EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2019 SPORT 19 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Smith scripts Australia’s sensational fightback on absorbing day Broad and Woakes rip through the visitors’ top­order; Anderson suffers calf injury THE ASHES World Cup that England cond­best score of the in­ er Stuart Broad took five for won, was subjected to re­ nings — in a ninth­wicket 86 in 22.4 overs and fellow­ peated jeers by a partisan partnership of 88. paceman Chris Woakes Agence France-Presse Birmingham crowd. Up until that point it chipped in with three for 58 But he answered the boos seemed England would not on his Warwickshire home Steve Smith marked his first in style with his 24th Test suffer from the absence of ground. Test since completing a 12­ century and ninth against James Anderson, England’s But Australia’s total may month ban for his role in a England. all­time leading Test wicket­ yet be enough to embarrass ball­tampering scandal with “It hasn’t really sunk in taker, who had only bowled England which collapsed to a superb century to rescue yet,” Smith told BBC Radio. four overs before suffering a 85 all out before beating Ire­ Australia on the opening day “Obviously been a while right calf injury. land at Lord’s last week. of the Ashes series on since I’ve been able to put on Longtime new­ball partn­ Thursday. the whites and the baggy Australia was in dire green (cap). I’m really proud SCOREBOARD AUSTRALIA VS ENGLAND, 1ST TEST, 1ST DAY straits against England in Bir­ of the way I was able to stand mingham at 122 for eight but up today. We were in a bit of Australia — 1st innings: 4­99, 5­105, 6­112, 7­112, 8­122, its last two wickets more trouble there and we had to Cameron Bancroft c Root b 9­210. than doubled the score and dig deep on a wicket that Broad 8, David Warner lbw b England bowling: Anderson 4­ Smith was last man out for wasn’t easy.” Broad 2, Usman Khawaja c Bair­ 3­1­0, Broad 22.4­4­86­5, 144 in a total of 284. stow b Woakes 13, Steve Smith Woakes 21­2­58­3, Stokes 18­1­ Rory Burns and Jason Roy Paine wins toss b Broad 144, Travis Head lbw b 77­1, Moeen 13­3­42­1, Denly then survived two overs as Australia had slumped to 17 Woakes 35, Mathew Wade lbw b 2­1­7­0. Woakes 1, Tim Paine c Burns b England — 1st innings: Rory the hosts ended the day on for two when Smith came in Broad 5, James Pattinson lbw b Burns (batting) 4, Jason Roy 10 for no loss. to bat after current skipper Broad 0, Pat Cummins lbw b (batting) 6; Total (for no loss in Tim Paine had won the toss. Stokes 5, Peter Siddle c Buttler 2 overs): 10. Repeated jeers Wickets fell steadily but b Moeen 44, Nathan Lyon (not Former captain Smith, who Smith found the ally he out) 12; Extras (lb­13, w­2): 15; Australia bowling: Cummins 1­ returned to international needed in Peter Siddle, who Total (in 80.4 overs): 284. 0­3­0, Pattinson 1­0­7­0. cricket during the recent made a valuable 44 — the se­ Fall of wickets: 1­2, 2­17, 3­35, Toss: Australia. What a turnaround! Steve Smith, returning to Test duty, pulled Australia out of the woods with a splendid 144. * REUTERS Kohli­Rohit look fine on the field: Kapil India­A totters Reifer promises tough fight at 69 for five Building a solid team culture going forward, says the coach Says they can have differences off it Press Trust of India INDIA IN WI Amitabha Das Sharma but when you are playing, Port of Spain KOLKATA there is one aim, which is to India­A was in a spot of The talk about differences win the match. That is im­ bother at 69 for five at tea Press Trust of India between India skipper Virat portant. The difference of on the second day of the Fort Lauderdale Kohli and deputy Rohit Shar­ opinion does not mean you second unofficial ‘Test’ West Indies coach Floyd ma may have been over­ are pulling someone down.” against the West Indies­A Reifer is confident that T20 blown by the media as the here on Thursday. megastars like Kieron Pol­ two look perfect compa­ Explore all angles Priyank Panchal (31 bat­ lard and Sunil Narine, along­ nions when they are playing Kapil, head of the three­ ting) and Shivam Dube (22 with some talented young­ for the country, felt former member Cricket Advisory batting) staged a recovery sters, will provide the India captain Kapil Dev. Committee (CAC) of the of sorts after the visitors