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P17 2 Layout 1 THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 SPORTS JOHANNESBURG: A combination of picture created on April 13, 2016 shows the Wisden Almanack’s Five Cricketers of the Year 2016, (L-R) England’s Jonathan Bairstow at Lord’s cricket ground in London on May 17, 2013, Kane Williamson of New Zealand at Westpac Stadium on January 22, 2016, England’s bowler Ben Stokes at Wanderers cricket ground in Johannesburg on January 14, 2016, Australia’s Steven Smith at The Swalec Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, on August 31, 2015 and Brendon McCullum captain of New Zealand in Christchurch on February 22, 2016. — AFP Wisden honour for McCullum, Williamson LONDON: New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum when, despite his side being beaten 3-2 in and one-day cricket as well. Williamson and England for their revival after their embar- then-as if to make up for his tardiness-off 46. and Kane Williamson, as well as Australia cap- the Ashes, he emerged as the series’ leading McCullum were not the only New Zealanders rassingly early exit at the 2015 World Cup in “Stuart Broad took eight for 15 as Australia tain Steven Smith, have been chosen among run-scorer with a double century at Lord’s honoured by Wisden, with compatriot Suzie Australia and New Zealand. “There would be were demolished for 60 at Trent Bridge, then the Wisden Almanack’s Five Cricketers of the and 143 at The Oval in the visitors’ two wins. Bates chosen as the women’s Leading rapids down river, but the players were now six for 17 to skittle South Africa for 83 at Year announced yesterday. The quintet is The 2016 edition also saw New Zealand bats- Cricketer. Stokes was one of the stars of approaching them head on, not paddling Johannesburg. completed by the England duo of all-rounder man Williamson named as the Leading England’s Ashes success, while wicketkeep- round the edge, quoting the percentage The two most resonant national records Ben Stokes and Jonathan Bairstow. In the per- Cricketer in the World after his 2,692 interna- er/batsman Bairstow also played his part as chance of falling in,” he wrote. fell one after the other: in Antigua, Jimmy sonal gift of the editor of cricket’s ‘bible’, tional runs across the formats in 2015 - the well as helping Yorkshire win the County “Records fell like confetti. England passed Anderson overtook Ian Botham’s Test-wickets which has been published annually since third-highest annual aggregate ever. Championship. 400 for the first time in a one-day interna- haul, and went on past 400; at Leeds, 1864, a player can only be named as a McCullum, who retired this year, was includ- During England’s recent tour of South tional, and knocked off 350 in another. They Alastair Cook surpassed Graham Gooch’s ‘Cricketer of the Year’ once in his career. ed as much for his bold captaincy as his Africa, the pair shared a monumental stand made their highest one-day score overseas, Test-runs tally, and approached 10,000...It Generally, the award is decided on play- aggressive batting, with New Zealand’s of 399 which featured Stokes’s blistering 258 in Dubai (355 for five), then smashed it a few was the most uplifting story in international ers’ performances in the previous English dynamic approach widely reckoned to have and Bairstow’s maiden Test century. weeks later, in Bloemfontein (399 for nine). cricket all year, the more so for being utterly season and Australia’s Smith was included helped transform England’s play in both Test Wisden editor Lawrence Booth praised Jos Buttler scored a hundred off 66 balls, unexpected.”—AFP Goldschmidt homers to help D-backs beat Dodgers 4-2 LOS ANGELES: Paul Goldschmidt hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning and drove in another run, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 4-2 to spoil the Dodgers’ home opener Tuesday in Vin Scully’s final season. Goldschmidt gave the D-backs a 2-1 lead with his second homer of the season off Chris Hatcher (1-1), who then gave up a two-out double to Welington Castillo before issuing consecutive walks to Jake Lamb (intentional) and Yasmany Tomas that loaded the bases. Hatcher departed to boos. Arizona added two more runs in the ninth on Socrates Brito’s triple and Goldschmidt’s groundout to shortstop. Kenta Maeda allowed five hits over six scoreless innings, struck out four and walked one in becoming the second Japanese pitcher to start a Dodgers home open- er since Hideo Nomo in 1996 and 2004. Tyler KAPOLEI: (L-R) Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea, Lydia Ko of New Zealand, Michelle Wie, Clippard (2-0) gave up one hit in one inning Inbee Park of South Korea and Brooke Henderson of Canada pose together following