46 SPORT FRIDAY MARCH 26 2021 Long Perry wait finally Cam head of pack at an end ELLYSE Perry has been such a LOUIS CAMERON dred. (0-53) permanent part of the Austra- did not take a but held lian team since she made her Ton for Bancroft despite knock onto a diving catch running in international debut as a teen- shrugged off a pre-game head off the square-leg boundary to ager that it’s hard to believe knock and some disciplined teammate been a bit sore chewing my batter (88 ) dismiss Bancroft for 113, with she hasn’t played for her coun- Victorian to post his accidentally hitting the 28- food so I’ve been on the liquids as the right-handed duo put 10 fours and a pair of sixes try for 12 months. third century of the Marsh year-old in the jaw during – it feels like having my wis- on an 87-run sixth-wicket coming off his 228 balls. It’s not a time out of nation- Sheffield Shield season at the WA’s warm-up, though Ban- dom teeth out. partnership. No.8 (46 not out) al colours the superstar all- WACA Ground. croft was passed fit to play the “But it was all fine … I felt Spinner Jon Holland (2-88) then put WA’s top-order to rounder, who will return when With both Western Austra- four-day game that shapes as good enough to bat out there had surprisingly proved the shame, facing 82 balls (more the T20 series against New lia and the Vics desperate for a a must-win for both teams. today.” major threat with the ball on than any of his fellow batters Zealand starts on Sunday, ever win to remain in the hunt for a “We played a game in our WA had slumped to 5-114 an opening-day pitch that of- aside from Bancroft and In- wants to go through again. berth in the Shield final, Ban- warm-up and Cameron got during the second session but fered turn, but Bancroft glis) without being dismissed, Perry last played for Austra- croft stroked a gritty 113 after very excited, dived for a ball Victoria could not find a way moved from 91 to 101 with a six including a testing period late lia during the T20 World Cup his side was sent in on the first and his forearms came blazing through the defences of Ban- and a four in the space of three in the day against the second last year, before a hamstring day yesterday. across my jaw,” Bancroft said. croft, who finally found an ally balls from the left-armer to new ball, to see WA reach injury cruelly ended her cam- That had come despite “I was a bit rattled. I’ve in impressive wicketkeeper- reach his 17th first-class hun- 6-287 at stumps. paign, and she missed Austra- lia’s historic win at the MCG. The injury was so serious she couldn’t get back in time for the series against the Kiwis last October, when the Aussies equalled a world record of con- SCHEDULE secutive one-day wins. HEADACHE FOR POMS sets tough Test target PATHUM Nissanka’s hun- dred on debut and Niroshan Dickwella’s pugnacious 96 sol- idified Sri Lanka’s outstanding second-innings rearguard with a total of 476 that left the West Indies with the challenging victory target of 375 on the fourth day of the first Test. Notwithstanding their re- markable successful chase of 395 on the last day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chattogram six weeks earlier, the hosts face a daunting task England's Jonny Bairstow plays a shot during the first ODI against India in Pune earlier this week. Picture: Punit Paranjpe/AFP at 1-34 overnight heading into the final day. ENGLAND could be forced to field two Board announced it had agreed to take place between January 28 and A three-Test series in the West Indies Kraigg men’s teams at the same time after increase the Test series from two February 5. That puts the fixtures on a Caribbean will follow the T20 Brathwaite will resume in part- announcing match dates for their matches to three, with the potential collision course with the matches, with a lucrative additional nership with Nkrumah Bonner 2022 tour of the West Indies that international leg of the tour expanded Ashes Tests in Australia, with the fixture a goodwill gesture towards after Vishwa Fernando prised could overlap with their Ashes tour to into a five-game series from the showpiece series set to last well into West Indies, which sent men’s out John Campbell via a catch Australia. original three. January due to quarantine issues and women’s teams to England last to a rueful wicketkeeper Dick- The England and Wales Cricket The T20 games are scheduled to caused by the coronavirus pandemic. year during the pandemic. wella.

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