England Crumble at Lord's
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Wiggins and Juventus sign Aussies Frenchman target cycling gold Evra from Man United TUESDAY, JULY 22, 201417 19 F1 asks: Where did all the German fans go? Page 18 LONDON: England’s James Anderson (left) lies on the ground after being run out by India’s Ravindra Jadeja (not pictured) as India’s captain and wicketkeeper MS Dhoni (second left) takes out the middle stump. — AFP England crumble at Lord’s Sharma bowls India to victory SCOREBOARD LONDON: Ishant Sharma took seven wickets as the wickets are for me, they are for the captain fifth-wicket stand of 101 with Joe Root, then LONDON: Scoreboard after India beat England by 95 runs in the second Test at Lord’s yesterday. India ended a run of 15 Tests without an away because he’s the one that told me, ‘you are tall unbeaten on 52. The resumption saw several victory in an emphatic 95-run win over England enough so you have to bowl a bouncer, you England batsmen fall to bouncer traps that India first innings 295 all out B. Stokes c Pujara b Sharma 0 at Lord’s yesterday. This victory, only India’s sec- have to use your height’. That’s what I did and it could not have been more obvious had they England first innings 319 all out L. Plunkett not out 7 ond in 17 Tests at Lord’s, put the tourists 1-0 up worked for me.” This result extended England’s been signposted. India second innings 342 all out S. Broad c Dhoni b Sharma 8 (overnight 105-4) J. Anderson run out 2 in the five-match series ahead of the third Test run without a Test victory to 10 successive Wicketkeeper Matt Prior, who has had a tor- England second innings S. Robson lbw Jadeja 7 Extras: (w-1 nb-2 b-13 lb-16) 32 in Southampton on Sunday. The first Test in matches. However, under-pressure England rid season behind the stumps, decided to hook A. Cook c Dhoni b Sharma 22 Total: (all out, 88.2 overs) 223 Nottingham was drawn. captain Alastair Cook said he would not quit as Sharma. Several men were positioned for the G. Ballance c Dhoni b Shami 27 Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-70, 3-71, 4-72, 5-173, “I felt in the last couple of series outside skipper. shot in the deep, Prior did not get over the top I. Bell b Sharma 1 6-198, 7-201, 8-201, 9-216, 10-223 India (in South Africa and New Zealand) we “Until that bloke taps me on the shoulder of the ball and picked out Murali Vijay at mid- J. Root c Binny b Sharma 66 Bowling: Kumar 16-7-21-0, Shami 11-3-33- were in a position to win,” said India captain and says ‘we don’t want you to captain’ I’m des- wicket. Ben Stokes fell for a duck when he mis- Moeen Ali c Pujara b Sharma 39 1, Sharma 23-6-74-7 (nb-2), Jadeja 32.2-7- Mahendra Singh Dhoni. perate to try to turn this around for cued an intended pull to Pujara at wide mid-on. M. Prior c Vijay b Sharma 12 53-1, Vijay 4-1-11-0 (w-1), Dhawan 2-0-2-0. “What was important was to keep working England...I’m here as long as I’m wanted.” Root, on 66, also fell to Sharma’s bouncer, hook- hard and it was just fantastic to see the determi- Yesterday’s slump saw England, who had been ing Sharma straight to Stuart Binny at deep nation and effort the guys showed.” England, set 173 for four, lose their last six wickets for 50 backward square leg. England collapsed to 72 for four on 147 for seven. 319 for victory, collapsed to 223 all out on the runs. Sharma’s final figures surpassed the his Stuart Broad too could not cope with a rising Sunday, with Sharma removing the two But, not for the first time in recent final day. previous Test-best six for 51 against New delivery, gloving Sharma down the legside to senior batsmen in Cook and Ian Bell. Cook matches, England failed to polish off the Sharma took four wickets for nine runs in 21 Zealand in Wellington earlier this year. England wicketkeeper Dhoni, with England now on the was out for 22 to make it 27 innings since tail as India made 295 with Ajinkya Rahane balls after lunch as a succession of England looked as if they would bat through Monday’s brink of defeat at 216 for nine. the last of his England record 25 Test hun- scoring 103. It was a similar story in India’s batsmen were undone by his bouncer. In total, first session without losing a wicket. But to the The match ended when James Anderson was dreds. Bell fared even worse, bowled for second innings when, after opener