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 9 Extras (b12, lb18, w7, nb1) 38 Total (all out, 101.4 overs, 446 mins) 286 Fall of : 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: , Chris Rogers, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke (capt), , , (wkt), , , , : England’s Alastair Cook (center) celebrates with his teammates following a presentation ceremony on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes 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 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 -keeper Buttler, on 42, tame- Compton-Miller medal as the overall player of Siddle, only playing after 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

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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 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: 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. unbeaten century as New Zealand his team to victory in a 134-ball innings. wicket fielder. Dhammika Prasad, who took four wickets in “These are the three best cricketers from Sri cruised to an eight-wicket win in the sec- He hit nine fours and three sixes. A full house of some 7,000 home fans India’s second innings, said Sri Lanka had not Lanka,” he said. “I gave them a lot of respect. ond one-day international against South New Zealand captain applauded warmly as Sangakkara was wel- given up hope of giving Sangakkara a winning Hopefully I will be able to do that again tomor- Africa at Senwes Park yesterday. said his bowlers had to adapt their plans comed to the crease by two guards of honor- farewell. row for Sanga, if the need arises.” Guptill made 103 not out, reaching his after realising how slow the pitch was. one formed by young children with raised bats “If we can win this game, that is the best gift Indian wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, ninth one-day international with the “We knew we had to play above our- near the boundary and another by Indian field- we can give him,” said Prasad. “To go out with a whose suffered a hamstring strain while batting, winning boundary as New Zealand won selves to get back in the series. The way ers. He hit three boundaries but fell to Ashwin win is the best farewell anyone can get.” Prasad did not take the field in Sri Lanka’s second with 5.5 overs to spare after bowling out the guys executed was fantastic-a great for the fourth time in as many innings in the said he was fortunate to have played with Sri innings. Rahul kept wicket in his absence.—AFP South Africa for 204. effort with the ball, then the way the series when he edged a catch to Murali Vijay off The win squared the three-match openers batted.” the 18th ball he faced. series, with the decider to be played in New Zealand fast bowler Adam Milne Sangakkara finished with 12,400 runs from SCOREBOARD Durban on Wednesday. struck twice in his first two overs, dis- 134 Tests at an average of 57.40. He scored 38 led a disciplined bowling performance as missing Hashim Amla and Morne van centuries including a best of 319 against COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test between India and Sri Lanka at the P. Sara the South African batsmen failed to Wyk to put South Africa on the back foot. Bangladesh in Chittagong last year. Oval in Colombo yesterday: come to terms with a slow pitch. The hosts never recovered fully The Sri Lankan great follows Sachin Tendulkar Bracewell, playing in his first one-day despite a career-best 70 by Farhaan of India, Ricky Ponting of Australia, Jacques Kallis India 1st innings: 393 (L. Rahul 108, V. Kohli 78, R. Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rahul), 2-143 (Vijay), 3-171 (Kohli), 4- international in more than two years, Behardien.Bracewell took the next two of South Africa and Rahul Dravid of India in the Sharma 79, W. Saha 56, D. Prasad 2-84, A. Mathews 2-24, 256 (R. Sharma), 5-262 (Rahane), 6-283 (Binny), 7-311 all-time list of leading Test scorers. D. Chameera 2-72, R. Herath 4-81) (Ashwin), 8-318 (Mishra). took a career-best three for 31 with his wickets in a spell of two for 18 in six Sri Lanka 1st innings 306 (K. Silva 51, L. Thirimanne 62, Bowling: Prasad 15-0-43-4 (nb1), Herath 29-4-96-0, accurate medium-pacers. overs, with Rilee Rossouw (39) and David Rahane anchored the Indian innings before being dismissed shortly before tea for 126, his A. Mathews 102, A. Mishra 4-43) Chameera 14-0-63-0 (w3), Mathews 2-1-1-0, Kaushal 31- Guptill and made the vic- Miller (5) both falling to catches when 1-118-4. fourth Test century that was studded with 10 tory target look easy with an opening they mistimed drives on a slow pitch. India 2nd innings (overnight 70-1): boundaries. M. Vijay lbw b Kaushal 82 Sri Lanka 2nd innings: partnership of 126, a record one-day first South Africa slumped to 107 for five in Rahane put on 140 for the second wicket wicket stand for New Zealand against the 24th over when captain AB de Villiers L. Rahul b Prasad 2 K. Silva c Binny b Ashwin 1 with Vijay (82) and 85 for the fourth with his A. Rahane c Chandimal b Kaushal 126 D. Karunaratne not out 25 South Africa. The previous record of 114 also fell to a mistimed shot, chipping Mumbai team-mate (34). V. Kohli lbw b Kaushal 10 K. Sangakkara c Vijay b Ashwin 18 had been set by and Elliott to short midwicket after making Rahane said India must be patient on the R. Sharma c Mubarak b Kaushal 34 A. Mathews not out 23 Tom’s father-in 31. Behardien and Vernon Philander put final day to claim the remaining eight wickets. “I S. Binny c Thirimanne b Prasad 17 Extras: (lb4, nb1) 5 during the 1992 World Cup. on 54 for the seventh wicket before the think the match is poised pretty well,” he said. W. Saha not out 13 Total (for two wickets, 21 overs) 72 Latham made an impressive 64 off 81 innings subsided, with the last three “Through the four days we have played some R. Ashwin c Chandimal b Prasad 19 Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Silva), 2-33 (Sangakkara). balls before he was caught at deep batsmen run out. “We didn’t score A. Mishra c Mubarak b Prasad 10 Bowling: Ashwin 10-5-27-2, Yadav 2-0-10-0, I. Sharma 4- good cricket but we need to stay in the present. U. Yadav not out 4 0-18-0 (nb1), Mishra 5-1-13-0 square leg off leg-spinner Imran Tahir. enough runs,” said De Villiers. “There’s a “Tomorrow we will take it one wicket at a Extras (lb4, w3, nb1) 8 Sri Lanka need 341 runs more with eight wickets in Guptill, who was dropped three times in lot to play for in Durban.”—AFP time. The key will be to stay patient. The pitch is Total (for 8 wkts declared, 91 overs) 325 hand.