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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2014 SPORTS Cook’s one-day recipe all right with Root

CARDIFF: insisted yesterday that Match Special: “ are looking too much at Wednesday’s second one-day international in a five- of years, and we all back him,” said Root. “He’s a fan- England had both the right and the right these new white balls. The other teams have gone match series with the world champions in Cardiff, tastic player and has got all of our support.” approach to win their one-day series with power at the top and all the way through. “India was having none of it. The middle-order batsman said contrasting and succeed at the World Cup. Former England have got power strikers all the way down. South “We’ve got guys like (Eoin) Morgan and (Jos) approaches from the openers would serve England spinner Graeme Swann said that the side “do not Africa, Australia are all exactly the same. “It’s a com- Buttler down the order who, as you’ve seen, can win well. “His style complements players like Alex Hales, have a cat in hell’s chance” of winning next year’s pletely different era because of .” games on their own,” said Root. “We’re in a good and we hope that can be shown in this series. Hales World Cup in Australia and New Zealand unless England have yet to win the World Cup in nearly place, and this series will be a good judge of that,” scored England’s first Twenty20 when he they add more firepower to their top-order bat- 40 years of trying since staging the first of the tour- the Yorkshireman added. made 116 from 64 balls against Sri Lanka at ting. He also urged England captain Alastair Cook nament’s 10 editions in 1975. Both Swann and Cook resisted calls from Vaughan and others to the World Twenty20 in in March. “Alex is to give up playing one-day , arguing the Vaughan feared the addition of dynamic opener quit as England Test captain earlier in the season an explosive player, very exciting to watch-and we’re opener’s style was ill-suited to the modern limited Alex Hales-who would have made his debut in the and was vindicated by a 3-1 series win India in all looking forward to seeing him do stuff,” said Root. overs game were big-hitting at the top of the India series opener in Bristol on Monday had the the longer format. And Root said the team were as “I think guys have been picked because they’re very order is considered essential. match not been a total washout-had come too late much behind Cook when it came to 50-over fixtures capable of making big scores in one-day series. I It was a view backed up by former England cap- to bolster England’s World Cup chances. But as they were in Tests. “He’s our leader in one-day don’t think there’s much of a problem with the bat- tain Michael Vaughan, who also told BBC Radio’s Test England batsman Root, speaking ahead of cricket as well as Tests; he’s done well over a number ting.” — AFP

BOXING Pacquiao: We can’t waste time waiting for Mayweather

MACAU: Manny Pacquiao and Chris with rival pay-per-view networks HBO and Algieri are on a two-week, globe-trotting Showtime, respectively. tour to promote their welterweight title Arum admitted on Monday that HBO fight in November, but the match the and Showtime had to “find a way to pro- world truly wants to see looks further mote and satisfy both sides from a legal away than ever. When Pacquiao met the basis”, before the biggest money-spinning press in Macau on Monday, questions fight in the sport’s history could be about his elusive megafight with the agreed. He added the TV rivals had undefeated American Floyd Mayweather expressed a desire to achieve a deal, but met with a sharp response. “Who’s that?” conceded that the final decision lay with Pacquiao joked, when Mayweather was Mayweather and Golden Boy who have mentioned by reporters. Pacquiao’s hall- shown no intent of late to get around the of-fame trainer Freddie Roach was less table. “With Showtime and HBO wanting jovial, conceding bluntly that the two the fight and Manny wanting the fight, boxing legends, both in the twilight of there is one little step to take and that’s to their glittering careers, may never be seen see where Floyd stands,” Arum said. Even if in the same ring. “We can’t waste our time there were to be a sudden thawing of waiting for him,” Roach told AFP. “We’ve relations between the two camps, the