NFL | Page 5 FORMULA 1 | Page 7 Saints ground Bottas puts Falcons, Mercedes on Redskins fall top in Friday to Cowboys practice Saturday, November 24, 2018 FOOTBALL Rabia I 16, 1440 AH Klopp’s improved GULF TIMES Reds face severe test of credentials SPORT Page 3 CRICKET SPOTLIGHT Bairstow shines Windies hit back at No 3 but Sri aft er Bangladesh Lanka fi ght back teen sets record Nayeem Hasan becomes youngest player to take five wickets on debut AFP Chittagong, Bangladesh eenage Bangladesh off -spin- ner Nayeem Hasan became the youngest ever player to take fi ve wickets on debut but TWest Indies’ spinners matched him to restore parity in the fi rst Test in Chit- tagong yesterday. Nayeem, who was 17 years 355 days old at the start of the game, fi nished with 5-61, as Bangladesh bowled out the West Indies for 246 to take a 78- run fi rst innings lead. But the hosts were unable to cash in on the advantage, slumping to 55 for fi ve in their second innings at stumps on the second day for a lead of just 133 runs. England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) on the first Jomel Warrican and Roston Chase day of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo yesterday. (AFP) each took two wickets to help the West Indies claw their way back into AFP with the bat — in contrast to with ball in the contest. Colombo hand — then survived an lbw review. He Mushfi qur Rahim remained un- ended on 23 and Adil Rashid not out on beaten on 11 alongside Mehidy Hasan, 13. on what looked like a batting mine- onny Bairstow laid down a marker Sri Lanka also dropped two straight- fi eld at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury to be England’s permanent Test forward chances off Ali, who edged to Stadium. number three yesterday but Sri wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella on Nayeem, who surpassed Austral- Lanka clawed their way back into two and to slip Dimuth Karunaratne on ian Pat Cummins’ fi ve-wicket haul on theirJ fi nal match with late wickets. 17. debut at 18 years and 193 days, took At stumps on day one England, care of the West Indies lower middle- hunting a 3-0 whitewash, were 312-7, NOT GIVEN UP KEEPING order after senior spinners provided Bairstow having made 110 after partner- The ginger-haired Bairstow was in- the initial breakthroughs. ships of 100 with Joe Root and 99 with stalled at the key number three spot Skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who fi n- Ben Stokes. after Ali got a duck and three in the ished with 3-43, dismissed Shai Hope “I was obviously pleased with it. fi rst Test and after an experiment with and Kraigg Brathwaite at the start of There’s only a few times you get to score Stokes in Kandy failed to pay off . his spell after Taijul Islam removed a hundred for England, so it’s a spe- But Bairstow yesterday stopped short Kieran Powell for 14 to help the hosts cial time to be out there in the middle,” of saying he has now made the position reduce West Indies to 31-3. Bairstow, 29, said afterwards. his own with his century, his sixth. Roston Chase and Sunil Ambris “The emotion and hard work that has “Long term who knows what’s going tried to rebuild the innings but Nay- gone into getting back out on the fi eld is to happen. In the last year I think I’ve eem soon struck, removing both bats- massive.” batted at 7, 6, 5, 4 and three. Who knows men in successive overs for 31 and 19 Left-arm wrist spinner Lakshan what’s going to happen long term but runs respectively. Sandakan was Sri Lanka’s most pene- I’m happy with my performance today,” Shimron Hetmyer then launched a trative — and expensive — bowler of the he said. counter-attack to score 63 off 47 balls day, taking 4 for 91 off his 21 overs. Injuring himself playing football be- with fi ve fours and four sixes for a Finger spinners Malinda Pushpaku- fore the Galle Test, he was then left out brief respite from the spin onslaught. mara and Dilruwan Perera shared the in Kandy after his replacement at wick- Hetmyer shared 92 runs with Shane other three wickets between them. etkeeper, Foakes, hit a blistering century Dowrich to lift West Indies from a Batting after Root won his eighth — and on his Test debut. precarious 88-5 but the side collapsed straight toss, England lost both openers Bairstow made clear Friday though again once Mehidy broke the stand. cheaply in