Established 1961 13 Sports Tuesday, October 24, 2017 Pakistan whitewashes Sri Lanka 5-0 in ODI series Shinwari destroys Lankans with five-wicket burst SHARJAH: Fast bowler Usman Shinwari dominated Sri Lanka’s top order with 5-34 as Pakistan whitewashed the tourists 5-0 for another convincing nine-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international yes- terday. Shinwari claimed all his wickets in a 21-ball spell to dismiss Sri Lanka for 103 in only 26.2 overs. Fakhar Zaman (48) and Imam-ul-Haq (45 no) then eased to 105-1 in 20.2 overs to cap Pakistan’s string run in the ODIs in 2017 that began in June when it won the Champions Trophy. Sri Lanka’s poor run in limited-overs continued this year under captain Upul Tharanga. South Africa and India had earlier routed Sri Lanka 5-0 and the coun- try has now lost 12 ODIs in a row. Shinwari, playing in only his second ODI, claimed four of his wickets in his first two overs before adding one more to make Sri Lanka 20-5. “It wasn’t easy, but the environment of the team is as such that it gives you a lot of confi- dence,” said Shinwari, who made his ODI debut on Friday in the fourth game of the series. “It was my sec- ond game and I thought hard about it.” The last wicket pair of Dushmantha Chameera (11) and Vishwa Fernando (7) took Sri Lanka beyond the 100-run mark before No.1-ranked fast bowler Hasan Ali finished off with 2-19 by clean bowling Chameera. “The way Shinwari bowled, I guess it’s not seen quite a lot in cricket that you dismiss half the side within your first three overs,” Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said. “The good thing is that (our) bench strength is getting stronger and stronger and more good players are coming.” Shinwari was on a hat trick in the first over when he had Sadeera Samarawickrama clean bowled for his second straight nought of the series and then lured SHARJAH: Imam UI Haq of Pakistan plays a shot during the fifth one day international (ODI) cricket match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Dinesh Chandimal to drive but only got a big outside Sharjah. — AFP edge. Tharanga, who won the toss and opted to bat first, drove the hat-trick ball to cover boundary before run-chase with an opening stand of 84 runs off 100 Shinwari had the skipper bowled off a delivery that balls before Jeffery Vandersay got the consolation SCOREBOARD nipped back sharply into the left-hander. Niroshan wicket by having Zaman caught behind. Zaman hit Dickwella was the third man to get dismissed for seven fours. SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates: Scoreboard of the fifth and final day-night international between Pakistan and Sri Lanka played at Sharjah nought when Shinwari had Imam raised the victory yesterday: him lbw off another sharp by cutting Vandersay to the Sri Lanka Bowling: Shinwari 7-0-34-5 (5w), Ashraf 4-0-12-0 (1w), Wasim 4- incoming delivery. Milinda boundary as Pakistan made U. Tharanga b Shinwari 8 1-12-0 (2w), Hasan 5.2-0-19-2, Shadab 5-1-24-2, Hafeez 1-0-1-0. Siriwardana capped Sri a remarkable turnaround of S. Samarawickrama b Shinwari 0 Lanka’s top order batting Half the side form with a 5-0 victory D. Chandimal c Ahmed b Shinwari 0 Pakistan woes in the series when he after losing the test series 2- L. Thirimanne c Ahmed b Hasan 19 Imam-ul-Haq not out 45 played another lose drive to dismiss in first 0. “We are not playing to N. Dickwella lbw b Shinwari 0 Fakhar Zaman c Dickwella b Vandersay 48 get caught at covers. Ali our strengths, to our capa- M. Siriwardana c Zaman b Shinwai 6 Faheem Ashraf not out 5 S. Prasanna run out 16 then reduced Sri Lanka to three overs bility,” Tharanga said. “We Extras: (lb2, w5) 7 T. Perera c Ashraf b Shadab 25 49-6 when Lahiru are making same mistakes Total: (for one wkt; 20.2 overs) 105 Thirimanne (19) was caught J. Vandersay lbw b Shadab 2 again and again, (but) we D. Chameera b Hasan 11 Did not bat: Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz behind and Seekkuge can do much better than V. Fernando not out 7 Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Prasanna was run out. this, hopefully we will learn Extras: (lb 1, w 8) 9 Usman Shinwari Thisara Perera (25) was one of the four batsmen to from our mistakes and comeback strongly.” Total: (all out, 26.2 overs) 103 Fall of wickets: 1-84 (Zaman). cross the double-figure mark, hitting a six and three The teams will now play a three-match Twenty20 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Samarawickrama), 2-1 (Chandimal), 3-8 Bowling: Chameera 4-1-13-0, Fernando 4-1-21-0, Vandersay 6.2-0- fours, before falling to legspinner Shadab Khan, who series, starting from Thursday with the final T20 (Tharanga), 4-8 (Dickwella), 5-20 (Siriwardana), 6-49 (Thirimanne), 30-1 (5w), Perera 2-0-18-0, Prasanna 4-0-21-0. finished with 2-24. Imam and Zaman then hurried the scheduled to be played at Lahore on Sunday.