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the times | Saturday September 12 2020 2GS 13
Football
Premier League (3.0 unless stated) Crystal
Palace v Southampton; Fulham v Arsenal
(12.30); Liverpool v Leeds United (5.30); West
Ham United v Newcastle United.
Sky Bet Championship (3.0 unless stated)
Barnsley v Luton Town; Birmingham City v
Brentford (12.30); Bournemouth v Blackburn
Rovers; Bristol City v Coventry City; Cardiff
City v Sheffield Wednesday; Derby County v
Reading; Huddersfield Town v Norwich City;
Millwall v Stoke City; Preston North End v
Swansea City; Queens Park Rangers v
Nottingham Forest; Wycombe Wanderers v
Rotherham United (12.30).
League One (3.0 unless stated) Accrington
Stanley v Peterborough United; Crewe
Alexandra v Charlton Athletic; Doncaster
Rovers v MK Dons; Fleetwood Town v Burton
Albion; Gillingham v Hull City; Lincoln City v
Oxford United; Northampton Town v AFC
Wimbledon; Plymouth Argyle v Blackpool;
Portsmouth v Shrewsbury Town; Sunderland
v Bristol Rovers; Swindon Town v Rochdale.
League Two (all 3.0) Barrow v Stevenage;
Bolton Wanderers v Forest Green Rovers;
Bradford City v Colchester United;
Cambridge United v Carlisle United;
Cheltenham Town v Morecambe; Mansfield
Town v Tranmere Rovers; Oldham Athletic v
Leyton Orient; Port Vale v Crawley Town;
Salford City v Exeter City; Scunthorpe United
v Newport County; Southend United v
Harrogate Town; Walsall v Grimsby Town.
Scottish Premiership (all 3.0) Aberdeen v
Kilmarnock; Livingston v Hamilton;
Motherwell v St Johnstone; Rangers v
Dundee Utd; Ross County v Celtic; St Mirren
v Hibernian.
Women’s Super League West Ham v Arsenal
(5.20).
Cricket
Vitality T20 Blast: South Kent Spitfires v
Sussex Sharks (2.0); Middlesex v Hampshire
(2.0).Motor racing
Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix qualifying
(from 2.0).Rugby league
Betfred Super League Catalans Dragons v
Wigan Warriors (5.0).Rugby union
Guinness Pro14 final Leinster v Ulster (7.35).Tennis
Flushing Meadows, New York: US Open:
Women’s final (4) N Osaka (Japan) v V
Azarenka (Bela) (9.0).SCOREBOARDS AND RESULTS TODAY’S FIXTURES
Bowling Willey 4-0-23-2; Coad 4-0-38-1;
Fisher 4-0-35-3; Poysden 3-0-20-0; Shutt 2-0-
25-1; Thompson 2-0-38-0; Lyth 1-0-11-0.
P W L T NR Pts NRR
Nottinghamshire6400 2 10 1.
Lancashire 63 10 2 8 0.
Leicestershire 62 10 3 7 0.
Yorkshire 6220 2 6 1.
Durham 6140 1 3 0.
Derbyshire 60 4 0 2 2 2.Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Southern Vipers 232 all out (*G Adams 89;
Midwood 2-33); Sunrisers 183 all out (J
Gardner 39; Norris 3-37). Southern Vipers
(5pts) beat Sunrisers (0) by 49 runs. South
East Stars 212-9 (K White 50, M Blythin 50; G
Hennessy 3-40); Western Storm 215-3 (A Luff
104 not out, G Hennessy 86). Western Storm
(4pts) beat South East Stars (0) by seven
wickets. Lightning 233-8 (S Bryce 75, B Ellis
62; A Patel 3-49); Central Sparks 227-9 (M
Kelly 53, G Davies 50; A Presland 3-26).
Lightning (4pts) beat Central Sparks (0) by
six runs.Golf
Portugal Masters, Vilamoura: Leaders after
second round: 128 J Guerrier (Fr) 62, 66. 133
S J Kim (US). 135 M Armitage (Eng) 86, 67; L
Johnston (Scot) 61, 74; M Jordan (Eng) 66, 69;
A Meronk (Pol) 69, 66; W Nienaber (SA) 70,
65; A Rozner (Fr) 68, 67; A Saddier (Fr) 67, 68;
M Simonsen (Den) 68, 67; S Vincent (Zim) 70,- 136 N Bertasio (It) 67, 69; L Canter (Eng)
64, 72; G Coetzee (SA) 66, 70; J Donaldson
(Wal) 69, 67; R Fox (NZ) 67, 69.
