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England-Pak stars as Pak make series to trial no-ball technology in Tests Manchester: Front-foot no-ball technology that will see a solid start at Old Trafford the TV umpire alone deciding whether a bowler has over- AFP rain delay, Buttler missed stepped will be used for the Manchester a chance to stump Masood first time on a trial basis in after the batsman charged Test during the England- ’s Babar Azam down the pitch. Pakistan series, the Interna- underlined his status as one The mistakes will revive tional Cricket Council has said. of the world’s leading bats- discussion about the - Currently, the responsibility for men with a fine unbeaten keeper’s place in the side with calling no-balls lies with the fifty against England on an Ben Foakes, arguably a supe- on-field umpires. interrupted opening day of the rior gloveman, waiting in the They can, however, call on first Test at Old Trafford on wings. their colleague in the replay Wednesday. Babar drew level on 45 booth for assistance if they When bad light forced an with Masood, who feel a wicket may have been early close, Pakistan were 139- was on 22 when the right- taken with an illegal . 2, with Babar 69 not out and hander came into bat, going But many observers have Shan Masood unbeaten on 46. on to complete an impressive argued this procedure is unfair But left-handed opener 70-ball fifty, including nine to bowlers given that, with Masood was twice missed on boundaries. on-field officials encouraged to 45 by England wicketkeeper The conditions favoured concentrate on the batsman’s either side of a England’s four-man pace at- end, they may not realise they lengthy rain break, with off- tack, who had been involved are over-stepping and rectify spinner Dom Bess the unlucky in last month’s 2-1 series win their delivery stride until it bowler on both occasions. over the West Indies, complet- costs them a wicket. The prolific Babar has now ed at Old Trafford. Under the new system, reached a half- in five In contrast, Pakistan’s however, the TV umpire will successive Test , with preparations for the three- monitor the front foot after his previous five matches match series amounted to each ball and tell his on-field yielding four hundreds. just two intra-squad warm-up colleagues if an illegal delivery Former England games. has been bowled. “Front foot Nasser Hussain, commentat- Masood and fellow opener no ball technology to be used ing for Sky Sports, said Babar did well to survive in ICC World Test Champion- could be considered alongside Pakistan’s Babar Azam plays a shot as England’s Jos Buttler (2nd left), Ollie Pope (2nd right) and look on the opening day of their the first hour before Archer ship series featuring England players such as India captain first Test at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Wednesday.( AFP) struck. and Pakistan, with the support Virat Kohli. Having tested Abid with of both teams,” the global “If this lad was Virat Kohli, grey skies after several short-pitched deliv- governing body tweeted. everyone would be talking had pitched short to Babar. Scoreboard eries, the paceman bowled “Performance of the technol- about it but because it is Babar But even with two spinners Pakistan 1st Innings him with a full-length ball for ogy in these Tests will be Azam, no one is talking about bowling and the floodlights Shan Masood ����������������������������������������� 46 16 before Azhar was lbw to a reviewed before any decisions Abid Ali b Archer ������������������������������������������������� 16 it,” said Hussain. on, the umpires still called a Azhar Ali lbw b Woakes ������������������������������������������0 Woakes nip-backer for a six- taken on its future use in Test “He’s young, he’s elegant, halt at 6:12 pm (1712 GMT). Babar Azam �������������������������������������������� batting 69 ball duck. cricket.” The new procedure he’s got all the swagger,” he Pakistan were 43-2 when Extras: (b1, lb6, nb1) ��������������������������������������������8 England have not won a should also avoid the kind of added. Babar came in to bat after cap- Total: (For 2 wkts, 49 overs, 206 mins) ���������� 139 Test series against Pakistan situation umpire Richard Illing- To bat: , , Mohammad “They keep going on about tain Azhar Ali, who had won Rizwan, , Shaheen , Mohammad since 2010 and they came into worth found himself in 2016 the ‘Fab Four (Kohli, Aus- the toss, fell lbw for a duck to Abbas, Naseem Shah. this match having lost the se- when he incorrectly called tralia’s , New Zea- Chris Woakes. Fall of : 1-36 (Abid), 2-43 (Azhar) ries opener in each of their New Zealand’s Doug Bracewell land’s Kane Wiliamson and Bowling: Anderson 8-2-32-0 (1nb); Broad 11-4-24- past five campaigns against all for a no-ball that had bowled 0; Woakes 8-2-14-1; Archer 10-3-23-1; Bess 9-1- England captain ) – Stylish Babar 30-0; Root 3-0-9-0. opponents. ’s Adam Voges during it’s