MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017 SPORTS

Australia look to spin, versatility, to turn India tide

MELBOURNE: Australia have included 16-man squad as a third pace option “No country has performed all that could play a part over there. If he does- fielder and his off-spin is handy,” said uncapped Mitchell Swepson and along with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell well over there in the last 10 years or n’t, he’ll gain a lot from being there.” Hohns. Opener Matt Renshaw and Peter recalled Ashton Agar in a four-man spin- Starc, despite being dropped for the more, but somehow, some way, some- Hohns described Agar, who scored 98 Handscomb, who both impressed after bowling unit for the test tour of India, final Test against to allow two one has to turn the tide.” with the bat on debut in the 2013 Ashes, making their debuts in the home sum- part of a versatile squad they hope can spinners to play in Sydney. Leg spinner Swepson and left-arm as a “good all round package” who mer, were also included, the latter offer- turn the tide of their recent results in the The Australians will review their fast- orthodox spinner Agar, who played two offered yet more versatility to the squad. ing back-up to the single specialist wick- country. The Australians, who have lost bowling resources after the second Test tests in England in 2013, will act as back- Mitchell Marsh edged out all-rounder et-keeper, Matt Wade. their last nine series in India, also in Bangalore. “We don’t know what pitch up to off spinner Nathan Lyon and left- Hilton Cartwright, who made his debut The first test starts in Pune on Feb. 23 recalled all-rounders Mitchell Marsh and conditions we will come up against in armer Steve O’Keefe. Swepson, who has in the Pakistan series, because of his and is followed by matches in Bangalore, Glenn Maxwell to allow flexibility to deal each of the venues but wanted to make played 14 first class matches, won out superior bowling, Hohns said. Ranchi and Dharamsala. Squad: Steve whatever conditions they face in the sure we have plenty of options available over Adam Zampa because he is the Maxwell, a fast-scoring batsman who Smith (), David Warner, Matt four tests starting next month. Top to us,” head selector Trevor Hohns said. more attacking of the two spinners, has been largely restricted to the shorter Renshaw, Usman Khawaja, Shaun Marsh, order batsman Shaun Marsh, Mitchell’s “We know India is an incredibly tough Hohns said. forms for his country, played the last of Peter Handscomb, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn brother, was also recalled after losing his place to tour and to succeed in, but we “He is an exciting young leg spinner, his three tests two years ago. Maxwell, Matt Wade, Mitchell Starc, Josh place in the side for the series against have a squad here which we believe can he gives the ball a very good rip, he’s a “Glenn is very experienced in Indian Hazlewood, Jackson Bird, Nathan Lyon, South Africa and Pakistan through perform well enough in those condi- -taking leg-spinner,” he added. conditions, he’s generally regarded as a Stephen O’Keefe, Ashton Agar, Mitchell injury. Jackson Bird was included in the tions to give a good account of itself. “Given the opportunity, we think he good player of spin bowling, he’s a good Swepson. — Reuters

Pakistan record first ODI win in Australia in 12 yrs

MELBOURNE: Pakistan beat Australia by six James Faulkner (2-35) effective with his in the second one-day international changes of pace. But the other bowlers were at the Melbourne Ground yesterday, ineffective and expensive, with off-spinner their first ODI win on Australian soil for 12 Travis Head going for 23 runs off his 2.4 overs. years. The win was also Pakistan’s first ODI victory at the MCG since 1985 and levels the IMPRESSIVE five-match series at 1-1. Amir and Junaid Khan set the tone early Australian captain Steve Smith won the with their impressive opening spells. Junaid, toss and chose to bat first on a flat-looking brought into the team in place of Wahab Riaz, wicket, but Pakistan’s opening pair induced an edge from the dangerous David (3-47) and Junaid Khan (2- Warner (16) to leave the Australians on 31-1. 40) bowled superbly to help restrict the home Junaid soon added the scalp of Usman Khawaja side to 220 all out. They were backed up by when he edged to first slip Sharjeel Khan, who left arm spinner (2-37), whose took a fine catch low to his left. Australia pro- 10-over spell in the middle of the innings tied moted all-rounder Mitchell Marsh up the order the batsmen down and slowed the scoring. but the experiment failed as he scooped the The modest total never looked enough once first ball he faced from Amir to Imad at cover to Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez (72) and leave the home side 41 for three. fellow opener Sharjeel Khan (29) had put on Head then joined Smith in the middle and 68 for the first wicket. chipped in hit five boundaries on his way to 29 before he with 34 before Shoaib Malik (42 not out) and edged Hasan Ali to Mohammad Rizwan with Umar Akmal (18 not out) guided the visitors Australia on 86 for four. Smith (60) brought home with 2.2 overs to spare. “I think the up a hard-fought 50 from 91 balls with only bowlers did a great job for us,” said Hafeez, two boundaries and no sixes, but with eight who was also named man of the match. overs to go he got an inside edge onto his “We wanted to get a total on the board pads and then stumps to give Imad his sec- that we were comfortable with because the ond wicket. There was a steady procession of ball wasn’t coming onto the bat. wickets until Faulkner skied a ball to point off “The bowlers took wickets at the right time Amir to leave Pakistan needing only 221 to and kept the pressure on.” Australia went into level the series. Smith said the Australians the match without a recognised spinner and had paid the price for attacking too early and were made to pay the price on a two-paced losing key wickets before the spinners came wicket that favoured the slower bowlers. Their on to bowl. “We were probably about 40 runs seam attack did its best to restrict the Pakistan too short-the bowlers did a pretty good job , with Josh Hazelwood (0-32) the most of trying to contain them, but we just weren’t impressive despite not taking a wicket, and good enough,” he said. — AFP

