GOLF | Page 4 TENNIS | Page 7 An and Im Top seed lead as Spieth Tsitsipas in entertains in Washington Greensboro quarter-fi nals Saturday, August 3, 2019 FOOTBALL Dhul-Hijja 2, 1440 AH Guardiola slams GULF TIMES Klopp over’ fantasy land’ jibe SPORT Page 2 CRICKET / 1ST ASHES TEST Burns’ maiden Test century ‘It was an enjoyable experience. It felt a little bit diff erent to the frustrates Australia Ireland Test... it was something’ AFP Birmingham, United Kingdom Scorecard AUSTRALIA 1st innings 284 Extras (b5, lb7, w2) 14 ory Burns’ unbeaten ENGLAND 1st innings (o/n 10-0) Total (4 wkts, 90 overs) 267 maiden Test century saw him defy Australia R. Burns not out 125 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Roy), 2-154 for more than six-and- J. Roy c Smith b Pattinson 10 (Root), 3-189 (Denly), 4-194 (But- Ra-half hours as he led a deter- tler) J. Root c and b Siddle 57 mined England batting eff ort in Bowling: Cummins 21-6-65-1; the Ashes opener at Edgbaston J. Denly lbw b Pattinson 18 Pattinson 17-2-54-2 (1w); Siddle yesterday. J. Buttler c Bancroft b Cummins 5 21-5-43-1; Lyon 28-4-79-0; Wade England were 267-4 at stumps B. Stokes not out 38 1-0-7-0 (1w); Head 2-1-7-0; on the second day of the fi rst Test, just 17 runs behind Austral- ia’s fi rst-innings 284. ing off -spinner Nathan Lyon’s wicket and so feeding him runs Ashes debutant Burns was 125 sharply turning fi rst ball. on the legside. not out, with the Surrey left- The star batsman had an even By the time they went over the handed opener, whose innings luckier break on nine when given wicket to him, Burns was well set. started on Thursday, receiv- out caught behind off Pattinson Nevertheless Burns, whose ing a huge ovation from a crowd only for his review to reveal the previous highest score in eight chanting his name as he walked ball had hit the off stump without Tests was the 84 he made against off . dislodging a bail. the West Indies at Bridgetown in England vice-captain Ben Meanwhile Burns was con- January, still spent 36 balls in the Stokes was 38 not out, having tent to pick off anything loose, ‘nervous 90s’. helped Burns add an unbroken 73. including an over-pitched ball But a quick single off Lyon It was all a far cry from Eng- from Pat Cummins he on-drove eventually saw Burns, the man land’s fi rst innings 85 in their for four. whom England hope will fi ll a Test win over Ireland at Lord’s Root had another moment of position at opener that has be- last week with Burns, twice out good fortune when given out lbw come even more of a problem for for six in that match, telling Sky to recalled paceman Peter Siddle them since their all-time leading Sports: “It was quite an enjoyable on 14. run-scorer Alastair Cook’s inter- experience. But in a match already full of national retirement last year, to “It felt a little bit diff erent overturned decisions, his imme- three fi gures in 224 balls includ- to the Ireland Test. That stand diate review revealed an inside ing 14 fours. rocking, this place going... it was edge. Lyon, one of England’s chief quite something. I’ve got my own Root cashed in as he too, like tormentors during their 4-0 song as well. I didn’t think I was Burns, completed a 110-ball fi fty. Ashes series loss in Australia in going to have one!” But frustratingly for Root, 2017/18, ended the day with a Meanwhile, Australia assistant whose conversion rate of fi fties to wicketless return of none for 79 coach Brad Haddin admitted: “It hundreds is relatively poor — 42 in 28 overs. was a tough day. I thought Eng- to 16 — he fell soon afterwards Earlier, Burns could only watch land deserve credit for the way when he chipped a Siddle slower as Joe Denly and Jos Buttler fell they played.” ball back to the bowler, who took cheaply after tea to leave England Australia’s total had been built a fi ne one-handed catch to end a 194-4. on a superb 144 from Steve Smith second-wicket partnership of 132. But all-rounder Stokes helped in the former captain’s fi rst Test England’s Rory Burns in action on second day of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham, United Kingdom, yesterday. (Reuters) Australia’s pacemen allowed revive the innings and kept the since a 12-month ban for his role the ungainly Burns, who tilts his runs coming even when Australia in a ball-tampering scandal in team-mate Jason Roy on six. Australia at Edgbaston last month. to Smith at second slip, with