14 Tuesday, August 25, 2020 Sports Former cricket chief Anderson kept waiting Sutherland lands top Australia golf job his experience. for 600th wicket as “He did so much in cricket at so many levels from playing to financial and corporate to stakeholder relations,” he said. “He knows what excellent and elite look like and I can’t Pakistan annoy hosts wait for him to impart his vision on the broader golf industry.” AFP Muttiah Muralitharan (800), Former Cricket Australia chief Sutherland spent 20 years Southampton Australia’s Shane Warne (708) James Sutherland during a press at Cricket Australia where he and India’s Anil Kumble (619). conference in Melbourne in was credited with increasing James Anderson was left just Anderson started the day August 2010. participation in the sport, par- one shy of becoming only the in sight of the select group af- ticularly among women. fourth bowler to take 600 Test ter taking 5-56 – his 29th five- AFP He was heavily involved wickets as a combination of wicket haul in 156 Tests – dur- Sydney with the introduction of the poor catching, bad weather ing Pakistan’s first-innings 273. highly-successful Twenty20 and some determined Paki- Scoreboard He might even have James Sutherland was Mon- Big Bash League and day- stan batting conspired against reached the landmark late on day appointed head of Golf Aus- night Test cricket. England 1st Innings 583-8 decl the England paceman at Pakistan 1st Innings 273 Sunday had not three catches tralia, two years after stepping But he also endured a pay Southampton on Monday. Pakistan 2nd Innings (following-on) been dropped off his bowling down as the country’s cricket war with players in his final Anderson, denied an early Shan Masood lbw b Broad ��������������������������������� 18 with the new ball. chief in the wake of a damaging few years and came under in- Abid Ali lbw b Anderson �������������������������������������� 42 breakthrough when Jos But- Azhar Ali not out �������������������������������������������������� 29 And there was more frus- ball-tampering scandal. tense pressure in 2018 when tler dropped a routine chance Babar Azam not out �����������������������������������������������4 tration for Anderson when The 55-year-old will take Steve Smith, David Warner to reprieve Shan Masood, re- Extras: (lb7) ����������������������������������������������������������7 Masood, on three, edged an in- over from Stephen Pitt from and Cameron Bancroft at- turned for a third spell late on Total: (For 2 wkts, 56 overs, 249 mins) ���������� 100 tended drive outside off-stump October 1. tempted to alter the ball dur- To bat: Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Mohammad the fourth day of the third Test Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad only for the ball to hit Buttler “I’m genuinely excited to ing a Test in South Africa. to have opener Abid Ali lbw. Abbas, Naseem Shah. on the thigh as he failed to get have the opportunity to work They were all sent home That took the 38-year-old Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Masood), 2-88 (Abid). his gloves to a chance far less in golf, obviously for Golf Aus- in disgrace and banned in to 599 Test wickets but even Bowling: Anderson 12-3-18-1; Broad 11-5-23-1; difficult than several catches tralia, but more importantly for one of the biggest scandals to Woakes 8-2-14-0; Archer 9-5-8-0; Bess 14-3-27-0; though the floodlights were Root 2-0-3-0. he held on Sunday. the sport around the nation,” engulf the sport, which saw a on, the umpires ruled the only Match position: Pakistan are 210 runs behind with England batsman Ol- said Sutherland, who headed slew of executives at Cricket way play could continue safely eight second-innings wickets standing. lie Pope injured his shoulder Cricket Australia for 17 years. Australia leave. was with spin from both ends. Toss: England. chasing a ball to the boundary Golf Australia chairman Sutherland insisted he cri- As a result Anderson, who and was replaced by James Andrew Newbold said it was a sis had no bearing on his deci- had miserly figures of 1-18 Bracey, with the substitute coup to secure someone with sion to quit. from 12 overs was replaced fielder summing up the hosts’ by England captain Joe Root, morning when his needless who bowled his part-time off- shy at the stumps led to four breaks in partnership with England’s James Anderson reacts after England’s Jos Buttler (not in the pic) fails to take a catch off his bowling overthrows. frontline spinner Dom Bess. on the fourth day of the third Test against Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Monday. (AFP) Pakistan resumed on Mon- Oz ready to hit ground running But with the natural light day a huge 310 runs behind a fading, the umpires decided captain, was 29 not out follow- Buttler drop a fourth catch in for a painstaking 42, with the total built on Zak Crawley’s Sydney: Justin Langer said his their lockdown and they will play conditions were unsafe even ing his first-innings century 37 balls off his bowling. batsman’s fruitless review 267 and Buttler’s 