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 cricket crowd of 53,781. between Australia and England in Perth yesterday: Despite resting frontline bowlers Chris Woakes and Mark Wood, and having quick Jake Ball 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 wickets 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 captain M. Ali c Tye b Zampa 6 Steve Smith was again left frustrated with both batting 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 not out 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 Marcus Stoinis 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 Adil Rashid, 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 Mitchell Starc (0) in the space of three J. Hazlewood not out 0 in front the Barmy Army... the game was unbelievable, what terday. Jason Roy 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 Moeen Ali’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-wicket 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 Josh Hazlewood 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 Joe Root 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 Jonny Bairstow. 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 Twenty20 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 Ben Stokes in the disappointed last year with just 200 runs in and England. Rajasthan Royals 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 Indian Premier League auction. The dismissed in a debatable decision when Tom on, during the third Twenty20 international 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.