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Badree, Fletcher script WI second successive win 14 Greater Kashmir ICC World Twenty20 SRINAGAR | MARCH 21, 2016, MONDAY Karachi, Mar 20: Former play- ers slammed Shahid Afridi's "tacti- cally weak" captaincy, while irate fans smashed TV sets in disgust as Pakistan reacted angrily to the national team's defeat at the hands of arch-rivals India in the ICC World Twenty20. Pakistan lost by six wickets to India in Kolkata last night. The result ensured that India remained unbeaten against Pakistan in the ICC world events. Soon after the Indians notched up the win, disappointed cricket fans came out on roads to vent their anger and television channels showed them smashing TV sets in anger in some areas. At some places fans also raised slogans against the Cricket Board and the team for letting them down again. Former players and experts also lashed out at Shahid Afridi for his decision to drop spinner Emad Wasim and coming in to bat at one down. Former Test batsman Basit Ali, who now heads the national junior selection committee, came up with the bizarre theory that former cap- tain and great Imran Khan deliber- ately gave wrong advice to the team. West Indian great Brian Lara was critical of Pakistan's decision to not play a specialist spinner. The former Test captain also questioned the role of Afridi on PTV sports channel. "I don't consider him a spinner or a proper batsman. I used to play him like a pace bowler. I am surprised that Pakistan dropped a spinner for the match against India," he said. Lara said he was disappointed with the Pakistani performance. "Neither Afridi nor Shoaib Malik are proper spinners and you needed a specialist spinner who can turn the ball in the match. Both bowled short of length and didn't get the right turn." Pakistan's former captain Rashid Latif rued the absence of stability in the team. "It made no sense to not take a specialist spin- ner to India. Worst to also drop a spinner for this match. There was also no reason for shuffling the batting order it hit the momentum of the team. Why Afridi preferred to come in place of Hafeez at one down is a mystery for me," Latif told PTI. Pakistan's former spin great Saqlain Mushtaq also questioned the team's tactics for the big match. "They couldn't read the pitch. But for such a high profile match they should have played a proper spinner. It was not a pitch to field four fast bowlers," he said. PTI West Indies women overpower Bangladesh Chennai, Mar 20: West Indies dominated with both bat and ball to defeat Bangla- desh by 49 runs in a Group B match of the women's World Twenty20 cricket tournament at the M.A. Chi- dambaram Stadium here on Sunday. Choosing to bat first on winning the toss, West Indies posted 148/4 in their alotted 20 overs. Openers Hayley Matthews and Sta- fanie Taylor led the Car- ribean charge with a 67-run opening partnership. Matthews, who hit four boundaries, was the top scorer with 41 runs off 42 deliveries. Taylor scored 40 runs, with two boundar- ies and a six in her 41-ball innings. Nahida Akter was the most successful among the Bangla- desh bowlers with figures of 3/27 in her four overs. The West Indies were off to a good start with the open- ers adding 67 runs between them before Akter struck the first blow for Bangladesh in the 12th over when Mat- thews edged one to wicket- keeper Nigar Sultana. Brit- ney Cooper did not survive long, falling to a superb caught and bowled effort by Akter just two overs later. After Akter had sent Taylor back to the pavilion, Deandra Dottin (24) and Sta- cy-Ann King, who remained unbeaten on 20, helped the West Indies to post a strong finish. In reply, the Bangladesh innings never really took off and they were bundled out for 99 in 18.3 overs. Taylor was the most destructive among the West Indies bowlers with 3/13 in three overs while Matthews (2/16) and Dottin (2/17) were also among the wicket-takers. Bangladesh were off to a good enough start with open- ers Sanjida Islam and Shar- min Akhter scoring at a fast clip. But Taylor dismissed Sanjida in the fourth over and Bangladesh never really recovered from there. Sultana did produce a stubborn ressistance with a run-a-ball 27 before being trapped leg before by Afy Fletcher, but that was never going to be enough. Brief scores: West Indies 148/4 in 20 overs (Hayley Matthews 41, Stafanie Taylor 40; Nahida Akter 3/27) vs Bangladesh 99 in 18.3 overs (Nigar Sultana 27; Stafanie Taylor 3/13) Former players slam Afridi, fans smash TV sets in Pak Bangalore, Mar 20: Samuel Badree stifled Sri Lanka with an exceptional spell before Andre Fletcher hammered an unbeaten 84 as the West Indies cruised to a seven-wicket win over the defend- ing champions in a Group I World Twenty20 match, here tonight. The Caribbean side ticked all the boxes right from winning the toss to restricting Sri Lanka to 122 for nine and finally overhauling the target in 18.2 overs. They now sit at the top of the table in Group I with two wins from as many matches. Leg- spinner Badree tore into the Sri Lankan top-order by hitting the right areas outside the off stump with amazing consistency as he gave away only 12 runs in his four overs and