SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2014 SPORTS

Scott grabs share of lead Photo of the day as McIlroy recovers nicely Australian tied with Tringale after 65

PARAMUS: Adam Scott used a run of four well I’m playing and how comfortable I am successive birdies on Friday to vault into a with my game, so even to miss a cut feeling share of the halfway lead at The Barclays, like that would have felt really bad,” said and Rory McIlroy joined the fray at the McIlroy. “I put a little extra effort in yester- opener of the four-event FedExCup playoffs. day and this morning and made sure I was Scott, the Australian world number two, ready to go.” One stroke behind the co-lead- caught fire from the par-four fifth hole to ers were Jim Furyk (69) and fellow post a 31 on the front nine and added two Americans Brendon Todd (69) and Kevin more birdies including a nice finishing Chappell (67) on 135, one shot better than a touch at 18 to complete a 65 for eight- group of six that included last year’s under 134 along with American Cameron FedExCup champion Henrik Stenson of Tringale. Sweden and Australian Jason Day, who Scott was hitting the ball like a dream both fired 64s. from tee to green, and reckoned he might Also at six-under-par 136 were South have broken 60 if he had taken advantage African Ernie Els (68), Scotsman Russell Knox of the par-fives and cashed in with his put- (69), Kevin Na (66) and Bo Van Pelt (71), the ter on a host of other scoring opportunities. overnight leader. Others struggled despite “Always hard to put numbers on it but six, softened conditions from overnight rain on seven,” Scott told reporters when asked how the AW Tillinghast layout. Three-time win- much better his score could have been. “I ner this year Jimmy Walker struck a specta- played the par-fives one-over today. So I tor in the head with an approach shot, and could find four there for you, and missed so five-times major champion Phil Mickelson many 10-footers it felt like.” hit his tee shot on the short par-four fifth Asked if a 59 might have been possible hole onto a hospitality dining deck and for him, Scott said: “Well, ifs and buts, but I played on from there. Mickelson went on to played well enough if I had it really going bogey the hole and shot a 72 but made the on the green today to do that for sure.” cut right on the number, while Walker post- Tringale, who last week disqualified himself ed a 74 to miss it by two. from the PGA Championship for signing an The cut for the elite field was set at one- incorrect scorecard, shot a 68 to share a over-par 143, with 79 players carrying on to one-stroke lead with Scott on a jammed Saturday’s third round at tree-lined pack leaderboard. World number one Ridgewood Country Club. The top 100 play- Kevin Hansen performs during Round 7 World Rallycross Championship in Grand Prix de Trois Rivières, Canad. — www.redbull.com McIlroy, on a blazing three-tournament ers on the FedExCup points list after the winning streak that included major tri- tournament will qualify for next week’s umphs in the British Open and PGA Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Championship, shrugged off an opening 74 Among those missing the cut on an over- Maqsood, Alam stun with a sizzling six-under 65 to move up to cast but dry day, were European Ryder Cup three under par for the tournament. veteran Ian Poulter (72) and 2012 FedExCup The Northern Irishman, who took some winner Brandt Snedeker (74), who both fin- time off from practicing after his brilliant ished just outside the cut at 144. US Open run, went back to work after his poor round winner Martin Kaymer of Germany soared Sri Lanka in first ODI and got right back on track. “I know how to a second-round 77 for 148. — Reuters

HAMBANTOTA: Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad Alam put on a 147-run stand as recovered from the brink to defeat Sri Lanka by four yester- day and take the lead in the three-match series. The tourists, chasing a Duckworth-Lewis target of 275 in 45 overs, fought back after being 106-5 to scrape home off the penultimate ball of the match in Hambantota. Maqsood remained unbeaten on a glo- rious 89 off 73 balls as smashed the win- ning boundary off seamer Nuwan Kulasekara to the point fence. Alam was dismissed for 62 by Lasith Malinga when 22 still remained for victory off the last three overs, but Maqsood and Afridi battled on to help Pakistan record a good win. Sri Lanka had made 275-7 after being sent in to bat in overcast conditions, but rain after six overs of their innings reduced the game from a full 50-overs-a-side contest to 45. Opener scored 49 but no other top-order batsman settled in to make a big score till Maqsood and Alam turned the game Pakistan’s way. “This is one of the best partnerships I have seen, especially by two young batsmen,” Pakistan Misbah-ul Haq said. “We lost our way a bit, but Fawad and Maqsood made a good recovery.” The 27-year-old Maqsood, who was named man of the match, said the plan was for him to attack, while Alam rotated the strike. “This is obviously a special knock since I was playing an international match after a few months,” NORTH PLAINS: Scott Pinckney hits his drive on the eighth hole during the second he said. “Hopefully, I will continue to do well in the round of the WinCo Foods Portland Open at the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club on August remaining matches and help Pakistan win the series.” 