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14 Wednesday, August 14, 2019 Sports Pace ace Archer’s confidence excites Root 2nd Ashes Test at Aussies to do without Pattinson Lord’s from today

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England captain said on Tuesday that he has no qualms about launching self-assured fast bowler Jofra Archer’s Test career in the cauldron of an Ashes clash at Lord’s. The 24-year-old Barbados- born quick seems certain to be handed his first Test cap on Wednesday in place of the in- jured James Anderson as the hosts look to get back on level terms with after a 251-run humbling in the first encounter at Edgbaston.

He (Jofra Archer) is certainly very confident and that’s great to see in a young guy, Australia head coach (left) with captain (centre) and during nets at as he should be after the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Tuesday. (Reuters) World Cup. England skipper Joe Root Hazlewood could be in; Paine plays down Archer threat

reuters bowl really well here.” If selected, Archer will be LONDON Australia squad Starc played all five Tests making his Test debut on the First 12: , , on the 2015 Ashes tour and ground where he bowled the Australia dropped fast , Steve Smith, , finished as the highest - decisive that sealed bowler from , Tim Paine (captain, wicket taker in the 50-overs World England’s World Cup final win a 12-man squad for the sec- keeper), , , Peter Cup last month. over last month. England’s Jofra Archer during a practice session at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Tuesday. (AFP ond Ashes Test against Eng- Siddle, , . The weather could be a “He (Archer) is certainly land starting at Lord’s on factor in who gets the nod, very confident and that’s great Wednesday, with Josh Ha- back injuries and then un- with rain possible throughout to see in a young guy, as he zlewood coming in as likely derwent surgery, and he took Wednesday. should be after the World Cup,” replacement. two . “There’s not set combi- Root said at Lord’s on Tuesday. Fellow quick Mitchell “He’s available for selec- nations, we sort of come in “And, as he made very Starc, the left armer who was tion but we’ve decided to rest the morning and have a look clear, it’s his preferred format also overlooked for the first him for this game and make and go with a bit of a gut feel. so again I’m very excited to see Test won by Australia at Edg- sure that his long term future You try and make the best at the start of his journey. baston, also made the squad is in really good shape,” ex- possible decision that you “If anything, it will moti- but could end up carrying the plained Paine. can when you have a look at vate him and when he gets the drinks once the playing lineup “He’s come back off a re- the conditions you’re faced chance he will be desperate to is named at the toss. ally long layoff, a really seri- with,” said Paine. prove to everyone how good Spearhead Pat Cummins ous operation, and we want to Australia’s victory at Edg- he is. That’s what you want and , who made make sure that he’s truly right baston was their first in the and he won’t shy away from up the pace trio with Pattinson for the next three or four years. opening Test of an away Ashes the challenge.” in the 251-run opening victory, The third Ashes Test series since 2005. Archer’s inclusion would retained their places. at Yorkshire’s Headingley England’s Barbados-born give England a genuine cutting Captain Tim Paine told re- ground in Leeds comes as fast bowler Jofra Archer will edge as the Sussex speedster porters Pattinson was left out a quick turnaround from be making his Test debut on can exceed 90 miles per hour as part of long-term planning, Lord’s, with play starting on Wednesday, and Paine said (145 kilometres per hour) with with the choice between Ha- August 22. Australia would be ready for the ball. zlewood and Starc. “It was always going to be whatever he delivered. But Australia’s batsmen “Whichever one of those one way or the other,” said “A lot of our guys have are used to fast and England’s Jofra Archer and teammates during a team group photo before nets at Lord’s on Tuesday. (reuters) two we unleash tomorrow, Paine. “He would miss this seen Jofra or faced him, ob- several members of their side they are certainly ready to go,” test and be fresher for the viously it’s been in white ball have played against Archer faced him in Australia where real threat and we’re going to and can change the game with he said. third Test or he has this one af- cricket, but we’ve faced him at the recent World Cup or in conditions suit .” have to weather that.” bat and ball,” said Root. Hazlewood is seen as the ter the long break and doesn’t in Australia where conditions franchise cricket. “We’ve seen him at his Root said left-arm seamer “His record is fantastic likeliest replacement based play in the third. really suit fast bowling. I think “A lot of our guys have fastest, they know what to ex- could feature at and he has had a huge impact on performances in a tour “I think if you look at we’ve seen him at his fastest,” seen Jofra or faced him, which pect, they know how skilful he Lord’s after was in most of the games he has match against Worcester- Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazle- he said. is a plus,” said Australia cap- is and how good he is. dropped, although the England played and is a promising shire last week. wood’s records at Lord’s, it’s a “There’s times where tain Tim Paine. “Like most bowlers that skipper stopped short of nam- young talent who I’m sure Edgbaston was Pattin- good venue for one of those to he’s going to be a real threat “It’s been in white-ball play there will be ing his XI a day in advance. will play a huge amount of son’s first Test in three and come in and play and be con- and we’re going to have to cricket but we’ve actually times where he’s going to be a “Sam is a brilliant talent Test cricket.” a half years, after he suffered fident in the fact that they can weather that.”

