17 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2018 sports Cook finishes in style AFP | London lastair Cook marked his final England innings Awith a storybook hun- dred before James Anderson 147 became the joint most success- Cook made 147 and Root, ful fast bowler in Test history by his successor as England captain, 125, with the pair sparking an India collapse at the putting on 259 for the Oval yesterday. third wicket Cook made 147 and Joe Root, his successor as England cap- tain, 125 as the hosts piled up Elias Boudegzdame with HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa 423 for eight declared in their well-struck boundary. second innings of the fifth Test. But Root was reprived on 46 Anderson then had both Shi- when an edge off Jadeja was Algerian National Icon to khar Dhawan and Cheteshwar dropped by Ajinkya Rahane at Pujara plumb lbw as India, slip. defend championship needing 464 for an unlikely win, It was another blow to an In- slumped to one for two in reply. dia side handicapped by the loss TDT | Manama dan during Brave 10. That double strike meant An- of fast bowler Ishant Sharma, Elias was honoured in his derson had equalled Australia who bowled just eight overs in lias Boudegzdame will be- home country of Algeria by the great Glenn McGrath’s mark for the innings before succumbing Ecome the first champion in country’s Ministry of Sports, the most Test wickets taken by to an ankle injury. Brave Combat Federation to El Hadi Ould Ali. Elias was any fast bowler of 563. When Cook squirted a single defend his championship title invited to the headquarters of India captain Virat Kohli, a off Mohammed Shami he moved for the second time. the Ministerial Department thorn in England’s side with past Sri Lanka great Kumar San- Boudegzdame is the cham- of Youth and Sports to declare 593 runs this series, was then gakkara’s tally of 12,400 runs pion at the featherweight di- his victory a matter of national caught behind for a golden duck and into fifth place in the list of vision and had been crowned achievement for representing off Stuart Broad to leave the Alastair Cook walks off after his dismissal after getting a century in his final all-time leading Test run-scor- the champion by HH Shaikh Algeria at a global level. tourists reeling. test innings before retirement ers. Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa Elias Boudegzdame will be At stumps, India -- already 3-1 Meanwhile Root drove Jadeja during Brave 4 hosted in Abu defending his championship down in this five-match series -- er, who made 104 not out on on 29. for six. Dhabi, UAE. Boudegzdame against 2011 NCAA Wrestling were heading for defeat at 58 for debut against India at Nagpur A capacity crowd, willing Cook, about to become a fa- claimed the championship af- Champion, Bubba Jenkins at three, despite KL Rahul’s gutsy in 2006, became just the fifth Cook to score a hundred fol - ther for the third time, was al- ter submitting ex-UFC fighter, Brave 16 hosted in Abu Dha- 46 not out, with no side having player to score a hundred in lowing his first-innings 71, gave ready England’s leading Test Masio Fullen in the first round. bi, UAE on 21st September at made more in the fourth innings both their first and last Tests him the first of several standing run scorer and century maker, Boudegzdame became the the Mubadala Arena. The title to win a Test than the West In- after Australia’s Reggie Duff, ovations as he walked out to bat with this match seeing him ex- first champion in the organi- defence marks Boudegzdame dies’ 418 for seven against Aus- Bill Ponsford and Greg Chappell on a sunny morning. tend his national appearance sation to defend the champi- as the only champion in Brave tralia at St John’s, Antigua in and India’s Mohammad Azha- And he soon had another record to 161 Tests. onship when he faced Jakub Combat Federation to have de- 2002/03. ruddin. when Cook, from his second ball He completed his 33rd Test Kowalewicz in Amman, Jor- fended his title multiple times. The day belonged to the of the bay, turned fast bowler century in unusual fashion 33-year-old Cook, who is retir- Standings ovations Jasprit Bumrah legside for four when, having run a single to ing from international cricket England resumed on 114 for to go to fifty. go to 97, a wild overthrow from after this match. two, 154 runs ahead, with Cook Cook later cut left-arm spin- Bumrah gave him four bonus The Essex left-handed open- 43 not out and Root unbeaten ner Ravindra Jadeja for another runs. Police probe fraud of England tour cash Schneiderlin credits wife for turnaround AFP | Colombo T20 and three Tests between AFP | London -- who had flourished under Koeman was sacked, with ru- October 10 and November 27. Koeman at his first English mours that he had walked off riminal investigators were The board said it had lodged rance midfielder Morgan club, Southampton -- told The the training ground in a huff Ccalled in yesterday to in- a complaint with the police FSchneiderlin says his wife Times yesterday that Camille when he was omitted from the vestigate an alleged $5.5 mil- over an attempt to siphon off Camille helped him revive his gave him some sound advice matchday squad. lion fraud at Sri Lanka Cricket money, but managed to pre- career at Premier League side after he was roundly booed by “My wife is very supportive of involving money from a loom- vent the fraud. Everton after his populari - the Everton fans when he was me,” Schneiderlin said. ing England tour, officials said. “The fraudulent act was ty with the fans plumbed the sent on as a substitute against “She said: ‘You have to show Detectives from the police found, before it was execut- depths last season. Crystal Palace in February this them who you are.’ Criminal Investigation De- ed through bogus means,” the The 28-year-old -- who year. “Maybe it was a time to look partment went to the offices board said in a statement, add- joined Everton from Manches- His image with them had at myself in the mirror and say, of the national governing body ing that it had begun an audit ter United in 2017 for a report- been tarnished by a nightmare ‘Why? Why did this happen?’.” in Colombo to begin a probe, a of accounts following the dis- ed £20 million ($25.8 million) few days in November. Schneiderlin, capped 15 times, police source said. covery. -- became a focal point for He was sent off in a Europa said it helped him also talking to Official sources said the Police said they have taken fans’ anger as despite millions League match with Lyon and his inner circle as they pulled no $5.5 million was for television documents from the financial being spent under manager then dropped for the following punches either. rights for the upcoming Eng- section of Sri Lanka Cricket Ronald Koeman they failed to game against Watford by inter- “As well as my wife, I had a land tour of Sri Lanka involv- and further investigations spark. im manager David Unsworth, long chat with my best friends, ing five ODI matches, a lone were under way. However, Schneiderlin who had filled the breach when Morgan Schneiderlin my parents, my agent,” he said. Sri Lanka’s Chandimal out of Asia Cup Reuters | Colombo wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella for the 50-over tournament ri Lanka batsman Dinesh Chan- scheduled to start in the United Arab Sdimal has been ruled out of their Emirates this weekend. Asia Cup campaign after failing to Sri Lanka play Bangladesh in their overcome a finger injury, the coun- opener on Sept. 15, before meeting try’s cricket board said in Colombo Afghanistan two days later. yesterday. Sri Lanka squad: Angelo Mathews Test captain Chandimal, 28, frac- (Captain), Kusal Perera, Kusal Men- tured his right middle finger while dis, Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dick- playing for Colombo in a domestic wella, Danushka Gunathilaka, Thisara Twenty20 league match and was Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Dhanajaya withdrawn from their 16-member de Silva, Akila Dananjaya, Dilruwan at Seef District too squad as he needed more time to re- Perera, Amila Aponso, Kasun Rajitha, cover, Sri Lanka Cricket added. Suranga Lakmal, Dushmantha Cha- Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 He has been replaced by reserve meera and Lasith Malinga. Dinesh Chandimal.