Sports Thursday, August 26, 2021 15 Pacers rip through India batting as England take charge Spectators in seagull outfits watch the action on the first day of the third cricket Test between England and India at Headingley in Leeds, northern England, on Wednesday. (AFP) Kohli & Co shot out for paltry 78 after opting to bat; Hosts 120 for none in reply head James Anderson, as he the ball in the full lengths that has done so often for England, Scoreboard troubled their batters earlier struck early in the innings and INDIA 1ST INNINGS Mohammed Siraj c Root b Overton 3 H. Hameed not out 60 in the day. Openers Haseeb got the in-form KL Rahul nick- R. Sharma c Robinson b Overton 19 Extras: (lb11, nb5) 16 Extras: (b4, nb3, w1) 8 Hameed and Rory Burns en- KL Rahul c Buttler b Anderson 0 Total: (all out, 40.4 overs, 194 mins) 78 Total: (For no wkt, 42 overs, 185 mins) 120 ing to Jos Buttler with a one C. Pujara c Buttler b Anderson 1 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rahul), 2-4 (Pujara), 3-21 (Kohli), To bat: D Malan, J Root, J Bairstow, J Buttler, Moeen Ali, sured that England went un- that held its line after three V. Kohli c Buttler b Anderson 7 4-56 (Rahane), 5-58 (Pant), 6-67 (Rohit), 7-67 S Curran, C Overton, O Robinson, J Anderson. scathed into tea while also consecutive inswingers. A. Rahane c Buttler b Robinson 18 (Shami), 8-67 (Jadeja), 9-67 (Bumrah), 10-78 (Siraj) Bowling: Ishant 7-0-26-0 (1w, 2nb); Bumrah 12-5-19- managing to knock off 21 runs Anderson and Buttler got R. Pant c Buttler b Robinson 2 Bowling: Anderson 8-5-6-3; Robinson 10-3-16-2 0; Shami 11-2-39-0; Siraj 7-1-26-0 (1nb); Jadeja 5-3- in the process. R. Jadeja lbw b Curran 4 (2nb); Curran 10-2-27-2 (3nb); Moeen 2-0-4-0; 6-0. in on the act again as Chetesh- Mohammed Shami c Burns b Overton 0 Overton 10.4-5-14-3. Match position: England lead by 42 runs with all 10 The pair continued to bat war Pujara’s lean run with I. Sharma not out 8 ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS first-innings wickets standing serenely in the final session, the bat continued, once again J. Bumrah lbw b Curran 0 R. Burns not out 52 Toss: India. hardly giving the Indian pacers tentatively pushing at the ball an inch. Leaving the good deliv- moving away. eries, they capitalized on the bad England’s James Anderson celebrates taking the wicket of India cap- Anderson was breathing stroke of lunch as Buttler added the hands of Robinson at silly four wickets without adding a ones to keep the scorecard tick- tain Virat Kohli on the opening day of the third Test at the Headingley fire in the first spell and got the a fourth dismissal to his name. mid-on. As has been the pat- run on the scoreboard. ing. Haseeb Hameed brought cricket ground in Leeds, northern England, on Wednesday. (AFP) better of Kohli, yet again with Robinson struck once again tern in the series, one brought The last-wicket pair of up his half-century, with Rory the out-swinger that Buttler at the other side of the break two for England as India’s bat- Mohammed Siraj and Ishant Burns soon following suit. AGENCIES in a commanding position. gobbled up easily. with Rishabh Pant again falling ting hero from the second in- Sharma added 11 runs before They ensured that the HEADINGLEY After losing eight consecu- At the other end, Rohit prey to the ball slanting away to nings at Lord’s, Mohammad Overton wrapped up India’s hosts ended the day unscathed tive tosses in England, Virat Sharma was doing a great job make it five wickets for England Shami, fell for a golden duck. innings for 78, their ninth- on a score of 120/0, leading by England’s pacers came up Kohli’s fortunes finally turned at seeing out the new ball. He and five catches for Buttler. Sam Curran too was on a lowest total in Test cricket and 42 runs. with a sensational performance around and he chose to bat and Ajinkya Rahane showed Rohit Sharma’s 105-ball hat-trick in the very next over their third-lowest in England. India named an un- at Headingley to bowl India out first. What ensued was a dis- some resilience with a 35-run resistance too finally came to with the wickets of Ravindra The Indian bowlers could changed XI while England for 78 before openers Haseeb mal batting display against stand before Ollie Robinson an end trying to play an awk- Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah not extract the same purchase brought in Dawid Malan and Hameed and Rory Burns en- some superb bowling. dismissed the India vice-cap- ward pull shot off Craig Over- off