MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 2015 SPORTS SCOREBOARD LONDON: Scoreboard on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes Test between England and Australia at The Oval yesterday: Australia 1st Innings 481 (S Smith 143, D Warner 85, A Voges 76, M Starc 58; S Finn 3-90, M Ali 3-102, B Stokes 3-133) England 1st Innings 149 (M Johnson 3-21, M Marsh 3-30) England 2nd Innings (following-on, overnight 203- 6) A. Lyth c Clarke b Siddle 10 A. Cook c Voges b Smith 85 I. Bell c Clarke b Marsh 13 J. Root c Starc b Johnson 11 J. Bairstow c Voges b Lyon 26 B. Stokes c Clarke b Lyon 0 J. Buttler c Starc b Marsh 42 M. Wood lbw b Siddle 6 M. Ali c Nevill b Siddle 35 S. Broad b Siddle 11 S. Finn not out 9 Extras (b12, lb18, w7, nb1) 38 Total (all out, 101.4 overs, 446 mins) 286 Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Lyth), 2-62 (Bell), 3-99 (Root), 4- 140 (Bairstow, 5-140 (Stokes), 6-199 (Cook), 7-221 (Wood), 8-223 (Buttler), 9-263 (Broad), 10-286 (Ali) Bowling: Johnson 16-2-65-1 (2w); Starc 16-4-40-0 (1nb); Lyon 28-7-53-2; Siddle 24.4-12-35-4; Marsh 16- 4-56-2 (5w); Smith 1-0-7-1 Australia: David Warner, Chris Rogers, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke (capt), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill (wkt), Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon LONDON: England’s Alastair Cook (center) celebrates with his teammates following a presentation ceremony on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test between Result: Australia won by an innings and 46 runs. England and Australia at the Oval cricket ground. —AP Aussies win final Ashes Test LONDON: Australia sent captain Michael Tests all the more surprising. Australia’s victo- England since Matthew Elliott in 1997. were switched on. The question was could ensure Australia opener Chris Rogers, also Clarke into international retirement with an ry yesterday meant none of the Tests in this It was a far more resolute first-innings bat- England hold on long enough for the forecast retiring after this match, ended his Test career innings and 46-run victory in the fifth and final Ashes had gone to a fifth day-a testament to ting display than in the fourth Test at Trent bad weather to help them in their quest for a on a winning note as well. Rogers was named Ashes Test at The Oval yesterday. the general lack of batting resilience in both Bridge where Australia collapsed to 60 all out, draw. England started Sunday on 203 for six, Australia’s man-of-the-series after scoring 480 Even so England, who had already regained sides. with Stuart Broad taking eight for 15, to set up still 129 runs behind, having suffered the blow runs at an average of 60. “I’m a proud the Ashes, won the series 3-2 with Clarke the “This game sums up the series,” Clarke told England’s Ashes-clinching innings and 78-run of losing Cook late on Saturday for 85 when Australian but England’s been particularly first Australian in more than a century to be on BBC Radio’s Test Match Special. “Both teams victory. But England captain Alastair Cook said the left-handed opener fell to part-time leg- good to me and I owe England a great deal, so the losing side in four successive Ashes series have had a rollercoaster ride. “The boys did as I the Oval result needed to be put into context. spinner Smith. Jos Buttler was 33 not out and it’s a fitting end for me to finish here,” said the in Britain. asked, it was a test of our character and we “The last four days haven’t quite gone to plan nightwatchman Mark Wood nought not out. 37-year-old Rogers, a veteran of stints with When impressive paceman Peter Siddle came through it.” and we’re disappointed, but going into the Australia took the new ball and soon had a several English counties. had Moeen Ali (35) caught behind, England, The series equalled in length the shortest series no-one gave us a chance, so we can’t let breakthrough when Siddle had Wood lbw for England batsman Joe Root (460 runs at following-on, had been dismissed for 286 in five-Test series of modern times of 18 days that take the gloss off a special summer,” said six. England’s 221 for seven became 223 for 57.50 including two hundreds) won the their second innings on the fourth day. that took place when England played the West Cook. eight after wicket-keeper Buttler, on 42, tame- Compton-Miller medal as the overall player of Siddle, only playing after Josh Hazlewood