14 Established 1961 Sports Monday, January 29, 2018 Curran steps up as England beat Australia in final ODI England, bounced back to claim limited-over series 4-1

PERTH: England finished their testing tour of Australia on SCOREBOARD a high yesterday with a thrilling 12-run win in the fifth and final one-day international in Perth. In the first match at the new Perth Stadium, the tourists set Australia 260 to win in PERTH, Australia: Scoreboard in the fifth one-day international front of a record West Australian crowd of 53,781. between Australia and England in Perth yesterday: Despite resting frontline bowlers and , and having quick struggling with illness, England the tourists managed to defend their total. J. Roy c Hazlewood b Tye 49 Young seamer Tom Curran was the match-winner with J. Bairstow b Starc 44 five as Australia were dismissed for 247 with 10 A. Hales c Maxwell b Marsh 35 balls remaining. England, beaten 4-0 in a lopsided Ashes J. Root c Warner b Tye 62 Test series, bounced back to claim the limited-over series E. Morgan c Stoinis b Marsh 3 4-1. The result continued the dismal recent run of the J. Buttler c Warner b Tye 21 World Cup holders in one-dayers and Australian M. Ali c Tye b Zampa 6 was again left frustrated with both A. Rashid run out 12 and bowling. “We thought we’d pulled it back really well, D. Willey c Marsh b Tye 2 but we didn’t start well with the ball-been a bit of trend,” T. Curran 11 he said. J. Ball b Tye 0 Extras (b4, lb2, nb1, w7) 14 Total (all out, 47.4 overs) 259 Fall of wickets: 1-71 (Roy), 2-117 (Bairstow), 3-151 (Hales), 4-157 (Morgan), 5-192 (Buttler), 6-214 (Ali), 7-238 (Rashid), 8-245 Again we lost (Willey), 9-258 (Root) 10-259 (Ball) Bowling: Starc 9-0-63-1 (1w, 1nb), Hazlewood 9-0-51-0 (1w), wickets in clumps Marsh 7-0-24-2, Tye 9.4-0-46-5 (4w), Zampa 10-0-46-1 (1w), Maxwell 3-0-23-0. and you can’t do that

Australia D. Warner b Curran 15 T. Head run out 22 PERTH: England players celebrate defeating Australia after the fifth one-day international (ODI) cricket M. Stoinis c Curran b Rashid 87 “Again we lost wickets in clumps and you can’t do that. match between England and Australia at the Optus Perth stadiumin Perth yesterday. — AFP S. Smith st Buttler b Ali 12 Our batting again wasn’t good enough, these lapses are M. Marsh c and b Ali 13 happening way too often in one-day cricket.” Australia, G. Maxwell lbw Curran 34 thanks largely to who was promoted to T. Paine b Curran 34 number three and made 87, looked to be cruising to victo- boys play one-day cricket recently has been a pleasure English openers blazed away early in a polar opposite to M. Starc c Buttler b Curran 0 ry on 189 for four. But the loss of Stoinis, caught at long- and to come in and try and take my chance is a great feel- their nightmare start in Adelaide on Friday. A. Tye c Morgan b Ali 8 on off leg-spinner , proved crucial. ing,” he said. “I’ve been training hard. To come and play In that game they were 5-8 and went to suffer their first Curran returned to the attack and removed Glenn A. Zampa b Curran 11 the first one-day international at this unbelievable stadium, defeat of the series, but there were no such problems yes- Maxwell (34) and (0) in the space of three J. Hazlewood not out 0 in front the Barmy Army... the game was unbelievable, what terday. led the charge and enjoyed some good balls as Australia lost their way. When Tim Paine and a finish.” fortune when he was brilliantly caught behind by Paine off Extras (lb7, w4) 11 Adam Zampa threatened to snatch the match with a gritty ’s horror tour with the bat continued when he Starc, only for it to be ruled a no-ball. The dashing Roy Total (all out, 48.2 overs) 247 ninth- stand, Curran came back into the attack and went cheaply in the English innings. But he claimed 3-55, went on to make 49 off 46 balls before being the first man Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Warner), 2-86 (Head), 3-119 (Smith), 4-133 clean-bowled the latter with his third ball. including the crucial wickets of Smith (12) and Mitch to fall, caught by off local rookie Andrew (Marsh), 5-189 (Stoinis), 6-192 (Maxwell), 7-192 (Starc), 8-203 In just his third one-day international and his first of the Marsh (13) — the latter falling to a superb reflex return Tye to end a 71-run partnership with Bairstow (44). (Tye), 9-236 (Zampa), 10-247 (Paine) series, the 22-year-old then delivered the last rites by catch. Curran’s heroics came after the tourists failed to A number of England batsmen made similarly good Bowling: Willey 9-1-37-0 (2w), Curran 9.2-0-35-5 (1w), Ali 10-0- bowling Paine for 34. Curran finished with 5-35 and also capitalise on a fast start after being sent in to bat. starts but only Root went on to make a significant score. 