EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Smriti No. 4 in rankings Man City falls A flop show by India batsmen foul of UEFA All three designated openers come a cropper, Vihari and Pujara the saving grace FFP rules Agence France-Presse INDIA IN NZ Nyon Press Trust of India Manchester City has been Hamilton banned from European Hanuma Vihari’s gutsy competitions for the next hundred and the seasoned two seasons for “serious fi­ Cheteshwar Pujara’s 92 were nancial fair­play breach­ the bright spots in an other­ es”, UEFA announced on wise dreadful batting perfor­ Friday. mance by India on the first The English champion, day of their warm­up game which was also fined €30 against New Zealand XI here. million, immediately an­ All the three designated Moving up: Smriti Mandhana rose three rungs in the latest nounced it was appealing openers — Mayank Agarwal ICC women’s T20I rankings for batters. * GETTY IMAGES the suspension to the (1), Prithvi Shaw (0) and Court of Arbitration for Shubman Gill (0) — failed the Press Trust of India ries during the tri­series, Sport (CAS) “at the earliest seam and bounce test, falling Dubai both made upward move­ opportunity”. cheaply. India star Smriti Mandhana ments, while Meg Lanning, “Manchester City is dis­ With skipper Virat Kohli on Friday rose three rungs despite dropping three posi­ appointed but not sur­ opting for an intense net ses­ to fourth but Jemimah Ro­ tion, hung on to the top five. prised by today’s announ­ sion over the warm­up game, drigues dropped to seventh Among the bowlers, El­ cement by the UEFA India managed only 263 with in the latest ICC women’s lyse Perry’s golden run with Adjudicatory Chamber,” none apart from Vihari (101 T20 International rankings the ball gave her a jump of the club said. retd. out)) and Pujara able to for batters. four places into the top 10, Announcing the ban a score even 20 runs on a Sed­ Harmanpreet Kaur has to No.7. UEFA statement declared: don Park track that had liber­ remained static at ninth in England fast bowler Anya “The Adjudicatory Cham­ al grass covering. the same list. Shrubsole tumbled six plac­ ber has imposed disciplin­ Among the bowlers, Poo­ es to fall out of the top 20. ary measures on Manches­ Worrying factor nam Yadav dropped six Anuja Patil and Delissa Kim­ ter City Football Club What would worry the In­ places to fall out of the top mince lost out big as well, directing that it shall be ex­ dian team management was 10 and take the 12th falling 11 places to 31, and 14 cluded from participation failure of all the three open­ position. places to 33 respectively. in UEFA club competitions ers. Shaw and Gill were un­ Although Suzie Bates, Among all­rounders, De­ in the next two seasons (ie. done by the extra bounce New Zealand’s No. 3, re­ vine claimed the top spot af­ the 2020/21 and 2021/22 while Mayank failed to coun­ tained her top spot, there ter gaining one position, seasons).” European foot­ ter to seam movement. Quite at ease: Hanuma Vihari was equal to the challenge of countering the seaming conditions and notched up the lone century were other movements in while Nat Sciver also ball’s governing body said Ajinkya Rahane (18) was of the innings. * FILE PHOTO the top 10, with Bates’ team­ jumped one place to round that City “failed to cooper­ out by the end of the first mate and captain Sophie out the top three. ate in the investigation”. third session. When the spin­ was another shot selection c Cleaver b Gibson 92, Shubman Total (in 78.5 overs): 263. hour, edging one to the slips, Devine rising four spots to Hayley Matthews City lost a previous ap­ ners were introduced, Puja­ by Rishabh Pant when he Gill c Seifert b Kuggeleijn 0, Fall of wickets: 1­0, 2­5, 3­5, 4­ before Vihari and Pujara no.2, the ICC said in a dropped down a position to peal to CAS over UEFA’s ra pulled Ish Sodhi over long­ tried an ugly hoick off Sod­ Ajinkya Rahane c Bruce b 38, 5­233, 6­245, 7­246, 8­246, stemmed the rot and got a statement. four, while South Africa cap­ original decision to refer it leg for a six while Vihari also hi’s bowling only to be Neesham 18, Hanuma Vihari 9­250. 