MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015 SPORTS

SCOREBOARD

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the third Test between the West Indies and England at Kensington Oval on Saturday: England 1st Innings (overnight 240-7) A. Cook c Ramdin b Samuels 105 J. Trott c Permaul b Gabriel 0 G. Ballance b Holder 18 I. Bell c and b Holder 0 J. Root c Ramdin b Permaul 33 M. Ali run out 58 B. Stokes c Hope b Gabriel 22 J. Buttler 3 C. Jordan c Ramdin b Taylor 3 S. Broad b Taylor 10 J. Anderson b Taylor 0 Extras (lb1, w1, nb3) 5 Total (all out , 96.3 overs) 257 Fall of : 0-1 (Trott), 2-38 (Ballance), 3-38 (Bell), 4-91 (Root), 5- 189 (Ali), 6-233 (Stokes), 7-240 (Cook), 8-247 (Jordan), 9-257 (Broad), 10-257 (Anderson). : Taylor 18.3-8-36-3 (3nb), Gabriel 15-3-47-2 (1w), Holder BARBADOS: West Indies bowler Jason Holder (right) celebrates bowling out England’s cricketer (top-center) during day three of the final match of a three-match 16-4-34-2, Samuels 27-5-53-1, Permaul 20-1-86-1. Test series between England and West Indies at the Kensington Oval Stadium. —AFP West Indies 1st Innings K. Brathwaite c Jordan b Anderson 0 S. Hope c Cook b Anderson 5 D. Bravo c Jordan b Ali 9 M. Samuels lbw b Anderson 9 Anderson takes six wkts S. Chanderpaul c Jordan b Root 25 J. Blackwood c Ali b Anderson 85 D. Ramdin c Buttler b Broad 13 J. Holder c Buttler b Stokes 5 V. Permaul c sub b Anderson 18 before England collapse J. Taylor b Anderson 15 S. Gabriel not out 0 Extras (b4, lb1) 5 Total (all out, 49.4 overs) 189 BRIDGETOWN: James Anderson wrecked to take 400 Test wickets. day, played on to specialist spin- Anderson, edging low to Cook at first slip. Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Brathwaite), 2-5 (Hope), 3-21 (Samuels), 4-37 the West Indies but England were tottering In 21 overs to the close, England lost ner Veerasammy Permaul. It was Taylor who Samuels’ dismissal was probably the most (Bravo), 5-82 (Chanderpaul), 6-107 (Ramdin), 7-124 (Holder), 8-162 at 39 for five in their second innings, a lead half their side and will resume on the third had started the ball rolling by polishing off impressive however, a succession of (Permaul), 9-178 (Taylor), 10-189 (Blackwood). Bowling: Anderson 12.4-5-42-6, Broad 10-3-31-1, Ali 10-2-56-1, of 107 runs, on the second day of the third morning with the pair of and the England first innings for the addition of outswingers being followed by a big Root 9-1-34-1, Jordan 6-3-4-0, Stokes 2-0-17-1. and final Test on Saturday. at the crease. another 17 runs in the morning. inswinger to which the batsman offered no On a pitch that is rapidly deteriorating, They will seek to build a match-winning He made up for a wicketless first day by shot to be palpably leg-before. England 2nd Innings 18 wickets fell in the three sessions, the lead in pursuit of a 2-0 series triumph at a taking all three, including the last two off England’s support bowlers chipped A. Cook c Brathwaite b Gabriel 4 most in a single day’s play in the 85 years of venue where the highest successful fourth consecutive deliveries. Then it was the turn through the West Indies middle-order in J. Trott lbw b Taylor 9 Test at the venue. inning chase is 311 by the Brian Lara-led of England’s most successful -taker the afternoon session but it was left to the G. Ballance not out 12 I. Bell lbw b Taylor 0 After being the last wicket to fall in the West Indies against Australia in 1999. in Tests to steal the spotlight, dispensing relentless tormentor of the Caribbean side J. Root c Bravo b Holder 1 tourists’ seemingly modest first innings extended Jonathan Trott’s with both openers before adding the in this series to finish off the job with the M. Ali b Permaul 8 total of 257 in the morning, the irrepress- miserable run of form and then consigned important scalp of second Test centurion final three wickets after tea. B. Stokes not out 0 ible Anderson claimed six for 42 — his 17th to only his second “pair” in Test Marlon Samuels in an outstanding opening That haul included Blackwood, who was Extras (b4, lb1) 5 five-wicket innings haul-to mastermind the cricket. spell of bowling before lunch. last out seeking to clear long-off to end an Total (5 wickets, 21 overs) 39 To bat: , Chris Jordan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson. demolition of the home side for 189. In between, first innings centurion Anderson’s second ball of the innings entertaining innings of 85 off just 88 balls Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Trott), 2-13 (Cook), 3-18 (Bell), 4-28 (Root), 5- Only offered any Alastair Cook edged Shannon Gabriel to was a perfect outswinger that peeled off highlighted by 11 fours and four sixes. 39 (Ali). substantial resistance with a counter- second slip while Jason Holder accounted Kraigg Brathwaite’s bat for Chris Jordan to England lead the three-match series 1-0 Bowling: Taylor 6-1-16-2, Gabriel 6-4-4-1, Holder 4-1-7-1, Permaul attacking innings of 85 before he was last for in his first over as the West take the catch at second slip before he had after winning the second Test in Grenada 4-1-7-1, Samuels 1-1-0-0. out off Anderson, who is now just four Indies bowlers strove to keep their team in scored. In his first Test innings, Shai Hope by nine wickets while the opening game in Match situation: England lead by 107 runs with five second innings away from becoming the first Englishman contention. In the penultimate over of the was unable to cope with the wiles of Antigua was drawn.—AFP wickets remaining. McIlroy, Casey battle as darkness halts play

