Warner a bunny for Jofra

But Aussie still ends on top

ENGLAND’S Jofra Archer claimed David Warner’s wicket for the sixth time this year on Thursday but the Australian still came out on top when his Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Raj as than Royal sin the Indian Premier League.

Warner, who lost his wicket four times to Archer in Australia’s summer tour of England and again in the IPL two weeks ago, lasted just four balls this time against the fiery quick.

He managed to hit one four in the opening over before being brilliantly caught by England all-rounder Ben Stokes in the slips off Archer. Warner walked off cur sing. “I was frustrated. You try hard to get through the first over, but with someone bowling at 150km/h, you can’t do that much ,” Warner said smiling after the game.

“You try to hit the ball with the middle of the bat or you send it to third man. In my case I got caught,” he added, acknowledging that Archer is “worldclass”.

Archer quickly claimed Jonny Bairstow too and Hyderabad seemed in trouble at 16-2 in the third over as they chased Ra j as than’ s 154-6.

But Manish Pandey (83) and Vijay Shankar (52) put on an unbeaten 140 for the third wicket to seal an overwhelming eight-wicket win. Victory put Hyderabad into fifth — two points behind Kolkata Knight Riders — and still with a hope of a playoff place with four games to play.

Rajasthan dropped to seventh with a mathematical chance but Warner’ s Australian team mate Steve Smith has only three games to go and know she needs a miracle turnaround now to progress.

Smith won the toss and chose to bat but Rajasthan again failed to fire with their 154-6 never see ming enough.