NFL | Page 6 RUGBY | Page 4 Bucs rely Gatland on defense eyes one to hold off last heist Panthers with Wales Saturday, September 14, 2019 BASKETBALL Muharram 15, 1441 AH Gasol saves Spain GULF TIMES to set up World Cup fi nal with Argentina SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT Schumacher ‘conscious’ aft er stem cell therapy Agencies mule One legend’s situation. Paris “Yes he is in my service,” the nurse was quoted as saying. “And I can assure you that he is conscious.” he stricken seven-time Formula The athlete was struck down by a ski- One world champion Michael ing accident that snapped his helmet in Schumacher has undergone December 2013 and little information Tstem cell therapy surgery in on his condition has been made public Paris’ Georges-Pompidou hospital and since then. He was placed in a medically- is now “conscious”, according to French induced coma for six months after the fall daily Le Parisien. and was moved from Grenoble hospital According to the daily, Schumacher to Lausanne before being returned home was in the cardiovascular department in September 2014 where he receives pri- overseen by surgeon Philippe Menasche, vate treatment. described as a ‘pioneer in cell surgery It has been suggested by old friends he against heart failure’. is unable to walk or properly communi- The German received stem cells to cate. obtain an anti-infl ammatory eff ect Schumacher won his fi rst world title 25 throughout his system, Le Parisien sug- years ago and had won his fi rst Grand Prix gested. While there has been no offi cial back in 1992. His glory years were spent statement from Schumacher’s entou- A picture of the Georges-Pompidou hospital where the stricken seven-time For- at Benetton and Ferrari, for whom he won rage, Le Parisien quoted an unnamed mula One world champion Michael Schumacher (L) had stem cell therapy surgery, the last of his 91 Grand Prix victories in nurse at the hospital regarding the For- according to French daily Le Parisien. China in 2006. CRICKET FOCUS Pakistan retain Archer claims 6 for 62 Sarfraz as as England take lead skipper Smith out for 80, his lowest score of the series, as Australia bowled out for 225 in first innings SCORECARD ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS M. Marsh c Leach b Archer 17 R. Burns c Marsh b Hazlewood 47 T. Paine c Bairstow b Curran 1 J. Denley c Smith b Cummins 14 P. Cummins lbw b Curran 0 J. Root b Cummins 57 P. Siddle c Burns b Archer 18 B. Stokes c Lyon b Marsh 20 N. Lyon b Archer 25 AFP J. Bairstow lbw b Marsh 22 J. Hazlewood not out 1 Lahore J. Buttler b Cummins 70 Extras (w5, b1, lb2) 8 S. Curran c Smith b Marsh 15 Total (all out, 68.5 overs) 225 akistan yesterday retained Sarfaraz Ahmed as skip- C. Woakes lbw b Marsh 2 Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Warner), 2-14 per for the upcoming limit- (Harris), 3-83 (Labuschagne), 4-118 J. Archer c Paine b Hazlewood 9 ed-overs series against Sri (Wade), 5-160 (Marsh), 6-166 (Paine), PLanka despite a clean-up after a poor J. Leach b Marsh 21 7-166 (Cummins), 8-187 (Smith), 9-224 World Cup that saw the exit of head S. Broad not out 0 (Lyon), 10-225 (Siddle) coach Mickey Arthur. Extras (nb2, w5, b3, lb7) 17 Bowling: Broad 12-3-45-0, Archer 23.5- The South Asian side failed to Total (all out, 87.1 overs) 294 9-62-6 (1w), Curran 17-6-46-3, Woakes reach the semi-fi nals of the World 10-2-51-1, Leach 6-1-18-0 Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Denley), 2-103 Cup this year, forcing the cricket (Burns), 3-130 (Stokes), 4-170 (Root), board to not renew Arthur’s contract and also show the door to bowl- 5-176 (Bairstow), 6-199 (Curran), 7-205 ENGLAND 2ND INNINGS ing coach Azhar Mahmood, bat- (Woakes), 8-226 (Archer), 9-294 (But- R. Burns not out 4 tler), 10-294 (Leach) ting coach Grant Flower and trainer J. Denly not out 1 Grant Luden. Bowling: Cummins 25.5-6-84-3 (1nb, There was speculation that the Extras (lb4) 4 1w), Hazlewood 21-7-76-2, Siddle 17- captaincy could be taken away from 1-61-0 (1nb), Marsh 18.2-4-46-5, Lyon Total (4 overs) 9 Ahmed, but the Pakistan Cricket 4-0-12-0, Labuschagne 1-0-5-0 To bat: Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jonny Board announced at a press con- Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, ference that he will lead the