14 Sunday, August 23, 2020 Sports Crawley cracks double ton; Anderson rocks with a treble 24-3 in Zak Attack: Rewrites record books reply to hosts’ 583-8 declared AFP Southampton

Zak Crawley converted his maiden Test hundred into a su- perb innings of 267 on Saturday Qatar’s world high jump as England piled on the runs champion Mutaz Barshim against Pakistan in their series trains in Malmo, Sweden. finale at Southampton before James Anderson rocked the Barshim tourists with a late treble strike. Crawley and , begins training who made 152, shared a stand of 359 that powered England to in Sweden 583-8 declared on the second day of the third Test. QNA England, 1-0 up in a three- Malmo (Sweden) match contest and looking for a first series win over Pakistan England’s James Anderson (left) celebrates with Dom Bess after taking the of Pakistan’s on The world and Olympic in a decade, then saw Anderson the second day of the third Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. (AFP) champion Mutaz Essa Bar- reduce the tourists to 24-3 at shim began a preparatory the close – a deficit of 559 runs Scoreboard training camp in Malmo, – as he moved to within four of Zak Crawley’s 267 at Southampton on Saturday was the 7th- Sweden, which is within his becoming the first paceman to England 1st Innings (overnight: 332-4) Total: (For 8 wkts dec, 154.4 overs, 671 mins) 583 Abid Ali c Sibley b Anderson 1 highest maiden in the 143-year history of Test-match preparatory programme take 600 in Tests. R. Burns c Masood b Afridi 6 Did not bat: J Archer, J Anderson. Azhar Ali 4 and the tenth highest innings by any England batsman. for upcoming events. was plumb D. Sibley lbw b Yasir Shah 22 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Burns), 2-73 (Sibley), lbw b Anderson 11 Crawley’s partnership of 359 with Jos Buttler, who made 152, The Qatar Athletics lbw for four before fellow open- Z. Crawley st Rizwan b Shafiq 267 3-114 (Root), 4-127 (Pope), 5-486 (Crawley), Extras: (b1, lb1, w2) 4 was the equal sixth highest for any England wicket in Tests. Federation, on its social er Abid Ali (one) edged Ander- J. Root c Rizwan b Naseem Shah 29 6-530 (Buttler), 7-547 (Woakes), 8-583 (Broad). Total: (For 3 wkts, 10.5 overs, 55 mins) 24 O. Pope b Yasir Shah 3 : Afridi 33.4-5-121-2 (3nb, 1w); Abbas To bat: , Fawad Alam, Mohammad The top 10 highest maiden Test hundreds are as follows media platforms, on Fri- son low to Dom Sibley at third J. Buttler c and b Alam 152 33-8-82-0; Yasir 39-3-173-2; Naseem 27-6- Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Mohd Abbas, , (score, player, opposition, venue, year): day said that Barshim slip. And with what became the C. Woakes c Yasir Shah b Alam 40 109-1; Alam 12-0-46-2; Masood 3-1-11-0; Naseem Shah; Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Masood), will participate in daily last ball of the day, Anderson 365* Garry Sobers wIS v PAK Kingston 1958 D. Bess not out 27 Shafiq 7-0-24-1 (1nb). 2-11 (Abid), 3-24 (Babar). 311 AUS v ENG Old Trafford 1964 exercises to prepare for had star batsman Babar Azam S. Broad b Afridi 15 Pakistan 1st Innings Bowling: Anderson 5.5-1-13-3; Broad 3-1-6-0; 303* Karun Nair IND v ENG Chennai 2016 the upcoming champion- lbw for 11 with one that cut back. Extras: (b4, lb13, nb4, w1) 22 Shan Masood lbw b Anderson 4 Archer 2-0-3-0 (1w). Toss: England. 287 Reginald Foster eNG v AUS Sydney 1903 ships, the most important Anderson had stumps 277 Brian Lara wIS v AUS Sydney 1993 of which is the Olympic figures of 3-13 in 5.5 overs. tler was also a new England was the seventh England bats- Mohammad Rizwan off part- 274 Zaheer Abbas PAK v ENG Edgbaston 1971 Games Tokyo 2021. England’s total was their fifth-wicket record in Tests, sur- man to turn his maiden Test time spinner Asad Shafiq. 267 Zak Crawley eNG v PAK Southampton 2020 Last year, Barshim highest in Tests since they made passing the 254 shared by Keith hundred into a double cen- Crawley faced 393 balls, 256 Rohan Kanhai wIS v IND Kolkata 1958 won the Arab Athlete of 589-8 declared against Pakistan Fletcher and Tony Greig against tury and the first since Rob hitting 34 fours and one six, in 255* Jackie McGlew RSA v NZL Wellington 1953 the Year, presented by the at Old Trafford four years ago. India at the Brabourne Stadium Key against the West Indies at what was the 10th-highest Test 251 Wally Hammond ENG v AUS Sydney 1928 Spanish newspaper AS, af- Three of Pakistan’s front- in Mumbai in February 1973. Lord’s in 2004. score by an England batsman. ter winning the high jump line bowlers conceded over 100 One of the few false shots Earlier, Buttler completed Together with Buttler, he * Not Out (AFP) gold at the World Athletics runs each, with leg-spinner Ya- of his innings saw Crawley, 186 just the second hundred of his had taken