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Cummins, Richardson haul aussies over the line (REUTERS) - FAST bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile took three wickets on his return to limited-overs cricket as Australia beat India by three wickets with the final
delivery in a low-scoring first Twenty20 international at Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Needing 14 runs off the final over, bowled by paceman
Umesh Yadav, Pat Cummins and Jhye Richardson each hit a boundary before they scampered to complete two runs off the last ball to reach their target of 127 in a nail-
Nathan Coulter-Nile enjoyed an excellent first outing on the tour of India © Getty Images
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biting contest. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who was rested for India’s limited-overs trip to New Zealand, took 3-16, including two wickets in his final two deliveries in the penultimate over, but it proved inadequate. Coulter-Nile led a strong bowling display by the touring side with 3-26 in his four overs as Australia restricted India to a paltry 126-7 in the first of the two-match series after captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to field. Australia also got off to a shaky start and were reduced to 5-2 before Glenn Maxwell and D’Arcy Short combined in a third-wicket stand of 84 to steady the chase. Maxwell hit 56 off 43 balls, his innings studded with six fours and two sixes. Short, who opened the innings for Australia with Marcus Stoinis,
was run out for 37. After Maxwell’s dismissal, India fought back spectacularly to reduce Australia to 113-7 from 89-2 before the thrilling last-over finish. With the 50-over World Cup coming up in three months’ time in England and Wales, India opted to give Lokesh Rahul an opportunity at the top of the order by resting regular opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan. Rahul, who was recently provisionally suspended for inappropriate comments on a TV chat show, did no harm to his chances with a 36-ball 50 and combined in a quickfire stand of 55 for the second wicket with Virat Kohli, who made 24. Adam Zampa got the prized wicket of the Indian captain, who holed out to Coulter-Nile at long on trying to hit the leg-spinner for a six. Coulter-Nile played just
one ODI in 2018, against South Africa, and missed out on selection for the home limited-overs series against India. He has the ideal opportunity to improve his chances of making the World Cup squad in the absence of the injured Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in India. Patriots owner Kraft charged in prostitution bust. The 31-year-old dismissed Rahul and Dinesh Karthik in the same over and then added the wicket of Krunal Pandya as India were reduced to 1006 in the 15th over. Former captain and wicket-keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni laboured to a 29 off 37 balls and failed to boost India’s score despite farming most of the strike in the closing stages of India’s innings. The second and final T20 will be played in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Liverpool leads BPL after drawing United (REUTERS) - LIVERPOOL took over at the top of the Premier League table despite being held to a 0-0 draw against Manchester United in a scrappy match on Sunday. Juergen Klopp’s side have now drawn three of their last four Premier League games and have 66 points from 27
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ers struck a different tone, however, as they left the home of their old rivals chanting a reminder of their league position as they focus on the chance to win their first top-flight title since 1990. The point means that Liverpool, who have 11 games remaining, will be disappointed not to have taken advantage of an injury-ravaged United, who slip to fifth after Arsenal’s win over Southampton. Having lost holding midfielder Nemanja Matic to injury before the game, Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera went off in the 20th minute and a limping Juan James Milner of Liverpool battles for possession with Mata was replaced by Jesse Luke Shaw of Manchester United during the Premier Lingard five minutes later. League match between Manchester United and Liverpool But Lingard did not even FC at Old Trafford on February 24, 2019, in Manchester, last until the break as he sufUnited Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images) fered what appeared to be a Klopp looked frustrated but it doesn’t feel like that,” recurrence of his hamstring strain and limped off to be and irritated throughout he said. the game as his team strug“These games are always replaced by Alexis Sanchez. Lingard had the best gled to find the attacking opened up by one situation. verve, which has been the The boys didn’t feel okay. I chance of the half when basis of their success this could see it in their faces. It he was found in the box season, against a United was strange. I was thinking by Romelu Lukaku with a side that was forced to ‘what is gong on here today’. perfectly threaded pass but make all three changes in They lost momentum and Liverpool keeper Alisson the first-half. rhythm and couldn’t really Becker was quickly out to foil the England attacker’s The Liverpool manager get it back.” suggested his team had been Liverpool’s support- attempt to round him. games while second-placed Manchester City, who play Chelsea in the League Cup final later on Sunday, have 65 points from the same number of games.
affected by the stop-start nature of the first half. “We didn’t do well, to be honest. We take that. It is a point gained because we have one more than before