Rugby leagueBetfred Super League
St Helens 21 Hull KR 20; Leeds Rhinos 13
Huddersfield Giants 12.P W LD F A Pts
St Helens 11 8 3 0 303 135 16
Warrington 11 8 3 0228 132 16
Catalans 7 5 2 0 216 14110
Wigan 10 7 3 0239 170 14
Leeds Rhinos 9 6 3 0 214 174 12
Castleford 11 5 6 0 213 216 10
Hull FC 11 5 6 0 232 302 10
Huddersfield 104 6 0 162 222 8
Salford 9 2 7 0 166 253 4
Wakefield 9 2 7 0 138 252 4
Hull KR 10 2 8 0 166 280 4
*2020 season to be decided by points percentage.Tennis
US Open
Flushing Meadows, New York: Women’s
semi-finals (4) N Osaka (Japan) bt (28) J
Brady (US) 7-6(7-1), 6-3, 6-3; V Azarenka (Bela)
bt (3) S Williams (US) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3.Durham v Derbyshire
Emirates Riverside (Durham won toss):
Durham (2pts) beat Derbyshire (0) by 55
runs
Durham (balls)
A Z Lees not out 77 (56)
G Clark c du Plooy b Madsen 45 (20)
B A Raine c Hosein b Reece 71 (39)
B A Carse not out 17 (6)
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 2, nb 2) 13
Total (2 wkts, 20 overs) 223
S Steel, †D G Bedingham, F Behardien, P
Coughlin, L Trevaskis, M J Potts and *N J
Rimmington did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-70, 2-193.
Bowling McKiernan 2-0-20-0; Conners 2-0-
25-0; Barnes 3-0-41-0; Madsen 4-0-27-1;
Critchley 3-0-29-0; Cohen 4-0-50-0; Reece 2-
0-22-1.
Derbyshire (balls)
L M Reece b Steel 42 (34)
*B Godleman c Bedingham b Coughlin 17(14)
W Madsen c Bedingham b Rimmington 12 (9)
J L du Plooy not out 53 (32)
M Critchley c Bedingham b Coughlin 8 (9)
M McKiernan c Trevaskis b Rimmington 25(19)
A Dal not out 7 (3)
Extras (b 1, lb 3) 4
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 168
†H R Hosein, M A R Cohen, E Barnes and S
Conners did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-46, 2-70, 3-83, 4-95, 5-143.
Bowling Steel 4-0-26-1; Potts 4-0-34-0; Carse
2-0-24-0; Coughlin 2-0-20-2; Trevaskis 4-0-
29-0; Rimmington 4-0-31-2.Leicestershire v Yorkshire
Leicester (Leicestershire Foxes won toss):
Leicestershire Foxes (2pts) beat Yorkshire
(0) by three wickets
Yorkshire (balls)
A Lyth c Mike b Delany 71 (46)
T Kohler-Cadmore c Mike b Davis 3 (6)
*D J Willey b Davis 27 (17)
H C Brook c Taylor b Delany 15 (15)
W A R Fraine run out 0 (0)
†J A Tattersall not out 22 (17)
J A Thompson c Hill b Taylor 44 (19)
Extras (lb 4, w 2) 6
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 188
M D Fisher, B O Coad, J E Poysden and J W
Shutt did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-28, 2-98, 3-110, 4-114, 5-124,
6-188.
Bowling Parkinson 4-0-34-0; Ackermann 3-
0-20-0; Taylor 3-0-35-1; Davis 3-0-32-2;
Griffiths 2-0-27-0; Delany 3-0-26-2; Lilley 2-0-
10-0.
Leicestershire (balls)
H E Dearden c Willey b Fisher 7 (13)
G J Delany c Tattersall b Willey 64 (41)
A M Lilley c Brook b Shutt 30 (14)
*C N Ackermann lbw b Willey 58 (34)
T A I Taylor lbw b Coad 0 (1)
†L J Hill c Kohler-Cadmore b Fisher 2 (4)
H J Swindells c Coad b Fisher 0 (2)
B W M Mike not out 22 (9)
C F Parkinson not out 3 (3)
Extras (lb 2, w 2, nb 2) 6
Total (7 wkts, 20 overs) 192
G T Griffiths and W S Davis did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-19, 2-61, 3-149, 4-158, 5-163, 6-
164, 7-178.J B Lintott c Cooke b van der Gugten 7 (7)
J S Patel not out 4 (5)
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (9 wkts, 20 overs) 142
Fall of wickets 1-1, 2-29, 3-32, 4-55, 5-71, 6-72,
7-108, 8-114, 9-125.
