SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2014 SPORTS Jayawardene remains unbeaten after Herath heroics

COLOMBO: ball innings before he dragged the ball remained unbeaten on 49 in his farewell on to his stumps while attempting a pull, innings after spinner ’s ending an opening stand of 54 with Silva. career best figures of nine for 127 gave Silva fell to a catch at slip by Younus Khan. control of the second test against yesterday. Jayawardene, Herath’s nine playing his last test, added 98 for the Earlier, Herath’s heroics restricted unbroken third with his long- Pakistan’s first innings lead to 12 runs standing partner Kumar Sangakkara (54 with wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed scor- ) as Sri Lanka ended the third day ing his maiden test century. Pakistan against Pakistan on 177 for two . were all out for 332 at the stroke of Sri Lanka, leading the two-test series 1-0, lunch, replying to Sri Lanka’s first innings took an overall lead of 165 runs with total of 320. The visitors’ last four wickets eight second innings in hand and two added 88 runs to their overnight score of days of the test match remaining. 244 for six, with Sarfraz (103) moving Sangakkara and Jayawardene negoti- from 66 to his hundred with a superb ated the Pakistan , without pulled six off Chanaka Welegedara to injured , skillfully on a turn- become the first Pakistani wicket-keeper ing track to put their team in a strong in five years to get to three figures. position at the end of the day. Left-hand- Sarfraz held the Pakistan tail together ed Sangakkara, who hit four boundaries, during his 127-ball innings before Herath reached his 51st test half century before finally had him edging a catch to wicket- the close. He survived a close call on 19 keeper Niroshan Dickwella. Sarfraz hit when Pakistan unsuccessfully reviewed a one six and seven fours and added 40 not out leg before appeal off runs with (16) for the sev- with replays showing the ball hitting leg enth wicket and 28 with Wahab Riaz (17) stump. Jayawardene, with whom for the eighth. Herath continued to run Sangakkara has associated in 46 half- through the Pakistan tail picking up the NANJING: Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province yes- century partnerships, hit seven fours dur- wickets of Rehman, by terday. — AFP ing his 123-ball knock. Jayawardene at slip, Riaz and Saeed The 37-year-old was cheered by the Ajmal (four). Junaid, who did not take the sizeable crowd for every run he scored field after being hit by a Dhammika Youth Olympics kick off in after walking out for his last test knock to Prasad bouncer while , remained a standing ovation and a guard of honour unbeaten on 13. Herath’s morning spell by the Pakistan players. Left-arm spinner yesterday was four for 29 off 8.1 overs. He Abdur Rehman dismissed the Sri Lankan became only the second Sri Lankan China amid Ebola worries opener Upul Tharanga (45) and Kaushal bowler to take nine wickets in an innings Silva (17) in the afternoon session. after former off-spinner Muttiah Tharanga hit four boundaries in his 63- Muralitharan. — Reuters USA cancel Senegal trip over Ebola fears

SCOREBOARD NANJING: Fears of the Ebola virus cast a cloud over yesterday’s opening of the second Youth COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the third day of the second Test between Olympics in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday: after three athletes were barred from competi- Sri Lanka 1st innings: 320 (U. Tharanga 122 (Shehzad), 4-131 (Khan), 5-140 (Misbah), tion because of the risk of infection. The entire 92, K. Silva 41, Junaid Khan 5-87, 6-233 (Shafiq), 7-273 (Rehman), 8-301 (Riaz), delegations from three nations affected by the Wahab Riaz 3-88) 9-315 (Sarfraz), 10-332 (Ajmal). virus - Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - will also Bowling: Prasad 16-4-53-0 (nb3), not be competing. The games, featuring more Pakistan 1st innings (overnight 244-6): Welegedara 18-2-65-0, Herath 33.1-3-127-9, than 3,000 athletes aged 15 to 18, started with Khurram Manzoor c Dickwella b Herath 23 Mathews 9-1-21-0, Perera 17-1-63-1. an evening ceremony attended by Chinese c Dickwella b Perera 58 President Xi Jinping, UN Secretary-General Ban c Mathews b Herath 32 Sri Lanka 2nd innings: Ki-moon and other world leaders. The 12-day c Dickwella b Herath 13 U. Tharanga b Rehman 45 games feature 28 sports. Misbah-ul Haq c Dickwella b Herath 5 K. Silva c Khan b Rehman 17 Athletes from regions affected by the Ebola b Herath 42 K. Sangakkara not out 54 outbreak are being prohibited from competing Sarfraz Ahmed c Dickwella b Herath 103 M. Jayawardene not out 49 in combat sports due to “health authority Abdur Rehman