ear- done everything we could to make that liest a fight could take place is late 2015. fight happen. It’s like, we’re available if he’s interested in it, but again we can’t sit Fitting end? BASSETERRE: The West Indies team poses with the Bank Cup after winning the series between the West Indies and around waiting for him.” Mayweather has a rematch against Bangladesh three to nil at the Warner Park cricket ground in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on August 25, 2014. — AFP Eight-division world champion Marcos Maidana next month and Pacquiao’s next date is a World Boxing Pacquiao faces Algieri in November Organization welterweight title defense before a likely fifth blockbuster fight Record-breaking Ramdin and against the undefeated WBO junior wel- against Juan Manuel Marquez, who terweight title-holder Algieri on knocked out Pacquiao in 2012. “Hopefully November 23 in Macau’s Cotai Arena. we can put Marquez in with Pacquiao Bravo lead Windies to sweep The pair were in Macau on Monday next year,” said the 82-year-old Arum. But and Shanghai on Tuesday, and they will the reality is that Mayweather-Pacquiao move on to promotional events in San may never come to fruition. Pacquiao is BASSETERRE: and ner brought about his demise to a the dangerous but out-of-form to a Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and due to retire at the end of his current deal hit centuries in a record partnership as the West catch at backward-point. Yet Bangladesh were catch at the early on and then returned to New York in the next 12 days. In 2010, with Top Rank in 2016, when the con- Indies completed a clean sweep of the three- left to rue what could have been for Mushfiqur add the key wicket of Darren Sammy in the 48th match one-day international series against Pacquiao and Mayweather were close to gressman from Sarangani will be 37. missed a straightforward stumping chance off over. He was even more impressive in the final Bangladesh with a 91- victory on Monday. when Bravo was just on ten. over, conceding just two runs and dismissing agreeing a fight between the two greatest Mayweather, who is already 37, has a per- Ramdin blazed 169 and dominated a 258-run Razzak himself was subsequently at fault in the Ramdin and off successive deliver- boxers of their generation, which could fect 46-0 record. Assuming Mayweather, third-wicket partnership with Bravo (124) to field as he moved lethargically at mid-on ies to finish with the deserved figures of four for potentially have generated a record $300 who is also tipped to fight Britain’s Amir pace the West Indies to 338 for seven towards a miscued swing by Ramdin, then on 49, lifting his tally of in the series to ten. million dollars in pay-per-view revenue. Khan early next year, remains unbeaten, first. It was the highest partnership for any wick- 35, off . “Our bowlers bowled “We’re really happy to win 3-0. It’s always better he is unlikely to want to risk his dream of et for the Caribbean side in ODIs while the total really well up front but we couldn’t capitalise than 2-1 and keeps the winning momentum ‘We are willing to fight’ equaling Rocky Marciano’s career mark of was their fifth-highest. because of some mistakes, including my own,” going for the rest of the matches to come,” said But it fell through because Mayweather 49-0 against ‘Pacman’ this time next year. Needing a monumental effort to even be said Mushfiqur in reflecting on his team’s effort West Indies captain , mindful of was unhappy with Pacquiao’s drug-testing That just leaves one, extremely remote, competitive after their capitulation for just 70 in in the field. the line T20 International at the same venue in procedures in training. That issue receded possibility for the two to appear in the the second one-dayer in Grenada three days ear- As in the first two ODIs in Grenada, Al-Amin two days’ time and the two Tests that follow in after Pacquiao agreed to Olympic-style same ring. Should both remain unbeaten lier, Bangladesh were boosted by a 99-run third- Hossain impressed with the ball. He removed September. — AFP testing, and the Filipino icon expressed his until the end of 2015, they could provide wicket stand between (55) and frustration that a Mayweather clash has still a fitting end to their careers in early 2016 skipper but were never really moved no closer after getting his career by