FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 GOLF | Page 7 Kovac starts Johnson soars Monaco reign to fi ve-stroke with Reims PGA lead on draw eagle wings Monday, August 24, 2020 ATHLETICS Muharram 5, 1442 AH Warholm sets new GULF TIMES European record at Stockholm DL SPORT Page 6 CRICKET England enforce follow-on despite defi ant Azhar ton Pakistan are dismissed for 273, a deficit of 310 runs; England fast bowler Anderson two wickets shy of 600-wicket haul AFP Scorecard Southampton, United Kingdom ENGLAND 1st inn 583-8 dec akistan captain Azhar PAKISTAN 1st inn (o/n 24-3) Ali led from the front S Masood lbw b Anderson 4 with a brilliant unde- Abid Ali c Sibley b Anderson 1 feated 141 but England Pstill enforced the follow-on at Azhar Ali not out 141 Southampton yesterday as James B Azam lbw b Anderson 11 Anderson was left frustratingly A Shafiq c Root b Anderson 5 short of becoming the fi rst pace- man to take 600 Test wickets. F Alam c Buttler b Bess 21 Pakistan were dismissed for M Rizwan c Buttler b Woakes 53 273, a huge 310 runs behind Eng- Y Shah c Root b Broad 20 land’s imposing 583-8 declared, on the third day of the third Test. S Afridi c Buttler b Broad 3 Anderson took 5-56 in 23 overs M Abbas run out (Broad) 1 — his 29th fi ve-wicket haul in N Shah c Sibley b Anderson 0 Tests — as the hosts, 1-0 up in a three-match contest, pressed for Extras (b2, lb7, nb2, w2) 13 their fi rst series win over Paki- Total (all out, 93 overs) 273 stan in a decade. Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Masood), That left Anderson with 598 2-11 (Abid Ali), 3-24 (Azam), wickets but he would have had 4-30 (Shafiq), 5-75 (Alam), 6-213 more had not three catches been (Rizwan), 7-241 (Y Shah), 8-247 dropped off the 38-year-old’s (Afridi), 9-261 (Abbas), 10-273 bowling with the new ball. (N Shah) After England captain Joe Root Bowling: Anderson 23-3-56- had enforced the follow-on, the 5; Broad 20-5-40-2; Archer umpires decided the fading light 17-3-58-0 (1w); Woakes 15-2-42-1 was unsafe for Pakistan to start (2nb); Bess 18-2-68-1 their second innings even though the Ageas Bowl fl oodlights were on. with the fl oodligts on full beam, The only bowlers to have taken then dropped three catches to 600 wickets in Tests are three Anderson’s despair. retired spinners — Sri Lanka’s Rory Burns grassed a rouine Muttiah Muralitharan (800), chance when Azhar on 116 edged Australia’s Shane Warne (708) a drive before fourth slip Zak and India’s Anil Kumble (619). Crawley fl oored Mohamed Abbas when the No 10 was on nought. RIZWAN STAND It was the fi rst major mistake Pakistan had been in dire straits by Crawley in a match where he’d at 75-5. But Azhar, who’d man- scored 267 — his maiden Test aged just 38 runs in three previ- century — and shared an England ous innings this series, shared a fi fth-wicket record partnership stand of 138 with wicketkeeper Pakistan’s Azhar Ali (right) plays a shot as England’s Jos Buttler keeps wicket on the third day of the third Test at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, United Kingdom, yesterday. (AFP) of 359 with Buttler. Mohamed Rizwan (53) Broad, in response to dropped During his innings, Azhar be- Asad Shafi q after the struggling There was no need for tech- Dom Bess and wicketkeeper Jos after some poor displays behind when he was well caught on 53 a simple chance from Mohamed come just the fi fth Pakistan bats- batsman limply edged to Root at nology when Fawad Alam, whose Buttler held a good catch off the the stumps. down the legside by opposite Abbas at mid-on, off Anderson, man after Younis Khan, Javed fi rst slip. near 11-year wait for a Test recall shoulder of the bat. Pakistan were now 75-5 but number Buttler. threw the ball in frustration Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq and England thought they had Azhar, ended with a four-ball duck in It was a heartening wicket for Azhar, working hard to avoid The England keeper held an at the stumps and ran out the Mohamed Yousuf to have scored on 21, caught behind off a fearsome the drawn second Test at South- Bess in a season where conditions falling lbw again, completed his even better, high one-handed tailender. 