https://t.me/TheHindu_Zone_official EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU DELHI THURSDAY, JULY 25, 2019 SPORT 17 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Murtagh’s sensational five­for rips England apart CoA refers Raman’s selection to Ombudsman Ireland takes a 122­run first innings lead on the opening day after bundling out the host for 85 Process followed in appointing coach LORD’S TEST SCOREBOARD of the women’s team under scrutiny IANS England — 1st innings: R. Burns G. Viswanath London c Wilson b Murtagh 6, J. Roy c Mumbai Stirling b Murtagh 5, J. Denly Ireland ended England’s lbw b Adair 23, J. Root lbw b The Committee of Adminis­ World Cup honeymoon in Adair 2, J. Bairstow b Murtagh 0, trators (CoA) has recently dramatic style on Wednes­ Moeen c Wilson b Murtagh 0, C. referred former India player day, bowling out the host na­ Woakes lbw b Murtagh 0, S. Cur­ W.V. Raman’s selection as tion for a derisory 85 on the ran c McCollum b Rankin 18, S. coach of the Indian wo­ first day at Lord’s as it eyed Broad c Wilson b Rankin 3, O. men’s team to the BCCI Om­ Stone b Adair 19, J. Leach (not one of the biggest shocks in budsman Justice (Retd.) out): 1; Extras (lb­5, nb­2, w­1): Test history. 8; Total (in 23.4 overs): 85. D.K. Jain. The CoA had re­ Tim Murtagh took a stun­ Fall of wickets: 1­8, 2­36, 3­36, solved to approach the Om­ ning five for 13 in nine overs 4­42, 5­42, 6­42, 7­43, 8­58, budsman after its meeting on a ground where he plays 9­67. in Delhi in April. for Middlesex. Ireland bowling: Murtagh 9­2­ The process followed for Ireland then consolidated 13­5, Adair 7.4­1­32­3, Thompson Raman’s selection last De­ its position by making 207 in 4­1­30­0, Rankin 3­1­5­2. cember divided the CoA reply for a first­innings lead Ireland — 1st innings: W. Porter­ members Vinod Rai and of 122 with Andy Balbirnie field c Leach b Curran 14, J. Mc­ Diana Edulji with the latter W.V. Raman. Collum b Curran 19, A. Balbirnie top­scoring with 55. calling it * PHOTO : K. PICHUMANI b Stone 55, P. Stirling lbw b Ten days after England Broad 36, K. O’Brien (not out) “unconstitutional”. won the World Cup at the 28, G. Wilson c Root b Stone 0, S. Diana had contended could have been asked to same ground against New Thompson b Broad 0, M. Adair b that when the Cricket Advi­ travel with the women’s Zealand and a week ahead of Curran 3, A. McBrine b Broad 11, sory Committee (CAC) com­ team to the West Indies and the Ashes, Ireland exposed T. Murtagh c Burns b Stone 16, B. prising Sachin Tendulkar, whether the three­member their batting fragility in bru­ Rankin b Moeen 7; Extras (b­10, Sourav Ganguly and V.V.S. ad­hoc committee attracted tal fashion. lb­6, w­2): 18; Total (in 58.2 Laxman was in place, there the conflict of interest rule, Just three England bat­ overs): 207. was no need to appoint an being part of the steering smen made it into double fi­ Fall of wickets: 1­32, 2­45, 3­ Ad­hoc Committee in Kapil committee for the forma­ gures — Joe Denly, who top­ 132, 4­138, 5­138, 6­141, 7­149, Dev, Aunshuman Gaekwad tion of the Indian Cricketers 8­174, 9­195. scored with 23, debutant Ol­ and Shantha Rangaswamy. Association. England bowling: Broad 19­5­ ly Stone and Sam Curran — in Wrecker­in­chief: Tim Murtagh exults after knocking back the stumps to dismiss Jonny Bairstow.* STU FORSTER/GETTY IMAGES 60­3, Woakes 10­2­34­0, Stone Representing the CAC, The CoA — which now has an innings that was over in­ 12­3­29­3, Curran 10­3­28­3, Laxman had told the CoA three members now with side 24 overs on a baking day demonstration of his skill af­ get on the honours board.... match, with bigger challeng­ Test wicket when Denly was Leach 3­0­26­0, Moeen that they needed time and the addition of Lt. Gen. in London. ter England captain Joe Root It’s a fantastic first session for es ahead. leg before wicket and he also 4.2­1­14­1. also their role to be put in (retd.) Ravi Thodge — would It was the fourth time in won the toss and batted on us.” Test debutant Jason Roy, captured the prize wicket of England — 2nd innings: J. Leach black and white. But Rai want Jain to give his opinion 34 Tests that England had an emerald green pitch pre­ England’s collapse fol­ fresh from his World Cup he­ Root, plumb lbw for two. (batting) 0, R. Burns (batting) 0; went ahead and constituted soon, because, it is keen to lost all 10 wickets in a session pared by Irish groundsman lowed its 77 all out against roics, fell for five when Mur­ When Jonny Bairstow was Total (for no loss in 1 over): 0. the Ad­hoc Committee. continue with the same pa­ — a worrying sign ahead of Karl McDermott. the West Indies in Barbados tagh, short of express pace bowled for a duck off an in­ Ireland bowling: Murtagh nel to choose the head the five­Test series against “I’m not quite sure what’s in January. but remorselessly attacking side edge by Murtagh, En­ 1­1­0­0. Queries raised coach and other support Toss: England. Australia. happened in the last two the top of off­stump, squared gland was 42 for five. The questions that were staff of the men’s team. hours,” an elated Murtagh Deep trouble him up, with first slip Paul asked then were: Whether It appears that the BCCI Classic demonstration said during the lunch inter­ The home side was soon in Stirling holding the ensuing On the honours board place on the honours board the CoA had the authority to GM, Operations, Saba Ka­ The 37­year­old seamer, who val. deep trouble despite Root’s edge. And when Murtagh had for all those who take five appoint an ad hoc commit­ rim, has already spoken to recently took his 800th First “It’s a dream just to play insistence that they did not Debutant Mark Adair Moeen Ali caught behind for wickets in a Test innings at tee, whether Raman, the the three former India Class wicket, gave a classic here in the first place. But to want to “sleepwalk” into this (three for 32) had his first a duck, the seamer had a Lord's. batting coach at the NCA players. ‘Disappointed not to get picked’ Bowlers put India­A ahead Rhodes applies for fielding coach Press Trust of India Shubman Gill vows to keep performing North Sound (Antigua) IANS worked with any national India­A seized momentum NEW DELHI team, he is eligible because Press Trust of India gin. Personally, I would have in the unofficial first Test Former South Africa cricke­ he has coached Mumbai In­ New Delhi liked to carry on and score at against the West Indies­A ter Jonty Rhodes has applied dians for nine seasons. He was expecting an India least a couple of hundreds in with pacer Mohammed Siraj for the position of India’s “Yes, Rhodes has applied recall after a stellar show in those fifties. But I will learn and spinner Shahbaz Na­ fielding coach after the BCCI and while it is true that he the ‘A’ series and even from this experience,” said deem reducing the host to invited application for the hasn’t coached any interna­ though Shubman Gill is dis­ Gill, who has played two 126 for five on the opening position of head coach and tional team, he has been in­ appointed by the snub for ODIs in New Zealand before day, here on Wednesday. support staff for the Indian volved with Mumbai Indians the West Indies tour, the the World Cup. After wining the ODI se­ team. for nine seasons and, as per youngster is not ready to Having spoken to Rahul ries 4­1, India­A extended its Speaking to IANS, a senior the eligibility criteria, you “spend time thinking over Dravid, the biggest takeaway domination of the hosts af­ BCCI functionary confirmed need to have worked with an it.” for Gill from the limited ov­ ter they opted to bat at Sir Vi­ that Rhodes has applied for IPL team for three seasons if Gill, along with Manish ers series has been playing vian Richards Stadium. the position of fielding not an international team,” Jonty Rhodes. Shahbaz Nadeem. Pandey and Shreyas Iyer, as per the demands of the Siraj sent back both the coach and while he hasn’t the functionary said. * FILE PHOTO: SUDHAKARA JAIN * FILE PHOTO: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM was tipped to make it to the conditions rather than de­ openers — Jeremy Solozano limited overs squad but des­ pending on his natural flair. (9) and Montcin Hodge (16) — Roston Chase (25), who was pite being adjudged ‘Player in a confident start for India caught by Saha, and then of the Series’ with 218 runs Biggest lesson while his pace colleague Shi­ clean bowled Jahmar Hamil­ Kulasekara calls it a day and three half­centuries, he Shubhman Gill. * FILE PHOTO: “The biggest lesson that I vam Dube saw the back of ton (16).