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Tennis
St James’s Place, Battle of the Brits 2: final day,
British Bulldogs 63 Union Jacks 56 (Bulldogs
names first):A Gray lost to A Matusevich 6-3,
6-2; E Raducanu bt N Broady 6-3, 6-3; K Edmund
bt J Choinski 6-2, 6-1; H Dart bt J Burrage 6-4,
7-6; M Lumsden bt A Barnett 6-3, 6-3; L Broady
bt R Peniston 7-6, 3-6, 12-10; B Grey lost to
H Watson 6-0, 6-2; A McHugh lost to D Evans
7-5, 6-2; K Edmund & E Raducanu lost to
A Murray & N Broady 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); J Salisbury
& H Dart bt J Murray & H Watson 6-4, 6-2.68, 63, 71, 68. 271 T Detry (Bel) 67, 67, 71, 66.
274 A Bjork (Swe) 68, 67, 70, 59; O Farr (Wales)
65, 71, 67, 71; C Paisley 70, 68, 66, 70. 275 R
Hojgaard (Den) 66, 71, 66, 72; M Kieffer (Ger)
71, 69, 67, 68; M Korhonen ((Fin) 67, 69, 67, 72;
M Pavon (Fr) 69, 67, 69, 70.
Rugby league
Betfred Super League
St Helens 34 Catalans Dragons 6
St Helens: Tries: Coote 2, Bentley, Taia,
Makinson. Goals Coote 4. Catalans: Tries:
Maloney. Goals Maloney.
Huddersfield 26 Leeds 27
(After extra time) Huddersfield: Tries: Senior 2,
McIntosh 3. Goals Sezer 3. Leeds: Tries:Hurrell
2, Gale, Briscoe, Mellor. Goals Martin 3.
Drop-goal Martin.
HOME AWAY
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
Leeds 5 2 0 1 92 40 2 0 0 49 34 8
Wigan 6 3 0 0 72 38 1 0 2 68 44 8
Castleford 6 3 0 0 76 41 1 0 2 54 53 8
H’field 6 0 0 2 36 69 4 0 0 78 36 8
St Helens 6 2 0 1 92 26 1 0 2 46 65 6
Warrington 6 2 0 0 28 8 1 0 3 56 74 6
Catalans 5 2 0 1 78 64 1 0 1 40 63 6
Hull 7 1 0 3 76120 2 0 1 69 56 6
Wakefield 5 1 0 1 44 35 1 0 2 49 74 4
Salford 6 1 0 3 48 70 0 0 2 22 78 2
Hull KR 6 1 0 2 42 62 0 0 3 42107 2Snooker
Sheffield: Betfred World Championship round
of 32: M Williams (Wales) bt A McManus (Scot)
10-5; J Higgins (Scot) bt M Stevens (Wales)
10-5; N Robertson (Aus) bt L Wenbo (Chi) 10-5.Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-71, 3-98, 4-131, 5-137, 6-
137.
Bowling Young 9-0-68-1; Little 10-3-60-3;
McBrine 5-0-33-0; Campher 6.3-1-50-2; Singh
2-0-3-0.
Umpires D J Millns and A G Wharf.
6 England lead the series 2-0Football
National League play-off final
Harrogate (2)3 Notts County(0) 1
Thomson 5, Hall 28
Diamond 70Roberts 466 Harrogate promoted to League Two
Scottish Premiership
Celtic (2)5 Hamilton (1) 1
Edouard 20, 49, 53
Frimpong 31
Klimala 90Martin 34P W D L F A GD Pts
Celtic........................ 1 1005143
Hibernian................. 1 1002113
Rangers.................... 1 1001013
St. Mirren................. 1 1001013
Dundee United......... 1 0101101
St. Johnstone........... 1 0101101
Motherwell.............. 0 0000000
Ross County............. 0 0000000
Kilmarnock............... 1 00112-10
Aberdeen.................. 1 00101-10
Livingston................ 1 00101-10
Hamilton.................. 1 00115-40
Golf
European Tour Hero Open
Marriott Forest of Arden, Birmingham: final
scores (England unless stated) 270 S Horsfield3; Crocombe 9-1-31-0; Garton 11-3-37-2;
Carson 7.2-2-15-2.
