MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2016 SPORTS West Indies stun India to win maiden U-19 World Cup DHAKA: West Indies stunned over- month’s Twenty20 World Cup, Shimron was only Sarfaraz Khan’s 51, his fifth half- reducing West Indies to 77-5 in the 29th adjudged man-of-the-match while whelming favourites India to clinch their Hetmyer’s team chased down a 146-run century in six matches, that gave some over. Bangladesh captain Mehedi Hasan maiden ICC Under-19 World Cup title victory target with three balls to spare. respectability to their innings after they Carty, however, was unperturbed and Miraz, whose team finished third ahead after Keacy Carty’s unbeaten half-centu- It was their sharp bowling unit which were asked to bat first. the right-hander added 69 runs with of Sri Lanka, won the man-of-the-tour- ry helped them chase down a tricky tar- laid the foundation for victory after dis- West Indies’ Alzarri Joseph and Ryan Keemo Paul (40 not out) to end India’s nament prize. get for a five-wicket victory in a tense missing the Indian team, coached by John claimed three wickets each in a 15-match winning streak since losing to “We weren’t supposed to be cham- final yesterday. batting great Rahul Dravid, for 145 runs dominant pace bowling display by their England in the quarter-final of the previ- pions but we came up to top,” At a time when their seniors are in 45.1 overs. team. India made a spirited effort to ous edition in the United Arab Emirates Hetmyer said. “The pacers used the engaged in a protracted contractual dis- None of India’s top four batsmen defend their modest total and injected two years ago. pitch to their advantage, they stood pute with their board ahead of next could manage a double digit score and it some excitement into the contest by Carty, who was 52 not out, was out for us.” — Reuters S Africa back from 2-0 down to win ODI series CAPE TOWN: AB de Villiers hit a series-win- by left-arm quick Reece Topley’s three early ning century as South Africa came back strikes. from 2-0 down to clinch the one-day inter- Amla and De Villiers, South Africa’s old national contest 3-2 over England yester- heads, settled the home team and sent the day. hosts on their way to completing the South Africa skipper De Villiers made come-from-behind series victory. Still, 101 not out, guiding his team out of trou- there was another mini-wobble when Amla ble at 22-3 as the Proteas ultimately chased fell and Farhaan Behardien hit a catch down England’s below par 236 with ease straight to mid-on to make it 166-5. for a five-wicket win in the deciding game In the end, South Africa’s victory in the at Newlands. South Africa finished on 237-5 decider denied England a rare double on off 44 overs. this tour after the tourists won the test De Villiers and Hashim Amla (59) put series 2-1. An ODI series to go with that South Africa back on track after its early would have given England a hugely suc- troubles with a partnership of 125. cessful tour. De Villiers got some big-hitting help But yesterday, after slipping up in the from David Wiese at the end, with the all- previous two games, England was put in to rounder smashing two sixes into the crowd bat by the home team and didn’t make against spinner Adil Rashid in his 41 from enough runs. Only Alex Hales got going for 32 balls. Wiese also struck five fours as the English with the opener making 112 for South Africa cruised home at the end. nearly half of England 236 all out. The next It wasn’t always easy for the home team, highest score was Ben Stokes’ 29. South which was up against it when Faf du Plessis Africa’s success was set up by an all-round was bowled first ball and Rilee Rossouw bowling display, with legspinner Imran Tahir, gave away his wicket for 22-3 as England, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada and allrounder defending a small target, was given hope Wiese taking three wickets each. —AP VISHAKAPATNAM: Members of the Indian cricket team celebrate with the winning trophy after their Twenty20 cricket series win against Sri Lanka, in Visakhapatnam, India, yesterday. India won the series 2-1.