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India vs Srilanka: पहले T20 में टीम इंडिया ने 43 रन से श्रीलंका को हराया, कप्तानी में चमके सूर्या
भारत और श्रीलंका (India vs Srilanka) के बीच 3 मैचों की टी-20 सीरीज का पहला मुकाबला आज खेला गया. इस मुकाबले में श्रीलंका ने टॉस जीतकर भारत को बल्लेबाजी करने का मौका दिया. टीम इंडिया ने पहले बल्लेबाजी करते हुए श्रीलंका को 214 रनों का लक्ष्य दिया जिसके जवाब में श्रीलंकाई टीम 170 रन पर ही ऑल आउट हो गई, जहां 43 रनों से टीम इंडिया ने इस मुकाबले में जीत दर्ज की. सूर्य कुमार की कप्तानी में टीम इंडिया ने…
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India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in super four match to enter final of Asia Cup
India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs in a super four match to secure their place in the final of the Asia Cup here on Tuesday.
COLOMBO: Indian bowlers produced a splendid collective effort to carry their team to a 41-run win over a spirited Sri Lanka in a Super 4 match, and into the Asia Cup final here on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma’s fifty (53 off 48 balls) was the cornerstone of India’s sub-par 213 after Lankan spinners Dunith Wellalage (5/40) and Charith Asalanka (4/18) bamboozled them.
But India, guided by Kuldeep Yadav’s 4 for 43, bowled out Sri Lanka for 172.
India, who entered the final with four points, will either face Sri Lanka or Pakistan in the summit clash on Sunday.
The hosts will face Pakistan in a crunch match on Thursday.
The insipid effort of their batsmen made it mandatory for the Indian bowlers to be on the money from ball one, and Jasprit Bumrah led the way.
Bumrah took the ball away from Pathum Nissanka and the healthy edge was snaffled behind the wicket by a diving KL Rahul.
Kusal Mendis looked in fine touch but he failed to keep his drive off a slow, full delivery from Bumrah down.
Substitute fielder Suryakumar Yadav took the catch at covers and umpires gave Mendis out after a quick check with the TV umpire for bump ball.
Mohammed Siraj soon got into act, cramping Dimuth Karunaratne for room and his cut did not go beyond Shubman Gill at second slip.
Sri Lanka were 25 for 3 at that stage and Kuldeep took a couple of quick wickets to further dent their chase, reducing them to 99 for six.
However, Wellalage (42 not out) and Dhananjaya de Silva (41 off 66 balls) added 63 runs for an enterprising seventh wicket alliance to revive Lankan hopes.
But a moment of indiscretion ended the stand as De Silva tried to clear the infield off Jadeja only to give a simple catch to Gill at the edge of the circle.
From that point, Wellalage, who batted exceptionally well under pressure against a fancied opponent, tried to bridge the gap.
But the task was a tad too hard to achieve with a one man show.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Wellalage and offie Asalanka did not allow Indian batters to settle into any sort of rhythm, as they knifed through their line-up taking nine wickets among them.
But before Lankan spinners exploited the generous turn and grip on the Premadasa pitch, India started their innings in a blazing fashion.
Rohit added 80 runs for the opening wicket with Gill, and that remained the brightest phase of Indian innings.
Watching Rohit and Gill adding those runs in just 12 overs rekindled the memories of India’s blitz against Pakistan on Monday, when they posted a massive 356 for two.
During his innings, the Indian captain also went past a significant personal milestone, becoming the sixth Indian batsmen to score 10000 runs in ODIs.
The landmark came in a befitting fashion too, as Rohit lifted pacer Kasun Rajita over his head for a majestic six.
Other Indian batsmen to reach the mark are: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
Indeed, a magnificent company to be in! However, the introduction of Wellalage changed the whole complexion of the game, as the spinner halted Indian batsmen’s early charge.
Gill was the first batsman to depart.
The opener played a forward defence without entirely covering the line and once the ball beat his bat, Gill’s fate was sealed.
Wellalage, a former under-19 captain of his country, then went on to show why he has been spoken so highly in Lankan cricketing circles.
The 20-year-old bowled a straight, quick delivery and Rohit could not bring his bat down on time, as the ball rearranged his timber.
But Wellalage wasn’t finished.
He added the wickets of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, who added 63 runs for the seventh wicket with Ishan Kishan, and Hardik Pandya to his kitty for his maiden five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
None of the following batsmen could effectively negate the uneven bounce and turn on the pitch, as Asalanka wreaked havoc in India’s middle and late order.
His delivery to dismiss Ravindra Jadeja would carry a lot of repeat value.
The ball reared from the length, turned and bounced viciously to take an edge of Jadeja’s bat before nestling in stumper Kusal Mendis’ gloves.
India inched past the 200-run mark as Axar Patel made a precious 26, and the total proved just enough on the night.
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India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs in super four match to enter final of Asia Cup
India defeated Sri Lanka by 41 runs in a super four match to secure their place in the final of the Asia Cup here on Tuesday.
COLOMBO: Indian bowlers produced a splendid collective effort to carry their team to a 41-run win over a spirited Sri Lanka in a Super 4 match, and into the Asia Cup final here on Tuesday.
Rohit Sharma’s fifty (53 off 48 balls) was the cornerstone of India’s sub-par 213 after Lankan spinners Dunith Wellalage (5/40) and Charith Asalanka (4/18) bamboozled them.
But India, guided by Kuldeep Yadav’s 4 for 43, bowled out Sri Lanka for 172.
India, who entered the final with four points, will either face Sri Lanka or Pakistan in the summit clash on Sunday.
The hosts will face Pakistan in a crunch match on Thursday.
The insipid effort of their batsmen made it mandatory for the Indian bowlers to be on the money from ball one, and Jasprit Bumrah led the way.
Bumrah took the ball away from Pathum Nissanka and the healthy edge was snaffled behind the wicket by a diving KL Rahul.
Kusal Mendis looked in fine touch but he failed to keep his drive off a slow, full delivery from Bumrah down.
Substitute fielder Suryakumar Yadav took the catch at covers and umpires gave Mendis out after a quick check with the TV umpire for bump ball.
Mohammed Siraj soon got into act, cramping Dimuth Karunaratne for room and his cut did not go beyond Shubman Gill at second slip.
Sri Lanka were 25 for 3 at that stage and Kuldeep took a couple of quick wickets to further dent their chase, reducing them to 99 for six.
However, Wellalage (42 not out) and Dhananjaya de Silva (41 off 66 balls) added 63 runs for an enterprising seventh wicket alliance to revive Lankan hopes.
But a moment of indiscretion ended the stand as De Silva tried to clear the infield off Jadeja only to give a simple catch to Gill at the edge of the circle.
From that point, Wellalage, who batted exceptionally well under pressure against a fancied opponent, tried to bridge the gap.
But the task was a tad too hard to achieve with a one man show.
Earlier, left-arm spinner Wellalage and offie Asalanka did not allow Indian batters to settle into any sort of rhythm, as they knifed through their line-up taking nine wickets among them.
But before Lankan spinners exploited the generous turn and grip on the Premadasa pitch, India started their innings in a blazing fashion.
Rohit added 80 runs for the opening wicket with Gill, and that remained the brightest phase of Indian innings.
Watching Rohit and Gill adding those runs in just 12 overs rekindled the memories of India’s blitz against Pakistan on Monday, when they posted a massive 356 for two.
During his innings, the Indian captain also went past a significant personal milestone, becoming the sixth Indian batsmen to score 10000 runs in ODIs.
The landmark came in a befitting fashion too, as Rohit lifted pacer Kasun Rajita over his head for a majestic six.
Other Indian batsmen to reach the mark are: Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.
Indeed, a magnificent company to be in! However, the introduction of Wellalage changed the whole complexion of the game, as the spinner halted Indian batsmen’s early charge.
Gill was the first batsman to depart.
The opener played a forward defence without entirely covering the line and once the ball beat his bat, Gill’s fate was sealed.
Wellalage, a former under-19 captain of his country, then went on to show why he has been spoken so highly in Lankan cricketing circles.
The 20-year-old bowled a straight, quick delivery and Rohit could not bring his bat down on time, as the ball rearranged his timber.
But Wellalage wasn’t finished.
He added the wickets of Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, who added 63 runs for the seventh wicket with Ishan Kishan, and Hardik Pandya to his kitty for his maiden five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
None of the following batsmen could effectively negate the uneven bounce and turn on the pitch, as Asalanka wreaked havoc in India’s middle and late order.
His delivery to dismiss Ravindra Jadeja would carry a lot of repeat value.
The ball reared from the length, turned and bounced viciously to take an edge of Jadeja’s bat before nestling in stumper Kusal Mendis’ gloves.
India inched past the 200-run mark as Axar Patel made a precious 26, and the total proved just enough on the night.
