TUESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2020 SPORTSPORT 07 TENNIS CRICKET He never says anything inappropriate. He WTA Qatar Total Bangladesh vs Zimbawe does things that only exist on the Playstation, Open at Khalifa (One-off Test) unthinkable things: Messi 'greatest' ahead of International Tennis Women's T20 World ACTION And Squash Complex Cup Australia Maradona, says Napoli boss Gattuso TODAY’S New Zealand restore pride by thrashing India REUTERS — WELLINGTON with Jamieson’s height and delivery angle providing plenty Kohli has no With a dark cloud hanging over of problems. New Zealand cricket since last Virat Kohli’s side lost their excuses for month’s humiliating 3-0 defeat final six wickets for 47 runs as in Australia, Kane Williamson’s Boult and Southee combined to side delivered the perfect rip through the lower middle heavy loss response to their critics with a order and then finish off the tail. 10-wicket win over India in the Southee completed his 10th AFP — WELLINGTON first Test yesterday. five-wicket haul in Tests with The victory was New Zea- 5-61. Virat Kohli refused to make land’s 100th since they began Tom Latham finished seven excuses for India’s compre- playing Tests in 1930. It came not out while Tom Blundell was New Zealand’s Tim hensive loss to New Zealand against a side unbeaten in their on two as they knocked off the Southee (centre in the first Test in Wellington last nine Tests and one that had nine runs needed for victory in left)and team-mate yesterday with the skipper won all seven of their previous just 10 balls after the visitors Ross Taylor (centre saying his side were simply World Test Championship were dismissed for 191 in their right) walk from the “not good enough”. matches. second innings. field at the end of The world’s top-ranked The return of New Zealand “It was a great win and to India’s 2nd innings team crashed to a 10-wicket pace spearheads Tim Southee beat a quality Indian side is very during day four defeat in the first session of and Trent Boult and the intro- pleasing,” said Southee, named of the first Test at day four to snap a nine-Test duction of 2.03m-tall debutant man of the match for figures of the Basin Reserve unbeaten streak dating back Kyle Jamieson proved crucial 9-110. in Wellington, to the 2018 Boxing Day Test in against the tourists, also the Jamieson’s emergence as a yesterday. Melbourne. world’s top-ranked Test side. pace bowling threat who can It was also India’s first loss They exploited a tricky also bat -- he scored 44 in New in eight games in the World Basin Reserve wicket to bowl Zealand’s first innings -- could with Neil Wagner coming back was only one defeat. “Some target rested with the last rec- Test Championship, although India out for under 200 twice create some selection issues for the second game starting at people might want it to be the ognised batsmen -- vice- they remain at the head of the Hagley Oval on Saturday. end of the world, but it’s not. For captain Ajinkya Rahane and table, while New Zealand lie SCOREBOARD “The performance across us it’s a game of cricket,” he Hanuma Vihari -- seeing out the fifth with two wins from six India (I innings) .....................................165 Extras (W2) ..................................................... 2 the board was a very good one,” said. “We lost and we move on, first session unscathed. matches. New Zealand (I innings) ......................348 Total (all out, 81 overs) .......................191 captain Williamson told we keep our heads high.” But Boult, in his second Faced with a first innings India (II innings) Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-78, 3-96, 4-113, 5-148, reporters. On the plus side for the vis- over, enticed an edge from deficit of 183 -- after being P Shaw c Latham b Boult .............................14 6-148, 7-162, 8-189, 9-191, 10-191 “We know we have good itors, Ishant Sharma took 5-68 Rahane when he was on 29 and sent in to bat first on a green M Agarwal c Watling b Southee ..................58 Bowling: Southee 21-6-61-5, Boult 22-8-39-4, C Pujara b Boult ..............................................11 de Grandhomme 16-5-28-1, Jamieson 19-7-45- days and bad days but guys in New Zealand’s first innings wicketkeeper BJ Watling com- wicket and on a windy, V Kohli c Watling b Boult ..............................19 0 (2w), Patel 3-0-18-0 came back... and really focused after returning from a torn pleted an easy catch. Vihari had overcast day -- India were A Rahane c Watling b Boult .........................29 New Zealand (II innings) on the areas we needed to move ankle ligament and was espe- not added to his overnight score rolled for 191 in the second H Vihari b Southee ..........................................15 T Latham (not out)............................................ 