— AP 7-63 (Prasanna), 8-85 (Perera), 9-85 (Vandersay) Result: Pakistan win by nine wickets, take series 5-0. The squad for the third and final Test will be named later, with Indian media reporting that Kohli could be India recall rested for the game and the subsequent limited-overs series before India embark on a gruelling tour of South Chase stars as West Africa. India and South Africa are scheduled to play Vijay for three Tests, six ODIs and three T20s from early January to late February. The first India-Sri Lanka Test takes Indies dominate S Lanka Tests place in Kolkata from November 16-20. The sides trav- el to Nagpur for the second match, which starts on Zimbabwe November 24. The final Test will be played in Delhi MUMBAI: Selectors recalled experienced opener between December 2-6. Murali Vijay to India’s Test squad yesterday for the first Squad: Virat Kohli (captain), Lokesh Rahul, Murali BULAWAYO: Roston Chase and Kraigg Brathwaite two matches of a three-Test series against Sri Lanka Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya led the way with the bat as the West Indies strength- which starts next month. The right-hander has recov- Rahane (vice-captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman ened their grip on the first Test against Zimbabwe at ered from a wrist injury that forced him to miss India’s Saha, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Queens Sports Club yesterday. After Brathwaite made recent tour of its island neighbour, when Virat Kohli’s Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Umesh 86 at the top of the innings, Chase scored an unbeaten Murali Vijay 91 to take the West Indies to 369 for eight at stumps side crushed the Sri Lankans 3-0. Yadav, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma. on the third day. The tourists now hold an overall lead Left-handed Abhinav Mukund makes way for the Meanwhile, India named uncapped rising stars of 429, meaning Zimbabwe will face a world-record 33-year-old Vijay in what is the only change to India’s Mohammed Siraj and Shreyas Iyer in their Twenty20 match on Sunday, successfully chasing down 281 thanks chase in the fourth innings. Test squad from the one fielded against Sri Lanka. Ace squad for the three-match series against New Zealand to an unbeaten Tom Latham century and 95 from Ross The two batsmen took very different approaches to spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja are starting next month. The 23-year-old Siraj, a pace Taylor. A Virat Kohli ton had fired India to 280-8 but their innings, with Brathwaite’s patience paying off in joined by India’s new spin king, 22-year-old Kuldeep bowler for Indian Premier League (IPL) side Sunrisers New Zealand won the match by six wickets and with six the morning session as the West Indies added just 67 Yadav, who has impressed since taking four wickets in Hyderabad, was called up after a string of impressive balls to spare, finishing on 284-4. The first T20 takes runs for the loss of Kyle Hope for 43. With the heat his Test debut against Australia in Dharamsala in March. performances for India A. place in Delhi on November 1. The teams will then line and general frustration taking its toll on the Ashwin and Jadeja have been rested from India’s limit- Iyer is a 22-year-old right-handed batsman who up in Rajkot on November 4 followed by the final match Zimbabwean bowlers, Chase was able to cash in later ed-overs side after selectors decided to give younger plays first class cricket for Mumbai. He has turned out in Thiruvananthapuram on November 7. Veteran bowler in the day. “I thought Kraigg played a really good bowlers a chance in the run-up to the 2019 World Cup. for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL. The T20 series fol- Ashish Nehra, who is due to retire after the first match, innings,” said Chase. “He wore down the bowlers for Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma and lows a three-match ODI contest between the sides. will drop out of the squad for the remaining fixtures, the other batsmen so that when we got out there they Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will lead the hosts’ speed attack.