keeping pressure on you
as a player in the team.
“Mitch has worked
really hard on a lot of
things in the nets and
we’ve seen it in this
game as well, and that
can make the difference.
“At Headingley we
got beaten by a hell of a
player at the end.
“We’ve talked about
that, what we could have
done differently with
fields, different bowling.
It was more of a one-day
game at the end.”could come on
Wednesday after he
showed in the tour match
against Derbyshire that
he was good to go.
“He bowled really
well with the new ball,”
said fellow paceman
Josh Hazlewood. “He hit
some really good lengths,
found some swing.
“The pace looked up
there throughout the
whole game, he looks
fit and firing.
“That’s where we
want to get to as a squad,the other fast men have
taken their turns.
The man who was the
leading wicket-taker at
this year’s World Cup
could do nothing about
the situation that
unfolded at Headingley
designed for someone
with a particular set of
one-day skills.
Starc, instead of trying
to blast out England’s
matchwinner Ben
Stokes, was made to wait
for his chance, whichENGLAND are set to By Dean Wilson
face the return of not
one but two giants
of Australian
cricket in
Manchester
with Mitchell
Starc now “fit
and firing”.
Steve Smith
is back after
being forced
out of the
third Test with
concussion, while
Starc, left, has been
on the sidelines asStarc warning as Mitchell takes aim
CRICKET: FOURTH TEST^ Daily Express Monday, September 02, 2019^53
DX1STBy Dean Wilson
Picture: PAUL ELLISSPORT IN BRIEF
BASEBALL
MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks 6 Los
Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves
11 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago
Cubs 0 Milwaukee Brewers 2, Colo-
rado Rockies 4 Pittsburgh Pirates
11, Detroit Tigers 10 Minnesota
Twins 7, Kansas City Royals 7
Baltimore Orioles 5, LA Angels 10
Boston Red Sox 4, New York
Yankees 4 Oakland Athletics 3 (11
Innings), Philadelphia Phillies 3
New York Mets 6, San Francisco
Giants 1 San Diego Padres 4, St
Louis Cardinals 10 Cincinnati Reds
6, Tampa Bay Rays 9 Cleveland
Indians 6, Texas Rangers 3 Seattle
Mariners 2, Toronto Blue Jays 6
Houston Astros 4, Washington
Nationals 7 Miami Marlins 0.
CRICKET
TOUR MATCH—Derbyshire v Aus-
tralia (Derby): Derbyshire 172
(57.2 overs; J L du Plooy 86) and
112 (36.4 overs; M A Starc 4-39).
Australia 338-5dec. (92.0 overs; M
R Marsh 74, U T Khawaja 72, M S
Harris 64). Australia beat Derby-
shire by an innings and 54 runs.
CYCLING
LA VUELTA A ESPANA (Spain)—
Stage 9 (Andorra la Vella - Cortals
d’Encamp, 94.4km): 1 T Pogacar
(Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 2h 58m
09s, 2 N Quintana (Col) Movistar
Team at 23s, 3 P Roglic (Slo) Team
Jumbo-Visma at 48s, 4 A Valverde
(Spa) Movistar Team at same time,
5 M Soler (Spa) Movistar Team at
57s, 6 H Pernsteiner (Aut) Bahrain
Merida at 59s, 7 S Higuita (Col) EF
Education First at 1m 01s, 8 W
Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb, 9
M A Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
at same time, 10 T G Hart (Gbr)
Team Ineos at 1m 38s. Overall: 1
N Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
35h 18m 18s, 2 P Roglic (Slo)
Team Jumbo-Visma at 6s, 3 M A
Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team at
17s, 4 A Valverde (Spa) Movistar
Team at 20s, 5 T Pogacar (Clo)
UAE-Team Emirates at 1m 42s, 6
C F Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal at
1m 46s, 7 N Edet (Fra) Cofidis,
Solutions Credits at 2m 21s, 8 R
Majka (Pol) Bora - Hansgrohe at
3m 22s, 9 W Kelderman (Ned)
Team Sunweb at 3m 53s, 10 D
Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Merida at 4m
46s.
DARTS
PDC EUROPEAN TOUR—3rd rd: V
Van der Voort (Ned) bt G Price
(Wal) 6-1, C Menzies (Sco) bt A
Lewis (Eng) 6-2, M Suljovic (Aut) bt
J Wilson (Eng) 6-2, I White (Eng) bt
K Brown (Eng) 6-2, R J Rodriguez
(Aut) bt M de Decker (Bel) 6-5, P
Wright (Sco) bt J Cullen (Eng) 6-5,
R Evans (Eng) bt D Chisnall (Eng)
6-3, M van Gerwen (Ned) bt J de
Zwaan (Ned) 6-3.
