SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018 18 Spin Maharaj tames Peter Sagan the Lankan lions strikes again stars by God that things worked Record eight-wicket out this way,” Maharaj said after • his 8-116, the best figures for a haul helped South South African spinner in a first Africa fight back innings anywhere, in addition to his own personal record. At stumps, the hosts “I think I did get a little bit were• 277 for nine of assistance off the wicket. It is a little bit different here than in Galle, because the ball skids • Sri Lanka, who won on. There’s a chance of getting the first Test in Galle LBWs and also the top edge when the batsman sweeps.” At stumps, the hosts were 277 Colombo | Sri Lanka for nine at Colombo’s Sinha- lese Sports Club Ground, giv- pinner Keshav Maharaj ing the Proteas hope they can thanked his lucky stars as avoid their first series defeat Swell as the pitch yesterday to Sri Lanka since 2006 after after his record eight-wicket their drubbing in the first Test haul helped South Africa fight in Galle. back on the opening day of the The left-arm Maharaj’s first second Test against Sri Lanka. eight-for in 22 Tests hurt Sri “I think it was written in the Lanka with regular strikes af- ter a 116-run opening stand be- tween Danushka Gunathilaka, who hit 57, and Dimuth Karun- aratne, who made 53. Sri Lanka, who won the first Accolades mean Test in Galle, had elected to bat Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, wearing the best sprinter’s green jersey, celebrates a lot more when first in their bid to clinch the as he crosses the finish line two-match series. Akila Danan- you can win a jaya, on 16, and Rangana Herath, Test match, so on 5, hung on until the close of AFP | Valence, France hopefully in the play. second innings I The islanders started on the lovakian Peter Sagan un- standings can put in another right foot with Gunathilaka Sderlined his sprint creden- performance and be and Karunaratne mixing cau- tials for the third time on the Class standings after the on the winning end tion and aggression to keep the Tour de France yesterday after 13th stage of the Tour de of it South African bowlers at bay on powering to victory in the 13th France, a 169.5km ride 93-0 at lunch. stage from Bourg d’Oisans to from Le Bourg-d’Oisans to KESHAV MAHARAJ The left-handed duo reached Valence. Valence Sagan, of the Bora team, is one of the few real sprint 2nd Test scoreboard specialists still in the race af- Points: South Africa’s Keshav Maharaj celebrates after he dismissed Sri Lanka’s ter surviving an Alpine stage 1. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) Dhananjaya de Silva trilogy that proved fatal to 398 pts Sri Lanka the hopes of rivals Mark Cav- 2. Alexander Kristoff (NOR/ D. Gunathilaka c Rabada b Maharaj 57 their respective half-centuries the only other bowler to pick endish, Marcel Kittel, Andre D. Karunaratne c de Kock b Maharaj 53 EAU) 170 just after lunch but fell to Ma- up a wicket, dismissing Roshen Greipel, Dylan Groenewegen 3. Arnaud Démare (FRA/ D. de Silva lbw b Maharaj 60 haraj’s guile soon after. Silva for 22. and Fernando Gaviria. K. Mendis c Rabada b Maharaj 21 Maharaj, South Africa’s only The hosts, led by Suranga All the aforementioned ex- FDJ) 133 A. Mathews c du Plessis b Maharaj 10 regular spinner, got Karuna- Lakmal, are without regular ited the race over two tough 4. John Degenkolb (GER/ R. Silva b Rabada 22 ratne caught behind with a captain Dinesh Chandimal, days in the Alps, and Sagan TRE) 128 drifting delivery down the leg who is suspended for the series -- who had won two stages on N. Dickwella c du Plessis b Maharaj 5 side. He got Gunathilaka in his over a ball-tampering charge. this edition so far -- was quick D. Perera c Ngidi b Maharaj 17 5. Andrea Pasqualon (ITA/ very next over.And in the last Coach Chandika Hathurusingha to capitalise. WGG) 100 A. Dananjaya not out 16 session, he came out all guns and manager Asanka Gurusinha “It was very beautiful to win S. Lakmal c Markram b Maharaj 0 blazing as the hosts lost six have also been banned over the today after three days in the R. Herath not out 5 wickets with only Dhananjaya case. Alps,” said Sagan, whose 11th Team overall: de Silva putting up some resist- Maharaj said though that he stage win on the race helped 1. Movistar 160 h 28:10. Extras (lb2, nb1, w8) 11 2. Sky at 4:03. Total (9 wickets, 86 overs) 277 ence with his 60-run knock. was not focused on personal take his tally in the points com- Paceman Kagiso Rabada was records -- not yet anyway. petition to 398 points. 