Sport FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2021 15 India survive scare to level Motor racing: Jeddah to be T20 series against England F1’s fastest and longest REUTERS - AHMEDABAD BRIEF SCORES was dismissed stumped for one. India 185 for 8 (Suryakumar 57, Yadav smashed three sixes street circuit India survived final-over drama Iyer 37, Archer 4-33) beat Eng- before Dawid Malan took a low to beat England by eight runs land 177 for 8 (Stokes 46, Roy 40, catch at fine leg to send him in the fourth Twenty20 Inter- back. Replays, however, sug- Thakur 3-42, Pandya 2-16) by LONDON national and level the five- gested the ball might have REUTERS - eight runs match series 2-2 in Ahmedabad touched the grass. yesterday. Rishabh Pant made a breezy Indian players celebrate a wicket during fourth T20 against Formula One unveiled its Suryakumar Yadav regained his composure and 30 and Shreyas Iyer contributed England in Ahmedabad, yesterday. PIC COURTESY: BCCI longest and fastest street smashed 57 to help the hosts to dismissed Jordan before fin- 37 to push India past the circuit yesterday, 185-8, their highest total of the ishing with a dot ball. 175-mark. predicting top speeds of series, after being put into bat. The previous three matches England lost Jos Buttler 322kph and wheel-to- Ben Stokes and Jason Roy were won by the team electing early in their chase, and Malan Australia’s Warner ends wheel racing when Saudi then came up with entertaining to field but India managed to made 14 before Rahul Chahar Arabia hosts a race for the cameos but it was not enough buck that trend after losing the bowled him round his legs. first time in Jeddah in to stop India from levelling the toss. Rohit Sharma smashed the Roy fell in the next over century drought in match December. series for the second time. first ball of the match from Adil after a quickfire 40 but England Organisers said the Shardul Thakur (3-42) Rashid for a six but Archer star Stokes threatened to take against New South Wales December 5 night race in looked a bundle of nerves (4-33) foxed him with clever the game away with a blistering the Corniche area of the bowling the eventful final over change of pace to elicit a simple 46. The all-rounder smashed REUTERS - SYDNEY Red Sea port city will be with England needing 23 runs return catch. three sixes before Thakur over a 6.175km layout, for an unassailable lead. Yadav pulled the first ball turned the game on its head, Australia opener David Warner (pictured) hit his first century in making it the sport’s After Chris Jordan took a he faced, from Archer, for a six dismissing Stokes and England 14 months to help New South Wales maintain their unbeaten second longest track after single off the first delivery, and raced to a 28-ball captain Eoin Morgan in suc- record in the domestic Marsh One-Day Cup yesterday. Belgium’s Archer hit the next two for a half-century. cessive deliveries. Warner’s 108 off 115 balls powered the Blues to a three-wicket Spa-Francorchamps. four and a six, which seemed India crossed the 50-mark The teams play the deciding victory with seven balls to spare in a top-of-the-table clash against Largely using existing to rattle Thakur who followed in the seventh over before final Twenty20 International at Tasmania in Hobart. The Blues now have a four-point lead over roads, and encircling a it with two wides. Stokes extended KL Rahul’s the same venue tomorrow Tasmania and look on track to play the final next month. lagoon, the floodlit circuit Archer took a single off the batting slump and Rashid before moving to Pune for a The tournament marks Warner’s return from a groin injury will feature 27 corners with next delivery, breaking his bat unleashed a googly to deceive three-match one-day series that had kept him out of action since thehe fourth test against carsc lapping at average in the process, before Thakur home captain Virat Kohli who beginning on Tuesday. India at the Gabba in Brisbane in January.uary. speedss of 252.8kph, “It’s good to have some time in thehe aaccording to Formula middle,” Warner told reporters after hishis One’sO simulations. match-winning knock, which includedded That would put it 10 boundaries. behindb Italy’s Monza, the Markram, Mulder return to SA “For me, it’s a good hit-out to comeme out fastestf of any circuit, but here, and obviously we got another gameme aheada of Britain’s Silver- against Queensland in New South Waleses stones in terms of outright ODI squad for Pakistan series and I’m looking forward to that.” speed.s Warner’s first hundred in any formatat Formula One’s motor- REUTERS - JOHANNESBURG released for the April 9 start of the since January last year