Indian cricket followers woke as much as excellent news from New Zealand as Daryl Mitchell led a revival for the hosts in opposition to Sri Lanka. The Lankans had dominated the primary two days, and with the opportunity of a 2-0 win for them and a defeat for India in Ahmedabad in opposition to Australia, there’s a variety of give attention to how issues pan out in Christchurch.

Meanwhile, motion continued at Indian Wells Masters within the ATP and WTA tour. Stefanos Tsitsipas was shocked whereas Aryna Sabalenka was among the many winners.

Here’s a have a look at the important thing tales from worldwide sporting occasions by way of the day for 11 March, 2023:

Tea replace: Mitchell anchors New Zealand revival

A cussed Daryl Mitchell century and a rollicking 72 from Matt Henry boosted New Zealand to a slim first-innings lead over Sri Lanka within the first Test on Saturday.

New Zealand had been all out for 373 in reply to Sri Lanka’s 355 on day three in Christchurch.

The vacationers went in for tea at 9 with out loss of their second innings, with Dimuth Karunaratne on eight and Oshada Fernando unbeaten on one.

Sri Lanka, who want to brush the sequence to maintain their hopes of creating the World Test Championship remaining alive, had New Zealand in bother at 151 for 5 on the second day.

But Mitchell, who has so typically been New Zealand’s saviour in his 17-Test profession, refused to offer in as he toiled by way of 193 deliveries for his eighth century.

The 31-year-old right-hander, son of former All Blacks participant and coach John Mitchell, lifted his common to a exceptional 58 from 25 innings.

After New Zealand’s prime order had struggled, Mitchell placed on 54 for the sixth wicket with Michael Bracewell, an extra 47 with Tim Southee and 55 with Henry.

Mitchell leapt within the air, waved his bat and obtained a hug from Henry to have a good time his milestone however added solely two extra runs earlier than was caught behind off Lahiru Kumara and New Zealand had been 291 for eight.

Henry then exploded and his personal-best 72 got here primarily from boundaries, with 10 fours and three sixes.

Seventeen runs off one Dhananjaya de Silva over noticed the spinner belted out of the assault. But worse was to return for Sri Lanka when his alternative Kasun Rajitha conceded 24 to Henry in his first over.

The third-day wicket did supply help to the bowlers, with Rajitha and Asitha Fernando each getting motion early within the day.

Leading as much as the drinks break, Bracewell, who had appeared the extra settled of the New Zealand in a single day pair, was undone by the introduction of left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya.

An attraction for lbw was turned down with opinions exhibiting top was a difficulty, however along with his subsequent supply Jayasuriya discovered an edge and Bracewell was caught behind for 25.

Southee introduced up New Zealand’s 200, belting Jayasuriya over the mid-wicket fence and continued to swing till the third over with the brand new ball when he was out to a diving catch by Kumara at sq. leg.

The New Zealand captain had smashed back-to-back fours off Rajitha however his try at a 3rd fell quick and he was out for 25 off 20 deliveries.

For Sri Lanka, Fernando returned the most effective figures of 4 for 85 whereas Kumara took three for 76.

Thompson topples Tsitsipas

Unseeded Australian Jordan Thompson grabbed one of many greatest wins of his profession on Friday, ousting third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6 (7/0), 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) to achieve the third spherical of the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters.

“It’s unreal, at a Masters 1000 … to have a win like that is incredible,” stated Thompson, the world quantity 87 whose solely prior victory over a top-10 participant got here again in 2017 in opposition to Andy Murray at Queen’s Club.

He admitted he felt a bit fortunate when a stinging forehand from Tsitsipas on match level was dominated a hair large.

“I’m thankful that last ball was out – I thought it was in,” Thompson instructed followers on court docket.

While Tsitsipas led the third-set tiebreaker 2-1 and 4-3, Thompson’s coolness beneath strain paid off as Tsitsipas belted a forehand into the online to offer the Aussie a match level earlier than succumbing with the close to miss.

For Tsitsipas it was one other setback within the wake of his glowing run to the Australian Open remaining in January.

He departed Melbourne energized regardless of falling to Novak Djokovic within the title match, however shortly thereafter suffered a shoulder damage.

Playing his first match since a second-round exit at Rotterdam, Tsitsipas admitted earlier this week that his shoulder was nonetheless troubling him and he didn’t have excessive hopes of a 3rd Masters 1000 crown.

Tsitsipas and ladies’s second seed Aryna Sabalenka – taking part in simply her second match since profitable the Australian Open – headlined Friday’s second-round motion as seeded gamers took the court docket after having fun with first-round byes.

Sabalenka moved easily into the third spherical with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Evginiya Rodina, who was taking part in her eighth match since a return to competitors eventually yr’s US Open after three years away from the sport.

“Happy to win this match in two sets without struggling too much,” stated Sabalenka, who has by no means made it previous the spherical of 16 within the California desert.

