SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2015 (PAGE 14) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Patel, Harbhajan spin India to Yuki brings India back after Smith's 215 pushes Australia to 566 LORD'S, July 17: home. It also made him the first five boundaries in a breezy 25 comprehensive win against Zimbabwe Somdev's surprise defeat Australian to post an Ashes 200 before he edged behind a lovely CHRISTCHURCH, July 17: an easy hold in the next. Michael Clarke declared HARARE, July 17: since Justin Langer at the MCG legcutter from Broad, and Marsh The Indian youngster, Australia's innings closed after Yuki Bhambri rescued India during the 2002 Boxing Day began with a cover-driven Young Axar Patel and ranked 151st, was on top of his just one over of the final session with an impressive win after Test. boundary but soon had played on Harbhajan Singh gave an game as he broke Statham for on the second day at Lord's. Somdev Devvarman's shock impressive display of spin bowl- the second time in the seventh Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell defeat, leaving the visitors ing as India relied on an all- game and served out the set in Starc added four runs to the total locked 1-1 with New Zealand on round display to trounce a hap- the second. before Johnson holed out to mid- day one of the Davis Cup Asia less Zimbabwe by 54 runs in the An early break put Yuki in off from the final ball of the over Oceania Group I tie, here today. first T20 International cricket the driver's seat. Statham held to give Stuart Broad his fourth Michael Venus, ranked as match here today. serve in third game but dropped wicket and leave the score at 566 low as 548 in the singles, turned Patel (3/17) and Harbhajan again in the fifth to hand the 23- for 8, which prompted Clarke to the tables on Somdev, who lost (2/29) ripped through the year-old Delhi boy a 4-1 cush- call his men in. the opening singles 6-4 6-4 3-6 Zimbabwe batting order as the ion. Earlier, it took a line-ball lbw 3-6 1-6 after three hours and 43 home side ended at 124/7 while Yuki had tightened his grip on a reverse-sweep to prise minutes. chasing a target of 179 on a slow Harbhajan Singh and Axar Patel celebrating picking wickets over the match and it was a mat- Steven Smith off the friendly The fortunes changed dra- track at Harare Sports Club to between them during first T20 International against Zimbabwe ter of time before he served out Lord's batting surface, but not matically for India as Somdev, give India a 1-0 lead in the two- at Harare on Friday. the second too. before Smith had scored his who came into the tie after win- match T20I series. SCOREBOARD Statham raised his game a maiden double-century and ning a Challenger title in USA, The 21-year-old left-arm India Innings: bit, putting up some fight pushed Australia past 500 and Ajinkya Rahane c Masakadza b Cremer 33 was firmly in control before los- spinner Patel, one of the five against Yuki as the first five into seriously imposing territory. Murali Vijay run out (Sikandar Raza) 34 ing his way. Indians who made T20 Robin Uthappa not out 39 games went on serve. However, Unlike on the first day, England Egged on by the home International debut today, and Manish Pandey c Sikandar Raza b Mpofu 19 Yuki yet again found a way to claimed wickets - plural - on day Steven Smith celebrating after becoming the first Australian Kedar Jadhav c Masakadza b Mpofu 9 crowd, Venus recovered amaz- veteran off-spinner Harbhajan get a break and created a lead of two of the second Investec Ashes to score a double-hundred at Lord's since 1938. Stuart Binny c Cremer b Mpofu 11 ingly after losing the first two virtually ended the match mid- Harbhajan Singh not out 8 4-2, following a break in the Test, but it is now their batsmen sets and outsmarted 148th Smith eventually fell for 215, for 12. way into Zimbabwe run chase Extras: (B-8, LB-3, W-13, Nb-1) 25 sixth game. who matter most. struck on the pad when he tried Debutant wicketkeeper Peter Total: (for 5 wickets in 20 overs) 178 ranked Somdev to surprise the with quick strikes that left the Yuki held his serve in the Smith and Chris Rogers Bowling: Utseya 4-0-30-0, Mpofu 4-0-33-3, Muzarabani 3-0-36-0, Madziva 4-0- visiting camp. to reverse sweep Joe Root. Nevill then