FOOTBALL | Page 2 CYCLING | Page 6 Mbappe stars as Froome PSG win French undeterred by Champions injuries, eyes Trophy fi ft h Tour title Sunday, August 4, 2019 FORMULA 1 Dhul-Hijja 3, 1440 AH Verstappen takes GULF TIMES his fi rst pole at Hungarian GP SPORT Page 7 CRICKET / 1ST ASHES TEST TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS Saini claims Australia look to three wickets on debut as India Smith again as defeat Windies hosts take charge Visitors were 124-3 — a lead of just 34 runs — when bad light stopped play Navdeep Saini of India celebrates taking the wicket of Shimron Hetmyer (foreground) of West Indies during the first T20 international at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill, United States yesterday. (AFP) AFP apart from Pollard in what was Lauderhill, United States a generally indisciplined eff ort from the West Indies. Kumar supported Saini’s eff ort ast bowler Navdeep with two wickets and indeed all Saini starred on his sen- India’s bowlers played key roles ior international debut in depriving the West Indies big- as India defeated the hitters of opportunities to clear FWest Indies by four wickets in the boundary ropes. a low-scoring opening fi xture Playing his fi rst match for In- Australia’s Steve Smith (centre) hits a four on third day of the first Ashes Test against England at Edgbaston in Birmingham, United Kingdom, yesterday. (Reuters) of a three-match T20 series at dia since leaving the World Cup the Central Broward Stadium in in England six weeks ago with a AFP like that you have to build Smith, on 41, was struck on Florida yesterday. fractured thumb, Shikhar Dha- Birmingham, United Kingdom pressure and hope they make a Scorecard the side of the head by a Stokes On a pitch where all batsmen wan fell cheaply to Sheldon Cot- mistake.” bouncer after missing an in- struggled to play their shots, the trell and when Sunil Narine re- Australia will want to bat long AUSTRALIA 1st innings 284 (Anderson) tended pull, but was passed fi t to West Indies were restricted to 95 moved topscorer Rohit Sharma enough to leave England with bat on by Australia’s team doc- for nine batting fi rst. (24) and Rishabh Pant with suc- ustralia were left hop- ENGLAND 1st innings (o/n 267-4) Bowling: Cummins 33-9-84-3; tor. cessive deliveries, the West In- ing for another major an awkward chase on a wearing Pattinson 27-3-82-2 (1w); Siddle India’s line-up found the con- R. Burns c Paine b Lyon 133 Soon afterwards, although the dies were very much in conten- innings from Steve pitch. 27-8-52-2; Lyon 43.5-8-112-3 ditions equally challenging but fl oodlights were on, the umpires tion to successfully defend their Smith as England took “Anything over 150 going into J. Roy c Smith b Pattinson 10 (1nb); Wade 1-0-7-0 (1w); Head the depth of their batting saw Acharge of the fi rst Ashes Test at last day on this wicket (will be decided it was too dark to con- them through to 98 for six with modest score. J. Root c and b Siddle 57 2-1-7-0; Smith 2-0-9-0 Edgbaston yesterday. tough to get),” said Australia fast tinue and halted play shortly be- 16 deliveries to spare. However captain Virat Kohli When bad light cut short the bowler James Pattinson. J. Denly lbw b Pattinson 18 fore heavy rain fell. Having already enjoyed suc- and Manish Pandey contributed third day’s play, Australia were Ashes-holders Australia, J. Buttler c Bancroft b Cummins 5 AUSTRALIA 2nd Innings Earlier, England opener Rory cess with the Indian ‘A’ team 19 runs each — signifi cant in 124-3 in their second innings — looking to win their fi rst series B. Stokes c Paine b Cummins 50 C. Bancroft c Buttler b Ali 7Burns batted for nearly eight currently on tour of the Carib- the context of the low-scoring a lead of just 34 runs. away to England in 18 years, hours for 133 — his maiden Test bean, Saini made an immediate match — and India rallied from Former captain Smith, who were in trouble at 27-2 af- J. Bairstow c Warner b Siddle 8D. Warner c Bairstow b Broad 8 hundred — in an innings of 374 impact wearing his country’s 32 for three to reach the target in had made a superb 144 in the ter openers David Warner and M. Ali b Lyon 0U. Khawaja c Bairstow b Stokes 40 featuring captain Joe Root’s 57 colours at the highest level in the 18th over, Washington Sun- fi rst innings of his