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T20 World cup live streaming
The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is scheduled to be the seventh ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament, with matches taking place in the United Arab Emirates and Oman There was due to be a preceding 2020 T20 World Cup held in Australia from 18 October to 15 November 2020,but in July 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that this tournament had been postponed, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that India would host the 2021 tournament as planned, with Australia being named as the host for the succeeding 2022 tournament. However, in June 2021, the ICC announced that the tournament had been moved to the United Arab Emirates due to growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic situation in India, and a possible third wave of the pandemic in the country. The tournament is scheduled to begin on 17 October 2021, with the tournament's final scheduled to be played on 14 November 2021. The preliminary rounds of the tournament are set to be shared between the UAE and Oman.
In August 2021, concerns and doubts were raised over the participation of Afghanistan cricket team in the T20 World cup live streaming ever since Afghanistan was brought under the control of the Taliban. Afghanistan cricket team's media manager Hikmat Hassan confirmed that Afghanistan would play in the T20 World Cup despite the political turmoil in the country.In April 2020, the ICC confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was still planned to go ahead as scheduled.However, the following month a senior ICC official said that it would be "too big a risk" to host the tournament in 2020, The ICC also stated that reports of postponing the tournament were inaccurate, with multiple contingency plans being looked at. A decision on the tournament was originally deferred until the ICC's meeting on 10 June 2020,[23] with a further announcement scheduled to be made in July 2020.[24] In June 2020, Earl Eddings, the chairman of Cricket Australia, said that it was "unlikely" and "unrealistic" that the tournament would take place in Australia as scheduled. Eddings also suggested that Australia could host the event in October 2021, and India stage the tournament a year later in 2022. The ICC also considered moving the tournament to be played around the next Women's ODI World Cup, which was originally scheduled to take place in New Zealand for February 2021.
A month before the official postponement, Australian federal tourism minister Simon Birmingham announced that the Australian government expected that the country's borders would be closed to international travel until 2021.[26] The ICC also confirmed that either Australia or India, the hosts for the tournaments originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 respectively, would host this tournament.[27][28] In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that India are expected to host the 2021 tournament, with Australia expected to the 2022 tournament.[29] In the same month, the ICC confirmed that Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates were being considered as back-up venues for the tournament.[30] In April 2021, the ICC's CEO Geoff Allardice confirmed that back-up plans were still in place if India were unable to host the tournament due to the pandemic.[31] Later the same month, Dhiraj Malhotra of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed that the UAE would be used as a contingency,[32] if the pandemic in India continued to get worse.[33] The BCCI were also in talks with Oman as a potential co-host of the tournament.[34] On 1 June 2021, the ICC gave the BCCI the deadline of 28 June 2021 to make its decision on where the tournament would be played.[35] Regardless of the actual location of the tournament, the ICC also confirmed that the BCCI would remain as the hosts of the competition.[36] Later, the ICC confirmed that the tournament had been moved to the UAE and Oman.[6] It was the first time for both the UAE and Oman to be hosting a global ICC event, and also the first occasion that a cricket World Cup was being held entirely outside of the elite Test-playing nations.[37]As of 31 December 2018, the top nine ranked ICC Full Members, alongside hosts India, qualified directly for the 2021 tournament.[38][39] Of those ten teams, the top eight ranked sides qualified for the Super 12s stage of the tournament.[38] Sri Lanka and Bangladesh did not qualify for the Super 12s, instead being placed in the group stage of the competition.[38] They were joined by the six teams who had qualified for the tournament via the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier.[38] Of the teams in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, the United Arab Emirates and Nepal could only qualify through regional competitions.[9] The top four teams from the group stage will then advance to the Super 12s.[38]
Papua New Guinea were the first team to secure their position via the Qualifier, after they won Group A of the tournament, finishing above the Netherlands on net run rate.[40] It was the first time that Papua New Guinea had qualified for a World Cup in any format.[41] Ireland became the second team to qualify via this route after they won Group B, also on net run rate.[42]
In the first match in the playoffs, the Netherlands qualified for the T20 World Cup when they beat the United Arab Emirates by eight wickets, after the UAE only scored 80 runs in their innings.[43] The second qualifier match saw Namibia advance to their first T20 World Cup after beating Oman by 54 runs.[44] Scotland beat tournament hosts the United Arab Emirates in the third qualifier by 90 runs to secure their place in the T20 World Cup.[45] Oman become the final team to qualify for the T20 World Cup, when they beat Hong Kong by 12 runs in the last playoff match.[46]Squads Main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup squads Prior to the tournament, each team selected a squad of fifteen players. Each team was also able to select up to seven additional players, if needed, with regards to COVID-19.[47] On 10 August 2021, New Zealand were the first team to announce their squad for the tournament.[48]
Schedule With a total of 42 matches, the T20 World Cup will be composed of two rounds. Round 1 will include twelve matches between eight teams (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman and Papua New Guinea) from which four teams will progress to the Super 12s.[49] The Super 12s, scheduled to start from 24 October 2021, will consist of 30 matches between the four teams from Round 1 and the top eight ranked T20I teams. Those teams will be split into two groups of six each. This will be followed by the two semi-finals and then the final.[5] On 16 July 2021, the ICC confirmed the groups for the tournament,[50] which were decided on the rankings of the teams as of 20 March 2021.[51] On 17 August 2021, the ICC confirmed the final fixtures for the tournament including the first round and super 12 matches.[52]
Venues On 17 April 2021, the BCCI proposed the name of the cities which are scheduled to be hosting the matches.[53] Bangalore, Chennai, Dharamshala, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and New Delhi were the venues along with Ahmedabad, hosting the final of the event.[54] On 18 April 2021, it was announced that Pakistan would play two of their group matches in Delhi, while Mumbai and Kolkata would host the semi-finals.[55] On 28 June 2021, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly confirmed that due to the COVID-19 situation in the country the board has officially communicated to the ICC about their decision to move the event from India to the UAE.[56] Some of the preliminary round matches of the event are also set to be held in Oman.[57][58] On 29 June 2021, the ICC confirmed that the T20 World Cup would be played in the UAE and Oman.[59] The tournament will take place in four venues: the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, and the Oman Cricket Academy Ground.[60] During July 2021, the Tolerance Oval in Abu Dhabi was awaiting accreditation by the ICC to also be used as one of the venues for the tournament.[61]
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Sri Lanka Break 9 Year Jinx - Beat India By 3 Wickets
3rd ODI - India vs Sri Lanka - Khettarama Stadium
India's dominance over Sri Lanka came to an end, at least by way of matches, as the home team won the third and final ODI by three wickets in a fluctuating finish at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.
India won the three match series 2/1.
The win on Friday night gave Sri Lanka its first win over India at home in 9 years, as the touring team could not defend their score of 226 after rain reduced the contest to 47 overs.
Although India plucked some crucial wickets towards the latter stages of the match, Sri Lanka never looked like letting the proceedings slip away after the second wicket pair of Avishka Fernando (76) and Bhanuka Rajapakse (65) consolidated the innings through a 109-run partnership.
Fernando received the man of the match award and ensured Sri Lanka got close to the target with another productive stand of 43 with Charith Asalanka (24) and never looked troubled until Indian spin bowler Rahul Chahar crept in to grab three important wickets.
The first to go was skipper Dasun Shanaka for a first ball duck followed by the scalps of Fernando, caught at slip by Prithvi Shaw and Chamika Karunaratne stumped by Sanju Samson for 3.
But the last of the recognised Sri Lanka batsmen Ramesh Mendis saw off Chahar and with several overs left, posted the winning runs with eight overs in the bag as he remained unbeaten on 15.
Earlier India were cruising along at 147 for 3 when rain interrupted the match that was reduced to 47 overs and the break it appeared, brought about a dramatic turn for Sri Lanka.
The spin duo of Praveen Jayawickrema and Akila Dananjaya with three wickets each played key roles in terminating the Indian batting that collapsed from 157 for 3 in 24.5 overs to 226 all out in 43.1 overs.
India, having secured the series 2-0 at the start of the final game, introduced five new players, the most important being wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson to replace Ishan Kishan.
Samson made 46 and shared in a 102-run stand for the second wicket with Prithvi Shaw (49) after Shikkhar Dhawan was caught behind for 13 while attempting to drive a ball from fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera.
Scores: India 226 in 43.1 overs (Prithvi Shaw 49, Sanju Samson 46, Suriyakumar Yadav 40, Akila Dananjaya 3 for 44, Praveen Jayawickrema 3 for 59) Sri Lanka 227 for 7 in 39 overs (Avishka Fernando 76, Bhanuka Rajapakse 65, Rahul Chahar 3 for 54)
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India Legends win 1st Road Safety World Series Cricket Title
All-rounder Yusuf Pathan starred with an unbeaten 62 and two wickets as the Sachin Tendulkar-captained India Legends beat Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs in the final to win the first Road Safety World Series T20 title here on Sunday.
Pathan’s two for 26 helped restrict Sri Lanka to 167/7 in 20 overs while they chased a target of 182 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium. Sanath Jayasuriya scored the highest (43) while captain Tillakratne Dilshan failed to click this time, scoring just 21.