the morning. that he hasn’t hung up his gloves just Nayeem then dismissed Devendra Rory Burns disappointed again, yet. Bishoo, Kemar Roach and Warrican bowled by Perera for 14 as he tried to cut. “I’ve not given up my keeping, I want to complete his fi ve-for before Sakib Bangladesh’s Nayeem Hasan celebrates the dismissal of West Indies’ Kemar Roach on second day of the first Test at the Keaton Jennings fell three overs later, to make that very, very clear. I’m still removed Shannon Gabriel to wrap up Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Bangladesh, yesterday. (AFP) caught at leg slip off Pushpakumara for working hard on my keeping because it’s the West Indies innings. 13. something I still want to do,” he said. Dowrich held one end fi rm to stay Earlier in the day, Bangladesh were Left-arm spinner Warrican took nings score to Mominul Haque, who But Root and Bairstow, England’s unbeaten on 63, his third Test fi fty bowled out quickly for 324 in their the remaining two Bangladeshi wick- struck 120 off 167 balls while Imrul fourth diff erent number three in the which came off 101 balls with the help fi rst innings after resuming on their ets as the hosts added just nine runs. Kayes and Shakib made 44 and 34 re- series, steadied the ship, surviving one Scorecard of two fours and three sixes. overnight score of 315-8. Bangladesh owed their fi rst-in- spectively. review each to steer the visitors to 102-2 ENGLAND 1st innings at lunch. Bairstow and Root put on a 100-run R. Burns b Perera 14 Scorecard stand before the captain fell to Sandakan K. Jennings c Silva b Pushpakumara 13 after lunch, top-edging an attempted J. Bairstow b Sandakan 110 BANGLADESH 1st inn (o/n 315-8) (Kayes), 3-153 (Mithun), 4-222 S. Dowrich not out 63 BANGLADESH 2nd inn slog sweep on 46. J. Root c Gunathilaka b Sandakan 46 I. Kayes c Ambris b Warrican 44 (Haque), 5-226 (Rahim), 6-230 D. Bishoo lbw b N. Hasan 7 I. Kayes b Warrican 2 Sri Lanka should have had Stokes as (Mahmudullah), 7-235 (Shakib), 8-259 well, with umpire Chris Gaff aney incor- B. Stokes c de Silva b Sandakan 57 S. Sarkar c Dowrich b Roach 0(M. Hasan), 9-324 (N Hasan), 10-324 K. Roach lbw b N. Hasan 2S. Sarkar c Brathwaite b Chase 11 rectly turning down Perera’s lbw appeal J. Buttler c & b Sandakan 16 M. Haque c Dowrich b Gabriel 120 (Rahman) J. Warrican b N. Hasan 12 M. Haque lbw b Chase 12 when the Durham allrounder was yet to M. Ali not out 23 M. Mithun c Dowrich b Bishoo 20 Bowling: Roach 17-2-63-1, Gabriel 20- S. Gabriel c Mahmudullah b Shakib 6M. Mithun b Bishoo 17 get off the mark. B. Foakes c Dickwella b Pushpakumara 13 Shakib Al Hasan b Gabriel 34 3-70-4, Chase 11-0-42-0, Warrican 21.4- Extras (b6, lb2, nb2, p5) 15 Shakib Al Hasan c Gabriel b Warrican 1 Stokes and Bairstow then made hay, 6-62-4, Bishoo 15-0-60-1, Brathwaite Stokes hitting fi ve fours and two sixes A. Rashid not out 13 M. Rahim lbw b Gabriel 4 Total (all out; 64 overs) 246 M. Rahim not out 11 8-1-19-0 before Sandakan got the Durham all- Extras (b3, lb3, nb1) 7 Mahmudullah b Gabriel 3 Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Powell), M. Hasan not out 0rounder to edge to slip, his 57 scored off Total (7 wickets, 88.1 overs) 312 M. Hasan b Warrican 22 WEST INDIES 1st inn 2-30 (Hope), 3-31 (Brathwaite), Extras (lb 1) 1 88 balls. 4-77 (Chase), 5-88 (Ambris), 6-180 Bairstow then passed his century, re- Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Burns), 2-36 (Jen- N. Hasan c Hope b Warrican 26 K. Brathwaite c Sarkar b Shakib 13 Total (five wickets, 17 overs) 55 (Hetmyer), 7-199 (Devendra Bishoo), moving his helmet and celebrating with nings), 3-136 (Root), 4-235 (Stokes), T. Islam not out 39 K. Powell lbw b Islam 14 8-205 ( Roach), 9-225 ( Warrican), Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Kayes), 2-13 gusto. 5-254 (Bairstow), 6-265 (Buttler), 7-294 M. Rahman lbw b Warrican 0 S. Hope b Shakib 1 10-246 (Gabriel) (Sarkar), 3-32 (Haque), 4-35 (Shakib), But he fell for 110, another Sandakan (Foakes) 5-53 (Mithun) scalp, and was soon followed by Buttler Extras (b3, lb5, nb4) 12 S. Ambris lbw b N. Hasan 19 Bowling: Rahman 2-1-4-0 (nb2), M. Bowling: Lakmal 10-2-23-0, Perera Hasan 15-0-67-1, Islam 20-3-51-1, Shakib Bowling: Roach 1-0-11-0, Warrican for 16, caught and bowled by the same 30.1-1-107-1, Pushpakumara 20-3-64-2, Total (all out; 92.4 overs) 324 R.