Bowling Sisodiya 4-0-19-2; Salter 4-0-34-2;
Smith 4-0-39-1; van der Gugten 4-0-27-3; de
Lange 4-0-23-0.
Glamorgan (balls)
D L Lloyd c Sibley b Bresnan 21 (13)
N J Selman c Stone b Bresnan 6 (6)
A Balbirnie c Stone b Lintott 30 (29)
*†C B Cooke c Lintott b Bresnan 12 (13)
M de Lange c and b Lintott 1 (3)
A O Morgan c Hose b Stone 7 (17)
C Z Taylor b Lintott 2 (3)
A G Salter not out 12 (15)
R A J Smith b Stone 1 (3)
T van der Gugten not out 34 (19)
Extras (lb 1nb 2) 3
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 129
P Sisodiya did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-21, 2-29, 3-47, 4-48, 5-79,
6-80, 7-82, 8-83.
Bowling Bresnan 4-0-26-3; Stone 4-0-31-2;
Patel 4-0-27-0; Lintott 4-0-11-3; Brookes 4-0-
33-0.
P W LT NR PtsNRR
Gloucestershire 64 1 0 1 9 1.
Northamptonshire64 1 0 1 9 0.
Birmingham 6320 1 7 1.
Somerset 6230 1 5 0.
Glamorgan 6140 1 3 0.
Worcestershire 6140 1 3 1.North group
Nottinghamshire v Lancashire
Trent Bridge (Notts Outlaws won toss):
Notts Outlaws (2pts) beat Lancashire (0) by
six wickets
Lancashire (balls)
†A L Davies c Mullaney b Christian 18 (13)
L S Livingstone c Wasim b Patel 33 (20)
K K Jennings c Ball b Patel 33 (25)
S J Croft c Nash b Ball 37 (38)
*D J Vilas lbw b Fletcher 31 (19)
J J Bohannon not out 1 (1)
D J Lamb not out 10 (4)
Extras (w 4) 4
Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 167
L Wood, T E Bailey, T Hartley and M W
Parkinson did not bat.
Fall of wickets:1-48, 2-65, 3-101, 4-155, 5-156.
Bowling Wasim 4-0-23-0; Ball 3-0-33-1;
Fletcher 3-0-42-1; Christian 2-0-19-1; Patel 4-0-
19-2; Mullaney 4-0-31-0.
Nottinghamshire (balls)
C D Nash c sub b Croft 2 (3)
A D Hales b Livingstone 19 (17)
J M Clarke c sub b Livingstone 77 (36)
B M Duckett c Bailey b Parkinson 18 (15)
†T J Moores not out 31 (19)
*D T Christian not out 20 (13)
Extras (nb 2) 2
Total (4 wkts, 17 overs) 169
S J Mullaney, S R Patel, S I Wasim, L J Fletcher
and J T Ball did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-2, 2-84, 3-115, 4-134.
Bowling Croft 1-0-7-1; Hartley 4-0-37-0; Wood
2-0-30-0; Bailey 1-0-13-0; Lamb 1-0-27-0;
Parkinson 4-0-42-1; Livingstone 4-0-13-2.Cricket
Vitality T20 Blast
South group
Essex v Surrey
Chelmsford (Essex Eagles won toss):
Surrey (2pts) beat Essex (0) by four wickets
Essex (balls)
C S Delport c Amla b Moriarty 64 (32)
†A Wheater st Foakes b Moriarty 63 (40)
D Lawrence c Overton b Moriarty 17 (12)
R N Ten Doeschate not out 27 (20)
P I Walter c and b Batty 1 (3)
S R Harmer c Overton b Batty 0 (1)
M S Pepper c Jacks b Topley 2 (6)
J H Plom b Topley 0 (1)
A P Beard b Topley 9 (5)
A S S Nijjar not out 0 (0)
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 7) 12
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 195
S Cook did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-105, 2-144, 3-156, 4-157, 5-157,
6-164, 7-165, 8-192.
Bowling Topley 4-0-38-3; Jacks 3-0-25-0;
Atkinson 2-0-31-0; Overton 3-0-37-0;
Moriarty 4-0-36-3; Batty 4-0-23-2.
Surrey (balls)
H M Amla lbw b Nijjar 0 (1)
W G Jacks b Cook 29 (15)
L J Evans not out 88 (52)
†B T Foakes c Walter b Beard 4 (4)
R J Burns c Nijjar b Lawrence 30 (26)
J Overton c Lawrence b Beard 30 (17)
J L Smith c Delport b Beard 0 (1)
A A P Atkinson not out 10 (5)
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 2) 7
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 198
G J Batty, D Moriarty and R J W Topley did
not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-54, 3-59, 4-137, 5-177, 6-178.
