WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 SPORTS India ride on Binny’s heroics to beat

DHAKA: Paceman Stuart Binny grabbed a record six for just four runs as India thrashed Frustrated Cook keen to Bangladesh by 47 runs in a low-scoring second one-day international in yesterday. Binny, get back among the runs 30, upstaged the efforts of Bangladeshi debu- tant Taskin Ahmed (5-28) to help India pocket LONDON: England Alastair Cook 11 called for a review and former Australia the three-match series with one game still to go will hope a return to the scene of his last paceman Paul Reiffel’s decision was over- tomorrow. Binny’s figures were the best by any Test hundred sees him back among the turned for an inside edge. Pradeep then Indian bowler in the 50-over game, surpassing runs after a thrilling series opener with Sri nicked the last ball short of the slips to Anil Kumble’s 6-12 against West Indies in Kolkata Lanka ended in a draw at Lord’s. Cook saw secure a draw. in 1993. Chasing India’s modest 105, Bangladesh England pile up 575 for nine declared in were cruising at 44-2 but then lost their remain- the first innings at Lord’s on the back of 23- ‘Gutting’ ing eight wickets for just 14 runs to be shot out year-old Joe Root’s unbeaten 200 Cook insisted he’d no problems with for 58 in 17.4 overs. and then be bailed out second time the Decision Review System verdict that The total equaled their worst show in one- around by a maiden Test century from reprieved Pradeep. “I’ve always been a big dayers, having also scored 58 against the West Gary Ballance-Root’s 24-year-old Yorkshire fan of it,” he said. “It’s to stop the howler Indies in the 2011 World Cup. Binny, playing in colleague. and unfortunately, that one was quite a only his third one-day international, was well Ballance’s hundred enabled Cook to big inside edge. “It’s gutting to take at that supported by medium pacer Mohit Sharma who declare before Monday’s final day and set time but as players you want the right finished with an impressive 4-22. Mithun Ali was Sri Lanka 390 to win. However, Sri Lanka decision.” Apart from fifties by Kaushal the lone batsman to offer some resistance, mak- just did enough to cling on for a draw at Silva (57) and Kumar Sangakkara, who ing 26 off 39 balls. India were earlier bowled out 201 for nine after last man Nuwan Pradeep made 61 to go with his first-innings 147, for 105 in 25.3 overs, their lowest against saw out the final five balls of the match Sri Lanka found runs hard to come by on Bangladesh in ODIs, after being put in to bat in from Stuart Broad. Although Cook was Monday. “I thought we batted poorly, after overcast conditions at the Sher-e-Bangla stadi- DHAKA: India’s Stuart Binny (right) celebrates with teammates after the of heartened by a new-look England’s per- tea especially,” said Sri Lanka captain um. The day-night clash was interrupted in the Bangladesh’s during their second one-day International match yester- formance in their first Test since the 5-0 Angelo Mathews, eighth man out for 18, sixth over because of heavy rain and was later day. — AP Ashes drubbing in Australia, the 29-year- having made 102 in the first innings. reduced to 41-overs-a-side affair. old left-handed opener accepted his own However, the all-rounder saluted the The 19-year-old Taskin was the star performer form was a concern. tenth-wicket duo of Shaminda Eranga and for the hosts, picking a five-wicket haul on SCOREBOARD Scores of 17 and 28 at Lord’s meant it Pradeep, whose combined score of nought debut-the best figures by any Bangladesh was now 22 innings since Cook compiled not out Monday told only part of the story. bowler on debut. Taskin wreaked havoc with his the last of his England record 25 hundreds “I thought it was a great effort by the last seam and bounce, dismissing Robin Uthappa DHAKA: Full scoreboard of the second one-day cricket international between India and - 130 against New Zealand at Headingley pair, Stuart Broad running in hard, espe- (14), Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and Ambati Rayudu Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in Dhaka yesterday: in May last year. However, the Leeds cially with the new ball,” Mathews said. (1) in his fiery first spell. He picked his first inter- India: Bangladesh: ground is the venue for Friday’s second There were