Vijay’s the 25-year-old finished with a Test-best seven very last ball before lunch, Moeen Ali turned his run out by Ravindra Jadeja’s direct hit, with the one as his run without a Test century was patient 95, an eighth-wicket stand of 99 in for 74 to win the man-of-the-match award. head away from a Sharma bouncer and gloved two players both facing a possible suspension extended to 19 innings. Cook elected to just 100 balls between the dashing Jadeja But Sharma said Dhoni deserved credit for a simple catch to Cheteshwar Pujara at short following their alleged confrontation at Trent field on a typically English ‘green top’ after (68) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (52) saw the encouraging him to bowl short. “I don’t think all leg. It was the end of his three-hour, 39 and a Bridge. winning the toss and saw India decline to tourists to 342. —AFP Lydia Ko clinches Watson ready to make Marathon Classic tough Ryder Cup calls SYLVANIA: Now that she’s officially a all 15 tournaments she’s entered. She HOYLAKE: Tom Watson looked the picture of mer world number ones Woods and Luke millionaire, Lydia Ko joked she’ll have has six top-10 finishes in addition to charm and grace as he outplayed scores of Donald, seventh-ranked Matt Kuchar, number to keep a closer watch on where her her wins, with five of those being top- golfers half his age at last week’s British Open eight Jason Day and last month’s US Open paychecks go. fives. but, make no mistake, he did not win eight champion Martin Kaymer. “I’ll probably see that going into Ryu had poured in a big-breaking, majors without having a steely edge. Watson will continue to compete at this my mom’s account,” she said with a 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th to pull The 64-year-old United States Ryder Cup week’s Senior British Open at Royal Porthcawl laugh, referring to the $210,000 she even. But then Ko stuck her approach captain has more than half an eye on the in Wales before beginning the countdown to got for winning Sunday’s Marathon at the par-5 closing hole and calmly match against holders Europe in Scotland in the Ryder Cup. Classic. rolled in the birdie putt for a 6-under September and he made two verbal declara- The American, who led his team to victory The 17-year-old broke free from a 65 that left her at 15-under 269. Ryu tions at Hoylake that left no doubt as to how over Bernard Gallacher’s Europeans in his pre- late tie with So Yeon Ryu, hitting a hit a brilliant third shot to the green, seriously he is taking the biennial team event. vious match in charge at The Belfry 21 years wedge to 4 feet for birdie on the 72nd but pushed her 6-footer at the 18th. Watson left open the possibility that some ago, does not want to over-complicate mat- hole to take the lead. Then she tried in “Absolutely I’m disappointed I of his 12 players may not be called upon until ters for his team when they get to Gleneagles. vain - she’s just 5-foot-5 - to see past missed (that) birdie putt,” she said. OHIO: Lydia Ko, of New Zealand, holds up her trophy after winning the Marathon Classic LPGA golf tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club. — AP the last-day singles and he rejected the notion “I will only do two things, as I see it,” the large gallery at 18 as Ryu missed a “Sometimes if I get something lucky, that Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are guar- said Watson who surprised MasterCard 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole then I get something that is unlucky. I first time after hitting her approach to “I didn’t play 17 and 18 well all week. If anteed places in his side. Asked by Reuters in cardholders at nearby Caldy Golf Club last that would have forced a playoff. just accept it and let it go.” 10 feet at the 10th. you’re going to win here you have to an interview if he planned to rotate his team week and delivered a golf lesson as part of “I couldn’t see it properly. I was Ko was resilient, also shrugging Kerr, seeking her 17th career victo- take advantage of those holes.” on the opening two days in order to make the #PricelessSurprises programme behind some people,” she said after aside a challenge from veteran Cristie ry, rolled in a left-to-right breaker from Ko hit a pitching wedge from 121 sure everyone gets a taste of the action ahead (http://www.theopen.com/MasterCard).