7 this team forward. cially effective when they of 15 when he was bowled by innings leaving New Zealand R Pant c Boult b Southee .............................25 T Blundell (not out).......................................... 2 “That was the most pleasing reduced the hosts to 225-7 on Southee in the next over. a mere 10 runs for victory. R Ashwin lbw Soutee ...................................... 4 Total (0 wickets) .................................... 9 performance.” day three. Southee then had Ravi- “We did not show enough I Sharma lbw de Grandhomme .....................12 Bowling: Sharma 1-0-8-0, Bumrah 0.4-0-1-0 Kohli held his hand up and India had started the day on chandran Ashwin trapped in competitiveness,” Kohli said M Shami (not out) ............................................ 2 Result: New Zealand won by 10 wickets conceded his side had not been 144-4, still 39 runs behind, and front for four to reduce India to as his batsmen failed in the J Bumrah c sub (Mitchell) b Southee ............0 Player-of-the-Match: .........Tim Southee good enough but added that it their hopes of setting a decent 162-7. face of New Zealand’s three- pronged seam attack of senior bowlers Tim Southee and Australia avert Trent Boult, and newcomer Kyle Jamieson, who took 18 of elimination as Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur hits the 20 wickets. Man-of-the-match India dominate Southee took four for 20 on the final morning to finish with Bangladesh double ton to corner Zimbabwe five for 61 after grabbing four wickets in the first innings. AFP — DHAKA for two at stumps on the third Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim reacts after scoring a double “We let ourselves down REUTERS — SYDNEY day, still needing 286 runs to century during the third day of the Test match against massively in the first innings Mushfiqur Rahim hit his third make Bangladesh bat again on Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium with the bat,” Kohli said. Defending champions Test double century as Bang- a wearing pitch at the Sher-e- in Dhaka, yesterday. “You could say the toss Australia returned from the ladesh declared their first Bangla National Stadium. played a big role in this Test brink of elimination to pip Sri innings with a lead of 295 Mushfiqur, who became the match but it’s an uncontrol- Lanka but India underlined yesterday in their one-off became the highest run-scorer lable so you can’t really focus their title credentials with their match against Zimbabwe. for Bangladesh in Tests, hit an on that and take that as a second successive victory in Bangladesh ended their unbeaten 203, while skipper massive factor. “We don’t want the Women’s Twenty20 World innings on 560 for six in the Mominul Haque made 132, after to make too much of this pitch Cup in Perth yesterday. final session before spinner the hosts resumed on 240 for and what conditions were like. Australia were stunned by Nayeem Hasan then claimed three. The simple truth is we did not India in Friday’s tournament two wickets in two balls in the Mushfiqur and Mominul play good enough cricket and opener and the hosts looked first over in Dhaka. added 222 for the fourth wicket, that’s why we lost. patchy again as they edged out The visitors reached nine while wicketkeeper-batsman “Some people might want Sri Lanka by five wickets to Liton Das made 53 to give the it to be the end of the world keep alive their hopes of a fifth SCOREBOARD hosts their highest-ever total but it’s not. For us it’s a game title. Zimbabwe (I innings) .................................265 against Zimbabwe. of cricket we lost and we move Later at the same WACA Bangladesh (I innings) Mominul declared the on, we keep our heads high.” Ground, India were much Tamim Iqbal c Chakabva b Tiripano ...............41 innings soon after Mushfiqur New Zealand captain Kane more clinical in their 18-run Saif Hasan c Chakabva b Nyauchi .....................8 reached the 200-run mark after Williamson described New victory against Bangladesh. Najmul Hossain c Chakabva b Tshuma ......... 71 Ainsley Ndlovu past extra cover Zealand’s 100th Test victory Sri Lanka captain Chamari Mominul Haque c & b Ndlovu .......................132 for a boundary. as a “special effort with the Atapattu had led from the front Mushfiqur Rahim (not out) ............................203 Nayeem struck with the ball and some handy contri- Mohammad Mithun c Chakabva b Ndlovu .....17 with a belligerent 50 to help her Liton Das c Chakabva b Sikandar Raza .........53 second ball of the innings, butions with the bat.” team post 122-6 after electing Taijul Islam (not out).......................................... 14 bowling Prince Masvaure for a With short-ball specialist to bat.