152. The pair Australia squad are super-fit four inter-squad warm-up games under for slow bowling. and Babar Azam unbeaten on After an initial rain break leaving Pakistan 88-2. shared an England fifth-wick- and ready to hit the ground run- to get match-ready after nearly Rain then fell to end any four. of more than three-and-a-half et record stand of 359. ning ahead of departing Sunday six months of inaction since hope of a resumption, with If England, as now seems hours, Masood fell lbw playing Select group Azhar’s superb 141 not out for a white-ball tour of England, the pandemic brought sport to more showers forecast for highly likely, avoid defeat they no shot to Stuart Broad for 18. No paceman has yet reached kept England at bay longer their first cricket since March. a halt. Tuesday’s final day. will win their first Test cam- The left-hander reviewed the landmark figure of 600 than looked likely after his side The 21-man squad gathered in They will head to a bio-secure Pakistan, following on, paign against Pakistan in a the decision but once again Test wickets. collapsed to 75-5 on Sunday. Perth before taking a direct flight hub in Southampton for the first were 100-2 – still 210 runs decade. Root’s men are 1-0 up technology upheld Michael The only bowlers ahead of Azhar found an ally in after which they will face several of three Twenty20s on Septem- behind England’s first innings in a three-match campaign. Gough’s original verdict. the 38-year-old Anderson in Mohammad Rizwan, with the days of isolation in Derby due to ber 4 against an England side 583-8 declared – at the close. Anderson started the day Anderson, switched to the all-time list are three re- wicketkeeper making 53 in a coronavirus restrictions. who have been back in action Azhar Ali, the Pakistan with 598 wickets and then saw Gough’s end, had Abid lbw tired spinners – Sri Lanka’s sixth-wicket stand of 138. Training will be permitted during since early July. (AFP) Medvedev makes strong start, NBA Kvitova shocked in opener Doncic nails epic buzzer-beater; DPA/AFP Celtics, Raptors set up clash New York AFP Daniil Medvedev com- Miami menced his Cincinnati title de- fence campaign with a smooth Luka Doncic wasn’t about to 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ameri- let a sprained ankle slow him can qualifier Marcos Giron to down, nailing a game-winning move into the third round on three-pointer at the buzzer to Monday, while Petra Kvitova lift the Dallas Mavericks to a fell in her opener to Marie 135-133 overtime playoff win Bouzkova 2-6, 7-5, 6-2. over the Los Angeles Clippers Cincinnati was one of six on Sunday. consecutive finals Medvedev The 21-year old Slovenian reached last season - a sensa- phenom, who was playing with tional run that also included a a tender ankle and missing his runner-up show at the US Open. offensive sidekick Kristaps Por- A break in the fifth game zingis, finished with 43 points, was enough to give Medve- 17 rebounds and 13 assists to dev the first set over Giron in level the first-round NBA West- Dallas Mavericks Luka Doncic celebrates a game winning three point 42 minutes and the Russian ern Conference playoff series at basket with teammates against the LA Clippers during overtime in number three seed broke early two games each. Game Four of the Western Conference First Round of the 2020 in the second to advance at the “This game was from an- NBA Playoffs on Sunday. (AFP) Western & Southern Open, other planet,” said Mavericks relocated from Cincinnati to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic returns a shot to Maria Bouzkova of Czech Republic during the Western & coach Rick Carlisle of Doncic’s Porzingis. Doncic sprained his With their backs against New York this year. He takes Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday. (Getty Images/AFP) heroics. Doncic made a basket left ankle in the second half of the wall, Joel Embiid and the on Aljaz Bedene next. with 50 seconds left to tie the game three and had an MRI on 76ers kept it close and trailed “I’m just looking to try to due the coronavirus pandemic. and is accustomed to such dif- joined Medvedev in the last 16 score 130-130 then gave Dallas Saturday to determine the ex- by just two points late in the make the same, it’s not easy. I Her last appearance was in ficult conditions, saved three with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Brit- a two-point lead with a spin- tent of the damage. third quarter before forward don’t think many players were Doha, where she was runner- break points in the final game, ain’s Dan Evans. ning move to the basket with “This morning I wasn’t Tobias Harris took a hard fall able to do it in their careers, it up to Aryna Sabalenka. and needed five match points Britain’s Johanna Konta, 19 seconds remaining. feeling good but as soon as I under the basket, his head was something unbelievable,” The two-time Wimble- to complete the upset. the eighth seed, showed no He capped his triple-dou- stepped on the court I knew slamming the hardwood. said Medvedev, reflecting on don champion, seeded