February 4, 2018 by admin

Australia beat New Zealand in rain-shortened T20I

Sydney: Power-hitters Chris Lynn and Glenn Maxwell propelled Australia to a convincing seven-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first T20I of the tri-series. Lynn (44 off 33) and Maxwell (40* off 24) shared a 77-run stand to steer Australia to the rain-reduced total of 95 with 21 balls to spare. Australia’s victory was set up by fast bowler Billy Stanlake who wrecked New Zealand’s top order with three wickets in the space of his first eight balls.
Brief scores: New Zealand: 117/9 (Tye 4/23, Stanlake 3/15); Australia: 96/3; target reduced after DLS (Lynn 44, Maxwell 40*)
Shillong
Bagan crush Lajong to climb to third spot in I-League
Mohun Bagan beat Shillong Lajong 3-0 to climb to the third spot in the I-League table. Dipanda Dicka (30th minute), Akram Moghrabi (86th) and Sheikh Faiaz (89th) scored. In Coimbatore, Chennai City and Aizawl FC played out a 1-1 draw.
Chittagong
Bangladesh struggle after Lanka take massive lead
Sri Lanka’s spinners took three crucial wickets late on Day 4 to leave Bangaldesh with an uphill task of saving the opening Test.
Brief scores: Bangladesh: 513 & 81/3; SL: 713/9 (Mendis 196, Dhananjaya 173).