consecutive balls. Within a from the pitch as their English Craig Overton for Dom Sibley sured the hosts ended the day England’s bowling spear- tain with a length ball at the ton that went straight into space of 10 minutes, India lost counterparts, failing to land and the injured Mark Wood. Correa races again at Spa after horror crash DPA Correa will compete in a Afridi jumps to eighth in SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS (BELGIUM) lower-level Formula 3 race at the renowned Belgian track TWO years on from being where Hubert lost his life in an involved in the deadly acci- F2 crash on August 31, 2019. Test bowling rankings dent which claimed the life of “After what happened, Spa French driver Anthoine Hu- is of course special,” said Cor- bert, Juan Manuel Correa will rea who himself underwent return to the racetrack at Spa- Juan Manuel Correa last year several surgeries and lived with Francorchamps this weekend after the accident in Spa. a brace on his leg for more than with mixed feelings. a year as part of a long reha- “I will have Anthoine in is and I’ve long prepared for bilitation process. “It will never my head the whole weekend this return,” the 22-year-old just be another race.” Practice and it will definitely be very Ecuardor-born American said and qualification is on Friday emotional but that’s how life on Wednesday. “I feel ready.” ahead of three weekend races. Qatar’s triathlon team training in Slovenia for Asian Cup TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK DOHA MEMBERS of the Qatar Na- tional Triathlon Team have AGENCIES match figures of 10/94 in the headed to Slovenia for some second match, spearheading valuable training and competi- ASTELLAR Test series against Pakistan’s charge to a 109-run tion experience prior to the end the West Indies has moved victory at Sabina Park. of the European season and the Shaheen Afridi into the top- Relentless throughout the start of domestic racing. ten of the ICC MRF Tyres Test four innings, Afridi took a wick- This time the team are Bowling rankings for the first et roughly every four overs, at joined by members of the de- time. an average of just 11.27, dis- velopment squad who, in ex- Climbing ten spots to make missing seven West Indian periencing this kind of train- his entry, Afridi is the highest- players at least twice in the se- ing camp environment for the ranked Pakistan bowler in the ries. West Indian wicketkeeper first time, are laying the foun- new rankings, eighth on 783 Joshua da Silva fell to Afridi in dations for future success in points. In the ICC MRF Tyres three of the four innings. one of Qatar’s newest but fast- Test Batting rankings, Afridi’s Afridi has enjoyed a stellar est growing sports. compatriot, Babar Azam, has start to his Test career, having Shaheen Afridi of Pakistan pull the stumps in celebration on the 5th Their destination is Novo week later, the second race is been hard to get in recent years. jumped to seventh spot. taken 76 wickets in 19 matches and final day of the 2nd Test against West Indies at Sabina Park, Mesto, a hub for elite cycling in the sprint distance Slovenian By combining some Euro- Afridi was relentless in Ja- at an average of 25.25. Match- Kingston in Jamaica on Tuesday. (AFP) a country which is something Cup, entirely within the capital pean triathlon with an inten- maica, with the fiery left-arm ing similarly impressive starts of a sporting paradise - its tiny city of Ljubljana. sive training camp, we expect quick picking up 18 wickets in ODI and T20I cricket, Afridi with the bat across the series, at an average of 48.25. population is easily outnum- These races were to have to see the entire team take a across the two matches, seven is proving to be a key figure reaching 30 in all four innings Fawad Alam, after a su- bered by trees, through which been in preparation for the leap forward in the coming more than the next-best bowl- across all formats for Pakistan. and passing fifty twice in tricky perb knock of 124* in the first run extensive networks of cy- Arab Cup in Morocco but, with seasons. These are exciting er, Jayden Seales. Taking eight On top of captaining his Sabina Park conditions. He innings of the second Test, has cling and running trails. Lakes that event cancelled due to times to be involved with this wickets in the first Test,A fridi side to a victory in the second finished with 193 runs, more soared up 34 places to 21st spot and rivers suitable for open wa- COVID-19, the focus turns to sport in Qatar”.