the ‘Fab Five’ and Babar Babar started cautiously but England: Rory Burns, , Joe Root (capt), As was the case during a Test in Wellington. There Azam is in that.” after the lunch interval he un- Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wkt), Chris the West Indies series, the was no way of rectifying Il- When play resumed in the furled an array of stylish at- Woakes, Dom Bess, Jofra Archer, , James three-match campaign is tak- lingworth’s mistake and Voges, Anderson. Toss: Pakistan. early evening after a long rain tacking shots. Pakistan captain Azhar Ali (left) shakes hands with his England coun- ing place behind closed doors who was on seven at the time, delay, Root was soon bowling He struck express pace- terpart Joe Root after the coin toss, ahead of play on Wednesday. (AFP) on health grounds, with Paki- went on to score a double his occasional off-breaks in man Archer down the ground er’s outside edge but Buttler stan denied the vibrant and century that was central to an tandem with Bess to try and for four before driving Bess for Pakistan’s hundred. have removed Masood for 45 dropped the chance. vocal support they usually Australia victory. (AFP) keep the match going under another boundary to bring up Bess, however, should when he took the left-hand- Then, following the enjoy in England. Hundred hero Paul Stirling kept faith as Ireland stun world champions England

AFP Southampton Scoreboard England Ireland (target: 329) Paul Stirling insisted he al- J. Roy c Balbirnie b Young 1 P. Stirling run out (Roy/Curran) 142 ways believed Ireland could J. Bairstow b Adair 4 G. Delany b Willey 12 J. Vince c Tucker b Young 16 A. Balbirnie c Billings b Rashid 113 beat England after his bril- E. Morgan c Tector b Little 106 H. Tector not out 29 liant century inspired a re- T. Banton lbw b Delany 58 K. O’Brien not out 21 cord Irish run-chase in a S. Billings c Adair b Young 19 Extras: (lb2, nb3, w7) 12 shock seven-wicket win over c Stirling b Campher 1 Total: (For 3 wkts, 49.5 overs) 329 D. Willey c Balbirnie b Campher 51 Did not bat: L Tucker, C Campher, A McBrine, M Adair, C Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks. (AFP) the world champions dur- T. Curran not out 38 Young, J Little. A. Rashid run out (Tucker) 3 ing the third One-Day In- Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Delany), 2-264 (Stirling), 3-279 S. Mahmood c Balbirnie b Little 12 ternational at Southampton (Balbirnie). Extras: (lb10, nb2, w7) 19 Doncic triple gets Mavs off on Tuesday. Total: (All out, 49.5 overs) 328 Bowling: Willey 10-1-70-1 (1nb, 3w); Mahmood 9.5- Both Stirling, with 142, Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Roy), 2-14 (Bairstow), 3-44 0-58-0 (1nb); Curran 10-0-67-0 (1nb, 1w); Moeen and Ireland captain Andrew (Vince), 4-190 (Morgan), 5-202 (Banton), 6-203 7-0-51-0; Rashid 10-1-61-1 (2w); Vince 3-0-20-0. mark, Clippers, Bucks fall Balbirnie (113), scored centu- (Moeen), 7-216 (Billings), 8-289 (Willey), 9-298 Result: Ireland won by seven wickets (Rashid), 10-328 (Mahmood). Player of the match: Paul Stirling (IRL) ries during Ireland’s ultimate- Bowling: Young 10-1-53-3 (1w); Adair 7-0-45-1 (1nb, Series: England win three-match series 2-1 AFP were encouraging each other. ly successful pursuit of 329. Ireland’s Paul Stirling during his innings of 142 against England in the 1w); Little 8.5-0-62-2 (1w); Campher 10-1-68-2 (1nb, Player of the series: (ENG) Orlando “Really a well-deserved It was Ireland’s highest third One-Day International played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton 2w); McBrine 8-0-61-0; Delany 6-0-29-1 (1w). Toss: Ireland. win for our guys.” successful chase in ODIs, on Tuesday. (AFP) Luka Doncic delivered a The win saw the Maver- after they reached a target white-ball commitments -- the dropped by opposing skip- monster triple-double perfor- icks, who have already guaran- of 328 in a dramatic 2011 ‘Right up there’ Ireland’s win was all the first Test against Pakistan in per Balbirnie on 67. But with mance as the Dallas Mavericks teed a playoff place, improve World Cup win over England “We’ve chased over 300 a num- more impressive as they had Manchester starts on Wednes- England eyeing an impregnable bagged their first win of the to 41-29 in the Western Con- in Bangalore. ber of times, so we knew we lost the first two matches in a day -- few would have given total, they lost three wickets for NBA’s relaunched season in ference. When both Stirling and could do it,” said opener Stir- three-game series after making the Irish much hope. 13 runs in declining from 190-3 an overtime thriller against the Sacramento’s chances of Balbirnie were out in quick ling, the player of the match. lowly totals of 172 and 212-9. This was Ireland’s first to 203-6. Sacramento Kings on Tuesday. sneaking into the postseason succession, however, it looked Balbirnie added: “We ab- And that’s why although ODI win over England in Eng- Ireland’s