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P20 Layout 1 Niemiec wins 15th Woebegone stage, Contador’s England face Vuelta16 lead cut 19taxing Swiss start MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 Breakfast joy in Japan as Nishikori makes history Page 18 EDGBASTON: England’s Chris Woakes (L) gestures after bowling the final ball where England won by 3 runs during the International T20 match between England and India at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham, central England, yesterday. — AFP Morgan stars in England T20 win over India BIRMINGHAM: England captain Eoin Morgan laid win the match or four to send the game into a Moeen Ali fell for a duck by chipping Mohit the platform for a thrilling three-run win over super over. But no bounbary came as England Sharma to Rahane. Rahane also ended Hales’s 25 India in the lone Twenty20 international at held on for victory. Former Ireland left-hander ball-knock. Hales hit a huge skyer off left-arm SCOREBOARD Edgbaston yesterday. Morgan had managed just 198 runs in his last 10 spinner Ravindra Jadeja and Rahane, running in Morgan top-scored with a dashing 71 in one-day international innings. and across from the long-on boundary, held a BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom: Final scoreboard in the lone Twenty20 international England’s 180 for seven after he won the toss. brilliant diving catch when it seemed the ball between England and India at Edgbaston yesterday: Nevertheless, India-in the final match of their tour 31-ball knock would fall safe. England India of England-were cruising to victory while Virat But the number five showed his class in a 31- Morgan, however, launched Karn Sharma over J. Roy c Rahane b Shami 8 A. Rahane b Ali 8 Kohli (66) was at the crease. ball knock which included three fours and seven long-on and midwicket for two sixes. He also A. Hales c Rahane b Jadeja 40 S. Dhawan b Woakes 33 But when he was out India lost their way and sixes. Alex Hales made 40 and all-rounder Ravi drove Mohit Sharma for two huge sixes off suc- M. Ali c Rahane b M Sharma 0 V. Kohli c Hales b Finn 66 they needed 17 off the last over, bowled by Chris Bopara 21 not out off nine balls as England scored cessive balls at the end of the 19th over before he J. Root c Rayudu b K Sharma 26 S. Raina b Gurney 25 Woakes, to win. But, importantly, India captain 67 in the last four overs, with India’s ‘death bowl- was well-caught in the deep by Rahane off Shami. E. Morgan c Rahane b Shami 71 M. S. Dhoni not out 27 Mahendra Singh Dhoni, one of the world’s most ing’-an area Dhoni has said they must improve if After opener Ajinkya Rahane fell early in India’s J. Buttler c Rayudu b Shami 10 R. Jadeja run out (Bopara/Finn) 7 dynamic limited overs batsmen, was facing and they are to retain their 50-over World Cup title in run-chase, left-hander Shikhar Dhawan (33) and R. Bopara not out 21 A. Rayudu not out 3 he promptly launched the first ball of the over Australia and New Zealand early next year-again Kohli put on 79 for the second wicket. C. Woakes run out (Dhoni) 0 Extras (lb4, w4) 8 over square-leg for six. proving a problem. Kohli struck Birmingham-born off-spinner Ali Extras (lb3, nb1) 4 Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 177 The next ball saw India complete a risky two as India paceman Mohammed Shami led the over ‘cow corner’ for six. before he holed out off Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 180 Did not bat: R Ashwin, K Sharma, M Sharma, Dhoni retained the strike. Dhoni failed to score tourists’ attack with three for 38 in his maximum fast bowler Steven Finn, having faced 41 balls, Did not bat: J Tredwell, S Finn, H Gurney Mohammed Shami off the third ball but mishit the fourth off pace- four overs. Meanwhile Ajinkya Rahane held four including nine fours. It was the talented bats- Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Roy), 2-27 (Ali), 3-75 Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Rahane), 2-89 man Woakes for a boundary over long off. catches, including a superb grab to dismiss open- man’s lone fifty in all international formats this (Hales), 4-85 (Root), 5-130 (Dhawan), 3-131 (Kohli), 4-145 (Raina), 5-152 India now needed five to win off two balls. er Hales. Jason Roy, given an England debut after tour after he struggled in both England’s 3-1 Test (Buttler), 6-166 (Morgan), 7-180 (Woakes) (Jadeja) Dhoni