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Home , Colin de Grandhomme, Elina Svitolina, Mickey Arthur, Tom Bruce (cricketer)

15 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 sports

Smith in control as end wet first day on 170-3 Serena grabs 100th US Open win 60 runs were scored by as Australia recovered from another failure by their openers

brought the returning Smith to the crease after 38 minutes of play, the world’s number one- ranked batsman having missed Australia’s Steve Smith bats in the fourth Ashes Test against the previous test due to con- cussion as a result of a bouncer AFP | Manchester before the latter was from Jofra Archer. bowled by a beautiful To the delight of the crowd, teve Smith continued his from Craig Overton for 67. Archer had the ball in hand and outstanding Ashes form, It was a much-needed stand it took him three deliveries to Sstriking an unbeaten 60 after England, on a high after attempt another bouncer. as Australia recovered from an- their remarkable comeback But with England sensing other failure by their openers to win at Headingley, made a great a chance to eat into the Aus - of the US returns the ball against Qiang Wang of China reach 170-3 at the close of the start, bringing their supporters sie middle order before lunch, rain-affected first day of the to their feet with just the fourth Smith and Labuschagne quickly match Margaret Court’s long- fourth test against England at ball of the day. settled and set about upping the Serena Williams standing record, and smacked Old Trafford yesterday. Stuart Broad claimed the run-rate. • 25 winners against first-time Rain caused a delay of over wicket of David Warner for the Labuschagne, retained in the secures her century Slam quarter-finalist Wang, two hours after lunch but plans fifth time in this series with the side after replacing Smith as with ruthless win who failed to hit a single one. to extend play to regain that lost left-hander caught behind as he a substitute for the second in- over Qiang Wang The 27-year-old Wang had KNOW WHAT time were abandoned after rain made a belated decision to leave nings at Lord’s and at Heading- not lost a set during her best came in again during the break the ball but gave a thin outside ley, went on to make his fourth Elina Svitolina Slam run that included a de- for tea. edge to Jonny Bairstow. straight half century. • feat of reigning The afternoon delay did lit- Australia found themselves Ominously for England, reached a second champion in the Serena Williams tle to disrupt Smith, though, at 28-2 when Broad rapped the Smith, who has two centuries straight Grand last 16, but she was powerless powered into a 38th who returning from missing pads of Marcus Harris and, af- and a 92 to his name in the se- Slam semi-final at to stop a Williams onslaught at semi-fi- the last test due to concussion, ter some consideration, umpire ries, looked as if he had never the US Open Arthur Ashe Stadium. nal at the US Open made his eighth straight Ashes Kumar Dharmasena raised his been away as he calmly dealt “When I play someone who half-century. finger and his verdict was up- with Joe Root’s attack. is playing really well, I know I The series is tied a 1-1 with held by video review. He brought up his fifty, lav- AFP | New York have to either step it up or go two tests remaining and victory Australia’s openers have aver- ishly driving Ben Stokes for home and I wasn’t ready to go nals, matching her run to the for the Australians would en- aged 15.14 – not since 1888 have four through cover but the erena Williams earned her home. I had to come out here last four at Wimbledon in July. sure they retain the urn. their top two contributed less Manchester weather prospect 100th win at the US Open and play really well,” said Wil- “It feels amazing. It was a Smith and Marnus Labus- during an Ashes series. of a third ton in this series will Son Tuesday with a brutal liams, suffering no ill effects very, very tough match. We chagne put on 116 for the third The departure of Harris have to wait until Thursday. 