Australia needs 249 more runs on final day with 10 wickets left to beat England in 5th Ashes test

LONDON (AP) — Play was abandoned for the day at the Oval yesterday with Australia needing 249 more runs with all wickets intact to beat England in the fifth Ashes test, setting up a potentially thrilling finish to a classic series.

Rain had already frustrated both teams on the fourth day with Australia going to an early tea — which turned into stumps — on 1350 in its second innings after 38 overs.

Australia is chasing a target of 384 — 121 more than the ground record — after quickly dismissing England for 395 in the morning. There was still time for a swashbuckling six from Stuart Broad, who announced Saturday night he is retiring from cricket after this match.

David Warner (58 not out) and Usman Khawaja (69 not out) are at the crease.

Holder Australia leads the five-test series 2-1 and has already retained the urn. England pacer Mark Wood was finally introduced after lunch for the 33rd over of the innings and Australia brought up two milestones. A Warner single saw the hun-

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VIRGO (Aug. 23–Se pt. 22) dred partnership for the first wicket reached and Khawaja edged the next ball for four to go to a third half-century of the series.

Warner followed his opening partner to fifty, reaching the milestone off 90 balls in his final innings in England, having signaled his intention to retire in January.

In the next over, Khawaja cut away for four to move on to 60, which took his total of runs for the series to 483, moving him top of the runscoring charts for this Ashes ahead of Zak Crawley’s 480run effort.

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Broad bowled six overs for 15 but was unable to give fans the moment they wanted above all — an 18th career dismissal of Warner, though there’s still time. England, which lacked the killer touch in the last rain-hit test, needs 10 wickets on the final day of an absorbing series to secure a 2-2 scoreline and a share of the spoils. But there is now a real chance that the visitors could win outright on English soil for the first time in 22 years with some rain expected but not as much as Sunday.

It would be a fine achievement if Australia managed it, requiring the eighth-highest successful fourth-innings chase in test history, the second-best from an Australian side and the second-best in this country.

England is hoping the last day will belong to the 37-yearold Broad.

“If there was one more fairy tale left it would be ideal if it was Stuart’s last five-for,” England assistant coach Marcus Trescothick said. “One or two wickets to win and he runs in and gets his last five-for ... something like that would be brilliant, wouldn’t it?”

Play was suspended at 2:41 p.m. when rain arrived and an early tea was called.

The ground staff at the Oval brought on the covers during a drinks break with the rain falling and predicted to last for the rest of yesterday. Play was finally abandoned at 4:47 p.m. local time.

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From page 21 valiant effort to bounce back, but Jamaica’s precision and determination were unmatched.

The final score of 67-49 firmly established Jamaica’s supremacy, signaling their dominance in Pool C.

While Nichole Taljaard and Ine-Marí Venter tried their best, making 11 out of 14 shots and 8 of 9 shots respectively, it wasn’t enough to halt Jamaica’s relentless assault.

The victory places Jamaica at the top of Pool C, securing their spot as the pool leaders, while South Africa takes the second position.

The Sunshine Girls’ impeccable performance and consecutive wins have boosted their confidence as they advance in the Netball World Cup, further fueling hopes of a first World Cup title.

Jonathan Hicks, Justin Hicks, Khemraj Bharrat and Joel Barry - all received a pair of batting gloves for being selected as promising players of the future.

Leon Balkarran also received a junior bat as a committed member of the RHTYSC.

A total of six young cricketers each received a designer watch.

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The Cricketer of the Academy expressed gratitude to the RHTYSC and the coaches for hosting such an important progra mme for youths.

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