fireworks against India when The legend, who was in BCCI, said his committee will lost half their side for 20 a sell­out weekend crowd the city to participate in East “do its job to the best of its runs. Earlier, West Indies­A shows up for the two T20 In­ Bengal Club’s centenary ce­ ability,” exploring all angles scored 318 in its first in­ ternationals starting here on lebrations, said the players in selecting a new coach for nings. Saturday. may have differences of opi­ the National team. The West Indies T20 nion “off the field,” but that Kapil said he has heard The scores: West Indies­A 318 squad camped in Florida to does not mean they are try­ Rift? What rift? Kapil Dev feels that Virat Kohli and Rohit about Kohli’s support for the in 113 overs (Montcin Hodge 65, Rahkeem Cornall 56 n.o., acclimatise with the sultry ing to pull each other down. Sharma have pulled together for Team India. * AFP incumbent coach Ravi Shas­ Mayank Markande three for conditions and Reifer’s Replying to a question, tri, terming it a “personal 79, Mohd. Siraj three for 63) team, which he calls a fine Kapil cautioned against “ru­ played a part in creating the the ground and when they opinion.” “That is his (Koh­ vs India­A 69 for five in 25 ov­ blend of youth and expe­ mours” which have been rumour. There are no ru­ are batting,” said Kapil. “Off li’s) opinion and we should ers (Priyank Panchal 31 bat­ rience, will turn the heat on fanned by the media. mours about them (Kohli the field, your thinking and respect everybody’s opi­ ting, Chemar Holder four for Virat Kohli­led Team India. “The media seems to have and Rohit) when they are on approach can be different nion,” said Kapil. 36). Good mix “The team is young, and we like to mix the experienced players with the youth. We Our panel has inducted deserving players: Prasad have a very good blend. We are looking forward to the Honesty, commitment, integrity and confidentiality are the qualities of a good selector matches here in Florida. It should be a very exciting EXCLUSIVE stats are there to prove my It was tough to bring in Kul­ how he has evolved as a Test weekend, we will bring lots point. Our team has won 9 deep (Yadav) and (Yuzven­ cricketer in such a short span out of 11 Test series and we dra) Chahal when we already of entertainment for the Future calling: Khary Pierre is one of the juniors who has Vijay Lokapally of time. fans,” Reifer told the Cricket caught the West Indies coach’s attention. * GETTY IMAGES are ranked No. 1 Test team had established spinners in What is the most important West Indies official website. ndian cricket is in a for the last three years. the side. When we gave them quality to become a National “We have players like is also a good fielder,” Reifer are accustomed to in the Ca­ healthy state. So says Na­ What was your panel’s vision the opportunities both of selector? (Kieron) Pollard and (Sunil) said. ribbean and we are prepar­ Itional selection commit­ over the last two years? them grabbed them and deli­ I personally feel that apart Narine making a return to “Bramble has been ing the players to perform at tee chairman M.S.K. Prasad In the longer format, we had vered consistently. from the specified number of the team as well as the cap­ around First Class cricket for the highest international in this interview with The three away Test series. This committee groomed games one must have tain Carlos Brathwaite and a while, and he has played standard.” Hindu. Excerpts: Though we could win only (Jasprit) Bumrah and Hardik played, honesty, commit­ they have a lot of experience some very good innings for The highlights of your panel one of these series in Austra­ (Pandya) for all formats of ment, integrity and confi­ at this level and in this for­ Guyana. He toured with High energy levels so far? lia (which happened after 71 the game. Originally it was dentiality are the four funda­ mat,” he said. West Indies­B to Canada and The energy level of the I can proudly tell you that years) but the way we fought thought that these players mentals factors needed for a Among the junior players, did a great job as captain. youngsters has impressed this selection committee has in South Africa and England were meant for white ball good selector. Above all, one Reifer singled out 27­year­ You can see how eager he is Reifer.