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Sutton out for up to a month

Written By Unknown on Senin, 05 Agustus 2013 | 23.40

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John Sutton of the Rabbitohs runs the ball. Source: Ian Hitchcock / Getty Images

SOUTH Sydney Rabbitohs five-eighth John Sutton will miss two to four weeks of football after spraining his left ankle in last Saturday night's loss to the North Queensland Cowboys.

Scans on Monday confirmed that Sutton will join Greg Inglis on the sidelines as the club slipped to second on the ladder following Saturday's 30-12 loss.

The injury occurred in the 36th minute of the match but according to Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire, the club will be able to cover for the playmaker while he heals.

"John will be missed but we know he will manage his injury professionally and our medical team will work with him to have him return to the field as soon as possible in the best shape possible," Maguire said. 

"We'll announce our team tomorrow, but Luke Keary has done a good job coming on as a replacement at five-eighth in recent weeks and we're confident in his ability to get the job done while John is on the sidelines."

Souths have lost two of their past three games and face rampaging Melbourne on Friday night at AAMI Park.


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Video: Is hot spot a waste of time?

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Kevin Pietersen expressed his displeasure after being given out following his referral. Source:AFP

Hot spot is a waste of time.

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This sophisticated and expensive infrared technology clearly doesn't work as it is intended.

Either that or the video umpire now has so little faith in it he simply ignores it.

Kevin Pietersen's dismissal has become the latest confusing reason why hot spot doesn't matter any more.

There was a jubilant appeal by the Australians 15 minutes before lunch on the final day of the third Test at Old Trafford as England was desperately attempting to hold on for a draw.

Pietersen was just eight when he pushed at a ball from Siddle which was taken by wicket-keeper Brad Haddin.

The gloveman and slips went up as one, celebrating wildly that they had claimed England's biggest wicket.


Watch the video at the top of the page and decide for yourself!


Umpire Tony Hill took a customary age before giving Pietersen out, much to his great shock.

He walked down the pitch to batting partner Joe Root shaking his head and called for a review.

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Numerous replays showed there was no white mark on the edge of his grey bat with the grainy, charcoal pictures offered by hot spot.

Yet video umpire Kumar Dharmasena found no evidence to overturn Hill's decision.

It was certainly not as bad as the shocking decision Dharmasena upheld against Khawaja in the first innings, when a ball from Graeme Swann had clearly turned well past Khawaja's bat.

Pietersen may well have tickled a thin edge. Certainly the "snicko" white line went off as though there had been a mild earthquake, although snicko does pick up all sounds at that moment.

It could have been a noise from anywhere, which is why video umpires are not allowed to use it. However they do have direct stump mike audio which can sometimes replay the sound of a nick.

Whatever the case, hot spot now only adds to the confusion and lack of confidence surrounding the umpiring and decision review system (DRS) in this series.

A day earlier England wicket-keeper Matt Prior believed that David Warner had nicked a hook shot in Australia's second innings but was given not out.

"There was disbelief because he hit it and that's why we referred it and when you are that sure and it is still given not out it is quite frustrating, so that's why there was a bit of chat around," Prior said after stumps on day four.

"It is cricket at the moment. There wasn't any evidence and that is frustrating. All you can go on from a referral point of view was how you see it."

Prior remains a fan of the DRS despite the blunders in this series which have too often overshadowed the cricket.

"It works and it is the way forward but once you use a review you have to then get a decision right.

"Once it goes up to the third umpire the decision that comes out has to be the correct decision.

"Whether the technology needs to be looked at or how they use it, I don't know. But for the players at the moment that is the biggest frustration."


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Perry set for crucial Ashes role

Ellyse Perry is set to play a crucial role in the Southern Stars' Ashes campaign. Source: AAP

STRIKE bowler Ellyse Perry is on track to play a crucial role in the Australian women's team's defence of the Ashes.

The Southern Stars were playing England A in Hertfordshire overnight Monday.

With Australia batting first, Perry was set to be unleashed on Tuesday night in preparation for the Ashes Test, which starts at Wormsley Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Perry battled an ankle injury during Australia's successful one-day World Cup campaign in February and had surgery on her return from India. The 22-year-old required further surgery in April.

