The Daily Telegraph - 22.08.2019

Badminton
WORLD CH'SHIPS (Basel).-Men, Doubles: F
Aalfian & M Rian Ardianto (Indonesia) bt M Ellis
& C Langridge (England) 14-21 21-18 21-14; A
Dunn & A Hall (Scotland) bt C Shetty & S
Rankireddy (India) w/o.
Mixed doubles: T K Meng & L P Jing (Malaysia)
bt B Lane & J Pugh (England) 21-19 21-19; M
Ellis & L Smith (England) bt C T Ching & N W
Yung (Hong Kong) 21-14 23-25 21-17.

Baseball
MLB: Texas Rangers 1 LA Angels 5-Arizona
Diamondbacks 8 Colorado Rockies 7-Atlanta
Braves 5 Miami Marlins 1-Baltimore Orioles 4
Kansas City Royals 1-Boston Red Sox 2
Philadelphia Phillies 3-Chicago Cubs 5 San
Francisco Giants 3-Cincinnati Reds 3 San Diego
Padres 2-Houston Astros 6 Detroit Tigers 3-Los
Angeles Dodgers 16 Toronto Blue Jays
3-Minnesota Twins 14 Chicago White Sox 4-New
York Mets 9 Cleveland Indians 2-Oakland Athletics
6 New York Yankees 2-Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Washington Nationals 1-St Louis Cardinals 9
Milwaukee Brewers 4-Tampa Bay Rays 4 Seattle
Mariners 7-Texas Rangers 3 LA Angels 2.

Bowls
NATIONAL CH'SHIPS (Royal Leamington Spa).-
Men - Champion of Champions, Semi-finals:
D Pitt (Middlesex) bt Roger Kendrick (Kent)
21-12; S Tolchard (Devon) bt C Souter (Surrey)
21-15; Final: Tolchard bt Pitt 21-4.
Fours, Semi-finals: Gerrards Cross, Bucks
(J McGuinness) bt Tilehurst, Berks (A Knapper)
16-13; Suttons, Berks (R Buckett) bt Essex
County, Essex (E Morris) 23-16;
Final: Gerrards Cross, bt Suttons, Berks 23-22.
Triples, 1st rd: Burton Latimer, N'hants (J
Tobin) bt Ilminster, S'set (N Rowe) 19-8; South
Derbyshire, Derbs (J Arnett) bt Paddington,
M'Sex (T Smith) 19-10; Kingscroft, Leics

(J Dawson) bt Overbury, Worcs (D Mason) 21-9;

Essex County, Essex (G Telling) bt Welford-On-

Avon, Warks (S Davies) 20-7; West Witney, Oxon

(K Alder) bt G osforth, N'land (C Yeomans) 21-17;

Old Coulsdon, Surrey (S Clarke) bt Hartlepool

Park, D'ham (D Oram) 19-11; Beccles Town,

S'folk (I Catchpole) bt Ledbury, Heref (M White)

21-15; Aspatria, Cumb (S Irwin) bt Porthmeor

(St Ives), C'Wall (T Wilkes) 18-16; Kings, Devon

(H Goodwin) bt White Rock, Sussex (T Clarkson)

17-14; Heaton Hall, Lancs (D McVittie) bt Cowes

Medina, IOW (R Byham) 19-9; Cambridge &

County, Cambs (M Emery) bt Greenhill, D'set (R

Stone) 19-8; Northallerton, Yorks (B Christon)

bt Welwyn & District, Herts (P Jones) 20-13.

Cycling

TOUR OF DENMARK (Denmark).-Stage 1

(Silkeborg,170 km): 1 T Benoot (Belgium) Lotto

Soudal 3h 54m 48s; 2 J De Buyst (Belgium) Lotto

Soudal; 3 A Capiot (Belgium) Sport Vlaanderen-

Baloise; 4 N Larsen (Denmark) Team Coloquick; 5

K Neilands (Latvia) Israel Cycling Academy; 6 A

Gr0ndahl Jansen (Norway) Jumbo-Visma, 7 M

Wurtz Schmidt (Denmark) Denmark all at same

time; 88 C Dunne (Rep of Ireland) Israel Cycling

Academy +1m 44s. Overall: 1 Benoot 3h 54m

48s; 2 De Buyst +4s; 3 Capiot +6; 4 Larsen +10;

5 Neilands; 6 Gr0ndahl Jansen ; 7 Wurtz Schmidt;

8 T Traeen (Norway) Uno-X Norwegian

Development Team all at same time; 9 J

Abrahamsen (Norway) Uno-X Norwegian

Development Team +11; 10 T Merlier (Belgium)

Corendon-Circus +13; 89 Dunne +1m 54s.