Umpires J Gould and B V Taylor.Second ODI
England v Ireland
Ageas Bowl (Ireland won toss): England beat
Ireland by four wickets
Ireland (balls)
P R Stirling c Banton b Willey 12 (20)
G J Delany lbw b Willey 0 (12)
*A Balbirnie c Bairstow b Vince 15 (28)
H T Tector c Mahmood b Rashid 28 (55)
K J O’Brien b Rashid 3 (7)
†L Tucker c Topley b Rashid 21 (31)
C Campher c Rashid b Mahmood 68 (87)
S Singh c Bairstow b Mahmood 25 (33)
A R McBrine c Bairstow b Topley 24 (24)
C A Young not out 2 (4)
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 4, nb 1) 14
Total (9 wkts, 50 overs) 212
J Little did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-12, 2-15, 3-39, 4-44, 5-78, 6-91,
7-151, 8-207, 9-212.
Bowling Willey 10-1-48-2; Topley 9-1-31-1; Ali
8-0-27-0; Vince 4-0-18-1; Rashid 10-0-34-3;
Mahmood 9-0-45-2.
England (balls)
J J Roy c Delany b Young 0 (3)
†J M Bairstow c Tucker b Little 82 (41)
J M Vince b Campher 16 (26)
T Banton lbw b Campher 15 (15)
S W Billings not out 46 (61)
*E J G Morgan c Campher b Little 0 (2)
M M Ali c Tucker b Little 0 (3)
D J Willey not out 47 (46)
Extras (b 2, w 6, nb 2) 10
Total (6 wkts, 32.3 overs) 216
A U Rashid, R J W Topley and S Mahmood did
not bat.S R Harmer, S Cook, J A Porter and M R Quinn to
bat.
Fall of wickets 1-19, 2-41, 3-120, 4-124, 5-144.
Bowling Milnes 14-7-31-1; Stevens 17-5-36-2;
Stewart 10-4-19-0; Qadri 12-3-28-0; Thomas 5-
1-25-0; O’Riordan 15-2-38-2; Leaning 1-1-0-0.
Umpires N L Bainton and B J Debenham.
Surrey v Middlesex
Kia Oval (second day of four): Surrey, with
seven first-innings wickets in hand, are 158
runs behind Middlesex
Middlesex: First Innings (overnight 264-4)
N R T Gubbins c Jacks b Clarke 192
†J A Simpson lbw b Borthwick 53
J A R Harris not out 2
N A Sowter not out 0
Extras (b 8, lb 1) 9
Total (6 wkts dec, 111.3 overs) 347
T N Walallawita, M L Cummins and T J Murtagh
did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-7, 2-118, 3-155, 4-211, 5-342,
6-346.
Bowling Dunn 15-3-40-0; Clarke 19-4-48-3;
Clark 11-3-30-0; Taylor 14-1-49-0; Virdi 18-2-
60-1; Moriarty 18.3-4-54-1; Patel 3-1-14-0;
Borthwick 13-0-43-1.
Surrey: First Innings
M D Stoneman c Andersson b Walallawita 45
R S Patel c Simpson b Murtagh 4
S G Borthwick not out 73
W G Jacks lbw b Harris 36
†J L Smith not out 15
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 8) 16
Total (3 wkts, 67 overs) 189
*R Clarke, J Clark, D Moriarty, J P A Taylor, M P
Dunn and A Virdi to bat.
Fall of wickets 1-9, 2-80, 3-149.
Bowling Murtagh 15-6-34-1; Cummins 14-4-32-
0; Harris 12-3-42-1; Walallawita 15-6-51-1;
Sowter 11-2-22-0.
Umpires N J Llong and R J Bailey.
