15 Sports Monday, August 24, 2020 England double century star Crawley in ‘dream’ world; Anderson rocks Pakistan

Crawley, Anderson and Buttler heap misery on Pakistan

SOUTHAMPTON: Zak Crawley said he “couldn’t have dreamed for a better score” after converting his maiden News in brief Test hundred into a superb innings of 267 against Pak- istan at Southampton on Saturday before England great Mir edges improved Quartararo James Anderson rocked the tourists with a late treble strike. Crawley and , who made 152, shared a SPIELBERG: Spanish rider Joan Mir of Suzuki set stand of 359 that powered England to 583-8 declared on the second day of the third Test. England, 1-0 up in a the benchmark in Saturday’s penultimate Styrian three-match contest and looking for a first series win MotoGP practice session, with championship over Pakistan in a decade, then saw Anderson reduce the leader Fabio Quartararo second fastest after two tourists to 24-3 at the close-a deficit of 559 runs-as he frustrating run-outs 24 hours earlier. Japan’s moved to within four of becoming the first paceman to Takaaki Nakagami was third quickest on his take 600 in Tests. Honda alongside last week’s Austrian MotoGP “I couldn’t have dreamed for a better score I’m ab- winner Andrea Dovizioso who clocked an identi- solutely delighted and we’re in a very good position with cal lap time. Frenchman Johann Zarco, penalised Jimmy at the end there,” Crawley told . Pak- Friday for his role in a crash with Franco Mor- istan’s Shan Masood was plumb lbw for four to Ander- bidelli last weekend, was cleared to ride in the son before fellow opener Abid Ali (one) edged low to third practice session but could only manage 12th Dom Sibley at third slip. And with what became the last ball of the day, Anderson had star batsman Babar Azam place. Quartararo has finished seventh and eighth lbw for 11 with one that cut back to finish with stumps since winning the opening two races of the coro- figures of 3-13 in 5.5 overs. navirus-hit campaign, and holds an 11-point lead over Dovizioso in the championship standings. He ‘Fighting’ Pakistan ensured direct entry into Q2 by comfortably post- Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam, however, insisted that ing a top-10 time on Saturday, having struggled “we don’t think the match has finished”. “We will fight it SOUTHAMPTON: England’s Zak Crawley plays a shot past Pakistan’s Yasir Shah (left) on the second day of with his brakes and then focusing more on his out and if we get two big innings everything will change. the third Test match between England and Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. — AFP Yamaha’s race pace in the opening two sessions It’s cricket and we are a fighting unit that can do that.” at Spielberg.—AFP England’s total was their highest in Tests since they made 589-8 declared against Pakistan at Old Trafford four was exactly the right man at the other end, telling me to down the legside by Mohammad Rizwan off part-time years ago. Three of Pakistan’s frontline bowlers con- calm down,” said Crawley. “He played better than me spinner Asad Shafiq. Crawley faced 393 balls, hitting 34 ceded over 100 runs each, with leg-spinner Yasir Shah today, he was flawless.” fours and one six. Together with Buttler, he had taken (2-173 from 39 overs) and teenage paceman Naseem One of the few false shots of his innings saw Crawley England from 127-4 to 486-5 against an increasingly Inter beat Atletico-MG 1-0 Shah (1-109 in 27) both going for more than four an over. go to 200 when he edged a four past second slip off ragged Pakistan. World Cup-winner Buttler saw his Crawley’s innings was the seventh highest maiden hun- Naseem. But he still received applause from his team- seven-and-a-half-hour innings-the longest of his ca- PORTO ALEGRE: Internacional moved to the top dred in 143 years of Test-match cricket and the 10th mates in a match being played behind closed doors be- reer-end tamely when he chipped a gentle return catch of Brazil’s Serie A on Saturday with a 1-0 win over highest score by any England batsman. “It’s very hum- cause of the COVID-19 outbreak. The 22-year-old to Alam, another occasional spinner. England resumed joint early season pace-setters Atletico Mineiro. bling indeed, I don’t see myself anywhere near their cal- Crawley was the seventh England batsman to turn his Saturday in a commanding position at 332-4. Crawley The Porto Alegre club carried away all three ibre but hopefully I can build on this,” said Crawley. maiden Test hundred into a double century and the first was 171 , in his eighth Test, with Buttler unbeaten points thanks to a nice finish from Thiago Gal- since Rob Key against the West Indies at Lord’s in 2004. on 87. Buttler, one ball after successfully reviewing a de- hardo, who took advantage of slack defending to ‘Flawless’ Buttler Earlier, Buttler completed just the second hundred of cision to give him out caught behind on 99, punched slot home just eight minutes into the match. It was His partnership with Buttler was also a new England his 