22, 2014 in North Plains, Oregon. — AFP Earlier, Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews smashed 89 off 85 balls and Mahela Jayawardene made 63 to HAMBANTOTA: Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam (left) and Sohaib Maqsood run between the give their side a seemingly commanding total. wickets during the first (ODI) match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Ryu stretches lead at Jayawardene, 37, who retired from Tests earlier the Suriyawewa Mahinda Rajapakse International Stadium yesterday. — AFP this week to concentrate on one-day cricket till next year’s World Cup, hit eight boundaries in his 73rd half-century in the shorter format. Sri Lanka slumped SCOREBOARD LPGA Canadian Open to 75-4 by the 18th over before Jayawardene and Mathews put on 116 for the fifth . Mathews hit HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: Scoreboard of the first one-day international between Pakistan and LONDON: South Korea’s Ryu So-Yeon four holes starting at the par-4 12th but said nine fours in his best score in one-day cricket, but it Sri Lanka in Hambantota yesterday: was Ashan Priyanjan’s unbeaten 39 off 15 balls at the stretched her lead to five strokes after firing that she was prouder of going without a Sri Lanka: Pakistan: a six-under par 66 in Friday’s second round bogey than making 15 birdies. “A lot of end that boosted the total. Mathews said Maqsood made the difference in Pakistan’s win. “I don’t think U. Tharanga c Akmal b Riaz 18 Ahmed Shehzad b Perera 49 of the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open. birdies still this time, but no bogeys is still we did too much wrong,” he said. “The wicket played T. Dilshan lbw b Irfan 6 lbw b Mathews 21 Ninth-ranked Ryu, the 2011 US Women’s more a great sign because it means I’ve well and, more often than not, the bowlers do the job K. Sangakkara c Shehzad b Hafeez 25 c Kulasekara b Mathews 3 Open champion whose only other LPGA played really consistent,” Ryu said. “When I for us when we get 250-plus. M. Jayawardene run out 63 c Malinga b Perera 15 title came at the 2012 Toledo Classic, was in trouble, I proved I can prove it with a But the brilliance of Maqsood did it.” Lanky left- D. Chandimal c Riaz b Irfan 6 Misbah-ul Haq c Sangakkara b Herath 13 opened by matching the London Hunt and bogey-free round, so I’m more happy with a arm fast bowler , who stands at sev- A. Mathews b Riaz 89 Fawad Alam c Priyanjan b Malinga 62 Country Club course record with a 63 and bogey-free round.” Nordqvist fired a 69 but en feet, one inch (2.16 metres), generated good T. Perera b Riaz 13 Sohaib Maqsood 89 followed up with another solid effort to fell back with her first bogey of the event at bounce from the moisture-laden pitch to claim two A. Priyanjan not out 39 Shahid Afridi not out 14 stand on 15-under 129. “After I shot nine- the par-5 16th as playing partner Ryu seized wickets for 48 runs. , one of the three left- N. Kulasekara not out 3 Extras: (b4, w7) 11 under, six-under is not that great, but still it’s command. arm seamers for Pakistan alongside Irfan and Junaid Extras: (lb3, w10) 13 Total (for six wickets, 44.5 overs) 277 a really great score and I made a lot of great “I was trying to keep up with her on the Khan, took three for 50. The tourists were without Total (for seven wickets, 45 overs) 275 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Hafeez), 2-47 (Younis), 3- putts,” Ryu said. greens. I played really well too. Just couldn’t their top spinner , who has flown to Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Dilshan), 2-55 (Tharanga), 79 (Akmal), 4-94 (Shehzad), 5-106 (Misbah), 6- “I had a bogey-free round two days in a seem to make any putts. I burned six or sev- Australia to undergo tests of his bowling action after 3-55 (Sangakkara), 4-75 (Chandimal), 5-191 253 (Alam). being reported by the umpires during the preceding row, so I feel really great about that. “That’s en edges so it was a bit frustrating, but she (Jayawardene), 6-228 (Perera), 7-247 Bowling: Malinga 9-0-60-1 (w6), Kulasekara my goal. I aim for a bogey-free round all four played really well and I tried to feed off her.” Test series which Sri Lanka swept 2-0. Meanwhile, Hambantota will also host the second one-dayer on (Mathews). 8.5-0-56-0, Mathews 9-0-48-2 (w1), Perera 7-0- days and I’m aiming for a really good win.” Choi had a bogey at the fifth and a birdie at Bowling: Irfan 9-0-48-2 (w4), Junaid 9-1-75-0 43-2, Herath 9-0-49-1, Dilshan 2-0-17-0 South Korean Choi Na-Yeon, American the par-5 seventh, then began the back nine Tuesday due to bad weather in Colombo, the original venue. The third and final match will be played in (w5), Riaz 9-0-50-3, Hafeez 8-0-32-1 (w1), Afridi Pakistan won by four wickets (Duckworth- Danielle Kang and Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist birdie-bogey before back-to-back birdies at 9-0-57-0, Alam 1-0-10-0 Lewis method). shared second on 134 with American Cristie 15 and 16 gave her a 70 for the round. Kang Dambulla on August 30. — AFP Kerr another stroke adrift. Ryu, who had 10 concluded the front and back nines with top-10 finishes without a victory last year birdies in a round of 66. Two-time defending and has nine more this year without lifting a champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand fired a trophy, birdied three of the first four holes to 69 to stand on 139, 10 strokes off the pace. Wiggins: A rare No 1 pick pull away after carrying a one-shot lead into The Kiwi teen star was an amateur when she the round. took the past two trophies but is now in her She had another run of three birdies in rookie season on the LPGA circuit. — AFP traded before rookie year