44-minute demolition of Wang from the ankle she rolled in her were both striking the ball well. Qiang, firing an ominous warn- previous match. It was quite even,” Svitolina ing to rivals in her pursuit of a “Physically I’m feeling great. said. “I’m very, very happy the record-tying 24th Grand Slam More than anything I’m just way I handled the pressure.” title. having fun every time I come Svitolina watched a pair of De Grandhomme, Bruce help New Six-time US Open champion out here.” match points pass her by at Williams dismantled Chinese Wang, trying to become just 5-3 on her opponent’s serve as 18th seed Wang 6-1, 6-0 in a the fourth Chinese player to Konta gamely fought to stay Zealand clinch T20 series complete mismatch that was reach the last four of a Slam, alive, but the Ukrainian closed the quickest at this year’s tour- won just four points in the sec- out victory in the following AFP | Kandy, nament to set up a semi-final ond set and 15 in total. game. clash with Ukrainian trailblazer “It’s not easy to play against Svitolina had already knocked century partnership be- Elina Svitolina. her,” Wang said. “The power, out two-time former champion Atween Colin de Grand - Williams brought up a cen- like, I cannot handle it. Just too Venus Williamsand 2017 run- homme and Tom Bruce helped tury of US Open wins to move much for me.” ner-up and is in to a series-clinch- to within one of the all-time Williams captured her last a class of her own as the only ing four-wicket win over Sri leader . Slam title at the 2017 Australian Ukrainian woman to reach this Lanka in the second “It’s really unbelievable, liter- Open while pregnant and hasn’t stage at a major. international on Tuesday. ally. From when I first started won the US Open since 2014. She will attempt to emulate De Grandhomme and Bruce here, I think I was 16, I didn’t Andrei Medvedev as just the put on 109 runs for the fourth think I would ever get to 100. I Svitolina holds off Konta second Ukrainian to play in a wicket as the Kiwis chased didn’t think I would still be out Fifth seed Svitolina defeated Grand Slam final. Medvedev down their target of 162 with here,” Williams said. Britain’s 6-4, lost the men’s 1999 Roland Gar- two balls to spare in Kandy and The 37-year-old American 6-4 to become the first Ukraini- ros final in five sets to Andre take an unassailable 2-0 lead in is seeking a 24th major title to an to reach the US Open semi-fi- Agassi. the three-match series. De Grandhomme, who was dropped on 36, completed his fifty before falling to Isuru Uda- New Zealand’s cricketer Colin de Grandhomme (R) and teammate Tom Bruce na for 59. He hit two fours and (L) run between the Misbah named head coach three sixes in his 46-ball blitz. Jayasuriya and Kusal Mendis Sri Lankan spinner Akila Bruce, who made the XI in were injured in the clash that Dananjaya hurt the opposition Reuters | Karachi fellow selectors. place of injured , cost Sri Lanka six runs and end- chase with his three wickets in- The decision follows PCB’s made the most of the oppor- ed the final-over drama as Sant- cluding two in over as the Black ormer Misbah-ul- decision to not renew head tunity, scoring 53, but was run ner hit the winning boundary Caps slipped to 38 for three. FHaq was named Pakistan’s coach Mickey Arthur’s contract out at the start of the final on the fourth ball off Wanindu New Zealand were also hurt head coach on a three-year after the team’s failure to reach over with the team needing Hasaranga. by the absence of opener Mar- contract yesterday with pace the semi-finals of this year’s seven. Skipper said tin Guptill who was not avail- great joining World Cup. Daryl Mitchell was out next the two fielders “are alright and able to bat after being injured him as the team’s new bowling Misbah, Pakistan’s most suc- ball and was will play the next game hope- while fielding. coach. cessful and longest serving test nearly caught near the bound- fully”. For Sri Lanka, Avishka Fer- Misbah and Waqar have captain, retired from interna- ary by Shehan Jayasuriya on the Earlier New Zealand bowlers nando and Niroshan Dickwel- worked together in the past Misbah-ul-Haq speaks at a news tional in 2017 after a dis- conference (file photo) third delivery but the fielder led by pacemen Seth Rance and la put on 68 runs for a crucial when the former was the Paki- tinguished career but played for tripped after a collision with his skipper restricted third-wicket stand but the rest stan captain and the latter was the chairman of selectors with Peshawar Zalmi in this year’s teammate and hit the rope with Sri Lanka to 161 for nine to set of the batting did not make an the head coach. head coaches of the six first- Twen- the ball in hand. up the win. impression. Misbah will also take over as class associations sides as his ty20 tournament.