GOLF
OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS
(Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland)—
Final rnd (Gbr & Irl unless stated):
266 S Soderberg (Swe) 64 70 66
66 (won at first extra play-off hole),
R McIlroy 67 63 69 67, K Samooja
(Fin) 66 71 62 67, A Romero (Arg)
69 61 66 70, L Gagli (Ita) 64 68
67 67, 267 A Arnaus (Spa) 66 67
70 64, M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 63 72
67 65, 268 L Herbert (Aus) 70 67
67 64, T Fleetwood 65 65 68 70,
W Ormsby (Aus) 66 64 67 71, M
Schwab (Aut) 63 67 70 68, 269 M
Kinhult (Swe) 67 72 65 65, A
Pavan (Ita) 70 68 66 65, C
Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 67 67 65 70,
G Green (Mal) 65 64 69 71, E Van
Rooyen (Rsa) 65 69 68 67, R Para-
tore (Ita) 67 66 67 69, S Jamieson
70 65 67 67, T Pieters (Bel) 67
67 70 65, 270 T Detry (Bel) 68 71
65 66, N Bertasio (Ita) 66 70 65
69, H Tanihara (Jpn) 66 66 71 67,
271 A Johnston 69 69 66 67, D
Drysdale 65 70 70 66, S Garcia
(Spa) 66 68 66 71, M Angel
Jimenez (Spa) 67 66 69 69, J
Luiten (Ned) 69 68 68 66, 272 L
Bjerregaard (Den) 66 68 70 68, A
Bjork (Swe) 67 68 67 70, S
Crocker (USA) 68 67 68 69, L
Westwood 67 72 64 69, J
Morrison 67 67 70 68.
USPGA CHAMPIONS TOUR SHAW
CHARITY CLASSIC (Canyon
Meadows, Canada)—2nd rnd (USA
unless stated): 130 S Flesch 62
68, 131 W Short, Jr. 64 67, T Gillis
67 64, 132 T Byrum 63 69, 133 M
Bradley 61 72, B Andrade 64 69,
S McCarron 64 69, G Gilbert III 70
63, T Petrovic 64 69, K Duke 65
68, C Pavin 66 67, 134 B Langer
(Ger) 68 66, R Goosen (Rsa) 64
70, M Brooks 64 70, D Garwood
66 68, 135 J Durant 67 68, D
Forsman 64 71, W Austin 68 67, S
Parel 70 65, R Mediate 68 67, F
Lickliter II 70 65, 136 K Triplett 71
65, B Bryant 67 69, C DiMarco 68
68, L Janzen 69 67, D Morland IV
(Can) 64 72, K Tanigawa 66 70, P
Goydos 69 67, M O’Meara 67 69,
S Micheel 65 71 , 137 M
Campbell (Nzl) 66 71, D Clarke
(NIrl) 71 66, T Pernice Jr. 69 68, D
McKenzie (Aus) 68 69, V Singh
(Fij) 68 69, J Maggert 67 70, J
Huston 66 71, J Haas 68 69, J
Parnevik (Swe) 69 68, 138 D Love
III 65 73, C Montgomerie (Sco) 67
71, J Sluman 68 70, M Goodes 67
71, D Barron 66 72, P Broadhurst
(Eng) 71 67, S Ames (Can) 67 71.LPGA TOUR CAMBIA PORTLAND
CLASSIC (Columbia Edgewater
Country Club)—3rd rnd (USA
unless stated): 197 Y Noh 65 68
64, 200 H Green (Aus) 64 63 73,
202 B Altomare 69 65 68, B M.
Henderson (Can) 67 68 67, 203 D
Finkelstein 66 69 68, Pei-yun
Chien (Chn) 69 67 67, S
Schmelzel 72 62 69, M J Hur (Kor)
64 70 69, 204 S Burnham 69 66
69, 205 S Y Kim (Kor) 71 61 73, S
Hyun Park (Kor) 67 65 73, 206
Wei-Ling Hsu (Tai) 66 69 71, L-A
Pace (Rsa) 67 66 73, H Kang (Kor)
69 69 68, A Yang (Kor) 74 66 66,
C Ciganda (Spa) 68 72 66, J Lee
(Kor) 66 68 72, 207 G Piller 71 67
69, M Hyang Lee (Kor) 68 71 68, J
E Lee (Kor) 72 69 66, A Sharp
(Can) 67 70 70, N Hataoka (Jpn)
66 71 70.