victory, which The 21-year-old Slove- remain slim however. The like Ireland might falter but solutely thought we could England were without several land and their first against a rounded off the first ODI se- nian scored 34 points, with Kings have lost all three of their Kevin O’Brien – their hundred chase it, we just knew we had World Cup winners includ- major nation since the 2015 ries since the lockdown, also 20 rebounds and 12 assists games since the league restart- hero in India nine years ago to bat well up top. ing Test skipper Joe Root, all- World Cup. gave them 10 points in the as the Mavericks completed ed and are 13th in the West, on – helped see them to victory “We are delighted with rounder Ben Stokes and pace Earlier England captain new World Cup Super League, a 114-110 victory to get their the brink of elimination. in the company of novice in- how it finished. We obviously bowlers Jofra Archer, Mark , a former Ireland which will determine quali- campaign back on track in the Elsewhere on Tuesday, the ternational Harry Tector with didn’t perform with the bat in Wood and Chris Woakes be- batsman, made 106 against fication for the 2023 50-over Western Conference. Phoenix Suns continued their just one ball to spare. the first two ODIs.” cause of overlapping red and his native country after being showpiece in India. Tim Hardaway Jr. and hot streak in Orlando with a Kristaps Porzingis also came third straight victory to stun the up big with 22 points apiece as Los Angeles Clippers 117-115. the Mavericks overturned an Devin Booker was the hero 11-point deficit to seal victory for Phoenix, scoring on the Wallabies great Kearns wants 2027 World Cup to revive Aussie rugby at the HP Field House on the buzzer to cap a 35-point dis- NBA’s Orlando campus. play and a dramatic win over AFP Kearns said hosting the 2027 tour- important for the code’s future in Aus- Doncic’s masterclass made the highly rated Clipper. nament could be “transformational” for tralia that he shelved his leadership him the youngest player in Booker, who was mobbed rugby in Australia, which is currently ambitions to promote the bid. NBA history to score 30-point, by team-mates as he fell back- Australian rugby risks becoming a struggling with financial difficulties, “The financial windfall it would 20-rebound triple-double. wards on the court, also had “third tier” sport if it fails to win host- the Wallabies’ slide to seventh in the bring would spark the Australian econ- “It wasn’t our best game four rebounds and eight assists. ing rights for the 2027 World Cup, two- world rankings, and bitter infighting. omy as we rebuild from the impact of – far from that,” Doncic said. The 23-year-old was one time tournament winner Phil Kearns He offered an unflinching assess- COVID-19 and then gives us the op- “We fought, we hung in there, of five Phoenix players to fin- said on Wednesday after being ap- ment of rugby’s standing in Australia, portunity to invest back into the grass- we helped each other, we nev- ish in double figures, with De- pointed to lead the bid campaign. where it faces fierce competition from roots,” he said. er gave up. We needed that andre Ayton (19 points) and Kearns, who won the showcase rival codes such as rugby league and Kearns, 53, will work on the bid win and you can never count Ricky Rubio (18) the pick of tournament in 1991 and 1999 during Aussie rules. A file photo of Phil Kearns. with an advisory board that includes us out for sure.” the other Suns scorers. a 67-Test career, said he was “enor- “There was some talk that we’re a his ex-teammate and for- “Nothing came easy in this The win keeps Phoenix’s mously excited” to be named executive second-tier sport heading towards (be- Kearns has been an outspoken critic mer prime minister John Howard. game at all,” Mavericks coach hopes of forcing their way into director of the bid by . coming) a third-tier sport,” he said. of the game’s administrators in recent Rugby Australia chairman Ham- Rick Carlisle added. “It was a the postseason alive. The Suns “There’s a couple of really big roles “By winning this, it gives us the years and had considered applying for ish McLennan said Kearns had an struggle, and everybody kept are within a game of ninth in Australian rugby at the moment and opportunity that we won’t go to third- the position of Rugby Australia chief “impeccable international reputa- everybody together, and we place and firmly in the hunt this is certainly one of them,” the for- tier... if you go back to the late 1990s executive after New Zealander Raelene tion” and would use his extensive just kept saying, ‘Hey, we’re to earn a place in the play-in mer Wallabies skipper told reporters in and early 2000s, we were a tier-one Castle quit the role in April. But he said contacts throughout the game to going to find a way,’ and guys tournament. a video conference. sport in this country.” hosting the 2027 tournament was so boost Australia’s bid.