SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2019 15 Sauber F1 team rebrand as Alfa Romeo Racing Big Burns, Head tons AFP | Paris ormula One team Sauber Fhave rebranded as Alfa Romeo Racing for the 2019 season, the Swiss outfit an- nounced yesterday, ending 25 years of competing under put Australia in control the Sauber name. Alfa Romeo had already Australia 1st innings been the title sponsor of Australia lost three M. Harris c C.Karunaratne b Fernando Sauber last year when the • 11 team was known as Alfa Ro- early wickets on the J. Burns not out 172 meo Sauber F1 team. first day of the Canberra U. Khawaja c Mendis b Fernando 0 “It is a pleasure to an - Test against Sri Lanka M. Labuschagne c Dickwella b C.Karu- nounce that we will en - but soon managed naratne 6 ter the 2019 Formula T. Head lbw b Fernando 161 One World Champion - a solid fightback K. Patterson not out 25 ship with the team name Extras (lb1 nb5, w3) 9 Alfa Romeo Racing,” said Batsmen reach Total (four wickets; 87 overs) 384 team principal Frederic three• figures after Vasseur. barren summer lowed suit, reaching his maid- en hundred off 155 balls in his eighth Test, capitalising on Dil- AFP | Canberra, Australia ruwan Perera dropping him on MotoGP champion 87. oe Burns and Travis Head It puts the pair in prime posi- Marquez rides again plundered Australia’s first tion to be selected for the Ashes AFP | Madrid Jcenturies of the home series later this year, with the summer yesterday in a stirring Canberra Test -- the first-ever in otoGP world champi- fightback as they ruthlessly ex- the nation’s capital -- Australia’s Mon Marc Marquez has posed Sri Lanka’s inexperienced last before their tour of England. returned to action in Spain attack in the second Test at as he steps up his recovery Canberra. Joe Burns and Travis Head run between the wickets Dire start following shoulder surgery Australian skipper Tim Paine On a cool, overcast day, Burns inexperienced bowling attack we can come out tomorrow and Their partnership followed in December, his Honda won the toss at the Manuka Oval and Head dug Australia out of a that was going to present scoring do much the same.” a dire start against a team they team said yesterday. and put his side in on a flat track hole after they lost Marcus Har- opportunities if we got through Back in the side after being had beaten by an innings and 40 Marquez, who turns 26 conducive to batting, a gambit ris, Usman Khawaja and Marnus those tough periods. Hopefully overlooked for series against Pa- runs in the first Test at Brisbane. later this month, under- that paid off after some early Labuschagne cheaply to be in kistan and India, opener Burns Pace duo Lahiru Kumara and went an operation on his wobbles. trouble at 28 for three. survived a dropped catch on 34, Dushmantha Chameera picked left shoulder before the new At stumps, they were a com- After weathering the storm but was otherwise invincible up injuries in that rout, with the year after dislocating it sev- manding 384 for four with and as the new ball lost its BETTER and brought up his fourth Test inexperienced Kasun Rajitha eral times last season. Burns not out 172 and Kurtis shine, the pair started cashing ton off 147 balls with a single. and Fernando taking their place The Spaniard most no- Patterson, who was dropped in on a Sri Lankan attack missing His 172 surpassed his previous in Canberra. tably injured his shoulder first ball, on 25. their top bowlers and fields - KNOW high score of 170 against New And in a big blow, Suranga while celebrating after Head fell for 161 after a 308- men who put down a host of Zealand in 2016. Lakmal, their best bowler in clinching a fifth world ti- run stand with Burns -- Aus - chances. Burns’ knock was the first Brisbane, was ruled out on the tle in six years in Japan in tralia’s first stand over 200 since “We knew the first hour was Burns’ knock was century for Australia since Kha- morning of the Test with a stiff October. Steve Smith and Mitch Marsh going to be tough, bit of grass the first century for waja’s 141 against Pakistan in back, with debutant Chamika Marquez passed the first achieved the feat in the third on the wicket, so despite losing Dubai in October and only the Karunaratne stepping in. phase of his rehabilitation Test against England in Decem- the three wickets we just knew Australia since Kha- second an Australian has scored The three newcomers have by completing a handful of ber 2017. we had to absorb the pressure,” waja’s 141 against since the fifth Ashes Test in Syd- only five Tests of experience laps around