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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 SPORTS Hafeez to undergo tests on his action

ISLAMABAD: Suspended Pakistan off- wanted Hafeez to undergo testing at day internationals, starting with the test against New Zealand in Abu had a bowling action assessed and spinner Mohammad Hafeez is set to an ICC-accredited bio-mechanical lab- first test at Brisbane from Dec. 15. Dhabi. cleared is reported a second time undergo testing on his bowling action oratory in Brisbane because if his Hafeez was banned last year from After being cleared in a re-test, he within two years, a minimum one-year in Australia later this month. bowling action is cleared, he could bowling in international after was once more reported during a test suspension is triggered. An International Cricket Council possibly join the Pakistan squad on its he was reported for the second time match against at Galle and Hafeez is expected to leave for spokesman yesterday said the testing tour to Australia. in 12 months. was subsequently banned from bowl- Brisbane on Nov. 14 and the assess- would be conducted on Nov. 17 in Pakistan is scheduled to tour He was first officially reported in ing in international cricket. According ment report of his test could take at Brisbane. The Pakistan Cricket Board Australia for three tests and five one- 2014 while bowling during the first to ICC regulations, if a player who has least two weeks. —AP Root, Ali frustrate India in first Test

RAJKOT: said England played at the crease. The Root-Ali pair piled on the fantastic cricket yesterday after his misery for India who were also set back by sparkling century helped the tourists reach an injury to pace spearhead Mohammed 311 for four at stumps on the opening day Shami. Earlier, a gripping opening session of the first Test against India. saw opener , 19, become The 25-year-old put on 179 with Moeen the fifth youngest player to play for Ali, who reached the close one run shy of England. his century, after India’s spinners had The youngster, dubbed “Baby Boycott” reduced the tourists to 102-3 on a placid for his unflappable style, made 31 during track. Ali, who is on the verge of his fourth his 98 minutes at the crease before falling Test century, was at the crease with Ben lbw to top-ranked spinner Ravichandran Stokes who was on 19 at Rajkot’s Ashwin (2-108). Ashwin also dismissed Ben Saurashtra Cricket Association ground. Duckett for 13 but went wicketless in the Root smashed 11 fours and a six during last two sessions. Hameed and Cook (21) his 124-run knock before being caught and both benefited from the largesse of India’s bowled by Umesh Yadav, who almost fielders who dropped some early chances. dropped the chance as he rushed to cele- Cook was dropped off Shami on the brate the . third ball of the innings, while Hameed got With Ali standing tall at one end, a reprieve on 13 when Murali Vijay grassed England looked set for a big first innings his catch at first slip. total, vindicating Alastair Cook’s The England skipper, who surpassed decision to bat first. ’s record of 54 Tests as Root celebrated his 11th Test ton, and England captain, was adjudged leg before third against India, by waving his bat off left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja. towards a grateful England dressing room. TV replays showed the ball would have In completing the feat, Root became the missed the leg stump but Cook did not first overseas player to score a century in refer to the third umpire even though the India since Australia’s Michael Clarke in decision review system is being used for 2013. “The way we played throughout the the first time by India in a home series. day was fantastic,” Root said after the day’s Hameed showed little sign of nerves play. “We always thought that seam bowl- against top-ranked India, hitting Shami for ing would be useful early on, but the guys boundaries twice in an over and driving handled it well and that allowed the boys Ashwin for an elegant four in the covers. in the middle order to build partnerships. “I India’s coach Sanjay Bangar con- look forward to watching Moeen bat all day ceded the sloppy fielding had cost his side tomorrow too. It’s pleasing, something to dearly. “They (England batsmen) applied build on and a good position to be in.” themselves really well and made full use of the conditions on offer,” he said. : Sri Lanka keeper Kusal Janith Perera keeps a watchful eye as plays a ball on during the fourth day of the second IMPRESSIVE DEBUT “It’s still day one and had we taken those test match between Sri Lanka and at the Harare Sports Club, yesterday. — AFP Ali put in a focused performance, nego- catches, we could have taken six tiating 192 balls during his 243-minute stay and conceded 25-30 less runs.” — AFP Herath spins Sri Lanka towards Zimbabwe sweep

