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DT 18 Sports WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 Bangladesh’s Taskin Ahmed celebrates cleaning up Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Pradeep during the second ODI in Dambulla yesterday 'Dhaka'r pola' Taskin shines with brilliant hat-trick • Ali Shahriyar Amin from Dambulla Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed became the fifth Bangladeshi to clinch a hattrick in ODIs when he took three wickets in as many balls in the last over of Sri Lankan’s innings in the second game of the three-match series at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium yesterday. It wasn’t all plain sailing though. At one stage, the Lankans were going strong, thanks to Kusal Mendis and Dinesh Chandimal’s third-wicket partnership. And when their stand reached the 50- run mark, the DJ played the famous Bengali song titled “Dhaka’r pola”. Since Taskin hails from Bangladesh’s capital city and lives there, you never know, the track might have boosted his energy levels! Taskin picked up his first scalp in the third ball of the 50th and final over. It was a fuller delivery outside off-stump and middle-order batsman Asela Gunaratne drove uppishly. Fielder Soumya Sarkar was stationed inside the circle and duly took the catch. The second Lankan to get out was lower-order batter Suranga Lakmal. It was a full toss in the line of the middle stump and Lakmal swung hard. However, he was unable to connect properly and Mustafizur Rahman did the rest, grasping a good catch at mid wicket. The hat-trick ball was perhaps BANGLADESH HAT- TRICKS IN ODIS Player Opposition Venue Year Shahadat Zimbabwe Harare 2006 Razzak Zimbabwe Dhaka 2010 Rubel New Zealand Dhaka 2013 Taijul Zimbabwe Dhaka 2014 Taskin Sri Lanka Dambulla 2017 the best of the lot. No 11 Nuwan Pradeep was helpless as Taskin unleashed a peach of a yorker. Before Taskin, four Bangladeshis notched trebles – right-arm pacer Shahadat Hossain against Zimbabwe in Harare in 2006, left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak against Zimbabwe in Dhaka in 2010, right-arm paceman Rubel Hossain against New Zealand in Dhaka in 2013 and left-arm slow bowler Taijul Islam against Zimbabwe in Dhaka three years ago. Prior to his hat-trick, Taskin had bagged the important wicket of centurion Kusal Mendis in the 38th over. Mendis hit the ball hard straight towards Taskin, who failed to catch it at the first attempt. The ball went on to hit Taskin's left shoulder before popping up into the air. The right-arm speedster then completed the catch. Taskin ended up with bowling figures of 4/47 from 8.5 overs. • Rain has final laugh in second ODI • Ali Shahriyar Amin from Dambulla The second ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was called off due to rain at Rangiri International Cricket Stadium in Dambulla yesterday. Sri Lanka posted a challenging total of 311 runs losing all wickets as Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed claimed a hat-trick in the last over of the innings. The rain came around 10 minutes after the innings break and continued till 8:15pm local time. Eventually, the match was called off at 8:45pm. The third and final ODI will be played at SSC in Colombo this Saturday. Earlier, interim Lankan captain Upul Tharanga won the toss and elected to bat first. Sri Lanka started aggressively but Bangladesh limited-over skipper Mashrafe bin Mortaza struck the first blow in the third over. AFP Tharanga and Kusal Mendis however, formed a brilliant 111-run partnership for the second wicket. Bangladesh then got a lucky break in the 25th over as Tharanga was run out off a no ball, thanks to some brilliant work by Mahmudullah at short fine leg. Tharanga scored 65 of 76 balls with nine boundaries. Mendis though batted beautifully and carried his innings forward before scoring his maiden ton. Mendis was finally out after scoring 102 as Taskin took a brilliant catch off his own bowling. Mendis' knock was composed nine boundaries and a six. When Mendis got out, Sri Lanka were still in a good position; the scoreboard reading 216/4 in the 38th over. Later, the Bangladesh bowlers came back well, conceding 90-odd runs in the last 13 overs. Taskin took four wickets while Mashrafe, Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman all bagged one apiece. •