settling the argument once and for all. in the hunt and could only manage 247 for eight SCOREBOARD back on track with comprehensive victo- A victory for Mayweather would take him in reply. Recognizing that his team’s chances of ries in the past nine months over Brandon to the magical 50-0 mark, a win for challenging such a formidable total were effec- BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis: Scoreboard in the third and final one-day international Rios and Timothy Bradley. “The possibility Pacquiao would cement his place as one tively gone when Tamim was bowled by Sunil between West Indies and Bangladesh at Warner Park in St Kitts Monday: Narine in the 22nd over, the tourists’ captain set- West Indies c Sammy b Holder 0 to fight with him, you know, the question is of the greatest boxers not just of his own tled on determined occupation of the crease L. Simmons c Mahmudullah b M Mortaza 6 not for us,” Pacquiao said. “It’s for them generation, but of all time. The world rather than gambling on rampant aggression to c Roach b Rampaul 1 C. Gayle c M Rahim b Al-Amin Hossain 6 because any time we are willing to fight, wants it, Pacquiao wants it and, according topscore with 72. Mushfiqur Rahim c Sammy b Rampaul 72 any time. I think that question belongs to to Arum, HBO and Showtime want it. Ravi Rampaul was the pick of the West Indies D.M. Bravo c Imrul Kayes b Mahmudullah 124 c Sammy b D.J. Bravo 5 them, their camp.” The biggest hurdle that The lucrative pay-day would dwarf bowlers in finishing with four for 29. Ramdin’s D. Ramdin c b Al-Amin Hossain 169 Mahmudullah c Ramdin b Roach 27 remains-and it is a huge one-is the animos- anything the sport has seen before. It’s a effort, highlighted by 11 sixes and eight fours off K. Pollard c Tamim Iqbal b Abdur Razzak 10 Nasir Hossain c Roach b Rampaul 26 ity between Pacquiao’s promoter Bob quarter-of-a-billion-dollar question. Only 121 balls, equaled batting legend Brian Lara for D. Sammy c Abdur Razzak b Al-Amin Hossain 10 Sohag Gazi b Rampaul 24 Arum of Top Rank and Mayweather’s ‘Money’ Mayweather knows if he can be the third-highest individual by a West D.J. Bravo not out 3 Mashrafe Mortaza not out 15 Golden Boy promotions, who have deals tempted give the right answer. — AFP Indian in one-dayers. Only Vivian Richards, J. Holder c Nasir Hossain b Al-Amin Hossain 0 Abdur Razzak not out 5 arguably the greatest of the many batting mas- S. Narine not out 0 Extras (lb2, w13, nb2) 17 ters from the Caribbean, has higher individual Extras (lb4, w6) 10 Total (50 overs, 8 wickets) 247 scores - 189 not out against England in Total (50 overs, 7 wickets) 338 Did not bat: Al-Amin Hossain Did not bat: K. Roach, R. Rampaul. Manchester in 1984 and 181 against Sri Lanka at Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Anamul Haque), 2-2 (Imrul Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Simmons), 2-12 (Gayle), 3-270 the 1987 World Cup in Karachi. “Darren (Bravo) Kayes), 3-101 (Tamim Iqbal), 4-108 (Mominul (DM Bravo), 4-302 (Pollard), 5-320 (Sammy), 6- said someone had to bat through the innings Haque), 5-163 (Mushfiqur Rahim), 6-178 and I put my hand up to do it today,” said 338 (Ramdin), 7-338 (Holder). : Sohag Gazi 9-0-63-0, Mashrafe Mortaza (Mahmudullah), 7-215 (Nasir Hossain), 8-230 Ramdin, who also took both the man of the (Sohag Gazi). match and man of the series honours. 10-0-69-1, Al-Amin Hossain 10-1-59-4 (1w), Abdur Razzak 10-0-76-1 (4w), Mahmudullah 10- Bowling: J. Holder 8-0-47-1 (1nb), R. Rampaul 10- Bravo may have been overshadowed by the 2-29-4 (3w), D.J. Bravo 5-1-32-1 (1w, 1nb), K. wicketkeeper-batsman’s big hitting, but he 1-48-1 (1w), Mominul Haque 1-0-19-0. Roach 9-0-48-1 (1w), S. Narine 10-0-31-1, C. Gayle eventually unfurled his most fluent and power- 8-0-58-0 (4w). ful shots, hammering eight sixes and seven fours Bangladesh : West Indies won by 91 runs off 127 deliveries before a tired swing at off-spin- Tamim Iqbal b Narine 55 SA spinners to tackle hard-hitting Aussies