Indies in 2000.Australia, after losing the toss, Broad added: “As soon as a team has taken ly and carelessly chipped all-rounder Mitchell the series. was injured, bowled with both pace and con- had piled up 481 in their first innings. This the initiative in a series, the other team hasn’t Marsh low to Mitchell Starc at mid-off. Rain “Credit has to go to Australia - they’ve out- trol on his way to innings figures of four for 35 included captain-elect Steven Smith’s 143 — been able to grab it back, and I think that’s halted play for more than two hours but mere- played us in this game in all departments,” said in 24.4 overs-including 12 maidens. an innings which saw the eventual man-of- probably because the teams are quite similar.” ly delayed Australia’s victory. Root. “We just had a poor couple of hours His return made the experienced 30-year- the-match become the first Australian to score Play resumed yesterday beneath grey skies Five minutes after the re-start, Siddle which really hurt us. We’ve got to make sure old seamer’s omission from the previous four more than 500 runs in an Ashes series in and it was not long before the floodlights bowled Broad (11) and then dismissed Ali to we learn from that.” —AFP SCOREBOARD India eye victory after POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa: Scores in the second one-day international between South Africa and New Zealand at Senwes Park yesterday. Sangakkara falls for 18 South Africa Bracewell 10-0-31-3, Sodhi 10-0-59-1, Elliott 7-0-25- H. Amla c Elliott b Milne 8 1, Worker 1-0-5-0, Munro 2-0-3-0 M. van Wyk b Milne 2 COLOMBO: Kumar Sangakkara, the fifth-highest R. Rossouw c Williamson b Bracewell 39 New Zealand run-scorer in Test history, was dismissed for 18 in A. de Villiers c Guptill b Elliott 31 M. Guptill not out 103 his last international innings yesterday to leave D. Miller c Munro b Bracewell 5 T. Latham c Rossouw b Imran Tahir 64 Sri Lanka in trouble in the second Test against F. Behardien c Williamson b Bracewell 70 K. Williamson b Phangiso 7 India. The hosts, set a tough victory target of 413, D. Wiese lbw b Sodhi 8 G. Worker not out 20 V. Philander not out 30 slumped to 33-2 after Sangakkara’s dismissal Extras (lb3, w10) 13 A. Phangiso run out (Guptill) 1 before closing the fourth day’s play at 72-2 at Total (2 wkts, 44.3 overs) 207 D. Steyn run out (Latham) 2 Colombo’s P. Sara Oval. Did not bat: G. Elliott, L. Ronchi, C. Munro, D. Imran Tahir run out (Guptill) 4 Opener Dimuth Karunaratne was on 25 and Bracewell, A. Milne, B. Wheeler, I. Sodhi skipper Angelo Mathews was on 23. Sri Lanka Extras (lb3, w1) 4 begin the final day’s play on Monday needing Total (49.3 overs) 204 Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Latham), 2-140 (Williamson) Bowling: Philander 6-0-21-0, Phangiso 10-1-37-1 341 more to win with eight wickets in hand. Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Amla), 2-20 (Van Wyk), 3-68 India, looking to level the three-match series (2w), Steyn 8-1-38-0 (4w), Wiese 4-0-23-0 (1w), (Rossouw), 4-76 (Miller), 5-107 (De Villiers), 6-134 after losing the first Test in Galle, declared their (Wiese), 7-188 (Behardien), 8-192 (Phangiso), 9-195 Imran Tahir 10-1-42-1 (1w), Behardien 2-0-18-0 (1w), second innings at 325-8 in the post-tea session (Steyn), 10-Tahir (204) Rossouw 2.3-0-14-0 (1w), De Villiers 2-0-11-0 after Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 126. Bowling: Wheeler 9.3-1-39-0 (1w), Milne 10-0-39-2, Result: New Zealand won by eight wickets. It left the hosts facing a little less that four sessions to achieve the huge target or bat out for a draw on a slow, wearing pitch that should favour India’s spinners. Guptill ton steers NZ The highest successful fourth-innings run chase at the venue is 352-9 by the hosts against COLOMBO: Sri Lanka national team player Kumar Sangakkara (right) runs past India’s player to eight-wicket win South Africa in 2006. Sangakkara did not have to Ishant Sharma during the fourth day’s play of the second Test cricket match. —AP wait long to bat after Sri Lanka lost opener Kaushal Silva in the third over, tapping a full toss getting slower. There will be some partnerships Lankan greats like Muttiah Muralitharan, Mahela POTCHEFSTROOM: Martin Guptill hit an making his first 40 runs, went on to see from Ravichandran Ashwin to the short mid- but one good session for us can win us the Test.” Jayawardene and Sangakkara.