QPlay: Zim beat India, Aus Draw The Ashes & BCCI’s Damp Squib

All the latest sports news in The Quint’s morning wrap.

India Lose to Zimbabwe by 10 runs in 2nd T20 

India’s final match of the Zimbabwe tour and the hosts finally managed to get on the board with a 10-run victory in the second T20 at Harare on Sunday.

Chasing 146 for win, India were looking down the barrel at 69 for five in nine overs. Stuart Binny (24) and debutant Sanju Samson (19) played cameos, but the visitors still fell short at the Harare Sports Club.

For Zimbabwe, Graeme Cremer snapped up three wickets for 18 runs in his four overs, while SC Williams (1/31), Taurai Muzarabani (1/23) and Chris Mpofu (1/26) took one each.

Earlier, Indian bowlers produced an impressive performance to restrict Zimbabwe to 145 for seven, riding on Chamu Chibhabha’s fourth T20I half-century.

India, who had won the ODI series 3-0, thus ended with a 1-1 stalemate in the two-match Twenty20 series.

Johnson Leads Australia to 405-run Rout of England

Mitchell Johnson led Australia’s attack as they thrashed England by 405 runs to win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s and level the five-match series at 1-1.

England, set what would have been a new fourth-innings record of 509 for victory, collapsed to 103 all out after tea on the fourth day.

Left-arm fast bowler Johnson took three for 27 as England were dismissed in a mere 37 overs.

This was only the ninth time in the 138-year history of Test cricket a side had won by more than 400 runs.

Click here for full match report.

1 Hour IPL Meet. No Action. BCCI Need 6 Weeks to Decide Next Move

An hour long meeting and IPL Chairman Rajiv Shukla stepped out to speak to the media, and he might as well have not.

The IPL’s Governing Council- called for an emergency meeting after the Lodha Committee report last week- made no concrete decisions, instead chose to set up yet another committee that will decide the way forward.

The members of the said working committee will be chosen by Shukla by Monday and will now get six more weeks to study the Lodha Committee report in full and give their recommendation to the board.

The IPL GC hence authorised the Chairman, Shri Rajeev Shukla, to constitute a working group which will study this verdict, in consultation with all our key advisors and explore all the possible measures to be adopted, with an objective to protect the interests of all the stakeholders involved.
– BCCI Statement

To read our detailed piece on the BCCI’s plans for yet another committee. Click here: #IPLVerdict: Too Many Talking Heads And Very Few Decisions

Somdev, Yuki Ensure India Advance to World Group Play-offs

A fired up Yuki Bhambri closed things out after Somdev Devvarman levelled the scores to help India advanced to World Group Play-offs following a 3-2 win over New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I Davis Cup tie.

Yuki was authoritative in his 6-2 6-2 6-3 drubbing of Michael Venus in the decider after Somdev levelled the tie with his 6-4 6-4 6-4 win over Marcus Daniell in the first match of the day.

On Moving Day, Spieth Rolls Into Contention but Amateur Dunne Steals The Show

Jordan Spieth surged through a gridlocked British Open leaderboard as a third straight major title loomed large but he had to share the spotlight with Irish amateur Paul Dunne at St Andrews on Sunday.

The 21-year-old American, bidding to become the first man to win the year’s first three majors since Ben Hogan in 1953, stormed home with a seven-birdie, six-under 66 for an 11-under total, one off the lead.

Dunne, an amateur, ended a crazy day of low scoring in a three-way tie at the top on 12-under par 204 with Australian Jason Day and 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.

India’s Anirban Lahiri had a shaky day on the course, finishing with -1 for the day and tied at 26th with a total score of -6.

Australian Surfer Fanning Survives Shark Attack

Australian surfer Mick Fanning survived a shark attack in Sunday’s final of the World Surfing League’s J-Bay Open.

The Australian managed to fight off the predator, hitting it on its back before it swam off, leaving him shaken as he waited for a support boat to return him safely to shore.

“I was just sitting there and I felt something just get stuck in my leg rope, and I was kicking trying to get it away,” Fanning told Fox Sports. “I punched him in the back”.

“I instantly just jumped away. It kept coming at my board and I was kicking and screaming. I just saw fins. I was waiting for the teeth.”