Hockey

EURO CH'SHIP (Antwerp).-Women, Pool A:

Holland 14 Russia 0-Belgium 0 Spain 1. Final

pool standings: 1 Spain 7; 2 Holland 5; 3

Belgium 4; 4 Russia 0. Pool B: England 4 Belarus

3-Ireland 1 Germany 1 Belarus 0. Final pool

standings: 1 England 7; 2 Germany 5; 3 Ireland

4; 4 Belarus 0.

Speedway

SGB CH'SHIP: Berwick 49 Scunthorpe

41-Birmingham 35 Leicester 55-Somerset 49

Sheffield 41.

Tennis

ATP T’MENT (Winston-Salem, North Carolina).-

2nd rd: B Paire (France) bt P Gunneswaran (India)

6-3 7-5; L Sonego (Italy) bt D Dzumhur (Bosnia

and Herzegovina) 6-1 6-4; S Johnson (US) bt D

Evans (GB) 6-3 6-1; F Krajinovic (Serbia) bt T

Berdych (Czech Rep) 3-6 7-5 6-1; F Tiafoe (US) bt

J Chardy (France) 4-2 ret; F Lopez (Spain) bt P

Andujar (Spain) 6-4 1-6 7-5; S Querrey (US) bt R

Carballes Baena (Spain) 6-3 7-5; A Rublev (Russia)

bt A Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 6-7 (5-7) 6-3 6-1; M

Kecmanovic (Serbia) bt A Popyrin (Australia) 7-6

(7-5) 6-3; D Shapovalov (Canada) bt T Sandgren

(US) 6-2 6-4. 3 rd rd: J Millman (Australia) bt R

Haase (Holland) 6-3 6-4; S Johnson (US) bt C

Ruud (Norway) 6-2 7-6 (7-5).

WTA T’MENT (New York).-2nd rd: Q Wang (China)

bt F Ferro (France) 6-1 6-4; K Muchova (Czech

Rep) bt K Ahn (US) 6-3 6-1; M Linette (Poland) bt

A Sasnovich (Belarus) 6-1 6-4.

Sport on TV

BADMINTON: World Ch'ships - BT Sport 1 10am.

BASEBALL: MLB, Chicago Cubs v San Francisco

Giants - BT Sport 2 7pm.

CRICKET: The Ashes, Third Test - Sky Sports Main

Event & Sky Sports The Ashes 10am; Vitality

Blast, Sussex Sharks v Essex Eagles - Sky Sports

Main Event & Sky Sports The Ashes 6.55pm.

CYCLING: Tour of Denmark, stage two -

Eurosport 1 2pm.

FOOTBALL: Europa League Play-off 1st leg, Legia

Torino v Wolves - Premier 1 8pm.

GOLF: European Tour, Nordea Masters - Sky

Sports Golf 10am & 2pm; PGA Tour, Tour

Championship - Sky Sports Golf 6pm.

HORSE RACING: York - ITV & STV 1.30.

Sport County Championship

Somerset electrify title battle

Somerset gave their hopes of

a maiden County

Championship title a huge

boost as they completed a

nerveless final-day chase to

beat Warwickshire by five

wickets at Edgbaston.

Needing 250 to win with

10 wickets in hand at the

start of day four, the visitors

chased down the target in

72.4 overs to secure 21 points

as they look to edge out

Essex and Yorkshire, who

both won this week.

Somerset’s chances

looked slim as Warwickshire

reduced them to 49 for

three, but Tom Banton made

66 and an 88-run stand

between George Bartlett and

Dom Bess sealed the win.

Somerset are now two

points adrift of Essex with

three games to play and they

face each other in the final

round at Taunton.