3. LottoNL 12:06. Norwegian Alexander Krist- 4. Bahrain 25:39. off (UAE), who finished a close 5. AG2R La Mondiale 47:02. second, has 170 while French- 6. Astana 52:16. man Arnaud Demare, of Grou- pama, has 133. 7. Giant 1 h 05:45. Zaman hits Pakistan’s first ODI 200 “I was on the wheel of (Al- 8. Mitchelton 1 h 37:17. exander) Kristoff, then I made 9. BMC 1 h 40:17. at Headingley in 2006. my move. But it wasn’t easy for 10. Katusha 1 h 44:47. Fakhar hits When the opening partner- me. “The team did a great job, • Scoreboard ship was eventually snapped, but in the last kilometre I was record double ton Asif Ali arrived at the crease and maybe in 20th or 25th position, up on his left, Demare ran out Fourth one-day international immediately went on the attack, so I had to sprint to get back up of juice. “I thought I was going AFP | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Pakistan smashing 50 from 22 deliveries to the front.” to win, I started my sprint well I. ul Haq c Musakanda b W Masakadza 113 to help boost Pakistan to an - Sagan was given extra work but I came up short. Sagan was akhar Zaman became the F. Zaman not out 210 other record: their highest ever after Belgian upstart Philippe too strong,” he said. Ffirst Pakistan player to hit a total in ODIs. Gilbert (Quick Step) brazenly Sagan now has one hand on a double century in one-day in- A. Ali not out 50 Zimbabwe’s response never attacked a leading peloton full sixth green jersey, and one eye ternationals as Pakistan crushed Extras (b4, lb5, w17) 26 got going, and they were lucky of ambitious sprinters 930 me- now on winning the final stage Zimbabwe by 244 runs to go Total (1 wkt, 50 overs) 399 to avoid a few other ignomin- tres from the line. But Sagan, to the Champs Elysees. 4-0 up in their one-day series Did not bat: B Azam, S Malik, S Ahmed, F Ashraf, S Khan, Y ious records when they were and his rivals didn’t flinch. But the 28-year-old Slova- yesterday Shah, J Khan, U Khan bowled out in the 43rd over for They kept the pace high and kian star, who on Thursday Zaman smashed 210 not out Fall of wickets: 1-304 (ul Haq) 155. Zimbabwe’s 244-run de- one-day classics specialist Gil- announced his impending di- from 156 deliveries, moving Bowling: Muzarabani 10-0-77-0 (3w); Ngarava 7-0-65-0 feat was their second heaviest bert was caught, much to his vorce from his wife Katarina, past the previous record for a in ODIs, and they avoided that dismay, with 245m remaining. won’t be performing any of his Pakistan batsman set by Saeed (1w); Tiripano 10-0-85-0 (3w); Chisoro 10-0-56-0 (2w); W calamity only through a 69-run The Groupama team of De- trademark wheelies just yet. Anwar with his 194 more than Masakadza 10-0-78-1 (6w); H Masakadza 3-0-29-0 sixth wicket stand between El- mare, as well as Kristoff’s UAE The 14th stage is a difficult 21 years ago. ton Chigumbura and Donald outfit had been key in chasing and technical ride over 188 km That wasn’t the only record Zimbabwe (all out, 42.4 overs) 155 Tiripano. down a relatively tame four- starting in Saint-Paul-Trois- to tumble. Result: Pakistan won by 244 runs But that was as good as it got man breakaway in the closing Chateaux. Although Sky will Pakistan’s openers blazed a for the hosts, with leg-spinner kilometres of the race. be hoping to keep powder dry world record 304-run stand, Shadab Khan taking four for But the Frenchman came up for the crucial third week, with Imam-ul-Haq hitting 113, any wicket in ODIs. internationals, set by Sanath 28 as Pakistan wrapped up the short when it came to payback. Froome said rivals could try the triple hundred partnership It also broke the previous re- Jayasuriya and Upal Tharanga innings having barely broken a He launched his burst first, to steal time on the steep, 3km- becoming Pakistan’s biggest for cord for an opening stand in all for Sri Lanka against England sweat. but, as Kristoff and Sagan came long climb to finish in Mende..