to lead from the front. head towards the right before took the new ball. South Africa. Roy made a blistering 85 in But he never looked comforta- England then 22-1. every ball in a bid to compensate Australia hold the Ashes but England resumed on 10-0 with eventual champions England’s ble on Friday and, on 10, he edged England captain Joe Root had FORTUNE FAVOURS ENGLAND for a dominant left eye, to settle they have not won a Test series Burns four not out and Surrey World Cup semi-fi nal win over fast bowler James Pattinson low returned to number three in a bid But he was almost bowled leav- by repeatedly bowling around the away to England in 18 years. COMMENT SELECTION Smith ‘in from the cold’ with epic ton: Aussie media Mohamed replaces AFP after his 24th Test ton. “He has injured Russell in Sydney been through a lot and this had been a long time coming.” Windies T20 squad teve Smith’s heroic cen- ‘TOTALLY EMBARRASSED tury against England was ENGLAND’ AFP hamed into the squad for hailed as one of the all- The Australian’s cricket writer Lauderhill, United States the fi rst two T20 matches time great Ashes hundreds Peter Lalor wrote that it was “like here in Florida. He is a play- Syesterday by a gleeful Australian he never left” and “it made you er with lots of experience media who declared he had “come wonder how the team ever coped est Indies in all three formats,” said in from the cold” after his ball- without him”. called up Jason interim West Indies head tampering ban. Lalor said he had gone “some Mohamed yes- coach Floyd Reifer. The former captain, playing his way to leaving the past behind terday as cover “It is not easy to the fi ll fi rst Test since a year-long sus- with the magnifi cent innings”, Wfor the injured Andre Rus- the shoes of someone like pension left him shamed and hu- while the Melbourne Herald Sun sell for this weekend’s two Andre Russell, who has miliated, smashed a superb 144 to was more emphatic, declaring he T20 matches against India dominated T20 cricket all rescue his team on the opening day was “back in from the cold”. in the United States. over the world and helped of the fi rst Test at Edgbaston. “Steve Smith scored one of the Mohamed, 32, has cap- West Indies win the ICC He won plaudits not only for the all-time great Ashes hundreds and tained West Indies in both T20 World Cup on two oc- masterful knock as wickets tum- totally embarrassed England with limited-overs formats and casions. bled around him, but for doing so a day one performance at Edg- returns to the international “We believe Jason is ca- against a barrage of boos by a par- baston that has been immediately fold for the fi rst time since pable of good performances tisan crowd keen to remind him added to Test folklore,” the tabloid July 2018. and we back him to perform of the ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal in wrote. “His passion is well and Russell had originally at this level and win games South Africa. truly back and all of Australia are been selected despite con- as well.” Some English fans even donned better for it.” tinuing his recovery from The first two T20s masks of Smith depicting him Even sections of the English a knee injury that saw him against India will take breaking down in tears last year, media recognised the achieve- leave the World Cup early. place on August 3 and 4 at while others chanted, “We saw ment, with The Guardian saying: He withdrew from the the Broward County Stadi- you cry on the telly”. is airing the Ashes Tests in Aus- proved that true legends of the since Smith last padded up in a “Steve Smith enters as the panto- squad for the India series um in Lauderhill, Florida, “When Australians woke up this tralia, said on its website. game may falter, but never truly Test match 17 months ago, “some mime villain, but departs a hero. after experiencing dis- with the third to be held in morning, eager to check the news “Of an ex-captain who had fall.” things never change”. “The Australian batsman was comfort while playing at Guyana. from the evening, they heard of to fi ght to regain the trust of his The Sydney Morning Herald “The former captain no longer booed on his way to the crease, but the T20 tournament in The two sides will also the ultimate redemption story,” teammates and the Australian said that despite all the upheaval leads this team in name but he is 144 runs later left to applause from Canada.