Friday 43 Sports Friday, November 10, 2017 Ball injured as England takes lead over Cricket Australia XI ADELAIDE: Jake Ball added to England’s pace bowl- ered from some loose overs to take two late wickets ing woes with an ankle injury as the tourists took a in an over before the home side cheekily declared on lead over a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide yesterday. 233 for nine in reply to the tourists’ 293. The CA XI declared their first innings 60 runs adrift Tim Paine and Simon Milenko struck half-cen- to get in five overs at the tourists under the lights at turies for CA XI. Former Test and one-day interna- Adelaide Oval, but England reached stumps on the tional player Paine, who has failed to feature in second day of the four-day game at five without loss. Tasmania’s Sheffield Shield side this season because Mark Stoneman was not out on four with under of Test incumbent wicketkeeper Matthew Wade’s pressure Alastair Cook on one. Nottinghamshire quick move to the state, combined with Matt Short (45) to Ball appeared to lose his footing in his delivery stride rescue his side from a precarious 57 for five. England and turned his right ankle as he tried to bowl the fifth extended their innings lead by five without loss to ball of his fourth over. Ball collapsed on the pitch and the close with Cook, who has been out cheaply in was surrounded by con- both his innings on tour so cerned team-mates as far, surviving a couple of medics hurried onto the edgy moments. The day- field. He left the ground un- Broad night match is England’s aided and was later diag- pinpoints second of three tour games nosed with a sprained before the first Test against ankle, sitting out the re- Warner as Australia in Brisbane starts mainder of the day’s play to on November 23. have ice treatment. danger man Ball’s setback comes Broad sees Warner after fellow pace bowler as danger man Steven Finn was ruled out of the tour earlier this England paceman Stuart Broad has pinpointed week due to a knee injury, with Tom Curran sched- David Warner as Australia’s danger man in the Ashes ADELAIDE: England’s paceman Jake Ball reacts in pain as he falls on the ground while bowling to Cricket uled to join the tourists today. The England team is series, while admitting a begrudging respect for his Australia XI batsman Jake Carder on the second day of a four-day Ashes tour match. —AFP already without star all-rounder Ben Stokes, who re- aggressive mentality. The pugnacious opener fired mains at home awaiting the outcome of a police in- up the tourists last month by comparing playing vestigation into his involvement in a brawl outside a against England to “war” and said he planned to take he told the Sydney Morning Herald Thursday. drives teams forward,” Broad said of Warner. “He’s Bristol nightclub on September 25. “some sort of hatred” into the Tests, which start in “(But) you have to have a plan B, and with some- one of those blokes who is not that enjoyable to play All-rounder Moeen Ali is also missing the four- Brisbane on November 23. Broad said Warner, one like Warner you have to go to plan B quicker against, but if he’s in your team you love him. “You day match with a side injury. England had a better known for his fiery nature on the field, was a peren- than a lot of other batters.” have characters like that in most successful sports day against the CA XI, with leg-spinner Mason nial danger. While captain Joe Root said before leaving Eng- teams, don’t you? “Someone who if he’s in the field, Crane claiming three for 78 and pacemen James An- “I think someone like Warner you’ve got to try land that Warner’s comparison to war was “extreme”, will stay in the battle, looking someone in the eye all derson and Chris Woakes each snaring two wickets. bowl a lot of balls at him with the new ball, be- veteran Broad acknowledged teams needed charac- the time, keep his bowlers moving ... someone who Crane bowled Will Pucovski with a gem and recov- cause it’s your best chance of getting him out,” ters like him to make them great. “He’s someone that can take the game away from you quickly.” —AFP It was the first in a series of announcements over Olympic Club gets the next month that fills out the PGA of America’s schedule for its biggest events over the next PGA Championship decade. The PGA Championship still has open- nately, my current custody situation is keeping me ings for 2024 through 2027, with Southern Hills USA hope to end in California,” the 28-year-old said in a statement and Ryder Cup in Tulsa, Oklahoma, taking one of those spots. posted on her Twitter account. “Even though I will A return to Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky not be in Minsk for the final my heart is always with also is expected, along with a return to Quail 17-year Fed Cup my country and my team and I will cheer for them SAN FRANCISCO: The Olympic Club in San Hollow in North Carolina and possibly Aron- from afar.” The US team is made up of world num- Francisco is leaving its US Open heritage to host imink outside Philadelphia. The Ryder Cup goes ber 10 CoCo Vandeweghe, US Open champion the PGA Championship in 2028 and the Ryder to Whistling Straits in 2020 and Bethpage Black title drought Sloane Stephens, Shelby Rogers and Alison Riske. Cup in 2032. The announcement Wednesday in 2024, which leaves a vacancy for 2028. Bevac- American team captain Kathy Rinaldi said she adds to the growing list of major golf events on qua said the PGA of America prefers to have two believed in her team’s prospects in the final. “We’ve the West Coast, which typically have stronger events (PGA Championship and Ryder Cup) MINSK: The United States aim to end their longest selected the players who have been playing for the television ratings because they can be shown in within four years of each other to build energy Fed Cup title drought when they meet a Belarus team team this year and were instrumental in getting the prime time on the East Coast. in the city. Bethpage and Whistling Straits are missing former world number one and two-time Aus- team to the Fed Cup final,” she told Wednesday’s The PGA Championship also is scheduled for hosting both events five years apart. tralian Open champion Victoria Azarenka in this news conference. “This is my A-team, I believe in Harding Park in 2020. The US Open will be held Olympic’s fabled Lake Course will be the weekend’s final. The 17-time champions USA claimed its strength and the work that we have done to get four times in California over the next 10 years - 22nd golf course to host the US Open and the their last title in 2000 and have lost three finals since- this far. “The players really care for each other, so twice at Pebble Beach, once at Torrey Pines and PGA Championship, and the deal with the PGA to France in 2003 and Italy in 2009 and 2010. we are very excited and ready to go. We respect once at Los Angeles Country Club. “For us, it has of America likely signals the end of its US Open This time they are missing the Williams sisters, Belarus, they have a strong, talented team which been a strategic priority to bring more of our history, which dates to 1955 when Jack Fleck de- who have not played in the Fed Cup this season, but have had a great year and reached the final.” events to the West Coast,” Pete Bevacqua, the feated Ben Hogan in a playoff. There have been all the members of American team are ranked higher The USA won their only previous Fed Cup en- PGA of America’s chief executive officer, said in occasions when a US Open course hosted the than Belarus’ top available player, Aryna Sabalenka, counter with Belarus, whitewashing the former So- a telephone interview. “It’s no secret these West PGA and then returned to holding the US Open, who is 78th in the world. Belarus have battled into viet republic 5-0 in the World Group II Coast events perform strongly in television rat- such as Pebble Beach (1977 PGA) and Winged their maiden Fed Cup final but will be without opening-round tie in February, 2012. Belarus team ings being able to show them in prime time.” Foot (1997 PGA). Azarenka because of an ongoing custody battle skipper Eduard Dubrov said he believed that both The USGA was negotiating to bring the US over her baby son. Azarenka was forced to skip the teams had even chance of winning the title. “One Return to Valhalla Open back to Olympic for 2027 when negotia- US Open in August after a Los Angeles judge ruled can consider us to be the final favorites. I have noth- Former San Francisco Giants slugger Barry tions stalled. The San Francisco Chronicle re- that 10-month old Leo could not leave California ing against it but we don’t even think about it,” he Bonds brought in the Wanamaker Trophy during ported that disagreements on financial matters, until the case had been settled.