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MONDAY, JULY 13, 2015 SPORTS England unchanged for second Ashes Test CARDIFF: England yesterday named an unchanged 13- four wickets fell for just nine runs in 36 balls. England captain Alastair Cook has often been criticised have to play some very good cricket.” man squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia Chasing a record-breaking 412 for victory, the Ashes- for excessive caution in the field but didn’t miss a trick in which starts at Lord’s on Thursday. holders were dismissed for 242 after tea. Cardiff and an impressed Bayliss said: “I thought his cap- England squad Stuart Broad led England to a 169-run victory in the Fast-medium bowler Broad took three for 39 in 14 taincy was top-notch.” Bayliss, however, added he was Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Adam Lyth (Yorkshire), first Test as Australia collapsed either side of lunch on overs as England enjoyed an emphatic win in their first expecting Australia to bounce back strongly at Lord’s. Gary Ballance (Yorkshire), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Joe the fourth day at Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens on Saturday. match under new Australian coach Trevor Bayliss. “The boys are very much aware that, when you beat Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), Jos Buttler England’s successful XI will be joined again by Joe Root, named man-of-the-match for his first Australia, then the next match is going to be even (Lancashire, wkt), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Stuart Steven Finn and Adil Rashid as extra bowling options innings 134 after coming in with England struggling at tougher,” the former Sri Lanka and New South Wales Broad (Nottinghamshire), Mark Wood (Durham), James for the second match of five. Australia, well-placed at 97 43 for three, had the last word in the game by catching coach said. “They’ll come back hard-we know that-and Anderson (Lancashire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Adil for one in Cardiff on Saturday, slumped to 106 for five as Josh Hazlewood in the deep off spinner Moeen Ali. there’s still a long way to go in this series. “To win it, we’ll Rashid (Yorkshire). — AFP India defeat Zimbabwe HARARE: Half-centuries from opening batsmen Ajinkya Rahane and Murali Vijay and four wick- ets from Bhuvneshwar Kumar saw India beat Zimbabwe by 62 runs in the second one-day international and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series yesterday. Rahane and Vijay put on 112 for the first wicket after India were sent in to bat, and although the tourists could not fully capitalise on that platform, they were still able to post 271 SCOREBOARD HARARE: Final scoreboard in the second one- day international between Zimbabwe and India in Harare yesterday: India A. Rahane c Sikandar Raza b Chibhabha 63 M. Vijay c sub (Waller) b Madziva 72 A. Rayudu c sub (Waller) b Sikandar Raza 41 M. Tiwary c Vitori b Tiripano 22 R. Uthappa b Madziva 13 S. Binny c Sikandar Raza b Vitori 25 K. Jadhav c Mutumbami b Madziva 16 Harbhajan Singh not out 5 A. Patel c Sikandar Raza b Madziva 1 B. Kumar not out 0 Extras (13w) 13 Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 271 Fall of wickets: 1-112 (Rahane), 2-159 (Vijay), 3- 203 (Rayudu), 4-205 (Tiwary), 5-233 (Uthappa), 6- 264 (Binny), 7-266 (Jadhav), 8-269 (Patel). Did not bat: D. Kulkarni. Bowling: Vitori 8-0-47-1, Tiripano 9-0-42-1, Madziva 10-0-49-4, Williams 5-0-23-0, Cremer 5- 0-32-0, Chibhabha 5-0-27-1, Masakadza 4-0-26-0, Sikandar Raza 4-0-25-1. Zimbabwe V. Sibanda c Vijay b Kulkarni 2 C. Chibhabha run out 72 H. Masakadza c Uthappa b Kumar 5 E. Chigumbura c Rahane b Kumar 9 S. Williams b Patel 20 Sikandar Raza c Uthappa b Harbhajan Singh 18 R. Mutumbami c Patel b Binny 32 G. Cremer c Rahane b Kumar 27 N. Madziva run out 0 DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar plays a shot during the second one-day inter- D. Tiripano c Patel b Kumar 6 B. Vitori not out 8 national cricket match against South Africa. — AP Extras (4b, 4lb, 2w) 10 HARARE: Indian batsman Murali Vijay avoids the ball in the second one-day international Total (all out, 49 overs) 209 cricket match against Zimbabwe. — AP Bangladesh level series Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Sibanda), 2-31 (Masakadza), tually bowled out for 209, with Kumar finishing final 10 overs well set on 194 for two, but then 3-43 (Chigumbura), 4-95 (Williams), 5-130 with figures of 4 for 33. lost Friday’s centurion