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Home , Danushka Gunathilaka, Imrul Kayes, Jomel Warrican, Jonny Bairstow, Kaushal Silva, Lakshan Sandakan

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Alcacer set to sign long-term deal with Dortmund Bairstow shines at No 3 AFP | Berlin panish striker Paco Al- returns with ton to revive England but fight back Scacer is set to make his loan deal at Borussia Dort- mund permanent, accord- Bairstow was England first innings ing to reports in German • R Burns b Perera 14 media yesterday. playing his first Test K Jennings c Silva b Pushpakumara 13 The 25-year-old joined of the series having J Bairstow b Sandakan 110 Dortmund from Barcelona been injured at Galle J Root c Gunathilaka b Sandakan 46 on a one-year loan deal in and left out at Kandy B Stokes c de Silva b Sandakan 57 the summer and has made J Buttler c & b Sandakan 16 in immediate impression M Ali 23 with eight goals in just six AFP | Colombo B Foakes c Dickwella b Pushpakumara 13 Bundesliga appearances, in- A Rashid not out 13 cluding the winner against onny Bairstow laid down Extras (b3, lb3, nb1) 7 Bayern Munich two weeks a marker to be England’s Total (7 , 88.1 overs) 312 ago. Jpermanent number three Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Burns), 2-36 Bild newspaper and yesterday but Sri Lanka clawed (Jennings), 3-136 (Root), 4-235 (Stokes), Kicker magazine reported their way back into the final Test 5-254 (Bairstow), 6-265 (Buttler), 7-294 that Dortmund, who have with late wickets. (Foakes) built a four-point lead at the At stumps on day one, Eng- : Lakmal 10-2-23-0, Perera top of the Bundesliga, have land, 2-0 up in the series, were 30.1-1-107-1, Pushpakumara 20-3-64-2, offered Alcacer a contract 312-7, Bairstow having made 110 Sandakan 21-0-91-4, de Silva 5-0-16-0, until 2023 with a transfer after valuable partnerships with Gunathilaka 2-0-5-0 fee for Barcelona worth up- and , who Toss: England wards of 21 million euros. made a half-century. That could rise by a fur- after Root won his then survived an lbw review. He ther five million euros in eighth straight toss, England England batsman Jonny Bairstow plays a one handed shot for runs ended on 23 and not bonuses. lost both openers cheaply in the out on 13. England have rested morning. lunch. was yet to get off the mark. ing his helmet and celebrating fast bowler James Anderson to Rory Burns disappointed Bairstow and Root put on a Stokes and Bairstow then with gusto. give his first Test again, bowled by Dilruwan Per- 100-run stand before the made hay, Stokes hitting five But he fell for 110, bowled by of the series. N’Golo Kante signs era for 14 as he tried to cut. Kea- fell to left-arm wrist spinner fours and two sixes before Sandakan, and was soon fol - Sri Lanka also made two ton Jennings fell three overs lat- after lunch, Sandakan got the Durham lowed by Buttler for 16, caught changes, bringing in left-arm new 5-year deal at er, caught at leg slip off Malinda top-edging an attempted slog all-rounder to edge to slip, send- and bowled by Sandakan, and by wrist spinner Lakshan Sandakan Pushpakumara for 13. sweep on 46. ing him back to the pavillion for Ben Foakes who nicked Malinda to replace who Chelsea But Root and Bairstow, Eng- Sri Lanka should have had 57 off 88 balls. Pushpakumara to the keeper is in Brisbane having his bowling AFP | London land’s fourth different number Stokes as well, with umpire Bairstow, playing his first Test for 13. action tested. three in the series, steadied the Chris Gaffaney incorrectly turn- of the series having been injured , who has had a Under-performing opener helsea midfielder N’Go- ship, surviving one review each ing down Perera’s lbw appeal at Galle and left out at Kandy, woeful tour with the bat -- in was left out in fa- Clo Kante has signed a to steer the visitors to 102-2 at when the Durham allrounder then passed his century, remov- contrast to with ball in hand -- vour of . new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge, the Premier League club an- nounced yesterday. The France internation- Pogba fit as Mourinho al, signed from Leicester West Indies hit back after in the summer of 2016, has reports clean bill of health been an ever-present in the league for Maurizio Sarri’s teen sets record AFP | Manchester explained Mourinho. “The na- side this season. Chelsea tional team was aware of his are third in the table, four AFP | , Bangladesh Australian Pat Cummins’s aul Pogba is fit for Man- problems and with permission points behind leaders Man- Bangladesh first innings (overnight five- haul on debut at chester United’s match he stayed, he worked really chester City. 315-8) P eenage Bangladesh 18 years and 193 days, took Nayeem Hasan c Hope b Warrican 26 against Crystal Palace today hard on that. “N’Golo Kante has today Toff-spinner Nayeem Hasan care of the West Indies low - not out 39 after recovering from a thigh “I like to call that a ‘pre-in- extended his stay at Stam- became the youngest ever play- er middle-order after