accounted for three bats- men after opting to bowl. Sri Lanka struggled to recover after losing half the side inside 10 overs and it was Thisara Perera's fiery 40-run knock that gave them something to fight to for. The huge crowd wanted to see the big-hitting Chris Gayle to bat but he did not come out to open after pulling his hamstring while fielding. Fletcher was no Gayle but he entertained the crowd with his power-hitting. He punished the bowlers by smashing six fours and five sixes in his knock that came off 64 balls. The track was helping the spinners but Fletcher negated it well by reaching to pitch of the ball. He batted fearlessly from one end but the other West Indies bats- men struggled. Opener Johnson Charles (10) and Marlon Samuels (3) were victims of turning balls with Milinda Siri- wardana (2/33) and Jeffrey Vander- say troubling the batsmen a lot. In the absence of Gayle, the West Indies innings lacked pace but they had wickets in hand and a manageable required run-rate. Fletcher completed his half-cen- tury with a single off Siriwardana in the and 13th over and 38 off his 50 runs had come from fours and sixes. His innings was a superb mix of caution and aggression considering the conditions. His monstrous sixes off Siriwardana at the start of the 15th over nearly pushed Sri Lanka out of the game and it was matter of time that West Indies complete the chase. Sri Lanka did not help their cause by dropping catches. Earlier, Badree's spell meant that Sri Lanka had lost half the side before the 10th over. Runs were hard to come by and there was a time when the gap between two boundaries was 44 balls. Tall left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn also contributed in stifling the Lankan innings as he conceded only 13 runs in his four- over quota even as he did not take a wicket. Sri Lanka owed their score to Thisara Perera, who top scored for the defending champion with a 40-run knock off 29 balls. The left-hander also added 44 runs for the sixth wicket with skipper Angelo Mathews (20). Mathews and Perera's partnership ended when the former was out in a bizarre manner. He tried to duck a slow full toss from Dwayne Bravo but the ball kissed the bat and flew towards Dinesh Ramdin, who took an easy catch. Perera kept fighting hard and found a few boundaries towards the end before holing it up to Andre Russell off Dywane Bravo (2/21). At the start, Andre Rusell bowled loose and was duly pun- ished with Tillakaratne Dilshan (12) creaming off a six and a four in the very first over but the opener was trapped by Carlos Brathwaite at the start of the fourth over. The TV replays showed that the ball would have missed the leg stump but the damage was done. The Lankans had more dis- appointment in store as Dinesh Chandimal was run out when Lahiru Thirimanne sent him back. Badree soon scalped Thiri- manne, who hit straight to point fielder Fletcher. He continued to torment the defending champi- ons as he dismissed two batsmen in the ninth over. He had Cha- mara Kapugedera stumped in the first ball and next in line was Mil- inda Siriwardene, who drove but managed an edge which flew to first slip Chris Gayle. Had it not been for Perera's fighting knock, the Lankas would have strug- gled to go past even 100. He was out in the penultimate ball of the innings. PTI BRIEF SCORECARD West Indies 127 for 3 (Fletcher 84*, Siriwardana 2-33) beat Sri Lanka 122 for 9 (Thisara 40, Badree 3-12) by seven wickets 17 7 3 5 12 13 8 18 1s x 18 | 2s x 6 | 4s x 6 | 6s x 5 84 Runs 64 Balls Sri Lanka eves beat Ireland by 14 runs Mohali, Mar 20: Sri Lanka Women defeated Ireland Women by 14 runs in a World T20 group phase clash at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday. Ireland managed only 115 in their allotted 20 overs after being set a target of 130. Their chase got off to a poor start when Clare Shil- lington (1) was bowled by Sugandaki Kumari (3/24) in the second over and never really got going with first down batswoman Cath Dalton (5) departing in the fourth over with the score at 18/2. Isobel Joyce (24), togeth- er with Cecila Joyce (29) and later with Laura Delany (29) restored the innings somewhat and gave them a chance to chase down the target. But Isobel was run out in the 16th over, with the score at 87/4, ruining their chanc- es with the chase falling apart under pressure with wickets falling regularly. Earlier, Sri Lanka got a positive start to their innings with Chamari Atapattu (34) and Yasoda Mendis (9) post- ing 45 in 5.2 overs. Mendis's dismissal by Ciara Metcalfe (4/15) trig- gered a collapse, reducing them to 59/5 inside 10 overs. But Prasadani Weerak- kody's (32) contribution proved crucial and she together with Eshani Loku- suriyage (35) helped Sri Lanka to 129/7. IANS Andre Fletcher CMYK
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Badree, Fletcher script WI second successive win
14 Greater KashmirICC World Twenty20Srinagar | March 21, 2016, Monday
Karachi, Mar 20: Former play-ers slammed Shahid Afridi's "tacti-cally weak" captaincy, while irate fans smashed TV sets in disgust as Pakistan reacted angrily to the national team's defeat at the hands of arch-rivals India in the ICC World Twenty20.
