CCRICKETRICKET | Page 3 CCYCLINGYCLING | Page 4 Tendulkar Froome ready backs Kuldeep to give up to shine in ‘yellow’ dream England Tests for Thomas Tuesday, July 24, 2018 GOLF Dhul-Qa’da 11, 1439 AH Tiger licks his GULF TIMES lips at regaining that old feeling SPORT Page 2 CRICKET FOCUS Mechanical issue hurts al-Attiyah’s Herath sends SA chances in Russia spinning to huge defeat in 2nd Test Sri Lanka had wrapped up the first Test in Galle within three days Nasser al-Attiyah had to repair his car himself after it developed transmission problems during yesterday’s marathon stage between Elista and Astrakhan yesterday. By Sports Reporter of the Toyota. Astrakhan There was no respite and Hunt reached PC1 (140km) in front of both al-Rajhi and Joan Roma, verdrive Racing’s with Matthieu Serradori in Nasser Saleh al-Atti- fourth place. yah lost the outright Al-Attiyah got bogged down Olead of the Silk Way in a treacherous muddy sec- Rally and slipped to third overall tion three kilometres before the on the second half of the short- checkpoint and was towed out ened Marathon stage between of the quagmire by Russian rivals Elista and a return to Astrakhan Andrey Rudskoy and Denis Kro- in southern Russia yesterday. tov. The Qatari lost almost one The Qatari and his French nav- hour at the scene and still had Sri Lankan players pose after their series victory over South Africa at the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo yesterday. igator Matthieu Baumel had be- 200km of the stage to run. gun the special with an outright Al-Rajhi passed PC2 (215km) AFP SCORECARD left-arm spinner also had wicketkeeper- lead of 3min 34sec after incur- at the front of the fi eld and run- Colombo batsman Quinton de Kock lbw for eight on ring a one-minute time penalty ning 11 seconds ahead of Hunt the stroke of lunch. on Sunday, but they had suff ered with Roma in third. But heavy Sri Lanka first innings: 338 (de Silva 60, D. Steyn c Gunathilaka b Herath ............... 6 “I don’t think we play spin badly, but a transmission issue on the run rain had been incessant and rally ri Lanka yesterday completed a Gunathilaka 57, Karunaratne 53; Maharaj L. Ngidi not out ...................................................4 if you compare yourself to the subconti- into Elista and the car had lapsed offi cials decided to cancel the 2-0 Test sweep of South Africa 9-129) Extras (b16, lb5, nb4, w1) ...........................26 nent batters, then they’re obviously a step into two-wheel drive. remainder of the stage after PC1 to record their fi rst series win South Africa first innings: 124 (Danan- Total (all out; 86.5 overs) .......................290 above us in that regard,” du Plessis told re- With no service support per- after the leading cars had passed. over the Proteas since 2006 after jaya 5-52) Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Markram), 2-80 porters. mitted at the night halt the crew Teams would head to the biv- SRangana Herath wreaked havoc with six Sri Lanka second innings: “That’s where the challenge lies for the could only work on the car them- ouac in Astrakhan on a tarmac 275/5 dec (Elgar), 3-100 (Amla), 4-113 (du Plessis), wickets. (Karunaratne 85, Mathews 71; Maharaj 5-113 (Maharaj), 6-236 (Bavuma, 7-246 (de South Africa’s and the England’s and the selves with the spare parts car- road section. It was a welcome The visitors were all out for 290 in the 3-154) Kock), 8-280 (de Bruyn), 9-280 (Rabada), Australia’s of the world.” ried in the car. Their cause was boost to al-Attiyah’s victory second session of day four in Colombo, South Africa 2nd innings (target 490, 10-290 (Steyn) After lunch, de Bruyn recorded his not helped by the muddy condi- chances, but the Overdrive Rac- 200 runs short of the highly improbable overnight 139-5) Bowlers: Herath 32.5-5-98-6, Perera 30- maiden century — South Africa’s only one tions that were far from ideal for ing driver slipped to third place winning target of 490 on a bone-dry 4-90-2 (3nb), Dananjaya 19-2-67-2 (1nb), of the series — but was bowled by Herath a two-wheel drive car. in the unoffi cial overall rankings. wicket. D. Elgar lbw b Perera .....................................37 Lakmal 2-0-8-0, de Silva 2-0-5-0 (w1), for 101. After only 50km of the stage, England’s Harry Hunt now It was South Africa’s fi rst Test white- A. Markram lbw b Herath ............................ 14 Gunathilaka 1-0-1-0 “Worked very hard and these are the re- al-Attiyah was trailing leader leads the event by 20min 50sec wash since they went down in the island T. de Bruyn b Herath ....................................101 Toss: Sri Lanka sults of that. Sri Lanka has some of the best Harry Hunt by over fi ve minutes from Saudi Arabian driver nation 2-0 in a two-match series almost H. Amla b Herath ...............................................6 Result: Sri Lanka beat South Africa by spinners in the world and that’s why we with Yazeed al-Rajhi also ahead Yazeed al-Rajhi. 12 years ago. F. du Plessis c Mathews b Dananjaya .....7 199 runs bothered the South African batsmen,” Sri Sri Lanka had wrapped up the fi rst K. Maharaj lbw b Dananjaya ....................... 0 Series: Sri Lanka win two-match series Lanka’s stand-in-captain Suranga Lakmal Test in Galle within three days, reduc- T. Bavuma c Dickwella b Herath .............63 2-0 said. ing South Africa to 73 in the second in- Q. de Kock lbw b Herath ................................8 Umpires: Nigel Llong (ENG), Rod Tucker Sri Lanka, meanwhile, will take particu- STANDINGS nings — their lowest Test total since the K. Rabada c Mathews b Perera ................18 (AUS) lar joy in this victory, as it came in the ab- nation’s post-apartheid readmission to sence of their regular captain and middle- STAGE POSITIONS OVERALL POSITIONS international cricket. order batsman Dinesh Chandimal, who 1. Harry Hunt (GBR)/Sebastien Delau- 1. Harry Hunt (GBR)/Sebastien Delau- “Right through the series we didn’t have declaring halfway through the afternoon kept the Sri Lankan spinners at bay for was suspended following a ball-tampering nay (FRA) Peugeot 3008 DKR 1hrs nay (FRA) Peugeot 3008 DKR 8hrs that ability to score partnerships. I think session on day three, setting the visitors a most of the fi rst session yesterday, putting scandal. 15min 34sec 08min 42sec we only had three partnerships of 50 and highly improbable victory target. on a valiant sixth-wicket stand of 123. The home side’s coach Chandika 2. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Timo 2. Yazeed al-Rajhi (SAU)/Timo above the whole series,” Faf du Plessis, They were already fi ve wickets down for Their partnership was South Africa’s Hathurusingha was also not allowed to be Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John Cooper Gottschalk (DEU) MINI John Cooper South Africa’s crestfallen skipper, said. 139 at stumps on Sunday, with Dananjaya best ever in a fourth innings in Asia, and in the team dressing room during match Works Rally 1hrs 18min 57sec “But once again you have to give credit dismissing du Plessis for seven and left- was by a distance their biggest of the se- days after being sanctioned over the same 3. Joan Roma (ESP)/Alex Haro (ESP) Works Rally 8hrs 29min 32sec to the opposition. They were able to put arm spinner Herath getting Hashim Amla ries, the previous best having been worth incident. MINI John Cooper Works Rally 1hrs 3. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ us under pressure for long periods of time for six. only 64. The two teams will now head into the 20min 10sec Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux and therefore we made a lot of mistakes.” The South African wickets fell despite De Bruyn was especially impressive, limited-overs series with the fi rst of the 4. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fabian Overdrive 9hrs 04min 52sec In the second Test, Sri Lanka scored a comedy of errors from Sri Lanka, who sweeping judiciously and defending dog- fi ve one-day internationals scheduled for Lurquin (BEL) MCM Original 1hrs 4. Matthieu Serradori (FRA)/Fabian 338 in their fi rst innings and South Africa dropped two catches, wasted both their gedly on a tough surface, while Bavuma Sunday in Dambulla. 20min 19sec Lurquin (BEL) MCM Original 9hrs could only respond with 124 as versatile reviews — on successive balls — and could was also adept at picking gaps on the leg Sri Lanka also await England for a full 17. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah (QAT)/ 14min 02sec off -spinner Akila Dananjaya made hay, have had Dean Elgar out twice beforehand side and rotating the strike. series in October-November while South Matthieu Baumel (FRA) Toyota Hilux 5. Dennis Krotov (RUS)/Dmyrro Tsyro taking fi ve wickets. had Perera not overstepped. Bavuma’s resistance ended just after he Africa tour Australia for three ODIs and Overdrive 2hrs 15min 18sec (UKR) BMW X5 9hrs 45min 13sec The hosts then scored 275 for fi ve before Theunis de Bruyn and Temba Bavuma was caught behind off Herath for 63. The one Twenty20 in that period. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, July 24, 2018 GOLF Tiger licks his lips at regaining that old feeling AFP drive at the 18th. Carnoustie “Oh, it was a blast,” said Woods, who was also delighted to have had his children see him perform well after years of watching him struggle.