Established 1961 13 Sports Monday, January 8, 2018 Cooked England lurching to defeat after Marsh brothers’ tons Cook becomes sixth batsman to score 12,000 test runs SYDNEY: Nathan Lyon was hailed as Australia’s “key” bowler as the team closes in on an emphatic victory in the final Ashes Test after beleaguered England unravelled on a torrid day in Sydney yesterday. The Australians amassed a massive 303-run innings lead in blistering heat and then reduced the battle-weary tourists to 93 for four at the close with a day to play. Compounding England’s woes was a finger injury for skipper Joe Root, his team’s last major hope of staving off a 4-0 series rout today’s final day of the Test. Root was unbeaten on 42 at the close with Jonny Bairstow not out 17. Lyon captured the important wickets of Alastair Cook and Dawid Malan to have two for 31 off 19 overs at stumps. “I think Gaz (Lyon) is the key tomorrow. SYDNEY: Australia’s Mitchell Marsh (R) sends his brother Sahun Marsh (L) back to his crease The wicket is definitely suiting his conditions, as he celebrates scoring his century against England on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes especially with the left handers, he’ll come cricket Test match at the SCG in Sydney yesterday, — AFP into play,” Australian centurion Shaun Marsh SCOREBOARD said. “I thought he bowled really well today Mitchell Marsh was bowled next ball by and showed his class and hopefully he can TON-UP BROTHERS Tom Curran for 101 off 141 balls with 15 fours come out tomorrow and get a few early “In many ways the last few days have and two sixes. The century came after his 181 SYDNEY: Scoreboard at the close on day four in the fifth Ashes Test between Australia and England in breakthroughs for us.” summed up our trip,” said England assistant in the third Test in Perth. He was the third Sydney yesterday: Australia called a halt to their epic first coach Paul Farbrace. “It’s been exceptionally centurion of the massive Australian first England first innings 346 (J. Root 83, D. Bowling: Anderson 34-14-56-1, Broad innings at 649 for seven, and soon had tough, we’ve come up against a team that’s innings total, following Usman Khawaja’s 171 Malan 62; P. Cummins 4-80) 30-2-121-1, Ali 48-10-170-2, Curran 25- England in trouble after the tourists had been playing very good cricket but the one thing on Saturday. Australia first innings (overnight 479-4) 3-82-1 (1w), Crane 48-3-193-1 (2nb), cooked in the field for more than two draining that we’ve been talking about is making sure Shaun Marsh was eventually dismissed C. Bancroft b Broad 0 Root 8-3-21-0. days. Mark Stoneman was leg before wicket we keep on fighting and battling.” after lunch, run out for 156 by Stoneman’s D. Warner c Bairstow b Anderson 56 to Mitchell Starc for a duck and lost a review Shaun and Mitchell Marsh earlier became direct throw from the covers. He batted for U. Khawaja st Bairstow b Crane 171 England second innings in the process, and next ball Cook was put the third set of brothers to score centuries in 403 minutes and faced 291 balls for his down at first slip by Marsh off Josh the same innings for Australia. The Marsh second century of the series and his sixth S. Smith c and b Ali 83 A. Cook b Lyon 10 Hazlewood for five. boys joined Greg and Ian Chappell and Steve in 28 Tests. S. Marsh run out (Stoneman) 156 M. Stoneman lbw b Starc 0 But Cook’s reprieve did not last long and and Mark Waugh to score brotherly centuries Starc slogged Moeen Ali for six and was M. Marsh b Curran 101 J. Vince c Smith b Cummins 18 he was bowled for 10 when a sharp Lyon for Australia, while it was the eighth time out the next ball finding Vince at long on for T. Paine not out 38 J. Root not out 42 turner hit the top of off-stump in the off-spin- overall it had happened in Test cricket. 