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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Lord’s Test drawn after absorbing fi nal day Pujara comes to India’s rescue Labuschagne and Head stand fi rm as Australia wards off an incisive spell from Archer & Co. Ishant, Umesh and Kuldeep bundle out West IndiesA THE ASHES Reuters LONDON The second Ashes Test was drawn as Australia, chasing 267 to beat England, ended on 154 for six after an absorb ing fi nal day at Lord’s on Sunday. Ben Stokes made a bril liant century and England declared on 258 for fi ve be fore Jofra Archer claimed two early wickets to give the host the sniff of an unlikely victory. dug in to take England to 157 But Marnus Labuschagne, for four at lunch. replacing Steve Smith as Test Buttler fell for 31 but cricket’s fi rst substitute, Stokes went on the attack made 59 and Travis Head an Knocked over: Marnus Labuschagne, who made history as Test cricket’s fi rst concussion and brought up his seventh unbeaten 42 to lead the Aus substitute, goes down after being hit by a Jofra Archer bouncer.* AFP Test century, adding a quick tralians to safety and keep fi re 97 with Jonny Bairstow them 10 up in the series. the helmet by the second however, showing courage and 11 fours, as the host ad who fi nished unbeaten on In his element: Pujara was into his stride rightaway, doing what he does best. * COURTESY BCCI Smith was ruled out of the ball he faced from the Barba and composure under in ded 162 runs to its overnight 30. reduced to 89. Test specialist with eight fours and a six. fi nal day suff ering from con dosborn fast bowler. tense pressure to reach his score to give itself a chance Australia will head to INDIA IN WI Pujara got going in his fi rst cussion symptoms after be second Test fi fty in his sixth of levelling the series. Leeds for the third Test start Rohit fell after making 68 Press Trust of India competitive match of the ing struck on the neck by an Courage and composure match. After resuming on 96 for ing on Thursday with Smith’s off 115 balls, hitting eight 4s Coolidge (Antigua) West Indies tour and retired Archer bouncer on Saturday The 25yearold righthander Earlier, Stokes scored 115 four following another rain fi tness being a matter of se and a six. after making 100 off 187 balls and Labuschagne was hit on was able to continue batting, not out, hitting three sixes delay, Stokes and Jos Buttler rious concern. Cheteshwar Pujara struck form with a fi ne century, Pant, Vihari come good SCOREBOARD while Rohit Sharma hit 68 as After Pujara retired in the fi India shrugged off an initial nal session, Rishabh Pant Labuschagne is fi rst England — 1st innings: 258. Bairstow b Archer 2, M. wobble to declare at 297 for A hoax! and Hanuma Vihari further Australia — 1st innings: 250. Labuschagne c Root b Leach 59, fi ve against West IndiesA in pushed the Indian total. Press Trust of India Stumps were drawn just af England — 2nd innings: R. T. Head (not out) 42, M. Wade c the threeday warmup Coolidge (Antigua) ter Pant was out for a 53ball ‘concussion’ substitute Burns c Paine b Siddle 29, J. Roy Buttler b Leach 1, T. Paine c game here on Saturday. In c & b Cummins 2, J. Root c Paine Denly b Archer 4, P. Cummins reply, the hosts were skittled The BCCI on Sunday 33 which he made with the Agence France-Presse referee Ranjan Madugalle. the fi rst being played b Cummins 0, J. Denly c & b (not out) 1; Extras (b4, lb18, out for 181 at tea on day two. confi rmed that the help of four 4s and a 6. London nb1, w1): 24; Total (for six Smith was felled by a under ICC’s new Siddle 26, B. Stokes (not out) Ishant Sharma (three for For West IndiesA, pacer wkts. in 47.3 overs): 154. security threat to the Australia’s Steve Smith Jofra Archer bouncer on concussion substitute 115, J. Buttler c Hazlewood b 21 off eight overs), Umesh Ya national team was a Jonathan Carter took three was ruled out of the last Saturday. regulations, which allow Cummins 31, J. Bairstow (not Fall of wickets: 113, 219, 347, dav (three for 19 in 10 overs) “hoax”, but the Indian for 39 from his 13.5 overs, out) 30; Extras (b5, lb19, day of the second Ashes players who have suff ered 4132, 5138, 6149. and Kuldeep Yadav (three High Commission here and Keon Harding and Akim “Steve has been closely nb1): 25; Total (for five wkts. Test with concussion. head or neck injuries to England bowling: Broad 70 for 35 off 9.1 overs) ran Frazer took one wicket each. monitored by medical decl. in 71 overs): 258. has intimated the Marnus Labuschagne, staff overnight and this be replaced fully by a 290, Archer 152323, Woakes through the West IndiesA Antigua government The scores: India 297 for fi ve Fall of wickets: 19, 29, 364, 30110, Leach 16.35373, on the fi eld as 12th man morning reported that substitute. lineup. Only Kavem Hodge about the decl. in 88.5 overs (C. Pujara 471, 5161. Stokes 31160, Root 1070, 100 retd., Rohit Sharma 68, when play resumed on after sleeping well, he Labuschagne was (51) off ered some resistance. developments. Australia bowling: Cummins 17 Denly 2200. Rishabh Pant 33, Hanuma Viha Sunday, hence became woke with ‘a bit of a eligible to bat or bowl in 6353, Hazlewood 131430, “We have informed ManoftheMatch: Stokes. ri 37 n.o., Jonathan Carter three the fi rst ‘concussion headache and a feeling of Smith’s place, unlike Siddle 154542, Lyon Solid stand the security agencies for 39) vs West Indies 181 in substitute’ in Test history grogginess,” said an traditional substitutes 2631020 Match drawn, Australia leads On day one, Pujara and Ro and it has been found 56.1 overs at tea (Kavem Hodge after Australia’s request Australian team who were restricted to Australia — 2nd innings: C. Ban fiveTest series 10. hit stitched a 132run part that it was a hoax mail,” 51, Ishant Sharma three for 21, was approved by match spokesman. The series is fi elding. croft lbw b Leach 16, D. Warner Third Test: August 22 to 26, nership for the fourth wicket a BCCI offi cial said. Umesh Yadav three for 19, Kul c Burns b Archer 5, U. Khawaja c Leeds. to rescue India after it was deep Yadav three for 35).
Rain plays Klaasen for SCOREBOARD Anand NADA tests from Karunaratne takes spoilsport Second New Zealand — 1st innings: posts win Press Trust of India 249. Sri Lanka to victory Sri Lanka — 1st innings: 267. DULEEP TROPHY next Duleep game Johannesburg Sports Bureau Wicketkeeper Rudi Second New Zealand — 2nd innings: SAINT LOUIS PRESS TRUST OF INDIA Involved in record stand with Thirimanne 285. testing or randomtesting. has been ruled out of South Viswanathan Anand Ashwin Achal NEW DELHI Sri Lanka — 2nd innings: D. There will be a few tests on Africa’s Test tour of India in KIWIS IN LANKA emerged as the lone win Bengaluru The National AntiDoping match days (in Karunaratne c Watling b October due to an injury Southee 122, L. Thirimanne ner on the opening day of Agency (NADA) will start competition),” said Dr. Agence France-Presse Play was abandoned with and Heinrich Klaasen will lbw b Somerville 64, K. Mendis the prestigious Sinquefi eld testing the players during Abhijit Salvi, head of the out a ball being bowled on take his place in the squad, Galle c Raval b Ajaz 10, A. Mathews Cup chess tournament af antidoping unit. the second day of the Du the next Duleep Trophy Cricket South Africa has Captain Dimuth Karuna (not out) 28, K. Perera c Sant ter conquering Russia’s Ian leep Trophy match bet game in Bengaluru from The BCCI carried out said. ratne scored 122 as Sri Lan ner b Boult 23, D. de Silva (not Nepomniachtchi in 77 ween India Green and In August 23, having agreed to around 275 tests last season CSA said Second, one of ka chased down 268 for the out) 14; Extras (b6, lb1): 7. moves here. dia Blue, at Just Cricket BCCI’s demands for with the International the new caps in the Proteas loss of four wickets to win Total (for four wkts. in 86.1 Other results (fi rst round): ground here on Sunday. qualifi ed medical