14 Established 1961 Sports Thursday, March 8, 2018 Hobbling Taylor gives NZ thrilling win over England Deciding game is at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday DUNEDIN: A hobbling Ross Taylor scored an unbeat- en 181 to guide New Zealand to a thrilling five-wicket SCOREBOARD victory over England yesterday at University Oval and level their five-match series 2-2. DUNEDIN, New Zealand: Final scoreboard in the fourth one- Taylor, who missed the third game in Wellington day international between New Zealand and England in with a quadriceps injury, was limping badly after he Dunedin yesterday: appeared to suffer a similar strain but still combined England with Tom Latham (71) for 187 runs as New Zealand J. Roy c Santner b Sodhi 42 scored 339 for five in 49.3 overs to chase down J. Bairstow c Southee b Munro 138 England’s 335 for nine. J. Root c Latham b Southee 102 J. Buttler c and b Sodhi 0 E. Morgan c Munro b Boult 5 B. Stokes c Nicholls b Sodhi 1 M. Ali c Southee b Sodhi 3 This is C. Woakes c Boult b Munro 3 A. Rashid b Boult 11 perfect, T. Curran not out 22 M. Wood not out 3 unbelievable Extras: (lb1, w4) 5 Total: (9 wickets; 50 overs) 335 Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Roy), 2-267 (Bairstow), 3-267 (Buttler), 4-274 (Morgan), 5-276 (Stokes), 6-280 (Ali), 7-288 (Woakes), 8-305 (Root), 9-313 (Rashid) Bowling: Southee 10-0-87-1 (1w), Boult 10-0-56-2 (1w), de “It was nice to be there at the end,” Taylor said. Grandhomme 2-0-23-0 (1w), Santner 10-0-57-0, Sodhi 10-1-58-4 “There were a lot of little partnerships in there and ... (1w), Munro 8-0-53-2. we were able to get there. “We just had to give our- selves a chance. We knew that we wouldn’t win it in the New Zealand: first 10 overs but you can lose it and we just tried to DUNEDIN: New Zealand’s Ross Taylor bats during the fourth ODI cricket Test match between New Zealand M. Guptill c Stokes b Woakes 0 take it as deep as we can.” and England at University Oval in Dunedin yesterday. — AFP C. Munro lbw Wood 0 England’s big total was set up by a rollicking start K. Williamson c Buttler b Stokes 45 between Jason Roy (42) and Jonny Bairstow, who were R. Taylor not out 181 scoring at almost eight runs an over before Ish Sodi seeing out their full allocation before Tom Curran Taylor and Latham, who had a 178-run partnership T. Latham c Ali b Curran 71 broke the partnership at 77 in the 11th over. scored an important 22 not out, which included four in the first match, then rebuilt New Zealand’s run C. de Grandhomme c Woakes b Curran 23 Bairstow (138) and Root (102) then continued the successive boundaries in the final over. chase only for Taylor to hurt himself again while div- H. Nicholls not out 13 attack as they put on an impressive 190-run partner- “We were in a really commanding position until the ing to make his ground after he had passed 100 for Extras: (lb4, w2) 6 ship. Bairstow, who scored his third one-day century, 37th over and then had that collapse,” England captain the 19th time. Total: (5 wickets; 49.3 overs) 339 was dismissed to leave the tourists on 267 for two with Eoin Morgan said. “But we thought 330 was still a rea- He was then restricted from running anything other Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Munro), 2-2 (Guptill), 3-86 (Williamson), 4-273 12.2 overs remaining and well set for a score challeng- sonably competitive score.” The hosts’ run chase had than easy singles and instead looked to hit the ball to Latham), 5-303 (de Grandhomme) ing 400. looked to be doomed at two for two in the third over the fence. Colin de Grandhomme added a quickfire 23 Bowling: Woakes 8-2-42-1, Wood 8-0-65-1 (1w), Rashid 10-0-74- England’s high-powered batting lineup, however, after both Martin Guptill and Colin Munro were dis- before Henry Nicholls hit a six in the final over to give 0, Curran 8.3-0-57-2, Stokes 7-0-45-1 (1w), Ali 8-0-52-0. then slumped to 288 for seven before Root completed missed for ducks before captain Kane Williamson (45) the hosts a remarkable victory. The deciding game is at Result: New Zealand win by five wickets Series: 2-2 his 12th century. The visitors had been in danger of not and Taylor combined for 84 runs. Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Saturday. — Reuters Warner cleared for India hands hike second Test, in player fees De Kock to with new retainer contest charge structure PORT ELIZABETH: Australian opening batsman David Warner has been cleared to play in the second Test MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India against South Africa after accepting an International (BCCI) has introduced a new A+ category in the retainer Cricket Council (ICC) charge of bringing the game into fee structure for its top players, who will receive a huge disrepute. pay increase under the new Annual Contracts for the However, South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, 2017-18 season. The retainer structure now features who was involved in an ugly verbal spat with Warner, will four categories - Grade A+, Grade A, Grade B and challenge his lesser level one charge and has a hearing Grade C - compared to three in previous years. The scheduled for Wednesday, Cricket South Africa has said. uppermost category features five players - skipper Virat The ICC stopped just short of banning Warner for the Kohli, opening batsmen Rohit Sharma and Shikhar match that starts in Port Elizabeth on Friday. The vice-cap- Dhawan, pacemen Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit tain will be fined 75 percent of his match fee and handed Bumrah - who have been put on a retainer worth 70 mil- three demerit points, Cricket Australia said yesterday. lion Indian rupees ($1.1 million). Should a player receive four or more demerit points The amount is a significant increase from last year, within a two-year period, these are converted into suspen- where players in the uppermost ‘A’ category were hand- sion points. A suspension point amounts to a ban from one ed retainers of 20 million Indian rupees. “The CoA test or two ODIs, or two T20s, whichever come first. (Committee of Administrators) was of the view that the The incident between Warner and De Kock has sparked DURBAN: File photo shows Australia batsman David Warner (L) is hit by the ball during day three of the first performance and position of Indian Cricket needs to be a war of words between the two camps, with each blaming recognised with the fee structure comparable to the best the other for overstepping the boundaries of what is Sunfoil Test between South Africa and Australia at the Kingsmead Stadium in Durban. — AFP in the world,” the BCCI said in a statement yesterday. acceptable on-field banter. Last year, senior players expressed dissatisfaction with CCTV footage from the players’ tunnel on day four of Warner repeatedly calling De Kock a “sook”, which is by the ICC following what was a tempestuous 118-run vic- the pay rises they received, leading Vinod Rai, head of the test in Durban showed Warner and De Kock involved Australian slang for somebody that is perceived to be soft. tory in Durban. Spinner Nathan Lyon was fined 15 percent the Supreme Court-appointed CoA, to announce that a in a fiery exchange as players climbed the stairwell to their De Kock faces a level one charge that brings with it a of his match fee for breaching the ICC’s code of conduct further hike would be considered for the current season. dressing rooms during the tea break. Warner had to be maximum penalty of a fine and demerit points, but his par- as he intentionally dropped the ball onto a sprawled AB de The world’s richest cricket board handed seven play- restrained by team mates during the fracas. Another video ticipation in the second test is not in danger. Villiers after the South African batsman had been run-out ers Grade A contracts this season, including former cap- from just before the incident surfaced yesterday showing Warner is not the only Australian player to be punished in his country’s second innings. — Reuters tain M.S. Dhoni, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and bats- man Ajinkya Rahane, who will receive 50 million Indian rupees each. Top Indian cricketers also receive a match fee for each international appearance and many benefit participation of Australian vice-captain David Warner in better. “The reversing ball is going all right this season but from playing in the lucrative Indian Premier League S Africa, Australia doubt. The feisty opener is to answer an International there’s maybe a little bit of work to do with the new ball (IPL). Grade B players, including fast bowler Ishant Cricket Council (ICC) charge for a staircase scuffle with and getting a few more early wickets,” he said. Sharma and all-rounder Hardik Pandya, will earn 30 mil- wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock after they traded barbs out South Africa were poor in the opening innings but put lion Indian rupees each while Grade C players will renew rivalry after in the middle and continued the conflict on the way to the up a good fight in the second, where they were set a mam- receive 10 million Indian rupees each.