Sports FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2014 45 Photo of the day Duminy’s ton puts SA in driver’s seat GALLE: Jean-Paul Duminy hit a superb unbeaten remained off the field with a split webbing in his century to put South Africa in a position of strength bowling hand. on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka Duminy, dropped on 82 by Dilruwan Perera, was yesterday. given a standing ovation from his mates in the The left-hander came in to bat with South Africa dressing room after he completed his fourth Test placed at a shaky 331-7 but he batted sensibly under century. pressure to help his side declare their first innings at He shared valuable partnerships with tailenders 455-9. Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel (22) whose dis- In reply, Sri Lanka were 30-0 when stumps were missal in the 167th over prompted new South drawn for the day with Kaushal Silva batting on African skipper Hashim Amla to declare the innings. eight and Upul Tharanga on 20. Tharanga, playing Philander (27) was adjudged leg before wicket his first Test in six years, showed little signs of nerv- off Mathews but the batsman asked for a review as ousness, hitting four boundaries in his 40-ball he felt the ball had hit him high on the pads. innings so far. However, Hawk Eye upheld the on-field umpire’s The Sri Lankan bowlers were made to toil in hot call. He faced 96 balls and shared 75 runs for the and humid conditions by the gritty rival batsmen eighth wicket with Duminy. The morning session who dug in to ensure their team did not lose the belonged to Quinton de Kock who hit a maiden Test advantage of winning the toss and batting first on a 50 after resuming the day at his overnight score of placid track at the Galle International Stadium. 17. The rookie batsman, playing his second Test It was Duminy (100 not out) who stole the show after making his debut in February, hit six fours in his Jan Vidic performs at Red Bull Wild Ride in Divjina in Krize, Slovenia. with a superb rearguard action after opener Dean promising 90-ball innings. —www.redbull.com Elgar had laid the foundation for a good total with a A smashing cover-drive off slow bowler Dilruwan 103-run knock on day one. Perera (3-147) and another through point that raced Duminy, 30, frustrated the bowlers to take South to the boundary were the highlights of his innings. Africa past the 400-run mark. His 206-ball effort con- But Perera earned his revenge when he sent back tained 10 hits to the boundary including an exqui- De Kock with a sharp turning delivery that the bats- Buttler ‘Mankading’ site cover drive off skipper Angelo Mathews. man edged in the slips to give Mahela Jayawardene Mathews had to give himself the ball in the his 198th catch. The second and final Test will be is fine by MCC absence of pace spearhead Shaminda Eranga who played in Colombo from July 24-28. —AFP LONDON: Some of cricket’s greatest names moving out of their crease before the appro- insisted England’s Jos Buttler had only himself priate time.” to blame for his ‘Mankad’ dismissal against Sri Even though ‘Mankading’, the term coined Lanka. after India’s Vinoo Mankad ran out Australia The issue of players being run out backing non-striker Bill Brown during the 1947 Sydney up was in the spotlight when Buttler was dis- Test, remains a valid dismissal, some regard it missed in such a fashion by bowler Sachithra as underhand. Senanayake during Sri Lanka’s 3-2 series- England captain Alastair Cook, speaking clinching victory in the fifth and final one-day immediately after the Edgbaston match, said: international at Edgbaston. “I was pretty disappointed with it to be hon- However, the world cricket committee of est with you. I hope I wouldn’t do it.” Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), whose chair- However, Sri Lanka captain Angelo man is former England captain Mike Brearley Mathews said afterwards: “We gave him and whose members include Australia greats (Buttler) two warnings, and I don’t know what Rodney Marsh and Steve Waugh, as well as else you can do to stop him doing that, so we India’s Rahul Dravid and Pakistan’s Majid had to go for it.” Khan, insisted Buttler, not Senanayake, was at During a wide-ranging meeting, the com- fault. mittee also backed the International Cricket MCC still retains worldwide responsibility Council’s crackdown on illegal bowling for cricket’s rules, or Laws as they are known, actions. and following their latest meeting at the Off-spinner Senanayake, coincidentally, club’s Lord’s headquarters in London, the was suspended by the ICC after being report- committee issued a statement Wednesday ed for a suspected illegal action during the saying: “The unanimous view of the commit- same ODI series with England. tee was that if the non-striker is out of his “The world cricket committee is supportive ground earlier than allowed in either the Laws of the ICC’s continued efforts to deal with the of Cricket or the International Playing issue of illegal bowling actions,” the state- Conditions, then he can have no complaints ment said. GALLE: South Africa cricketer JP Duminy raises his bat and helmet in celebration should he be dismissed in this manner. “While it is unfortunate for Sri Lanka’s after scoring a century (100 runs) during the second day of the opening Test “Furthermore, the committee believes it Sachithra Senanayake that he has been sus- match against Sri Lanka. —AFP was not against the Spirit of Cricket to uphold pended from bowling, it is a credit to the sys- such an appeal, and urges batsmen to ensure tem that he was reported and tested prompt- they do not try to gain an unfair advantage by ly.” —AFP SCOREBOARD GALLE: Scoreboard at close on the second day of the first test between Sri Lanka and South Africa on Thursday: Female Pakistani cricketer South Africa first innings (overnight 268-5) 8-389 9-455 A. Petersen lbw b Perera 34 Bowling: Lakmal 33-12-75-3 (1nb), Eranga 9-4-32-0, D. Elgar c Chandimal b Lakmal 103 Herath commits suicide F du Plessis c Silva b Perera 80 60-12-148-1, Mathews 11-1-36-1, Perera 53.2-8-162-4 H. Amla c Perera b Herath 11 KARACHI: A female Pakistani cricketer who cricketers-Seema Javed, Hina Ghafoor, Kiran Sri Lanka first innings AB de Villiers b Lakmal 21 K. Silva not out 8 committed suicide by drinking acid was under Irshad and Saba Ghafoor-had jointly levelled Q. de Kock c Jayawardene b Perera 51 U. Tharanga not out 20 extreme stress after an administrator sued her the charges against Multan Cricket Club chair- D. Steyn b Lakmal 3 for pursuing a sexual harassment case against man Maulvi Sultan Alam and selector JP Duminy not out 100 Extras (lb-1, nb-1) 2 him, her cousin said yesterday. Halima Rafique, Mohammad Javed in a television show in June V. Philander lbw b Mathews 27 Total (no loss, 12 overs) 30 a 17-year-old all-rounder from the central city last year. M. Morkel b Perera 22 Still to bat: K. Sangakkara, M. Jayawardene, L. of Multan died in her home on Sunday in a case The allegations rocked the cricketing establish- Extras: (lb-2, nb-1) 3 Thirimanne, A. Mathews, D. Chandimal, D. Perera, R. that has shocked both fans and women’s rights ment in the deeply conservative country where Total: (nine wickets dec.; 166.2 overs) 455 Herath, S. Eranga, S. Lakmal activists, who have accused cricket authorities the women’s game only recently gained promi- Did not bat: I. Tahir Bowling (to date): Steyn 4-1-4-0, Philander 3-1-9-0, of covering up her damaging claims. nence and male non-family members are barred Fall of wickets: 1-70 2-195 3-220 4-246 5-266 6-290 7-314 Morkel 3-2-4-0, Tahir 2-0-12-0 Rafique along with four other domestic from watching matches at stadiums. —AFP.