By Nick Hoult
Australia have adopted a quote
from Sir Winston Churchill to help
them resist slipping back into their
old sledging ways over the next six
weeks when the intensity of an
Ashes series threatens to under-
mine their new image.
Brad Haddin, the Australia assis-
tant coach, and captain Tim Paine
have urged the players this week to
remember the line “Behaviour
never lies”, which is attributed to
Churchill despite there being no
evidence that he ever said it.
Paine has been credited with
changing the public face of Austral-
ian cricket since picking up the
pieces as Test captain after the ball-
tampering scandal last year. Not one
Australia player has been in trouble
with a match referee since that inci-
dent in Cape Town and Paine wants
it to stay that way, despite the inevi-
table baiting they will face from
crowds in England and the pressure
of trying to win their first Ashes se-
ries in this country for 18 years.
The full quote credited to
Churchill is: “I no longer listen to
what people say, I just watch what
they do. Behaviour never lies.”
Paine said: “We’re going to play
competitive Test match cricket like
any other nation does. Our guys un-
Sport The Ashes
WOMEN’S ASHES
By Isabelle Westbury at Bristol
Redemption, resurrection or just
saving face – it does not matter
what you call it or how it comes, be-
cause England have done it, they
have beaten Australia. It may be too
little, too late for anything mean-
ingful in the context of the series
but here at last was a small moment
of joy in what has been a difficult
summer for Heather Knight’s team.
In Mady Villiers England may
have found the all-round athlete
coach Mark Robinson has been
looking for. The young off-spinner
held her nerve on her debut to re-
move Australia’s most explosive
batters, Alyssa Healy and Ashleigh
Gardner, the latter for a golden
duck and both within the same
over, to finish with two for 20.
Meanwhile, Sophie Ecclestone,
England’s leading wicket-taker this
series, picked up three to show that
the future, at least as far as English
spin is concerned, is bright.
Earlier, it was the innovation and
enterprising resolve of Yorkshire’s
Katherine Brunt and Lauren Win-
field who combined for an un-
beaten 55-run partnership,
enabling England to post a defend-
able total of 139.
When Brunt picked up three
wickets of her own, it seemed just
reward for such an enduring serv-
ant of English cricket who may
have played her final Ashes series.
In the end, the pressure on Aus-
tralia to depart unbeaten was more
than the pressure on England to sal-
vage at least one victory.Scoreboard
At Bristol Australia won toss
England
R B 4 6
DN Wyatt b Schutt 20 19 1 1
TT Beaumont c Mooney b Jonassen 5 9 0 0
*HC Knight run out 23 25 0 1
NR Sciver c Kimmince b Vlaeminck 5 9 0 0
†AE Jones c Healy b Gardner 19 19 2 0
L Winfield not out 26 22 3 0
KH Brunt not out 25 18 1 1
Extras (b9 lb2 w4 nb1) 16
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 139
Bowling EA Perry 2-0-16-0; ML Schutt 4-0-27-1; JL
Jonassen 4-0-19-1; D Kimmince 4-0-26-0; TJ Vlaeminck
2-0-9-1; G Wareham 2-0-15-0; A Gardner 2-0-16-1.
Australia
R B 4 6
†AJ Healy c Ecclestone b Villiers 28 30 4 0
BL Mooney c Cross b Brunt 2 6 0 0
*MM Lanning lbw b Ecclestone 2 8 0 0
EA Perry not out 60 50 2 3
A Gardner st Jones b Villiers 0 1 0 0
RL Haynes c Wyatt b Brunt 8 9 0 0
JL Jonassen lbw b Ecclestone 9 11 1 0
D Kimmince lbw b Ecclestone 0 1 0 0
G Wareham c Sciver b Brunt 0 2 0 0
ML Schutt not out 8 2 2 0
Extras (lb2 w3) 5
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 122
Bowling KL Cross 3-0-21-0; A Shrubsole 3-0-22-0;
KH Brunt 4-0-21-3; S Ecclestone 4-1-22-3; NR Sciver
2-0-14-0; M Villiers 4-0-20-2.
Umpires A Wharf and M Burns.