Doping Tests and squad to play three Tests in the fi rst Test against New overs): 268. Magnus Carlsen (Nor) drew The fi rst session was lost practitioners as Lead Dope Management of Sweden India in October, suff ered Zealand on Sunday and take Fall of wickets: 1161, 2174, 3 with Anish Giri (Ned); Hikaru 218, 4250. due to a wet outfi eld Control Offi cers (LDCO). (IDTM) for sample an injury while practising a 10 lead in the twomatch Nakamura (USA) drew with New Zealand bowling: Boult caused by overnight rain. “The Duleep Trophy has collection, and it remains with the South AfricaA series. Fabiano Caruana (USA); Ding 9.11341, Southee 122331, Liren (Chn) drew with Wesley Shortly after Lunch, it already started and they to be seen how many tests side. He will require sur Karunaratne posted his Karunaratne. * GETTY IMAGES Somerville 316731, Ajaz 18 So (USA); Sergey Karjakin began to drizzle, putting an will probably be coming for NADA will carry out this gery and has consequently ninth Test century and a re 0741, Santner 132380, (Rus) drew with Shakhriyar end to all hopes of witness the later matches. They season, considering that been ruled out. Second’s cordequalling opening fi rst points of the World Test Williamson 3090. Mamedyarov (Aze); Levon ing some onfi eld action. haven’t specifi ed whether only 11 months are left for place with be taken by partnership of 161 with Lahi Championship. Karuna ManoftheMatch: Karunar Aronian (Arm) drew with India Blue remain on 112 they are planning target the Tokyo Olympics. wicketkeeperbatsman ru Thirimanne, who made ratne faced 245 balls and hit atne. Maxime VachierLagrave for six. Klaasen. 64, as Sri Lanka collected its six fours and a six. Sri Lanka won by six wickets. (Fra). Lampard’s fi rst home Titans put on a towering performance ‘Indian crop strongest in the world ’ match ends in a draw Thalaivas bounce back to hold Paltan to a tie Six youngsters to train with Vladimir Kramnik PKL infl icted an all out, holding for Steelers with nine points. CHESS Lundstram wins it for Sheffi eld United the lone raider Naveen. Steelers, which trailed Titans S. Prasanna Venkatesan 1321 at the break, managed RAKESH RAO CHENNAI Fine tackle to score 16 points against Ti NEW DELHI Siddharth Desai topscored In the Titans’ defence, Suraj tans’ 19 in the second half. In the chess world, India’s with 18 points as Telugu Ti Desai and Arun pulled off a In the second match, Ta teen talent has been making tans posted an emphatic 40 particularly fi ne tackle on mil Thalaivas pulled off a waves. The current crop, led 29 win over Haryana Steelers Prashanth Kumar Rai in the thrilling 3131 tie with Puneri by R. Praggnanandhaa, is in the ProKabaddi League seventh minute. Paltan. The key moment, a clearly the most promising here on Sunday. On its part, Steelers came singular piece of play, was V. bunch seen in a long time. up with good tackle in the Ajith Kumar’s super raid. And what more, the endor The fi rst half belonged to 10th minute on Suraj, as sement of this fact has come Titans as the tall Siddharth As the lone raider, he put Cheralathan and Vikas Kale from none other than form secured eight points from out three defenders, who pinned the raider after he er World champion Vladimir nine raids. A bonus point in a tried to prevent him from had kicked Vikas Kandola touching the midline, to help Kramnik. doordie attempt in the third The lucky ones: Vladimir Kramnik poses with Leon Mendonca, seemingly hard and tried to Thalaivas draw level 2929 “I think the current In minute helped him achieve Prithu Gupta, R. Praggnanandhaa, D. Gukesh, P. Iniyan and return home for a point. from 2529 with only three dian chess crop is the stron 50 raid bonus points in the Steelers had trailed 89 then. Raunak Sadhwani. * COURTESY: CHESSBASE INDIA Happy times: Sheffi eld United’s John Lundstram celebrates league. minutes left. gest generation in the world This was after Kandola now, maybe the strongest ev with George Baldock. * REUTERS The results: Thalaivas 31 (V. surgery following an acci mind. We will be touching Siddharth put out two of made a kick touch on Amit Ajith Kumar 8, Rahul Chaudhari er in one country.” This ob the three defenders — Dhar Kumar in the far right corner, dent. Sharing the details of upon all the aspects of the Maddison corner. 