—AP SCOREBOARD CAPE TOWN, South Africa: Scoreboard yesterday after South Africa beat England by five wickets in the fifth and final one-day international at Newlands: Four-wicket Ashwin helps England Innings South Africa Innings Jason Roy lbw b Tahir 8 Quinton de Kock c Buttler b Topley 4 Alex Hales c Rossouw b Rabada 112 Hashim Amla st Buttler b Ali 59 India clinch T20 series Joe Root lbw b Tahir 27 Faf du Plessis b Topley 0 Eoin Morgan c De Kock b Wiese 2 Rilee Rossouw c Hales b Topley 4 Ben Stokes b Rabada 29 AB de Villiers not out 101 VISAKHAPATNAM: Premier off-spinner Seekkuge Prasanna with a direct throw. hiccup in India’s march towards victory as Jos Buttler b Rabada 0 Farhaan Behardien c Stokes b Rashid 13 Ravichandran Ashwin’s four-wicket haul With most of the pressure off their back, Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane put on an Moeen Ali c Behardien b Abbott 12 helped India crush Sri Lanka by nine wickets the Indian batsmen did their job to bring unbeaten 55-run stand. Chris Woakes c Abbott b Wiese 0 David Wiese not out 41 Adil Rashid c Rabada b Wiese 9 Extras: (14w, 1nb) 15 in the third T20 international as the hosts up another T20 series’ win after their 3-0 tri- Dhawan remained the top-scorer in Stuart Broad c De Villiers b Tahir 13 TOTAL: (for 5 wickets) 237 clinched the series 2-1 in Visakhapatnam umph in Australia recently. the series with 106 runs from three Reece Topley not out 1 Overs: 44. yesterday. Electing to bowl on what seemed Opener Shikhar Dhawan, who hit a maid- games while Ashwin was named the Extras: (4b, 8lb, 11w) 23 Did not bat: Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle like a flat deck, Ashwin (4-8) managed his en T20 fifty in the team’s last win on Friday, man of the series for his nine wickets. It TOTAL: (all out) 236 Abbott, Imran Tahir. best bowling figures in T20 cricket to skittle continued his fine run with an unbeaten 46 was Dhoni’s first T20 bi-lateral series Overs: 45. Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-14, 3-22, 4-147, 5-166. out the visitors for 82 in 18 overs-their low- to help the hosts register their biggest T20 win on home soil as the World Twenty20 Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-76, 3-85, 4-155, 5-156, 6- Bowling: Stuart Broad 9-1-34-0 (1w), Reece Topley 181, 7-183, 8-192, 9-223. est score in the shortest format. win in terms of balls remaining. hosts hammered home their status as Bowling: Kyle Abbott 9-0-28-1 (1w), Kagiso 7-1-41-3 (4w), Chris Woakes 5-0-32-0 (1w), Ben Chasing a modest target, India cantered Rohit Sharma was cleaned up by one of the favourites for the title in Rabada 9-1-34-3 (3w), Imran Tahir 10-0-53-3 (1w), Stokes 5-0-34-0 (2w, 1nb), Adil Rashid 10-0-59-1 home in 13.5 overs to hold on to their top Dushmantha Chameera but that was only a March. — AFP Chris Morris 8-0-59-0 (4w), David Wiese 9-0-50-3 (2w), Moeen Ali 8-1-37-1. spot in T20s and continue their winning run (2w). Result: South Africa won by five wickets. before the Asia Cup and the World T20. It was India’s night all the way after SCOREBOARD Ashwin, who was given the new ball by skipper MS Dhoni, struck twice in the very VISAKHAPATNAM, India: Completed scoreboard in the third and final Twenty20 international between India and Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam yesterday: first over to remove the Sri Lankan openers. Already fielding a depleted side, the visit- Sri Lanka Bowling: Ashwin 4-1-8-4, Nehra 2-0-17-1, Bumrah 3-0- ing batsmen struggled against a disciplined N. Dickwella st Dhoni b Ashwin 1 10-1, Jadeja 4-1-11-1, Yuvraj 1-0-15-0, Pandya 2-0-13-0, Indian attack, which had the right mix of T. Dilshan lbw b Ashwin 1 Raina 2-0-6-2 youth and experience. D. Chandimal c Pandya b Ashwin 8 The Sri Lankan scorecard painted a sorry A. Gunaratne c Raina b Ashwin 4 India picture with just Dasun Shanaka (19) and M. Siriwardana b Nehra 4 R. Sharma b Chameera 13 Tisara Perera (12) managing double figures D. Shanaka b Jadeja 19 S. Dhawan not out 46 as the rest of the batting collapsed. Sri Lanka though had a few moments to S. Prasanna run out (Jadeja) 9 A. Rahane not out 22 enjoy after top-scorer Shanaka smashed a T. Perera c Jadeja b Raina 12 Extras (lb 3) 3 couple of sixes during his 24-ball stay, but S. Senanayake c Dhoni b Raina 8 Total (1 wicket; 13.5 overs) 84 the visitors suffered from lack of partner- D. Fernando b Bumrah 1 Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Sharma) ships.