sixth “Being from Czech Re- signs of the heart palpitations ble with a 27-foot step-back I could go,” said Doncic, who Harris was able to leave his stellar run last summer. in New York this week, start- public like me, she’s an idol. that affected her in Lexing- jumper from the left side as recorded his second straight the court under his own steam, “Of course I cannot predict ed strong against her fellow I watched her so many times ton earlier this month, as she time ticked down, sparking a triple-double. holding a towel to his left eye the future but I’m going to try Czech but appeared to struggle in Fed Cup when I was small. blasted past Belgium’s Kirsten wild celebration on the floor in Said Carlisle: “He sees the and temple, and returned after to do my best.” in the heat and humidity as the So today to get the win is ex- Flipkens 6-2, 6-0 in a 63-min- the NBA’s quarantine bubble game in 6G, not 5G. He is a treatment for what the team Kvitova, a two-time Cincin- match went on. tremely amazing for me,” said ute second round clash. She in Orlando, Florida. very special player.” said was a cut over the eye. nati semi-finalist, was in fine The 48th-ranked Bouz- the 22-year-old Bouzkova af- plays either Laura Siegemund “I can’t explain the emotions Trey Burke added 25 But the Celtics closed the third form before the tennis tour kova, who spent the last few ter the win. or Vera Zvonareva for a spot in I had when I saw the ball go in,” points, Tim Hardaway scored quarter on a 12-0 run that effec- was suspended early March months training in Florida Canadian Milos Raonic the quarter-finals. Doncic said. “When I saw the 21 and Seth Curry chipped in tively ended the 76ers’ hopes. whole team coming towards me 15 points for Dallas, who led “I feel like the game flipped that was one of the best feelings by 12 with nine minutes re- when Tobias went out,” Sixers I have ever had as a player.” maining in the fourth quarter. coach Brett Brown said. While Dallas levelled their Lou Williams had 36 The Celtics will face the Quick read series, Boston became the points and Kawhi Leonard defending NBA champion Spain’s Suarez Navarro pulls out of US Open Djokovic pulls out of doubles in tune-up first team to reach the second finished with 32 points for the Toronto Raptors who moved round with a 110-106 victory Clippers, who blew a 21-point onto the next round after New YORK: Two-time US Open quarter-finalist Carla Suarez Nav- New YORK: World number one Novak Djokovic withdrew from doubles over the Philadelphia 76ers. first-half lead. sweeping the Brooklyn Nets. arro of Spain pulled out of the upcoming Grand Slam tournament Sunday at the Western & Southern Open in New York, citing neck pain. Kemba Walker scored 32 Game five is on Tuesday. Reserve Norman Powell Monday citing unspecified “health reasons”. Suarez, 31 and ranked The top-seeded Serbian was still scheduled to open singles play on points and Jayson Tatum added Meanwhile, the Celtics’ scored a career playoff high 68th in the world, had already pulled out of this week’s Western Monday against qualifier Ricardis Berankis of Lithuania after a first- 28 and 15 rebounds for the Celt- Walker, who arrived in Boston 29 points and the Raptors won & Southern Open, the ATP and WTA event usually held in Cincin- round bye. Djokovic had been entered in doubles with compatriot Filip ics, who swept the Eastern Con- after eight seasons of frustra- their series with a dominating nati but moved this year to the National Tennis Center in New York Krajinovic, but he pulled out before their scheduled opener on Sunday ference first-round series 4-0. tion with the Charlotte Hor- 150-122 victory in Orlando. where players are competing in a quarantine “bubble.” The US against Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe of the United States. The Doncic, who is playing in his nets, was basking in his first Serge Ibaka came off the Open will begin at the venue on August 31. “Unfortunately I had to tournament normally played in Cincinnati, Ohio, is being held this year first NBA playoffs, carried the NBA playoff series win. bench to score a playoff career withdraw from the @usopen due to health reasons,” she said on in a quarantine bubble at the US Tennis Association’s Billie Jean King Mavericks Sunday without Por- “It feels good,” Walker said high 27 points and grabbed Twitter. “I’m not ready to compete at the moment, so I’m following National Tennis Center, where the US Open will start on August 31. zingis, who was a late scratch but added: “The work’s not 15 rebounds for Toronto, who medical advice.” Suarez will be replaced in the main draw of the US Djokovic won the title in Cincinnati in 2018 to become the only player because of a knee injury. done. We won a series, but swept a best-of-seven series Open by Japan’s Kurumi Nara, ranked 142 in the world. (AFP) to win all nine of the ATP’s elite Masters 1000 tournaments. (AFP) But the pre-game buzz was we’re still looking forward to for the first time in their fran- all about Doncic’s health, not some more tough ones.” chise history.