Sports 19 DT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 2ND ODI SRI LANKA R B Gunathilaka c Mushfiq b Mashrafe 9 11 Tharanga run out (Mahmudullah) 65 76 Mendis c & b Taskin 102 107 Chandimal lbw b Mustafizur 24 30 Gunaratne c Soumya b Taskin 39 28 Siriwardana b Miraz 30 30 Perera run out (Mushfiq) 9 6 Dilruwan run out (Mushfiq) 9 8 Kulasekara not out 2 2 Lakmal c Mustafizur b Taskin 0 1 Pradeep b Taskin 0 1 Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 7, nb 1) 22 Total (all out; 49.5 overs) 311 Fall Of Wickets 1-18 (Gunathilaka), 2-129 (Tharanga), 3-212 (Chandimal), 4-216 (Mendis), 5-271 (Siriwardana), 6-280 (Perera), 7-300 (Dilruwan), 8-311 (Gunaratne), 9-311 (Lakmal), 10-311 (Pradeep) Bowling Mashrafe 10-1-55-1, Miraz 10-0-50-1, Mustafizur 8-0-60-1, Taskin 8.5-0-47-4, Shakib 10-0-59-0, Mosaddek 3-0-26-0 Match abandoned due to rain Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis plays a paddle sweep as Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim looks on AFP MOMENTS OF THE DAY Bizarre Tharanga run out Makeshift Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharanga formed a crucial 111 third-wicket partnership alongside centurion Kusal Mendis. Tharanga was batting well and the Lankans were cruising after 24 overs. But Tharanga’s promising innings ended courtesy a bizarre run out. Pacer Mustafizur Rahman bowled a waist high full toss down the leg side. Wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim dived full length to his right and deflected the ball to short fine leg. All-rounder Mahmudullah, stationed at short fine leg, effected a direct hit at the bowler's end as Tharanga rushed across the other end. Tharanga’s casual approach gifted Bangladesh a lucky breakthrough. There is only one possible way to get out off a no-ball. And that’s exactly what Tharanga did! Ran himself out off a no ball! Sharp Mushfiq run out Mushfiq was sharp behind the stumps throughout the second ODI. After winning the toss, the home side started their innings aggressively. Opening batsman Danushka Gunathilaka topedged an in swinging delivery from limited-over captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza in the third over. The ball went high and Mushfiq ran towards short fine leg to grab the catch. It was a fine effort from the diminutive stumper. Another important moment came in the 47th over. Mashrafe made a strong appeal against all-rounder Thisara Perera. Perera was looking dangerous as he was batting on nine off six balls at that moment. Messi banned for four int’l matches • Reuters Argentina forward Lionel Messi has been banned from their next four competitive internationals, starting with yesterday’s World Cup qualifier in Bolivia, for swearing at a match official, Fifa said on Tuesday. The decision was announced less than six hours before kickoff of the match in La Paz and means that the five-times world player of the year will play in only one of Argentina’s remaining five World Cup qualifiers. His absence will be a severe blow to the two-times world champions who are struggling in the marathon South American campaign where their results have included home However, Perera went for a quick single, Mushfiq grabbed the ball quickly and effected a direct throw to end his innings. It might just have saved Bangladesh 15-20 runs as Perera made a blistering 35-ball 55 in the first ODI. Later, Mushfiq also ran out Dilruwan Perera in a similar fashion in the 49th over. Rain wins at the end Sri Lanka posted a challenging total of 311, riding on Mendis’s maiden ODI century. But then, rain intervened just after defeats by Ecuador and Paraguay and a 3-0 mauling by arch-rivals Brazil. Fifa said Messi had “directed insulting words at an assistant referee” during the 1-0 win over Chile on Friday, in which he scored the only goal from a penalty. Television pictures showed him swearing at Brazilian linesman Emerson Augusto do Carvalho at the end of the match after being harried and fouled by Chilean player Jean Beausejour. The official patted him on the head and tried to calm him down but Messi kept ranting. Fifa said in a letter to the Argentine Football Association, published by Argentine media, that the incident was not detailed in the the innings break. It continued to pour down heavily for around half an hour. As the drizzling continued to get heavy, match officials had no other option but to call off the game at 8:45pm. Following their first ODI thrashing, the Lankans came back well and registered a fine batting display yesterday. The home fans were in upbeat mood but rain eventually had the final say on proceedings. • ALI SHAHRIYAR AMIN FROM DAMBULLA referee’s report at the time and was brought to their attention by the media. According to the letter, Carvalho said he did not understand at the time what Messi was saying. “I only realised he was swearing afterwards on reading the press,” he said. Messi, 29, will also miss games away to Uruguay and home to Venezuela and Peru. The Barcelona forward will be eligible again when Argentina visit Ecuador on Oct. 10. Argentina are third in the 10- team South American group with 22 points from 13 games but have only a two-point cushion over sixth-placed Chile, with Colombia (21) and Ecuador (20) sandwiched in between. •
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