PUNE: India’s captain Virat Kohli celebrates after India won the first one-day international cricket match against England at The MCA SCOREBOARD International Cricket Stadium in Pune yesterday. — AFP

MELBOURNE: Scoreboard after the Australian innings in the second one-day international against Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Kohli, Jadhav hundreds help Australia Hasan 7-0-29-1, Hafeez 10-0-45-0 (1w), Malik 4-0- U. Khawaja c Sharjeel b Junaid 17 15-1 D. Warner c Rizwan b Junaid 16 Pakistan S. Smith b Imad 60 Sharjeel Khan c Wade b Faulkner 29 India eclipse England’s 350 M. Marsh c Imad b Amir 0 Mohammad Hafeez c Hazelwood b Faulkner 72 T. Head c Rizwan b Hasan 29 Babar Azam c Hazelwood b Starc 34 G. Maxwell b Imad 23 Asad Shafiq c Wade b Starc 13 M. Wade b Malik 35 Shoaib Malik not out 42 PUNE: Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav hit cen- per Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not last long third man for a boundary to bring up his second J. Faulkner c Asad b Amir 19 Umar Akmal not out 18 turies and combined in a 200-run stand to help either as India were left staring at a heavy defeat. ton off 65 balls. M. Starc run out (Junaid) 3 Extras (lb6, w7) 13 India comfortably chase down a steep target of But Kohli, playing his first match as India’s full- Stokes dismissed Kohli after a 105-ball 122, P. Cummins c Rizwan b Amir 0 Total (4 wickets, 47.4 overs) 221 351 against England and win the first one-day time captain across all formats, and Jadhav then studded with eight fours and five sixes. Jadhav J. Hazelwood not out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Sharjeel), 2-140 (Babar), 3-142 international by three wickets yesterday. India’s took the attack to the England bowlers. was out after a 76-ball 120, with 12 fours and Extras (lb7, w11) 18 (Hafeez), 4-195 Total (48.2 overs) 220 (Shafiq) chase seemed over when England reduced them Kohli, who was the highest scorer in the four sixes, to fast bowler Jake Ball, the most suc- Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Warner), 2-40 (Khawaja), 3-41 Did not bat: Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, to 63-4 in the 12th over but captain Kohli and recent Test series, was stranded on 99 for three cessful English bowler with three for 67. Hardik (Marsh), 4-86 (Head), Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan local boy Jadhav turned the match on its head deliveries before he danced down the pitch to Pandya, unbeaten on 40, and Ravichandran 5-128 (Maxwell), 6-193 (Smith), 7-199 (Wade), 8- Bowling: Starc 10-1-45-2 (2w), Hazelwood 10-2- with the hosts reaching the target with 11 balls hit paceman Chris Woakes for a six and bring up Ashwin (15 not out) combined in a crucial 207 (Starc), 9-212 (Cummins), 32-0 (1w), Cummins 10-1-48-0 to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match his 27th ODI hundred, which came in 93 balls. eighth-wicket stand of 38 at the end to take 10-220 (Faulkner) (1w), Faulkner 9-0-35-2, Head 2.4-0-23-0 (1w), series. The