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South Africa and the World Cup: Cricket’s Greatest Tragedy
It’s mind-boggling for a side like South Africa that has always featured among the best teams in world cricket to consistently disappoint at the biggest stage; a modern-day cricket tragedy. Their dismal performance over the last two decades in ICC tournaments has given rise to the infamous chokers tag.
Origin of the dreaded word
To learn about the origin of the word, we’ll need to take a trip down memory lane:
1999 ICC World Cup Semi-Final vs Australia:
South Africa were sailing smoothly towards their first ever World Cup final. Needing 9 runs in the final over with all-rounder Lance Klusener at the crease seemed like a walk in the park. Klusener smashed two boundaries off the first two balls, leaving the equation at 1 run needed from 4 balls. However, a disastrous mix-up with the last man Allan Donald led to an unnecessary run out. The match ended in a tie which cost the Proteas their final wicket and a place in the final, as Australia progressed ahead and went on to win the tournament. Since then there have been numerous instances of them being in strong positions in knockout phases in ICC tournaments only to go on and make a mess out of it.
2002 Champions Trophy Semi-final vs India:
Chasing a target of 262 in the semi-final against high-flying India, South Africa were comfortably placed at 192/1, but crumbled and eventually lost the match by a margin of 10 runs.
2003 ICC World Cup Group Match vs Sri Lanka :
This was a rain interrupted game. South Africa did some horrific calculation regarding the Duckworth-Lewis method and Mark Boucher, the batsman on strike, got a wrong message. With a steady drizzle pouring over ground, he smashed a six on the penultimate ball off Muthiah Muralitharan’s over and victoriously punched the air thinking SA were through on the D/L method. Boucher played the last ball casually and didn’t take a run. The play stopped and based on the D/L method the match was tied. Sri Lanka progressed in the tournament courtesy of their better league stage performance.
2011 ICC World Cup Quarter final vs New Zealand:
Graeme Smith’s men threw away a place in the final four as they collapsed under the pressure of chasing 222. Comfortably in the driver’s seat at 108/2, South Africa lost 8 wickets for 64 to succumb to a humiliating defeat.
2015 ICC World Cup Semi-final vs New Zealand:
For the first time South Africa managed to win a knockout game in the World Cup after they beat Sri Lanka convincingly to set up a semi-final clash with New Zealand. The Black Caps were set a total of 298 in a match reduced to 43 overs. And they made a mess of it. Two simple run-out chances were fluffed, and a collision between JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien gave a lifeline to Grant Elliot when only 14 runs were needed for victory. The latter was a chance that would cost them a spot in the final as Elliot smashed the fearsome Dale Steyn for a six giving the Black Caps victory with one ball to spare.
The only tournament they have won since their arrival to the big stage in 1992 was the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998. But since then all major players of the game including Australia, India, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Windies and New Zealand have all tasted silverware since the turn of the millennium.
2019 ICC World Cup
Despite the absence of the legendary AB de Villiers, South Africa still boasted a strong squad comprising the likes of Faf du Plessis, the in-form Quinton de Kock and not to mention the promising Kagiso Rabada. Unfortunately, they’ve gotten off to a really poor start, losing their first three matches to England, Bangladesh and India, which seriously jeopardizes their chances of making the semis.
“The change-room is hurting; the guys are a little down. But we are still fighting“, the skipper said. Dale Steyn being ruled out from the tournament and the injury to Lungi Ndidi certainly hasn’t helped them either. The Proteas now have a do-or-die game against the West Indies on Monday.
The road ahead
Judging by the way things are headed, South Africa has a lot to do to make something out of this World Cup. It is unfair for a team with such potential to be subjected to derogatory taunts by fans and the media alike. Winning a major competition is now perhaps the only way to shed the scarring chokers label.
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India at the Cricket World Cup. The Indian cricket team are two times World Champions. In addition to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup, they triumphed over Sri Lanka in the 2011 Cricket World Cup on home soil. They were also runners-up at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and semifinalists thrice (1987, 1996 and 2015). Going by India’s past record in one-day internationals and in the World Cup, they were not expected to even progress beyond the Group stage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup which was yet again held in England, despite having the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar, Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil in batting and a decent set of all-rounders in captain Kapil Dev, who was now one of the best all-rounders in world cricket, Mohinder Amarnath, Madan Lal, Ravi Shastri and Roger Binny. This time, the tournament format was slightly different from the previous editions. Teams were still divided among 2 groups of 4, but now each team in a group played each other twice. India were placed in Group B in the Group stage, which was considered to be the tougher of the 2 groups as it included 2 stronger opponents in the defending champions, the West Indies, whose dominance in world cricket at the time was at its peak, and Australia. World Cup debutants Zimbabwe were also in the group. The fact that the West Indies and Australia were in India’s group only worsened India’s prospects of putting a decent showing this time around. India’s first match in the tournament was against the West Indies at Old Trafford in Manchester. The West Indians were expected to steamroll India, but India caused a massive upset, winning the game by 34 runs in a match spread over 2 days. Middle-order batsman Sharma withstood the West Indian pace attack to score a fine half-century (89 from 120 balls, 9 fours) as India scored 262/8. Then, a disciplined performance from the Indian bowlers led by all-rounders Binny (3/48) and Shastri (3/26) ensured that the West Indian batsmen could not settle down after their starts, as a result of which the West Indies were bowled all out for 228. India followed this victory with another win against Zimbabwe at Leicester. In a one-sided match, India, bowling first, restricted Zimbabwe to 155 with Madan Lal taking 3/27, following which a half-century by Patil (50 from 54 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) ensured that India chased down the paltry total easily. However, despite the good start, 2 consecutive defeats against Australia at Trent Bridge in Nottingham and the West Indies at The Oval in London followed, and with other results going Australia’s and the West Indies’ way, India were once again staring at another early exit from the World Cup. Trevor Chappell scored 110 to ensure that Australia scored a mammoth 320/9, with India dishing out a listless bowling performance. Only Kapil bowled well, taking a 5-wicket haul (5/43). Australian medium-pacer Ken MacLeay took 6/39 as India were bowled all out for just 150, losing by 162 runs, with none of the Indian batsmen contributing. Against the West Indies, India, chasing 283 to win, never really got going despite Amarnath’s patient knock (80 from 139 balls). A combined effort from the West Indian pace attack saw India crash to 216 all out, losing by 66 runs. To add to India’s woes, Vengsarkar was ruled out for the rest of the tournament after a Malcolm Marshall bouncer injured his jaw. To reach the semifinals now, India had to beat Zimbabwe and Australia by huge margins, a daunting prospect. Should India lose even one of the matches, they would be knocked out of the tournament. India began their match against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells on 18 June 1983 disastrously. The Zimbabwean bowling attack, led by Peter Rawson (3/47) and Kevin Curran (3/65), destroyed the Indian top order, reducing them to 17/5. A massive upset by the Zimbabweans and another early exit for India was now very much on the cards, until Kapil arrived. Kapil completely changed the course of the match with a breathtaking innings (175 not out from 138 balls, 16 fours, 6 sixes). With the support of the tailenders, he ransacked the Zimbabwean bowling as he played his most famous innings, which was also the highest individual score in ODI cricket at the time and the first ever ODI century scored by an Indian batsman. As a result of his astounding knock, India finished the innings at 266/8. Then, a good performance with the ball from Madan Lal (3/42) saw Zimbabwe being bowled all out for 235, despite Curran’s 73, to set up a famous win. Unfortunately, this match was not telecasted live due to a strike by the BBC staff on that day. But India’s woes weren’t over yet; they needed to beat Australia comprehensively to have any hope of reaching the semifinals. India’s must-win match against the Aussies took place at Chelmsford, two days after the famous victory against Zimbabwe. Despite Rodney Hogg (3/40) and Jeff Thomson (3/51) taking 3 wickets each, a combined effort from the Indian batsmen saw India reach 247 all out. Australia, chasing 248 to win, were rocked by the innocuous but penetrative medium-pace of Madan Lal (4/20) and Binny (4/29) and crashed to 129 all out, losing the match by a whopping 118 runs. With another win under their belt, India finished second in their group and qualified for the semifinals for the first time ever in the Cricket World Cup. India’s semifinal match was against hosts England at Manchester. Despite England being the favourites, India produced yet another upset. England won the toss and batted first. Despite an opening stand of 69, the English batsmen mistimed many balls and used the bat’s edge frequently, as the restrictive Indian bowling led England to 213 all out. English opener Graeme Fowler top scored with 33. Kapil Dev was the pick of the Indian bowlers (3/35), with Amarnath (2/27) and Binny (2/43) also being among the wickets. In reply, Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 not out from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, with Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six) too contributing, as India reached their target comfortably, winning by 6 wickets in a classic victory over the hosts. Amarnath picked up the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. This win brought India to the World Cup final for the very first time, which was to be played against the West Indies on 25 June 1983 at Lord’s in London. A third consecutive tournament victory for the West Indies was widely predicted by most pundits and fans. In the final, India lost the toss and were made to bat first on a seaming wicket against the mighty West Indian pace attack. Only Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls, 7 fours and 1 six) and Amarnath (26 from 80 balls, 3 fours) put up any significant resistance as the West Indian fast bowling attack comprising Marshall (2/24), Andy Roberts (3/32), Joel Garner (1/24) and Michael Holding (2/26) ripped through the Indian batting, ably supported by part-timer Larry Gomes (2/49). Only surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to reach 183 all out in the 55th over. It seemed to be all over for India, as the West Indies had a power-packed batting line-up comprising openers Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, followed by Vivian Richards and captain Clive Lloyd which was capable of destroying any bowling attack and were widely expected to make mincemeat out of the “mediocre” Indian bowling attack. Despite the early loss of Greenidge, Haynes and Richards steadied the innings and the West Indies was soon cruising to another World Cup win at 57/2. At this stage, Kapil ran a great distance (18-20 yards) to take the wicket of Richards off Madan Lal’s bowling. This proved to be the turning point of the match, as the Indian bowling then exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to blow away the rest of the West Indian batting. Amarnath (3/12) and Madan Lal (3/31) took three wickets each, as the West Indies crashed to 140 all out in the 53rd over, setting up a famous tournament victory for India which was one of the biggest upsets not only in cricket, but in sport in general. India’s win ended the title defence of the West Indies, who never reached the final of the Cricket World Cup again. Amarnath was awarded a second consecutive Man of the Match award for another all-round effort. http://bit.ly/2EA3nsu
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Virat Kohli, Ravichandran Ashwin Reach Landmarks In India's Massive Victory
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Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin were among the landmarks as India notched up a massive innings and 239-run win over Sri Lanka on the 4th day of the 2nd Test at Nagpur to go ahead 1-0 in the three-match series. Sri Lanka, who had escaped with a draw in the rain-affected first Test in Kolkata, had few answers to the Indian assault once they were dismissed for a mediocre total in their first innings and capitulated meekly shortly after lunch on Day 4. The inning and 239-run was the joint biggest margin of win for India, who had beaten Bangladesh by the same margin in Mirpur ten years ago.
