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GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday, September 5, 2016
Sarfraz, Shoaib help Pakistan avoid ODI whitewash
(REUTERS)-Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed and Shoaib Malik shared a fluent partnership of 163 to lead the tourists to a consolation four-wicket win over England in the fifth and final one-day international in Cardiff yesterday. The hosts, put into bat, mustered a respectable 302 for nine from 50 overs but their bowling lacked penetration and Pakistan reached the victory target with 10 balls to spare. England, who won the series 4-1, never produced the explosive power that has characterised their recent
Sarfraz Ahmed hit a top score of 90 see Pakistan to victory. one-day batting. Jason Roy made 87 off 89 balls and Ben Stokes 75
off 76 but they lost wickets at regular intervals, Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali
completing figures of 4-60. England fast bowler Mark Wood took two wickets in one over to reduce the touring side to 77 for three before Sarfraz and Shoaib assumed control. They attacked England spinner Liam Dawson on his ODI debut and Sarfraz struck an excellent 90 off 73 balls before skying Dawson to Alex Hales on the boundary. The experienced Shoaib also fell to a catch in the deep off Dawson for 77 but Mohammad Rizwan’s unbeaten 34 guided Pakistan home. The sides, who drew 2-2
in the test series, meet in a one-off Twenty20 inter-
national in Manchester on Wednesday.
SCOREBOARD
ENGLAND Innings J. Roy c H. Ali b Amir 87 A. Hales c Malik b Amir 23 J. Root b H. Ali 9 E. Morgan c&b Wasim 10 B. Stokes c Gul b H. Ali 75 J. Bairstow c Rizwan b Gul 33 L. Dawson c Gul b Amir 10 C. Woakesb H. Ali 10 D. Willey c Nawaz b H. Ali 6 C. Jordan not out 15 M. Woodnot out 8 Extras (b-4 lb-6 nb-1 w-5) 16 Total (for 9 wickets, 50 overs) 302 Fall of wickets: 1-37 A. Hales,2-64 J. Root,3-92 E. Morgan,4-164 J. Roy,5-219 J. Bairstow,6-258 B. Stokes,7-270 C. Woakes,8-274 L. Dawson,9-283 D. Willey Bowling: M. Amir 10 - 0 - 50 – 3,U. Gul10 - 0 - 77 - 1(w-2), H. Ali 10 - 0 - 60 - 4(nb-1),S. Malik 6 - 0 - 40 - 0(w-1)
I. Wasim 10 - 0 - 33 - 1(w-1),M. Nawaz 4 - 0 - 32 - 0(w-1) PAKISTAN Innings Az. Ali c Bairstow b Wood 33 Sh. Khanc Wood b Woakes 10 B. Azamb Wood 31 S. Malik c Roy b Dawson 77 S. Ahmedc Hales b Dawson 90 M. Rizwan not out 34 M. Nawazrun out (Bairstow) 2 I. Wasimnot out 16 Extras (nb-1 w-10) 11 Total(for 6 wickets, 48.2 overs) 304 Fall of wickets: 1-22 Sh. Khan,276 B. Azam,3-77 Az. Ali,4-240 S. Ahmed,5-256 S. Malik,6-266 M. Nawaz Did not bat: U. Gul, H. Ali, M. Amir Bowling: C. Woakes 7 - 0 - 47 – 1,D. Willey 8 - 2 - 32 - 0(w-2), M. Wood 10 - 0 - 56 - 2(w-1),B. Stokes 8 - 0 - 47 - 0(nb-1), C. Jordan 7.2 - 0 - 52 - 0(w-3, L. Dawson 8 - 0 - 70 – 2.