MINNEAPOLIS: The wait is almost over. The block- to swirl. As the summer dragged on, the 19-year-old That speaks to how highly the Cavaliers, and James buster trade that will send Kevin Love to team up with Canadian who spent one year at the University of in particular, think of Love. His versatility, shot-making, LeBron James in Cleveland will be completed today, Kansas even wore the Cleveland colors in a rookie pho- outlet passing and rebounding prowess will be a per- making the Cavaliers an instant favorite in the Eastern to shoot at the start of August. fect fit for the James-led Cavaliers, just as it was when Conference and turning Andrew Wiggins into some- Through it all, he side-stepped questions about the two teamed up at the London Olympics with Team thing of an anomaly. When Wiggins is moved from the where he was headed and steadfastly maintained the USA. Love spent his first six seasons in Minnesota and Cavs to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the deal, he rumors didn’t bother him. “Anywhere, any team,” he has yet to make the playoffs. That lack of success will become just the second No. 1 overall draft pick to said earlier this month when asked about it at a pro- caused him to inform management this summer that be traded without playing a game for the team that motional appearance. “I can play anywhere.” But he intended to opt out of his contract next July and drafted him since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976. Jayhawks coach Bill Self said that he thinks Wiggins has sign with a contender, so the Wolves started to enter- The only other time it happened was in 1993 when used the Cavaliers’ decision to trade him as fuel. “I think tain offers. The Cavaliers jumped into the mix right the Orlando Magic traded Chris Webber to the Golden he’s handled everything great. He’s excited,” Self said at after James decided to return home and shot to the State Warriors for a package headlined by Penny a basketball camp earlier this month. “I think the whole top of the list of suitors when they decided to make Hardaway. The Cavaliers will also get Anthony Bennett, thing that’s been blown out of proportion a bit is that Wiggins, a super-athletic, 6-foot-8 forward, available. the 2013 No 1 pick, from Cleveland and veteran for- he’s been in limbo. He’s known since the summer that Now that he is coming to Minnesota with the added ward Thaddeus Young from Philadelphia in the three- he’d be traded. It’s OK. In some ways he’s looking for- motivation of being an outlier is just icing on the cake team deal. The Sixers will get Miami’s 2015 first-round ward to going to Minnesota.” in the Wolves’ eyes. They see two young players with pick from the Cavaliers and guard Alexey Shved and The vast majority of top picks since the merger the talent that made them No 1 picks and the motiva- forward Luc Mbah a Moute from the Timberwolves in either have never been traded or were shipped out tion to show the Cavaliers they shouldn’t have given the trade, which cannot be announced due to a sel- after spending at least four seasons with the team that up on them this quickly, even if they were getting a dom-used NBA rule that prevents draft picks from drafted them. Bennett, the No 1 overall pick in 2013 three-time All-Star and one of the best offensive play- being traded until 30 days after they sign their rookie who is headed from Cleveland to Minnesota with ers in return. “When all this trade stuff started, I talked contracts. The Webber-Hardaway trade occurred on Wiggins, is unique in his own right in getting traded to Andrew and Andrew told me, ‘I hope I get traded,’” draft night, allowing both players and both teams after just one year with the team that drafted him. He Self said. “And I’m like, ‘No you don’t.’ And he said, involved to leave the venue that night with a clear pic- joins Pervis Ellison, who was traded from Sacramento “Coach, I do. It’s better for me, knowing my personality ture of their respective futures. Wiggins, on the other to Washington after his rookie season in 1990, and and what I need to do, to go somewhere where I’m ONTARIO: So Yeon Ryu of South Korea chips out of the sand trap on the 4th hole dur- hand, has endured a much longer, more awkward Webber, who was traded from Golden State to forced to be something as opposed to going in there ing the second round of the LPGA Canadian Pacific Women’s Open at the London process. He suited up for the Cavaliers at the Las Vegas Washington after one year, as the only No. 1s to be where they’re going to be patient with me and I’m Hunt and Country Club on August 22, 2014. — AFP summer league even as the rumors of his trade started dealt that quickly. going to be a piece.” — AP