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Ashwin (4/63) completed a coveted personal milestone of fastest 300 Test wickets in 54 games beating Dennis Lillee’s previous record of 56 matches.
Ashwin, who had a match-haul of 8 for 130, bowled Lahiru Gamage with a doosra to bring down curtains on one of the most lop-sided Test matches in recent times. The celebrations were very muted with teammates shaking hands with Ashwin before quietly walking off the field.
Skipper Dinesh Chandimal (61) was the only Sri Lankan batsman to show some resistance as others never matched up to what is required to play highest level of international cricket.
Ishant Sharma (2/43) looked menacing as he bowled short and quick while Ravindra Jadeja (2/28) was the beneficiary of some sharp fielding from Murali Vijay and indiscretion from the part of opposition batsmen.
Umesh Yadav (2/30) had a chance of completing his 100 wickets in Test but fell one short as the Tamil Nadu tweaker got to his milestone first.
Ashwin, who joined the party after Shanaka hit him across the line for a boundary and a six. But it was an act of desperation that was for a brief period of time before he was holed out at long-on by KL Rahul giving the off-spinner his 297th victim.
Dilruwan Perera and Rangana Herath were then dismissed in quick succession as he closed in on is world record.
For Chandimal, it was all about being helpless watching the manner of dismissals with none of the batsmen showing any stomach for fight. More than the technique, it was the temperament that was questionable considering that the pitch and conditions weren’t the most difficult to bat on.
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Happy birthday, Rohit Sharma! India’s swashbuckling opening batsman turns 33
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India’s opening batsman and limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma grew to become 33 on Wednesday.
Team India’s opening batsman and limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma grew to become 33 on Wednesday. Widely considered one of the vital harmful batsmen in modern day cricket, Rohit holds the document for the very best person ranking in ODI cricket (264).
The Indian batsman made his world debut in 2007 towards Ireland. In the similar yr in September, Rohit was once the a part of the crew which received the inaugural T20 World Cup, beating Pakistan within the ultimate. The right-hander performed a key position with the bat within the ultimate fit, scoring an unbeaten 30 off simply 16 deliveries to assist India to 157/5.
However, Rohit ignored out on a spot within the 2011 fifty-over World Cup squad because of deficient run of shape on the time. His struggles in middle-order persisted till MS Dhoni, the-then captain of the aspect, performed a master-stroke and requested the Indian batsman to open the innings.
Rohit by no means seemed again since.
In his maiden world event as an opener, Rohit shaped a powerful partnership along Shikhar Dhawan, assisting India to 2013 Champions Trophy glory.
In the similar yr, he additionally made his debut in Test cricket within the sequence which marked the top of Sachin Tendulkar‘s profession. While he scored centuries in each the video games of the sequence towards West Indies, it took time for his profession within the whites to take flight. It ultimately came about in 2019 when Rohit — as soon as once more, was once requested to bat within the opening order. He produced exceptional performances right through the house season towards South Africa and Bangladesh, cementing his position within the aspect.
On November 2, 2013, Rohit Sharma scored his first double century in ODIs. He slammed 209 towards Australia. However, he broke the document for the very best person ranking in ODI cricket a yr later, when he scored a staggering innings of 264 towards Sri Lanka on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Rohit would pass on to attain any other double century in 2017 towards Sri Lanka, final unbeaten on 208 on the PCA Stadium in Mohali.
In the 2019 World Cup, Rohit Sharma ended because the event’s very best run-getter, slamming 648 runs in 9 fits at a mean of 81. He scored a document 5 centuries within the version.
In an excellent ODI profession up to now, Rohit has scored 9,115 runs in 224 fits at a mean of 49.3. He has slammed 29 centuries and 43 fifties within the profession up to now. In T20Is, he boasts of a strike-rate of 138.8, scoring 2,773 runs in 108 fits.
Rohit Sharma averages 46.Five in Tests, enjoying 32 fits to attain 2,141 runs.
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England vs New Zealand, World Cup head-to-head: Kiwis maintain the sting over hosts in closing showdown
http://tinyurl.com/y5gtqaob On July 14, Sunday, at Lord’s, irrespective of who wins between England and New Zealand, the one factor for sure is that it might be a historic event. One in all them will get their fingers to the World Cup trophy for the primary time for the reason that inception of the match in 1975 and the opposite must anticipate Four extra years for his or her first World Cup title. Hosts England had been the pre-tournament scorching favourites whereas New Zealand had been additionally anticipated to make it to the final 4 because the performances from the 2 groups had been proper on the cash. England misplaced Three matches within the group fixtures in opposition to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia. New Zealand had been phenomenal within the first half of the World Cup however misplaced the momentum within the latter half. They had been tied on 11 factors with Pakistan, however made it to the final 4 on the again of a greater run charge. England then avenged their group-stage defeat to Australia in a one-sided semi-final contest to enter the ultimate for the 4th time, whereas the Blackcaps defeated India in a two-day lengthy rain-interrupted semi-final conflict. England and New Zealand have confronted one another 90 instances so far in an ODI format, from which the Kiwis have received on 43 events whereas England have tasted victory 41 instances. 2 matches had been tied between the 2 whereas Four different video games resulted in no end result. Speaking about simply the World Cups, the 2 rivals have encountered one another 9 instances within the showpiece occasion. The latest conflict between them was within the league fixture of the world cup 2019 in Leeds, the place England crushed New Zealand by 119 runs to get themselves a semi-finals berth. India vs New Zealand World Cup Previous Outcomes: New Zealand (5), England (4) 1975 World Cup: England beat New Zealand by 80 runs On the primary version of the World Cup, when the 2 groups met, Keith Fletcher remained unbeaten at 131 to take England to a complete of 266 for six. Chasing the goal, New Zealand had been bundled out for 186 as Tony Greig picked a four-fer. 1979 World Cup: England received by 9 runs Mike Brearley and Graham Gooch batted with composure to attain 53 and 71 respectively as England posted 221/8. Chasing the overall, John Wright put up an awesome present with the bat so as to add 69 runs to the scoreboard. Mike Hendrick picked Three wickets as England sealed the thriller to achieve their first World Cup closing. 1983 World Cup: England crush New Zealand by 106 runs Chris Tavare (45) and David Gower (39) supplied a strong base to England earlier than Allan Lamb hammered his third ODI hundred with ready help from Mike Gatting (43). Chasing 323, New Zealand had been reeling at 31/3. Martin Crowe performed a valiant 97-run knock however did not take New Zealand dwelling as his aspect fell 106 runs wanting a win. 1983 World Cup: New Zealand beat England by 2 wickets in a thriller Within the round-robin format, New Zealand confronted England as soon as once more within the group fixtures and avenged their earlier defeat of the match. England batted first and Graeme Fowler and David Gower added 69 and 92 respectively. Lance Cairns and Richard Hadlee picked Three wickets apiece to restrict England to 234. Geoff Howarth (60) and Jeremy Coney (66) batted exceptionally however Bob Willis, for as soon as snatched the match along with his 4-wicket haul. Nonetheless, Coney managed to stay until the top as New Zealand received the sport with only a ball to spare. 1992 World Cup: New Zealand win by 7 wickets It was a conflict between the 2 unbeaten aspect of the match. Within the new format of the World Cup, staff donned coloured jerseys and the sport was modified to 50-over format from 60 overs. England had been spearheaded by Alec Stewart after common captain Graham Gooch missed the sport to a hamstring harm. Graeme Hick (56), Stewart (41) and Robin Smith (38) took England to 200 for Eight in 50 overs. In New Zealand’ chase Andrew Jones was run out for 78 however Martin Crowe stood tall until the top on 73 because the Kiwis received the match woth 55 balls to spare. 1996 World Cup: New Zealand received by 11 runs Opener Nathan Astle smashed 100 as New Zealand posted 239 for six. Alec Stewart and Graeme Hick construct an excellent stand for the third wicket earlier than the previous departed for 34. A useless Hick run-out for 85 modified the course of the sport as New Zealand finally received the match by 11 runs. 2007 World Cup: New Zealand beat England by 6 wickets After a fifty from Kevin Pietersen, England managed to get to a below-par rating of 209. James Anderson and Liam Plunkett then lowered New Zealand to 19/Three however Scott Styris saved rooted on the crease along with his unbeaten 87 to take New Zealand dwelling with 54 balls to spare. 2015 World Cup: New Zealand win by Eight wickets Tim Southee lowered England to 36 for two by getting openers Ian Bell and Moeen Ali. Joe Root scored 46 however England had no solutions to Southee’s swing as England had been restricted to 123 in 33.2 overs. Southee completed with 7 wickets, his career-best and the perfect bowling figures ever recorded in a World Cup recreation. Chasing the paltry whole, captain Brendon McCullum smashed 77 off simply 25 balls as New Zealand registered a win in 12.2 overs. 2019 World Cup: England win by large 119 runs Of their final assembly within the ongoing World Cup, England defeated New Zealand in a one-sided affair. After electing to bat, England openers Jonny Bairstow and Jason Roy constructed 123-run stand as the previous smashed 100 to information his aspect to 305. Within the chase, New Zealand openers as soon as once more produced a flop present. Tom Latham received a fifty however did not get any help from others. Mark Wooden picked Three wickets as New Zealand had been all-out for 186. 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Elephants unchained: 'The day has gone by when this was entertainment'
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Elephants unchained: 'The day has gone by when this was entertainment'
As our understanding of the minds of our fellow species improves, will we increasingly look back at the way we have treated them in horror and repulsion?