6,000 Test runs. 91mph ball from fast bowler Jofra ampton, fell for 21. had favoured the quicks and a 17th century in 81 Tests when he diving legside catch to dismiss The run of dropped catches off Anderson, who’d reduced Pa- Archer that rose steeply but a review The left-hander, a distinctive much-needed dismissal for But- cover-drove Bess for a 15th four tailender Shaheen Afridi off Stu- Anderson’s bowling ended when kistan to 24-3 overnight, needed revealed the ball had brushed the fi gure thanks to his open stance, tler, fresh from 152 — just his sec- in 205 balls. art Broad. he had last man Naseem Shah just six balls Sunday to remove batsman’s shoulder. lunged forward to off -spinner ond Test century — on Saturday Rizwan’s fi ne innings ended England, in fading light but taken in the slips by Dom Sibley. MOTORCYCLING Oliveira overtakes on last corner to win ‘super cool’ Styrian MotoGP AFP brakes on Maverick Vinales’ Yama- toGP,” said Oliveira. “We are the best. Spielberg, Austria ha failed and he threw himself onto History for me today and for my coun- the tarmac before the riderless bike try.” smashed through one of the safety Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, who iguel Oliveira overtook Pol barriers. fi nished in 13th place, remains in the Espargaro and Jack Miller The interruption cost Suzuki’s Johan lead of the World Championship with on the last corner of the Mir who was leading but had no an- a three-point advantage over Ducati’s Styrian Grand Prix yester- other front tyre available while other Italian Andrea Dovizioso who was fi fth Mday to claim a fi rst MotoGP for Portu- teams used the pause to change theirs. on Sunday. gal and the Tech-3 team. Espargaro has been leading when the In a race shortened to a 12-lap sprint previous week’s Austrian Grand Prix MOTOGP RESULTS (TOP 10) by a spectacular crash, Spaniard Es- was interrupted by a red fl ag. 1. Miguel Oliveira (KTM-Tech3) 16:56.025 pargaro on a KTM entered the last lap After the restart, Miller and Espar- 2. Jack Miller (Ducati-Pramac) +0.316 ahead. garo broke clear. In the closing laps, 3. Pol Espargaro (KTM) +0.540 Australian Miller of Ducati-Pramac Oliveira joined them. He took advan- 4. Joan Mir (Suzuki) +0.641 overtook but entering the last corner tage as the leaders focused on each 5. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) +1.414 Espargaro was half a wheel ahead. other on the fi nal corners. 6. Alex Rins (Suzuki) +1.450 As the two forced each other wide, “I tried to brake a little early and ride 7. Takaaki Nakagami (Honda-LCR) Oliveira on his independent KTM, underneath Pol,” said Miller. “I didn’t +1.864 dived through on the inside to win. expect Oliveira to be there”. 8. Brad Binder (KTM) +4.150 Miller was second and Espargaro third. Espargaro acknowledged the restart 9. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) +4.517 “I was very surprised,” said Oliveira. had prevented Mir winning. 10. Iker Lecuona (KTM-Tech-3) +5.068 “Because I crossed the fi nish line. I “It was not our race it was Mir’s race. saw the chequered fl ag and no one was He was the fastest,” said Espargaro. STANDINGS (TOP 3) around me and I was like ‘I’m going to Mir was fourth, while Oliveira made 1. Fabio Quartararo (FRA) 70pts win’. It was sweet. Super cool.” history 2. Andrea Dovizioso (ITA) 67 Red Bull KTM Tech 3’s Miguel Oliveira celebrates his Styrian MotoGP Grand Prix win on the podium at the Red Bull Ring in The race was interrupted when the “First for Portugal on 900th Mo- 3. Jack Miller (AUS) 56 Spielberg, Austria, yesterday. (Reuters) Gulf Times 2 Monday, August 24, 2020 CRICKET FOCUS SPOTLIGHT Smith will miss booing fans on ‘Super-fi t’ Australia England return Reuters out there playing,” said the Sydney prolifi c 31-year-old. Beginning on September 4, Australia will play three teve Smith will miss Twenty20 Internationals in ready to hit ground the boos and jeers from Southampton before moving the spectators during to another bio-secure venue next month’s limited- in Manchester for an equal Sovers series in England which number of one-dayers. will be played behind closed Apart from a 12-month doors, the Australia run-ma- suspension, Smith was also chine said yesterday before slapped with a two-year lead- leaving for the tour. ership ban after the scandal in running in England The former Australia cap- South Africa with Tim Paine tain was jeered by the crowd in appointed the test skipper. last year’s Ashes series for the Former captain Ricky Pon- ‘The reason we’re taking 21 is so we can play some good practice games over there’ 2018 ball-tampering scandal ting felt Cricket Australia left that unfolded in South Africa the door ajar for Smith but any on his watch.