Ball is hit by injury
TATHMEEN (14) R Hannon 9-7 (D) .......................... J Crowley 113 MR TOP HAT (14) P Evans 9-7 (D) ........................... Fran Berry 114 PICTURE NO SOUND (15) R Fahey 9-6 (D) .Adam J McNamara (3) 87 CANFORD’S JOY (29) Mrs A Duffield 9-4 (D2) ................ S Gray 92 CAPTAIN JAMESON (29) J J Quinn 9-3 (D) .................... J Hart 102 KIMIFIVE (27) J Tuite 8-12 ................................ Oisin Murphy 98 FEEBS (33) M W Easterby 8-11 (D) ...................... P Mulrennan 73 EXCELLENT TIMES (12) T Easterby 8-11 (D) ...... P J McDonald 116 DAWN BREAKING (19) R M Whitaker 8-10 (D2)...L Edmunds (3) 85 GANGLAND (18) R Fahey 8-9 (D) ........................... P Hanagan 101 MABLE LEE (43) I Jardine 8-6 .................... Josephine Gordon 103 BIDDY BRADY (21) T Easterby 8-6 (D).. Rachel Richardson (3) 100 EVA DOCC (26) K Dalgleish 8-0 ................................. A Mullen 77 BETTING: 5 Picture No Sound, 11-2 Mr Top Hat, 6 Excellent Times, 7 Tathmeen, 8 Gangland, Captain Jameson, Dawn Breaking, 12 Biddy Brady, 14 Others. Going: Standard Draw: No advantage in the draw ANOTHER injury scare left England’s resources stretched in their pink-ball trial match after Jake Ball sprained his right ankle as he fell over in his delivery stride against a Cricket Australia XI at the Adelaide Oval.
First-change Ball was bowling round the wicket as he lost his footing, and was unable to resume, in his fourth over - walking gingerly off the pitch for further treatment from physio Craig de Weymarn.
He did not return on day two of four, which ended with the tourists five for none in their second innings after CA declared 60 adrift on 233 for nine thanks to a substantial recovery from 57 for five engineered by Tim Paine (52), Matt Short and then Simon Milenko (50).
There was even a cameo entrance as a sub fielder from England’s fielding coach Paul Collingwood, a one-over interlude only but symptomatic of a nascent tour in which some best-laid plans have faltered already.
Steven Finn is dispatched back home because of torn cartilage in his knee; all-rounder Moeen Ali is reportedly on the mend after his side strain, and Ball is the latest concern.
He will have his ankle reassessed overnight following an incident which has come just two days after Finn’s departure and the summoning of uncapped Tom Curran as his replacement.
England lost their ninth and 10th wickets for 15 runs here inside the first half-hour, rookie leg-spinner Daniel Fallins completing a fivewicket haul on first-class debut when he had James Anderson lbw.
It completed a sequence of five wickets for the addition of just 22 which began the previous evening - but meant at least England could set about making their own inroads with the ball.
They did so well initially as Chris Woakes, and Anderson especially, allowed precious few scoring opportunities.
Survival was very much the limit of Nick Larkin and Jake Carder’s early ambition, and they managed it for almost 10 overs until the former fell lbw pushing forward to Woakes for just six runs from 32 balls.
Number three Ryan Gibson soon went after a full delivery from Ball and was well-caught by a diving Dawid Malan at third slip.
Then with Ball out of the equation, in the first over after the tea break, Carder pulled Craig Overton tamely to mid-on, and Will Pucovski was bowled off-stump playing no shot to leg-spinner Mason Crane, who claimed three victims for 78.