EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT SATURDAY, JULY 27, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Bancroft in Ashes squad England hands Ireland a reality check Agence France-Presse Cape Town, banned for nine London months. Woakes and Broad use optimum bowling conditions to skittle out the visitors for 38 Opening batsman Cameron The squad: Tim Paine (Capt./ Bancroft was on Friday in­ wk), Cameron Bancroft, Patrick Cummins, Marcus Harris, Josh cluded in Australia's 17­man SCOREBOARD ENGLAND VS IRELAND, ONLY TEST Hazlewood, Travis Head, Us­ squad for a five­Test Ashes man Khawaja, Marnus Labus­ series against England chagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell England — 1st innings: 85. Murtagh b Woakes 2, B. Rankin alongside Steve Smith and Ireland — 1st innings: 207. (not out) 0; Extras (b­1, lb­1): 2; Marsh, Michael Neser, James David Warner. Pattinson, Peter Siddle, Steve England — 2nd innings: J. Leach Total (in 15.4 overs): 38. All three batsmen served Smith, Mitchell Starc, Matthew c Adair b Murtagh 92, R. Burns c Fall of wickets: 1­11, 2­18, 3­19, Wade, David Warner. Wilson b Rankin 6, J. Roy b 4­24, 5­24, 6­24, 7­32, 8­36, lengthy bans for their roles Fixtures: August 1­5: First Thompson 72, J. Denly run out 9­36. in a ball­tampering scandal Test, Edgbaston; Aug. 7­9: 10, J. Root c Wilson b Adair 31, J. in South Africa last year. England bowling: Broad 8­3­ Worcestershire v Australians, Bairstow lbw b Adair 0, M. Ali c Former captain Smith 19­4, Woakes 7.4­2­17­6. Worcester; Aug. 14­18: Second Wilson b Rankin 9, C. Woakes c and his then deputy Warner Man­of­the­Match: Jack Leach. Test, Lord's; Aug. 22­26: Third Balbirnie b Adair 13, S. Curran c were both given 12­month Test, Headingley; Aug. 29­31: McCollum b Thompson 37, S. England won by 143 runs. suspensions by Cricket Aus­ Derbyshire v Australians, Der­ Broad (not out) 21, O. Stone b tralia, with Bancroft, who by; Sept. 4­8: Fourth Test, Old Thompson 0; Extras (b­1, lb­7, actually applied sandpaper Trafford; Sept. 12­16: Fifth nb­4): 12; Total (in 77.5 overs): Test, Oval. 303. to the ball during a Test in Fall of wickets: 1­26, 2­171, 3­ 182, 4­194, 5­194, 6­219, 7­239, 8­248, 9­293. Ireland bowling: Murtagh 18­3­ Amir retires from Tests 52­1, Adair 20­7­66­3, Rankin 17­1­86­2, Thompson 12.5­0­ Agence France-Presse 44­3, McBrine 10­1­47­0. Karachi Ireland — 2nd innings: W. Port­ Pakistan fast bowler Mo­ erfield c Bairstow b Woakes 2, J. hammad Amir announced McCollum c Root b Woakes 11, his retirement from Test A. Balbirnie c Root b Broad 5, P. Stirling b Woakes 0, K. O’Brien cricket on Friday to concen­ lbw b Broad 4, G. Wilson lbw b trate on the limited­overs Woakes 0, S. Thompson c Root b game, nine years after a Woakes 4, M. Adair b Broad 8, A. spot­fixing ban halted his Pouched: England’s Joe Root accepts Stuart Thompson’s offering off the bowling of Chris Woakes.* REUTERS McBrine c Root b Broad 0, T. burgeoning career. The 27­year­old, regarded LORD’S TEST when Stuart Thompson end­ Chris Woakes and Stuart Test match and first against successfully defended its low­ dismissal signalled the start as one of the best left­arm ed England’s second innings Broad took cruel advantage England. est total since 1998 in Mel­ of the collapse, said. pacers after countryman Reuters on 303 with the first ball of of optimum bowling condi­ It had bowled England out bourne and its lowest ever at “We knew it was going to Wasim Akram, said he Mohammad Amir. * PTI the day, clean bowling Olly tions to take all the wickets. for 85 before lunch on the Lord’s. be tough with the lights on wants to move away from London Stone to leave itself two days Woakes put Ireland out of opening day of the four­day Ireland at least avoided the and drizzle in the air. But we the traditional format. tan Cricket Board (PCB) re­ Ireland’s dream of pulling off to knock off 182 runs. its misery, knocking back Test on Wednesday and ignominy of breaking the re­ had to dig deep and get “It has been an honour to lease. “I, however, have de­ one of the biggest shocks in After a rain delay it began Tim Murtagh’s leg stump to forced another collapse in cord for the lowest Test score through that. Fair play to the represent Pakistan in the cided to move away from the history of Test cricket by the chase in encouraging finish with the spectacular fi­ the home ranks in sweltering which is still held by New two lads to how they bowled pinnacle and traditional for­ the longer version