17 THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018 sports

Keith Lee trains De Kock steers South alongside Kevin Africa to take lead

AFP | Dambulla, Sri Lanka

icketkeeper-bats- man Quinton de WKock hit an attack- ing 87 to guide to a four- win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day interna- tional in Dambulla yesterday. Chasing 245 for victory, the visitors rode on a 91- open- ing between de Kock and , who Kevin Lee in action scored 43, to achieve their target with more than seven overs to spare. South Africa take a 2-0 TDT | Manama lead in the five-match series. Skipper con- FC superstar Kevin Lee is tributed with a valuable 49 Ucoaching his brother Keith after Sri Lankan spinner Aki- Lee ahead of his promotional la Dananjaya led the debut at Brave Combat Federa- KNOW WHAT charge to give the visitors some tion. Keith Lee is also joined by tough moments in their chase. Joseph Benavidez in sparring The Proteas bowlers also sessions. played their part earlier as pace- Keith will be facing Jere - Keith Lee is known for men and Andile my Pacatiw from Team Lakay his work on American Phehlukwayo claimed three at Brave 14. Pacatiw has the independent circuit, each to restrict Sri Lan- most number of appearances where he competed ka to 244-8 in 50 overs. South Africa’s (R) plays a shot as Sri Lanka’s Niroshan Dickwella (L) looks on for a fighter from Philippines for promotions such as Skipper at Brave Combat Federation. Evolve, All American made 79 off 111 balls while Ni- Pacatiw is currently under- Wrestling, and Pro roshan Dickwella scored 69 to with them having a set batsman. after South Africa’s quick start going training alongside his give the Sri Lankan total some Plans were good and the execu- BRIEF SCORE but the rest of the bowling and team mate and champion of Wrestling Guerrilla respectability after they elected tion was great,” he added. some sloppy fielding let the the bantamweight division of advanced and mature game to bat first. South Africa began their in- South Africa 246 for 6 (De home team down. Brave Combat Federation, Ste- plan as he assimilates the years “Excellent bowling perfor- nings with a big first-wicket Kock 87, Du Plessis 49, Dananjaya had Amla caught phen Loman. of experience brought forth by mance, seemed like Sri Lanka partnership as de Kock hit bowl- Dananjaya 3-60) beat Sri and bowled and then snapped At the same time, Keith has his training partners. would get 280-300 but we kept ers to all parts of the ground Lanka 244 for 8 (Mathews up for three. revealed that he is training Kevin is closely monitoring getting wickets,” an elated du during his 78-ball knock, laced 79*, Dickwella 69, Phehluk- He later denied du Plessis his alongside fighters above his the progress and is most likely Plessis said after the win. with 13 fours and 1 six. half- with another skill and experience level on a expected to be in the corner of “We kept pulling it back even Dananjaya took two wickets wayo 3-45) by four wickets caught and bowled effort. daily basis. Keith as he will face the pros- He added that the routine pect trained by Mark Sangiao helps him establish a much himself. Root’s Test century drought continues Brave CF concludes major AFP | Birmingham, UK Wicket-keeper Bairstow played the ball to midwicket for signings from Brazil ngland ’s a single and then set off for what TDT | Manama has 12 wins in his fight career Ewait to score his 14th Test always looked a tight second, where he competed 14 times. hundred continued in frus - with Root, who responded to rave Combat Federation 11 of the victories came by trating fashion when he was the call, comfortably run out by Bhas officially announced way of submissions with 10 run out for 80 in a mix-up with opposing captain ’s signing two new top prospects finishes coming within the 1st Yorkshire team-mate Jonny direct hit from midwicket to from Brazil. minute of action. Bairstow on the first day of the end a 156-ball including Geraldo Coelho and Gabriel Mohammed Shahid, Presi- series opener against India at nine fours. Miranda have signed the mul- dent of Brave Combat Feder- Edgbaston yesterday. It was the 11th time that Root ti-fight contracts to represent ation has announced aggres- Root looked on course for his had made a Test fifty since Edg- Brave Combat Federation in sive expansion plans for the first hundred at this level since baston hundred last year with- the upcoming events. remainder of 2018. he made 136 against West Indies out going on to three figures. Geraldo “Luan Santana” Currently Brave Combat last year at Edgbaston. Kohli then rubbed salt into Coelho has competed 14 times Federation with its active ath- But, not for the first time, he the wound by blowing kisses in in his career and has 11 wins. lete relations program is the failed to convert a century into the direction of Root and put- Meanwhile Gabriel “Fly” fastest growing mixed mar- a hundred, although the fault lay ting his finger to his lips, as if to Miranda is among the top tial arts organisation in the as much with Bairstow as Root. England’s Joe Root attempts to shoo away a pigeon from the wicket quieten the crowd. prospects of the region who world.

Williams, Russell power West Indies over Bangladesh

AFP | Basseterre, Saint Kitts match, fast bowler Williams and Nevis BRIEF SCORE claimed four for 28 to ensure there would be no substan- esrick Williams’ ca- West Indies 93 for 3 tial recovery for the tourists Kreer-best bowling fig- despite a fighting topscore ures and a hurricane bat- (Russell 35*, Mustafizur KNOW WHAT of 35 from as ting cameo by Andre Rus- 2-18) beat Bangladesh 143 they finished at 143 for nine. sell highlighted an efficient for 9 (Mahmudullah 35, Set a revised target of 91 at Seef District too effort by the West Indies Williams 4-28) by seven Widely regarded as off 11 overs after rain de - in defeating Bangladesh by wickets (by DLS method) biggest hitter of the layed the Windies response Um al Hassan +973 17728699 seven wickets in the rain-af- ball, Andre by more than 90 minutes, Seef District +973 17364999 fected opener of the three- Russell blazed an unbeat- match T20 International Nurse rocked the visitors Russell has hit a centu- en 35 off 21 balls with three series at Warner Park in St with the wickets of both ry in 42 balls in Carib- fours and three sixes to en- Kitts on Tuesday. openers without scor - bean Premier League sure there were no alarms After off-spinner Ashley ing in the first over of the for home side in taking lead.