Water streams off the edges of her giant ears, runs in rivulets down the wrinkles of her slate-grey skin. She presses her whole head into the hoses force, the spray welling into her mouth. As she drinks, she rubs her skin against the steel fence, her eyelids drooping luxuriously, her trunk relaxing. If ever Ive seen a captive elephant happy, its Flora this morning.
There are no people laughing or pointing here at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. There are no infants crying, no children arguing. The public are not allowed into the sanctuary, whose unofficial motto is, Allow elephants to be elephants: give them the freedom of choice, the freedom of large areas to explore, the freedom from human gawkers (apart from via the online elecams) while still providing the kind of care that comes with a zoo.
In fact, few things are required of the 10 pachyderms here. They can sleep in the barn or they can spend the night among the pine-covered hills. They can stay in the shade or lounge in the sun. They can wander together for company like elephants in the wild or take off on a solo sojourn. They can chase turkeys or trumpet at deer. They can take a dust bath, roll in a mud wallow, or be sprayed by a keeper, as Flora chose on this day when the temperature hits 34C (93.2F).
I dont think we will ever get away from elephants in captivity, Stephanie DeYoung, the director of elephant husbandry, tells me. But is it time to change how we keep them in captivity?
The Elephant Sanctuary spreads over 2,700 rolling acres.
Beaten, starved, shackled
Watching her now, its hard to imagine Flora a female African elephant, the largest and arguably most regal terrestrial animal on the planet dressed up in a silly costume performing in a one-elephant act for 18 years. But that was her life before.
We are, as a species, generally fascinated by elephants. We see the qualities and characteristics in elephants that we aspire to have ourselves, says Patricia Sims, the co-founder of World Elephant Day. Empathy, enduring family bonds, cooperation, intelligence, long memories, taking care of their environment to name just a few.
Some extraordinary scientific studies in the last few years have revealed just how intelligent they are. They can recognise themselves in a mirror, found scientists in 2006, one of only a few species that do this. They can have an aha moment to solve a puzzle, showed researchers in 2011, by witnessing a young elephant in the National zoo in Washington DC who would move a block wherever she needed it to reach food. We even know now that what makes captive elephants happy is not the size of their pen, but whether they live with other elephants, thanks to a landmark collection of papers in the scientific journal PLOS ONE last year
But our desire to be close to these incredible creatures has led us down some ugly paths. We have ridden them, dressed them up in ridiculous attire, beaten them, starved them, and slaughtered them en masse. Today tens of thousands live shackled in prisons of our making.
A video still from a report that was shown during the trial of circus trainer Mary Chipperfield, who was convicted in 1999 on 12 counts of animal cruelty.
Elephants are still gussied up to decorate weddings in India; in Sri Lanka they are locked in religious sites as living (but suffering) embodiments of a god; in Africa tourists ride trained elephants to see wild ones; in south-east Asia elephants are used to log the very forests they once called home; and worldwide elephants are still forced to perform silly tricks in circuses and zoos, tricks they are trained to do by brutalising methods, often using a bullhook, a large, sharp, medieval-looking instrument used to create pain in an elephants sensitive spots.
When I ask ecologist and author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, Carl Safina, if he believes elephants are intelligent and conscious, he says that there is zero evidence that such animals are not conscious, while there is multiple lines of evidence both physically and behaviourally that they are.
So what are the implications of this? Besides their own particular form of consciousness, elephants have spectacularly good memories. Can they remember abuse and pain? Could some elephants even be described as traumatised? There have certainly been episodes that would seem to indicate this. In 1994, for example, a female African elephant named Tyke crushed her trainer to death in front of a circus audience in Honolulu. She escaped the tent and ran through the city streets for a half hour before police officers brought her down in a hail of 86 bullets. Like all circus elephants, shed spent her life chained up, transported in trucks and beaten to perform. The only freedom shed known was when shed escape and shed done so twice before. (The 2013 documentary Blackfish, about a killer whale, Tilikum, appears to tell a very similar story about another of the earths largest mammals.)
Sukari in her enclosure
Over and over again, staff at the Tennessee sanctuary tell me that elephants never kill anyone accidentally. Like humans, they can snap. Constant beatings, solitary confinement, being chained to the floor: all this can understandably push any elephant to the brink and some will retaliate.
In her book Elephants on the Edge, Gay A Bradshaw argues that elephants both wild and captive can suffer psychological traumas, leading them to become more unpredictable and violent. When elephants lose their homes and families, are subjected to mass killing, and are captured and incarcerated in zoos, they breakdown mentally and culturally and exhibit symptoms found in human prisoners and victims of genocide, Bradshaw said in an interview with Scientific American.
In her book, Bradshaw describes an experiment where the symptoms of an elephant were sent to five mental health officials who had no knowledge that they were diagnosing an elephant and not a human but all of whom diagnosed the individual with PTSD.
As our understanding of the minds of our fellow species improves, will we increasingly look back at the way we have treated them in horror and repulsion?
Shirleys right ear was scarred when she was on a ship that caught fire and sank.
Unloosening the chains
The impact of our changing understanding of elephant psychology has already been profound. Perhaps the most astounding change is at circuses. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, arguably the worlds most famous circuses, stopped using elephants last year and then closed for good this May after 146 years. Britains last circus elephant, Anne, was rescued in 2011 after the Daily Mail revealed she was being viciously abused. Twenty countries have banned the use of elephants in circuses. Even India has banned elephants in both circuses and zoos though the process of retiring the elephants is gradual.
The days gone by of putting an animal in a cage and calling it entertainment. I think more and more people realise that is ridiculous, says DeYoung.
Life in zoos is generally not as abusive for elephants as in circuses. Zoo elephants are not travelling overland on a weekly basis, are not usually chained up for days to weeks to years on end, and are not usually forced to perform tricks day in and day out.
But there have been enormous changes here too. Recognising the social needs of elephants, the USs Association for Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) now requires that any accredited zoo must have at least three female elephants, two males or three mixed genders in order to make sure elephants have peers although facilities can apply for an expectation. (There has been less progress on space: a creature known to roam hundreds to thousands of square kilometres in the wild gets as little as 500 square metres of outside space in a zoo.)
The best zoos are changing concrete cages to natural environments, adding more enrichment and taking their elephants for daily walks to increase exercise. Today, 43 zoos are members of the Elephant Welfare Initiative, which tracks real-time data on their pachyderms, all in an effort to improve conditions. And many elephant keepers now have behavioural backgrounds, an acknowledgement of the species deep psychological needs, explains Otto Fad, an animal behaviour and welfare specialist. All of us elephant geeks are paying attention, he says.
