GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday March 18 2014
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Ireland beat Zimbabwe in last-ball thriller (REUTERS) - Ireland survived an inspired spell of swing bowling from Zim-
…Myburgh gives Netherlands victory over UAE
babwe’s Tinashe Panyangara to scrape through for a three-wicket win on the last ball of their Group B encounter in Sylhet yesterday. Chasing 164 for a St Patrick’s Day victory, the associate nation seemed to be cruising against their Test-playing opponents after opener Paul Stirling’s 34-ball 60. Stirling hit nine boundaries and a six and with captain William Porterfield (31) added 80 runs for the opening wicket but Panyangara’s double strike in the 15th over brought
Zimbabwe back in the game. Panyangara (4-37), who was smashed for 18 in his first over by Stirling, also dismissed the dangerous Kevin O’Brien (17) in the 18th over and returned to bowl the final over of the innings with Ireland needing four runs for victory. In the final over, Ireland lost Ed Joyce (20) to Panyangara and Max Sorensen to a run-out off successive balls but managed to scamper for a bye off the last delivery for the winning run with wicketkeeper Brendan Taylor missing a
run-out. Earlier, captain Taylor (59) hit six fours and two sixes and anchored Zimbabwe’s batting as his team posted 163 for five in their 20 overs after being put in to bat. Elton Chigumbura hit 22 off 13 balls with two sixes in the last over to take Zimbabwe to a competitive total after Irish spinners George Dockrell (2-18) and Andy McBrine (2-26) restricted them in the middle overs. In the day’s late match, Stephan Myburgh (55) hit seven
fours and two sixes to register his maiden T20 international fifty and give Netherlands a comfortable six-wicket victory against the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Tom Cooper, who also picked up two wickets with the ball, remained unbeaten on 34 off 26 balls as Netherlands reached their target of 152 with seven balls to spare. Paceman Ahsan Malik picked up three wickets for 16 runs as the UAE were bundled out for 151 after opting to bat first.
Clarke broke shoulder in Cape Town, ordered to rest SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - Australia captain Michael Clarke batted with a broken shoulder on the recent tour of South Africa and has been advised to rest, ruling him out of the domestic first class final later this week, Cricket Australia said yesterday. Clarke, who led his side to a 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa, was struck on the
left shoulder during the third Test in Cape Town earlier this month yet went on to make 161 not out in the tourists’ first innings. “We have since done a series of scans that have demonstrated a fracture near his shoulder joint,” Australian team physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said in a statement.
“We expect that this will heal with a period of rest.” Clarke’s New South Wales team will play Western Australia in the domestic Sheffield Shield final in Canberra, March 21-25. Clarke, who was also struck in the arm, thumb, elbow and helmet in the Cape Town match, was due a long break away from the game
anyway, as he was not in Australia’s squad for the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh. The 32-year-old made himself unavailable for the shortest form of the game at international level in 2011. Australia’s next international series is against Pakistan, probably in the United Arab Emirates, in October.
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his fellow Aussie quicks. “When I hear players talking about burnout, I suspect it is an excuse. You never see players retiring from sport and talking about burnout when they are playing well,”
he continued. “It always seems to happen when you are struggling for form and not scoring runs. That is the stress of playing high-profile sport.” Trott was then accused of disrespecting anyone who has suffered from mental illness by
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using terms such as “nutcase’ and “crazy” in his first TV interview since his sudden departure following the Gabba Test. “We have seen other England cricketers suffer from depression and I do not think Trott realises just how important an issue it is,” said Vaughan. Trott has signalled his in-
tentions to return to the England team via his County side Warwickshire, but Vaughan suggested he was in no position to pick and choose his return date. “Nobody has a given right to get back in the side. It is the England cricket team and he walked out.”
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be breached by any of their opponents. The game was much closer than the 2-0 the score line suggests. Timehri took the lead in the 20th minute compliments of a Collis Massiah goal. Eight minutes later the advantage was doubled when Timehri was awarded a penalty. Lawrence Steele stepped up to take the kick and did not disappoint, hitting the ball past custodian Nijun Hooke in the 28th minute. Despite conceding two early goals, the Warriors,
living true to their name, keep up their offensive game but were not allowed to prosper owing to some solid defending by the Panthers. Both teams utiliised their full quota of substitutes during the course of the encounter, Timehri in an effort to maintain the advantage and Kuru Kururu who sought to score but were not allowed to, as they now drop one place down to third in the standings behind Agricola. The league is set to continue today at the same venue with a clash between Grove Hi Tech and Herstelling from 15:30hrs.