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Woakes and Broad use optimum bowling conditions to skittle out the visitors for 38 Opening batsman Cameron The squad: Tim Paine (Capt./ Bancroft was on Friday in wk), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh cluded in Australia's 17man SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS IRELAND, ONLY TEST Hazlewood, Travis Head, Us squad for a fiveTest Ashes man Khawaja, Marnus Labus series against England chagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell England — 1st innings: 85. Murtagh b Woakes 2, B. Rankin alongside Steve Smith and Ireland — 1st innings: 207. (not out) 0; Extras (b1, lb1): 2; Marsh, Michael Neser, James David Warner. Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve England — 2nd innings: J. Leach Total (in 15.4 overs): 38. All three batsmen served Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew c Adair b Murtagh 92, R. Burns c Fall of wickets: 111, 218, 319, Wade, David Warner. Wilson b Rankin 6, J. Roy b 424, 524, 624, 732, 836, lengthy bans for their roles Fixtures: August 15: First Thompson 72, J. Denly run out 936. in a balltampering scandal Test, Edgbaston; Aug. 79: 10, J. Root c Wilson b Adair 31, J. in South Africa last year. England bowling: Broad 83 Worcestershire v Australians, Bairstow lbw b Adair 0, M. Ali c Former captain Smith 194, Woakes 7.42176. Worcester; Aug. 1418: Second Wilson b Rankin 9, C. Woakes c and his then deputy Warner ManoftheMatch: Jack Leach. Test, Lord's; Aug. 2226: Third Balbirnie b Adair 13, S. Curran c were both given 12month Test, Headingley; Aug. 2931: McCollum b Thompson 37, S. England won by 143 runs. suspensions by Cricket Aus Derbyshire v Australians, Der Broad (not out) 21, O. Stone b tralia, with Bancroft, who by; Sept. 48: Fourth Test, Old Thompson 0; Extras (b1, lb7, actually applied sandpaper Trafford; Sept. 1216: Fifth nb4): 12; Total (in 77.5 overs): Test, Oval. 303. to the ball during a Test in Fall of wickets: 126, 2171, 3 182, 4194, 5194, 6219, 7239, 8248, 9293. Ireland bowling: Murtagh 183 Amir retires from Tests 521, Adair 207663, Rankin 171862, Thompson 12.50 Agence France-Presse 443, McBrine 101470. Karachi Ireland — 2nd innings: W. Port Pakistan fast bowler Mo erfield c Bairstow b Woakes 2, J. hammad Amir announced McCollum c Root b Woakes 11, his retirement from Test A. Balbirnie c Root b Broad 5, P. Stirling b Woakes 0, K. O’Brien cricket on Friday to concen lbw b Broad 4, G. Wilson lbw b trate on the limitedovers Woakes 0, S. Thompson c Root b game, nine years after a Woakes 4, M. Adair b Broad 8, A. spotfixing ban halted his Pouched: England’s Joe Root accepts Stuart Thompson’s offering off the bowling of Chris Woakes.* REUTERS McBrine c Root b Broad 0, T. burgeoning career. The 27yearold, regarded LORD’S TEST when Stuart Thompson end Chris Woakes and Stuart Test match and first against successfully defended its low dismissal signalled the start as one of the best leftarm ed England’s second innings Broad took cruel advantage England. est total since 1998 in Mel of the collapse, said. pacers after countryman Reuters on 303 with the first ball of of optimum bowling condi It had bowled England out bourne and its lowest ever at “We knew it was going to Wasim Akram, said he Mohammad Amir. * PTI the day, clean bowling Olly tions to take all the wickets. for 85 before lunch on the Lord’s. be tough with the lights on wants to move away from London Stone to leave itself two days Woakes put Ireland out of opening day of the fourday Ireland at least avoided the and drizzle in the air. But we the traditional format. tan Cricket Board (PCB) re Ireland’s dream of pulling off to knock off 182 runs. its misery, knocking back Test on Wednesday and ignominy of breaking the re had to dig deep and get “It has been an honour to lease. “I, however, have de one of the biggest shocks in After a rain delay it began Tim Murtagh’s leg stump to forced another collapse in cord for the lowest Test score through that. Fair play to the represent Pakistan in the cided to move away from the history of Test cricket by the chase in encouraging finish with the spectacular fi the home ranks in sweltering which is still held by New two lads to how they bowled pinnacle and traditional for the longer version so I can beating England at Lord’s fashion, reaching 11 without gures of six wickets for 17 