HARARE: South Africa (SA) will look to extract However, fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne an advantage from their superior spin stocks Morkel have returned to the South African Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao when they take on a hard-hitting Australian squad after they were rested for the bilateral side in the second match of a triangular series series against Zimbabwe, setting up the tanta- in Harare today. Number 1 ranked Australia lizing spectacle of the world’s two fastest bowl- issued a statement of intent on Monday when ing attacks going head-to-head. “The great Pakistan cancels they crushed Zimbabwe by 198 runs in the thing about our seam attack is that they can series opener, exhibiting a greater degree of adapt to all conditions so it will be a good chal- ruthlessness than South Africa did in winning a lenge for us,” Duminy said. “This is the pinnacle three-match one-day series against the hosts in of cricket, you want to play against the best in Twenty20 league Bulawayo last week. Australia showed the world, so we are looking forward to it. They Zimbabwe no respect in hammering 147 runs in have a lot of match-winners and we will need to the final 10 overs to rack up 350 for six on a find a way to curb them.” KARACHI: Pakistan cricket authorities were next year’s World Cup-in Australia and New slow wicket, proving that their big-hitting mid- With Michael Clarke set to sit out the game forced to cancel their ambitious Twenty20 Zealand in February-March-forced the deci- dle order can be particularly difficult to contain. as he awaits a full recovery from a hamstring league project yesterday due a lack of time sion. “The PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan However with the dry, late winter pitches in injury, George Bailey will continue to lead the to schedule the tournament ahead of the met the bidders of the PSL and explained Harare suiting the spinners more than the fast side in his absence. One of the Australians who World Cup, leaving question marks over its them as to why it had become extremely bowlers, the Proteas could have an advantage. found form on Monday was Mitchell Marsh, future. Pakistan Cricket Board had planned difficult to organize the PSL and among the Legspinner Imran Tahir and left-arm spinner who was entrusted with the No 3 berth and to hold the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in reasons behind taking this decision was the Aaron Phangiso both picked up regular wickets paced his innings perfectly to score 89 from 83 the United Arab Emirates in January next paucity of lead time,” said a PCB release. against Zimbabwe while conceding less than deliveries. year based on the lines of the lucrative Khan said the board was committed to four runs per over, and also have the support of The all-rounder also picked up 1 for 15 in five and Australia’s Big holding the event in the future, it added. JP Duminy, whose has become a regu- overs, and believes Australia’s seamers have Bash in an attempt to recoup huge finan- The PCB last year said it had expected to lar feature for the Proteas. adapted to the conditions sufficiently to make cial losses. The losses were incurred after raise $100 million from the T20 league. By contrast, Australia brought just one spe- up for any deficiency they may have in the spin cialist spinner in Nathan Lyon, and although he department. “The way all the bowlers bowled HARARE: Australian batsman BJ Haddin looks back as Pakistan failed to stage any international Former players had also criticized the ambi- the ball hits the stumps on the first day of the ODI cricket following a terrorist attack on the Sri tious project, saying it was not possible for picked up a couple of wickets on Monday, he (against Zimbabwe), they took pace off the ball was also hit for 42 runs in seven overs by a at the right time and I think that’s going to be series against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009. the PCB to stage such an event with top struggling Zimbabwean line-up. key on this wicket,” Marsh said. “There’s a lot of Harare on Monday, Aug 25, 2014. The International The PSL was also cancelled last year due to players busy in international cricket and “The wicket in Harare is a lot slower so it experience in our changing room, they’ve played Cricket Council top ranked One Day International Team logistical problems. would demand a huge amount of money might be a strategy that we might try and use,” on these sorts of wickets all around the world, so (ODI) is in Zimbabwe for a triangular ODI series with The PCB said time constraints ahead of from the PCB. —AFP Duminy said of the spin factor. I don’t think it’s anything too new.” — AFP Zimbabwe and South Africa. — AP