a track in Alcar- Vishwa Fernando was the best said Burns. Pakistan in Dubai in ney almost 13 months ago. between them, but they initially ras, not far from his home in of the bowlers with 3-99. “We also knew they were an October Vice-captain Head soon fol- rose to the challenge. Catalonia. Martial can take inspiration Lazio beat Inter Milan to reach Coppa Italia semi-finals from Ronaldo, says Solskjaer AFP | Milan high before Leiva scored the winner. AFP | Manchester auro Icardi’s last-gasp “We deserved to go through Mpenalty in extra-time and should have won earlier, le Gunnar Solskjaer has forced a shoot-out, but Rad - but it was almost snatched away Ochallenged Anthony Mar- I speak about my ja Nainggolan missed as Lazio from us,” said Immobile. tial to fulfil his potential at experience at this eliminated Inter Milan to reach “Now we hope to get revenge Manchester United by follow- club with Cristiano the Coppa Italia semi-finals on on Milan.” ing Cristiano Ronaldo’s ex- Thursday. Lazio lost the Coppa Italia ample. and what Anthony Lucas Leiva converted the semi-final to Milan on penalties United announced on can achieve. I talk decisive penalty for a 5-4 win at last season. Thursday that the France about Cristiano’s the San Siro after the match had The victory replicates Lazio’s striker had signed a new con- career, what he’s finished 1-1 following extra time. 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in tract that commits him to the made, how he’s got Ciro Immobile had broken the Coppa Italia quarter-finals club until at least June 2024, there the deadlock after 108 minutes exactly two years ago. with the option for a further when he blasted in following an “We were a little awkward at OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER year. exchange with Felipe Caicedo. Lazio’s Ciro Immobile (R) challenges Inter Milan’s Miranda the start but as the game came Martial, who is expected to the club before joining Real But there was more drama alive we were in the game until recover from a minor training Madrid. with Inter awarded a contested Inter skipper Icardi coo - But Lazio goalkeeper Thomas the end. Then we got a bit fran- injury to play at Leicester Martial moved to Old penalty after 125 minutes when ly slotted in with the last kick Strakosha saved Lautaro Mar- tic which doesn’t work against in the Premier League on Trafford from Monaco in Sergej Milinkovic-Savic fouled of extra-time to revive home tinez’s effort and got his fingers Lazio,” said Inter coach Luciano Sunday, has scored 10 goals 2015, aged 19, and Danilo D’Ambrosio. hopes. to Nainggolan’s kick which went Spalletti. this season, although he has shown had gone more than a flashes month without one of talent, before striking in without ever the 3-1 FA Cup establishing him- Kovac hoping Frankfurt give Bayern helping hand in title race win at Ar- Anthony self as a consistent senal on Martial goalscorer. AFP | Berlin Likewise, Kovac’s Bayern also joked Kovac. January Solskjaer believes face a tricky trip on Saturday Frankfurt struggled in de- 25. the France forward ayern Munich coach Niko to Bayer Leverkusen, who just fence during last Saturday’s Solskjaer, has plenty of room for BKovac is hoping his former like Frankfurt, have a powerful 2-2 draw at Werder Bremen, United’s care- improvement and has club Eintracht Frankfurt can attack, but a leaky defence. but forwards Sebastian Haller, taker-manager, urged him to look at force leaders Borussia Dort- On Thursday Kovac, who lift- Ante Rebic and Luka Jovic, the witnessed Ronaldo’s transfor- the way Ronaldo devel- mund into stumbling this week- ed the German Cup only last league’s top-scorer, have scored mation from raw teenager to oped. end in the Bundesliga title race. May as Eintracht coach before 31 goals in 19 league games this world-class talent while at Old “Cristiano was Dortmund, who are six points quitting to take over at Bayern, season. Trafford. the best, the way he’s clear of second-placed Bayern, joked that he hopes his former As Bremen director Frank The Juventus forward, who changed to now, that’s face a tough away task on Sat- club trip up Dortmund to allow Baumann suggested, “Frankfurt joined United from Sporting part of any player’s devel- urday at fifth-placed Frankfurt, Bayern Munich head coach Niko Kovac Bayern to narrow the gap. will be a challenge for Dort - Lisbon as an 18-year-old in opment,” said the interim who boast one of the league’s with the German Cup he won with “My Frankfurt boys already mund, just like Leverkusen will 2003, spent six years with United boss.