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IPL Anderson scales 600 peak as Don’t burst the virus S’thampton Test ends in draw bubble, Kohli warns stars

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India Virat Kohli has warned players of serious “re- percussions” for the tourna- ment if they breach coronavi- rus safety rules. With all eight teams now in quarantine in the ahead of the September 19 start, the Royal Challengers Bangalore skip- per said: “One mistake from us could literally spoil the whole tournament.” The IPL, originally sched- uled to start in March, has been moved from because of the coronavirus’s raging spread across the country, now the third worst hit in the world. Kohli made the warning in a virtual meeting with players which was posted online by the Bangalore team. All teams are in quarantine in Dubai hotels for six days, during which each player will undergo three coro- navirus tests. ’s James Anderson (2nd left) celebrates with teammates after taking the of ’s Azhar Ali, his 600th Test match wicket, on Players can only start the fifth day of the third Test at the Ageas Bowl in , England, on Tuesday.( AFP) training for the behind-closed- doors tournament after pass- stan, following on, 109-3 – still ing the tests, and in the tour- 201 runs adrift of England’s Leading Test wicket-takers Scoreboard nament bubble they will be first 583-8 declared. (SL ) – 800 in 133 matches England 1st Innings 583-8 dec (Z Crawley barred from contact with any- After Anderson struck, the one who hasn’t undergone the (AUS) – 708 wickets in 145 matches 267, J Buttler 152) remaining energy in the con- Pakistan 1st Innings 273 (Azhar Ali 141 no, quarantine period. test appeared to drain away (IND) – 619 wickets in 132 matches Mohammad Rizwan 53; J Anderson 5-56) and a draw was agreed as the James Anderson (ENG) – 600 wickets in 156 matches Pakistan 2nd Innings (following-on, overnight 100-2) match entered the last hour. Glenn McGrath (AUS) – 563 wickets in 124 matches The meant England Shan Masood lbw b Broad ����������������������� 18 secured their first series win (WIS) – 519 wickets in 132 matches Abid Ali lbw b Anderson ���������������������������� 42 (ENG) – 514 wickets in 143 matches Azhar Ali c Root b Anderson ���������������������� 31 England’s James Anderson takes a as a souvenir at the end Pakistan in a decade. Babar Azam ...... 63 of the fifth day’s play in the third Test against Pakistan at the Ageas Anderson is only the fourth Note: Anderson and Broad’s figures correct at time of Anderson’s 600th Test wicket. c sub (Bracey) b Root ���������� 21 Bowl in Southampton, England, on Tuesday. (AFP) bowler – and first paceman – Fawad Alam not out ������������������������������������ 0 to reach the mark of 600 Test I’m a big fan of Jimmy’s. Just take the new ball to suggest Extras: (lb9, nb3) ������������������������������������� 12 AFP Anderson and the 38-year- wickets. The only men ahead the fact he’s still playing now, they might press for victory Total: (For 4 wkts, 83.1 overs, 360 mins) 187 Southampton old did not disappoint, strik- of him in the all-time Test list in his 156th Test match, which but after just one Stuart Broad Did not bat: Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, ing with his 14th ball of the are three retired spinners – Sri in itself is just incredible. in the statutory last Shaheen Afridi, Mohd Abbas, Naseem Shah. England paceman James day to reach the 600-wicket Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan “The rigours, the stresses hour, a draw was agreed. Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Masood), 2-88 (Abid), Virat Kohli tweeted this picture of 3-109 (Azhar), 4-172 (Shafiq). himself on Monday. Anderson cemented his place milestone. (800), Australia’s Shane that fast bowlers put on their Babar was 63 not out, with : Anderson 19-3-45-2; Broad 14.1- in cricket history by tak- Defying a docile pitch, he Warne (708) and India’s Anil body day in day out, to turn Pakistan finishing on 187-4. 5-27-1; Woakes 8-2-14-0; Archer 14-8-14-0; ing his 600th Test wicket as produced a rising delivery Kumble (619). around and front up and just Anderson’s innings return Bess 21-4-54-0; Root 6-0-17-1; Sibley 1-0- But concerns remain about the rain-marred third and that moved away from Paki- Kumble tweeted: “Con- work your backside off is just of 2-45 from 19 overs gave him 7-0 (3nb). players breaking the bio-securi- final Test against Pakistan stan captain Azhar Ali, a first- gratulations @jimmy9 on your absolutely incredible.” match figures of 7-101. Result: Match drawn ty conditions before the seven- at Southampton ended in a innings -maker, with 600 wickets! Massive effort After Anderson struck, Ba- , however, : England. week tournament wraps up on draw on Tuesday. England skipper from a great fast bowler. Wel- bar Azam completed a 76-ball was named man of the match Player of the match: Zak Crawley (ENG). November 10. Fresh downpours prevent- holding a head-high catch at come to the club.” fifty featuring six fours. for his stunning 267 -- the Series: England win three-match series 1-0 Several sportsmen have England player of the series: ed play on the last day until first . But when it seemed the 22-year-old Kent batsman’s Pakistan player of the series: Mohammad found it tough to stay within 1515 GMT, meaning England, There was applause and ‘Incredible feat’ match was petering out, part- maiden Test century. Rizwan. coronavirus bubbles, includ- who were 1-0 up in the series, cheers from Anderson’s team- Former Australia paceman time spinner Root had Asad Together with Jos Buttler ing cricketers. did not have enough time to mates, with the nick off the Glenn McGrath, whose tally Shafiq by (152) he shared an England re- combination of poor catching, England bowler