was notot sports managing director competition. chanceless though, as he was droppedped RossR Brawn said the layout Opening batsman Aiden Markram and all- That rules out Quinton de Kock, Kagiso twice on what he called a “two-pacedced wouldw create plenty of rounder Wiaan Mulder will return to South Rabada and Lungi Ngidi, while there is no place wicket”. overtakingo opportunities Africa’s One-Day International squad for the first in either the ODI or T20 squads for the most The 34-year-old will be key to Aus-s- anda wheel-to-wheel time in two years ahead of a three-match home expensive overseas player in IPL history, all- tralia’s hopes of winning their maidenen racing.r series against Pakistan next month. rounder Chris Morris, who was purchased by the Twenty20 World Cup in India in “We don’t want Mickey Markram has not played since the World Cup Rajasthan Royals for $2.25m. October-November as well as their bidbid to MouseM circuits,” he told the in England having failed to transfer his test form “The ODI squad boasts the calibre of talent retain the Ashes when England tour att thethe F1F website. into the 50-over format, while Mulder won the we have in South African cricket and I’m really end of this year. “We don’t want those last of his 10 caps in the home series against Sri excited to see how they go about the series. We old classic street circuits Lanka in March 2019. have enough experience within that squad to where you turn 90 Uncapped seamer Lizaad Williams and burley provide a good challenge to Pakistan,” convenor (degrees). We want fast, all-rounder Sisanda Magala are also included in of selectors Victor Mpitsang said in a media World Cup regional qualifiers sweeping circuits, we want the extended 22-man squad, which will be cap- release from Cricket South Africa. “The T20 squad circuits that are going to tained for the first time by Temba Bavuma. is also a good indication of our depth as a cricket postponed due to COVID-19 challenge the drivers and The matches will be played between April nation with the loss of some of the senior players they are going to love it," 2-7, and will be followed by a four-game to the IPL.” REUTERS - DUBAI he said. Twenty20 International series, though Cricket ODI squad: Temba Bavuma (captain), Quinton "We want circuits South Africa has confirmed that players con- de Kock, Beuran Hendricks, Heinrich Klaasen, Three regional qualifying tournaments for the men’s Twenty20 where we can have wheel- tracted to Indian Premier League sides will be Janneman Malan, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden World Cup in Australia next year have been postponed because to-wheel racing.” Markram, David Miller, Lungi Ngidi, of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing International Cricket The fastest street Anrich Nortje, Andile Phehlukwayo, Council (ICC) said yesterday. circuit at the moment, for Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, All three tournaments, originally to be played next month, average speeds, is Mel- Jon-Jon Smuts, Rassie van der Dussen, would now be played in October with the Asia A qualifiers in bourne’s Albert Park at Junior Dala, Lutho Sipamla, Wiaan Kuwait while South Africa hosts the two African events. 237.2kph. The longest is Mulder, Sisanda Magala, Kyle Ver- “The decision was taken... due to new restrictions being put Azerbaijan’s Baku at reynne, Daryn Dupavillon, Lizaad Wil- in place by several participating countries to suspend sporting 6.003km. liams Twenty20 squad: Temba activities to limit the spread of the new COVID-19 variants...” the “This is a circuit that is Bavuma (captain), Bjorn Fortuin, ICC said in a statement. “The other contributing factor was the utilising some existing Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, extensive quarantine requirements for the visiting teams on their infrastructure but we’ve Heinrich Klaasen, George Linde, return to their respective countries.” been lucky that there are Rassie van der Dussen, Janneman The governing body also cancelled an Asian qualifier for next areas where we’ve been Malan, Sisanda Magala, Dwaine Pre- year’s Under-19 World Cup in West Indies. able to build from scratch,” torius, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, “We will continue to monitor and assess all events across our said Brawn. New South Africa captain Kyle Verreynne, Pite van Biljon, Migael pathway structures with the ICC’s priority continuing to be to “So we’ve been able to Temba Bavuma Pretorius, Lizaad Williams, Wihan protect the well-being of players, coaches, officials and fans,” ICC build some really exciting Lubbe Head of Events Chris Tetley said in a statement.