Adult elephants and a calf chained in an indoor enclosure at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, US in 1989. Photograph: Scott McKiernan/Zuma/Alamy
But progress is slow, and patchy. China is buying up wild elephants from Africa, and Chinese zoos are hardly known for humane conditions. Eyewitnesses say zoos there are forcing elephants to do unnatural tricks to entertain visitors, much like circuses. Even in Europe controversy remains: In April, Peta released footage of keepers at the Hanover zoo in Germany using a bullhook and whip to train juvenile elephants to perform tricks. The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the AZA both still allow the use of bullhooks.
And then there are the 15,000 to 20,000 elephants around the world that still spend their lives in chains. Harsh, is how Carol Buckley, the head of Elephant Aid International,describes conditions in Asia. With little exception, they live in chains when not being dominated by their mahout to perform. The mahouts suffer equally … [Both] live in squalor, deprived of the most basic needs. In Indonesia, activists have photographed an elephant in a zoo that lives alone with its feet tied together by a chain. It cant move a single step.
So, what to do? We cant just open the pen doors and unloosen all the chains.
If only they could all go and live in the sanctuary.
Ronnie (on the left) and Sissy in their enclosures. Out of shot are their companions. All are free to roam in 100s of acres.
They are allowed to express themselves
No institution is perfect. Founded in 1995, the 2,700-acre sanctuary North Americas only one dedicated solely to elephants has seen its own set of tragedies and challenges, none worse than when a keeper was killed in 2006 by an Asian elephant.
But it is a genuine sanctuary for once abused elephants, tended to by the most devoted of staff, who practise a form of elephant care known as protected contact or PC, a type of training invented in the 1990s by San Diego zoo. This is in opposition to whats called free contact, which generally depends on bullhooks and punishment. Keeper Kristy Sands Eaker says PC is about mutual respect, and about positive reinforcement rewards for good behaviour rather than punishment. They know we are not going to enter their space … They are allowed to express themselves if they do not want to participate in something they can react and theres no punishment for that.
At the same time, the animals are not romanticised: elephants and keepers are always separated by a steel barrier; there are always at least two keepers working with an elephant, and all are aware they are dealing with four-tonne animals capable of killing with a single strike of its trunk.
The sanctuary houses 10 female elephants it doesnt take males at this time. It has room for six more, but its surprisingly difficult to obtain new elephants. After all, elephants are money makers for circuses and zoos, which are often loathe to give them up. This is why the sanctuary is never sent young elephants: the younger the elephant, the bigger the jackpot. In an attempt to create bridges between the circus or zoo world and the sanctuary, the staff say their elephants are retired not rescued.
The sanctuary has no interest in breeding on the site. Were not breeding for animals to live in captivity, says CEO Janice Zeitlin. And this is captivity.
Some of these elephants have harrowing stories. Sissy, stolen from the wild in 1969, survived a flood in Texas in 1981, spending 36 hours submerged under water with just her trunk above the surface. For years she was terrified of water, but after coming to the sanctuary she started wading in pools again.
This is what the sanctuary is about, says Zeitlin. These celebrations. These milestones.
Some elephants arrived with self-mutilation behaviours, such as biting their ears or tusking their own legs. Its a coping mechanism, and a lot of that is based on stress, explains DeYoung.
I spend the day at the sanctuary with remarkable women. DeYoung moved across the country to work here. Zeitlin came 20 years ago and today runs the place. Sands Eaker worked up to the day she gave birth to twins. She told me she sometimes feels she knows the elephants better than her own children. This is not a job for them, its a calling, a devotion, a love.
I wonder if they are aware of the similarities between them and the elephants they care for. On the one hand, we have a highly intelligent, empathetic, deeply conscious species that has survived millions of years through a powerful matriarchal society. And, on the other, are the women of another species determined to give these pachyderm ladies the best years of their life, determined to do their utmost to heal the wounds caused by our sins.
Given that they are often taking in geriatric elephants the youngest on site is 33 workers at the facility have become accustomed to loss. In its 22 years, they have seen 17 elephants die. In 2013, they started a new policy of euthanising elephants when they felt they were suffering from irreversible health problems causing unrelenting suffering.
An elephant grave at the Elephant Sanctuary.
There was a philosophical change, DeYoung says, noting that founders preferred allowing nature to take its course. The final decision comes down to the vets, but includes input from all the staff. Since 2013 they have humanely euthanised five elephants.
We feel we are the stewards of this animal and it is our responsibility to take care of them in life and in death, adds DeYoung.
When death comes whether due to euthanasia or other causes the other elephants are allowed to spend as long as they need with the body. Elephants are buried on site and marker stones erected. Staff have observed elephants visiting the graves of their lost companions, especially those they were particularly bonded to. More then 10 years after Jennys death, Shirley still marches into the wood to mourn beside her grave.
Into the wild
But even if every zoo in the world was like the sanctuary, captivity can never replicate the wild.
Conservationists rarely consider the idea of releasing captive elephants back into the wild, but it has been done. Elephant Reintroduction, a NGO in Thailand, has reintroduced more than a hundred once-captive elephants into three protected areas since 2002. The work is challenging. Premjith Hemmawath, with the organisation, says mahouts had to teach one elephant how to drink water from the river instead of the tap. Still, many reintroduced elephants have thrived in this programme, with some even reproducing in the wild.
Fewer captive elephants have been released in Africa, but there are successes there too. Eight adult captive elephants housed in African countries (five males and three females) have been rereleased in Botswana. The most incredible example of reintroductions are Durga and Owalla, American circus elephants that were reintroduced into a park in South Africa in 1982. Both went on to have their own calves.
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England v Australia warm-up: Steve Smith hits ton as Aaron Finch's side earn narrow win
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World Cup warm-up, Southampton Australia 297-9 (50 overs):Smith 116, Warner 43, Plunkett 4-69 England 285 (49.3 overs):Vince 64, Buttler 52, Behrendorff 2-43 Australia win by 12 runs Scorecard
England fell to a 12-run defeat by Australia in a thrilling World Cup warm-up match in Southampton after Steve Smith’s first century since being banned for his part in the ball-tampering scandal.
Smith hit 116 off 102 balls in an impressively composed innings to steer his side to 297-9.
James Vince and Jos Buttler struck fine fifties to seemingly put England on course for victory, only for Australia to regularly peg the hosts back.
Needing 15 off the last over, England lost their two final wickets to end a disappointing and disjointed chase.
England, who also sustained a series of injury worries, face Afghanistan in another warm-up on Monday before facing South Africa in Thursday’s World Cup opener.
Defending champions Australia begin their campaign against Afghanistan on 1 June after a warm-up match against Sri Lanka on Monday.
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England unusually fall short
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‘It was so difficult!’ – Curran takes a stunning catch to dismiss Carey
Even in an unofficial match with relaxed rules – Australia named a team of 12 and England were able to bring in substitutes for injured players – the hosts were expected to comfortably chase down a target of under 300.
The pitch offered some variable bounce, with both openers Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow caught off miscued shots, and off-spinner Nathan Lyon was especially canny – but England will be frustrated to have fallen short, even if the result is not likely to have much of an impact on their World Cup campaign.
Having to miss Hampshire’s One-Day Cup defeat by Somerset at Lord’s, Vince emulated England’s usual number three Joe Root with an innings of deft accumulation, clips through mid-wicket and mid-on accompanying his trademark cover drives.
Buttler changed the tempo of the chase in the 27th over by smacking Nathan Coulter-Nile for 24 off six balls, including two brilliant sixes down the ground and over square leg.
He surged to 52 off 30 balls, only to fall to the next delivery when he tamely chipped Coulter-Nile to Usman Khawaja – before Vince guided the ball straight to Lyon in the trap at short third man for 64.
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Big-hitting Buttler smashes five boundaries in an over
Moeen Ali (22) fell slogging to leg-spinner Adam Zampa and Tom Curran was dismissed cheaply, before Chris Woakes countered with 40 and Liam Plunkett struck 19.
But once both had departed, Adil Rashid and Jofra Archer – who were both only batting because of injuries – had no chance, and clearly hampered Archer was run out trying for two in the game’s final act.
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Injury worries for England
A day after England were relieved to find Eoin Morgan’s small finger fracture will not keep him out of Thursday’s World Cup opener against South Africa, they had several injury concerns arise in Southampton:
Fast bowler Mark Wood is the only major worry, having felt discomfort in his left foot and going off, unable to finish his fourth over. England are awaiting results of a scan.
Substitute fielder Archer took a blow attempting to make a diving stop on the boundary but later returned to the field.
Liam Dawson split the skin on his right ring finger and did not bat as a precaution.
Chris Woakes played solely as a batsman to rest his long-standing knee issue and was only starting because of Morgan’s injury.
Rashid’s existing shoulder injury prevented him from fielding, meaning 42-year-old assistant coach Paul Collingwood spent long periods in the field.
Root was also called into action despite not being due to play following the death of his grandfather two days ago.
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Smith and spinners supreme
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‘Incredible’ six sets up Smith century against England
Smith played a superb anchor innings, moving to off to clip away anything on his pads, or angling the bat to guide the ball either side of point.