ICE HOCKEY
ELITE LEAGUE CHALLENGE
CUP—Group A: Glasgow Clan 3
Dundee Stars 6.
Group C: Sheffield Steelers 8
Nottingham Panthers 4.
RUGBY LEAGUE
Betfred Super League
LONDON B .......... 10 LEEDS ................. 36
London Broncos—T: Dixon, Morgan. G:
Dixon.
Leeds—T: L. Briscoe, Seumanufagai,
Walker (2), Handley, Dwyer. G: Martin (6).
WAKEFIELD......... 16 WIGAN ................ 24
Wakefield—T: Batchelor, Miller,
Jones-Bishop. G: Brough (2).
Wigan—T: Marshall (3), Powell. G:
Hardaker (4).
Saturday
CATALANS DGNS ....6 HULL K R ............ 24
Catalans Dragons—T: Mead. G: Gigot.
Hull K R—T: Shaw (2), McGuire. G: Shaw (6).
P W D L F A Pts
St Helens ....... 27 24 0 3 846 383 48
Wigan ............ 27 16 0 11 627 519 32
Warrington ..... 27 15 0 12 682 491 30
Salford ........... 27 15 0 12 746 569 30
Hull ................ 27 15 0 12 627 702 30
Castleford ...... 27 14 0 13 594 520 28
Catalans D’s ... 27 13 0 14 519 675 26
Leeds ............. 27 11 0 16 612 620 22
Wakefield ....... 27 10 0 17 573 690 20
Huddersfield ... 27 10 0 17 541 706 20
Hull K R ......... 27 10 0 17 516 731 20
London B ....... 27 9 0 18 475 752 18
Betfred Championship—Batley 0
Featherstone 64, Bradford 30
Sheffield 10, Halifax 58 Rochdale
0, Leigh 23 York 24, Widnes 36
Swinton 28. Saturday: Toronto
Wolfpack 62 Barrow 8, Toulouse
42 Dewsbury 14.
P W D L F A Pts
Toronto Wolf ... 26 25 0 1 964 344 50
Toulouse......... 26 19 0 7 851 422 38
York ............... 26 18 1 7 598 521 37
Leigh ............. 26 18 0 8 780 512 36
Featherstone .. 26 17 0 9 813 445 34
Bradford ........ 26 15 1 10 635 522 31
Sheffield ........ 26 15 0 11 732 646 30
Halifax ........... 26 10 1 15 594 671 21
Swinton .......... 26 9 1 16 571 787 19
Batley ............ 26 8 1 17 446 732 17
Widnes ........... 26 13 0 13 624 578 14
Dewsbury ....... 26 6 2 18 505 699 14
Barrow ........... 26 4 1 21 455 845 9
Rochdale ........ 26 1 0 25 342 1186 2
* Widnes deducted 12 points
Betfred League 1—Coventry 6
Oldham 50, Doncaster 48 Keighley
12, Hunslet 16 Workington 30,
Newcastle 46 North Wales
Crusaders 22, Whitehaven 74
West Wales 6.
RUGBY UNION
International Matches
GEORGIA ............. 10 SCOTLAND .......... 44
Georgia—T: Asieshvili. C: Abzhandadze.
P: Matiashvili.
Scotland—T: Toolis, Hutchinson (2),
Graham, Cummings. C: Laidlaw (3),
Russell, Hastings. P: Laidlaw (3).
WALES ................ 17 IRELAND ............. 22
Wales—T: Lane, Patchell. C: Patchell (2).
P: J. Evans.
Ireland—T: Stockdale (2). C: Carty. P: Carty.
TENNIS
US OPEN (Flushing Meadows, New
Yo r k )— Men’s 3rd rnd: A Rublev (Rus)
bt (28) N Kyrgios (Aus) 7-6 (7-5) 7-6
(7-5) 6-3, (24) M Berrettini (Ita) bt A
Popyrin (Aus) 6-4 6-4 6-7 (3-7) 7-6
(7-2), (13) G Monfils (Fra) bt D
Shapovalov (Can) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (7-4)
6-4 6-7 6-3 (6-8), P Andujar (Spa) bt A
Bublik (Kaz) 6-4 6-3 6-2, (6) A Zverev
(Ger) bt A Bedene (Slo) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6
(7-4) 6-3 7-6 (7-3), (20) D Sebastian
Schwartzman (Arg) bt T Sandgren (USA)
6-4 6-1 6-3, (22) M Cilic (Cro) bt (14) J
Isner (USA) 7-5 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, (2) R
Nadal (Spa) bt H Chung (Kor) 6-3 6-4
6-2. 4th rnd: (3) R Federer (Swi) bt
(15) D Goffin (Bel) 6-2 6-2 6-0.
