THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 SPORTS Hughes replaces captain Clarke London Marathon raises South Africa recall Burger SYDNEY: Top order batsman Phil Hughes has replaced Michael Clarke in the record amounts for charity CAPE TOWN: Former World Rugby Player of the Year Schalk Burger was recalled to Australia squad for next month’s one-day international series against Pakistan South Africa’s squad for the Rugby Championship tests against Australia and New after the Australia captain was ruled out by a hamstring injury. LONDON: Runners at the London Marathon have raised almost half a Zealand in place of injured Francois Louw, the South African Rugby Union said yester- Hughes, who was overlooked for the original squad despite scoring two half billion dollars for charity in the last five years and continue to break day. Burger has been playing in Japan, where he has a club match on Friday after centuries against South Africa in the recent triangular one-day series in fundraising records each year, sponsors Virgin Money announced yes- which he will join up with the Springbok squad in Cape Town, preparing to face Zimbabwe, had been included in the test squad to play Pakistan in the United terday. The total raised for charity since the company took over as title Australia on Sept. 27 and a final game with New Zealand in Johannesburg on Oct. 4. Arab Emirates. The 25-year-old was already scheduled to travel to the UAE earlier sponsors of the annual 26.2 mile race in 2010 stands at 264.1 million Burger returned to the national fold in June after almost two years out with injury and than his test team mates to spend time working on his batting pounds ($430.96 million), exceeding Virgin’s own ambitious target. illness. He came off the bench to face Wales in two tests and started versus Scotland against spin with the team’s coaching consultant, Sri Lanka Runners in this year’s race around London’s icon-laden streets raised but missed the first four Rugby Championship tests due to club commitments. “With great Muttiah Muralitharan. In and out of the team with 53.2 million pounds for good causes, meaning the marathon broke Willem Alberts still out injured, Schalk’s versatility helps as he can cover any position depressing regularity in his test career, Hughes only made the Guinness World Record for the largest annual single-day charity in the loose trio,” South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer said in a state- the trip to Zimbabwe for the ODI series after an injury to fundraising event for the eighth consecutive year. ment yesterday. “He is also very experienced, brings leadership Shane Watson. “When Virgin first got involved with the London Marathon we set the qualities and has been with us so he will slot back in easily. The lefthander boasts a batting average of 37.31 in his bar high and challenged runners to not only complete their 26 miles, “Schalk played a superb role in June mentoring the younger 24 one-day internationals and will now have his but within five years also help raise 1/4 billion pounds for good caus- players in the squad, and he’ll be able to carry on with that chance to earn a place in the squad for next year’s es,” Virgin founder Richard Branson said in a statement. especially with players such as Warren Whiteley and World Cup, which Australia are co-hosting with New “Today’s news shows that not only have we all risen to that chal- Oupa Mohoje, who has shown massive improve- Zealand. Clarke, Australia’s leading batsman, flew lenge, but during the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon we ment after only playing in a handful of Super home from Zimbabwe with an injury that “a series smashed right through it.” Rugby matches and making his test debut earlier of investigations” confirmed to be a “significant Since the race began in 1981, over 920,000 runners have completed this season.” The 31-year-old Burger has 71 hamstring injury”, Cricket Australia physiotherapist the course, raising more than 716 million pounds for a plethora of caps and was named the best player in Alex Kountouris said on Tuesday. —Reuters charitable causes. —Reuters world rugby 10 years ago. —Reuters Brewers down Cardinals ST. LOUIS: Hector Gomez pinch ran in the ninth and scored the tying run and then blooped a two-out single to right in the top of the 12th to score the go-ahead run as the Milwaukee Brewers’ won 3-2 over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was the fifth win in six games for the Brewers (79- 72), who pulled within four games of the first- place