c Jayawardene b Herath 16 Extras: (b9, lb1, w1, nb1) 12 guidelines” and aquatic events “based on the Wahab Riaz c Welegedara b Herath 17 Total (for two wickets, 63 overs) 177 inability to completely exclude the risk of b Herath 4 Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Tharanga), 2-79 (Silva). potential infection,” according to a statement Junaid Khan not out 13 Bowling: Riaz 14-1-50-0 (w1, nb1), Rehman issued Thursday by the International Olympic Extras: (lb3, nb3) 6 24-3-65-2, Ajmal 23-5-47-0, Shehzad 2-0-5-0 Committee. Under that ruling, 16-year-old Total (all out, 93.1 overs) 332 Sri Lanka lead by 165 runs with eight wickets female judo athlete Mamadama Bangoura and NANJING: Performers take part in the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Manzoor), 2-110 (Ali), 3- in hand. 16-year-old male swimmer Alhoussene Sylla, Nanjing yesterday. More than 3,700 competitors aged 15 to 18 are expected to participate in both from Guinea, will miss the games, along the games, with many hoping to build towards a place at the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de with 16-year-old female Nigerian wrestler Bose Janeiro. — AFP Samuel. The three will be invited back to speak for everyone at USA Basketball when I say “extraordinary measures” were needed to con- Nanjing later to take part in another sporting we are extremely disappointed that we will not tain the killer disease. The UN health agency said competition, the IOC statement said. be able to visit Senegal. “We will look for oppor- the death toll from the worst outbreak of Ebola Organizers had been prepared to conduct tunities in the future to work with and support in four decades had now climbed to 1,145 in regular health checks on athletes from the four the Senegalese national team.” Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The US countries affected - Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Medical charity MSF said Friday the Ebola epi- team’s stop in Dakar was to follow an exhibition Sierra Leone - to prevent the potential spread of demic is moving faster than authorities can han- game against Slovenia on August 26 on Spain’s the virus that has killed more than 1,000 people. dle and could take six months to bring under Gran Canaria island. The United States open their Organizers maintained that the delegations control. FIBA World Cup campaign against Finland in from the four nations were still welcome at the The warning came a day after the World Bilbao, Spain, on August 30. The FIBA World Cup- games. Guinea will be represented by its two Health Organization said the scale of the epi- formerly the World Championships-will take remaining athletes, but teams from Sierra Leone demic had been vastly underestimated and that place August 30 to September 14. — Agencies and Liberia decided not to travel to China. The Nigerian delegation withdrew after its leaders complained that its athletes were being “isolat- ed” and “quarantined” and not allowed to train alongside other competitors. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has also forced qualifiers for foot- ball’s African Cup of Nations to be moved out of Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Senegal trip canceled In another development, USA Basketball has COLOMBO: Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene (left) plays a shot as Pakistani canceled the team’s trip to Senegal because of wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed watches during the third day of the second test concerns over the deadly Ebola outbreak, feder- match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Colombo yesterday. — AP ation chairman Jerry Colangelo said Friday. The men’s team, stocked with NBA stars, had been scheduled to visit Africa for the first time on SA look to firm up WCup August 27, with a day of basketball clinics, tours and other functions planned in the capital Dakar. Although Senegal is not one of the coun- squad in Zimbabwe series tries so far afflicted in West Africa, Colangelo said its position bordering Guinea and Dakar’s role as BULAWAYO: (SA) expect engagement - a 2-1 series win in Sri a gateway to West Africa heightened concerns. to have settled on a 15-man squad for Lanka last month - De Villiers con- “Considering this unprecedented outbreak, USA next year’s World Cup by the end of firmed that will take up Basketball has decided to cancel our August 27 NANJING: The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony for the 2014 Youth Olympic their one-day series against the number three berth. Zimbabwe scheduled visit to Senegal,” Colangelo said. “I Games in Nanjing yesterday. — AFP Zimbabwe, which gets underway at have a similar