Yorkshire claimed the six

wickets they needed to keep

themselves in title

contention, beating

Nottinghamshire by 143

runs shortly after lunch on

day four at Scarborough.

Nottinghamshire, chasing an

unlikely 387, were bowled

out for 243 as South Africa

spinner Keshav Maharaj

claimed six for 95. Yorkshire

trail Essex by 37 points.

Hampshire strengthened

their grip on fourth with a

draw against Surrey at the

Oval.

Gloucestershire moved

up to second in Division Two

with a superb run chase to

beat Derbyshire by eight

wickets. Derbyshire

declared on 481 for six –

setting a target of 263 in 49

overs. James Bracey hit a

sensational unbeaten 116

from just 143 balls to lead

Gloucestershire to victory

with 11 balls to spare.

Mark Cosgrove salvaged a

draw for Leicestershire at

Durham. The Australian

began the day unbeaten on

21, with his team still 155

runs behind the home side,

but his first century of the

campaign saved his team

from defeat before bad light

ended the contest.

A commanding batting

performance by Rachel

Priest helped title hopefuls

Western Storm beat

defending champions Surrey

Stars by four runs in a

thrilling Kia Super League

clash at the Cooper Associ-

ates Ground.

Priest was top scorer,

hitting 44 runs, 26 of them

coming in one over off the

bowling of Mady Villiers,

which included three sixes

and two fours. Sophie Luff

and Deepti Sharma scored 32

apiece as Storm, who were

put in to bat, made 159 for

eight. Sarah Taylor led

Surrey’s response, with 73

runs off 54 balls, but they

only made 155 for eight with

off-spinner Sharma taking

three wickets for 18 runs.

Last night’s other clash

was also tense, Southern

Vipers edging out York-

shire Diamonds by three

runs. Yorkshire needed five

runs off the final three balls

to win, but just fell short.

Ruthless Priest keeps Storm on track

2019 1st Test

Edgbaston

2nd Test

Lord's

2015 1st Test

Cardiff

2nd Test

Lord's

Chris Rogers 95 & 10

Warner 17 & 52

Rogers 173 & 49

Warner 38 & 83

2013 1st Test

Trent Bridge

2nd Test

Lord's

Shane Watson 13 & 46

Rogers 16 & 52

Watson 30 & 20

Rogers 15 & 6

Cameron Bancroft 8 & 7

David Warner 2 & 8

Bancroft 13 & 16

Warner 3 & 5

How Australia's openers have

fared in the first two Test

matches of this series and in the

previous two series in England

order, and so be better protected

from the new ball.

After their previous failed

campaigns in England, Australia

were braced for swing and seam,

even if they knew how this would

test them. Facing an Englishman of

Jofra Archer’s speed, and penchant

for clattering limbs and worse, is a

novel challenge. And while

Australia’s batsmen have ample

experience against 90mph bowling

in the nets, doing so in the

cauldron of an Ashes Test is a

challenge of an altogether different

order, especially given the lack of

cues in Archer’s action about when

a bouncer will follow.

“Obviously we copped some

short-pitched bowling, I think guys

prepared for it last week but it’s

another thing facing it,” Paine said.

“Guys have got plans in place and

we’ve prepared really well for it.

It’s about going out and executing

it. We think the Lord’s wicket was

quite a difficult one to face

short-pitched bowling on, so we’re

interested to see how this wicket

plays. But it’s about adapting to the

situation, the wicket and what any

of their bowlers are trying to do.

We’ve got to have a plan to counter

that and I know our boys will.”

“Character over cover drives” is

the mantra of Australia’s head

coach, Justin Langer, and one that

he leaned on once more when

assembling Australia’s Ashes

squad. That explained why

Bancroft was recalled to open at

the top of the order, why Matthew

Wade was picked as a specialist

batsman at No 6 and why

Labuschagne was selected to tour

after a middling start to his Test

career. Now, as they try to navigate

facing Archer and friends without

their finest player, Australia’s

batsmen will need to draw on all

those reserves of character in the

days ahead.

Struggling:

Australia openers

Cameron

Bancroft (left)

and David Warner

have scored a

total of 60 runs

between them in

this Ashes series

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