and striking out one. Brad Ziegler pitched the a press conference ahead of the LPGA LOTTE Championship Presented By Hershey at ninth to earn his first save. The Los Angeles Ko Olina Golf Club on Tuesday in Kapolei, Hawaii. —AFP bullpen gave up three runs and Arizona rallied at Dodger Stadium. Nick Ahmed hit a solo home run off Pedro Baez to tie the score at 1 in the top of the seventh inning and Paul Danny Willett: Dedicated golfer, Goldschmidt put the Diamondbacks ahead for good in the eighth with a home run to left-cen- LOS ANGELES: Paul Goldschmidt #44 of the Arizona Diamondbacks hits a solo homerun in the family man, Masters winner ter field off Chris Hatcher. eighth inning against relief pitcher Chris Hatcher #41 of the Los Angeles Dodgers (not in pho- to) during the MLB game at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. The MANCHESTER: Danny Willett’s journey miss school and taking him to the golf RAYS 5, INDIANS 1 Diamondbacks defeated the Dodgers 4-2. — AFP to the green jacket began 16 years ago course to let him play until late evening When it comes to winning strategies, the at-bat in the eighth inning Tuesday night and ROYALS 3, ASTROS 2 when he signed up with some of his as a teenager. Tampa Bay Rays are getting good at go-ahead eventually trotted home with the tie-breaking Kris Medlen turned early run support and his friends to an inner-city golf scheme, “He used to write the most appalling eighth-inning home runs. Both their wins this run on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Martin Prado own resilient performance into a successful designed to get kids off the street and excuses for school,” Elisabet told the season had come that way, and on Tuesday as the Miami Marlins beat the New York Mets, 2- season debut, pitching the Kansas City Royals give them something constructive to BBC. The down-to-earth Willett remains night, it was second baseman Logan Forsythe 1, at Citi Field. The Marlins (3-3) have won the to a 3-2 win over the Houston Astros on do. Four thousand miles from the per- close to his parents. As recently as last who ripped a two-out, full-count, two-run home first two games of the three-game series. The Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park. Medlen (1- fectly manicured greens of Augusta year, when he was contending at the run to left field off starter Corey Kluber to spark Mets (2-5) have dropped four straight. 0) made a 3-0 first-inning lead stick by strand- National, these sessions took place amid British Open, he told reporters eager to the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Cleveland Indians ing five base runners over five innings. He was a gritty housing development in know more about him that he liked at Tropicana Field. ORIOLES 9, RED SOX 5 effective enough to deliver a lead to the Royals’ Sheffield, northern England, with run- nothing better than walking his dog J.J. Hardy hit a pair of two-run homer and vaunted bullpen, which followed with four down homes all around. It was a rough and having dinner at his parents’ house. TIGERS 8, PIRATES 2 drove in five runs and Mark Trumbo finished a scoreless innings. part of a city weighed down by the While Willett was putting together Justin Upton blasted his first home run for triple shy of the cycle as the Baltimore Orioles Detroit as part of a four-hit afternoon, lifting the decline of its steel industry. the round of his life on Sunday at the claimed their seventh straight win to start the RANGERS 8, MARINERS 0 Tigers to an 8-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Willett, about 12 at the time, had just Masters, his brother, Paul, was becom- season with a 9-5 rout of the Boston Red Sox on Texas slugger Adrian Beltre had a home run Pirates on Tuesday. Upton, who signed a six- Tuesday night at Fenway Park. Hardy’s blasts and five RBIs and Derek Holland shut down the been introduced to golf through his ing an unlikely star on Twitter and occa- year, $132.75 million contract as a free agent in father on a family trip to Wales. But it sionally giving some insight into his came in the fourth and seventh innings, marking Seattle bats, as the Rangers hammered the January, scored three runs and drove in two. His Mariners 8-0 on Tuesday night. Beltre’s three-run was on the municipal course at Birley relationship with his sibling. first-inning homer traveled an estimated 451 his 12th career multi-homer game, and Trumbo Wood where he would put in the hours “3 putt this & you might as well stay followed Monday’s three-run bomb with a two- homer in the third inning gave Texas (5-4) a 5-0 feet and landed in the camera well in straight- lead, then he added a two-run double in the sev- to really learn his future trade.
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