senior lbw b Warrican 0 injury that forced him out of jury’ because problems in the ford Bridge by signing a new er to take five wickets on de- spinners provided the initial Extras (b3, lb5, nb4) 12 the derby defeat and interna- muscles around it, they are a five-year contract,” Chelsea but but West Indies’ spinners breakthroughs. Total (all out; 92.4 overs) 324 tional duty with the French dangerous situation and he said on their official web- matched him to restore parity Skipper , national team. was in a ‘pre-injury’ situation. site. in the first Test in Chittagong who finished with 3-43, dis - West Indies first innings United manager Jose Mour- He worked really hard, he’s yesterday. missed and Kraigg K. Brathwaite c Soumya b Shakib 13 inho was upbeat yesterday af- ready for tomorrow. Nayeem, who was 17 years Brathwaite at the start of his K. Powell lbw b Taijul 14 ter his players returned from “Is he ready to play three in a 355 days old at the start of spell after Taijul Islam removed S. Hope b Shakib 1 their national sides to prepare row in the same week? I don’t Xavi plans to retire the game, finished with 5-61, Kieran Powell for 14 to help S. Ambris lbw b Nayeem 19 for the resumption of the Pre- know but the most important as Bangladesh bowled out the the hosts reduce West Indies R. Chase c Imrul b Nayeem 31 mier League campaign. match is the next. but insists coaching West Indies for 246 to take a to 31-3. S. Hetmyer c Mushfiqur b Mehidy 63 Luke Shaw will serve a one- “Fellaini also stayed, 78-run first innings lead. Roston Chase and Sunil Am- S. Dowrich not out 63 match suspension against Pal- no national team, return not close But the hosts were unable bris tried to rebuild the innings D. Bishoo lbw b Nayeem 7 ace after collecting five book- they also let him stay AFP | Barcelona to cash in on the advantage, but Nayeem soon struck, re - K. Roach lbw b Nayeem 2 ings and triggering a ban. in spite of playing 90 slumping to 55 for five in their moving both batsmen in suc- J. Warrican b Nayeem 12 But Mourinho has a fully fit minutes against Man ormer Spain and second innings at stumps on cessive overs for 31 and 19 runs S. Gabriel c b Shakib 6 squad to choose from as Unit- City. He needed to stay and FBarcelona midfield- the second day for a lead of just respectively. Extras (b6, lb2, nb2, p5) 15 ed look to bounce back from a prepare himself better er Xavi Hernandez has Total (all out; 64 overs) 246 133 runs. then 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, after indicated he will retire launched a counter-attack such Jomel Warrican and Roston Bangladesh second innings a game that Pogba sat out with from playing at the end Chase each took two wickets to to score 63 off 47 balls with Imrul Kayes b Warrican 2 injury. an in- of the season. help the West Indies claw their five fours and four sixes for c Brathwaite b Chase 11 “With Paul, we knew with jury Xavi has played for Qa- way back into the contest. a brief respite from the spin lbw b Chase 12 this break he would recover tari club Al Sadd since 2015 remained onslaught. from that small muscular Paul but is best known for his b Bishoo 17 Pogba unbeaten on 11 alongside Me- Hetmyer shared 92 runs with Shakib Al Hasan c Gabriel b Warrican 1 injury,” career at Barca, where he hidy Hasan, on what looked like Shane Dowrich to lift West In- Mushfiqur Rahim not out 11 Mour- won eight La Liga and four a batting minefield at the Zahur dies from a precarious 88-5 but not out 0 inho Champions League titles. Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. the side collapsed again once Extras (lb 1) 1 said. “It’s going to be my last Nayeem, who surpassed Mehidy broke the stand. Total (five wickets, 17 overs) 55 “So we that year, in January I’ll turn don’t have players I can say are h e 39 and I think it’s time out of the game tomorrow. We had be- to say good- have a huge 23 (man) group to fore, so bye,” choose for tomorrow.” Marouane X a v i United players appear to is also good. said in an have managed their injuries “And the boys in the interview with through the international national teams -- Rashford Spanish radio break successfully. Attacker came with a little problem but station Cadena Anthony Martial of France is ready, (Romelu) Lukaku is Ser on Thursday and midfielder Marouane Fel- ready, I would say ready with night. laini of Belgium did not join a little bit of a risk but ready.” Xavi was also in- their national teams. Marcus Buoyed by such good strumental in Spain’s Rashford has recovered from news, Mourinho has also unprecedented period a minor muscular problem repeated his claim that he of success between 2008 he suffered while playing for believes United will be in a and 2012, when La Roja England against Croatia. top-four position in the Pre- won the World Cup and “Martial stayed with us, he mier League by the turn of the the European Champion- Bangladesh cricketer Imrul Kayes (R) takes a catch to dismiss West Indies cricketer Roston Chase (L) didn’t go to the national team,” year. ships twice.