Sports Monday, July 13, 2020 15 Blackwood does the star turn as WI beat England by four AFP “Coming here, the guys Southampton were confident after playing them back in the Caribbean. Jermaine Blackwood made We knew we could get the a superb 95 as the West Indies job done.” beat England by four wickets But it might have been a in the first Test at Southamp- different story for England ton on Sunday. on Sunday had they not given The West Indies, set 200 Blackwood several reprieves. to win on the last day, were The 28-year-old Jamaican reeling at 27-3 after England had made just five when he fast bowler Jofra Archer’s ear- edged off-spinner Dom Bess ly double strike. only for Stokes, moving at slip, Blackwood, however, held to drop the chance. firm until, in sight of just his And he had moved on to second Test century, he drove 20 when wicketkeeper Jos England stand-in Ben Buttler floored a one-handed Stokes to James Anderson at catch off Stokes. mid-off, with the visitors need- Leg-byes were signalled ing just 11 more runs to win. but Blackwood would have But John Campbell, been out on review had Buttler forced to retire hurt on one held on. after being struck on the toe England then squandered by Archer, returned to hit the a possible run-out chance winning runs. when Zak Crawley fumbled. West Indies captain Ja- England captain Ben Stokes (left) congratulates his West Indies But with West Indies son Holder, the world’s top- conuterpart soon after West Indies won the Test at the needing exactly 100 more for ranked Test all-rounder ahead Ageas Bowl in Southampton, England, on Sunday. (AFP) victory, Barbados-born quick of Stokes, was 14 . Archer defied a docile pitch The match was a personal to produce a rearing 90 mph and tactical triumph for Hold- Scoreboard that , on er, who took a Test-best 6-42 England 1st Innings 204 (J Holder 6-42, S Gabriel 4-62) J. Blackwood c Anderson b Stokes 95 37, could only divert to Buttler in England’s lowly first in- West Indies 1st Innings 318 (K Brathwaite 65, S S. Dowrich c Buttler b Stokes 20 via his glove and helmet. Gabriel 61; B Stokes 4-49, J Anderson 3-62) J. Holder not out 14 nings 204 after Stokes, leading England 2nd Innings (overnight: 284-8) Extras: (lb7, nb1, w5) 13 It was the end of a valuable the side in the absence of Joe J. Archer c Dowrich b Gabriel 23 Total: (6 wkts, 64.2 overs, 367 mins) 200 stand of 73. Root, won the toss and batted. M. Wood c Dowrich b Gabriel 2 Did not bat: A Joseph, K Roach, S Gabriel The diminutive Black- Although they hold the J. Anderson not out 4 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Brathwaite), 2-7 (Brooks), 3-27 wood pressed on, cover-driv- Extras: (b4, lb10, nb3) 17 (Hope), 4-100 (Chase), 5-168 (Dowrich), 6-189 Wisden Trophy, the West In- Total: (All out, 111.2 overs, 502 mins) 313 (Blackwood) ing both Bess and Anderson, dies have not won a Test series West Indies’ Jermaine Blackwood plays a shot during his match-winning knock of 95 runs as England Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Burns), 2-113 (Burns), 3-151 Bowling: Anderson 15-3-42-0; Archer 17-3-45-3 (5w); England’s all-time leading in England for 32 years. -keeper Jos Buttler looks on on the fifth day of their first Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southamp- (Denly), 4-249 (Stokes), 5-253 (Crawley), 6-265 Wood 12-0-36-1; Bess 10-2-31-0; Stokes 10.2-1-39- Test wicket-taker, for two of But this victory put them ton, England, on Sunday. (AFP) (Buttler), 7-278 (Bess), 8-279 (Pope), 9-303 (Wood), 2 (1nb). his dozen boundaries in a 154- 10-313 (Archer). Note: Campbell resumed his innings at 189-6 after 1-0 up with two to play in a be- Bowling: Roach 22-8-50-0; Gabriel 21.2-4-75-5 retiring hurt on one. ball innings. hind closed doors series ahead as a group,” Holder told Sky “It was a hard, long toil and some international cricket,” he (3nb); Holder 22-8-49-1; Chase 25-6-71-2; Joseph : West Indies won by four wickets Archer had earlier made of next week’s second Test at Sports. the bowlers really put it in. Eve- said. “It was a bit strange. 