suggestions that Cook should national wicket when opener Robin Uthappa, R. Uthappa c Ziaur b Taskin 14 c Saha b Sharma 4 and final Test of the Sri Lanka series. “I’d have declared earlier, although the fact who made a fine half-century in the opening A. Rahane lbw b Mortaza 0 c Rahane b Sharma 0 love a score. Leading from the front as a England didn’t bowl at least six overs in game, top-edged the paceman to mid-off where C. Pujara lbw b Taskin 11 Mithun Ali c Patel b Binny 26 captain, you want to score runs - that’s the match because of a slow over-rate Ziaur Rahman took an easy catch. The bowler A. Rayudu lbw b Taskin 1 c Saha b Binny 11 your job as a batter,” Cook said Monday. probably hurt them more in the end. “We had the visitors reeling at 55-4 after he sent back S. Raina run out 27 c Saha b Sharma 4 Root was named man-of-the-match but were a bit behind, it wasn’t ideal,” Cook Rayudu and Pujara in the 14th over. W. Saha lbw b Mortaza 5 Mahmudullah c Rayudu b Binny 0 the honour could have gone to James admitted. Captain Suresh Raina fought back briefly, S. Binny c Mushfiqur b Taskin 3 b Binny 5 Anderson after the England spearhead As for the declaration, he added: “The making 27 off 23 balls with three fours when he A. Patel b Al-Amin 8 Ziaur Rahman c Patel b Sharma 0 turned the game on its head with a spell of last four overs (on Sunday) went for 40 or was run out as he tried to go for a second run. A. Mishra lbw b Taskin 4 c Saha b Binny 2 three wickets for one run either side of tea 50 runs. “So if you’d declared (before then) Only four batsmen managed to score in double M. Sharma not out 4 Taskin Ahmed not out 0 on Monday. at 330 or 340 (in front) on that wicket, 100 figures with India crashing to their worst total U. Yadav c Nasir Hossain b Shakib 17 Al-Amin Hossain b Binny 0 Anderson, who finished with impres- odd for one at lunch, as Sri Lanka were, it against Bangladesh in one-dayers. Taskin Extras: (lb6, w5) 11 Extras: (w6) 6 sive innings figures of four for 25 in 19 would have looked a very short total. “Give returned in his second spell to send back Binny Total: (for all out, 25.3 overs) 105 Total (all out; 17.4 overs) 58 overs on a docile pitch, was well-support- Sri Lanka some credit there. They bowled and Amit Mishra in a space of five balls. Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim), 2-13 (Anamul), 3-44 ed by longtime new-ball partner Broad well, and made it difficult for us.” England (Mushfiqur), 4-50 (Mithun), 5-50 (Mahmudullah), His effort bettered that of off-spinner Sohag Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rahane), 2-26 (Uthappa), 3- (three for 43). Come the last over, England named the same 12 for Headingley, with 6-52 (Shakib), 7-52 (Ziaur), 8-56 (Mortaza), 9-58 Gazi who had taken 4-29 against West Indies in 28 (Rayudu), 4-55 (Pujara), 5-65 (Saha), 6-66 still needed two wickets for victory. The all-rounder Chris Woakes, omitted at (Nasir), 10-58 (Al-Amin) 2012. India, who won the opening game on (Raina), 7-75 (Patel), 8-81 (Binny), 9-86 (Mishra), first ball of that over saw Broad have Lord’s, again in the squad. But Sri Lanka are : Sharma 8-2-22-4(1w), Yadav 5-0-32-0 10-105 (Yadav) Rangana Herath caught behind and set to make at least one change after wick- Sunday by seven wickets, brought in all-rounder (5w), Binny 4.4-2-4-6 Bowling: Mortaza 9-1-35-2, Al-Amin Hossain 5-1- England thought he’d won the match et-keeper Prasanna Jayawardene broke a Stuart Binny in place of off-spinner Parvez (Note: Match was reduced to 41 overs-a-side 26-1 (2w), Taskin Ahmed 8-0-28-5 (2w), Ziaur when Pradeep was given out lbw to the finger, with Dinesh Chadimal in line to take Rasool. For Bangladesh, Mithun Ali came in for after rain interruption) Rahman 1-0-2-0 (1w), Shakib 2.3-0-8-1 penultimate . But the Sri Lanka No over the gloves. — AFP and Taskin replaced Abdur India won by 47 runs Razzak. — AFP Red Bull’s Austria makes comeback