heat on Thursday to set itself Zealand — skittled out for 26 — they made it difficult.” mat of the game,” Amir was concentrate on whiteball was shattered as it collapsed loss, but the wheels fell off in with Broad taking four for 19. up for an unlikely first Test against England in 1955. England’s leftarm spinner quoted as saying in a Pakis cricket.” to 38 all out to lose by 143 spectacular fashion as it post It was a sad end to what victory. “We put ourselves in a po Jack Leach was named man runs on Friday. ed the lowest ever Test total had been a fantastic effort by In the end, however, the sition to win the game — of the match for his 92 in En On a murky morning, Ire at Lord’s, capitulating in 15.4 William Porterfield’s gallant class of Broad and Woakes that’s why we’re so gutted up gland’s second innings as a land made a dream start overs. side in only Ireland’s third proved too much as England there,” Porterfield, whose nightwatchman. Malinga bids adieu to one-dayers in style Robin Singh applies for India coach The speedster’s opening burst stifles Bangladesh’s chase of a huge Sri Lankan target Now is the time to prepare for the 2023 World Cup, he says Agence France-Presse have to go.” Lefthanded Perera put S. Dinakar hit Sharma early, I would COLOMBO Earlier, Kusal Perera on 97 with Karunaratne for Chennai have held back Virat Kohli to Lasith Malinga shone in his struck 111 (99b, 17x4, 1x6), the second wicket before ad Master of yorker: Robin Robin Singh has thrown his the No. 4 slot. For that game, farewell match after Kusal his fifth ODI century, to set ding 100 with Kusal Mendis hat into the ring. The former I would have picked another Perera struck a quickfire up Sri Lanka’s big total after for the third. The second S. Dinakar ball’s path, you see the India allrounder has applied toporder batsman, Mayank century as Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne elected match will be held on Sun Chennai ball actually going up like for the National coach’s job. Agarwal, at No. 3. M.S. Dhoni crushed Bangladesh by 91 to bat. day. Robin Singh has worked a saucer after it hits the A feisty, hardworking would have been No. 5 and runs in the first of the three closely with pace great wicket. And when it loses cricketer who laid emphasis he would have got more match OneDay Internation Lasith Malinga over a that momentum, it dips on fitness, Robin has had a time.” al series here on Friday. number of years at on you.” rewarding time coaching va He elaborated, “Kohli and Malinga rattled Bangla Mumbai Indians. After his pace dropped rious teams over the last 15 Dhoni could have batted to desh with a fiery opening With the game Malinga mixed cutters years, with as many as 10 gether. Then, we could have spell, reducing the visitors to changing slinger figuring and slower deliveries championship titles to his had the three power hitters, 39 for four in the process, in his last match for Sri with yorkers. Robin said, credit. Robin Singh. * S. DINAKAR Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant which pegged them back Lanka, Robin said, “He “Your skills don’t go, you Importantly, he was the and Ravindra Jadeja coming despite the best efforts by understands his game, make adjustments.” fielding coach for India bet well. Now is the time to pre in.” Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir works hard. Bowls off a Robin noted the ween 2007 and ‘09. In this pare for the 2023 World Cup Robin said India should Rahman. full runup even in presence of Malinga in period, India won a Test se and a change could be good have groomed a No. 4 bat Malinga (three for 38) practice. the MI camp made a ries in England, triumphed for the side.” sman for the World Cup and started the minicollapse by “Mastered the art of huge difference to Jasprit the inaugural World Twen The 55yearold Robin — added, “Both Ambati Rayudu hitting the legstump of Ta yorker by getting his Bumrah. ty20 in South Africa and lift he appears a lot younger — and Ajinkya Rahane would mim Iqbal with a deadly release point right.” “Pretty unique ed the triangular ODI series said he brought with him a have been there in my team.” yorker when the Bangladesh Robin observed, himself, Bumrah tapped trophy in Australia for the global experience and per India, Robin said, should skipper was yet to open the “Malinga is so difficult to into Malinga’s mindset.” first time.