55-3, Rashid 10-0-55-1, Ball 10-0-58-0 (1w). had two catches dropped from his bowling, both by the Test captain made a typically busy 62 but the Much to the delight of the crowd, Tye was the star with the England won by 12 runs, take series 4-1 normally reliable . Curran, named man of English appeared to have fallen start after a flying start ball, cleaning up the English tail to finish with 5-46 off 9.4 the match, was ecstatic with the result. “Watching the when they were bowled out for 259 in 47.4 overs. The overs. —AFP

Pakistan on top of the world with NZ T20 series win

MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Pakistan laid claim to being the best side in the world yes- terday after beating New Zealand in the series- deciding third Twenty20 match in Mount Maunganui. The 18-run victory gave Pakistan a come-from-behind 2-1 series win that will see them overtake New Zealand at the top of the world rankings. Captain Sarfraz Ahmed leapt with delight after the final ball as Pakistan BANGALORE: Bollywood actor and owner of Kings XI Punjab Team, Preity Zinta pulled off back-to-back wins over the hosts. (R) and team mentor, Virendra Sehwag arrive for the 2nd day of IPL 2018 Player Batting first on a friendly wicket, Pakistan Auction in Bangalore yesterday. — AFP reached 181 for six with Fakhar Zaman making 46 off 36 at the top of the innings. Umar Amin led a late charge that saw 58 runs scored in the first round and were not even called back final four overs. New Zealand, in reply, were Unadkat joins for the second day. never up with the run chase, and managed 163 South Africa quick Dale Steyn, Australia for six in their 20 overs. batsman Shaun Marsh and New Zealand’s The defeat followed a 48-run loss in the Stokes team in Corey Anderson and Martin Guptill were second game, after New Zealand swept the called back but did not attract an offer. one-day series and won the first T20. The con- West Indies batsman Chris Gayle only secutive defeats, following an unbeaten 13- $1.8mn IPL deal found a place in the third round of bidding match winning streak across all formats when Kings XI Punjab claimed him at the against the West Indies and Pakistan, put a reserve price of $314,000. Gayle is one of dampener on New Zealand’s preparation for BANGALORE: Rising pace bowler Jaydev the T20 league’s most prolific scorers but next month’s triangular series with Australia Unadkat joined in the disappointed last year with just 200 runs in and England. for $1.8 million yesterday nine games for Royal Challengers Zaman was the architect at the start of the but a host of foreign stars went unsold in Bangalore. Pakistan innings with a sharp 46 before being MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Pakistan’s Umar Amin (R) bats as New Zealand’s Tom Blundell (L) looks The second day belonged to Indian and the auction. The dismissed in a debatable decision when Tom on, during the third cricket match between New Zealand and Royals made Unadkat the second most lesser-known talent with the 26-year-old Bruce took a catch at ground level. Pakistan at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui yesterday. — AFP expensive player in the auction behind Unadkat, who has played one Test and sev- Television replays were inconclusive on England’s Stokes who they bought for en one-day internationals, drawing bigger $1.96 million on the opening day. Stokes- bids than big home names. Indian batsmen whether the ball touched the grass, and after still facing an assault criminal case in Manish Pandey and Lokesh Rahul both lengthy deliberations the third umpire ruled in SCOREBOARD England-and Unadkat will join Australian pocketed $1.7 million after being sold to favour of the on-field decision. New Zealand captain Steve Smith at the Royals as they Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab managed to arrest Pakistan’s brisk early run return to the lucrative T20 league after a respectively on Saturday. rate in the middle of the innings before Amin MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand: Completed scoreboard in the third and final Twenty20 two-year illegal gambling ban. The Royals yesterday took West ensured a competitive total at the end. The between New Zealand and Pakistan at Mount Maunganui yesterday: were inaugural IPL champions in 2008 but Indies’ left-handed opener for 28-year-old left-hander smacked his 21 off the were barred for two seasons with Chennai $600,000. Among other foreign players to first five balls in an over from Ish Sodhi before Pakistan New Zealand Super Kings in 2015 over an illegal gam- draw bids was Australia all-rounder Dan the New Zealand spinner claimed the wicket Fakhar Zaman c Bruce b Santner 46 M. Guptill c Fakhar b Shadab 59 bling scandal. The team also spent almost Christian, who was sold to Delhi Daredevils off his final . Ahmed Shehzad c Blundell b de Grandhomme 19 K. Williamson c Babar b Faheem 9 A. Kitchen st Sarfraz b Shadab 16 $1 million for uncapped Indian off-spinner for $238,000 and England’s Haris Sohail chipped in with 20 off 12 balls c Williamson b Sodhi 18 T. Bruce b Rumman 22 Krishnappa Gowtham but were on top of went to Chennai for $158,000. while Aamer Yamin, replacing the injured Sarfraz Ahmed c Sodhi b Santner 29 the world after getting Stokes. Teenage leg-spinner Sandeep , faced six deliveries for his 15. New C. de Grandhomme b Aamer 1 Haris Sohail not out 20 Royals executive chairman Ranjit Lamichhane became the first Nepalese to Zealand struggled from the start of their reply R. Taylor c Sarfraz b Amir 25 Borthakur shrugged off any doubts about land an IPL deal. Delhi Daredevils paid to get near the required run rate of more than Umar Amin c de Grandhomme b Sodhi 21 T. Blundell not out 3 Stokes’ legal troubles preventing him from $318,000 for him. Lamichhane, 17, took 14 nine an over, and were in early trouble when Faheem Ashraf b Boult 8 M. Santner not out 24 playing in India. “We are prepared for wickets in the under-19 World Cup last Faheem Ashraf claimed Kane Williamson for Aamer Yamin not out 15 Extras: (w3, nb 1) 4 legal consequences too. He will be a very year when Nepal came eighth. nine. Martin Guptill attempted to bully the Extras: (lb2, w2, nb 1) 5 Total: (for 6 wickets; 20.0 overs) 163 important part of the team. We are like a “We will have some new fans for IPL. It bowlers but it was primarily a lone stand. Total: (for 6 wickets; 20 overs) 181 Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Williamson), 2-84 (Kitchen), 3- 87 (Guptill), 4-89 (de Grandhomme), 5-128 (Taylor), start-up company. We are restarting,” will be good for the kid, I hope this will When he was removed for 59 off 43 balls in Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Ahmed), 2-66 (Babar), 3-106 Borthakur said. start a cricket revolution in Nepal,” said 6-134 (Bruce) the 13th over, the required run rate had shot up (Fakhar), 4-123 (Sarfraz), 5-156 (Umar), 6-164 Bowling: Aamer 4-0-25-1 (1w), Rumman 4-0-41-1 There was disappointment though for Delhi Daredevils chief executive Hemant to 13.57. Ross Taylor put the ball over the Dua said. Some 581 players were up for (Faheem) (1w), Amir 4-0-23-1 (1w), Faheem 4-0-55-1 (1nb), England Test skipper Joe Root, South boundary fence three times in his 25 off 10 Africa’s amd Sri Lanka pace- auction ahead of the season which runs Bowling: Southee 4-0-39-0, Boult 4-0-33-1 (w1), Shadab 4-0-19-2. balls. But with his dismissal in the 17th over, man Lasith Malinga who all failed to find from April 7 to May 27. The IPL has been de Grandhomme 4-0-36-1 (1w), Sodhi 4-0-47-2 Result: Pakistan won by 18 runs New Zealand were 128 for five and their hopes bidders on the second day. Root, Amla and boosted by a new five year $2.5-billion (1nb), Santner 4-0-24-2. Series: Pakistan 2-1 Malinga did not attract bids in Saturday’s media deal. — AFP of a miraculous comeback were over. — AFP