"She's bowling off her long run," Australian coach Cathryn Fitzpatrick said.

"She bowled six overs in a row (on Sunday), not a problem.''

"She's due to bowl 10 on Tuesday and I can't see her having any issues getting through that."

Swing bowler Julie Hunter is under an injury cloud and missed the tour match.

Western Australian swing bowler Gemma Triscari was added to the squad last week.

"(The bowlers) will be monitored with their loads, " Fitzpatrick said.

Australia holds the Ashes and will play England in one Test, three one-day games and three Twenty20 matches.


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Rain allows England to retain Ashes

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England retained the Ashes in fairly low-key fashion. Source:Getty Images

FOR England the Ashes. For Australia? Just the splashes.

3rd Test - Old Trafford

1 August 2013 - Day 5, Session 3

England 2nd Innings

J. Root 13 57 1 0 22.81
I. Bell 4 14 0 0 28.57
P. Siddle 3.3 0 8 1 2.29

With aching predictably, as Australia moved in on a famous victory in the third Test at Old Trafford, England played its trump card. The weather.

Kevin Pietersen's first innings century was not quite enough to ensure England retained their four year stranglehold on the fragile little trophy. But the showers and drizzle that washed out play at 4.39pm (local time) on the final day did the job.

Agonisingly for Australia, a quest for the Ashes which seemed likely to end in disaster after narrow defeat at Trent Bridge, and complete disaster at Lord's, instead provided a tantalising glimpse of redemption.

Having set England 332 to win on the last day, the Australian bowlers ripped through the top order. Alastair Cook (0), Jonathan Trott (11) and the dangerous Pietersen (8) were all back in the sheds before lunch, as England slumped to 3-35.

However, there would be only three more balls bowled. The half-over sent down by Peter Siddle - one ball of which caught the gloves of Ian Bell, and lobbed tantalisingly over the slips.


Follow the action in our Match Centre, featuring video of every wicket and boundary, and get all the best reaction and analysis in our live blog.


Then, heavy showers which were soon replaced by persistent drizzle. Just enough to keep the players off the field, and ensure the Ashes would remain, both literally and spiritually, at their permanent Lord's home.

Deservedly, England celebrated. If luck deserted Australia at Old Trafford, the English had made their own with their superior batting at Trent Bridge and Lord's.

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But, after a quest to return the urn bedevilled in the early stages by off-field strife and on-field incompetence, Australia's campaign ended - apart from the two now dead rubbers - with surprising respectability.

Indeed, dramatically, places had been traded after the Lord's humiliation. Hunted by the English bowlers in the first two Tests, the Australians were briefly the hunters.

The pressure told on England captain Alastair Cook, who wasted a referral when trapped plumb in front by Ryan Harris for a duck.

Harris then overcame the disappointment of his own failed review of an LBW should against Jonathan Trott - replays showed the ball hitting leg stump, but Harris was denied on the "umpire's call" - to have Trott caught down the leg-side in his next over.

Suddenly on a roll, the Australians removed the bogeyman Pietersen, caught down the leg-side by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin from Peter Siddle. Although not before yet another review, and some remonstration from Pietersen who felt, like Hot Spot, that he had not hit it.

And then ... just frustration, disappointment and, finally, the sound of England's celebrations ringing in their ears.

The consolation? Australia had proven itself here a seemingly more determined and united team than the one that meandered into the series on the back of four straight defeats in India.

And the knowledge that they will have to wait only a few months to get another chance to regain the Ashes, rather than the usual two years. This time on home turf.

A week ago, you might have said Australia could play the Ashes in Michael Clarke's backyard and not have a prayer. But, having forced England to rely on stalling tactics and bad weather just to get a draw here, perhaps they can make their own luck.


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Replay: third Ashes Test, day five

Australia's players could only look on from the balcony as heavy rain fell at Old Trafford. Source: AP

ENGLAND have retained the Ashes after a sad and soggy end to day five of the third Test at Old Trafford.

The Aussies were given a brief glimmer of hope after claiming three early wickets before the rain that we all knew was coming finally hit hard, forcing play to be abandoned about two hours early.

The one thing that wasn't cut short was our live blog, which kept going throughout the evening.

Relive all the analysis and debate from social media and get all the best videos in our blog below.


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