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Sports SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2014 Sangakkara, Jayawardene flay Pakistan in rain-hit first Test

GALLE: Kumar Sangakkara rose to fourth declared him leg-before off Junaid. Replays place in the list of century-makers as he and showed the ball missing the off-stump. the retiring Mahela Jayawardene plundered Gould then negated Junaid’s appeal for Pakistan’s bowlers on the rain-hit third day leg-before against Sangakkara, then on 62, of the first Test in Galle yesterday. but the review system agreed with the The hosts, who began the day at 99-1 in umpire this time. — AFP reply to Pakistan’s 451, carried their first innings to 252-2 by tea before heavy rain wiped out the final session of play. Just 46 of the stipulated 90 overs were SCOREBOARD bowled during the day, leaving a draw as the likely result with just 12 having GALLE: Scoreboard on the third day of the fallen over the first three days. Sri Lanka will first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in resume today trailing by 199 runs with eight Galle yesterday: wickets in hand. Left-handed Sangakkara-who turns 37 in Pakistan 1st innings: 451 (Younis Khan LONDON: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (center) looks on as England’s (right) October-was unbeaten on 102, his seventh 177, Asad Shafiq 75, Sarfraz Ahmed plays a shot during the second day of the fourth Test match. — AFP three-figure knock in the last 14 Tests, tak- 55, Abdur Rehman 50, Dilruwan Perera 5- ing his overall tally to 37 centuries. 137, Rangana Herath 3-116) Rain frustrates England Only the retired trio of India’s , with 51 centuries, Jacques Kallis Sri Lanka 1st innings (overnight 99-1): MANCHESTER: England were on the cusp of length that this time took the edge on of who had 45, and Ricky U. Tharanga lbw b Junaid 19 regaining control of the fourth Test against its way through to wicketkeeper Dhoni. Ponting of on 41, have scored K. Silva c Sarfraz b Talha 64 more hundreds. India at Old Trafford when rain forced an early Moeen Ali fell for 13 when recalled fast K. Sangakkara 102 Jayawardene, set to quit at M. Jayawardene not out 55 close to yesterday’s second day. bowler Aaron, from around the , hurried the end of this two-Test series, showed he Extras: (b1, lb3, w6, nb2) 12 England were 237 for six in reply to India’s him with a short-pitcher before next ball bowl- was good enough to prolong his 17-year Total (for two wickets, 80 overs) 252 152 all out, a lead of 85 runs. Joe Root was 48 ing him with a full-length delivery as the left- career as he survived an anxious start to hit Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Tharanga), 2-144 not out and 22 not out, with their hander aimed towards midwicket. an unbeaten 55. (Silva). unbroken seventh-wicket partnership so far Pankaj Singh had had the misfortune to The tried and trusted duo of Sangakkara : Junaid 20-6-71-1 (w1), Talha 14-4- worth 67 runs. What became heavy rain forced record the worst wicketless Test debut by any and Jayawardene, whose partnership of 624 45-1 (nb2, w5), Ajmal 29-7-76-0, Rehman the players from the field at 2:15pm local time. bowler with a match return of none for 179 at against South Africa in Colombo in 2006 17-2-56-0. Although the sun later broke through the Southampton, where he might have taken remains a world record, have so far put on clouds and and groundstaff appeared to get several wickets. 108 for the third wicket. most of the outfield into a playable state, two And when rain stopped play in Manchester large puddles on the boundary near the play- yesterday, Singh, whose innings figures then ‘POOR BOWLING’ ers’ dressing rooms caused the officials con- stood at none for 79 in 17 overs, could have Pakistan’s spin bowling coach Mushtaq cern. been forgiven for thinking if he would ever Ahmed, who served England for several After several inspections, umpires Rod take a Test wicket. — AFP years before returning to his home country, Tucker and Marais Erasmus were still not satis- rued the lack of match practice for his fied with the condition of those areas and play bowlers. was abandoned for the day at 5:39pm. SCOREBOARD “We bowled poorly but that has got a lot It was a decision greeted by understand- to do with the