He hustled between the wickets to ensure he kept his strike-rate up near a run a ball, before a late flourish saw him hit a six over point and another with a pre-meditated scoop over the keeper.
A customary tap into the leg side brought up his hundred, marked with a fairly muted celebration as applause and boos blended, before he finally fell to a contentious decision – the third umpire deciding that his chip to Tom Curran had not hit the pitch first.
Such knocks will have limited effectiveness if the other batsmen cannot kick on – Alex Carey’s 30 off 14 balls the only fluent innings elsewhere – while Australia still look unsure of their best line-up, though it proved enough here.
That was also due to Lyon’s miserly spell of 1-37 off 10 overs that ensured England never got away, ably supported by Zampa’s 1-54.
Seamers Kane Richardson and Marcus Stoinis also executed superbly in a tense finale and, with fast bowlers Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc to return, this will surely give Australia confidence they can defend totals that look under par.
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‘England will be disappointed’ – what they said
Former England spinner Graeme Swann on Test Match Special:“England would have wanted to win.
“None of them were bowled out. They all got out. 10 batsmen had a chance to win the game and none of them did it. That will be a talking point in the debrief.”
England batsman James Vince:“We’re disappointed not get over the line but it is a warm-up game and a lot of the guys got something out of it. The wicket was a bit two-paced but I managed to get a few runs to my name which was nice.”
On Jos Buttler’s innings: “He took all the pressure off us. He hit something like 50 off 30 balls to bring the rate back down to a run a ball. We should have kept a few more wickets in the hutch afterwards but that innings from Jos was outstanding.
Australia captain Aaron Finch:“Our fielding was sloppy, it was not the standard we want to set for ourselves. But overall the way we batted was a good effort.
“It just shows the importance to have that in-batter. I thought Steve Smith played a really impressive knock.
“The wicket got a bit slower and drier. Nathan Lyon bowled a beautiful spell, great line and length. Overall it was a pretty good wicket, with just enough there for everyone.”
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019 Dates:30 May – 14 July, 2019 Live coverage:Ball-by-ball commentary on Test Match Special, plus text commentary, clips and highlights on the BBC Sport website
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South Africa and the World Cup: Cricket’s Greatest Tragedy
It’s mind-boggling for a side like South Africa that has always featured among the best teams in world cricket to consistently disappoint at the biggest stage; a modern-day cricket tragedy. Their dismal performance over the last two decades in ICC tournaments has given rise to the infamous chokers tag.
Origin of the dreaded word
To learn about the origin of the word, we’ll need to take a trip down memory lane:
1999 ICC World Cup Semi-Final vs Australia:
South Africa were sailing smoothly towards their first ever World Cup final. Needing 9 runs in the final over with all-rounder Lance Klusener at the crease seemed like a walk in the park. Klusener smashed two boundaries off the first two balls, leaving the equation at 1 run needed from 4 balls. However, a disastrous mix-up with the last man Allan Donald led to an unnecessary run out. The match ended in a tie which cost the Proteas their final wicket and a place in the final, as Australia progressed ahead and went on to win the tournament. Since then there have been numerous instances of them being in strong positions in knockout phases in ICC tournaments only to go on and make a mess out of it.
2002 Champions Trophy Semi-final vs India:
Chasing a target of 262 in the semi-final against high-flying India, South Africa were comfortably placed at 192/1, but crumbled and eventually lost the match by a margin of 10 runs.
2003 ICC World Cup Group Match vs Sri Lanka :
This was a rain interrupted game. South Africa did some horrific calculation regarding the Duckworth-Lewis method and Mark Boucher, the batsman on strike, got a wrong message. With a steady drizzle pouring over ground, he smashed a six on the penultimate ball off Muthiah Muralitharan’s over and victoriously punched the air thinking SA were through on the D/L method. Boucher played the last ball casually and didn’t take a run. The play stopped and based on the D/L method the match was tied. Sri Lanka progressed in the tournament courtesy of their better league stage performance.
2011 ICC World Cup Quarter final vs New Zealand:
Graeme Smith’s men threw away a place in the final four as they collapsed under the pressure of chasing 222. Comfortably in the driver’s seat at 108/2, South Africa lost 8 wickets for 64 to succumb to a humiliating defeat.
2015 ICC World Cup Semi-final vs New Zealand:
For the first time South Africa managed to win a knockout game in the World Cup after they beat Sri Lanka convincingly to set up a semi-final clash with New Zealand. The Black Caps were set a total of 298 in a match reduced to 43 overs. And they made a mess of it. Two simple run-out chances were fluffed, and a collision between JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien gave a lifeline to Grant Elliot when only 14 runs were needed for victory. The latter was a chance that would cost them a spot in the final as Elliot smashed the fearsome Dale Steyn for a six giving the Black Caps victory with one ball to spare.
The only tournament they have won since their arrival to the big stage in 1992 was the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998. But since then all major players of the game including Australia, India, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Windies and New Zealand have all tasted silverware since the turn of the millennium.
2019 ICC World Cup
Despite the absence of the legendary AB de Villiers, South Africa still boasted a strong squad comprising the likes of Faf du Plessis, the in-form Quinton de Kock and not to mention the promising Kagiso Rabada. Unfortunately, they’ve gotten off to a really poor start, losing their first three matches to England, Bangladesh and India, which seriously jeopardizes their chances of making the semis.
“The change-room is hurting; the guys are a little down. But we are still fighting“, the skipper said. Dale Steyn being ruled out from the tournament and the injury to Lungi Ndidi certainly hasn’t helped them either. The Proteas now have a do-or-die game against the West Indies on Monday.
The road ahead
Judging by the way things are headed, South Africa has a lot to do to make something out of this World Cup. It is unfair for a team with such potential to be subjected to derogatory taunts by fans and the media alike. Winning a major competition is now perhaps the only way to shed the scarring chokers label.
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Top 10 highest scores by a number 11 batsman in ODI cricket.
Cricket, as you know, is a game of uncertainties. You never know when a game can change on its head. One moment you’re lagging behind and suddenly you find yourselves in pole position to win the game. There have been many instances where the uncertainty of cricket has prevailed and it will continue to prevail in the modern era. This uncertainty is what excites all cricket lovers. One such uncertainty is, a number 11 batsman walking out to bat and suddenly beating the living daylights of the opposition bowlers. We have witnessed many such instances where the number 11 batsman has joined hands with his partner and frustrated the opposition. While most of them haven’t really had an impact on the result of the game, it certainly impacts the excitement in the fans. Fans love watching the uncertainty that cricket brings and thus, it is one of the reasons why you can never write a team off even when they are nine down because it’s not over until it’s over.
Here, we will be looking at the top 10 highest scores by a number 11 batsman in the history of ODI cricket. Read through the list and let us know your personal favourite.
#1. Jeetan Patel – 34 off 38
It was the 2007 World Cup semi-final as New Zealand squared off against Sri Lanka in Kingston, Jamaica. Sri Lanka batted first and on the back of skipper Mahela Jayawardena’s sublime 115 off 109 balls, they ended on a healthy 289 for 5. New Zealand’s chase began poorly as Fleming and Taylor fell cheaply. Fulton and Styris did the rebuilding work but once the latter was dismissed, it went downhill for the Blackcaps. They were reeling at 149 for 9 when Jeetan Patel walked in. Everyone knew New Zealand were never going to win the game from there but Jeetan Patel delayed the inevitable. He smashed two fours and one six in his 38-ball 34 runs stay at the wicket. He along with James Franklin put on a partnership worth 59 runs before Patel fell to part-time spinner Dilshan. New Zealand lost the match but Jeetan Patel’s fighting knock till the end won many hearts across the globe.
#2. Mitchell McClenaghan – 34* off 43
South Africa toured New Zealand for a three-match ODI series in 2014. It was the second ODI as South Africa batted first. The Proteas were cruising at 235 for 2, but some tight bowling restricted the visitors to 282 for 9 with Hashim Amla top scoring with a fluent 119. New Zealand began awfully and kept losing wickets at regular intervals and soon found themselves struggling at 134 for 9. With no hope of winning the game and the series, Mitchell McClenaghan joined Luke Ronchi who was batting quite superbly. Ronchi and McClenaghan batted for almost 14 overs as New Zealand crossed the 200 runs mark. They both stitched together 74 runs before Ronchi fell for a well made 79 to Philander as McClenaghan remained unbeaten on 34 off 43 balls. South Africa won the game by 72 runs but Ronchi and McClenaghan’s never-say-die attitude was appreciated by the New Zealand fans and players.
#3. Mushtaq Ahmed – 34* off 50
It was the 6th match of Singer Triangular series in the year 2000 between Pakistan and South Africa at Colombo. Pakistan were batting first and lost a wicket in the opening over. Wickets kept tumbling as Shaun Pollock and David Terbrugge wreaked havoc. They shared six wickets between themselves as Pakistan were nine down for just 98 runs on the board. Mushtaq Ahmed walked in at number 11 and hoped to take Pakistan to the 100-run mark. Shoaib Malik was his partner and they both began playing proper cricketing shots. While Malik tried to see out the overs, Mushtaq had a different approach as he found the boundaries. Soon Pakistan crossed the 150-run mark but as soon as 130 runs were breached, Shoaib Malik was dismissed for 28 by Paul Adams. Mushtaq Ahmed was left stranded on 34 off 50 balls. The tenth wicket partnership yielded 55 runs and it happened to be their most fruitful partnership of the innings. The target was not at all a daunting one as South Africa chased down the target with 7 wickets to spare.
