WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 SPORTS ADELAIDE: India’s Suresh Raina is bowled during their T20 International cricket match against Australia in Adelaide, Australia, yesterday. — AP Kohli, spinners down Australia in T20 opener ADELAIDE: India drew first blood in the when Jadeja dismissed newcomer Travis pair putting on 134 for the third wicket. three-match Twenty20 series when they Head the same way in the next over, Rohit Sharma got the visitors away to a SCOREBOARD beat Australia by 37 runs at the Adelaide Australia were 93-4. Shane Watson (12) and lightning start, hitting 31 from 20 balls Oval yesterday. Chris Lynn (17) both fell trying to lift the before he mistimed a pull shot off Watson ADELAIDE, Australia: Scoreboard yesterday at the end of first Twenty20 between Australia After Australian captain Aaron Finch won scoring rate and the remaining batsmen put and was caught at mid-on by James and India at Adelaide Oval: the toss and sent the visitors in to bat on up little resistance. “I think it was a good Faulkner. India Steven Smith c Kohli b Jadeja 21 both countries’ national day, the Indians game,” said Indian captain Mahendra Singh Watson had the other opener Shikhar Rohit Sharma c Faulkner b Watson 31 Travis Head lbw b Jadeja 2 smashed their way to 188 for three thanks Dhoni. “I think we batted really well, we got Dhawan (5) caught by wicketkeeper Shikhar Dhawan c Wade b Watson 5 Chris Lynn c Yuvraj b Pandya 17 to a brilliant 90 not out from Virat Kohli. The those extra runs and also the bowling was Matthew Wade two balls later to leave the Virat Kohli not out 90 Shane Watson c Nehra b Ashwin 12 Australians started their run chase full of good. “It was good to see our bowlers making Indians on 41 for two. But Kohli and Raina Suresh Raina b Faulkner 41 Matthew Wade c Jadeja b Pandya 5 purpose, at one stage scoring at 11 runs an the batsmen play the big shot because you were untroubled until Raina was bowled by Mahendra Singh Dhoni not out 11 James Faulkner b Bumrah 10 Extras: (3lb, 7w) 10 Kane Richardson b Nehra 9 over. But once they lost David Warner (17), can really put pressure on them that way. “If Faulkner in the final over. Dhoni came to TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 188 Aaron Finch (44) and Steve Smith (21) they you see the Aussie batting line-up, more often the crease and hit a six and a four from his Cameron Boyce c Pandya b Bumrah 3 Overs: 20 Shaun Tait not out 1 never looked like chasing down the total. than not the only way you can beat them first two balls to take India to what proved a Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-41, 3-175 Extras: (2lb, 8w) 10 Indian spinners Ravi Ashwin (2-28) and when they are chasing is by taking wickets.” winning total. Did not bat: Yuvraj Singh, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit TOTAL: (all out) 151 Ravindra Jadeja (2-21) proved the difference Earlier, Kohli smashed his 90 runs from just 55 Finch said the Australians had no one but Overs: 19.3 between the two teams as the Australian balls, hitting nine fours and two sixes. themselves to blame. “We let ourselves Bumrah, Ashish Nehra. Bowling: Shaun Tait 4-0-45-0 (6w), Kane Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-89, 3-89, 4-93, 5-110, 6-124, batsmen struggled to keep up the pace. down in the field and obviously an unbe- Richardson 4-0-41-0, James Faulkner 4-0-43-1, 7-129, 8-143, 9-149. After the impressive paceman Jasprit WINNING TOTAL lievable innings by Virat-he’s hard to stop Shane Watson 4-0-24-0 (1w), Cameron Boyce 3-0- Bowling: Ashish Nehra 4-0-30-1, Ravichandran Bumrah had Warner caught at mid-on, “Everything came together nicely and it when he gets going,” Finch said. “At the end 23-0, Travis Head 1-0-9-0 Ashwin 4-0-28-2 (1w), Jasprit Bumrah 3.3-0-23-3 Smith and Finch scored freely until Jadeja was good to get that win under the belt,” of the day we have eight genuine batsmen Australia (1w), Ravindra Jadeja 4-0-21-2, Hardik Pandya 3- had Smith caught at mid-off by Kohli. Kohli said. He was given good support from and we back ourselves to chase, but it just Aaron Finch lbw b Ashwin 44 0-37-2 (6w), Yuvraj Singh 1-0-10-0 Ashwin then trapped Finch leg before and recalled batsman Suresh Raina (41), with the wasn’t to be.” — AFP David