Sussex v Hampshire
Hove (second day of four): Sussex, with four
second-innings wickets in hand, are 178 runs
ahead of Hampshire
Sussex: First Innings 176
(P D Salt 68, G H S Garton 54 not out)
Second Innings
P D Salt c Fuller b Organ 80
T J Haines lbw b Holland 20
H Z Finch lbw b Holland 10
T G R Clark c McManus b Barker 4
*†B C Brown c Came b Organ 25
J J Carson c McManus b Crane 0
D M W Rawlins not out 11
G H S Garton not out 1
Extras (b 2, w 2) 4
Total (6 wkts, 53 overs) 155
Fall of wickets 1-60, 2-90, 3-99, 4-142, 5-143, 6-
143.
Bowling Barker 13-2-41-1; Fuller 12-1-29-0;
Dale 4-1-15-0; Holland 12-4-16-2; Organ 6-2-
28-2; Crane 6-0-24-1.
Hampshire: First Innings (overnight 77-4)
*S A Northeast c Salt b Claydon 21
H R C Came c Finch b Garton 25
I G Holland b Garton 13
†L D McManus lbw b Robinson 10
J K Fuller c Garton b Claydon 14
K H D Barker c Salt b Carson 4
A Dale not out 1
Extras (lb 3nb 8) 11
Total (62.2 overs) 153
Fall of wickets 1-25, 2-61, 3-73, 4-77, 5-98, 6-
119, 7-134, 8-136, 9-149.
Bowling Robinson 21-9-36-3; Claydon 14-3-31-Football
Scottish Premiership Ross County v Mother-
well (7.45)
Cricket
Bob Willis Trophy (all third day of four, from
11.0)
North group Derbyshire v Northamptonshire.
Durham v Yorkshire. Leicestershire v
Lancashire.
Central group Gloucestershire v Worcester-
shire; Somerset v Glamorgan; Warwickshire v
Northamptonshire.
South group Essex v Kent; Surrey v Middlesex;
Sussex v Hampshire.Snooker
Sheffield: Betfred World Championship Round
of 32Fixtures
This was surreality in the sunshine. Not
so much the surroundings and the
absence of atmosphere, for cricketers
are growing accustomed to playing in
front of little more than seagulls and
security guards, but the batting. Such a
long layoff seemingly has resulted in
scrambled minds and techniques given
the low scoring in reasonable conditions.
Hampshire, responding to a total of
176, were dismissed for 153. Only Philbowler hurls ball at batsman
wickets as Yorkshire were bowled out
for 199 in reply to Durham’s first innings
of 103. Alex Lees was unbeaten on 58 as
Durham closed their second innings on
106 for two, ten runs ahead.
At the Kia Oval, the Middlesex spin
bowler, Thilan Walallawita, 22, took his
maiden first-class wicket, removing
Mark Stoneman, but Surrey are in a
good position on 189 for three after
Middlesex declared on 347 for six
having failed to secure a fourth batting
bonus point at the 110-over mark.
Charlie Morris, the pace bowler, took
four for 52 as Gloucestershire were
bowled out for 267 at Bristol. Daryl
Mitchell and Jake Libby put on an
opening stand of 152 for Worcester-
shire, who closed on 223 for two.
Kent are in a strong position against
the county champions, Essex, at
Chelmsford. Darren Stevens, the 44-
year-old all-rounder, took two wickets
as Essex — for whom Alastair Cook was
dismissed for eight — closed on 179 for
five, still 208 runs behind.Bresnan hits debut century as
Warwickshire build big lead
Until the prime minister’s announce-
ment shortly after noon on Friday,
blessed Birmingham was improbably
set to become one of the vectors of hope
for fans desperate to witness sport in
the flesh once more. But plans for the
pilot admission of crowds at Edgbaston
over the weekend were peremptorily
scrapped.
Thus, 2,500 advance ticket-holders
were sadly denied the happy sight of
Tim Bresnan reaching a smiling
hundred on Warwickshire debut, four
seasons after his previous century for
Yorkshire whom he left this summer. In
an interview two months ago Bresnan,
35, revealed that he had received death
threats after the Oval Test in 2011 when
he dismissed Sachin Tendulkar on 91,
just short of his landmark 100th
hundred for India.