#4. Chris Pringle – 34* off 22
It was the 5th match of the Wills World Series in 1994 between New Zealand and West Indies at Guwahati. The Windies were batting first and on the back of a spectacular 111 by Carl Hooper and a gritty 69 by Brian Lara, they posted a solid score of 306 for 6 in 50 overs. In a tall chase, New Zealand succumbed under pressure and were in the doldrums at 123 for 9. A massive defeat was looming as Chris Pringle walked in to join Dion Nash in the middle. Pringle attacked the ball right from the word go and smashed two fours and two sixes in a 22-ball 34 runs cameo. He along with Nash remained unbeaten and saw off the 50 overs as New Zealand ended on 171 for 9. The Blackcaps were handed a heavy defeat of 135 runs but it could have been much worse had Pringle not scored those 34 runs.
#5. Steven Finn - 35 off 24
In 2011, England toured Australia for a seven match ODI series. Australia were leading the series 3-1 coming into the 5th ODI at Brisbane. A do-or-die clash for the visitors as Australia were batting first. A fine fifty by the Aussie skipper Michael Clarke, coupled with good contributions by Brad Haddin and David Hussey gave Australia a platform to score big but Chris Woakes’ career best 6 for 45 restricted Australia to 249 allout. The stage was set for the English batsmen to romp home and keep the series alive but the Aussie bowlers had other ideas. England were crumbling at 145 for 9 and they knew the series was lost. Number 11 Steven Finn joined James Anderson in the middle and went after the bowling. He smashed five fours and one six before being cleaned up by Shane Watson. Finn was dismissed for 35 runs off 24 balls as England were bundled out for 198.
#6. Peter Ongondo – 36 off 42
In the year 2001, West Indies toured Kenya for a three match ODI series in Nairobi. Having won the first ODI quite comfortably, West Indies looked all set to wrap the series up in the second ODI. Kenya batted first and were miserable with the bat. Wickets fell like ninepins as they were reduced to 126 for 9. Peter Ongondo, the number 11 batsman walked in to join Jimmy Kamande. They both joined hands and stitched a fabulous partnership. The Windies began to worry as the partnership swelled to 66 runs before part-time offie Chris Gayle struck Ongondo’s timber. He fell for a brilliant 36 off 42 deliveries which included two fours and one six. Kamande was unbeaten on 32 as Kenya folded for 192. West Indies chased it down with ease despite a few hiccups at the start of their innings. With the win they had also sealed the series.
#7. Joel Garner – 37 off 29
At the 1983 World Cup in England, West Indies went head-to-head against India in their opening encounter. India batted first and Yashpal Sharma’s sedate 89 helped India muster 262 for 8 in their allotted 60 overs. West Indies got off to a slow but steady start and once Desmond Haynes fell, it all went downhill for the defending champions. They lost the plot and soon found themselves tottering at 157 for 9. The last man Joel Garner came to the crease and joined Andy Roberts. Their aim was to frustrate the Indian bowlers and succeed quite remarkably. Roberts and Garner kept knocking off the ones and twos and and slowly but steadily the scoreboard kept moving. The partnership swelled to 71 runs before Garner stepped out to Ravi Shastri and missed the ball completely as Kirmani did the rest. Garner was dismissed for a well made 37 off 29 balls which included one six. His partner Andy Robers remained unbeaten on 37 as West Indies were defeated by 34 runs.
#8. Makhaya Ntini – 42* 0ff 35
South Africa toured New Zealand for a six match ODI series. The home team had already won the series 4-1 as the visitors looked to end the tour on a high. The sixth and final ODI was held in Napier as the African team batted first. A horrendous batting display by South Africa coupled with a few poor strokes left them at a precarious 119 for 9. Albie Morkel was then joined by last man Makhaya Ntini. Ntini looked positive and runs started to flow from the tailenders bat. He took on the bowlers as he hit three boundaries and two sixes in a sensational 35-ball 42 runs innings. He remained unbeaten on 42 while Albie Morkel too was unbeaten on 23 as South Africa posted a below par 186 for 9 in their 50 overs. The target was never going to be enough as New Zealand romped home with five wickets in the bag. Michael Papps was the standout performer for the Kiwis with an unbeaten 92.
#9. Shoaib Akhtar – 43 off 16
The 2003 World Cup witnessed one of the finest knocks by a number 11 batsman. Pakistan faced England at Cape Town on 22nd February. Batting first England posted a decent score of 246 for 8 courtesy twin fifties from Michael Vaughan (52) and Paul Collingwood (66). Chasing 247, Pakistan never looked like being in the chase and found themselves reeling at 80 for 9 when Shoaib Akhtar walked in to join Saqlain Mushtaq. With the game already beyond Pakistan’s reach, Akhtar decided to throw his bat around and boy, he was successful. He hammered 5 fours and three gigantic sixes and raced to 43 off just 16 balls before finally being dismissed by Flintoff. Pakistan were skittled for a paltry 134 as England won the game quite convincingly by 112 runs.
#10. Mohammad Amir – 58 off 28
Last on the last is Mohammad Amir, who is the only number 11 to score a fifty in and ODI game. On 30th August, 2016 in an ODI at Trent Bridge, England took on Pakistan. Opting to bat first, England hit a world record score of 444 for 3 in their 50 overs. Alex Hales’ superb 171 and quick fifties by Root, Buttler and Morgan helped England achieve the then highest ever total in the history of ODI cricket. Chasing a monstrous target of 445, Pakistan were never in the chase and slumped to 199 for 9 and were heading for a massive massive defeat Little did everyone know that there were more records in store. Mohammad Amir walked in and began tonking the ball to all corners of the ground. Soon he reached his fifty and thus, became the first ever player to score a half century in that position. His innings was cut short by Woakes who completed an easy return catch to dismiss Amir for 58 runs off just 28 balls. Amir’s innings was studded with 5 fours and 4 sixes. He also shared a 76-run partnership with Yasir Shah. It was a valiant effort but an effort that received immense applause from all parts of the world.
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'We have confidence in T20s now, like in Tests and ODIs' - Mushfiqur
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Before the Nidahas Trophy, Bangladesh never felt like they were playing consistently in a T20 tournament, according to Mushfiqur Rahim. Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka twice in final-over thrillers, which has given them confidence for the future.
Mushfiqur said Bangladesh’s overall recovery in this tournament, after the poor home series against Sri Lanka, stood out. They were beaten 2-0 in the T20s in February, after they lost the ODI tri-series final and the Test series, to Sri Lanka.
Nurul Hasan, the Bangladesh substitute player, who picked up a 25% fine for his behaviour in the match against Sri Lanka on Friday, said he regretted arguing with Thisara Perera.
“I was sent inside the field to speak to [Mahmudullah] Riyad bhai,” Nurul said. “I asked the umpire whether the first ball was given a bouncer. Thisara Perera came up to me and said, ‘Who are you to talk? You go, you don’t have to talk’. I said I am not talking to you. He started to abuse me. I kept saying it has nothing to do with you. I should have been quiet. I think the heat of the moment got to me. This is all that happened.”
“We haven’t become a T20 side of caliber yet but if you compare how we did in the home T20s in February to how we did in Sri Lanka, we have taken a step in the right direction,” Mushfiqur said. “We have shown we can be consistent in T20s. We still have a lot of room for improvement. Our top-order batsmen have to play till the end. We did finish two games well.
“Our bowlers have to take more wickets in the Powerplay overs. We have to work on our death-over bowling. Most of the wickets were flat, we were a bit behind India’s economy rate. I think it is a gain that we now have some confidence in T20s, like we have found in Tests and ODIs.”
Bangladesh were short of confidence prior to the Nidahas Trophy, but Mushfiqur boosted their morale after carrying them past Sri Lanka in the second league game. Mahmudullah’s cameo in the virtual knockout against Sri Lanka lifted them further. However, they lost one crucial moment in the final as Dinesh Karthik hit Soumya Sarkar for six off the last ball of the match.
Mushfiqur however feels that Soumya cannot be blamed. “It is quite obvious to feel bad. But it wasn’t due to one person,” Mushfiqur said. “If all our bowlers could concede one or two runs less or our batsmen could have scored 10 runs more, things would have been different. It is a team game so the failure is ours. We have to take lessons from this game. It was the first time for Soumya, so I am sure the next time he faces up to such a situation, he will do much better.
“A lot of big-name bowlers have failed to hold on to their nerve. Malinga was taken apart by Marlon Samuels in the same venue in the 2012 World T20. We lost a good opportunity, is all I can say. It is not every day that you get a chance to beat India. We have now missed two opportunities. We will keep this hurt inside so that we can go ahead.”
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