side in AUSTRALIA 1ST INNINGS Chris Woakes, Jofra Archer, Jack the one-day and Twenty20 series Leach, Stuart Broad against Sri Lanka later this month. D. Warner c Bairstow b Archer 5 PCB chairman Ehsan Mani added England’s Jofra Archer celebrates with Jos Buttler after taking the wicket of Australia’s Nathan Lyon at The Oval in Bowling: Cummins 2-2-0-0, Hazle- that Babar Azam has been appointed London yesterday. M. Harris c Stokes b Archer 3 wood 2-1-5-0 vice captain in a bid to groom him for M. Labuschagne lbw b Archer 48 Match position: England lead by 78 AFP Chris Woakes trapped him lbw in the “It’s weird because every time he future leadership roles. S. Smith lbw b Woakes 80 runs with 10 second-innings wickets London evening session, leaving the sun- bats, I don’t know what it is,” he added. Ahmed, 34, led Pakistan to victory drenched Oval crowd dumbfounded. “He literally cannot get out. The ball M. Wade lbw b Curran 19 remaining in the Champions Trophy two years Australia conceded a fi rst-innings just lands, especially if he plays a bad ago, but they have since lost 24 of ofra Archer took six wickets as defi cit of 69, paceman Archer fi nishing shot, the ball just lands in no-man’s their 47 ODIs, winning 20 with three England bowled Australia out with fi gures of 6-62. Sam Curran took land for the whole series.” er batsmen but he had a lucky escape “I’ve been struggling a bit today. I’ve no-results. for 225 to gain the upper hand on three wickets on his return to the side. Smith came to the crease with Aus- after tea when, on 66, he edged a Cur- got a bit of the fl u but I was loading up The 24-year-old Babar, mean- the second day of the fi fth Ashes England openers Rory Burns and Joe tralia in trouble at 14-2 in reply to Eng- ran delivery to Root in the slips, only on the cold and fl u (medicine) through- while, has been Pakistan’s best bats- JTest yesterday despite another Steve Denly, dropped in the slips in the fi nal land’s fi rst-innings total of 294 after for the England skipper to shell the out the day and just tried to stay as fo- man in limited-overs cricket recent- Smith masterclass. over, survived a tricky four overs as the Archer had removed openers David chance. Wickets continued to tumble cused as I could be,” he said. ly. Joe Root’s team are desperate to level light faded to reach 9-0 by the close — Warner and Marcus Harris. after tea, with Curran removing Aus- “Unfortunately I couldn’t bat with Mani also stressed that the Sri the series at 2-2 to end their historic an overall lead of 78. Smith, who only returned to Test tralia captain Tim Paine and Pat Cum- the tail for as long as I would have Lankan team is still set to tour Pa- World Cup-winning season on a high Barbados-born Archer only made his cricket last month following a year- mins in successive balls, but the unruf- liked.”At the start of the day England kistan, after saying earlier this week but have been consistently dogged by Test debut last month but already has long ban for his role in a ball-tampering fl ed Smith eased to his half-century off added just 23 runs to their overnight that the Sri Lankan board is looking the peerless Smith. 22 wickets midway through his fourth scandal, was watchful at the start of his 91 balls.Smith’s dismissal left the Aus- score, with Jos Buttler out for 70. for security assurances from their The former Australian skipper has Test. “It was a tough wicket to bowl on innings but soon found his touch.Mar- tralians struggling at 187-8. Mitchell Marsh took fi ve wickets on his government. now amassed 751 runs in just six in- to be honest,” said a tired Archer, who cus Labuschagne fell for 48 but Smith Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon added return to the Australian side. “We are confi dent that the series nings — more than double the tally of touched speeds of 90 miles per hour. “I brought up his 10th consecutive Ashes 37 for the ninth wicket before Archer Australia lead the fi ve-Test series will be held in Pakistan,” Mani said. the next highest runscorer on either didn’t feel there was much assistance.” fi fty with a six over midwicket off left- bowled Lyon and Burns took a sensa- 2-1, meaning they will retain the Ashes The ODIs will be played in Karachi side. He said Smith was almost impos- arm spinner Jack Leach.