11. Tim Paine (38) and Pat Cummins (24) were M. Starc c Vince b Ali 11 D. Malan lbw b Lyon 5 ner’s first over. Cook, who became during his The Chappells were the first Australian at the crease when Steve Smith called them in P. Cummins not out 24 J. Bairstow not out 17 innings only the sixth batsman to score brothers to notch centuries in the same about an hour before tea. Big-hearted pace- Extras (b2, lb4, w1, nb2) 9 Extras (lb1) 1 12,000 Test runs, finished the series with 376 innings at The Oval in 1972 with the Waughs man James Anderson bowled with great Total (7 wickets dec; 193 overs) 649 Total (4 wickets; 46 overs) 93 runs at 47. the last to do it against England, also at The economy in the stifling conditions as temper- Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Bancroft), 2-86 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Stoneman), 2-15 James Vince survived a caught behind off Oval, in 2001. Mitchell Marsh almost spoiled atures hit 42 Celsius (108 Farenheit), taking (Warner), 3-274 (Smith), 4-375 (Cook), 3-43 (Vince), 4-68 (Malan) Lyon on review on 15, but three runs later his century in all the excitement as he one for 56 off 34 overs. (Khawaja), 5-544 (M. Marsh), 6-596 (S. Bowling: Starc 9-2-17-1, Hazlewood 9-1- edged Pat Cummins to Steve Smith at slip. embraced his brother mid-pitch before he Spinners Ali and debutant Mason Crane Marsh), 7-613 (Starc) 26-0, Lyon 19-6-31-2, Cummins 7-1-12-1, Dawid Malan followed when Lyon trapped had completed the second run scrambling conceded a combined 363 runs in taking To bat: J. Hazlewood, N. Lyon Smith 2-0-6-0. him leg before wicket for five. back to his crease to avoid being run out. three wickets between them. — AFP Play abandoned in South Africa Bangladesh drop versus India Test Soumya, Taskin CAPE TOWN: Rain prevented any play on the third day from ODI squad of the first Test between South Africa and India at Newlands yesterday, but with fine weather expected for the remaining two days there is still a good chance of a result. South Africa were on 65 for two in their second DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday dropped open- innings-an overall lead of 142 — at the close of play on ing batsman Soumya Sarkar and paceman Taskin Saturday. With a potential 98 overs on both Monday and Ahmed from their 16-man squad for the opening Tuesday, the bowlers of both sides will be hoping for more two matches of the forthcoming tri-nation one- success on a pitch which has helped the fast bowlers. day international tournament. South Africa will be without fast bowler Dale Steyn, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka will also take part in who suffered a left heel injury on Saturday. He was con- the tournament, Bangladesh’s first ODI competi- sulting a specialist on Sunday and was not at the ground tion at home in more than a year. It will begin in but initial estimates were that he would be out of action Dhaka on January 15. “Taskin and Soumya both for between four and six weeks. were dropped for their poor form. They will play Unseasonal rain fell for much of the day across in the BCL (a franchise-based first-class compe- drought-stricken Cape Town. There was a brief break in the weather at lunch-time when the ground staff started to tition) to improve their skills,” chief selector remove the covers, only for rain to return. Minhajul Abedin told a press conference. Soumya has been a regular face in the Brief scores: Bangladesh squad for all three formats since South Africa, first innings, 286 making his international debut in 2014 but paid India, first innings, 209 the price for a prolonged spell of poor form. South Africa, second innings, 65-2 in 20 overs (A. CAOPE TOWN: A cricket supporter is stopped by security staff after they invaded the pitch The left-hander played just one ODI in the Markram 34; H. Pandya 2-17) shortly before the game was called off due to rain during the third day of the first Test cricket South Africa tour last October and scored only Match situation: South Africa lead by 142 runs with match between South Africa and India at Newlands in Cape Town yesterday. — AFP eight runs. Fast bowler Taskin also fared poorly eight wickets remaining in the second innings. — AFP in South Africa, picking up two wickets in three ODIs. Left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman returns to the side after missing out on Finnish duo Ari Vatanen and Juha Bangladesh’s last one-day series in South Africa Al-Attiyah Kankkunen and Spain’s Carlos Sainz. with a twisted ankle. Mustafizur was joined by “I made it without brakes! Zero batsmen Anamul Haque and Mohammad Mithun, brakes!,” he added before admitting he paceman Abul Hasan and spinner Sunzamul takes Dakar had no idea where the problem originat- Islam in the squad, which features several ed and that his car’s brake lights had not changes from the South Africa series in October. opener, Loeb provided any warning.