touring side, who lost a five-match Jadhav, who struggled with cramp towards the India home. The second match of the series will Bowling: Amir 9.2-0-47-3 (1w), Junaid 8-0-40-2 Marsh 6-0-32-0 (2w) (3w), Imad 10-0-37-2 (2w), Pakistan win by 6 wickets. test series 4-0 before returning home for end of his knock, guided the same bowler to be played at Cuttack on Thursday. — Reuters Christmas, would have felt confident of victory after posting 350-7. Half-centuries from Jason Roy, Joe Root and SCOREBOARD Ben Stokes took England to their highest ODI total against India, who won the toss and opted PUNE, India: Final scoreboard of the first one-day international between India and England in Pune yesterday. to bowl first. England S. Dhawan c Ali b Willey 1 England lost early but opener Roy J. Roy st Dhoni b Jadeja 73 V. Kohli c Willey b Stokes 122 (73) and Root, who top-scored for his side with A. Hales run out (Bumrah) 9 Y. Singh c Buttler b Stokes 15 78, added 69 for the second wicket to lay a solid J. Root c Pandya b Bumrah 78 M.S. Dhoni c Willey b Ball 6 foundation. E. Morgan c Dhoni b Pandya 28 K. Jadhav c Stokes b Ball 120 Roy was given out leg before on 18 off pace- J. Buttler c Dhawan b Pandya 31 H. Pandya not out 40 man Umesh Yadav but reviewed successfully to B. Stokes c Yadav b Bumrah 62 R. Jadeja c Rashid b Ball 13 M. Ali b Yadav 28 overturn the decision with replays showing the R. Ashwin not out 15 C. Woakes not out 9 ball was missing the stumps. Stokes provided Extras (b1, lb4, w 11) 16 the late assault with a 40-ball knock of 62, stud- D. Willey not out 10 Extras (b1, lb11, w6, nb4) 22 Total (7 wickets; 48.1 overs) 356 ded with two fours and five sixes, as India bled Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 350 Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dhawan), 2-24 (Rahul), 3-56 (Singh), 105 runs in the last eight overs. Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Hales), 2-108 (Roy), 3-157 (Morgan), 4-63 (Dhoni), 5-263 (Kohli) 4-220 (Buttler), 5-244 (Root), 6-317 (Stokes), 7-336 (Ali) Bowling: Woakes 8-0-44-0 (2w), Willey 6-0-47-2 (3w), Ball IDEAL START Bowling: Yadav 7-0-63-1 (1nb, 3w), Pandya 9-0-46-2, 10-0-67-3 (4w), Stokes 10-0-73-2 (2w), Rashid 5-0-50-0, Left-arm seamer David Willey gave England Bumrah 10-0-79-2 (3nb, 1w), Jadeja 10-0-50-1, Ashwin 8- the ideal start with the ball by dismissing Indian 0-63-0 (2w), Jadhav 4-0-23-0, Singh 2-0-14-0. Ali 6.1-0-48-0, Root 3-0-22-0. Did not bat: A. Rashid, J. Ball Did not bat: J. Bumrah, U. Yadav MELBOURNE: Australia’s Josh Hazlewood (C) appeals for an LBW decision against Pakistan openers Lokesh Rahul and Shikhar Dhawan inside the first six overs. Yuvraj Singh, playing India Result: India won by three wickets batsman Mohammad Hafeez (R) as fellow batsman Sharjeel Khan (L) looks on during their L. Rahul b Willey 8 Series: India lead the three-match series 1-0 one-day international (ODI) cricket match at the MCG in Melbourne yesterday. — AFP his first ODI in over three years, and former skip-