Cardinals in the National League Central and stayed 1-1/2 games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second NL wild card spot. St. Louis (83-68) lost for just the sixth time in 26 home games and had their division lead over Pittsburgh dipped to 2-1/2 games. Nationals 3, Braves 0 Shortstop Ian Desmond hit a long two-run homer and right-hander Tanner Roark pitched sev- SAINT LUCIA: West Indies wicket keeper Danesh Ramdin closes in on the wickets as en scoreless innings as the Washington Nationals Bangladesh batsman Shaiful Islam connects off a delivery from bowler Jerome Taylor clinched the National League East championship on day four of the second and final Test. — AFP with a 3-0 win over the Atlanta Braves. Desmond ripped his 23rd homer deep in the left-center field Benn spins Windies to victory stands at Turner Field against Atlanta right-hander Aaron Harang in the sixth inning to break up a GROS ISLET: Spinner Sulieman Benn took However he was bowled for the second scoreless game and give the Nationals the only five wickets and Jerome Taylor reached the time in the match, falling to Taylor who runs they would need. Roark (14-10) allowed five milestone of 100 Test wickets as then promptly trapped Robiul Islam leg- hits and struck out four as Washington won its sec- Bangladesh crumbled to a 296-run defeat before to become the 20th West Indian to ond division championship in three years. late on the fourth day of the second and claim 100 wickets in Test cricket. ST. LOUIS: Peter Bourjos No. 8 of the St. Louis Cardinals is caught trying to run out a double Orioles 8, Blue Jays 2 final Test against the West Indies at the “We showed some resistance for a while against Jean Segura No. 9 of the Milwaukee Brewers in the ninth inning. — AFP Beausejour Stadium on Tuesday. but that’s not good enough,” said a crest- Steve Pearce and Jimmy Paredes both homered Set an improbable target of 489 after fallen Mushfiqur. “We need to play better early while Alejandro De Aza added a three-run the home side declared their second for longer periods if we want to be compet- triple as the Baltimore Orioles wrapped up their MLB results/standings innings at 269 for four, 45 minutes into the itive going forwards.” first American League East division title in 17 years day, the tourists crashed from 158 for two Chanderpaul was named Man of the with an 8-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. to be dismissed for 192 just before a show- Match while his teammate, opening bats- Baltimore 8, Toronto 2; Pittsburgh 4, Boston 0; Washington 3, Atlanta 0; NY Mets 9, Miami 1; er swept across the ground. man Kraigg Brathwaite, took the Man of the Pirates 4, Red Sox 0 Tampa Bay 6, NY Yankees 1; Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 0; Chicago White Sox 7, Kansas City 5; Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal (64) and Series honours. Charlie Morton pitched five scoreless innings Minnesota 4, Detroit 3; Cleveland 4, Houston 2; Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 2 (12 innings); Colorado 10, Mominul Haque (56) held up the West Following unbeaten innings of 85 and and the surging Pittsburgh Pirates blanked the LA Dodgers 4; San Francisco 2, Arizona 1; Seattle 13, LA Angels 2; Texas 6, Oakland 3; San Diego 5, Indies for over three hours with a second- 84 previously in the series, Chanderpaul’s Boston Red Sox 4-0. Morton (6-12) notched his first Philadelphia 4. win since July 2 and helped the Pirates (80-70) to wicket partnership of 110, but when Tamim unbeaten 101, together with 66 not out American League National League their ninth victory in 11 games. skied an attempted sweep off Benn to mid- from Jermaine Blackwood, allowed Ramdin Eastern Division Eastern Division The Pirates remain ahead of Milwaukee for the wicket it was the trigger for the collapse. to close his side’s innings inside the first W L PCT GB Washington 87 63 .580 - It was completed when Kemar Roach hour. second National League wild card and closed in to 2-1/2 games behind St. Louis for the NL Central. Baltimore 91 60 .603 - Atlanta 75 76 .497 12.5 breached the defence of Shafiul Islam to Bangladesh got off to a flying start in Toronto 77 73 .513 13.5 Miami 73 77 .487 14 set off the West Indies victory celebrations the 15 overs they faced to the interval, Catcher Russell Martin and left fielder Starling NY Yankees 76 74 .507 14.5 NY Mets 73 79 .480 15 in their 500th Test and a 2-0 sweep of the Shamsur Rahman taking on Taylor and Marte both hit home runs. Tampa Bay 74 78 .487 17.5 Philadelphia 69 82 .457 18.5 series.