston on Tuesday as they launched whereas for England it was one of several their ‘new era’ of limited overs cricket in defeats that contributed to a first-round style. exit. It was England’s biggest victory, in terms However, New Zealand rested paceman FATULLAH: India’s Shikhar Dhawan, plays a shot as Bangladesh’s wicketkeeper Litton Das (center) and Shakib Al Hasan watch during the first of runs, in all ODI cricket beating their 202- Tim Southee, the bowling star of that day of their Test match. —AP run margin against India at Lord’s way back match with seven for 33, for this fixture fol- during the inaugural 1975 World Cup. lowing his efforts during the preceding 1-1 England’s total of 408 for nine, their highest drawn Test series with England. in all ODI cricket, was built on the back of “It was certainly a different performance India’s Dhawan and Vijay hundreds by wicket-keeper Buttler and Joe to the World Cup,” said Morgan. For us to Root (104). It surpassed the 391 for four come out of the traps like that is outstand- that England made against Bangladesh at ing.” New Zealand captain Brendon Trent Bridge in 2005 — the previous high- McCullum, who won the toss, accepted his flay hapless Bangladesh est in any ODI in England. Buttler’s stand of side had been overwhelmed. 177 with Adil Rashid (69) was also a new “It was a special performance from Root seventh-wicket record in all one-day inter- and Buttler,” said McCullum. “To post 400 in FATULLAH: Indian openers Shikhar Dhawan Dhawan and Vijay attacked the four- Sarkar sharing the new ball. nationals, topping the 130 shared by any game is outstanding. They blew us off and Murali Vijay flayed Bangladesh’s bowlers pronged spin attack on either side of the Taijul was the most expensive bowler, con- Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower and Heath Streak the park.” The Wellington match saw with an unbeaten 239-run partnership on the interruption to compile their second 200-plus ceding 55 runs in his 12 overs, while Jubair against England in Harare in 2001. McCullum launch a savage assault on Finn, rain-curtailed opening day of the one-off Test stand after their 289-run effort against went for 41 runs in his seven. Bangladesh England dismissed World Cup finalists whose two overs cost 49 runs. match in Fatullah yesterday. Dhawan was Australia in 2013. coach Chandika Hathurusinghe insisted his New Zealand for 198 with more than 18 But the first over of New Zealand’s reply unbeaten on a stroke-filled 150 off 158 balls Vijay brought up the double-century part- team should not be written off after just one overs to spare, fast bowler Steven Finn (four on Tuesday saw Finn clean bowl the and Vijay was on a more sedate 89 after their nership with a six off leg-spinner Jubair day’s play. for 35) and leg-spinner Rashid (four for 55) advancing McCullum. Rashid removed dan- doing the bulk of the damage. german Kane Williamson for 45 and he sub- captain Virat Kohli won the toss on the easy- Hossain, but it was Dhawan who dominated “We still want to win, we are still playing to England had threatened a huge score sequently took two wickets in two balls to paced wicket at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali the stand with attractive strokes all round the win,” the former Sri Lankan batsman said. “In while Root, who made 104, and captain reduce New Zealand to 185 for six. stadium. Left-hander Dhawan, who had been wicket. cricket anything can happen. Until both sides Eoin Morgan (50) were putting on 121 for The Yorkshire spinner finished with ODI dropped for India’s previous Test against Dhawan raced to 74 off 71 balls, but the have batted once, it is not right to judge a the third wicket. But they lost four wickets best figures to set alongside his maiden Australia in Sydney in January, marked his untimely rain interruption denied him a game. for 31 runs, including the well-set Morgan fifty at this level. New Zealand lost their last comeback with 21 boundaries in his third cen- chance to attempt a century before lunch. The “On a wicket like this, it is always a big and Root, to be 202 for six. six wickets for just 13 runs. England’s ‘new tury. left-hander was on 73 when he mistimed a advantage to win the toss, bat and put up a It was a slump from which recent era’ started with a whimper when the first Vijay, lucky to survive a leg-before appeal shot off left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, but big total. They may have got off to a good England teams might not have recovered, ball of the match saw Jason Roy caught by before he had scored, proved the perfect foil Shuvagata Hom failed to grasp a difficult start but we can still win the game provided but Buttler and Rashid continued to go for Guptill at backward point off Boult. at the other end as Bangladesh employed sev- chance at short mid-wicket after getting his we bowl well tomorrow.” India brought back their shots. “There was a game within a But Root, making the most of a couple en bowlers to try to break the partnership. hands on the ball. When play resumed after Harbhajan Singh after two years to partner game there,” said man-of-the-match of atypical New Zealand fielding errors Just 56 of the stipulated 90 overs were tea, Dhawan was stranded on 98 for seven fellow off-spinner Ashwin in a two-man spin Buttler, who faced just 77 balls including 13 pressed on to a hundred off a mere 71 bowled during the day as rain, which arrived deliveries before pulling Jubair for a boundary attack. Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim, fours and five sixes. “But we saw that out balls.But he fell soon afterwards, caught 25 minutes before lunch, washed out the to bring up his third Test century. who is recovering from a finger injury, took and it allowed us to attack later in the behind off Boult. However, Buttler and entire post-lunch session. The hosts’ gameplan to play four spinners the field as a specialist batsman, with debu- innings. “Credit to Joe Root on the way he Rashid counter-attacked in fine fashion. Floodlights had to be switched on in the meant Mohammad Shahid was the lone tant Litton Das taking over wicket-keeping played. It gave everyone confidence to fol- Buttler, whose maiden ODI century against morning session to allow play to take place as seamer in the side, with part-timer Soumya duties.—AFP low his lead.” Trent Boult took four wickets Sri Lanka last year came in an England threatening dark clouds loomed overhead. for 55 runs in his maximum 10 overs, but record 61 balls, took 66 for his second. The Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said the only two of those overs were faced by 24-year-old went to three figures in style tourists were not fretting about the forecast SCOREBOARD England’s seventh-wicket duo. when he cover-drove Mitchell England’s total was a far cry from their McClenaghan for his 11th four.