SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2016 SPORTS

Appeal of women’s soccer growing, FIFA chief says in Jordan

AMMAN: The U-17 Women’s World he said were strong skills displayed in Cup hosted by Jordan shows that the the 16-team competition in Jordan. sport “is not only confined to some “Women’s football, even at the parts of the world,” FIFA’s president youth level, has nothing to do any said after watching North Korea win more with what it was only some years the title in a 5-4 penalty shootout ago,” he said. “Now the girls are really against Japan. athletes with top skills.” For Jordanian The competition, which ended late girls and women, the tournament Friday, marked the first time an inter- offered a rare opportunity to watch a national women’s soccer tournament game in a stadium. Typically, crowds was held in the Middle East. FIFA’s are overwhelmingly male and women Gianni Infantino said more needs to be tend to stay away because of a rowdy done to develop soccer in a region atmosphere, said Mohammed Abu where women aren’t typically encour- Samak, event manager at the Jordan aged to take up sports. Football Association. “That’s why it was important to Over the years, repeated efforts to have this U-17 World Cup here,” the attract more families and female spec- head of world soccer’s governing body tators have failed, he said, adding that told reporters after the title match. he’s not optimistic about change. “The resounding success of this Ibraheem Qudaisat, 46, attended World Cup shows that women’s foot- Friday’s game with his three young ball is not only confined to some parts daughters, a first for the family. of the world, but it’s really worldwide,” Qudaisat, a physician, said he agreed he said. because he was counting on a relaxed “More needs to be done,” he said. family-friendly atmosphere in the sta- “Girls have to come out, have to play, dium. AMMAN: FIFA President Gianni Infantino, second left, awards the silver trophy to Japanese Fuka Nagano after the final game against North Korea at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, the parents have to bring them to play His oldest daughter, 11-year-old Friday. — AP football, and I think the future will Sarah, had been pleading with him to show that we were right in coming go to a match because former stu- taekwondo after a Jordanian won the saw the Olympics this year, I got held in 2008 and takes place every here.” dents from her school play in the country’s first Olympic gold medal in inspired by seeing sports,” she said. other year. North Korea won in 2008 Infantino said women’s soccer has Jordanian U-17 national team. the sport this year, was excited to “And now I am inspired by football.” and became champion for the second already come a long way, citing what Sarah, who became interested in watch her first soccer game. “When I The U-17 Women’s World Cup was first time Friday. —AP

Stokes to the rescue as England leads Bangladesh by 273 runs

CHITTAGONG: Ben Stokes came to leave England only 17 runs ahead with England’s rescue yesterday with a fine all- five remaining. round performance which gave the Stokes and Jonny Bairstow resisted, tourists a 273-run lead against showing the patience the increasingly Bangladesh in the first test with two days deteriorating pitch demanded. Fast left. bowler Kamrul Islam was the unlikely Stokes ripped through Bangladesh man to break the partnership and with reverse-swing to finish on 4-26 - grabbed his maiden as Bairstow’s including three wickets in the morning attempted cut dragged the ball onto his session - as the hosts were all out for 248 stumps. in their first innings after resuming on Bairstow’s 95-ball knock, with six 221-5. At the change of innings, England fours, helped him become the highest led by 45 runs. Then Stokes’ restrained run-scorer as a designated wicketkeeper 85-run knock helped England end the in a calendar year, eclipsing Andy third day on 228-8 in its second innings, Flower’s 1,045. with its lead looking significant on a Stokes approached his fourth century pitch offering turn and variable bounce. until Shakib broke his resistance as he Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad were tried to sweep one that didn’t turn as undefeated on 11 and 10, respectively. “If much as he expected. Stokes smashed we can get up to 300, 310, 320 lead, it six fours and three sixes in 151 balls. would be nice. We are lucky that we have Shakib then completed his five-for with a really strong batting lineup,” Stokes the wicket of Adil Rashid. said. Earlier, Bangladesh survived just 12 Stokes and Jonny Bairstow combined overs to add 27 runs to its overnight for a 127-run partnership after England total. Offspiner Ali broke through in the was stuttering on 62-5. Shakib Al Hasan second ball of the day as Shakib played a claimed his 15th five-for, returning fig- reckless shot to throw away his wicket on ures of 5- 79. Shakib claimed two quick his overnight score of 31. wickets to reduce England to 28-3, aided Legspinner Rashid then got night- by Mehedi Hasan before lunch. watchman Shafiul for 2 after which Mehedi broke through with the prized Stokes’ reverse-swing burst accounted wicket of Alastair Cook for 12, induced by for three debutants - Mehedi, Sabbir a quicker . Rahman and Kamrul in the space of just Joe Root (1) and Ben Duckett (15) nine runs. failed to negotiate the straighter delivery “For me the game is still in the bal- of Shakib as England lost three wickets ance,” Bangladesh fast bowling coach for two runs. Garry Ballance perished to a Courtney Walsh said. “We have to bat sweep shot off Taijul Islam for 9, and well second time around.” England Moeen Ali went for 14 against Shakib to scored 293 in its first innings. — AP