Pakistan lost by six wickets to India in Kolkata last night. The result ensured that India remained unbeaten against Pakistan in the ICC world events.
Soon after the Indians notched up the win, disappointed cricket fans came out on roads to vent their anger and television channels showed them smashing TV sets in
anger in some areas.At some places fans also raised
slogans against the Cricket Board and the team for letting them down again.
Former players and experts also lashed out at Shahid Afridi for his decision to drop spinner Emad Wasim and coming in to bat at one down.
Former Test batsman Basit Ali, who now heads the national junior selection committee, came up with the bizarre theory that former cap-tain and great Imran Khan deliber-ately gave wrong advice to the team.
West Indian great Brian Lara was critical of Pakistan's decision to not
play a specialist spinner. The former Test captain also questioned the role of Afridi on PTV sports channel.
"I don't consider him a spinner or a proper batsman. I used to play him like a pace bowler. I am surprised that Pakistan dropped a spinner for the match against India," he said.
Lara said he was disappointed with the Pakistani performance. "Neither Afridi nor Shoaib Malik are proper spinners and you needed a specialist spinner who can turn the ball in the match. Both bowled short of length and didn't get the right turn."
Pakistan's former captain Rashid Latif rued the absence of
stability in the team. "It made no sense to not take a specialist spin-ner to India. Worst to also drop a spinner for this match. There was also no reason for shuffling the batting order it hit the momentum of the team. Why Afridi preferred to come in place of Hafeez at one down is a mystery for me," Latif told PTI.
Pakistan's former spin great Saqlain Mushtaq also questioned the team's tactics for the big match. "They couldn't read the pitch. But for such a high profile match they should have played a proper spinner. It was not a pitch to field four fast bowlers," he said. PTI
West Indies women overpower BangladeshChennai, Mar 20: West Indies dominated with both bat and ball to defeat Bangla-desh by 49 runs in a Group B match of the women's World Twenty20 cricket tournament at the M.A. Chi-dambaram Stadium here on Sunday.
Choosing to bat first on winning the toss, West Indies posted 148/4 in their alotted 20 overs. Openers Hayley Matthews and Sta-fanie Taylor led the Car-ribean charge with a 67-run opening partnership.
Matthews, who hit four boundaries, was the top scorer with 41 runs off 42 deliveries. Taylor scored 40 runs, with two boundar-ies and a six in her 41-ball innings.
Nahida Akter was the most successful among the Bangla-desh bowlers with figures of 3/27 in her four overs.
The West Indies were off to a good start with the open-ers adding 67 runs between them before Akter struck the first blow for Bangladesh in the 12th over when Mat-thews edged one to wicket-keeper Nigar Sultana. Brit-ney Cooper did not survive long, falling to a superb caught and bowled effort by Akter just two overs later.
After Akter had sent Taylor back to the pavilion, Deandra Dottin (24) and Sta-cy-Ann King, who remained unbeaten on 20, helped the West Indies to post a strong
finish.In reply, the Bangladesh
innings never really took off and they were bundled out for 99 in 18.3 overs. Taylor was the most destructive among the West Indies bowlers with 3/13 in three overs while Matthews (2/16) and Dottin (2/17) were also among the wicket-takers.
Bangladesh were off to a good enough start with open-ers Sanjida Islam and Shar-min Akhter scoring at a fast clip. But Taylor dismissed Sanjida in the fourth over and Bangladesh never really
recovered from there.Sultana did produce a
stubborn ressistance with a run-a-ball 27 before being trapped leg before by Afy Fletcher, but that was never going to be enough.
Brief scores:West Indies 148/4 in 20 overs (Hayley Matthews 41, Stafanie Taylor 40; Nahida Akter 3/27) vs Bangladesh 99 in 18.3 overs (Nigar Sultana 27; Stafanie Taylor 3/13)
Former players slam Afridi, fans smash TV sets in Pak
Bangalore, Mar 20: Samuel Badree stifled Sri Lanka with an exceptional spell before Andre Fletcher hammered an unbeaten 84 as the West Indies cruised to a seven-wicket win over the defend-ing champions in a Group I World Twenty20 match, here tonight.
The Caribbean side ticked all the boxes right from winning the toss to restricting Sri Lanka to 122 for nine and finally overhauling the target in 18.2 overs.