Women’s 3rd rnd: (1) N Osaka (Jpn)
bt C Gauff (USA) 6-3 6-0, (13) B
Bencic (Swi) bt (21) A Kontaveit
(Est) w/o, (23) D Vekic (Cro) bt Y
Putintseva (Kaz) 6-4 6-1, (26) J
Goerges (Ger) bt (7) K Bertens (Ned)
6-2 6-3, T Townsend (USA) bt S
Cirstea (Rom) 7-5 6-2, (15) B
Vanessa Andreescu (Can) bt (19) C
Wozniacki (Den) 6-4 6-4, K Ahn (USA)
bt J Ostapenko (Lat) 6-3 7-5, (25) E
Mertens (Bel) bt A Petkovic (Ger) 6-3
6-3. 4th rnd: (18) Q Wang (Chn) bt
(2) A Barty (Aus) 6-2 6-4.TODAY’S DIARY
CRICKET
2nd Test Match—day 4 of 5: West
Indies v India (Kingston, 3.30pm).
CYCLING
UCI World Tour: La Vuelta a
Espana (Spain).
TENNIS
US Open (New York).Test cricket back at the heart of
future planning.
He said: “It is important to say
that before what happened on
Sunday and, even before we got
bowled out for 67, we were all
aware we’ve got some work to do
with our batting in Test cricket.
“We’re far from the finished
article and worldwide Test cricket
has suffered due to the shorter
formats and the focus on
franchise cricket. We are aware of
that and, in the next period going
forward, we’ve really got to
redress that balance”
At 1-1 and with Ben Stokes in
the form of his life, there is every
chance that England can still
regain the Ashes over the next
two games, starting on
Wednesday, to make it a
double-winning summer.
And Giles revealed that
Stokes, along with Joe Root,
badgered him to return the
vice-captaincy to the all-rounder,
who must now do his bit to
help secure the win despite theGiles tells Roy he is
in last-chance saloon
JASON ROY has been warned
he must prove his worth sooner
rather than later – with England
told they have “work to do” with
their batting.
Roy, who has been switched
to No4, is not alone among
English top-order batsmen who
have struggled to flourish in Test
cricket after being promoted,
but batting in an unfamiliar role
against a red ball was an
experiment that did not work.
A top score of 28 in three
Tests this series followed by four
single-figure scores has brought
about the switch with Joe Denly,
who has far more experience as
an opener, for the fourth Test at
Old Trafford. “The selectors have
shown great faith in Jason Roy,”
said managing director Ashley
Giles. “We all believe that the
experiment to bat him at
the top was one worth
taking and that may be
shuffled around this week.
“These are big series and
we have on our mind that
blooding new players in an
Ashes series is particularly
difficult for them. It is tough
and challenging and there is
no harder environment.
“There is a lot of faith
that Jason can deliver at
this level but everyone at
any point in their career,
whether it is me or anyone
else, you only get so long to
prove what you can do in
Test cricket.”
England’s search for a
settled top order has been
ongoing for more than five
years and, while the focus
on white-ball cricket was
clearly worth it to deliver
the World Cup this summer,
Giles is determined to put
BATSMAN
MUST RAISE
GAME NOW
There is
faith he can
deliver
UNDER
FIRE
Roy faces
the axe if
he fails to
produce
runs down
the order in
fourth Testreturn of Australia’s star batsman
Steve Smith.
“He badgered myself and Tom
Harrison, the CEO,” said Giles.
“He was desperate to do it. He
really is one of your warriors
when you take to the field.
“He believed that, as Joe’s
right-hand man, he can deliver
for him and he is demonstrating
that pretty well at the moment.
“It is a really even contest.
There was a change in momentum
on that last day in Leeds and
you can’t hide the disappointment
the Australians would have felt.
“We’ve still got to suss Steve
Smith out. I don’t think anyone in
our attack is scared of him, but
we all understand he is a really
good player.”