England from 127-4 Championships in Doha. sir Shah (2-173 from 39 overs) not out at lunch, go to 200 when 47-match Test career and first to 486-5 against an increasingly England’s Zak Crawley celebrates reaching his double century as Barshim won two Olym- and teenage paceman Naseem he edged a four past second slip as a wicketkeeper. ragged Pakistan. Pakistan’s Naseem Shah looks on during the second day of their pic medals - a bronze in Lon- Shah (1-109 in 27) both going off Naseem – his 25th boundary Crawley, advancing down World Cup-winner Buttler third Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. (AFP) don 2012 and silver in Rio for more than four an over. in 331 balls. the pitch, lofted Yasir over saw his seven-and-a-half-hour 2016. He is a two-time world Crawley’s innings was the But he still received ap- long-off for six before a clipped innings -- the longest of his in a commanding position at terrupted by rain breaks, had champion, after winning the seventh highest maiden hun- plause from his team-mates in boundary off paceman Mo- career -- end tamely when he 332-4. moved on to 99 when, after high jump gold medal in dred in 143 years of Test-match a match being played behind hammad Abbas saw him to chipped a gentle return catch Crawley was 171 not out, in opposing wicketkeeper Ri- London 2017. He retained cricket and the 10th highest closed doors because of the 250. But his near 10-hour to Fawad Alam, another occa- his eighth Test, with Buttler un- zwan came up to the stumps, the title in Doha 2019. score by any England batsman. COVID-19 outbreak. innings end when he was sional spinner. beaten on 87. he was given out caught be- His partnership with But- The 22-year-old Crawley down the legside by England resumed Saturday Buttler, in a morning in- hind off Abbas. Djokovic, Williams enter New York Raptors’ Nurse named bubble for US Open tune-up NBA Coach DPA in a Masters 1000 event the New York week right before a major. of the Year Meanwhile, Serena Wil- AFP Novak Djokovic insists his liams, the No.3 seed of the Miami decision to fly to New York to women’s draw, is preparing to GM Magnus Carlsen. WGM Ju Wenjun. participate in the relocated Cin- resume her quest for a record- Toronto Raptors’ Nick cinnati tournament and the US equalling 24th Grand Slam title Nurse was named NBA Coach Open had nothing to do with at the US Open and addressed of the Year for the 2019-20 sea- World champions Carlsen, the withdrawal of last year’s the raging ‘asterisk debate’ in son on Saturday with his club champion Rafael Nadal. her press conference. still defending the crown. Djokovic is the top seed of With six of the world’s Nurse, a 53-year-old Ameri- Wenjun to participate in the Western & Southern Open, top 10 women, and 14 of the can, won the award for the first which begins on Saturday at world’s top 50, missing from time in his second season guid- Katara chess tournament the Billie Jean King National the US Open field, fans and ing the Raptors, who went 53- Tennis Center in New York in- pundits have questioned the 19 in this COVID-19 disrupted Tribune News Network He said more than 1,000 stead of its usual host venue in legitimacy of this year’s tour- campaign, the second-best re- Doha participants confirmed their Cincinnati, signalling the end nament. “It still has to be ten- cord in the league. participation on the first day of a five-month coronavirus- Andy Murray trains for the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie nis that’s played, asterisks or “Really humbled to receive Seven-time world chess of registration. enforced hiatus of the men’s Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. (Getty Images/AFP) not,” assured the 38-year-old the award,” Nurse said. “It’s champion Grandmaster Mag- Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al tennis tour. The Serb will also Williams. Kim Clijsters, who something. “It was quite amaz- nus Carlsen of Norway has Sulaiti, the general manager of headline next week’s US Open, cided a week before he boarded Wawrinka, but Djokovic does was set to resume her tennis ing to lift up that (champion- announced his intention to the Cultural Village Founda- where he’ll be competing in a his flight on August 15. not regard himself as the out- comeback following a seven- ship) trophy last year with those participate in the Katara In- tion — Katara, said that Katara grand slam in the absence of He has a bye in the first right favourite for the US Open and-a-half-year break from the guys. That means the most. But ternational Online Chess as a cultural institution is keen both Nadal and Roger Federer round and faces either a quali- crown. “Every Grand Slam I sport, was forced to withdraw this is cool.” Tournament organised by the to support sports activities and - his two