Ambati Rayudu for 41 DHAKA: Soumya Sarkar and finished with a career best 3-26 while (Chibhabha), 6-132 (Sikandar Raza), 7-184 After collapsing to 87 for five in Friday’s first and Manoj Tiwary for 22. Mahmudullah struck half-centuries after left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman (Mutumbami), 8-186 (Madziva), 9-195 (Cremer), ODI, which they still won by four runs, India Seamer Neville Madziva ensured that Bangladesh dismissed South Africa grabbed 3-38 as South Africa were 10-209 (Tiripano). took a circumspect approach yesterday as Zimbabwe finished strongly as he picked up Bowling: Kumar 10-3-33-4, Kulkarni 9-1-39-1, cheaply, crushing the Proteas by seven bowled out with their lowest score Rahane and Vijay batted out the opening 26 three wickets at the death to close with career- Harbhajan Singh 10-0-29-1, Binny 7-0-42-1, Patel overs. best figures of 4 for 49 in 10 overs. wickets in the second one-day interna- against Bangladesh on a slow pitch at 10-1-40-1, Vijay 3-0-18-0. tional to tie the three-match series in the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. “I was not playing at my best, but according With Kumar taking 2 for 19 in his initial six- Result: India won by 62 runs. to the conditions we decided not to give early over spell, Zimbabwe fell to 43 for three in reply Dhaka yesterday. Mustafizur drew the first blood in the wickets because then the team is under more and rarely threatened from that point. When Soumya hit a stroke-filled unbeaten fifth over when he forced a leading edge pressure,” Vijay said. Chibhabha was run out in a mix-up with 88 while Mahmudullah made 50 as from opener Quinton de Kock as Sabbir for eight. In reply, Zimbabwe were pegged back “We thought 260 or 270 was a good score on Sikandar Raza Butt the game was effectively up, Bangladesh raced to 167-3 with more Rahman took a simple catch at backward by Kumar’s brilliant first spell, which brought this wicket because it was getting slower and and although Richmond Mutumbami and than 22 overs in hand, keeping point. the wickets of Hamilton Masakadza and the in- lower.” While Rahane’s 63 was his 10th fifty in Graeme Cremer put on 52 for the seventh wick- Bangladesh in the series after Friday’s Rubel Hossain, who returned to the form Elton Chigumbura. ODIs, Vijay had never before crossed 33 and so et, Kumar returned to finish the job off. The third first game loss. Earlier the home team starting lineup for leg-spinner Jubair Chamu Chibhabha made 72, but the hosts his 72 was a landmark for the Test regular. ODI takes place on Tuesday, and will also be made swift work of the visitors, bowling Hossain, made an instant impact by faded after he was run out and they were even- Despite their dismissals, India went into the played at Harare Sports Club. —AFP with heart for 162 runs in 46 overs, effec- knocking the stumps off Hashim Amla tively making the contest a one-sided (22). South Africa began to feel the pres- affair. sure when Nasir bowled Rilee Rossouw When Pamplona bull runners get hooked Kagiso Rabada, who had set a new off his first ball, and Mahmudullah sent one-day debut bowling record in the David Miller home by forcing him to give PAMPLONA: Last year a 600 kilogramme (1,300 life’s blessings. “I risk my life to reflect on it,” said prepare throughout the year by observing bulls previous match, raised hopes when he a simple catch to Mashrafe Mortaza at pound) bull jammed a horn as thick as a man’s Lecuona, decked out in traditional white clothing at ranches to get a sense of their instincts, jog- bowled out Tamim Iqbal (five) and Litton short mid wicket to leave the visitors arm through Bill Hillmann’s thigh twice, narrowly with a red neckerchief as he gathered with other ging on pavement and doing contact sports. Das (17). wobbling at 74-4. missing his femoral artery. revellers in a packed square outside of Peter Milligan, a 44-year-old lawyer from New But Soumya and Mahmudullah stood Faf Du Plessis, who looked solid hold- It was his first goring in 10 years of running Pamplona’s Baroque town hall after running with Jersey who has taken part in San Fermin each with the bulls at Spain’s famous San Fermin festi- the bulls on Wednesday. year since 2004 with his younger brother Aryeh, firm for a 135-run third wicket stand as ing one end, holed out a catch at long- val, but not the first time he got injured. “What I gain from the bull runs are not images said playing basketball was the best way to pre- the Tigers carried the game safely in on to Soumya Sarkar off Nasir.