They now sit at the top of the table in Group I with two wins from as many matches. Leg-spinner Badree tore into the Sri Lankan top-order by hitting the right areas outside the off stump with amazing consistency as he gave away only 12 runs in his four overs and accounted for three bats-men after opting to bowl.
Sri Lanka struggled to recover after losing half the side inside 10 overs and it was Thisara Perera's fiery 40-run knock that gave them something to fight to for.
The huge crowd wanted to see the big-hitting Chris Gayle to bat but he did not come out to open after pulling his hamstring while fielding.
Fletcher was no Gayle but he entertained the crowd with his power-hitting. He punished the bowlers by smashing six fours and five sixes in his knock that came off 64 balls. The track was helping the spinners but Fletcher negated it well by reaching to pitch of the ball. He batted fearlessly from one end but the other West Indies bats-men struggled.
Opener Johnson Charles (10) and Marlon Samuels (3) were victims of turning balls with Milinda Siri-wardana (2/33) and Jeffrey Vander-say troubling the batsmen a lot.
In the absence of Gayle, the West Indies innings lacked pace but they had wickets in hand and
a manageable required run-rate. Fletcher completed his half-cen-tury with a single off Siriwardana in the and 13th over and 38 off his 50 runs had come from fours and sixes. His innings was a superb mix of caution and aggression considering the conditions. His monstrous sixes off Siriwardana at the start of the 15th over nearly pushed Sri Lanka out of the game and it was matter of time that West Indies complete the chase. Sri Lanka did not help their cause by dropping catches. Earlier, Badree's spell meant that Sri Lanka had lost half the side before the 10th over. Runs were hard to come by and there was a time when the gap between two boundaries was 44 balls. Tall left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn also contributed in stifling the Lankan innings as he conceded only 13 runs in his four-over quota even as he did not take a wicket. Sri Lanka owed their score to Thisara Perera, who top scored for the defending champion with a 40-run knock off 29 balls. The left-hander also added 44 runs for the sixth wicket with skipper Angelo Mathews (20). Mathews and Perera's partnership ended when the former was out in a bizarre manner. He tried to duck a slow full toss from Dwayne Bravo but the ball kissed the bat and flew towards Dinesh Ramdin, who took an easy catch. Perera kept fighting hard and found a few boundaries towards the end before holing it up to Andre Russell off Dywane Bravo (2/21). At the start, Andre Rusell bowled loose and was duly pun-ished with Tillakaratne Dilshan (12) creaming off a six and a four in the very first over but the opener was trapped by Carlos Brathwaite at the start of the fourth over.
The TV replays showed that the ball would have missed the
leg stump but the damage was done. The Lankans had more dis-appointment in store as Dinesh Chandimal was run out when Lahiru Thirimanne sent him back. Badree soon scalped Thiri-manne, who hit straight to point fielder Fletcher. He continued to torment the defending champi-ons as he dismissed two batsmen in the ninth over. He had Cha-mara Kapugedera stumped in the first ball and next in line was Mil-inda Siriwardene, who drove but managed an edge which flew to first slip Chris Gayle. Had it not been for Perera's fighting knock, the Lankas would have strug-gled to go past even 100. He was out in the penultimate ball of the innings. PTI
Brief ScorecardWest indies 127 for 3 (Fletcher 84*, Siriwardana 2-33) beat Sri Lanka 122 for 9 (Thisara 40, Badree 3-12) by seven wickets
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Ireland by 14 runsMohali, Mar 20: Sri Lanka Women defeated Ireland Women by 14 runs in a World T20 group phase clash at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium here on Sunday.
Ireland managed only 115 in their allotted 20 overs after being set a target of 130.
Their chase got off to a poor start when Clare Shil-lington (1) was bowled by Sugandaki Kumari (3/24) in the second over and never really got going with first
down batswoman Cath Dalton (5) departing in the fourth over with the score at 18/2.
Isobel Joyce (24), togeth-er with Cecila Joyce (29) and later with Laura Delany (29) restored the innings somewhat and gave them a chance to chase down the target.
But Isobel was run out in the 16th over, with the score at 87/4, ruining their chanc-es with the chase falling apart under pressure with
wickets falling regularly.Earlier, Sri Lanka got a
positive start to their innings with Chamari Atapattu (34) and Yasoda Mendis (9) post-ing 45 in 5.2 overs.
Mendis's dismissal by Ciara Metcalfe (4/15) trig-gered a collapse, reducing them to 59/5 inside 10 overs.
But Prasadani Weerak-kody's (32) contribution proved crucial and she together with Eshani Loku-suriyage (35) helped Sri Lanka to 129/7. IANS
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