THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 SPORTS No Anderson as England unchanged for India DHAKA: Fast bowler James Anderson The 34-year-old was forced to miss Bangladesh. series in Dhaka this weekend. (Nottinghamshire), Gary Ballance was left out as England named an England’s ongoing series in Bangladesh, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Ben England launch their series against (Yorkshire), Gareth Batty (Surrey), Stuart unchanged 16-man squad yesterday for but could join the squad for the remain- Stokes, Steven Finn and Jake Ball are the India in Rajkot on November 9 and will Broad (Nottinghamshire), Jos Buttler their five-Test series against India. ing four Tests of the India tour. pace bowlers in the squad, with Moeen also play matches in Visakhapatnam, (Lancashire), Ben Duckett Anderson, who has taken a record England are also without paceman Ali, Adil Rashid, Gareth Batty and Zafar Mohali, Mumbai and Chennai. (Northamptonshire), Steven Finn 473 Test wickets for England, had Mark Wood due to an ankle injury, but Ansari supplying spin. England squad for India Test series: (Middlesex), Haseeb Hameed already been ruled out of next month’s they elected not to draft in another England secured a 22-run victory Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Moeen Ali (Lancashire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe opening Test in Rajkot as he is recover- seamer, leaving the squad unchanged over Bangladesh in Chittagong on (Worcestershire), Zafar Ansari (Surrey), Root (Yorkshire), Ben Stokes (Durham), ing from a shoulder problem. from the two-Test series with Monday and will close the two-Test Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire, wkt), Jake Ball Chris Woakes (Warwickshire). — AFP Bayliss backs Stokes to become one of the greats CHITTAGONG: England coach Trevor and give them an ideal balance to the Bayliss has backed Ben Stokes to side. become one of cricket’s all-time greats, joking that the combative allrounder is WORK IN THE NETS likely to deck anyone who dares give Stokes’ career best 258 against him a rest. South Africa at the start of the year With star paceman Jimmy Anderson suggested his batting class but he had currently sidelined, Stokes is emerging been seen as vulnerable to spin-a facet as one of the keys to England’s of his game he has worked exhaustive- chances on a marathon tour of the ly to improve. sub-continent which will see them “I think it’s his defence to spin that play five Tests in India in November has improved out of sight,” said Bayliss. and December after wrapping up a “We know that if he gets a bad ball, two-Test tour of Bangladesh. Stokes he can hit anything over the fence but was named man of the match after you’ve got to be there to get that Monday’s dramatic finale to the first loose ball,” he added ahead of the Test in Chittagong which saw England team’s departure for the second Test in edge home by 22 runs in a nail-biting Dhaka which begins on Thursday. contest. In a match otherwise domi- “He’s a guy that in the past probably nated by spin, Stokes took six wickets hasn’t had a lot of footwork-plays from with a mixture of classic seam and the crease a little bit and backs his eye reverse swing that underlined his and hands. “But as we saw in the one- growing intelligence as a bowler and dayers and this Test, he defended real- importance to the pace attack. But he ly well off the front foot, got right for- also scored 85 in the second innings in ward and smothered the ball before it a sixth-wicket partnership with Jonny had a chance to spin and jump past Bairstow worth 127 runs which effec- the outside edge.” While England’s tively turned the course of the game. management say they may have to RANCHI: New Zealand’s Tim Southee (R) bowls as Indian batsman Rohit Sharma looks on during the fourth one day international (ODI) match Bayliss said the 25-year-old was still rotate players during the tour to keep between India and New Zealand at The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) stadium complex in Ranchi yesterday. — AFP at a relatively early stage in his career them fit and fresh, Stokes has made but had the potential to be an all-time clear he will reject any offer to put his great. “It’s going to be easier to judge feet up and the selectors will have to N Zealand beat India by the longer he goes. The potential of drop him instead. the guy-he could be right up there