THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2015 SPORTS Haddin hangs his gloves SYDNEY: Australia wicketkeeper Brad paddock and I probably lost that hunger Haddin announced his retirement from from there.” first class cricket yesterday, following With Adam Gilchrist his predecessor, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Haddin had to wait until he was 30 until Rogers in stepping down from tests in he played his first test against West the wake of the Ashes series defeat. Indies in 2008. He lost his place in the The pugnacious 37-year-old, who side in 2012 when he stood down from retired from one day cricket after the tour of West Indies for personal rea- Australia’s World Cup triumph earlier this sons but returned in early 2013. year, kept wickets in 66 tests, scoring Appointed vice captain for the home 3,266 runs at an average of 32.98 and Ashes series against England, he sur- taking 262 catches with eight stumpings. passed 50 in six of his eight innings and “I’ve had an outstanding career, I’ve took 22 catches as Australia won back enjoyed every minute, and in the end the the urn with a 5-0 sweep. decision was not a hard one,” Haddin, “The 5-0 one was an amazing series, who played 17 seasons for New South not just the cricket but the whole the- Wales, told a media conference at the atre around the country, how everyone Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). embraced that campaign and the way “Once you’ve lost that will to get up we were playing,” he said. and do the things you need to do to play “But the highlight for me is the sup- for Australia, it’s time to walk away. I’ve port you get in the good and the bad. had a great run and I couldn’t be happier The support me and my family have had with the way I’m leaving the game.” over the last couple of years from the An assured pair of hands behind the Australian public is amazing.” stumps, Haddin’s runs were often Haddin, who will continue to play extremely valuable to his country com- some domestic Twenty20 cricket, said he ing as they did in counter-attacking tail- had confidence Australia’s test future end partnerships. was bright despite the loss of so many Haddin, renowned as a talkative, experienced players. tough competitor, played his last match “It’s an exciting time, I think we can in the opening test of the recently con- cover all the retirements, we’ve got a cluded Ashes series against England in great leader in Steve Smith,” he said. July. “He’s going to be a great leader for a He missed the second test at Lord’s to long period of time. Australian cricket is be with his sick daughter and failed to always healthy.” A reminder of his fierce- regain his place in the side from Peter ly partisan nature came when he paid Nevill for the remainder of the series, tribute to his former coaches at New which England won 3-2. South Wales, Steve Rixon and Trevor “I came to the realisation, probably Bayliss. after Lord’s, that I’d lost that fight to con- “This is going to hurt,” he said. tinue,” he said. “I was all about trying to “Trevor’s the England coach now and make myself the best cricketer I could be after what he did to us I don’t really want every time I walked out on the training to talk about him too much.” —Reuters MANCHESTER: England’s James Taylor plays a shot during the One Day International cricket match between England and Australia at Old Trafford cricket ground. —AP Taylor sews up England win MANCHESTER: James Taylor’s maiden one-day two fours in as many balls, tried to make it three managed just five in total but, significantly, he international century and some tight spin bowl- in a row only to be caught off a top edge by got England to a score their bowlers could ing saw England to a 93-run win over Australia at wicket-keeper Jonathan Bairstow. defend. Old Trafford on Tuesday as they kept the series George Bailey (25) obligingly drove an Ali full Taylor and Morgan (62), who won the toss, alive. toss straight to Stokes at mid-wicket. Jason Roy put on 119 for the third wicket. But the partner- Australia, set 301 to win, were dismissed for then held a remarkable catch, running round ship would have been curtailed had not wicket- 207 with six overs of their innings left. Victory in from long-on, after Ashton Agar launched Liam keeper Wade missed a stumping off ODI debu- this day/night fixture would have given the Plunkett high into the