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England still in the fight: Root

JOE ROOT said England were “well and truly” still in the day-night second Ashes Test despite Australia seizing a 44-run lead on day two in Brisbane. England scored 334 in their first innings on the back of Root’s epic 138 not out, his first century on Australian soil. But some wayward bowling and dropped catches helped the hosts back into the con test, with Australia end ing on 378-6 to give themselves the opportu nity to build a healthy

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can turn in our favour.” Root also reflected on his breakthrough ton, his 40th overall, glad to get the monkey off his back. “I tried not to approach anything dif ferent to the last couple of years,“ he said. “Any time you contrib ute in an Ashes it means a huge amount. The most enjoyable thing was to get into a position to get us in the game.” – AFP

“It is different fielding to a pink ball, we practise really hard, just one of those days when things didn’t stick to hand,“ he added. “We’ll keep backing ourselves. We need to take four wickets. It’s a simple game. Energy and positivity. “We know our best cricket can turn a game very quickly. “If we are anywhere near our best this game

lead on a deteriorating pitch. “It’s clear we weren’t at our best... but we took those wickets in a clus ter, which shows the nature of this game,” Root told TNT Sports , referring to Brydon Carse removing Cameron Green and Steve Smith within four deliveries. “More work to do but we’re well and truly in this game.

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Crowded leaderboard Young grabs share of World Challenge lead as Scheffler slips CAMERON YOUNG fired an 8 under 64 to surge into a five way tie for the lead at the Hero World Challenge yesterday as two-time (of) putts down the stretch,” said Young, who claimed his lone PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship this year and was a captain’s pick for the US Ryder Cup team.

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defending champ Scottie Scheffler was left regretting “a few too many mistakes.” After picking up two strokes on the front nine, Young caught fire coming in at Albany Golf Club in Nassau in the Bahamas. He birdied 10 and 12, then picked up five strokes in the space of four holes with a birdie at 14 followed by an eagle at 15 and birdies at 16 and 17. He was tied on 10 under 134 with Japan’s former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama, reigning US Open champion JJ Spaun, former US Open champ Wyndham Clark and Akshay Bhatia. Young said he was “fortunate” to chip in for eagle at the par-five 15th, calling his late surge “one of those little stretches where I had some tap-ins and then made a couple, too.” “Just ended up being a big string of good holes,” said Young, who gave back a stroke with a bogey at the last. He said his game was not very different from Friday, when he signed for a 2-under. “I feel like I played pretty similarly and just made a couple

Matsuyama had six birdies without a bogey in his six-under 66. Spaun, Clark and Bhatia, who were all part of a five-way tie for the overnight lead, each carded 4 under 68s. World No. 1 Scheffler, who was among the first-round leaders, had an eagle and a double-bogey along with four birdies and a bogey in his 3-under 69. “I think I did some good things out there,” Scheffler said. “Just a few too many mistakes, but overall still felt pretty good.” While Scheffler is going for a third straight victory in the unofficial 20-man event hosted by Tiger Woods, he said it offers less of a chance to build momentum for the upcoming season than to assess where his game is after his post-Ryder Cup break. “I think you can always

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take good momentum from playing well (but) I wouldn’t look too far into it if I didn’t have a good week this week,“ he said. “Overall I feel like it’s a good place to kind of see where my game’s at and then kind of get ready for the season.” – AFP

Cameron Young plays his shot during the second round of the Hero World Challenge 2025. – AFPPIC

Greaves double ton earns Windies draw AN epic 202 not out by Justin Greaves and a stubborn support role by Kemar Roach saw the West Indies salvage a valiant draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch yesterday. bringing up his maiden double century in the penultimate over. Roach was unbeaten on his Test best of 58 which included facing 72 dot balls when he was on 53. The pair put on a gutsy 180 for the seventh wicket.

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innings to just Jacob Duffy and Zak Foulkes. Both were playing only their second Test. The placid pitch was also of little assistance to the spinners, allowing Shai Hope and Greaves to cash in for the fifth wicket amassing 196 runs in a 64-over stand. Duffy was New Zealand’s most successful bowler with 3-122 to go with his five wickets in the first Test. The second Test starts in Wellington on Wednesday. – AFP

A draw seemed a distant prospect for the tourists when the top order failed to fire yet again and they slumped to 72-4. But New Zealand were down on fire power as injuries to Matt Henry and Nathan Smith reduced their pace attack in the second

Set a colossal target of 531, 113 more than the current record for a successful fourth-innings chase, the West Indies were 457-6 at close, the second-highest Test fourth innings. Greaves battled for almost 10 hours and faced 388 deliveries,