Asked if Stokes could play all seven with some of the all-time best all- Tests, Bayliss said it would took a brave rounders,” Bayliss told reporters in man to bet against it and indicated 19 runs to square series Chittagong. that he would more likely be given a “Only time will tell, but certainly, breather between the Tests. the strides he’s made here on the sub- “I’m not sure we’re game enough to RANCHI: Fast bowlers Tim Southee and continent playing spin have been top drop him out anyway, might get a James Neesham ran through India’s middle SCOREBOARD class. It wasn’t all that long ago we thump in the head,” said Bayliss of a order to help New Zealand to a 19-run series- were wondering how he might go on player who once broke his wrist when levelling win in the fourth one-day interna- RANCHI, India: Scoreboard of the fourth one-day international between India and New Zealand in Ranchi spin-friendly wickets, but he’s a guy he smashed his locker in a fit of anger. tional Ranchi yesterday. Southee (3-40) and yesterday. that works extremely hard in the nets.” “He’s a very resilient person, let Neesham (2-38) shared five wickets between Since the retirement of Andrew alone cricketer. We’ve got to watch them to bowl out India for 241 in 48.4 overs. New Zealand India M. Guptill c Dhoni b Pandya 72 R. Sharma c Watling b Southee 11 Flintoff nearly a decade ago, England what he does between the Tests to Earlier opener Martin Guptill scored a grit- T. Latham c Rahane b Patel 39 A. Rahane lbw b Neesham 57 V. Kohli c Watling b Sodhi 45 have been lacking a top-quality pace make sure he is available for all the ty half-century to drive New Zealand to 260 K. Williamson c Dhoni b Mishra 41 bowler who can also bat up the order matches.” — AFP for seven after electing to bat first. Southee M.S. Dhoni b Neesham 11 R. Taylor run out (Kulkarni/Dhoni) 35 A. Patel b Boult 38 hurt India’s reply with an early wicket but J. Neesham c Kohli b Mishra 6 M. Pandey c Latham b Southee 12 Ajinkya Rahane (57) and Virat Kohli (45) put B.J. Watling c Sharma b Kulkarni 14 K. Jadhav lbw b Southee 0 ‘Big Show’ turns no-show as on 79 runs for the second wicket to steady A. Devcich c Pandya b Yadav 11 H. Pandya c latham b Santner 9 the chase. Kohli dominated his stay at the M. Santner not out 17 A. Mishra run out (Santner/Watling) 14 D. Kulkarni not out 25 T. Southee not out 9 Maxwell dropped from state crease with two fours and a six before his U. Yadav c Taylor b Boult 7 innings was cut short by leg-spinner Ish Extras (lb3, w13) 16 Extras (lb3, w9) 12 Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 260 Total (all out; 48.4 overs) 241 MELBOURNE: Glenn Maxwell’s stock in Big Show’, while also opening him up to Sodhi who got the star batsman caught behind. Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Latham), 2-138 (Guptill), 3-184 =Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Sharma), 2-98 (Kohli), 3-128 international cricket has continued its slide, criticism for being too flashy during form (Rahane), 4-135 (Dhoni), 5-154 (Pandey), Jadhav 6-154 Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is (Williamson), 4-192 (Neesham), 5-217 (Watling), 6-223 with the enigmatic talent left to carry the slumps. Maxwell played a starring role in (Taylor), 7-242 (Devcich) (Jadhav), 7-167 (Pandya), 8-205 (Mishra), 9-207 (Patel), trying to make the number four slot his own, 10-241 (Yadav) drinks for Victoria in Australia’s domestic Australia’s World Cup win on home soil last Bowling: Yadav 10-1-60-1 (3w), Kulkarni 7-0-59-1 (1w), walked out to a rousing welcome in his Bowling: Southee 9-0-40-3, Boult 9.4-1-48-2 (2w), Sheffield Shield. year but he has pined for another chance at Pandya 5-0-31-1 (8w), Mishra 10-0-42-2 (1w), Patel 10-0- Neesham 6-0-38-2 (2w), Santner 10-0-38-1 (1w), Sodhi The shock omission for the match test level after failing to make an impres- hometown Ranchi. Neesham soon swung 38-1, Jadhav 8-0-27-0 10-1-52-1, Devcich 4-0-22-0 (3w) against Tasmania at the Melbourne Cricket sion in three matches against India and into action with two big wickets of Rahane Did not bat: T. Boult, I. Sodhi Result: New Zealand won by 19 runs. Ground this week follows his exclusion Pakistan from 2013-14. and Dhoni as India’s chase began to fall apart. from the one-day international team for Although enjoying a fine season with Rahane was setting a good pace after tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa.