SPORT FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER 2016 21 Pakistan calls Ashwin revives India after rookie spinner for Australia Tests Jennings' brilliant century Karachi AFP akistan yesterday called up 17-year-old left- Mumbai arm spinner Mohammad Asghar as cover Reuters Pfor injured Yasir Shah in the upcoming Test series in Australia. ngland opener Maestro leg-spinner Shah hurt his back dur- Keaton Jennings ing practice and will be assessed before the first struck a century of three Tests starting in Brisbane from Decem- on debut before ber 15. off-spinner Ravi- Asghar has been on selector's radar for the Echandran Ashwin led an past year after taking 68 wickets in 17 first-class Indian fightback with late matches. wickets to leave the visitors He became an instant hit on social media in 288 for five on the first day February for his humorous post-match comments of the fourth Test at the during the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL). Wankhede Stadium Asked how he held onto a difficult catch, yesterday. Asghar replied: "I am Pashtun and we have big The touring side, trailing hands. There was no way I was going to drop those 2-0 in the five-match series, catches." had been cruising on 230-2 Asghar was staying in a Karachi hotel that thanks largely to left-handed caught fire on Monday, killing 12 people and injur- opener Jennings who made ing 75. 112 after being dropped on "Asghar is very lucky as he survived the fire nought. by a mere five minutes," his manager and coach But Ashwin, the world's Nadeem Khan, a former Pakistan spinner said. top-ranked Test bowler, picked up four wickets to peg back England who had been eyeing a large first England's Keaton Jennings celebrates after Sri Lanka bring in innings total on a track scoring a century on the first day of the already assisting the spinners. fourth Test cricket match between India uncapped Vikum for At stumps honours were and England at the Wankhede Stadium in even with Ben Stokes Mumbai yesterday. RIGHT: Indian skipper unbeaten on 25 and Jos But- Virat Kohli (centre) celebrates with South Africa tour tler on 18. Ravichandran Ashwin (right) after Jennings' Jennings, the son of dismissal. Colombo South African former wick- AFP etkeeper and coach Ray, and grew in confidence as during his 60-ball 46 and hit effort and got his fingertips SCOREBOARD only arrived in India on he shared in an opening five boundaries before he to an edge from Moeen, then ri Lanka's cricket selectors yesterday named England (I innings): Monday after being called up stand of 99 with Cook. was out to left-arm spinner on 13, off Umesh but failed A Cook st Patel b Jadeja .............................46 rookie fast bowler Vikum Sanjaya Bandara from the England Lions Cook looked solid Ravindra Jadeja's third ball to hang on. Kohli then turned K Jennings c Pujara b Ashwin ..................112 Sin a 15-member squad for their three-Test squad in the United Arab of the morning. to Ashwin to break the stand J Root c Kohli b Ashwin ...............................21 series against South Africa later this month. Emirates. Fourth Test Dancing down the and the off-spinner obliged M Ali c Nair b Ashwin ..................................50 The uncapped 24-year-old Bandara is one of After skipper Alastair wicket he was beaten by the by picking up Moeen and J Bairstow c U Yadav b Ashwin .................14 four pacemen in the squad led by Angelo Math- Cook won the toss and opted Ravichandran spin and was stumped by Jennings in three balls in the B Stokes (batting) ........................................25 ews and his deputy Dinseh Chandimal. to bat, the 24-year-old Jen- Ashwin leads an wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel. first over of his new spell. J Buttler(batting) ..........................................18 Both Mathews and Chandimal missed Sri Lan- Indian fightback Extras (LB 1, NB 1) 2 nings was dropped by Karun England lost Joe Root for Moeen fell on 50, top- Total (5 wkts) ...............................288 ka's recent tour of Zimbabwe due to injuries, but with 4 for 75 to Nair at gully off paceman 21 after lunch when the edging a sweep, while Fall of wickets: 1-99, 2-136, 3-230, 4-230, they have now been declared fit to play in South Umesh Yadav. India also leave the visitors right-hander edged Ashwin Jennings got an edge to sec- 5-249 Africa. In addition to the three Tests, Sri Lanka wasted a review after Jen- 288 for five on the to India captain Virat Kohli ond slip to end an innings Bowling: Kumar 11-0-38-0, U Yadav 10-2- will also play five ODI matches and three T20 nings was given not out to first day of the at slip. that contained 13 fours. 