SPIELBERG: Formula One racing will get an These included the infamous 2002 Grand Prix, extra whiff of excitement and novelty this when Ferrari ordered leader Barrichello to let weekend when it returns to Austria after a his teammate Schumacher take the victory, decade-long absence. Home to champions like helping him to the season title. Niki Lauda and Jochen Rindt, as well as the dominant team in recent seasons-Red Bull- F1’s DNA Austria will once again welcome the cream of Keen to get a Grand Prix again, Red Bull took F1 drivers at Spielberg on Sunday, on a circuit over the track in 2004 and redeveloped it, also steeped in history but unfamiliar to many. The promising to inject money into the region. The last time the small alpine country hosted a result is “a short track, with only a few turns, but Grand Prix was in 2003, when Ferrari’s Michael it’s very challenging,” said the team’s four-time Schumacher grabbed his second consecutive champion Sebastian Vettel. “There are also a lot win there, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen and Rubens of elevation changes, which makes it interest- Barrichello. ing and fun. The fans will have a great time.” Raikkonen will be one of just four drivers Rival teams, however, will have to race in the with race day experience on this track Sunday- shadow of the Austrian energy drinks company: alongside Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa and the stands are in the team’s colours and the Jenson Button, who finished fourth in 2003. track loops around a massive steel bull sculp- For all others, the 4.3-kilometre (2.7-mile) Red ture. A turn named after Lauda-now non-execu- Bull Ring circuit, nestled among green hills in tive chairman at Red Bull’s rivals Mercedes-was southern Austria, will be a test. “Although I’ve also renamed, to his dismay. Over 220,000 spec- driven the circuit before, that was more than tators are expected at Spielberg between Friday 10 years ago in F3... so it’s basically like start- and Sunday, with race day alone due to draw ing from scratch for everyone on the grid,” cur- some 95,000 people. The event is known as rent leader Nico Rosberg of Mercedes said last much for the party atmosphere off the track- week. “Personally, I love that kind of challenge.” with crowds of fans camping in the surrounding Teammate Lewis Hamilton, who has been fields-as for the action on it, and tickets have preparing in the simulator, was similarly eager been sold out for months. to try a new track: “It’s always exciting to go to Local hotels have long been fully booked Toyota Racing tastes success a new venue, so it should be an interesting and even rooms in private homes have been weekend.” fetching a good price. Ahead of the race, Spielberg hosted its first Grand Prix in 1964 Mercedes complained about Red Bull’s organi- with another podium finish on a bumpy course, but it would be years zation, saying they had not been given accom- before the event returned in 1970, this time on modation close to the circuit. But this could not a purpose-built track-the Oesterreichring distract from the significance of this 27th DUBAI: Toyota Racing stood on the podium front left corner. After reentering the race, um finish. Credit goes to the entire team and (Austria Ring). Austrian Grand Prix. at the Le Mans 24 Hours held at the Circuit de Anthony, Nicolas and SÈbastien kept up a the pit crew for how they managed to make 1984 saw the venue’s sole home win so far, “Spielberg is a historic track, like la Sarthe with the #8 TS040 Hybrid of consistent pace and moved into the top four, the necessary repairs after an accident to put when Austrian Niki Lauda finished first, despite Hockenheim, Nuerburgring, Spa, Monza or Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre and with an eye on the podium as technical issues the #8 TS040 hybrid back on the track and gearbox problems, on his way to nabbing his Silverstone. They belong to F1. They’re the DNA, SÈbastien Buemi finishing third to extend affected several competitors before finally still manage a third place finish.” third and last championship title. Dropped from the backbone of F1,” said Mercedes team chief their lead in the World Championship. The #8 crossing the line for a bitter sweet third place. On this occasion, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Team the F1 circuit in 1987, Spielberg made yet Toto Wolff. “I hope we will race there for a long TS040 Hybrid also had high expectations of According to Nobuyuki Negishi, Chief President said: “There is certainly a huge another comeback in 1997 for seven editions. time.”