18-2-45-2; Brathwaite 3-0-9-0. Man-of-the-match: Shannon Gabriel (WI) a useful 23 before he was last Old Trafford. Holder sparked a collapse ry time I asked a bowler to come “Ideally we would have West Indies 2nd Innings (target: 200) Series: West Indies lead three-match series 1-0. man out in England’s second K. Brathwaite b Archer 4 Toss: England. It was a thoroughly de- that saw England lose five up and give a spell, they came up liked to have got a lot more J. Campbell not out 8 innings 313. served success for the West wickets for 30 runs late Satur- and gave a massive effort.” runs in the first innings. S. Hope b Wood 9 Remaining Fixtures He then reduced West Indies, who went ahead with day when he dismissed Stokes. Stokes, while relieved to be “We got ourselves into S. Brooks lbw b Archer 0 Jul 16-20: 2nd Test, Old Trafford, Manchester Indies to 7-2, having gone their tour despite more than back in action, said England’s some great positions at times R. Chase c Buttler b Archer 37 Jul 24-28: 3rd Test, Old Trafford, Manchester. wicketless in the first innings 44,000 deaths in Britain from ‘Best day I’ve had first innings had been the key with the bat and unfortunately after being selected ahead of the coronavirus during the in Tests’ to the game. we weren’t ruthless enough to named man-of-the-match fol- “I’m still a bit stiff but dropped veteran . pandemic. “To me, yesterday was prob- “First and foremost it is make our innings count.” lowing combined figures of thankfully there is a couple of Archer got Kraigg Brath- “It is right up there with ably the best day I’ve had in great that we’ve been able to Windies spearhead fast 9-137, including 5-75 in the days to recover before the next waite to play on and had the best victories we’ve had ,” said Holder. get back onto the park and play bowler Shannon Gabriel was second innings. Test match,” said Gabriel. Shamarh Brooks lbw for a duck. Spurs leave it late to beat Arsenal, Aston Villa boost survival bid

AFP from-bottom Watford with London three games left. Second-bottom Bourne- Al Sadd’s Baghdad Toby Alderweireld gave Tot- mouth will go one point above Bounedjah during tenham a late 2-1 win over Ar- Villa if they beat Leicester later the team’s training senal as Jose Mourinho’s men on Sunday. session on Saturday. climbed above their north Smith’s men got an early London rivals, while Aston stroke of luck when Palace de- Villa boosted their Premier fender Mamadou Sakho had a League survival hopes with goal ruled out by VAR for hand- a 2-0 victory against Crystal ball Villa snatched the lead in Palace on Sunday. first half stoppage-time when Mourinho had endured Conor Hourihane’s free-kick a barrage of criticism as Tot- picked out Trezeguet, who side- tenham slipped out of the race footed home at the far post. to qualify for the Champions League with just one win in Tottenham Hotspur’s Belgian defender Toby Alderweireld (left) celebrates Violent conduct three games. But thanks to Al- with Ivorian defender Serge Aurier on the pitch after the English Premier Trezeguet got Villa’s crucial derweireld’s winner with nine League at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Sunday. (AFP) second goal in the 58th minute, minutes left, Tottenham took finishing clinically after Hou- the local bragging rights and got “Arsenal had 48 hours before chipping over onrushing rihane nodded the ball forward. back in contention for a place in more than us to rest, so it was keeper Emiliano Martinez. Palace striker Christian next season’s Europa League. hard but it came from their It was the South Korean Benteke was sent off for violent Al Sadd eager for QNB Tottenham are eighth, two hearts, this effort, this battle.” forward’s 17th goal of the sea- conduct after the final whistle. points above ninth placed Ar- In the first north London son and his first since the cor- At Molineux, Wolves senal and two behind Sheffield derby at the new Tottenham onavirus hiatus. stayed in the Champions United as they try to avoid Hotspur Stadium, Alexandre In the 82nd minute, Bel- League hunt with a 3-0 win Stars League restart missing out on European action Lacazette put Arsenal ahead gian defender Alderweireld rose against woeful Everton. for the first time since 2009-10. in the 16th minute with a above a cluster of Arsenal play- Raul Jimenez’s penalty QNA QNB Stars League standings After their second corona- “We are happy because we stunning strike. ers to meet Son’s corner and and Leander Dendoncker’s Doha with 32 points, 10 less than virus test, the players as well made the fans happy, we are The French striker dispos- plant his header past Martinez. header a minute either side of leaders Al Duhail and six adrift as technical and administrative happy because we are still in the sessed Serge Aurier outside the At Villa