then edged Woakes to square leg but topping this season’s domestic T20 scoring charts series win and the subsequent one-day cam- Bowling: Ashwin 4-0-37-0; M Sharma 4-0- Bowling: Finn 4-0-28-1; Ali 3-0-31-1 (1w); refused a single that would have put Ambati with 677 runs for Surrey, fell for eight when he paign, which India won by the same margin His 39-1; Shami 4-0-38-3; K Sharma 4-0-28-1; Gurney 4-0-29-1 (1w); Woakes 4-0-43-1; Rayudu on strike. drove Shami to Rahane at extra-cover. exit left India 131 for three in the 15th over and Jadeja 4-0-35-1 (1nb). Bopara 1-0-14-0 (1w); Tredwell 4-0-28-0. That left him needing a six off the last ball to And 26 for one became 27 for two when England were back in the game. — AFP Brathwaite’s George Bailey quits as double ton puts Australia T20 skipper WI in command SYDNEY: George Bailey has stood down as the injured Clarke on the tour of India last Australia’s Twenty20 captain to concentrate year. That ODI success earned him a test call- ST VINCENT: Opener Kraigg Brathwaite’s maiden dou- on longer forms of the game with half an eye up for the return Ashes series around the end ble century helped West Indies amass 407 for three on on adding to his five test caps. of last year, despite his extremely modest the second day of the first test against Bangladesh at The 32-year-old batsman, who has also record in Sheffield Shield cricket. Arnos Vale in St Vincent on Saturday. captained the Australian one-day side this Although Australia destroyed England 5-0, Overnight rain meant the morning session was lost week in Zimbabwe in the absence of injured Bailey was not a great success batting at as groundstaff had to deal with a wet outfield and there skipper Michael Clarke, said he struggled number six with an average of 26.14 com- was little entertainment for the fans who hung around with the transition between the different for- pared to his one-day average of nearly 50. for the afternoon as Brathwaite and Shivnarine mats of the game. He was dropped for the test tour to South Chanderpaul made slow progress. “It took a lot of thought and a lot of time,” Africa in the New Year. A total of 143 runs were added in the day, with no he told Cricket Australia’s website. “I had a Appropriately, Bailey, who had never pre- wickets lost as Brathwaite closed on 205 not out and good think about what I wanted to do in the viously represented his country, took over as Chanderpaul reached 51 from 177 balls. next four years and I’m really passionate captain of the Twenty20 side after Clarke While West Indies would have hoped for a more rap- about playing the best four-day and one-day decided to drop the shortest format of cricket id scoring rate to give them a better chance to win, cricket that I can. “I guess the very end goal is to concentrate on his own test and one-day Brathwaite’s ability to focus and remain vigilant for two to play test cricket, but more than that it’s just form in 2011. He led Australia to the semi- days will be hugely encouraging. about playing the best four-day cricket I can. finals of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in West Indies have struggled to find a regular partner “It’s the format I find the most challenging 2012 but they bowed out in the Super 10 for opener Chris Gayle in recent years and have also and the format that I get the most enjoyment group stage in Bangladesh earlier this year. struggled to produce top-order batsmen who can com- from - it’s where my real passion lies. That the next World Twenty20 in India was bine strokeplay with longevity at the crease. “Whether concentrating on that ends up just two years away in 2016 was a considera- Chanderpaul, 40, has been the master of the latter BIRMINGHAM: England’s Charlotte Edwards holds up the trophy after the third in me getting back into the test squad, it tion when Bailey decided to step down. “I but home captain Denesh Ramdin will be looking to up women’s T20 International cricket match between England and South Africa at doesn’t worry me too much.” Bailey made his wanted to give a new captain an opportunity the pace. — Reuters Edgbaston in Birmingham yesterday. England women won game by 8 runs and the ODI debut in 2012 but he really came to to find his feet and put his mark on that team series 3-0. — AFP prominence when he stood in as captain for for the World Cup,” he added.
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