MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Maxwell’s swashbuckling ton England fight for survival in a Kiwis record another easy win, powers Australia to 64-run win make-or-break WC battle ADELAIDE, Mar 8: all Test-playing nations so far in defeat Afghanistan by 6 wickets SYDNEY, Mar 8: the -- Australia, New Zealand Staring at an unexpected and Sri Lanka -- and their lone NAPIER, Mar 8: board but Zadran and Shenwari Nawroz Mangal (27) for his sec- All-rounder Glenn Maxwell early exit, beleaguered England win has come against minnows revived their innings with some ond wicket in the 16th over, led a brutal Australian assault would be desperate to get their Scotland. The New Zealand jugger- gritty batting. Vettori became the first Kiwi with his maiden ODI hundred as act together when they take on In fact, in their previous naut continued to roll in the However, the total was too bowler to claim 300 wickets in the four-time winners overcame higher-placed Bangladesh in a match against Sri Lanka, cricket World Cup as they small for their bowlers to defend ODIs. a spirited Sri Lanka by 64 runs do-or-die cricket World Cup England failed to defend even a defeated a spirited Afghanistan against a team which is in great Later he added scalps of and inched closer to securing a Pool A league match here reasonably challenging target of by six wickets for their fifth win form. Skipper Brendon rival skipper Mohammad Nabi quarterfinals berth in the cricket tomorrow. 310 with nine wickets and 16 in a row in Pool A, here today. McCullum yet again provided a (6) and Afsar Zazai (0). World Cup, here today. Having lost three of their deliveries to spare. Chasing a modest 187, New fiery start to the Kiwis as he It was Zadran, who took the Opting to bat in the Pool A four matches so far, England Come tomorrow, England Zealand romped home with 13.5 blasted 42 runs off just 18 balls. Kiwi attack by the scruff of its match, Australia posted a mam- need nothing less than victories will have to play as an unit. overs to spare with opener He struck six fours and cleared neck, hitting a-run-ball 56, Martin Guptill being their top the boundary ropes one time. moth 376 for nine against a hap- which was laced with 10 bound- scorer with a 57-run knock. After his dismissal, the run- less Sri Lanka side, before the Today’s Fixture aries, including two sixes. It was Afghanistan owed their total rate dipped but Kiwis kept going islanders' innings ended at 312 his second One-day half-centu- England VS Bangladesh (Adelaide) 9:00 IST to Najibullah Zadran (56) and calmy towards the victory target in 46.2 overs. ry. Samiullah Shenwari (54), who even as the Afghans fought their Kumar Sangakkara tried to Zadran departed in the 38th in the remaining two league There has been a hundred struck fighting fifties after left- hearts out. over when he was caught by make a match of it, notching up arm spinner Daniel Vettori Kane Williamson (33) and his 24th ODI ton during an Australia's Glenn Maxwell celebrating his century during games -- against Bangladesh each in the current tournament Vettori off paceman Adam and Afghanistan -- to stay in from Moeen Ali against rocked their middle-order with a Guptill added 58 runs for the Milne but by that time he along innings that saw him complete Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Sydney on contention for the last eight Scotland and Joe Root in a los- four-wicket haul and in the second wicket before the for- with Shenwari had added 86 14,000 runs in this format, only Sunday. (UNI) stage. ing cause against Sri Lanka, but process the veteran New mer's run out. Ross Taylor came runs to put the innings back on the second player after Sachin SCOREBOARD Bangladesh, with two wins just two other England batsmen Zealand bowler touched the to the crease and reamined their track. Tendulkar to reach the mile- 300-ODI wickets milestone. till the run-chase buisness was Australia innings: from as many matches, are have scored half-centuries so far Shenwari kept going and stone. Aaron Finchst Sangakkara b Prasanna 24 Vettori broke the back of the finished. placed higher than England in in the tournament. completed his 10th ODI fifty After the veteran David Warner c Prasanna b Malinga 9 Afghanistan batting order by Earlier, Kiwi paceman Trent Steve Smith c Perera b Dilshan 72 the table at fourth position and Under Eoin Morgan's leader- with an extra-cover boundary Sangakkara's dismissal, Dinesh the Asian team would be look- ship, England