Sabalenka, nonetheless barred from taking part in beneath her native flag of Belarus due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, subsequent faces Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko, who beat Twenty ninth-seeded Croatian Donna Vekic 2-6, 6-2. 6-2.

Third-seeded Casper Ruud and former champion Cameron Norrie each eased into the third spherical with straight-sets victories.

For Ruud, a 6-2, 6-3 victory over former top-10 Argentinian Diego Schwartzman was a confidence-boosting win in a season by which he had up to now didn’t advance previous the second spherical in three tour-level tournaments he had performed.

For Norrie, nevertheless, a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Taiwanese qualifier Wu Tung-lin marked a continuation of the shape that noticed him attain finals final month in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro the place he fell to Carlos Alcaraz within the first and beat Alcaraz within the second.

Schwartzman had gained 5 of his eight prior conferences with Ruud, however the Norwegian, presently ranked fourth on this planet, had little bother in opposition to him on Friday, breaking him twice within the first set and as soon as within the second to shine off the victory in an hour and 28 minutes.

“I lost to Diego here a couple of years ago so it was nice to get revenge,” stated Ruud, a finalist on the French Open and US Open final yr who was bundled out of the Australian Open within the second spherical in January.

“The goal was to try to play heavy and sometimes kind of mix up a little bit, come to the net and luckily today somehow that went well for me.”

In different early ladies’s motion, Czech Barbora Krejcikova blew previous Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-2 in simply 69 minutes, avenging a defeat in Doha final yr.

Former French Open champion Krejcikova is coming off an upset of top-ranked Iga Swiatek final month within the remaining at Dubai, the place Krejcikova beat the highest three gamers on this planet.

World quantity 5 Daniil Medvedev, contemporary off ATP victories Rotterdam, Doha and Dubai, was slated to open his marketing campaign in opposition to American Brandon Nakashima on Friday night time.

On the ladies’s facet seventh-seeded Maria Sakkari, runner-up final yr to Swiatek, trailed American Shelby Rogers 4-1 when a desert rain bathe halted play.

Results on Friday on the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters 1000 tennis match (x denotes seeded participant):

Men: 2nd spherical

Ilya Ivashka (BLR) bt Botic van de Zandschulp (NED x28) 7-5, 3-2 retired

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) bt Roberto Bautista (ESP x22) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2

Christian Garín (CHI) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN x29) 6-4, 6-0

Casper Ruud (NOR x3) bt Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 6-2, 6-3

Cameron Norrie (GBR x10) bt Wu Tung-lin (TPE) 6-2, 6-4

Jason Kubler (AUS) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x21) 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 3-0 retired

Jordan Thompson (AUS) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE x2) 7-6 (7/0), 4-6, 7-6 (7/5)

Women: 2nd spherical

Anhelina Kalinina (UKR x27) bt Linda Fruhvirtová (CZE) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5

Veronika Kudermetova (RUS x11) bt Anna Blinkova (RUS) 6-3, 6-4

Petra Kvitova (CZE x15) bt Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) 6-1, 7-5

Jelena Ostapenko (LAT x24) bt Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2

Rebecca Peterson (SWE) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN x22) 3-0 retired

Jil Teichmann (SUI) bt Belinda Bencic (SUI x9) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Barbora Krejcíková (CZE x16) bt Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 6-1, 6-2

Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) bt Donna Vekic (CRO x29) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x2) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-2, 6-0

Shiffrin equals report

American skier Mikaela Shiffrin equalled Ingemar Stenmark’s report of 86 World Cup wins on Friday with a convincing victory within the big slalom at Are on what she known as “a spectacular day”.

Shiffrin completed 0.64 seconds forward of the Italian Federica Brignone to match the milestone that has stood for 34 years.

Just a few days shy of her twenty eighth birthday her distinctive run continued together with her twelfth World Cup win after securing a fifth total crystal globe final weekend.

She has a shot at claiming the report outright in Saturday’s slalom on the Swedish ski station the place, fittingly, she had opened her World Cup account again in 2012 as a 17-year-old.

Are additionally occurs to be Stenmark’s own residence turf.

“His (Stenmark) legacy is synonymous with ski racing,” stated Shiffrin.

“If anyone knows anything about ski racing at all and even if they don’t, they know Ingemar Stenmark. I don’t think that will ever pass. He set the standard for what ski racing has become.”

For Stenmark there was no comparability, declaring: “She’s much better than I was. She has everything. She has good physical strength. she has a good technique, strong head. I think it’s the combination of everything makes her so good.”

Shiffrin stated being requested on a regular basis “when I’m going to win 86 or 87, that’s a pretty cool place to be, even though it can be difficult to focus sometimes, but today I felt like the focus was there when I needed it to be.

“It was really fun to ski and that is how I hope it would be.”

“This is a spectacular day. It’s amazing, incredible,” added the Colorado-born skier.

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With textual content inputs from AFP

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