Warner c Kohli b Bumrah 17 Result: India won by 37 runs. Still a long way to go, says Cook CENTURION: England captain Alastair Cook ‘NICE FRESH VIBE’ said his team had played some brilliant crick- De Villiers said, though, that he was et to win a series in South Africa but a 280- delighted with the way his side had finished run defeat in the fourth and final Test at the series, ending a sequence of nine Tests SuperSport Park yesterday was not the way without a win - the longest since South Africa they wanted to end the tour. returned to international cricket in 1991. “For the whole five days we were not “Tough times are part of the game,” said De quite as good as we have been for the first Villiers. “I never thought it was panic stations. three games,” said Cook. “We spoke a lot We applied pressure for a little bit longer and about how we wanted to finish the tour did the basics a bit better than we have in the last while. Those are the things I have been unbeaten but we just haven’t been good asking for over the last 10 to 14 days. It’s not enough in this game.” that complicated. We just have to do the small Cook said the toss had been important, things right. I’m very excited about our future.” with South Africa batting first on a pitch South Africa made five changes coming into which deteriorated. “But it doesn’t mask the the final Test two down in the series. “A couple PRETORIA: England cricket team pose with trophy’s after winning the test series on the firth day of the fourth test cricket match between South fact that we weren’t quite at it.” of changes were necessary,” explained De Africa and England, at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday. South Africa beat England by 280 runs. — AP The England captain said that winning the Villiers. “The guys who came in brought a nice series against the number one team in the fresh vibe, an air of confidence.” De Villiers sin- world was a significant achievement that gled out 33-year-old opening batsman S Africa’s Rabada routs would be looked back on in future years as a Stephen Cook, whose century on debut pro- highlight. He said it remained a long term aim vided the foundation for South Africa’s first for England themselves to become the best innings total of 475. team in the world. “He’s done well and played a lot of domes- England in fourth Test “We’ve never pretended we are the fin- tic cricket. He brought a lot of experience into ished article. We have still not played a com- the team even though it was his first Test match. He’s got a bright future.” CENTURION: Kagiso Rabada, South Africa’s 20-year- improved. As the match went on I felt better.” He again exciting for captains and team managers.” plete series. We have got to be more consis- old fast bowling sensation, routed England as the deflected credit and said he didn’t feel he had “carried” tent. There’s a long way to go to be number Despite losing the series, De Villiers felt the win was “definitely a step in the right direction, hosts gained a consolation victory on the fifth day of the South African attack as one journalist suggested. ENGLAND’S COLLAPSE one.” AB de Villiers, the South African cap- the fourth and final Test yesterday. Rabada took six “I’m still a youngster in the team. I don’t think I was England’s collapse started in the third over of the tain, said England deserved much credit. with a bit of experience coming into the side, a bit of youth and a lot of talent”. “But we’re not for 32 as England collapsed to 101 all out at carrying the attack, not at all, not with guys like Morne day when James Taylor gloved a lifting delivery from “We were completely outplayed in the two going to get ahead of ourselves, there’s a lot of SuperSport Park. South Africa won by 280 runs, Morkel and Kyle Abbott. They were carrying me.” Morkel to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock. In the next Test matches (that England won). They’re work to be done,” he added. although England took the series 2-1. Rabada’s match He said it was “amazing” to be on the winning side over Joe Root edged off-spinner Dane Piedt to Dean going to be the team to beat in the next Cook, meanwhile, singled out all-rounder figures of 13 for 144 were South Africa’s second best in for the first time in his six-Test career.