47-match Test career and first as a wicketkeeper. seamer Abbas through point to complete a 189-ball hun- fifth- record in Tests, surpassing the 254 shared Crawley lofted Yasir over long-off for six before a dred with 10 fours and two sixes. It was just the 29-year- the second defeat in a row for Atletico. After win- by Keith Fletcher and Tony Greig against India at the clipped boundary off Mohammad Abbas saw him to 250. old’s second century in 47 Tests following his 106 ning their first three games of the season Jorge Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in February 1973. “Jos But his near 10-hour innings end when he was against India at Nottingham two years ago. — AFP Sampaoli’s side are now in third place in the league table. Inter go top with 12 points from their first five games. — Reuters

All-French Women’s semis

BILBAO: Lyon stayed on course for a fifth succes- sive Women’s Champions League title with a 2-1 quarter-final win over Bayern Munich on Saturday. The victory set-up a last-four clash against French rivals Paris Saint-Germain who ended English hopes with a 2-1 win against Arsenal. English in- ternational Nikita Parris gave six-time champions Lyon a 41st minute lead thanks to a pass from Eu- genie Le Sommer. Amel Majri added a second LOS ANGELES: Cristian Pavon #10 of Los Angeles goal just before the hour off a curling free-kick. Galaxy and Eddie Segura #4 of Los Angeles FC look Carolin Simon cut the deficit for Bayern on 64 for the ball during the second half in a 2-0 Galaxy minutes and was desperately unlucky when she hit win, in the season opening game at Banc of KUWAIT: Kuwait Tennis Federation held a meeting at its new premises at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdallah Al- the crossbar 15 minutes later. Bayern may have California Stadium Satrday. — AFP Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex with sports clubs representatives. The meeting was failed to emulate their men’s team by reaching the attended by Tennis Federation Secretary General Faleh Al-Otaibi, Technical Director Abbas Al-Busairi Champions League final but PSG can still make it and Head of Technical Committee Ali Al-Daihani. Secretary General Al-Otaibi welcomed the a double for the French capital. Marie-Antoinette representatives and informed them that Tennis activities will resume on September 13th. He said that Katoto gave PSG a 15th-minute lead with a smart Galaxy down LAFC it is essential that the necessary precautions be observed during training or matches. Technical director volley from a corner but Bethany Mead levelled explained the preparations for the upcoming season 2020/2021, which will start September 26th. for the Londoners, who were champions in 2007, 2-0 as Vela injured six minutes before the break.—AFP in ‘El Trafico’ PSG hope academies Ineos withdraw from Nationals LOS ANGELES: Ethan Zubak and Sebastian Lletget scored as the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated LAFC 2-0 will challenge appeal LONDON: Team Ineos withdrew its squad from on Saturday in a Major League Soccer derby that saw the Italian National Championship as a precaution LAFC star Carlos Vela exit with an injury. The result in after one of its riders tested positive for the new the LA rivalry dubbed “El Trafico” was a reversal of of rivals coronavirus, the British cycling team said on Sat- LAFC’s 6-2 thumping of the Galaxy at the MLS is Back urday. Ineos said in a statement that Leonardo tournament in Orlando, Florida, last month. DOHA: The young players of PSG’s academy in part of its ambitious, Qatari-funded project to ex- Basso, 26, had tested positive on Saturday and The Galaxy turned the tables despite the absence of Doha performed a range of drills under the watchful pand its appeal globally and secure a place in the top Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who was signed in the showed no symptoms of COVID-19. Filippo eyes of their mostly French coaches as the fierce echelon of world football. “It’s important to promote Ganna, Salvatore Puccio and Gianni Moscon, who offseason to help fill the void left by Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s Gulf sun set on the horizon. Their side’s Champions our brand, but not only that. It’s about values too,” departure. But with Mexico’s all-time leading scorer out went on training rides with Basso, will also self- League triumph against Leipzig, taking them said academy technical director Cyril Klosek. “PSG isolate for two weeks, as will four staff members with a calf injury, it was Zubak, starting in his place, who through to Sunday’s final against Bayern Munich in is already one of the best brands in the sports indus- put the Galaxy in front in the 26th minute. The Southern who are considered secondary contacts, Ineos Lisbon, was on the lips of several students. “My ex- try, we develop branding, merchandising and these California native was unmarked in the box when Julian said. “Although they have been in contact with the Araujo’s cross found him and he nodded a header behind pectation is PSG are going to win 3-1, hat-trick from academies.” riders wearing masks, observing social distancing Kenneth Vermeer. Lletget doubled the lead in the 54th, Neymar,” said Yassine el-Samman, 11. “But Bayern Twenty-two youngsters in immaculate dark-blue and other protocols, the Team believes this to be running unmarked into the penalty area and finishing off are a fantastic team.” PSG jerseys performed a range of dribbles and a prudent precaution,” Ineos said. “We will also an Araujo cross. Samman, like others at the under-12s training ses- passes, sporting Qatari shirt sponsor Ooredoo tele- support Leo with any contact tracing with any Four minutes later, Vela limped off with an apparent sion, said his family were newcomers to the dominant com, rather than the principal branding of French ho- friends and family as appropriate over the coming knee injury. The league’s reigning Most Valuable Player French side. “I was watching a match with my dad telier Accor. While the hardcore of PSG’s support in period.”— Reuters was playing his first match in more than five months, once. He told me there was this club he didn’t know the country were gathered at the training ground, the having opted out of the MLS is Back tournament to stay about called PSG. And I saw them play really well, so club is working to appeal to football fans in Qatar with his pregnant wife. Vela was brought up short by the we decided to watch more of them.” The academy more widely. “Most of the (students) knew PSG, but non-contact injury as he received a short pass while opened to fanfare in January 2019 at an event at- maybe less than English Premier League clubs or cruising down the flank. “We’ll need at least a day or two tended by PSG superstar Neymar and first team Spanish clubs. But we talk a lot about the club’s his- Whyte’s heavyweight hopes crash to fully assess, but just before that play he took a shot, coach Thomas Tuchel. tory,” said Klosek. PSG’s academy network is the the shot was blocked,” LAFC coach Bob Bradley said, Open to boys and girls aged between five and 16, cornerstone of the club’s global ambitions as well as LONDON: Dillian Whyte’s hopes of a world adding that it could be a medial collateral ligament injury. it operates across four sites, charging 2,000 riyals complementing Qatar’s aim of becoming a foot- heavyweight title fight suffered a major setback “That is usually an MCL-type situation so that’s what ($550, 465 euros) per month. PSG’s network of balling powerhouse by the time of the World Cup in when former Olympic champion Alexander we will look at in the next day or two.”— AFP more than 70 similar academies worldwide is a key 2022 which it will host.—AFP Povetkin twice came back off the canvas to knock out the British fighter. Whyte, 32, had been the WBC’s number-one contender for over two years red card. Lille’s Reinildo Mandava was then sent off shot from just inside the box - the first effort on tar- and was hoping victory behind closed doors on Lille and Rennes and the visitors levelled after the break courtesy of get of the game - to put the hosts ahead five min- Saturday would pave the way for a world title Damien Da Silva’s goal. Angers got off to a perfect utes from the break. shot at either defending champion Tyson Fury or start when Ismael Traore’s first-half goal earned Lille also lost a player on the stroke of halftime Deontay Wilder. Whyte twice put Russian 40- players see red in them a 1-0 win at Dijon. as Mandava picked up a straight red card for a bru- year-old Povetkin down in the fourth round but The Ligue 1 season started on Friday with a tal tackle on Raiphinha. With new signing Jonathan was then knocked out in fifth by the former WBA opening draw goalless draw between Girondins de Bordeaux and David failing to make an impact up front, Lille coach world champion. “I didn’t feel I would finish the Nantes after a five-month hiatus due to the Christophe Galtier brought in another recruit, Burak fight like this. I was confident in the fourth round COVID-19 crisis. Rennes went down 10 when Boey Yilmaz, but the Turkish striker was equally unim- even after going down twice,” Povetkin told Sky PARIS: Lille were held to a 1-1 home draw by Stade was shown a straight red card for a high foot in the pressive. Rennes, who finished third last season, Sports after winning the bout courtesy of a dev- Rennais as both teams finished with 10 men in their 34th minute, which resulted in the 19-year-old were the better side in the second half and they astating left hook. Promoter Eddie Hearn added: first game of the Ligue 1 season on Saturday. The being carried off the pitch on a stretcher after were rewarded in the 74th minute when Da Silva “When the punch landed, I thought it was a hosts went ahead in the first half thanks to Jonathan falling heavily on his back. It was the turning point latched onto Eduardo Camavinga’s headed cross to dream. I can’t believe it.— AFP Bamba’s strike after Rennes defender Sacha Boey’s in a poor first half as Bamba fired home a low cross equalise. — Reuters