Women’s SA name three Kiwis eye top Test ranking in T20 added to uncapped players AFP ,” said New Zea- 2022 C’Wealth (Sri Lanka) land coach . Games New Zealand have a chance Tough choices reuters for ’s Test tour of securing the top spot in Test But Sri Lanka have some LONDON cricket when they take on Sri tough choices, and in all de- Reuters SA Squads Lanka in a two-match series partments. Cricket is set to return to CAPE TOWN from Wednesday, exactly a The hosts have dumped the Commonwealth Games FOR TestS: month after their cruel World head coach Chandika Hathurus- after a 24-year absence South Africa have named (, capt), Cup defeat to England. ingha halfway through his three- with organisers confirming (Highveld Lions, vice-capt), three uncapped players in (Titans), (Titans), New Zealand, with 109 year tenure, with former fast on Tuesday that the pro- their Test squad for the three- (Titans), Zubayr Hamza (), Keshav points in Test cricket, are bowler Rumesh Ratnayake now gramme for Birmingham match tour of India in early Maharaj (), (Titans), ranked behind India on 113 filling in on an interim basis. 2022 would include a wom- October as they begin life Senuran Muthusamy (Dolphins), (Titans), points, but a 2-0 series win When they trounced South en’s Twenty20 tournament. (), (Cape without retired veterans Dale Cobras), Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras), in Sri Lanka will see the Ki- Africa five months ago, rookie The T20 event is one Steyn and . (Highveld Lions), Rudi Second (Warriors). wis leapfrog the Asian heavy- New Zealand captain (right) and his Sri Lankan Oshada Fernando played a key of three new events added Fast bowler Anrich Nortje, weights. counterpart pose during a press conference at role posting an unbeaten 75 in to the next edition of the wicketkeeper/batsman Rudi Twenty20: Test rankings have added the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on Tuesday. (AFP) in what was his Games, alongside beach vol- Quinton de Kock (Titans, capt), Rassie van der Second and spin bowling all- Dussen (Highveld Lions, vice-capt), Temba Bavuma relevance with the new, two- second Test match. leyball and para table tennis, rounder Senuran Muthusamy (Highveld Lions), (Titans), Bjorn Fortuin year ICC World Test Champi- eams to stick to two seamers with all- He became an instant hero but there was no room on have been included in the 15- (Highveld Lions), (Highveld Lions), onship now under way, culmi- T rounder and his subsequent snubbing the schedule for shooting. Reeza Hendricks (Highveld Lions), David Miller man selection that will be cap New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Jeet coming in as the third option. from the World Cup squad Eight teams will take - (Dolphins), Anrich Nortje (Warriors), Andile nating in a 2021 final at Lord’s Raval, , Colin de Grandhomme, , tained by Faf du Plessis. Phehlukwayo (Dolphins), (Highveld between the top two teams. will be the earned the wrath of former part in the game’s shortest William Somerville, , , Lions), Kagiso Rabada (Highveld Lions), Tabraiz “All three newcomers to Crisis-ridden Sri Lanka will , Henry Nicholls, B.J. Watling, Trent Boult, number one pick while they players. format, which will be held at Shamsi (Titans), Jon-Jon Smuts (Warriors). the test side have more than be wary of providing a rank , , . will have to make a call between There will be more disap- Edgbaston, boosting the to- earned their spurs through turning wicket in the first Test Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (captain), Dinesh Tim Southee and Neil Wagner, pointment as Fernando, one tal number of medal events impressive performances in in Galle after being outsmarted Chandimal, , Oshada Fernando, possibly the latter, who picked of the brightest prospects to for women at Birmingham , , Kusal last season’s Four-Day Fran- South Africa will start the by England in the most recent Mendis, , , Akila up nine wickets in New Zea- emerge in recent times, is set to 2022 to 135 - two more than chise competition,” Cricket tour with the limited overs encounter at the venue. Dananjaya, , Lakshan Sandakan, land’s last Test match. miss both Tests with the return men in a first for a major South Africa Acting Direc- matches, the first of which is in England overcame the bat- , , . But the hosts will be no of Angelo Mathews, who was multi-sport event. tor of Cricket Corrie van Zyl Dharamsala on September 15. tle with a variety of off-, leg- pushover, as they showed by injured for South Africa. The International Crick- said. That will be followed by and left-arm spin as the trio bay-born left-arm spinner Ajaz winning their recent 2-0 series “New Zealand will be tough et Council (ICC) said in a Van Zyl also announced a Tests in Visakhapatnam (Octo- of Moeen Ali, and Patel claimed five wickets in the in South Africa -- becoming the to beat. We have got guys who statement the sport’s return squad for the Twenty20 Inter- ber 2-6), (October 10- Jack Leach played a key role in warm-up game in Negombo first Asian nation to do so. were not part of the series in to the Games was “a truly nationals before the test series, 14) and Pune (October 19-23), a 3-0 series sweep. and he is likely to be the second “They are a strong team. South Africa, so we have got historic moment for wom- with Du Plessis not included which are the first for South The Kiwis too are carrying spinner to leggie Todd Astle. They will come into this series to make some tough calls,” en’s cricket and for the glob- in that group and Quinton de Africa in the newly-formed ICC plenty of spin options and are Although seam is New Zea- with lot of confidence behind said Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth al cricket community”. Kock set to captain. Test Championship. likely to play two of them. Bom- land’s strength, they are likely them after what happened in Karunaratne.