would hope to rise taking four wickets at the Boult (3/34) accounted for Michael Clarke b Malinga 68 expense of just 18 runs as the Javed Ahmadi (1) in the third off Boult. He was dismissed by Chandimal kept Sri Lanka alive Glenn Maxwell c Malinga b Perera 102 ing to consolidate its position. to the occasion in the make-or- Corey Anderson but the last- with a swashbuckling 24-ball 52, Shane Watson c Chandimal b Perera 67 England had lost to break clash. Asian nation posted a modest ball of the second over and 186. Vettori removed the other open- wicket pair of Hamid Hassan but the islanders were rocked James Faulkner run out (Mathews/Perera) 0 Bangladesh by two wickets in Although Morgan himself (16) and Shapoor Zadran (2) after the batsman was forced to Brad Haddin c Perera b Mathews 25 the last World Cup in 2011 but has managed to score just 90 Electing to bat, the team er Usman Ghani (0). Mitchell Johnson not out 3 from the troubled nation was in Ghani could not even open added 20 more runs, giving retire hurt at a crucial juncture still survived the shock defeat to runs at an average of 22.50, his some respectability to the total. Mitchell Starc run out (Perera/Mathews) 0 qualify for the quarter-finals. biggest concern will be the per- a spot of bother, having lost six his account as Vettori castled due to a hamstring injury. Xavier Doherty not out 0 wickets with just 59 runs on the him. When Vettori bowled (PTI) Earlier, besides Maxwell's Extras: (B-1, LB-1, W-4) 6 However, there will be no such formance of his two pace spear- swashbuckling 53-ball 10, Total: (for 9 wickets in 50 overs) 376 second chance this time. heads James Anderson and which was the second fastest Bowling: Malinga 10-0-59-2, Senanayake 9-0-59-0, Mathews 7-0-59-1, The English side has lost to Stuart Broad. (PTI) Saina's All England Badminton C’ship dream ends in agony Prasanna 10-0-77-1, Perera 9-0-87-2, Dilshan 5-0-33-1. World Cup hundred, the Sri Lanka innings (Target: 377 runs from 50 overs): BIRMINGHAM, Mar 8: Saina, thus, failed to emulate her twitter, but the Indian ace failed Australian scorecard was Lahiru Thirimanne c Haddin b Johnson 1 long-time coach Pullella to live up to the expectation. studded with three fluent Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw b Faulkner 62 Olympic bronze medallist Gopichand (2001) and leg- After suffering heartbreaks half-centuries in a formidable Kumar Sangakkara c Finch b Faulkner 104 Saina Nehwal's quest for becom- endary Prakash Padukone at the semifinals of the event in middle-order batting per- Mahela Jayawardene run out (Clarke) 19 ing the first Indian woman to win (1980), who had won the presti- 2010 and 2013, it was yet anoth- Angelo Mathews c Haddin b Watson 35 the most prestigious All England gious title in the past. er case of so near yet so far for formance. Dinesh Chandimal retired hurt 52 Maxwell got to the three-fig- Thissara Perera c Doherty b Johnson 8 badminton championship ended Saina, who has been compet- the girl from Hyderabad, who ure mark in just 51 balls, just Upul Tharanga c Warner b Faulkner 4 in agony after she suffered a ing at the All England since has at least 16 international titles one short of the World Cup Seekkuge Prasanna b Starc 9 heart-breaking loss to Spain's 2007, had never lost to Carolina record held by Ireland's Kevin Sachitra Senanayake c Doherty b Starc 7 Carolina Marin in the summit and looked on course for an We are proud of you: PM Lasith Malinga not out 0 O'Brien. clash here today. encore before the World No. 6 NEW DELHI, Mar 8: Extras: (B-2, LB-5, W-4) 11 The World No. 3 Indian let Spaniard scripted a remarkable Skipper Michael Clarke Total: (all out in 46.2 overs) 312 go of a huge opportunity to comeback in the second game to Prime Minister Narendra (68), Steve Smith (72) and all- Bowling: Starc 8.2-0-29-2, Johnson 9-0-62-2, Watson 7-0-71-1, Doherty 7-0-60- script history as she squandered put paid to the Indian's hopes at Modi today praised Saina 0, Maxwell 6-0-35-0, Faulkner 9-0-48-3. rounder Shane Watson (67) an opening game lead to go the Barclaycard Arena. Nehwal after the ace Indian showed rampaging form during down 21-16 14-21 7-21 to the A billion hopes rode on female shuttler suffered a the course of their fifties as Horker Poyen wins Archery title Winner being felicitated by the dignitaries during a sympo- reigning world champion in the Saina as she geared up for the heartbreaking defeat in the Australia sent the Lankans on a sium at GDC Udhampur.