Bowling Nijjar 3-0-30-1; Cook 4-0-44-1; Beard 3-
0-41-3; Plom 3-0-28-0; Harmer 4-0-29-0; Delport
1-0-11-0; Lawrence 1-0-9-1; Walter 1-0-3-0.
P W L T NR Pts NRR
Kent 530 1 1 80.
Surrey 63 1 1 1 80.
Sussex 53 10 1 70.
Middlesex 5121 140.
Hampshire 5130 130.
Essex 60 4 1 1 20.
Central group
Northamptonshire v Gloucestershire
Northampton (Northamptonshire
Steelbacks won toss): Gloucestershire
(2pts) beat Northamptonshire (0) by 35
runs
Gloucestershire (balls)
M A H Hammond c Sole b Cobb 0 (4)
C D J Dent c Sanderson b White 50 (27)
I A Cockbain c Sole b Procter 40 (24)
R F Higgins c Stirling b White 25 (18)
†J R Bracey c Sanderson b White 14 (10)
*J M R Taylor not out 24 (19)
G F B Scott b Buck 21 (14)
G L van Buuren not out 8 (5)
Extras (w 1, nb 2) 3
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 185
T Smith, M D Taylor and D A Payne did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-90, 3-97, 4-125, 5-135, 6-167.
Bowling Cobb 3-0-21-1; Sanderson 4-0-49-0;
Berg 2-0-27-0; Buck 4-0-43-1; White 4-0-28-3;
Procter 3-0-17-1.
Northamptonshire (balls)
R E Levi st Bracey b van Buuren 20 (19)
P R Stirling st Bracey b van Buuren 32 (20)
*J J Cobb b van Buuren 0 (2)
†A M Rossington c Dent b Higgins 29 (32)
A G Wakely c Dent b Smith 14 (17)
T B Sole c Cockbain b Payne 8 (9)
L A Procter not out 20 (13)
G G White not out 20 (9)
Extras (lb 1, w 4, nb 2) 7
Total (6 wkts, 20 overs) 150
G Berg, N L Buck and B Sanderson did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-51, 2-51, 3-58, 4-92, 5-105, 6-117.
Bowling Payne 4-0-35-1; Taylor 4-0-44-0;
Higgins 4-0-37-1; van Buuren 4-0-15-3; Smith
4-0-18-1.Somerset v Worcestershire
Taunton (Worcestershire Rapids won toss):
Worcestershire Rapids (2pts) beat
Somerset (0) by 3 runs
Worcestershire (balls)
H D Rutherford c and b Gregory 46 (29)
M H Wessels b Waller 1 (2)
J D Libby c Abell b Gregory 48 (46)
†O B Cox not out 56 (34)
R A Whiteley c Abell b Sale 12 (8)
B L D’Oliveira not out 0 (2)
Extras (b 2, w 1, nb 2) 5
Total (4 wkts, 20 overs) 168
*E G Barnard, D K H Mitchell, P R Brown, A W
Finch and C A J Morris did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-3, 2-83, 3-111, 4-161.
Bowling Waller 4-0-21-1; Overton 3-0-25-0;
Sale 3-0-39-1; Gregory 4-0-31-2; Van der
Merwe 4-0-30-0; Lammonby 2-0-20-0.
Somerset (balls)
M B Azam lbw b Morris 0 (1)
†S M Davies lbw b Brown 12 (15)
W C F Smeed c Cox b Finch 4 (6)
T B Abell c Mitchell b Brown 60 (39)
*L Gregory b Mitchell 24 (18)
E J Byrom c D’Oliveira b Barnard 6 (10)
T A Lammonby c Morris b Barnard 14 (12)
R E Van der Merwe c Cox b Brown 15(10)
C Overton not out 17 (9)
O R T Sale not out 1 (1)
Extras (lb 7, w 3, nb 2) 12
Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 165
M T C Waller did not bat.
Fall of wickets 1-0, 2-7, 3-30, 4-73, 5-94, 6-121,
7-134, 8-164.
