WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017 SPORTS Bangladesh ban bowler for conceding 92 off four balls DHAKA: Bangladesh yesterday imposed a coach, captain and manager punished ary and cost his side 80 runs. Batsmen can club Fear Fighters after they threw a sepa- tion of their respective clubs.” Lalmatia 10-year ban on a bowler who deliberately with five-year bans from the Dhaka score off such illegal deliveries but they do rate match in similar fashion. Club secretary Adnan Rahman had admit- lost a match by conceding 92 runs off just Second Division League. not count as part of a bowler’s regular six- “We have found in our investigations ted Sujon bowled the wides and no-balls four legal deliveries in protest at umpiring In a 50-over match last month, Lalmatia ball over. Axiom opener Mustafizur that the bowlers bowled wides and no- as a protest against poor umpiring. The decisions. Sujon Mahmud from Lalmatia Club were dismissed for just 88 off 14 overs Rahman smashed three fours off Sujon’s balls deliberately to damage the image of secretary alleged the umpires did not even Club was found guilty by the Bangladesh before opponents Axiom Cricketers four legitimate balls to take his side home our cricket,” the board’s disciplinary com- allow his team captain to see the coin after Cricket Board of bringing the game into reached 92-0 off four legal balls. Sujon in just 0.4 overs in Dhaka. The cricket board mittee chief Sheikh Sohel told a press brief- the toss. The BCB also suspended for six disrepute. Lalmatia Club were barred bowled 13 wides and three no-balls in the also imposed a ten-year ban on another ing. “In neither case would a win or loss months the umpires overseeing both the indefinitely from competition, with their first over, all of which reached the bound- bowler, Tasnim Hasan, and blacklisted his have mattered for the promotion or relega- discredited matches. — AFP Nike’s African trio target sub-two hour marathon LONDON: This weekend, aided by a host of LELISA DESISA technological and environmental advances, The 26-year-old Ethiopian has a marathon three carefully-selected elite African athletes best of 2:04.45 and is another athlete whose will attempt to run the first sub-two hour numbers in the area of VO2 max, which meas- marathon. The ‘Breaking2’ project is the latest ures the maximum rate of oxygen consumption, enterprise of American sportswear giant Nike lactate profile, which provides an indicator of and has split opinion in the world of athletics, fatigue during exercise, and running economy not to mention physiology. were second to none. In one camp are the ‘purists’, who claim that the host of benefits being bestowed on the run- THE SHOES ners, including revolutionary shoes, a pack of The 200 gram Zoom Vaporfly Elite are cen- interchangeable pacemakers and a non-tradi- tral to the whole project. Nike says the combi- tional course, mean the attempt is a marketing nation of a new foam and curved carbon insert, gimmick. In some ways this is possibly the worst which also helps change the angle of the foot, time to start shouting about fast marathon means runners require four percent less energy times with Kenya’s Rio Olympic and London to go at the same speed in comparison with marathon champion Jemima Sumgong’s recent their previous best shoe. positive doping test landing a body blow to the The shoes have been further custom-fitted event. Nike, and others, however, insist projects for the three athletes - which should help pre- like ‘Breaking 2’ show that a combination of tal- vent a repeat of the blisters that scarpered ent, training and technology can produce Ethiopian Keninisa Bekele’s London Marathon astounding results without the need for chemi- bid in similar Vaporfly 4% shoes. A recent meet- cal assistance. Many people are intrigued to ing of the IAAF technical committee ruled the see just how much difference such a collec- shoes and their technology to be within their, tion of ‘marginal gains’ can make and suggest admittedly vague, rules - though the Elite ver- that, at a time when athletics is reeling from sion will not be available for the public to buy. relentless bad news, such a quantum leap in human endurance, arguably the greatest in THE KIT the sport’s history, is something to be wel- Nike is also kitting their intrepid trio out in comed and celebrated. Below we look at the new socks, shorts and singlet, all of which are key aspects of the project. claimed to offer an advantage in terms of