England (2pts) win by 17 runs.Paine consigns sledging
to the past by drawing
on words of Churchill
‘Behaviour never lies’ is
rallying cry for tourists
Captain not scared of
Edgbaston’s reputation
derstand what’s expected of them.
They are role models, not just for
Australian people, but all around
the world,” he said. “There’s been a
quote hanging around the chang-
ing room this week from Winston
Churchill and that’s that ‘behaviour
doesn’t lie’. Ultimately you guys
will see how we behave and can
judge for yourselves.
“Brad Haddin brought that up
with me the other day in one of the
chats we had and I quite liked it.
We’ve internally spoken about our
behaviour and the way we’re going
to be seen. I think it’s a great quote
for us and it’s a great quote for you
guys. It’s amazing, we [have] come
into every press conference in the
past 12 months and talk about our
behaviour – you can just watch us
and judge us.”
Edgbaston has been described
as England’s Gabba, a ground
where they receive vociferous
support and have a strong win-
ning record. Australia have not
won a Test in Birmingham
since the 2001 Ashes series and
lost here three weeks ago to
England in the World Cup semi-
final. Justin Langer, the head
coach, tried to allay his players’
nerves before the World Cup
match here by having them
walk around Edgbaston bare-
footed. It did not work.
Paine attempted to play
down the Edgbaston
factor. When asked if
this is the most in-
timidating ground
he has played at he
said: “Than this?
I could nameyou 15.” After laying down the gaunt-
let to the locals in such a way, Paine
will be happy over the next few days
that he is a wicketkeeper and does
not have to field on the fence in front
of the Hollies Stand.
“England haven’t lost here in
how long? I don’t even know,
I haven’t looked at it and it doesn’t
concern us,” he said.
“We know we’ve got our plans
individually, we’ve got our plans as
a team and it’s about us going out
there on Thursday and executing
those skills. If we do that it doesn’t
matter if we’re playing at Edgbas-
ton, the Gabba or the Moon.”
Paine has also introduced foot-
ball-style handshakes with oppos-
ing teams before Tests and will do
so at Edgbaston although it is
understood England captain Joe
Root is not so keen on the ritual.
Usman Khawaja is back at No 3
for Australia after injury, and Cam-
eron Bancroft will open with Da-
vid Warner. Steve Smith is at
four and, like Warner and Ban-
croft, playing his first Test since
his ban.
All of a sudden Australia are a
side with a stronger top order
than England. Their bowling has
real menace and Paine has the lux-
ury of being able to leave out
Mitchell Starc and still
have an attack the envy
of other teams. Pat
Cummins and James
Pattinson will play,
while the final call for
the last fast-bowling
slot is between Peter
Siddle, Josh Hazle-
wood and Starc.Key men: Joe
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w GETTY IMAGESJoy for England as Australia
miss out on unbeaten record
Nash, bowler hit for historic
six sixes by Sobers, dies at 74
Folklore figure:
Malcolm Nash
gained fame after
his brush with Sir
Garfield SobersMalcolm Nash, the Glamorgan
bowler who entered cricket folk-
lore when Sir Garfield Sobers
struck him for six sixes in an over,
has died at the age of 74.
Nash’s name was forever linked
with that of Sobers after the West
Indies player went on the attack
during a County Championship
match between Glamorgan and
Nottinghamshire at Swansea in
August 1968.
The remarkable over, which was
captured by the cameras of BBC
Wales, was the first time the six
sixes feat was achieved in first-class
cricket.
The first five balls of the over
were dispatched cleanly by the
West Indian and the sixth was car-
ried over the ropes by a fielder.
Sobers had been frustrated by his
team’s slow progress as Notting-
hamshire were approaching adeclaration and Nash was experi-
menting with slow bowling.
Nash’s career, however, was
about far more than one historic af-
ternoon at St Helen’s. The Aber-
gavenny-born left-armer took 993
first-class wickets between 1966and 1983, while also scoring 7,129
runs and holding 148 catches.
Only Don Shepherd, Jack Mer-
cer, Johnnie Clay and Robert Croft
have taken more wickets for Glam-
organ than Nash, who had a Test
trial for England in 1976 and also
captained the Welsh county.4 ** Thursday 1 August 2019 The Daily Telegraph
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