Sunrisers beat Daredevils by 15 runs

Injured Starc, Lynn named in Australia’s squad Bo Rabea grabs 6 titles

HYDERABAD, India, April 20, (Agencies): Kane Williamson hammered 89 runs off just 51 balls to lead defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 15-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.

The New Zealand batsman’s 136run stand with opener Shikhar Dhawan (70) helped propel Sunrisers to a commanding total of 191-4, with Daredevils being restricted to 176-5 in reply.

Chris Morris took all four of Sunrisers’ wickets for just 26 runs, but the rest of the Daredevils’ bowling department fell flat.

Sunrisers captain David Warner won the toss and elected to bat, only to be caught by Amit Mishra for just four runs in the second over.

However, Williamson was imperious as he struck six boundaries and five sixes — including two consecutive sixes off Angelo Matthews — in the New Zealander’s first match of the season. He was caught by Shreyas Iyer at deep midwicket in the 17th over.

Dhawan managed seven fours and a six, before offering an easy catch to Mathews at deep square leg.

Morris was on a hat trick in the 19th over after taking the wickets of Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh (3), who lasted just four balls, but was denied by Deepak Hooda.

Moises Henriques and Hooda remained not out on 12 and nine respectively, plundering 17 runs from the final over bowled by Zaheer Khan.

Daredevils made a bright start in reply, reaching 56-1 at the end of six powerplay overs, with Sanju Samson (42) and Karun Nair (33) piling on the runs after Sam Billings (13) had been dismissed in the second over.

But the run-rate became a struggle after Samson gave an easy catch to Henriques off a Mohammed Siraj delivery, and Nair was run out by Yuvraj.

There was a fighting finish by Iyer, who hit two sixes and five boundaries in an unbeaten 31-ball 50, and a useful 31 from Mathews, but the game had slipped away from the Daredevils.

Siraj, who also took the wicket of Billings, returned figures of 2-39.

Sunrisers’ fourth successive win at home saw them move up to second spot with eight points from six matches, while Daredevils are fourth with four points from five matches.

Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc and batsman Chris Lynn have been named as part of a formidable squad for next month’s Champions Trophy in England and Wales despite nursing injuries.

Starc was forced to pull out midway through the India tour last month with

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a fractured foot while Lynn has been sidelined with a shoulder injury during the Indian Premier League.

Both are expected to be fit for Australia’s opener on June 2 against New Zealand.

“Our medical staff will continue to monitor Mitchell and Chris’s recovery from their respective injuries but we are hopeful they will be fit in time for the team’s departure on May 18,” selector Trevor Hohns said in a media release.

James Faulkner, man-of-the-match in the 2015 World Cup final against New Zealand, has been omitted from the 15-man squad named on Thursday, with selectors opting for all-rounders Moises Henriques, Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.

Young fast bowler Pat Cummins and James Pattinson, on the comeback trail after suffering stress fractures in his back, were included in an imposing pace battery along with Josh Hazlewood and John Hastings.

“Both James and John have made very good returns from injury and are bowling well for their respective teams in the English county competition as

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well as both contributing well with the bat,” Hohns said.

“When you also add Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins to the fast bowling artillery it becomes a very exciting proposition for Australian cricket.”

Legspinner Adam Zampa is the sole specialist spinner in the squad, while batsmen Usman Khawaja, George Bailey and Peter Handscomb have missed out.

World champions Australia, who lost their top ranking to South Africa earlier this year, will bid for their third win in the quadrennial one-day international tournament after back-to-back triumphs in 2006 and 2009. Squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa

Bangladesh on Thursday recalled fit-again fast bowler Shafiul Islam as they named a 15-man Champions Trophy squad ahead of the tournament in England in June.

Shafiul, who last played for Bangladesh in October, replaces Subashis Roy, the only change to the squad that drew the recent ODI series 1-1 in Sri Lanka.

“Shafiul has been our one of the best bowlers of late, but we could not include him in the squad in recent tours because of fitness concerns,” said chief selector Minhajul Abedin.

“Now he looks fit and we hope the conditions in UK will also suit his bowling,” he added.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan and all-rounder Shuvagata Hom, who were included in the extended squad in Sri Lanka but did not play, missed out.

Bangladesh will return to the Champions Trophy after more than a decade, having last played the tournament in 2006 in India.

They will feature in Group A alongside hosts England, and Australia and New Zealand in the eight-team event.

The Mashrafe Mortaza-led team will open their campaign against England at the Oval on June 1.

Bangladesh will hold a 10-day training camp in Sussex and a tri-series competition against Ireland and New Zealand ahead of the main tournament.

Bangladeshi selectors added Nurul, Roy and batsman Nasir Hossain to their squad for the tri-series event, which will be hosted by Ireland.

Nasir, who has played 17 Tests and 58 ODIs, will make his return after missing recent tours in New Zealand and Sri Lanka during a drop in form.

“He played well in recent competitions, so we decided to take him to the tri-series to help him readjust in the national team set-up,” said Minhajul.

Bangladesh — Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Imrul Kayes, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain, Sanjamul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Rubel Hossain, Mehedi Hasan and Shafiul Islam.

Meanwhile, Steyn was picked in the South Africa ‘A’ team to play three fourday games in England, also in June, after a succession of right shoulder problems. After a long layoff, Steyn returned to action in the test series against Australia in November only to hurt himself again in the first test. He hasn’t played in any form since.

South Africa’s ODI team will play three games against England as a warmup for the Champions Trophy, when the Proteas play Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India in Group B.