ABU DHABI: Pakistani spinner Yasir Shah tries to stop the ball on the second day of the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies at the SCOREBOARD Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday.— AFP

CHITTAGONG: Scores at stumps on the third day of the first Test between Bangladesh and England at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong yesterday: England first innings 293 ( M. Ali 68, J, Root 2-0-5-0 Windies crumble after Bairstow 52; Mehedi Hasan 6-80) Bangladesh first innings (overnight 221-5) England 2nd innings Tamim Iqbal c Bairstow b Batty 78 A. Cook c Mahmudullah b Mehedi 12 Imrul Kayes b Ali 21 B. Duckett c Mominul b Shakib 15 Misbah’s near miss Mominul Haque c Stokes b Ali 0 J. Root lbw b Shakib 1 Mahmudullah c Root b Rashid 38 G. Ballance c Kayes b Taijul 9 Mushfiqur Rahim c Bairstow b Stokes 48 M. Ali c Rahim b Shakib 14 ABU DHABI: West Indies lost two late wickets Shakib Al Hasan st Bairstow b Ali 31 B. Stokes lbw b Shakib 85 to hand the initiative to Pakistan on the sec- SCOREBOARD Shafiul Islam c Broad b Rashid 2 J. Bairstow b Kamrul 47 ond day of the second Test in Abu Dhabi yes- Sabbir Rahman c Cook b Stokes 19 C. Woakes 11 terday. ABU DHABI: Scoreboard at the close of play on the second day of the second Test between Mehedi Hasan lbw b Stokes 1 A. Rashid lbw Shakib 9 West Indies had defied Pakistan’s bowlers Pakistan and West Indies played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium yesterday: Taijul Islam not out 3 S. Broad not out 10 well until the 44th over with the score 106 for Kamrul Islam b Stokes 0 Pakistan first innings (overnight 304-4) 20-1-65-0, Holder 22-8-47-3, Bishoo 26-0-112- Extras (b2 lb8 pen 5) 15 2, but they then lost Marlon Samuels (30) and Extras (b2 lb 4 w1) 7 Sami Aslam b Bishoo 6 1, Chase 19-1-80-0, Brathwaite 9-0-36-1 Total (eight wickets; 76 overs) 228 Kraigg Brathwaite (21) in the space of three Total ( all out, 86 overs) 248 Azhar Ali b Gabriel 0 Fall of wickets: 1- 26 (Cook), 2-27 (Root), 3- balls without adding any further runs. Fall of wicket: 1-29 (Kayes), 2-29 (Mominul), Asad Shafiq b Gabriel 68 West Indies first innings 28 (Duckett), 4-36 (Ballance) 5-62( Moeen), Nightwatchman and Younis Khan c Chase b Brathwaite 127 L. Johnson lbw b Rahat 12 3-119 (Mahmudullah), 4-163 (Tamim), 5-221 Jermaine Blackwood were yet to score as West (Rahim), 6-221 (Shakib ), 7-238 (Shafiul), 8- 6-189 (Bairstow), 7-197 (Stokes), 8-213 Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Gabriel 96 D. Bravo lbw b Shah 43 Indies trail Pakistan’s first innings total of 452 239 (Mehedi), 9-248 ( Sabbir), 10-,248 ( (Rashid) Yasir Shah c Bishoo b Holder 23 K. Brathwaite run out 21 by 346 runs with six wickets intact. Kamrul). To bat: G. Batty Sarfraz Ahmed b Gabriel 56 M. Samuels c Aslam b Rahat 30 Bowling: Broad 8-2-12-0, Batty 17-1-51-1, Bowling (to date): Mehedi 18-1-54-1, Shakib , who made 87 and 116 in the Mohammad Nawaz b Holder 25 D. Bishoo not out 0 Woakes 7-2-15-0 (w1), Rashid 31-7-79-5, Taijul 15-2-40-1, Kamrul 8-0-24-1, first Test in Dubai, made an attractive 43 but Sohail Khan c Johnson b Holder 26 J. Blackwood not out 0 16-1-58-2, Ali 22-4-75-3, Stokes 14-5-26-4, Mahmudullah 1-0-6-0, Shafiul 3-0-10-0. his dismissal left Pakistan in a dominant posi- Zulfiqar Babar c Hope b Gabriel 0 Extras: 0 tion. A late collapse hit the West Indies hard as Rahat Ali not out 0 Total: (for four wkts; 45 overs) 106 Samuels edged fast bowler Rahat Ali to slip Extras: (b1, lb15, nb9) 25 To bat: R. Chase, S. Hope, J. Holder, M. before Brathwaite was run out by Misbah-ul- Total: (all out; 119.1 overs) 452 Cummins, S. Gabriel Haq’s throw after setting off for a quick single. Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Ali), 2-42 (Aslam), 3-129 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Johnson), 2-65 (Bravo), 3- Bravo, who opened the innings after (Shafiq), 4-304 (Younis), 5-332 (Misbah), 6-342 106 (Samuels), 4-106 (Brathwaite) Brathwaite was off the field when Pakistan (Shah), 7-412 (Ahmed), 8-430 (Nawaz), 9-452 Bowling: Rahat 12-6-31-2, Sohail 9-3-16-0, were batting and could not come in at the (Sohail). Babar 11-1-29-0, Shafiq 1-0-2-0, Shah 12-5- start, helped the tourists reach 27 without loss Bowling: Gabriel 23.1-1-96-5 (9nb), Cummins 28-1. at the tea interval. But in the third over after tea Rahat gave MISBAH FALLS SHORT nightwatchman Shah would survive the sec- Pakistan the breakthrough when he trapped Earlier, Pakistan skipper Misbah missed out ond new ball which the West Indies took at leg-before for 12. Bravo and on his 11th Test century by just four runs, but the start of play. Shah was fortunate to escape Brathwaite took the score to 65 before drama Sarfraz Ahmed (56) and Mohammad Nawaz a leg-before review off Holder but Misbah was unfolded involving English umpire Michael (25) added 70 for the seventh wicket to not so lucky as he was dismissed in the next Gough as two of his decisions were over- ensure Pakistan crossed the 450-mark. over. Misbah missed an inswinging delivery turned on referral. Shannon Gabriel, who took a career best which hit him in front of the wicket, with Leg-spinner Yasir Shah struck Bravo on his five for 96, had dismissed Misbah in the first umpire Gough raising his finger. The Pakistani back pad as the left-hander tried to pull a session before bowling Ahmed soon after skipper reluctantly reviewed the decision but short ball but Gough turned down a vocifer- lunch. He dismissed Zulfiqar Babar for nought without success. Shah was the next to go as ous appeal from Pakistan players. to wrap up the innings. “There is not much for he pulled Holder straight to square-leg fielder Misbah reviewed the decision and televi- the bowlers in the pitch so it’s great to get five Bishoo after scoring 23. Ahmed paced his sion replays resulted in Bravo being sent on wickets and I am very happy,” said Gabriel, fol- innings well, hitting six boundaries in his 59- his way trapped leg-before for 43. The very lowing his first Test five-wicket haul. ball knock, as Pakistan compiled an imposing next ball Shah trapped Samuels in front of his Sohail Khan hit five boundaries before he first-innings score. ABU DHABI: West Indies’ batsman Leon Johnson (2ndR) plays a shot on the second stumps and Gough raised his finger, only for a became one of three victims for Jason Holder, Pakistan lead the three-match series 1-0 day of the second Test between Pakistan and West Indies at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket review to grant the batsman a reprieve as who finished with 3-47. Pakistan had resumed after winning the first Test-a day-night affair Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFP replays showed he had hit the ball. the day on 304-4 in the hope that Misbah and played with a pink ball-by 56 runs. — AFP