fi rst Test Cameron Bancroft — also re- C. Woakes not out 37 S. Smith not out 46 and vice-captain Stokes’s 50. claiming three for 17 off his four dar hoisting Keemo Paul for six since completing a 12-month turning to Test duty after the England lost three wickets for overs, including top-scorer Ki- to seal the victory. S. Broad c Pattinson b Cummins 29 ban for his role in last year’s ball-tampering scandal — both T. Head not out 21 four runs to slump to 300-8 — a eron Pollard who fell in the fi nal Paul, Narine and Cottrell took ball-tampering scandal in South fell in single fi gures. J. Anderson c Cummins b Lyon 3 Extras (lb1, nb1) 2 lead of just 16. over of the innings for 49. two wickets each but their eff orts Africa, was 46 not out. In a match full of overturned Extras (b10, lb11, nb1, w2) 24 Total (3 wkts, 31 overs) 124 But a ninth-wicket partner- He achieved the rarity of a weren’t enough in the face of the Travis Head was 21 not out, decisions, England had to re- ship of 65 between Woakes and maiden in that fi nal over but it small total they were attempting Total (all out, 135.5 overs) 374 Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Warner), with the pair’s stand worth 49 view umpire Joel Wilson’s origi- Broad (29) boosted their total. was his earlier double-strike to defend. 2-27 (Bancroft), 3-75 (Khawaja) runs. nal not out verdict when Warner Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Roy), 2-154 England resumed on 267- which gave the 26-year-old fast India will be seeking to clinch “We leaked a few too many feathered a catch behind to (Root), 3-189 (Denly), 4-194 Bowling: Broad 6-0-26-1; 4, with Burns 125 not out and bowler the sort of dream start the series with victory in the sec- (runs) tonight,” England’s Chris wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow to (Buttler), 5-282 (Stokes), 6-296 Woakes 6-1-20-0; Ali 9-0-47-1; Stokes 38 not out. he would have wished for after ond match at the same venue on Woakes told Sky Sports. give Stuart Broad his 450th Test (Burns), 7-300 (Ali), 8-300 Root 3-0-12-0; Stokes 7-2-18-1 Off-spinner Nathan Lyon captain Virat Kohli chose to bowl Sunday before the teams head “At the same time 34-3 is not a wicket. (Bairstow), 9-365 (Broad), 10-374 (1nb) finally ended left-hander fi rst on winning the toss. to Guyana for the fi nal match on bad spot,” added the all-round- It was an important blow for Burns’s marathon innings Opening bowlers Washington Tuesday. er, who earlier made a valuable Broad, who took 5-86 in Aus- Smith’s arrival at the crease in the slips, failed to hold a tough when a delivery that turned Sundar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar They will then shift formats 37 not out on his Warwickshire tralia’s fi rst innings of 284, as prompted a huge chorus of boos chance off Moeen. and bounced took the outside had already set the West Indies to three One-Day Internationals home ground. new-ball partner James Ander- from England fans who earlier Khawaja made an attrac- edge and was well caught by on the back foot by removing (one in Guyana and two in Trini- “If we come back in the morn- son was absent with a calf injury in the day had taunted him with tive 40 before the left-hander Australia captain and wicket- openers John Campbell and Evin dad) and round out the tour with ing and get two wickets then that meant England’s all-time chants of “Crying on the telly, was undone by all-rounder Ben keeper Tim Paine. Lewis, and Saini added to the Test matches in Antigua and Ja- 50-5 will be pretty good.” leading Test wicket-taker only we saw you crying on the telly” Stokes’s second ball, a superb Burns faced 312 balls, with 17 Caribbean side’s woes by dis- maica. Woakes, asked how Smith bowled four overs fi rst time in a reference to the star bats- delivery that cut back sharply to fours. missing attacking left-handers could be dismissed, replied: around. man’s emotional press confer- have him caught behind. By contrast, new batsman Nicholas Pooran and Shimron BRIEF SCORES: West Indies “Have you got any ideas? He Birmingham-born off -spin- ence in Sydney after he was sent Moeen lasted just fi ve balls be- Hetmyer off successive deliver- 95-9 (K. Pollard 49; N. Saini 3-17) is a world-class player and ner Moeen Ali then had Bancroft home from South Africa.