There was less alarm here. But his
innings knew painful beginnings.When still on one, he provided a first
instance of socially distanced sympathy
after a ball from Nathan Buck nipped
back to take him flush in the box,
leaving him floored as fielders gathered
in limited concern, albeit several requi-
site metres away.
Reprieved at second slip on five off
the deserving Ben Sanderson, Bresnan
took time to find his touch as Warwick-
shire built with patience towards three
batting points, making only 97 from the
day’s first 50 overs before their
acceleration began 40 min-
utes from tea. Rob Yates, a
left-hander of high appli-
cation playing the per-
fect role for his side’s
strategy, had fallen for
88, taking 133 balls to
add 25 to his overnight
tally.
Resuming 12 runs
behind at 130 for four,
Warwickshire lost Michael
Burgess, bowled by a beauty from
Sanderson for 39, but Bresnan joined
Yates, 20, to set up the platform for a
later assault. Still at the University of
Birmingham studying English, Yates
presumably submits long, impressively
conscientious essays.
As a teenager last August, he became
the second-youngest Warwickshire
batsman in 80 years to record a maidenCounty Championship century and he
was close to his first hundred since
when, slicing an off-balance drive, he
was excellently held at third slip by
Emilio Gay. Pleasingly, the wicket-
taker, Jack White, 28, had for his part
become the oldest player to make a
first-class debut in a county match
since 2013 when taking the field on Sat-
urday. Such oddities resonate with
cricket buffs, even during a pandemic.
Alex Thomson passed a first-class
career best he posted in Kath-
mandu, of all places, last No-
vember, representing MCC
against Nepal, as 104 was
added with Bresnan for
the seventh wicket
before they fell in suc-
cessive overs.
Thomson went for 46,
just after Bresnan’s hun-
dred had arrived from 203
balls. Out for 105, Bresnan
departed an hour from the
close. Harshly for Northampton-
shire, there was still time for Olly Stone,
who spent five seasons with them, to
belt an unbeaten 36 after his four for 39
on Saturday and, with innings in the
Bob Willis Trophy limited to 120 overs,
Warwickshire’s mandatory close left
them 227 runs ahead. The opposing
openers, Gay and Ben Curran, negoti-
ated seven overs to the close.Salt shines again on a poor day of batting
Edgbaston (second day of four):
Northamptonshire, with all second-
innings wickets in hand, are 208 runs
behind WarwickshireNeville ScottCentral group
Warwickshire v
NorthamptonshireHove (second day of four): Sussex,
with four second-innings wickets in
hand, are 178 runs ahead of Hampshire
Ivo TennantSouth group
Sussex v HampshireSalt, who scored his second half-centu-
ry of the match, stayed at the crease for
any length of time. His innings of 80
could prove to be a match-winning one.
The 23-year-old is a batsman in form
after his 58-ball century for England
Lions against Ireland eight days ago
and was unlucky not to be chosen for
the ODI series. He hit six fours and a six
here but, troubled by the off spin of
Felix Organ, drove to mid-on before the
close. Sussex, well placed at 142 for
three, lost three quick wickets.
As in the first innings, wickets had
fallen about Salt. He weathered the
quicker bowlers — Hampshire are
without Kyle Abbott, who has been
stuck in South Africa — and reached
his fifty with a pulled six when Organ
was brought on before tea to bowl intothe rough outside off stump created by
the left-arm seam bowlers.
No Hampshire batsman scored more
than 25. That was achieved by Harry
Came. The 21-year-old has an interest-
ing background: he is the great-grand-
son of Walter Robins, the former
England cricketer and chairman of
selectors, and is the son of Peter Came,
a committee member at the Ageas
Bowl.
Came dealt with a testing opening
spell from Ollie Robinson and outlast-
ed Sam Northeast, who was well held
low down by Salt at first slip off Mitchell
Claydon. He then played away from his
body when George Garton slanted the
ball across him and had him caught at
second slip. That was 119 for six and the
remainder of the batting fell away.Klein hurls the
ball at Lamb,
who was then
sent limping
in the direction
of square
leg, inset7
First-class centuries
for Tim Bresnan —
this was his first since
September 2016JOHN MALLETT/PROSPORTS/REX