8) tied with Paltan 31 (Surjeet servation from the nowre the KramnikMicrosense game including opening, EURO LEAGUES maraj Cheralathan and Vinay for Steelers to reach 79 in the Singh 7, Pankaj Mohite 7); Ti In another match, John tired Russian wizard only Chess India Program, sche middlegame and the end — in the 15th minute to help ninth minute. Kandola was tans 40 (Siddharth Desai 18) bt Reuters Lundstram’s secondhalf reinforces the growing belief Titans lead 159. Titans then the most enterprising raider Steelers 29 (Vikas Kandola 9). duled from August 14 to 25, game. I am going to prepare Manchester goal gave Sheffi eld United a in the global chess fraternity. Kramnik said, “The idea of very seriously for the camp. Chelsea manager Frank 10 win over Crystal Palace Impressed by available In training the young talented I will give my insights of how Lampard had to settle for a on Sunday. dian talent, Kramnik agreed Indian kids came during my I prepare psychologically 11 draw against Leicester Ci The results: Premier League: to hold a training session for conversation with Frederic and professionally for chess ty in his fi rst home match in Sheffi eld United 1 (Lundstram six youngsters. The group in Friedel, my good friend tournaments and I would charge on Sunday as a se 47) bt Crystal Palace 0; Chel cludes Grandmasters, Pragg from ChessBase. One of the share with them my views condhalf header by Wilfred sea 1 (Mount 7) drew with Leic nanandhaa (born in 2005) young Indian talents was at on many issues of profes Ndidi cancelled out Mason ester 1 (Ndidi 67). D. Gukesh (2006), P. Iniyan Frederic’s home and I sional chess. Mount’s early goal on his Bundesliga: Eintracht Frank (2002), Prithu Gupta (2004) shared my high opinion “I will also be sharing se home debut. furt 1 (Hinteregger 1) bt Hof and International Masters about Indian youngsters. In crets which only top players Chelsea raced into a fenheim 0; Union Berlin 0 RB Ranuak Sadhwani (2005) dia’s got some really very ta are aware of because of their quick lead when the 20 Leipzig 4 (Halstenberg 16, Sa and Leon Mendonca (2006). lented kids with a potential experience of playing chess yearold Mountstole the ball bitzer 31, Werner 42, Nkunku They are training at Chens of being top players, maybe at the highest level. I will al 69). from a dallying Ndidi and Sur Leman, France, close to even World Champions in so prepare some specifi c lec left Kasper Schmeichel with Saturday: La Liga: Valencia 1 Geneva, where Kramnik the future.” tures for the camp and allow no chance with his shot in (Gameiro 58) drew with Real lives. Talking about the blue the kids to play with each Sociedad 1 (Oiarzabal 90+11 the seventh minute. print for the camp, Kramnik other and then later analyse pen). Villarreal 4 (Cazorla 35 Intially, GMs Nihal Sarin But Leicester grew into pen, Moises 53, Gerard 65, and Arjun Ergaisi were part said, “In the fi rst session I these games in detail. the game and equalised in Chukwueze 73) drew with Gra of the sixplayer list. Howev would like to get to know the “I am pretty sure that this the 67th minute when Ndidi nada 4 (Fede Vico 45+6pen, er, Nihal pulled out due to players personally, to talk to camp will be very useful for atoned for his fi rsthalf error Peũ a 62og, Soldado 75, Puer Made it! Thalaivas’ Ajith Kumar pulls off a super raid, in spite of three Paltan players trying to prior commitments and Ar them, to answer the ques the young talents,” said by heading home a James tas 81. stall him, in the exciting second match on Sunday. * M. VEDHAN jun had to undergo an knee tions that they have on their Kramnik. CM A ND-NDE YK