aero- dynamics and/or ventilation and support. THE CURRENT RECORD Again, many scoff at the idea but they also did BRIDGETOWN: Misbah ul Haq (R) of Pakistan about to hit the ball during the 3rd day of the 2nd Test match between West Indies and Pakistan at Kenyan Dennis Kimetto set the current that nearly 50 years ago when Briton Ron Hill Kensington Oval. — AP record of two hours, two minutes, 57 seconds broke the marathon record aided by a self- in Berlin in 2014, which is about four minutes designed ‘cooling’ string vest. faster than it was in 1988. Kimetto’s time works Windies claim late wickets out to 4:41.5 minutes per mile; a sub-two THE COURSE would require less than 4:35 per mile - an The sub-2 attempt will be run on about 17 improvement of about seven seconds per mile, laps of a 1.5 mile (2.4km)) loop that forms part or around 2.5 percent. On the face of it, that of the Monza F1 track in northern Italy. After as Pakistan close on 172-3 appears an impossible leap. extensive research it was selected due to a In 2014 the respected Runners World maga- combination of environmental factors, includ- zine published a data-driven analysis of more ing average temperature, air pressure and wind BRIDGETOWN: West Indies hit back with three than 10,000 top marathon performances over levels. The surface, with no kerbs or cambers, wickets in the final hour after a 155-run opening SCOREBOARD 50 years that predicted a sub-two under nor- was also considered optimal. stand as Pakistan reached stumps at 172 for three in reply to the home side’s first innings mal race conditions would not happen until The course satisfies the rules on elevation BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the second Test between total of 312 on the second day of the second 2075. The key to this attempt is that Nike are that, for example, rule out records set on the the West Indies and Pakistan at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Monday trying to ensure all the other variables make overall downhill route of the Boston Marathon. Test at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Monday. such an impact that, in theory, the athletes will One area where the Monza track could give a Azhar Ali held firm at one end for an unbeaten West Indies 1st Innings Bowling: M. Amir 26-5-65-3, M. Abbas 23-6-56-4 produce effort levels that equate to a 2.03 time tangible advantage is that the athletes will run 81 in a five-hour vigil after opening partner (overnight 286 for 6) (2w), Y. Shah 25.5-2-83-2, but, boosted by all the extra help, will actually exactly the marathon distance. Ahmed Shehzad rode outrageous moments of K. Brathwaite c wkpr Ahmed b Amir 9 S. Khan 23-3-90-1, A. Ali 1-0-4-0 produce sub-2. Even on the fastest road courses, the fact luck to contribute 70 in the first-wicket partner- K. Powell lbw Amir 38 that the ‘blue line’ has to follow curves and is ship. He resumes on the third morning alongside S. Hetmyer c Ali b Abbas 1 Pakistan 1st Innings WHO IS RUNNING? marked a minimum distance from the kerb captain Misbah ul Haq. S. Hope c wkpr Ahmed b Shah 5 A. Ali not out 81 After extensive physiological research, Nike means that runners often actually cover Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo eventually R. Chase c Younis Khan b Amir 131 A. Shehzad c Hope b Bishoo 70 put together a team of three. Eliud Kipchoge. many more meters than the 26 miles, 385 broke through for the home side by having V. Singh c Younis Khan b Abbas 3 B. Azam c and b Gabriel 0 The 32-year-old Kenyan is the stand-out per- yards that has been the standard since the Shehzad caught at slip before adding the prized S. Dowrich c Younis Khan b Shadab Khan 29 Y. Khan c Gabriel b Bishoo 0 former. Last year’s Olympic marathon gold 1908 Olympics. scalp of Younis Khan for a “duck” when the veter- J. Holder c wkpr Ahmed b Abbas 58 Misbah ul Haq not out 7 medallist and former 5,000 meters world cham- an pulled a long-hop to Shannon Gabriel at mid- D. Bishoo c Shah b Abbas 14 Extras (b-2, lb-3, nb-9) 14 pion has won seven of his eight marathons. His PACEMAKERS/DRAFTING wicket. In between those dismissals, Gabriel A. Joseph b Shah 8 Total (3 wkts, 69 overs) 172 best of 2:03:05 is the third-fastest in history. This is another area where quantifiable ben- removed Babar Azam, also without scoring, to a S. Gabriel not out 0 Fall of wickets: 1-155 (Shehzad), 2-156 (Azam), 3- Zersenay Tadese, the Eritrean is the half- efits can be seen and is the one that seems to catch off his own bowling.