deep. Roy ‘lost’ the ball in tant spinner Agar when left-hander Morgan was world champions an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the the floodlights and, arching backwards, dropped on 15. five-match ODI series. But instead England-who a one-handed chance only to grab the ball at the Roy (63) launched England’s innings in style had lost 11 times in their previous 12 one-dayers second attempt before hitting the turf. Finn end- after Morgan won the toss with his second fifty against Australia-cut the tourists’ lead to 2-1 with ed the match emphatically by bowling Matthew in three innings this series. But he was unable to two to play. Wade (42). go on to a really big score, chipping Agar to Off-spinner Mooen Ali and leg-spinner Adil Earlier, Taylor’s century was the cornerstone short extra-cover. Rashid shared five wickets between them, with of England’s 300 for eight after Morgan won the Taylor went to his hundred in nervous fashion Ali’s three for 32 in his full 10 overs the all- toss. Taylor, brought back for this series with when his drive off Pat Cummins hit non-striker rounder’s best ODI figures. Ashes-winner Joe Root rested, was out for 101. Woakes’s bat and rebounded into the stumps. “I’m very impressed. We improved in the The 25-year-old Nottinghamshire batsman, He sprinted down the pitch and dived for a areas I asked the guys to from the first two playing his 21st match at this level, faced 114 definitive scrambled single. The series continues games,” said England captain Eoin Morgan. balls. His first fifty included just one four and he at Headingley tomorrow. —AFP “James Taylor and I got a good partnership going in the middle. “The spinners were out- SCOREBOARD standing,” he added after Rashid and Ali took a combined five for 73 in 20 overs. MANCHESTER: Completed scoreboard in the third day/night one-day international between England Meanwhile man-of-the-match Taylor said: “I and Australia at Old Trafford on Tuesday: got 98 not out against Australia so to get a hun- dred against them in a winning cause is nice.” England Australia Australia captain Steven Smith added: “They got J. Roy c Maxwell b Agar 63 J. Burns c Morgan b Finn 9 a few too many. “We have to find ways to rotate A. Hales c Marsh b Cummins 9 A. Finch c Woakes b Rashid 53 the strike in the middle overs and then keep J. Taylor c Agar b Starc 101 S. Smith c Finn b Rashid 25 enough wickets in the shed so we can go E. Morgan c Starc b Maxwell 62 G. Bailey c Stokes b Ali 25 LONDON: In this July 14, 2015 file photo, Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin berserk at the end.” G. Maxwell c Bairstow b Ali 17 B. Stokes c Finch b Maxwell 14 leaves the team bus after taking part in a training session at Lord’s cricket Aaron Finch, brought into the side after fel- M. Marsh c Woakes b Plunkett 13 J. Bairstow run out (Smith) 17 ground. —AP low opener David Warner was ruled out of the M. Wade b Finn 42 rest of the series with a fractured thumb suffered M. Ali c Pattinson b Cummins 1 A. Agar c Roy b Plunkett 5 during Australia’s 64-run win in the second ODI L. Plunkett run out (Bailey/Cummins) 1 M. Starc c Bairstow b Ali 1 at Lord’s on Saturday, scored briskly on his way C. Woakes not out 14 P. Cummins c Roy b Plunkett 5 to 53. A. Rashid not out 1 St Helens happy to be Smith walked out to boos after upholding an J. Pattinson not out 2 appeal for obstructing the field that led to Ben Extras (b1, lb5, w11) 17 Extras (lb3, w7) 10 back to winning ways Stokes’s controversial dismissal at Lord’s. Total (8 wkts, 50 overs) 300 Total (all out, 44 overs)207 Having survived a chance because of the Did not bat: S Finn Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Burns), 2-75 (Smith), 3-106 diminutive Taylor’s lack of reach, Smith (25) was (Finch), 4-128 (Maxwell), 5-141 (Bailey), 6-154 LONDON: St Helens are finally back to sive game for us, it’s do or die for them Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Hales), 2-86 (Roy), 3-205 brilliantly caught when diving fast bowler Finn (Morgan), 4-231 (Stokes), (Marsh), 7-165 (Agar), 8-167 (Starc), 9-172 winning ways and Travis Burns feels to stay in the Super 8s so we will have used his 6ft 7in frame to hold a stunning one- (Cummins), 10-207 (Wade) 5-271 (Bairstow), 6-273 (Ali), 7-279 (Plunkett), 8- like the weight of the world has been to come out ready and then we are in handed catch at short mid-wicket off Rashid.