intention to their oppo- Queens Sports Club today. The Proteas nents, and are likely to give interna- have lost just two out of 32 ODIs to tional debuts to 19-year-old all- Marc Marquez grabs Czech MotoGP pole Zimbabwe, and AB de Villiers rounder Luke Jongwe and 24-year-old confirmed that they will use the three- seamer Neville Madziva at some stage BRNO: Championship leader Marc Marquez’s domi- seventh struggling with pain following a heavy crash in 1968, 1969 and 1970 at a time when he dominated match series to assess their back-up of the series. Similarly offspinner John nance of this year’s MotoGP season continued yester- in the last free practice earlier yesterday that required the sport. However, no one has ever won the first options ahead of the 50-over show- Nyumbu and wicketkeeper Richmond day as he claimed his ninth pole position for today’s an x-ray on his left hand. The track was dry after two eleven-in part because Agostini’s perfect season in piece in and New Zealand. Mutumbami will gain an opportunity Czech Republic MotoGP at Brno. The 21-year-old mild showers earlier in the day that had disrupted the 1968 comprised only 10 events. “Honestly the most Fast bowlers , Morne Morkel to prove their worth in the one-day Spanish Honda rider, who has won all 10 MotoGP Moto3 qualifying session, and forecasters predict bet- important tomorrow is to finish on the podium. I and have all been arena after impressing during the nine- races this year, will be accompanied by the Italian ter weather for today. Marquez is looking to become expect a tough race,” said Marquez. “I’m confident, but rested for the low-key encounter, giv- wicket defeat to South Africa in a one- Ducati duo Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone on the first premier class rider ever to win the 11 opening I expect that Dani will be strong and also Valentino- ing , Marchant de Lange, off Test. the front row. Dovizioso trailed Marquez, who won races of a season. Italian legend Giacomo Agostini we’ll see how is his finger but I think he will be strong this race last year, by 0.129sec in the qualifying and won the opening 10 races of the premier class season too-and then Jorge,” he added. —AFP and the uncapped “You can coach them in the nets Iannone was a further 0.012sec behind. “In free prac- Mthokozisi Shezi an opportunity to and do all the training, but the proof of tice four we tried some things and I did not like it,” said stake their claim for a place in a first- the pudding is in the eating, so we Marquez. “So in qualifying we came back to the nor- choice squad. hope that in this series we’ll come out mal setup like this morning and I felt much better.” South Africa hope to settle on that with a clear idea of whether they’re up Dovizioso, who earned his third front-row start of the squad before the triangular series for it or not,” coach Stephen Mangongo season, said he had felt much better at Brno than a against Zimbabwe and Australia which said. Zimbabwe have a poor one-day week ago at Indy, where he also took the second spot starts in on August 25. “This record in recent times, having won just in qualifying. series is part of preparing to get to that seven of their last 30 games in the for- “I’m really happy about this weekend because perfect 15 eventually, and make sure mat. Last month they reached a new every practice we were really fast and really competi- tive compared to Indy,” he said. “The race tomorrow we don’t go to the World Cup with the low when they drew 2-2 with will be really interesting.” Iannone took the season’s wrong 15,” De Villiers said. “So we’ll see Afghanistan in a home series. “That second front-row position after clinging to Marquez’s some new faces in this series, and then tells you that there’s something wrong bike for a whole lap. “Marc helped me a little bit for I think with the triangular series we’ll there and we need to fix it,” said this lap. I’m happy because I pushed very hard and I try and get our best 11 on the field and Mangongo. “This is part of the road tried my best in this session,” he said. Britain’s Yamaha our best 15 in the squad.” map to fixing it and trying to be com- rider Bradley Smith took the fourth spot and will start With having retired petitive against the top teams and able from row two together with two Spaniards, Dani since South Africa’s last one-day to thrash the Associates.” — AFP Pedrosa on a Honda and Jorge Lorenzo on a Yamaha. BRNO: Repsol Honda Team’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez (right) competes in the qualification session Lorenzo’s Italian teammate Valentino Rossi came in at the Czech Republic Grand Prix in Moto GP yesterday, in Brno a day before of the Grand prix. — AFP