Jofra force a victory. shoulder of Azhar’s bat clearly of 563 wickets was passed by fielder James Bracey at short cord fifth-wicket stand of 359. bad weather and determined Archer missed the second But despite the tame end audible at an empty Ageas Bowl. Anderson in 2018, told the leg to leave Pakistan 172-4. Anderson had been left Pakistan thwarted him Test against the to the series, all eyes were on Azhar’s exit for 31 left Paki- BBC: “Absolutely incredible, The next over saw England just one wicket shy of 600 as a on Monday. for a breach, and Pakistan’s had to go into self-isolation after a golf outing during their tour of England. ames Anderson did something no other dropped Hoggard and Harmison The IPL is a massive earner paceman has achieved when he dismissed and gave Anderson the new ball for the Welling- for the Board of Control for JPakistan captain Azhar Ali in Southampton ton Test. Cricket in India, and a contract on Tuesday to reach 600 Test wickets. Anderson took five wickets in the first -in to be signed by each player is After fellow England quick The name nings and was then the unchallenged leader of understood to impose finan- became the first bowler to take 300 Test wickets, England’s attack. cial penalties for coronavirus a then astonishing figure, in 1964, he was asked is James, He played a key role in England’s only Ashes breaches. whether he thought anyone would ever break triumph in Australia of recent times, taking 24 RCB’s director of cricket op- his record. wickets at 26 during their 2010/11 success. erations Mike Hesson warned Trueman replied: “Aye, but whoever does James And when, in 2012, England achieved a rare players that any wilful breach will be bloody tired.” series win in India, MS Dhoni said Anderson of the team’s safety precautions If anyone could sympathise with those senti- Anderson: had been the difference between the two teams. would be handled “very seri- ments it is the 38-year-old Anderson, now ap- By now he had formed a hugely productive ously”. pearing in his 156th Test. England’s new-ball with Stuart Broad, whose “If somebody breaks this What Trueman could not have foreseen was ability to seam the ball complements Anderson’s bubble that we have worked in- the increase in the number of Test nations and late swing through the air. credibly hard to put in place, it matches that would take place in the interven- King of And the fact England decided to end Ander- actually affects the whole tour- ing years. son’s white-ball career after the 2015 World Cup nament,” Hesson said. And unlike Trueman, a stalwart performer Swing has helped extend his longevity as a Test bowler. “It’s not just RCB, it is the for Yorkshire, the advent of England central In September 2018 he surpassed Glenn tournament, it is the TV rights, contracts means Anderson has not had to bowl McGrath’s 563 wickets to become ’s so there will be strong conse- hundreds of overs for alongside his most successful fast bowler. quences if players choose to international commitments. But his form wavered and for a time Ander- For some pundits, that series damned An- The sheer physical strain of his trade saw do that.” But nothing should detract from Anderson’s son found himself reduced to bowling at cones derson forever as a bowler who thrived in home, Anderson break a rib bowling against South Af- Kohli added that any player endurance or skill. during England practice sessions. swing-friendly conditions but he learned from rica at Cape Town in January, yet he still caught breaching the safety He burst on the scene as a 20-year-old when, A stress fracture kept Anderson on the out- that experience and an overseas record of 194 37 overs in the match, taking seven wickets. rules “is letting the whole team after just three limited-overs county games, he side looking in as England, under the captaincy wickets at 33.36 in 61 Tests is an impressive re- Anderson has become increasingly savvy in down. was summoned to Australia for a one-day inter- of , assembled the pace attack turn. his dealings with the media -- when it was sug- “It might happen at a stage national series. of Stephen Harmison, , An- Anderson tried to develop a more aggressive gested on that he was on the wane this of the tournament where we Anderson made his England debut in Mel- drew Flintoff and that would help persona of “Jimmy” when taking the new ball month, he held a press conference in which he cannot afford to lose that player. bourne in December 2002, taking a modest 1-46 them win the celebrated . against the world’s best batsmen before realis- made it clear he was far from finished. “If we get harmed by it, then in six overs but he improved on the tour and Anderson’s distinctive action was also sub- ing that, as many great West Indies fast bowlers And while the paceman has mellowed, there the whole system, the whole won himself a place in England’s squad for the jected to some unwelcome interference from had before him, he did not need to say too much were flashes of temper when three catches were team, the whole culture loses. 2003 World Cup. coaches concerned over a potential risk of injury. in the middle. dropped off his bowling on Sunday. I want everyone to understand He made his Test debut at Lord’s later that But he was back for England’s miserable 5-0 A key moment in his career came in 2008 Even so Anderson still took 5-65 – his 29th the repercussions.” year, taking 26 wickets in seven Tests against Ashes series loss in Australia in 2006/07, taking when, after a 189- defeat by New Zealand in five-wicket haul in Tests. Only one seamer, New The pre-IPL quarantine has and South Africa. just five wickets at an average of 82.60. the first Test in Hamilton, then-England coach Zealand’s , has claimed more. been a culture shock for many of the top stars now in Dubai.