biggest rivals - for the fier or Tommy Paul in his Cin- play is an opportunity to get a from Cincinnati citing an ab- The Raptors own a 3-0 Qatar Chess Association in spread the culture of sports by first time in his career. cinnati opener. “I made my title. I know that. But I’m not dominal issue but hopes to lead over Brooklyn in a best-of- cooperation with the Cultural organising and hosting a num- Victory in the Big Apple decision already months ago the only one,” he said. make the US Open. seven first round NBA playoff Village Founda- ber of important would give the 33-year-old an to come to US Open and play Murray, who will be playing Karolina Pliskova is the top series inside a quarantine bub- tion – Katara. sporting events, 18th major title and put him here because I really wanted to his first official event since last seed and shares the top half of ble at Disney World in Orlando, Meanwhile, whether local or just one behind Nadal’s tally restart on a hard court where I November having missed the the draw with 2018 US Open Florida, and can complete a women’s world international, and two adrift of Federer’s all- feel the most comfortable,” he start of the 2020 season with winner and No.4 seed Naomi sweep into round two by win- champion WGM including the time men’s record. said. Four of the world’s top a groin injury, is unsure how Osaka, while Williams is in the ning on Sunday. Ju Wenjun of Katara Interna- Djokovic was unsure 11 ATP players will not be in players will deal with the tour bottom half with reigning Aus- China has also tional Chess Tour- whether he would make it to New York, as well as three-time restart and the adjusted sched- tralian Open champion, the confirmed her nament. New York and says he only de- Grand Slam champion Stan ule that will see them compete second-seeded Sofia Kenin. participation. This year’s The tourna- event is a spe- Pella, Dellien exclusion irks Novak; Murray says players unclear on ‘rules’ ment, which be- cial one as it will gins on August be organised re- New YORK: World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is among the ATP players critical of a decision to bar Guido Pella and Hugo Dellien from the 24, is scheduled motely in line with relocated Cincinnati Masters after their fitness trainer tested positive for COVID-19, ESPN reported on Friday. Three-time Grand Slam to be played in the precautionary champion Andy Murray of Britain also spoke out, saying players hadn’t been given clear enough guidelines for such situations. Neither two phases in measures taken Argentina’s Pella or Bolivian Dellien has tested positive for coronavirus since their fitness trainer Juan Manuel Galvan tested positive on three different by the country to Monday. But officials from the tournament, which is being held at Flushing Meadows in New York as a warm-up for the US Open there, time zones so combat coronavi- consulted US Open medical staff and the New York City Department of Health and sent the pair into quarantine. that the players rus (COVID-19). “On a Zoom call a few weeks ago we got information from the chief medical doctor of the USTA that if a player is not sharing a can opt for any He added that the room with his coach, or his physio, or anyone from his team that is infected, and his (own) results are negative, he can still compete in time zone they prefer. The tournament has succeeded in the tournament,” ESPN quoted Djokovic as saying in a video news conference with reporters covering the event. event will carry $10,000 in gaining a high level of interna- “That’s why a lot of the players were -- are -- upset, including myself, when I see that Pell and Dellien are treated in this way.” prize-money. tional attention, which enables USTA spokesman Chris Widmaier told ESPN that the exclusion of Pella and Dellien was in line with advice from the Centers for Qatar Chess Association it to attract a larger audience. Disease Control and Prevention which “defines close contact as spending 15 minutes or more within six feet of another individual.” He president Mohamed al Mu- He praised the fruitful said contact tracing confirmed that the players had “multiple instances” of close contact without protective face masks. dahka expressed his delight at relationship between the Murray said in his news conference that those rules were not made clear to players. “Some of the players were saying, ‘Well, I wouldn’t Carlsen’s participation, saying Cultural Village Founda- have come with a trainer or a physio if I knew that was the case,’” he said. “I’m not saying that it’s not the right decision, but the play- he expects around 5,000 play- tion — Katara and the Qatar ers were not clear as to what the rules actually were.” (AFP) ers to take part in the event. Chess Association. Nick Nurse of Toronto Raptors. (AFP)