so I can beating England at Lord’s fashion, reaching 11 without gures of six wickets for 17 heat on Thursday to set itself Zealand — skittled out for 26 — they made it difficult.” mat of the game,” Amir was concentrate on white­ball was shattered as it collapsed loss, but the wheels fell off in with Broad taking four for 19. up for an unlikely first Test against England in 1955. England’s left­arm spinner quoted as saying in a Pakis­ cricket.” to 38 all out to lose by 143 spectacular fashion as it post­ It was a sad end to what victory. “We put ourselves in a po­ Jack Leach was named man runs on Friday. ed the lowest ever Test total had been a fantastic effort by In the end, however, the sition to win the game — of the match for his 92 in En­ On a murky morning, Ire­ at Lord’s, capitulating in 15.4 William Porterfield’s gallant class of Broad and Woakes that’s why we’re so gutted up gland’s second innings as a land made a dream start overs. side in only Ireland’s third proved too much as England there,” Porterfield, whose nightwatchman. Malinga bids adieu to one-dayers in style Robin Singh applies for India coach The speedster’s opening burst stifles Bangladesh’s chase of a huge Sri Lankan target Now is the time to prepare for the 2023 World Cup, he says Agence France-Presse have to go.” Left­handed Perera put S. Dinakar hit Sharma early, I would COLOMBO Earlier, Kusal Perera on 97 with Karunaratne for Chennai have held back Virat Kohli to Lasith Malinga shone in his struck 111 (99b, 17x4, 1x6), the second wicket before ad­ Master of yorker: Robin Robin Singh has thrown his the No. 4 slot. For that game, farewell match after Kusal his fifth ODI century, to set ding 100 with Kusal Mendis hat into the ring. The former I would have picked another Perera struck a quick­fire up Sri Lanka’s big total after for the third. The second S. Dinakar ball’s path, you see the India allrounder has applied top­order batsman, Mayank century as Sri Lanka Dimuth Karunaratne elected match will be held on Sun­ Chennai ball actually going up like for the National coach’s job. Agarwal, at No. 3. M.S. Dhoni crushed Bangladesh by 91 to bat. day. Robin Singh has worked a saucer after it hits the A feisty, hard­working would have been No. 5 and runs in the first of the three­ closely with pace great wicket. And when it loses cricketer who laid emphasis he would have got more match One­Day Internation­ Lasith Malinga over a that momentum, it dips on fitness, Robin has had a time.” al series here on Friday. number of years at on you.” rewarding time coaching va­ He elaborated, “Kohli and Malinga rattled Bangla­ Mumbai Indians. After his pace dropped rious teams over the last 15 Dhoni could have batted to­ desh with a fiery opening With the game­ Malinga mixed cutters years, with as many as 10 gether. Then, we could have spell, reducing the visitors to changing slinger figuring and slower deliveries championship titles to his had the three power hitters, 39 for four in the process, in his last match for Sri with yorkers. Robin said, credit. Robin Singh. * S. DINAKAR Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant which pegged them back Lanka, Robin said, “He “Your skills don’t go, you Importantly, he was the and Ravindra Jadeja coming despite the best efforts by understands his game, make adjustments.” fielding coach for India bet­ well. Now is the time to pre­ in.” Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir works hard. Bowls off a Robin noted the ween 2007 and ‘09. In this pare for the 2023 World Cup Robin said India should Rahman. full run­up even in presence of Malinga in period, India won a Test se­ and a change could be good have groomed a No. 4 bat­ Malinga (three for 38) practice. the MI camp made a ries in England, triumphed for the side.” sman for the World Cup and started the mini­collapse by “Mastered the art of huge difference to Jasprit the inaugural World Twen­ The 55­year­old Robin — added, “Both Ambati Rayudu hitting the leg­stump of Ta­ yorker by getting his Bumrah. ty20 in South Africa and lift­ he appears a lot younger — and Ajinkya Rahane would mim Iqbal with a deadly release point right.” “Pretty unique ed the triangular ODI series said he brought with him a have been there in my team.” yorker when the Bangladesh Robin observed, himself, Bumrah tapped trophy in Australia for the global experience and per­ India, Robin said, should skipper was yet to open the “Malinga is so difficult to into Malinga’s mind­set.” first time.