fact that we have not played able jeers from spectators who had waited Test cricket for seven months,” he said. “Also patiently for several hours in the hope of see- MANCHESTER: Scoreboard after rain there was nothing in the wicket for them, ing the match re-start. forced an early close on the second day of especially against such class batsmen like England resumed on 113 for three after the fourth Test between England and Sangakkara and Mahela. bowling out India-who won the toss-for just India at Old Trafford yesterday: “But this match is not over yet. If we can 152 before tea on Thursday, with fast-medium break through early tomorrow, it could still bowler Stuart Broad taking six for 25. India 1st Innings 152 (MS Dhoni 71; S turn out to be a close game.” Rain had However, India’s total in an innings featur- Broad 6-25, J Anderson 3-46) reduced play to 20 overs in the post-lunch ing a Test record-equalling six ducks repre- session in which Sri Lanka scored 78 runs. sented something of a recovery after they had England 1st Innings (overnight: 113-3) Pakistan’s reputed spin attack of Saeed been eight for four inside six overs and the A. Cook c Pankaj Singh b Aaron 17 Ajmal and Abdur Rehman were ineffective tourists were indebted to a battling 71 from S. Robson b Kumar 6 on the flat, even-paced pitch loaded in captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. England’s Ian G. Ballance lbw b Aaron 37 favour of the batsmen. Bell was 45 not out, with nightwatchman Chris I. Bell c Dhoni b Kumar 58 Sangakkara reached his century just Jordan yet to score at the start of Friday’s play. C. Jordan c Aaron b Kumar 13 before tea by cutting Rehman for his 13th J. Root not out 48 boundary. Sangakkara and his overnight KUMAR AT THE DOUBLE M. Ali b Aaron 13 partner Kaushal Silva negotiated Pakistan’s India badly needed an early breakthrough J. Buttler not out 22 pace and spin attack comfortably to add 45 and swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a Extras (b5, lb9, w4, nb5) 23 runs in the first hour’s play. thorn in England’s side with both bat and ball Total (6 wkts, 71 overs, 315 mins) 237 Silva, who was on 38 at stumps on this series, duly obliged by taking two wickets To bat: S Broad, C Woakes, J Anderson Thursday, reached his half-century by for one run in eight balls to remove both Bell Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Robson), 2-36 (Cook), pulling seamer Junaid Khan to the square- (58) and Jordan (13). 3-113 (Ballance), 4-136 (Jordan), 5-140 leg fence for his ninth boundary. Bell, fresh from his hundred in England’s (Bell), 6-170 (Ali) Silva made 64 in the second-wicket stand 266-run win at Southampton-their first victory Bowling: Kumar 18-6-47-3 (1w); Singh 17- of 120 when he edged a ball from fast in 11 Tests-that levelled the five-match series 2-79-0 (1w); Aaron 16-2-48-3 (5nb, 2w); bowler Mohammad Talha and wicket-keep- at 1-1, completed a 63-ball fifty including eight Ashwin 13-1-28-0; Jadeja 7-0-21-0; er Sarfraz Ahmed dived to his right to hold a fours and a six. India: , Gautam Gambhir, low catch. With conditions as overcast as they had Cheteshwar Pujara, , Ajinkya Jayawardene walked in to a guard of been on Thursday morning, there was plenty honour of raised bats by schoolchildren and Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni of swing movement on offer. was greeted in the middle by applauding (capt/wkt), , Ravichandran But it was Kumar’s looping bouncer that Pakistani fielders, as firecrackers exploded did for Jordan as he mistimed a pull and was Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun outside the ground. well caught by Varun Aaron, moving low to his Aaron, Pankaj Singh. He immediately got into his stride, right at midwicket. Match position: England lead India by 85 punching the third delivery he faced, from GALLE: Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara And 136 for four became 140 for five when runs with four first-innings wickets stand- off-spinner Ajmal, to the cover boundary. runs between the wickets during the third day Bell, beaten the ball before by Kumar’s superb ing. When on 11, Jayawardene won a televi- of the opening Test match between Sri Lanka outswinger, was undone by another good sion review after English umpire Ian Gould and Pakistan. — AFP