SCOREBOARD New Zealand strike back at Bangladesh

WELLINGTON: New Zealand stormed back into lenging target, but Taskin said that may Bangladesh tried to rattle the New Zealand WELLINGTON: Scoreboard yesterday on the fourth day of the first test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve: the first Test against Bangladesh yesterday, with change. “It depends on the situation. tail with short balls. Santner took one fierce blow three quick wickets to back up a Tom Latham Obviously we are looking for a win but it to the head from Taskin Ahmed and Neil Wagner century and set the stage for an intriguing final depends. It’s a pretty flat wicket and when the was hit three times by Kamrul Islam drawing Bangladesh, 1st Innings 595-8 decl. Roy 26.2-6-89-2 (1nb), Taskin Ahmed 29-4-141-1 day in Wellington. After being on the back foot batsmen get set it’s easy to score.” blood from his chin. Wagner, New Zealand’s New Zealand, 1st Innings(Overnight: 292-3) (2w), Kamrul Islam 26-4-87-3 (1w), Shakib Al for most of the first four days, New Zealand were A short-pitched barrage by the Bangladesh short-ball specialist, passed a concussion test Jeet Raval c Kayes b Kamrul 27 Hasan 27-2-78-2, Mahmudullah 3-0-15-2. boosted by reducing Bangladesh to 66-3 in their quicks and poor shot selection against part-time and replaced his helmet after the third blow Tom Latham lbw b Shakib 177 second innings, at 122 by stumps. spinner Mahmudullah stopped the New Zealand only to be dismissed two balls later for 18. Kane Williamson c Kayes b Taskin 53 Bangladesh, 2nd Innings “Funny things can happen on that last day as first innings at 539. Despite the pace barrage, it was part-time Ross Taylor c Mahmudullah b Kamrul 40 Tamim Iqbal b Santner 25 it did against Pakistan in that last series,” Latham The tourists built on the 56-run lead to be 66 spinner Mahmudullah who broke through the Henry Nicholls c Mehedi b Shakib 53 Imrul Kayes retired hurt 24 said, referring to the dramatic finish to the for three at stumps in their second innings with Watling-Santner partnership. November Test when New Zealand took nine Mominul Haque not out on 10 and Tamim Iqbal The pair put on 73 after Latham’s dismissal to Colin de Grandhomme c Kayes b Roy 14 Mominul Haque not out 10 wickets in the final session to beat Pakistan. out for 25. After New Zealand resumed the reach 471 for six when Mahmudullah came into B.J. Watling c Kayes b Mahmudullah 49 Mahmudullah c Watling b Wagner 5 Bangladesh were also sweating over Imrul fourth day at 292 for three, opener Latham bat- the attack and the innings was all over 68 runs Mitchell Santner b Roy 73 Mehedi Hasan run out 1 Kayes, who was injured on 24 and taken to hos- ted on to 177 to ensure the follow-on mark was later. Mahmudullah’s first ball was short-pitched Tim Southee lbw b Mahmudullah 1 Extras (1nb) 1 pital for hip x-rays. comfortably passed. BJ Watling (49) and and well off-line which Watling went to smack to Neil Wagner c Kayes b Kamrul 18 TOTAL (for three wickets) 66 Captain Mushfiqur Rahim, unable to field Mitchell Santner (73) reduced the deficit to less the boundary only to scoop it into the hands of Trent Boult not out 4 Overs: 18.3. because of an injured hand, was confirmed as than 100, with Santner and Trent Boult (4 not wicketkeeper Imrul down the leg side. Extras (10b,3lb,16w,1nb) 30 Fall of wickets: 1-50, 2-63, 3-66. being available to bat if required. out) frustrating Bangladesh with a 35-run part- With his fifth ball, Mahmudullah had Tim Total (all out) 539 To bat: Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahman, Bangladesh have never beaten New Zealand nership for the final wicket. Southee trapped in front for one. Wagner was Overs: 148.2. Sabbir Rahman, Kamrul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, and pace bowler Taskin Ahmed said their caught behind trying to hook his way out of chances of a breakthrough victory were dam- BOUNCER BARRAGE Kamrul’s bouncer onslaught to give Imrul his Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-131, 3-205, 4-347, 5-366, 6- Subashis Roy. aged with the loss of three wickets in the last Santner lofted Shakib Al Hasan over the long- fifth catch, a Test record for a substitute wicket- 398, 7-471, 8-473, 9-504, 10-539. Bowling: Trent Boult 4-0-21-0, Tim Southee 3-1-12-0, five overs on Sunday. on boundary for six, his third of the innings, to keeper. Latham, who spent 463 minutes at the Bowling: Mehedi Hasan 37-5-116-0 (1w), Subashis Mitchell Santner 6-0-19-1, Neil Wagner 5.3-1-14-1. Bangladesh had been hoping to declare on overtake his previous best 71 against India at crease, was trapped in front for 177 by Shakib Al Monday in time to give New Zealand a chal- Kanpur four months ago. Hasan. —AFP