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Home , Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Dean Elgar, Mominul Haque, Shafiul Islam

SPORTS Sunday, October 1, 2017 21 Internationals have Azhar defies mountain to climb

Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar of the U.S. Team react on the 15th green after winning 4&3 Jersey City, United States than we have been doing and ick Price’s International close it out a little earlier.” team heads into Price is sending some battle- successful bowler with 2-47. of Nyesterday’s eight matches in hardened teams into the fray in zhar Ali once more When on 32, Ali also reacts after scoring a search of a Presidents Cup Saturday morning’s foursomes. Srirescued Pakistan’s completed 5,000Lanka Test runs half miracle. Australians Jason Day and Abatting with a fighting half in his 61st Test. He became The mighty US team built Marc Leishman will take on century on the third day of the eighth Pakistan batsmen a commanding 8-2 lead over Jordan Spieth and Patrick the first Test against behind Younis (10,099), the first two days and are more Reed. in Abu Dhabi yesterday. (8832) than halfway to the 15.5 points Aussie Adam Scott will team The one-drop batsman was Inzamam-ul-Haq (8829), they need to lift the trophy. with Canada’s Adam Hadwin unbeaten on 74 but saw Babar Mohammad Yousuf (7530), Mathematically, they could against world number one Azam fell for 28 in the last Salim Malik (5768), Misbah even wrap up a 10th triumph on Dustin Johnson and veteran over of the day as Pakistan (5222) and Saturday and make Sunday’s 12 Matt Kuchar. finished on 266-4 on a Sheikh (5062) to reach the milestone. singles matches moot, but Price Venezuelan Jhonattan Vegas Zayed Stadium pitch which But it was the opening pair thinks his players are better and Argentinian Emiliano has started to assist spinners. of and Sami than that. Grillo will take on Phil Pakistan still trail the Sri Aslam who set the platform “If you have a look at what’s Mickelson and Kevin Kisner, Lankan first innings total for a big total by putting happened the last two days, and the South African duo of 419 by 153 runs with six together a solid 114- we could have been 3-2 up of Branden Grace and Louis intact. opening stand after they Scoreboard yesterday and today we were Oosthuizen will take on Rickie Pakistan had pinned their resumed at 64 without up in three of the matches, so Fowler and Justin Thomas. hopes on Ali in the post loss. Sri Lanka 1st innings 419 (D. Chandimal it could be quite feasible for the Grace and Oosthuizen were and Misbah-ul- Sri Lanka, however, hit 155 , D. Karunaratne 93, N. Dickwella whole match to be dead even undefeated together in five Haq era who retired in May back by removing both 83; Abbas 3-75, 3-120) now,” Price said. Presidents Cup matches before this year after shouldering openers in the space of two Pakistan Ist innings (overnight 64-0) “But they finished off better the emerging star pairing of team’s for nearly runs. Shan Masood b Herath 59 than we have, so that’s what Fowler and Thomas schooled seven years. Aslam, recalled after being Sami Aslam lbw b Perera 51 we’ve got to do over the next them 3 & 2 on in fourball on A cautious Ali made sure dropped from the West Indies Azhar Ali not out 74 two days is finish off better Friday. (AFP) Pakistan do not concede a tour on disciplinary grounds c Thirimanne b Herath 39 big lead in the first innings, earlier this year, was trapped c Dickwella b Pradeep 28 having hit only one boundary leg-before by off-break bowler Extras: (b4, lb9, nb2) 15 in his 26th Test half century. Dilruwan Perera. He hit four Total: (for four wkts; 112.4 overs) 266 Russia, China handed doping bans In all Ali has so far hit three boundaries in his seventh Paris In all, nine nations were boundaries during his 297 Test half century. both Ali and Shafiq survived It was Herath who finally ussia and China were suspended by the International minutes of batting. He added Two runs later Masood confident appeals. Ali wisely dislodged Shafiq when a banned from international Weightlifting Federation 79 for the third with attempted a sweep shot off the reviewed a leg-before decision sharp turner caught an edge weightliftingR yesterday, (IWF) for a year with Armenia, Asad Shafiq who made 39 to wily Herath but missed the off Perera, but the ball hit his off Shafiq’s bat, deflected ruling them out of the world Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, take the figth to Sri Lankan ball and was bowled round bat before the pad. from wicketkeeper Niroshan championships, after reanalysed Kazakhstan, Turkey and three-pronged spin attack. his legs. Shafiq was given not out Dickwella’s thigh to drugs tests from the 2008 and Ukraine all sitting out the world Veteran left-arm spinner Pakistan had luck on their on a review when he was where Lahiru Thirimanne 2012 Olympics returned at least championships in California. Herath was the most side with the reviews as off Herath on one. took the catch. (AFP) three positive results each. (AFP) South Africa on top against in first test Scoreboard Potchefstroom, South Africa against South Africa –- and Kagiso Rabada at the South Africa, first innings, 496-3 declared angladesh had their best hit 66 as start of the day, with (Bangladesh, first innings (overnight 127-3) day in three Test series Bangladesh topped 300 for the the first nine overs c Amla b Morkel 25 Bin South Africa but could not first time in nine Test innings producing only seven c Markram b Rabada 7 prevent the hosts from moving in South Africa, where they runs. c Markram b Maharaj 77 into a dominant position on have lost all four previous Test Both batsmen c Markram b Maharaj 44 the third day of the first Test at matches by an innings. survived close c De Kock b Phehlukwayo 39 Senwes Park yesterday. On a slow pitch, Bangladesh Mahmudullah b Morkel 66 Mominul Haque and had four successive half- decisions against b Olivier 30 Mahmudullah hit half- century partnerships between reverse-swinging c Elgar b Rabada 8 centuries to enable Bangladesh the third and sixth wickets. deliveries from run out (Bavuma) 1 to avoid the follow-on but their The tourists batted with Rabada. c Amla b Maharaj 2 total of 320 was still 176 short positive intent, although much But 17 runs not out 10 of South Africa’s first innings of the good work was undone came off Rabada’s Extras (b1, lb9, nb1) 11 total of 496 for three declared. when they lost their last five fifth over of the Total (89.1 overs) 320 In contrast to the first Bangladesh bowler Shafiul Islam (L) successfully claims a LBW wickets for 28 runs, four of day, including two South Africa, second innings day, Bangladesh dismissed dismissing South African batsman (R) them after the second new ball successive boundaries A. Markram c Liton Das b Mustafizur Rahman 15 both South African opening had been taken. by Mominul, and D. Elgar lbw b Shafiul Islam 18 batsmen cheaply at the start of early, an overall lead of 230. 199 and 97 in the first innings. The diminutive Mominul South Africa’s change H. Amla not out 17 the second innings. Dean Elgar and Aiden Mominul made 77 -– and fellow left-hander Tamim bowlers were unable T. Bavuma not out 3 South Africa were 54 for Markram were out for 18 and the highest Test score by Iqbal saw off some hostile to maintain the Extras (nb1) 1 two when bad light ended play 15 respectively, after making a Bangladesh batsman by Morne Morkel and pressure. (AFP) Total (2 wkts, 15.5 overs) 54