HARARE: registered his sec- ond five-wicket haul in as many days as Sri SCOREBOARD Lanka closed in on victory in the second Test HARARE: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka yes- against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club yes- terday: terday. Herath followed up his five-wicket haul in Sri Lanka first innings 504 all out (D. de Silva 127, A. Bowling: Mpofu 21-8-51-1, Mumba 19-4-67-3, Cremer the first innings with 5 for 45 in the second as Gunaratne 116, Tiripano 3-91, Cremer 3-136) 21.4-2-91-4, Tiripano 11-4-14-1, Williams 6-0-21-0, Chari Zimbabwe, set 491 to win, went to stumps on Zimbabwe first innings 272 all out (B. Chari 80, C. 1-0-3-0, Masakadza 2-1-1-0. the fourth evening on 180 for seven. Ervine 64, R. Herath 5-89, D. Perera 3-51) While Herath’s 5 for 89 on Tuesday had Sri Lanka second innings Zimbabwe second innings made him just the third bowler to take five- D. Karunaratne lbw b Mpofu 88 T. Mawoyo c de Silva b Herath 15 wicket hauls against all nine Test opponents, K. Silva c Waller b Mumba 6 B. Chari b Herath 8 on Wednesday he became the first bowler to K. Mendis c Mpofu b Mumba 0 H. Masakadza lbw b Herath 11 C. Ervine 65 take 50 wickets in the current calendar year, U. Tharanga lbw b Cremer 17 having done so in just eight Tests. S. Williams c K. Mendis b Kumara 45 RAJKOT: England’s batsman Joe Root raises his helmet after scoring hundred runs D. de Silva c Chari b Mumba 9 M. Waller c K. Perera b de Silva 0 during the first day of the first match between India and England in “He’s bowled really well. It’s very rare to see A. Gunaratne lbw b Tiripano 39 P. Moor c K. Mendis b Herath 20 Rajkot, India, yesterday. — AP him bowl a loose ball, which is his strength,” K. Perera c Williams b Cremer 62 G. Cremer b Herath 5 said Sri Lanka batsman . D. Perera c Masakadza b Cremer 2 D. Tiripano not out 0 “The wicket is two-paced and has some R. Herath b Cremer 4 Extras (4b, 5lb, 3w) 12 SCOREBOARD uneven bounce, and he’s been bowling wick- S. Lakmal not out 21 Total (7 wkts, 45 overs) 180 Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Chari), 2-32 (Masakadza), 3-39 et-to-wicket, which is the key.” The tourists Extras (6b, 4lb) 10 RAJKOT, India: Scoreboard on yesterday at stumps on the first day of the first test between India and began the fourth day on 102 for four in their (Mawoyo), 4-113 (Williams), 5-114 (Waller), 6-166 (Moor), Total (9 wkts dec, 81.4 overs) 258 England at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium: second innings, with an overall lead of 334, 7-176 (Cremer) Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Silva), 2-16 (Mendis), 3-44 Still to bat: C. Mumba, C. Mpofu England 1st Innings Ansari, Adil Rashid, . and spent the first half of the day extending that advantage. With first innings centurion (Tharanga), 4-84 (de Silva), 5-153 (Gunaratne), 6-198 Bowling: Lakmal 11-2-47-0, Herath 16-3-45-5, D. Perera Alastair Cook lbw b Jadeja 21 Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-76, 3-102, 4-281. (Karunaratne), 7-201 (D. Perera), 8-211 (Herath), 9-258 (K. 6-1-27-0, Kumara 9-0-42-1, De Silva 3-0-10-1. Haseeb Hameed lbw b Ashwin 31 Karunaratne anchoring the innings with a Bowling: Mohammed Shami 12.1-2-31-0, Umesh Perera) Did not bat: L. Kumara. Series: Sri Lanka leads two-match series 1-0. Joe Root c and b Yadav 124 Yadav 18.5-1-68-1, Ravichandran Ashwin 31-3- patient 88 and adding a quickfire c Rahane b Ashwin 13 108-2, Ravindra Jadeja 21-2-59-1 (1nb), Amit 62 towards the end, Sri Lanka were able to not out 99 Mishra 10-1-42-0. declare their second innings on 258 for nine not out 19 Extras: (1b, 2lb, 1nb) 4 India: Murali Vijay, Gautam Gambhir, Cheteshwar to set Zimbabwe 491 to win. TOTAL: (for 4 wickets) 311 