TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 SPORTS Australia rest Warner, recall Finch for N Zealand SYDNEY: Australia have recalled open- Sunday when he hit 130 off 98 balls, his “I’m pretty comfortable with the 3-1 with a match left to play in Adelaide trophy after beating New Zealand 3-0 at ing batsman Aaron Finch and decided to 12th one-day century. Hohns praised changes that I’ve made. I’m also mental- on Thursday. Marsh comes in for Usman home late last year. The matches are in rest in-form David Warner in a 14-man Finch’s return to form in the Twenty20 ly in a better spot for the changes, and Khawaja who is heading to Dubai early Auckland on January 30, Napier on squad for the one-day series in New format. “His form in the Big Bash League probably for being dropped. “It gives to prepare for the tour of India next February 2 and Hamilton on February 5. Zealand starting next week. (BBL) has been very good and he has you to time to reflect and analyse your month. “This provides Shaun with a Australia squad: Steve Smith (capt), “David has had a very big summer earned his recall,” the selector said. game a little bit more in-depth than if chance to get back into international Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, James and will benefit from a break in cricket, Finch said he had made some “slight you just roll from series to series,” Finch cricket following his injury earlier in the Faulkner, Peter Handscomb, Josh both mentally and physically,” interim technical changes” to his game and said. Western Australian batsman Shaun summer,” Hohns added in a statement. Hazlewood, Travis Head, Shaun Marsh, national selector Trevor Hohns said yes- sharpened his mental approach which Marsh is the only other change to the The squad will depart for New Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Billy terday. Vice-captain Warner was man-of- had led to him amassing 354 runs, one-day side that have already won the Zealand on Friday with Australia current- Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, the-match against Pakistan in Sydney on including four fifties, in the BBL. current one-day series against Pakistan ly holding the one-day Chappell-Hadlee Adam Zampa. —AFP De Villiers returns to lead SA one-day side CAPE TOWN: South Africa have recalled fit- “We are entering a very important phase again batsman AB de Villiers to captain of our preparation for the Champions their one-day international side in the five- Trophy in England as we only have 10 match home series against Sri Lanka. games left - the five here against Sri Lanka The selectors also handed a first call-up and another five in New Zealand - before in this format to 20-year-old fast bowler we head for another major ICC event.” Ngidi Lungi Ngidi and all-rounder Chris Morris took six wickets in as many overs in the first returns after an injury layoff for the series two matches of the Twenty20 series against starting in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Sri Lanka. “He has not only impressed with De Villiers has not played international the wickets he has taken and the skills he cricket since June last year after an elbow has displayed, but with the energy and injury, but is in line to return for the final intensity he has brought to his game as match of the Twenty20 series against the well,” Zondi said. South Africa are in action Sri Lankans in Cape Town on Wednesday. in the 50-over format for the first time since He will then skipper the one-day side they whitewashed Australia 5-0 on home having admitted last week that his top pri- soil last October. ority at this stage of his career was to lead the team at the 2019 World Cup. A more Squad: immediate aim, however, is this year’s AB de Villiers (captain), Hashim Amla, Champions Trophy in England. Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP “It is wonderful to have AB back avail- Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David able both as player and leader,” Cricket Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Lungi South Africa selection convener Linda Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Zondi said in a statement yesterday. Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi. —Reuters CHRISTCHURCH: New Zealand’s Jeet Raval (C) bats as Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan (L) and Taijul Islam (R) looks on, during day four of the second international Test cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch yesterday. — AFP New Zealand sweep Bangladesh series CHRISTCHURCH: A Bangladesh batting implosion saw New Zealand cruise to a comfortable nine SCOREBOARD wicket win in the second Test at Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday. CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Scoreboard at the end of second Test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at Bangladesh were all out for 173 in their second Hagley Oval in Christchurch yesterday: innings, with the damage done when they lost five Bangladesh first innings 289 (Soumya Sarkar 86, Shakib Al Hasan c de Grandhomme b Southee 8 for 23 in the middle of the innings. New Zealand Shakib Al Hasan 59; Southee 5-94, Boult 4-87) Nazmul Hossain b Boult 12 were left with a 109-run target which they knocked New Zealand first innings (overnight 260-7) Sabbir Rahman c Watling b Wagner 0 off in 18.4 overs to complete a rout of Bangladesh, J. Raval b Kamrul Islam 16 Nurul Hasan c Watling b Wagner 0 AB de Villiers winning all eight matches-three Twenty20s, three T. Latham c Nurul Hasan b Taskin Ahmed 68 Mehedi Hasan c Latham b Boult 4 one-day internationals and two Tests-during the K. Williamson c Nurul Hasan b Kamrul Islam 2 Taskin Ahmed b Boult 33 tour. The Test sweep means New Zealand will over- R. Taylor c sub (Taijul Islam) b Mehedi Hasan 77 Kamrul Islam not out 25 take Pakistan and move to fifth on the world rank- H. Nicholls b Mehedi 98 Rubel Hossain c Watling b Southee 7 M. Santner lbw b Shakib Al Hasan 29 Extras (lb2) 2 ings. On a day of 14 dismissals on an easy wicket, B. Watling b Shakib Al Hasan 1 India rest Ashwin and New Zealand coasted home with Tom Latham Total (all out, 52.5 overs) 173 C de Grandhomme b Shakib Al Hasan 0 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Tamim), 2-58 (Soumya), 3-73 unbeaten on 41 and Colin de Grandhomme on 33, T. Southee c Mehedi Hasan b Shakib Al Hasan 17 (Shakib), 4-92 (Mahmudullah), 5-100 (Sabbir), 6-100 effectively ending the Test in three days after N. Wagner run out (Nurul) 26 Jadeja for England T20s (Nurul), 7-106 (Nazmul), 8-115 (Mehedi), 9-166 (Taskin), T. Boult not out 7 Sunday’s third day was washed out. Bangladesh 10-173 (Rubel) Extras (lb6, w4, nb 3) 13 were 65 in arrears and in need of patience when Bowling: Boult 17-3-52-3, Southee 12.5-2-48-3, de NEW DELHI: India’s premier spinners on run-filled pitches. The 34-year-old Mishra they started their second innings before lunch. Total (all out, 92.4 overs) 354 Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Raval), 2-47 (Williamson), 3-153 Grandhomme 11-3-27-1, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja was in the ODI squad against England but Instead, they showed their inexperience with Wagner 12-3-44-3 have been rested for the three-match failed to make it to the starting lineup. He the short ball and tried to hook and drive their way (Latham), 4-177 (Taylor), 5-252 (Santner), 6-256 Twenty20 series against England starting finished with figures of 5-18 in his last out- (Watling), 7-256 (Grandhomme), 8-286 (Southee), 9-343 out of trouble. (Nicholls), 10-354 (Wagner) New Zealand second innings this week. The selectors have recalled veter- ing for his country, an ODI against New After 10 overs they went to lunch at 20 for one, Bowling: Taskin Ahmed 22-2-86-1 (2w), Mehedi Hasan J. Raval b Kamrul Islam 33 an leg-spinner Amit Mishra and off-spinner Zealand in October. by tea they were 100 for five and the end came 17 19-3-59-2, Rubel Hossain T. Latham not out 41 Parvez Rasool in the 15-man squad, accord- Meanwhile Rasool, 27, who represented overs into the final session, boosted by a late slog 17-2-65-0 (2nb), Kamrul Islam 19-4-78-2 (2w, 1nb), C. de Grandhomme not out 33 ing to the the Board of Control for Cricket in India in just one ODI in 2014, joins the squad from Taskin Ahmed and Kamrul Islam who put on Shakib Al Hasan 12.4-1-50-4, Soumya Sarkar 3-0-10-0 Extras (b1, wd1, nb2) 4 India (BCCI). The Virat Kohli-led side, which riding on his excellent domestic showing in 51 in 48 balls. There had been a question mark Total (one wicket, 18.4 overs) 111 won the three-match one-day international the Ranji Trophy competition. India squad: over the Bangladesh line-up after Imrul Kayes, Bangladesh second innings Fall of wicket: 1-56 (Raval) series 2-1, moves into the shortest format Virat Kohli (capt), Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mominul Haque, with 98 Tamim Iqbal c Santner b Southee 8 Bowling: Taskin 5-0-21-0 (2nb), Mehedi 6-0-27-0 (1w), with the first game scheduled in Kanpur on Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Rishabh Pant, Tests between them, were kept out by injury.