— AFP fighting for victory but realistic hope was Representative, Middle East and North Africa amount of disappointment in our team because both of our TS040 Hybrids had enough speed to win the race. There is no doubt that part of the magic of Le Mans is Bouchard suffers setback that it is so unpredictable and challenging. We will come back stronger for this experi- Seeds fall in Wimbledon tune-up ence and we have a World Championship to fight for, starting at the next race. All team ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH: Rising Canadian star went with the Canadian struggling to find her members, including the drivers, performed Eugenie Bouchard saw her pre-Wimbledon rhythm on the grass before King sealed the brilliantly in this race, not only to repair the preparations go awry after losing 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 contest after just over two hours on court. damage but to stay positive and bring home to American Vania King in the first round of Second seed Dominika Cibulkova was also third position. I am very proud of this and the the WTA/ATP ‘s-Hertogenbosch Open yester- sent tumbling out in the Netherlands after whole team should be proud of their efforts day. Former Wimbledon junior champion losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava too.” Bouchard, who pulled out of last week’s tour- Shvedova. Anthony Davidson said: “It was definitely nament in Birmingham after reaching the French Open quarter-finalist Garbine an eventful race. We had the speed all along semi-finals of the French Open, will now Muguruza swept aside Yvonne Meusburger of but it didn’t go right in the tricky conditions arrive at next week’s tournament at the All Austria 6-4, 6-1 in her second-round match, and the car was heavily damaged; from there England Club with just one grass-court match while fellow Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, we were on the back foot. It could have hap- under her belt this season. 13th-ranked who also reached the last eight at Roland pened to anyone, it was just one of those Bouchard, who also made the last four of the Garros, eased past Barbora Zahlavova things. I was surprised to be standing on the Australian Open in January, raced through Strycova 6-4, 6-2 in round one. Men’s second podium. From not even being in the top 30 the opening set backed by a pair of service seed Fernando Verdasco, the highest-ranked after the accident to end up on the podium breaks. player in the field following the withdrawal of just goes to show the speed. The win comes But the 20-year-old was pegged back in compatriot David Ferrer, recovered from a to you, not the other way around in this race.” the second set with King, the world number slow start to beat Frenchman Paul-Henri The next round of the 2014 FIA World 75, capitalising on a lone break of serve. Mathieu 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the opening round. ended within 90 minutes. In a sudden down- Representative Office, TOYOTA Motor Endurance Championship will be at the Bouchard was forced to fend off a pair of Spanish third seed Roberto Bautista Agut also pour, and on slick tyres, Nicolas was involved Corporation, “I would like to commend the Circuit of the Americas in Texas, in September. break points at the start of the deciding set breezed into the last 16 with a routine 6-1, 6- in a multi-car accident on the Mulsanne Toyota Racing team for competing till the end Before then the Toyota Hybrid TS040 is sched- but the third seed came unstuck in her fol- 3 win over Daniel Gimeno-Traver. However, Straight. to finish a tough race at the Le Mans 24 uled to take part in the hill climb course at lowing service game as King made the vital Halle finalist Alejandro Falla was unable to He nursed the badly damaged car back to Hours.This is exemplified by the #8 TS040 the Goodwood Festival of Speed 26 - 29 breakthrough to take a 2-1 lead. Bouchard repeat last week’s heroics as he was dumped the pits where the team worked quickly to Hybrid of Anthony Davidson, Nicolas Lapierre June), as part of a large collection of contem- had opportunities to pull herself back into out at the first hurdle by eighth seed Juergen replace front and rear bodywork, as well as and SÈbastien Buemi who finished third porary and classic Toyota race and rally cars the match as four break points came and Melzer of Austria. — AFP replacing the suspension installation on the inspite of several challenges to have a podi- that will be in action and on display.