Park, Dean Smith’s half-time put the game out of Football clubs are continu- of Al Rayyan. The Wolves have staff signed a pledge to abide by fight to win a Europa League Spurs area before unleashing side kicked off languishing Everton’s reach. ing their preparations ahead 10 wins, two draws and five the protocol for leaving team position,” Mourinho said. an unstoppable effort inside seven points from safety, but Results: Aston Villa 2 of the resumption of 2019-20 defeats against their name. hotel for home quarantine. “To be honest, Mikel (Ar- the top near corner of the goal. Egypt winger Trezeguet scored (Trezeguet 45+4, 59) Crystal QNB Stars League, with Week Their goal difference is +18 The break was also an op- teta) found a way for them to Arsenal’s lead lasted just twice to keep them in with a Palace 0; Tottenham 2 (Son 18 matches starting July 24. (45 goals for and 27 against). portunity for Al Sadd forward play, to be stable and to im- three minutes as Sead Kolasi- chance of avoiding relegation. 19, Alderweireld 81) Arsenal 1 The tournament, which had Al Sadd have scored the and Qatar national team cap- prove. We felt that we should nac’s sloppy pass gifted Son Villa’s first win in 11 league (Lacazette 16); Wolves 3 (Jime- a long break due to the novel most number of goals than tain Hassan Al Haydous to re- adapt slightly to them and we Heung-min the ball. games lifted them into 18th, nez 45+2-pen, Dendoncker 46, coronavirus pandemic, will any other team. Al Rayyan cuperate from an injury. did it very well. Son easily eluded David Luiz within four points of fourth- Jota 74) Everton 0. restart as per the general plan are second (34) and Al Duhail In terms of their foreign and protocol for the remaining third (33). professional players, Al Sadd five rounds. Teams are fighting Reigning champions Al announced the departure of to occupy the top positions, im- Sadd had lost 0-1 to Al Rayyan Spaniard Gabi Fernandez and LeBron James opts out of wearing social justice message on jersey prove their rankings and avoid in the high-profile Qatar Cla- Mexican Marco Fabian, even as the ignominy of relegation. sico in Week 17 on 7th March they renewed the deal with Qa- LOS ANGELES: NBA superstar LeBron “I didn’t go with a name on the back a say on what would have went on The Qatar Stars League before the long break, with tari star Akram Afif until 2025. James said on Saturday he would of my jersey,” the Los Angeles Lakers the back of the jersey. I had a couple (QSL) website highlights each Franck Kom netting the all- Besides intense training, opt out of wearing a social justice forward James said on Saturday. “It of things in mind, but I wasn’t part of team and their preparations important goal. Al Sadd are readying for the message on the back of his jersey was no disrespect to the list that was that process which is OK.” ahead of the resumption of Following their first coro- resumption of action by play- because it doesn’t “resonate with handed down to all the players.” “I don’t need to have something competitions. Al Sadd are navirus test, held as per the ing friendlies. They played out his mission.” James, who has often “I commend anyone that decides to on the back of the jersey for people gearing up for the remainder protocol developed by the QSL a 1-1 draw with Umm Salal in spoken out against racism and police put something on the back of their to understand my mission and what of the season under Spanish in co-ordination with club au- one such game. Al Sadd’s oth- brutality in America, is passing on jersey. It is just something that didn’t I’m about and what I am here to do.” coach Xavi Hernandez. They thorities and approved by the er remaining matches in the the NBA’s plan to help bring attention seriously resonate with my mission, The vast majority of NBA players will play Al Khor in Week 18 Ministry of Public Health, Al QNB Stars League are against to racial inequality by having players with my goal.” James says he wishes have decided to pick a social justice at the Al Sadd Stadium on July Sadd squad members entered Al Ahli (Week 19), Al Duhail wear messages like “I Can’t Breathe” he had had some input into the jersey message when play resumes in 25. The kick-off is at 7pm. their team hotel and got en- (Week 20), Qatar SC (Week instead of their family names. change. “I would have loved to have Orlando, Florida. (AFP) Al Sadd are third in the gaged in training. 21) and Al Gharafa (Week 22).