SAN FRANCISCO: World number one Rory McIlroy will return to TPC Harding Park at the crack of dawn on Sunday to fight for a place in the semi-finals of the WCG Match Play Thompson, Park Championship after darkness halted his match with England’s Paul Casey on Saturday. share lead The pair were deadlocked through 21 holes before bad light made it impossible to continue. McIlroy, who squared IRVING: American Lexi Thompson fired the match on the 17th hole when Casey made bogey, three-under 68 to tie South Korea’s Park could have ended it from 11 feet on the 18th and again In-bee for the lead after the third round from six-feet on the 21st hole but his last putt caught the of the North Texas Shootout at TPC Las edge and lipped out. “I dodged a couple of bullets,” Casey Colinas in Irving, Texas, on Saturday. said. The 20-year-old Thompson, who has “I’m glad we’re teeing off tomorrow, simple as that. I was standing here on this green I thought I was done for the won four times on the LPGA Tour, day and done for the week but the beautiful thing is we birdied three of the first 10 holes before get to hit the reset button tomorrow at 6:45 a.m. and start making her only bogey at 11. She added again.” a final birdie on the 18th hole to claim McIlroy, who was hoping to make the Mayweather- her share of the lead at nine-under. Pacquiao fight in Las Vegas, was now resigned to continu- Thompson credits her form to a ing his own fight in the early hours of the morning. “I think recent putting adjustment. “Just a little we were both struggling to read our putts there,” McIlroy bit at setup and then my path and my said of the dark conditions. stroke,” Thompson told reporters. “So it “We wanted to try and get finished, but we’ll come back was definitely a big change for me, but tomorrow morning and do it all over again. “It was back it was a change that needed to be and forth. I thought the match was pretty good. I made a made, and I’m just getting used to it couple key up-and-downs when I needed to coming down the stretch and had a couple of opportunities to close it right now.” out, one at 18 and one there, but couldn’t quite convert.” World number two Park, who is try- World number five Jim Furyk awaits the winner after ing to regain the top spot she lost to booking his place with an impressive back nine against for- New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, also birdied the mer British Open champion South African Louis final hole to post a 69. Overnight leader Kuwaiti Al-Muzayen Oosthuizen. Brooke Henderson managed an even- One hole down through nine, Furyk rallied to make the par 71 and sits one shot back at eight- advances in Asian final four for the first time in his now 15 attempts in the under. event, going one better than his quarter-final loss last year. Henderson is attempting to join Ko Squash tourney The other semi-final will be between big-hitting and Thompson as the only winners on American Gary Woodland and England’s Danny Willett. the LPGA Tour before age 18. Also one KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Squash player Abdullah Al-Muzayen Woodland beat John Senden 5&3 win after birdies on four stroke back is Karrie Webb who carded a of the opening five holes saw him go 4 up, a lead from advanced to the 8th round for men individual competi- 64 that included nine birdies. She sits in which the Australian could not recover. Willett beat fellow tions on Saturday in the 18th Asian Squash Championship. a tie for third with Angela Stanford (67) Al-Muzayen advanced after beating Pakistani Al-Taib Englishman Tommy Fleetwood 4&3 to make the final four Islam 3-0, with sets 11-9, 11-9, and 13-11 during the round in his debut appearance at the event. and 17-year-old Brooke Henderson, the of 16th. The two players performed well, but Al-Muzayen Earlier on Saturday, McIlroy had routed Japan’s 16th 36-hole leader who came in with a 71. “I was able to take advantage of critical points of the match. seeded Hideki Matsuyama 6&5 to move through to the like where I am right now,” Henderson Amar Al-Tamimi, of Kuwait, was knocked out in the 16th quarter-finals. In other round of 16 action, Oosthuizen had said. “I would have liked the lead. Can’t round after being defeated by Chinese player 1-3. Al- beaten American Rickie Fowler, while Furyk took out coun- go wrong with that. But I think I really Muzayen told KUNA that his match was not easy, stressing tryman J.B. Holmes 5&3. like the position one back and 18 holes.” that all matches he played were difficult due to the top- Willett upset countryman Lee Westwood 3&2 while Cristie Kerr carded a bogey-free 69 seeded players participating in this championship. Fleetwood won 2&1 against South African Branden Grace. and was another shot behind in a tie for Al-Muzayen added also his upcoming match against a Senden took down 2012 champion and 2013 runner-up SAN FRANCISCO: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland putts on the sixth with South Korea’s Park Hee-young Malaysian player would be tough because he was one of Hunter Mahan 2&1. Woodland had beaten Australian Marc third hole green during his semi final match in the World Golf Park (70). —Reuters the top-seeded in his country. —KUNA Leishman 2&1 to advance. —Reuters Championships Cadillac Match Play. —AFP