14 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 sports Referee banned Reuters | London eferee David McNa- Rmara has been handed Curran rescues England a three-week ban by the English FA for asking two captains to play rock, paper, England were all out for 285, Sri Lanka replies with 26-1 on day one of second test scissors to decide the kick- off before a Women’s Super League (WSL) match after AFP | Kandy, Sri Lanka forgetting his coin, British media reported on Tuesday. ri Lanka’s spinners claimed The incident took place some big-name England ahead of Manchester City’s Swickets on the first day of home game with Reading on the second Test yesterday before 64 Oct. 26 and involved their Jos Buttler and Sam Curran res- from Curran at the end England skipper. cued the innings. lifted England to 285 all Buttler’s 63 and a crucial 64 out after they had been from Curran at the end lifted struggling on 89-4 England to 285 all out after they Sindhu sets sights had been struggling on 89-4 on the turning Pallekelle stadium on number one pitch. Curran, fast becoming Stokes, who batted at number an England hero, said reach - five in his team’s opening win AFP | Hong Kong ing near 300 was a “massive” last week, was boosted up the achievement. order in the latest bid to find a ndian badminton star P.V. England spinner Jack Leach solid number three. Off-spinner ISindhu set her sights on then strengthened England’s Perera successfully reviewed reaching world number one position, dismissing opener an lbw decision against Stokes after she shook off open- Kaushal Silva in the 12 overs Sri after the on-field umpire had ing-match nerves to reach Lanka faced as the home side turned down an appeal. He was the last 16 at the Hong Kong reached 26 for one at the close. out for 19. Open on Wednesday. A day that saw Ben Stokes, England captain Joe Root, Last year’s runner-up batting at the key number three who scored 35 and three in and current world number position, become the latest to the first Test, was bowled by three needed a mid-match fail also reinforced Buttler and Pushpakumara in the 18th over pep talk from her coaches Curran’s standing lower down Jos Buttler sweeps through the leg side for 14 and opener Rory Burns before beating Thailand’s the order. (43) soon followed as England Nitchaon Jindapol 21-15, 13- England were in trouble Buttler’s 63 off 67 deliver- than a year. innings. lost regular wickets on the dry, 21, 21-17. “It’s not going to be against spinners Dilruwan Per- ies ensured Sri Lanka did not Curran was even more im - “It was crucial. You saw in crumbling surface. easy because there are some era who took four wickets, Ma- convert a good position into a portant, taking 50 balls to reach the evening how much it spun. Curran said the wicket was players who are coming up. linda Pushpakumara (three) and dominant one, as he swept and double figures before he tore Getting close to 300 was massive fast breaking up and the cracks But definitely one day I will Akila Dananjaya (two) when reverse swept furiously and ef- into the Sri Lankan bowling. for us,” said Curran. growing so England spinners be world number one, that’s Buttler came in to counter-at- fectively. He was eventually out He hit six sixes and a four off “Me and Jimmy had quite a bit must be looking forward to the what I feel,” said Sindhu, tack with five boundaries and a top-edging a reverse sweep off the spinners and his last wicket of fun out there. He was proba- second day. Ten of the 11 wickets who was briefly ranked sec- crucial 45-run stand with Adil left-arm spinner Pushpakumara, partnership of 60 with Jimmy bly the one telling me to calm to fall yesterday went to spin- ond last month. Sindhu, 23, Rashid who made 31. playing his first Test for more Anderson was the best of the down and trust him.” ners. narrowly lost the 2017 Hong Kong final to Taiwan’s one Tai Tzu-ying. Mahmudullah gives Bangladesh control Bahrain Classic Challenge to add historic flavour to GT National Sports Day AFP | Dhaka TDT | Manama ahmudullah Riyad scored Mhis first Test century in he 2019 edition of the more than eight years as Bang- TBahrain Sports Day has ladesh set Zimbabwe a tower- been scheduled for Febru- ing 443-run target to win the ary 12, the Bahrain Olym- second Test in Dhaka yesterday. pic Committee – the event The hosts began their victory organisers – announced push, reducing Zimbabwe to yesterday. 76-2 at stumps on the fourth day As per the BOC’s most re- after Mahmudullah’s unbeaten cent board meeting, regis- 101 off 122 balls helped the side tration for the event is now declare the second innings on Cars in action during Bahrain Classic Challenge (file photo) open and interested author- 224-6. Zimbabwe cricket captain Hamilton Masakadza (R) plays a shot as Bangladesh ities can now submit their Off-spinner Mehidy Hasan cricketer Ariful Haque (2R) tries to catch it and teammate Mushfiqur Rahim TDT| Manama will be showcased in the Mid- entries. broke a 68-run opening stand by (2L) and Bangladesh cricketer Mominul Haque (L) look on dle East for their final races of BOC said it has decided to removing Hamilton Masakadza Motorsport fans will enjoy the year. launch registration much for 25 after he dropped the spinner Taijul Islam dismissed the crease on four and two re- many firsts at the upcoming On the track are cars whose earlier in order to allow as Zimbabwe captain on five off the opener for 43 soon after spectively, facing a monumental Bapco Bahrain GT Festival, tak- names AC Cobra, Ferrari 250 many Bahrainis and expats debutant pacer Khaled Ahmed. Bangladesh got their first task to win or avoid a loss as ing place November 30 and GT, Lotus 15, Jaguar E-Type, parties to sign up and join Mehidy also dropped Brian breakthrough. Brendon Taylor Zimbabwe still trailed the hosts December 1 at Bahrain Inter- and many others still echo in the festivities this year. Chari on naught but fellow and Sean Williams remained at by 367 runs. national Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir. the memories of fans of this era Aside from the all-new FIA GT of endurance racing which, at Nations Cup and the inaugural the time, was the top branch SRO GT4 International Cup, of motorsport. 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Held in cooperation with in addition to the scratch This day-long event was organised by the Patrick Peter’s Classic Endur- classification, gives an advan- Bahrain Olympic Committee’s (BOC) Olympic ance Racing Series, this popu- tage to the small capacity cars Academy at the Bahrain National Stadium. lar category features a packed and the oldest warriors faced Titled ‘importance and benefits of walking’, grid of more than 20 cars from with their more powerful and was part of the committee’s annual plan to yesteryear. more modern rivals like the develop national competencies in the field of Usually found at Europe’s very quick AC Cobras that sport. premier venues, the series have racked up victories on It was presented by international instruc- makes its journey to Bahrain many circuits. 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