195­run stand. Australia opener Beth tain Dane van Niekerk com­ to its adjudicatory cham­ hit three down the ground caught by the man at (retd. out) 101, Rishabh Pant c New Zealand XI bowling: Scott Mooney and Mandhana, pleted the top five after gain­ ber over the alleged FFP off left­arm spinner extra­cover. Kuggeleijn b Sodhi 7, Wriddhi­ Kuggeleijn 14­2­40­3, Blair Seeing off Kuggeleijn who made two half centu­ ing one position. violations. Ravindra. The scores: man Saha c Cleaver b Gibson 0, Tickner 15­3­37­0, Daryl Mitch­ Once they saw off Kugge­ India — 1st innings: Prithvi R. Ashwin lbw b Sodhi 0, ell 7­1­15­0, Jimmy Neesham leijn’s first spell and the skid­ India lost the last six wick­ Shaw c Ravindra b Kuggeleijn 0, Umesh Yadav (not out) 9, Ra­ 13­3­28­1, Jake Gibson 10­1­ dy Blair Tickner, batting be­ ets for 30 runs but what Mayank Agarwal c Cleaver b vindra Jadeja c Allen b Sodhi 8; 26­2, Ish Sodhi 14.5­0­72­3, Ra­ came easy in the second and stuck out like a sore thumb Kuggeleijn 1, Cheteshwar Pujara Extras (b­8, lb­7, nb­9, w­3): 27; chin Ravindra 5­1­30­0. Warner expects hostile reception Sangakkara Opener and Smith to tour S. Africa after ‘Sandpapergate’ Ready to open if needed, says Vihari Agence France-Presse returns to Sydney ‘Knew we had to bat long and that’s exactly what we did’ Australia opener David War­ Pakistan ner is braced for a hostile re­ Press Trust of India ception but hopes fans will Hamilton attack scene show “respect” as he and Hanuma Vihari, on Friday, Steve Smith return to South said he won’t mind taking up Agence France-Presse Africa for the first time since the opener’s role if the team Lahore the ‘Sandpapergate’ ball­ management asks after In­ Sri Lankan Kumar Sangak­ tampering scandal that dia’s inexperienced opening kara will relive his fateful rocked world cricket. options were technically ex­ 2009 journey to Lahore’s The last time the pair posed by a second­string Gaddafi Stadium on Friday played in South Africa, al­ New Zealand attack on the after returning for the first most two years ago, it was opening day of the warm­up time since the deadly at­ sent home in disgrace for at­ game here. tack which plunged Pakis­ tempting to alter the ball Will they be booed? David Warner and Steve Smith will hope The trio’s performance tan into cricket isolation. with sandpaper during a the South African fans show some respect. * FILE PHOTO raised doubts about its abili­ Sangakkara is captain­ Cape Town Test. It cost the ty to face the likes of Neil ing England’s MCC for four two 12­month suspensions pected to receive similar viously, it's going to be very Wagner, Trent Boult and games in Lahore, where he and for Warner, a lifetime treatment in South Africa. hostile”. Matt Henry. was wounded in a militant leadership ban. The batsmen are both in Australia will be using the attack on the Sri Lankan the Australian squad for tour to fine­tune prepara­ Not informed team. Sangakkara, 42, suf­ Forgiven at home three T20Is and three ODIs tions for the T20 World Cup “As a player, I am prepared fered shrapnel wounds to They have since resurrected beginning February 21. The on home soil in October — to bat anywhere. As of now, In good nick: Pujara was the only other India batsman to come good, apart from Vihari. his shoulder and narrowly their careers and are all but T20 on February 26 will the only major cricket tro­ I’ve not been informed * FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK escaped a bullet which forgiven at home, with War­ mark the visitors’ first match phy the men’s team has not anything. As I said before as whistled past his head as ner this week winning a vote at Newlands since the 2018 won. well, if the team requires me Africa at Visakhapatnam last Vihari was surprised by played against New Zea­ the Sri Lankan players lay by players, officials and me­ scandal. Equally dangerous bat­ to bat wherever, I am ready year in October? the extra bounce on offer on land­A, the pitch didn’t do as pinned down on the floor dia to claim Australian crick­ “For me personally, it sman and wrist­spinner to bat,” said Vihari, who re­ “Sometimes you have to Friday but is happy to have much as what it did in the of the team bus. et's highest honour, the Al­ won't be hard at all,” Warner D'Arcy Short, who has been tired after scoring 101. understand the team combi­ countered the challenge in morning today. But Sangakkara, who is lan Border Medal — with told Sydney radio station overlooked for a year, has re­ The Andhra player has de­ nation as well. You can’t get the warm­up game which “Once we adjusted, me also the president of the Smith placed second.