Bowling Morris 3-0-22-1; Finch 3-0-22-1;
Brown 4-0-39-3; Mitchell 4-0-28-1; D’Oliveira
3-0-26-0; Barnard 3-0-21-2.Birmingham Bears v Glamorgan
Edgbaston (Birmingham Bears won toss):
Birmingham Bears (2pts) beat Glamorgan
(0) by 13 runs
Birmingham (balls)
E J Pollock c Cooke b van der Gugten12 (11)
D P Sibley c and b Sisodiya 0 (1)
A J Hose c Smith b Salter 23 (20)
S R Hain lbw b Smith 3 (6)
*W M H Rhodes run out 46 (31)
†M G K Burgess c Taylor b Salter 9 (6)
T T Bresnan b Sisodiya 1 (3)
H J H Brookes c Morgan b van der Gugten14 (12)
O P Stone not out 22 (18)Brentford can go
one better this time
Title contenders
Brentford will be bruised by that defeat
against Fulham in last season’s play-off
final but Thomas Frank’s effervescence
and a sparkling new stadium will
ensure his squad are looking to the
future. The division’s player of the year,
Ollie Watkins, is a huge loss, and Said
Benrahma may still depart, but Ivan
Toney, a £10 million recruit from Peter-
borough, should flourish.
Watford have added Glenn Murray
to a forward line that already includes
Troy Deeney, Andre Gray, Danny Wel-
beck and Ismaïla Sarr. Vladimir Ivic,
Watford’s latest manager, arrives on the
back of success with Maccabi Tel Aviv.
After Norwich City’s exit from the
Premier League, Stuart Webber, the
sporting director, has so far kept hold of
key assets. The left back Jamal Lewis is
the only notable departure.
Play-off hopefuls
Bournemouth have lost Nathan Aké,
Aaron Ramsdale, Callum Wilson, the
captain Simon Francis and, of course,
their longstanding manager Eddie
Howe since relegation was confirmed.
Jason Tindall, Howe’s No 2, steps up
and has a squad capable of challenging.
Nottingham Forest somehow
contrived to throw away a place in the
play-offs on the final day and so Sabri
Lamouchi, the head coach, has added
Championship experience with Tyler
Blackett, Jack Colback, Luke Freeman
and Lyle Taylor joining.
The former Wigan Athletic striker
Kieffer Moore seems like a good fit for
Neil Harris’s Cardiff City, while their
Welsh rivals Swansea City have
snapped up Jamal Lowe from Wigan
but will be without Conor Gallagher
and Rhian Brewster, who, for now, have
returned to Chelsea and Liverpool re-
spectively.
Derby County have lost both full
backs to Sheffield United but have an
exciting crop of youngsters, and Wayne
Rooney orchestrating from the middle.Relegation candidates
Sheffield Wednesday need to make
swift headway on their 12-point deduc-
tion and will hope that Josh Windass,
snaffled from Wigan, and Izzy Brown,
who joins on loan from Chelsea, can
replace the goals of Steven Fletcher,
who has joined Stoke City
Reading ushered Mark Bowen out
the door and replaced him with Veljko
Paunovic. Birmingham City have
turned to Aitor Karanka. The pair walk
into the most discombobulated clubs in
the Championship. Promoted teams
Wycombe Wanderers and Rotherham
United meet at Adams Park today.Championship preview
Gregor Robertson
Watford’s winner was ‘Sunday league’
Watford
Cathcart 11 1MiddlesbroughJon West0
Vladimir Ivic’s first game as Watford
manager was decided by a goal that
Neil Warnock was convinced
belonged in Sunday League football
rather than the Championship.
Craig Cathcart headed it home, in
the 11th minute from Ken Sema’s
cross, to allow Watford’s 12th
manager in eight years to startdreaming that he might just also be
the luckiest.
Middlesbrough dominated for huge
spells in the second half with their
captain Britt Assombalonga a
constant menace, but Warnock’s side
could not find the net.
“It’s a good start, it’s a clean sheet
and we can be satisfied with the three
points,” Ivic said. “But we didn’t play
very well with the ball and we need to
work on this part of the game. We can
do much better.”
Warnock, 71, is in his 41st season as
a manager. His side were robust and
uncompromising and had the best of
the chances. “That’s football, isn’t it?”Warnock said. “It’s disappointing to
lose a game where we had so many
good periods but it’s all about scoring.
“It was a Sunday league goal and I
don’t expect to concede them at any
stage of the season. You can’t say we
don’t practise enough. We have got to
get away from that — and make our
own free kicks more dangerous.”
Warnock was able to add Wigan
Athletics’s Egyptian midfielder Sam
Morsy to his squad before kick-off
and hopes to sign more new faces.
Former Arsenal striker Yaya Sanogo,
a free agent after leaving Toulouse,
will not be one of them, however. “It’s
not going to be,” Warnock said.JAMES WILLIAMSON /GETTY IMAGESCatchcart, centre, scored
the first goal of the season