provided solid sup- home side in total disarray. next and at 2-5, Statham was showed during their 284-run 46-0, Cremer 4-1-20-1, Raza 1-0-2-0. The onus to bring India back Smith asked for a review of port from Smith and managed Earlier, India's top three Zimbabwe innings: serving to stay in the set. partnership, an Australian record was now on Yuki, who did not Kumar Dharmasena's out deci- five boundaries in his 45 from 59 batsmen of captain Ajinkya Masakadza c Jadhav b Patel 28 The Kiwi player managed to for any wicket at Lord's, that sion and the ball-tracking balls, his brisk approach untem- Chibhabha c Pandey b Harbhajan 23 disappoint the Indian camp as he Rahane (33), Murali Vijay (34) hold in the eighth but could not once set this is a beautiful pitch Coventry c Rahane b Harbhajan 10 raced to a 6-2 6-1 6-3 win Jose showed the tiniest fraction of the pered by debut nerves. Nevill and Robin Uthappa (39 not out) Chigumbura b Patel 1 stop Yuki from serving out the on which to bat. Rogers missed Statham in the second singles. ball had struck Smith in line with missed out on the chance to fired in unison to help the visit- Raza b Patel 10 match in the next. the chance for a double-hundred off stump, which allowed the score a half-century in his first Ervine run out 2 In the opening set, Yuki ing side post a commanding 178 The winner of the tie will but Smith did not, the frustration Cremer b Sharma 9 broke Statham, ranked 345th, in decision to stand. By tea, the Test innings when he drove Root for 5 after electing to bat. The P Utseya not out 13 qualify for the World Group of being dismissed for 199 in the fifth game for a 3-2 lead and total was 562 for 7, with Johnson to Moeen Ali at mid-on, but Zimbabweans also helped Madziva not out 14 Play-offs to be held in Kingston last month no doubt in on 12 and Starc on 11. Starc and Johnson carried on Extras: (LB-6, W-8) 14 consolidated his position with the back of his mind. A Smith India's cause as they conceded Total: (for 7 wickets in 20 overs 124 September. (PTI) Broad was the best of the frustrating England. The 25 runs as extras. Bowling: Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4-0-22-0, Sandeep Sharma 3-0-34-0, Mohit Test 200 was only a matter of England bowlers and finished Australians had added 138 in the Chasing the stiff target, Sharma 3-0-8-1, Axar Patel 4-0-17-3, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-29-2, Stuart Binny 2- time. 0-8-0. with figures of 4 for 83, includ- middle session for the loss of Zimbabwe struggled for runs Pakistan mulling T20 league His milestone came with a the first to go in the ninth over by Kedar Jadhav, captain Elton ing the wickets of Adam Voges four wickets, after Smith had with the Indians bowling a tight whip off the pads for four off off the bowling of Harbhajan Chigumbura (1) was clean- and Mitchell Marsh in the mid- played cautiously in the opening line and length with pacer Moeen Ali from his 335th deliv- who snapped the opening stand bowled off a gem of delivery dle session. Voges had struck session on day two.(Agencies) Bhuvneshwar Kumar opening in Doha after Emirates snub ery, and it made Smith the first of 55. Chibhabha went for a big from Patel. the bowling in impressive man- KARACHI, July 17: of holding our league there next Australian since Jason Gillespie shot but failed to beat Manish Harbhajan returned to dis- ner by giving just four runs in February," he said. in Bangladesh in 2006 to score a Pandey near the boundary ropes. miss another Zimbabwe bats- A cold response from the his first spell of two overs. He confirmed that the organ- Test double-century away from Next over, Patel dismissed man -- Charles Coventry (10) -- Emirates cricket board has left After showing some prom- isers of the Masters League had two Zimbabwe batsmen in the in the 11th over to virtually end PCB struggling to find a suitable JKCC outplays ise, the Zimbabweans just fiz- booked Dubai, Sharjah and Abu space of five balls to send the Zimbabwe's run chase. By then, venue for its planned interna- zled out as they failed to negoti- Dhabi as venues for their inau- home side run chase into disar- the home side had been reduced tional Twenty20 League in YCC by 8 wickets ate the guiles of Patel and gural event, whose dates clashed ray.