36-0, Ashwin 30-3-75-4, J Yadav 22-3-78-0 games against the Proteas. an appeal for leg before off fourth Test. But Jennings and Moeen Ashwin also dismissed (1nb), Jadeja 21-3-60-1 SRI LANKA TEST SQUAD: Angelo Mathews (captain), Dinesh Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who Ali kept England on course Jonny Bairstow for 14 as To bat: C Woakes, A Rashid, J Anderson, J Ball Chandimal (vice captain), Dimuth Karunaratne, Kaushal Silva, Kusal Opener Keaton India: V Kohli (capt), M Vijay, K Nair, C Pujara, Perera, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis, Upul Tharanga, Dushman- came into the side for the Jennings hits 112 by stitching together a stand England stalled, losing three L, Rahul, P Patel, R Ashwin, J Yadav, R Jadeja, tha Chameera, Suranga Lakmal, Lahiru Kumara, Nuwan Pradeep, Vikum injured Mohammed Shami. on his debut. of 94 for the third wicket. wickets for the addition of B Kumar, U Yadav He settled down though Kohli made a valiant 19 runs. Sanjaya Bandara, Rangana Herath and Dilruwan Perera. Hong Kong Open mourns for caddie Zechmann Hosszu, Park pile up medals as Hong Kong moving gingerly on the AFP course and admitted he was "rusty" after taking a seven- US women set world record ong Kong Open golf- week break to rest his back ers were in mourning but said he was hopeful he Hyesterday as they was on the mend. Montreal wore black ribbons in trib- He came agonisingly AFP ute to a caddie who collapsed close to carding an albatross this week during a Dubai on the 13th hole after a near atinka Hosszu and Park tournament. 240-yard approach shot Tae-Hwan piled up more Players were also from the fairway bounced off Kindividual gold at the Short remembering Spanish great the flag before he converted Course Swimming World Cham- Seve Ballesteros' former cad- the putt for an eagle. pionships on Wednesday as US die who passed away last Few of the big names women asserted themselves with week. featured at the top of the lea- a world record relay win. Defending champion Jus- derboard, with US Masters Hungary's Hosszu, a treble tin Rose was among those champion Danny Willett hit- gold medalist at the Rio Olympics, with ribbons pinned to their ting two under at the par 70 captured her second and third clothing in memory of Aus- course and US Ryder Cup star gold medals of the championships trian caddie Max Zechmann Patrick Reed even. in Windsor, Canada, with convinc- -- who collapsed on Wednes- Poulter, who only ing wins in the 200m butterfly and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary competes in the 200m Butterfly final on day two of the 13th FINA day at the Dubai Ladies returned to the game in 100m backstroke. World Swimming Championships at the WFCU Centre in Windsor Ontario, Canada on Wednesday. Masters and later died -- and October after five months out South Korea's Park, who Argentine Pedro Ramseyer, for foot surgery, also ended fought to swim in Rio after serv- who caddied for the late on two under but criticised ing a drugs ban but came away led the women's 4x100m free US relay triumph and China's Lochte in 2010 -- to win the 200m Ballesteros. his own mental focus after a from the Olympics empty-handed, relay to gold on Tuesday. Zhang Yufei earned bronze in free. American Paul Peterson, few bogeys marred a strong added 200m freestyle gold to the Italy were a distant second in 2:05.10. Hosszu, winner of the South African Chad le Clos who finished the first day at start. 400m free title he won on 1:45.38 and Denmark third in 400m medley on Tuesday, topped stormed from last place at the joint third at four under par Also at two under par Tuesday. 1:45.98. King returned to win indi- the podium again in the 100m midway mark to take silver in despite recovering from was Taiwan's Lu Wei-chih, The second night of action at vidual gold in the 50m backstroke. 1:41.65 and 400m free silver sinus surgery, said: "It's sad who underwent brain sur- the WFCU Centre opened with the breaststroke in 28.92sec -- get- Her time of 55.54 didn't medalist Aleksandr Krasnykh of for the caddies and the gery four years ago to United States' scintillating 4x50m ting the better of world approach the world record she set Russia was third in 1:41.95. friendships that they have remove a tumour. medley relay win in a record-shat- record-holder Alia Atkinson of at the 2014 worlds, but put her Mitch Larkin, shut out of the created; to have two guys go Leading the field was tering 1min 43.27sec.