Pujara, (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Ravi Although they were unable to claim 20 Yorkshire fear Headingley Overs: 93. Minutes: 362. Ashwin, Amit Mishra, Wriddhiman Saha, Ravindra wickets for an eighth straight Test match, Still to bat: Jonathan Bairstow, , Zafar Jadeja, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami. Zimbabwe’s bowlers managed to slow Sri Lanka’s scoring in the first session, then delay could cost picked up wickets when the visitors went on the attack after lunch. them England games Leg-spinner finished with figures of 4 for 91 after taking three late wick- LONDON: Yorkshire chief executive Mark the county of England stars Joe Root and ets, while fast bowler took 3 for Arthur has voiced concerns that delays , miss out completely, as 67. “There was a lot of pressure before we over the redevelopment of Headingley well as being ignored for the 2019 50- came into the day,” said Zimbabwe batsman could leave the county without interna- over World Cup in England. Sean Williams. tional cricket for four years. “The 2020-2024 major matches will be “I think we were really good with the ball- The headquarters ground of English allocated in the summer of 2017, there- our bowlers came back well. “But then with county champions Yorkshire, Headingley fore this delay could mean that the bat, senior players such as myself are get- already faces stiff competition for inter- Headingley will no longer be considered ting starts and not finishing.” national cricket from several other ven- fit for Test match cricket-or to host any Left with 136 overs to bat in order to save ues. World Cup matches in 2019,” he said. the match, Zimbabwe saw Brian Chari bowled But unlike those rivals, Headingley is “Not only does this delay impact the by Herath in the eighth over of their innings, home to two sports, with Super League club’s ability to stage internationals, it before the left-arm spinner trapped Hamilton side Leeds Rhinos playing on the adjoin- would also have profound consequences Masakadza lbw in his next over. ing rugby league ground. to both Yorkshire’s and Leeds Rhinos’ After tea, Herath struck again, having Tino Yorkshire and Leeds share valuable and long-standing work within Mawoyo caught at slip, before Williams and Headingley’s main stand, which is due to the wider community,” added Arthur, who Craig Ervine battled back with a 74-run stand undergo a £38 million ($47 million, 43 has previously warned that, without for the fourth wicket. million euros) upgrade. improved facilities and strong ticket sales, The pair counter-attacked to good effect, This was due to begin in January but both issues for Yorkshire in recent years, but were eventually separated when Williams Wednesday saw the Rhinos announce the Headingley could “fall off the cliff face” of edged a from Lahiru Kumara to slip to work was being delayed due to “complex international cricket. depart for 45. planning matters” relating to the South The county’s existing staging agree- fell for a duck in the very Stand. ment with the England and Wales Cricket next over, before Herath snapped up two That should still mean that Leeds will Board guarantees Headingley one Test a more quick wickets late in the day, complet- be operating in a capacity stadium next year until 2019, when the ground will ing the seventh 10-wicket match haul of his season but the impact on Yorkshire could stage its first Ashes match since 2009. career. Ervine batted through to reach the be far more severe. Rhinos chief executive Gary close of play on 65 not out, but will only have Improved facilities are a key part of Hetherington said: “We are desperately tail-enders for company on the final day. Yorkshire’s bid when the 2020-2024 disappointed to be making this “Craig is batting well, but we’ll work on their round of England fixtures are allocated announcement but remain hopeful that RAJKOT: England’s batsman Moeen Ali raises his bat after scoring fifty runs during other batsmen to try and pick up the last next year and Arthur fears any uncertain- the scheme will go ahead as planned in the first day of the first test cricket match between India and England in Rajkot, three wickets as soon as possible,” said ty about Headingley could see Yorkshire, the near future.” —AFP India, yesterday. — AP Karunaratne. — AFP