Warner ton secures 4-1 series triumph for Aussies (REUTERS)-Australia’s stand-in skipper David Warner led by example, hitting a brilliant century in their five-wicket win against Sri Lanka to complete a 4-1 series victory yesterday. Australia’s bowlers laid the foundation for their victory after routing Sri Lanka for 195 in 40.2 overs in the final match of the series at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
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The modest chase looked far from a cakewalk, however, as the visitors slumped to 25 for two in the sixth over before Warner’s century helped them romp home with seven overs to spare. Warner found an able ally in George Bailey and the duo added 132 runs as the world champions went on to exact a modicum of revenge after being whitewashed in
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the preceding three-match test series. Bailey (44), the top-scorer in the fivematch series, missed his third successive fifty but Warner could not be denied his seventh ODI century for a total of 199 for five. Leading the side in absence of regular skipper Steve Smith, who has returned home to rest ahead of a busy schedule, Warner played a captain’s knock of 106 which made all the difference in the low-scoring contest. The 29-year-old southpaw paced his knock according to team requirement and studded it with nine fours before being dismissed with his team seven
ing the last man out in the runs from victory. E a r l i e r, S r i L a n k a 41st over. The teams will now squandered their best start of the series to settle for a below-par score after Dinesh Chandimal, leading the side in ab- SRI LANKA Innings de Silvac Starc b Faulkner 34 sence of injured regular D. D. Gunathilaka b Zampa 39 skipper Angelo Mathews, K. Mendis c Wade 33 won the toss and opted to bD.Hastings Chandimal c Wade bat in the dead rubber at b Starc 1 U. Tharanga c Zampa Pallekele. b Head 15 Openers Dhananjaya de K. Perera lbw b Head 14 13 Silva (34) and Danushka Gu- D. Shanaka b Zampa Pathirana c Faulkner nathilaka (39) raised 73 runs S. b Boland 32 5 before the hosts lost three D. Pererab Starc S. Lakmal b Starc 0 quick wickets to slump to A. Aponso not out 0 78 for three in the 16th over. Extras (lb-2 nb-1 w-6) 9 195 Kusal Mendis (33) added Total (all out, 40.2 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-73 D. de 43 runs with Upul Tharanga Silva,2-77 D. Gunathilaka,3-78 D. (15) but another mini-col- Chandimal,4-121 K. Mendis,5-129 U. Tharanga,6-145 K. Perera,7-165 lapse followed soon. D. Shanaka,8-184 D. Perera,9-184 S a c h i t h P a t h i r a n a S. Lakmal,10-195 S. Pathirana M. Starc 9 - 0 - 40 chipped in with 32 runs Bowling: 3(nb-1 w-3), J. Hastings 7-1 down the order before be- - 30 – 1,
square off in a two-match Twenty20 series beginning tomorrow.
SCOREBOARD S. Boland 6.2 - 0 - 28 – 1, J. Faulkner 7 - 0 - 30 - 1(w-2), A. Zampa 6 - 0 - 43 - 2(w-1), T. Head 5 - 0 - 22 – 2. AUSTRALIA Innings D. Warner c&b D. de Silva 106 M. Wade c K. Mendis b D. Perera 3 U. Khawaja c Gunathilaka b D. Perera 6 G. Bailey lbw b D. Perera 44 T. Head c Lakmal b D. de Silva 13 J. Faulkner not out 8 J. Hastings not out 8 Extras (b-2 lb-2 w-7) 11 Total(for 5 wickets, 43 overs) 199 Fall of wickets: 1-11 M. Wade,2-25 U. Khawaja,3-157 G. Bailey,4-179 T. Head,5-189 D. Warner Did not bat: A. Finch, M. Starc, A. Zampa, S. Boland Bowling : S. Lakmal 8 - 1 - 30 - 0(w-3), D. Perera 10 - 1 - 51 - 3(w-1), S. Pathirana 10 - 0 - 36 - 0(w-1), D. Shanaka 2 - 0 - 10 - 0 A. Aponso 6 - 0 - 33 – 0, D. de Silva 7 - 0 - 35 – 2.
Forde cops sixth consecutive ... From back page old will use all of these events in his preparation leading up to his participation in the South American 10km. Among the females, it took Scott some 42 minutes and 21 seconds to make her way in, and another four and a half minutes for Alicia Jack to take the second place finish. The third to cross the finish line was Shyon Boyer in a time of 49 minutes and 32 seconds. In other results of the day,Claudrice Mackoy won the female junior category,while Odwin Tudor won the male title. Micheal Dividson took the
master’s 40-54 win,and Ian Archibald prevailed in the men’s 55 and over category. On the distaff side,the master’s title was won by Cyrleen Phillips. Following the completion
of the early morning event, Massy Group of Companies Country Manager, Persaud, congratulated the winners and conveyed his gratitude to all the participants who took part in the event;making it another
successful year. President of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hudson, was also on hand to thank all those who participated.
Rafael Nadal crashes out of ...
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With the crowd on Arthur Ashe Stadium in raptures, the match came down to a deciding tiebreak. Pouille had three match points at 6-3 but hit a wild forehand long on the last as Nadal
saved them all to level at 6-6. Pouille was gifted a fourth match point as Nadal dumped an approach forehand into the net and this time he took it with a stunning forehand winner down the line. Pouille said: ‘It’s just
never over until the last point. I was a break down in the fifth set, I came back. ‘At 6-3 [in the tiebreak] I was like, “OK, you’re going to win this one”, then at 6-6 it was not the same. Honestly I’m very happy.’(Mail on Line)