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Australia target first Asia series win since LHC accepts petition to remove

2011, says Paine Sharjeel Khan’s name from ECL

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court a petition is declared as non-main-
ABU DHABI: Australian skipper then we have a really good chance of Fakhar Zaman for his first Test. They (LHC) on Monday accepted crick- tainable by court office, the case is
Tim Paine vowed his team would winning it. We are reasonably confi- also left out fast bowler Wahab Riaz, eter Sharjeel Khan’s petition to re- sent to a judge.
do its utmost to win the second Test dent. After the last few days we got who went wicketless in the first Test, move his name from the Exit Con- Khan was slapped with a five-
against Pakistan starting in Abu Dha- a little bit of relief and a little bit of and will pick one from uncapped trol List (ECL). year ban from playing cricket by a
bi from Tuesday for a first series win mileage, so we know if we play our pacer Mir Hamza or leg-spinner Justice Shahid Waheed heard PCB-appointed Anti-Corruption Unit
in Asia since 2011. best cricket we have got a chance to Shadab Khan. the petition to decide the main- last year after he was found guilty of
The trying conditions of the win this Test match. Pakistan’s only series loss in tainability of the case. The peti- spot-fixing in the second edition of
pitches and hot weather have stopped “We are coming into this Test United Arab Emirates — their neutral tion, filed on Khan’s behalf by his the Pakistan Super League.
Australia from winning a series since with a bit more momentum and guys venue since attacks on the Sri Lankan counsel Ejaz Ahmed, says that the
they beat Sri Lanka 1-0 in 2011. know what to expect a bit more in team bus in 2009 forced them to play cricketer was unable to go to per-
Since then they have lost 4-0 these conditions,” said Paine, who here — was last year. form Umrah and meet his brother
in India (2013), 2-0 in United Arab announced paceman Mitchell Starc They lost to Sri Lanka 2-0, their in Dubai due to travel restrictions
Emirates to Pakistan (2014), 3-0 in will play in Abu Dhabi. first series loss in 10 attempts. placed on him. It further argues that
Sri Lanka (2016), 2-1 in India (2017) That is hint enough that Australia But Pakistan captain Sarfraz the interior ministry illegally placed
and drew 1-1 in Bangladesh last year. are likely to keep the same starting Ahmed dispelled any fear of losing. Khan’s name on the ECL.
But Paine’s side snatched a mo- XI. Paine admitted Pakistan were a “There is nothing like that (fear) The Pakistan Cricket Board
rale-boosting draw on the fifth and “very good team”. and you would see that with the way (PCB), interior ministry and the Fed-
final day in the first Test in Dubai, the “They have some good batters, we played the first Test. Throughout eral Investigation Agency have been
skipper and number 10 Nathan Lyon particularly in these conditions. We we played good cricket but unfor- nominated as respondents.
seeing out the final 12.2 overs after know what we are up against and we tunately we couldn’t get across the The high court office had earlier
being set a daunting target of 462 know they are an excellent team and line,” Ahmed said. dismissed the petition as non-main-
runs. “We want to win every series even better in these conditions.” “The team morale is high, bats- tainable. The LHC, however,
we are involved in,” Paine said on Pakistan have been forced into men have scored runs and bowlers overturned that decision. Even if
Monday. making two changes after opener have also taken wickets so we are
“We are focusing on what we do Imam-ul-Haq fractured his finger very much hopeful of performing Holder seeks inspiration from
and if we can do well for five days in Dubai. He will be replaced by well to win the series.”
ICC charges Jayasuriya in South African McGrath, Anderson
anti-corruption probe World Cup plans HYDERABAD: West Indies captain of skill in terms of moving the ball
both ways,” said Holder, who has
Jason Holder said on Sunday that he
Tests. “The one thing that’s common
skills by taking inspiration from pace
DUBAI: Sri Lanka great Sanath Sri Lanka last week. taking shape, is looking to hone his fast bowling captained West Indies in 27 of his 35
Jayasuriya became one of the most “The charges include failure or legends Glenn McGrath and James with both of them is the amount of
high-profile figures embroiled in refusal, without compelling justifi- says Gibson Anderson. pressure that they build,” Holder said
corruption in cricket when he was cation, to cooperate with any inves- Holder claimed his fifth of the two cricket icons.
charged on Monday with two counts tigation carried out by the ACU, in- JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s five-wicket haul in the second Test The 36-year-old Ander¬son re-
of disrupting an investigation by the cluding failure to provide accurately time for experimentation ahead of against India but his effort was not cently became the leading fast bowl-
International Cricket Council (ICC). and completely any information and/ the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup is enough as the tourists suffered a 2-0 er in Test history by picking up his
Jayasuriya was a star of the Sri or documentation requested by the coming to an end, according to coach series whitewash. 564th scalp during the India series.
Lanka team that won the Cricket ACU as part of such investigation,” Ottis Gibson. Holder, who missed the first Test He moved past Austra¬lia’s pace
World Cup in 1996 during a playing the ICC said. Speaking after rain washed out in Rajkot, returned figures of 5-56 ace McGrath who retired in 2007
career that spanned 22 years and took The second charge included the his team’s final Twenty20 Interna¬- in India’s first innings after hitting a with 563 wickets from 124 Tests.
in 110 Tests and 445 One-day Inter- “concealing, tampering with or de- tional against Zimbabwe in Benoni gritty 52 in his team’s first essay in At 26, Holder has only just begun
nationals. He later served on the Sri stroying any documentation or other on Sunday, Gibson said a short lim- Hyderabad. in comparison with the game veter-
Lankan parliament from 2010-15, information that may be relevant to ited overs tour of Australia, starting But Holder, standing six feet and ans. He has 86 wickets to his name
and became the national team’s chair- that investigation and/or that may be later this month, would be a crucial 7 inches tall, believes he has room to since making his five-day debut in
man of selectors. evidence or may lead to the discovery part of the build-up to next year’s improve as a bowler, and that follow- 2014. “You just got to understand the
His reputation could be tar- of evidence of corrupt conduct” un- World Cup in England. ing Australia’s McGrath and Ander- conditions. Field placing comes in
nished, though, after the ICC said der the anti-corruption code. “We want to go there with an son of England is the way forward. a lot, something that I have to work
the 49-year-old Jayasuriya has been The ICC’s ACU is acting further attitude of trying to win,” said Gib- “Funnily enough, I have been personally as a player and trying to
charged with offenses relating to on their previous investigation which son. “The squad that we pick will watching lots of clips.. People like know my strengths and weaknesses,”
the ‘failure or refusal’ to cooperate in January 2016 saw Galle stadi- reflect that and reflect our feeling Glenn McGrath and even James An- he said after his team’s 10-wicket loss
with an investigation carried out by um curator Jayananda Warnaweera on the formula and the way we derson. And these guys have got lot to India.
its anti-corruption unit, and also for banned for three years after he failed want to play cricket.”
‘obstructing or delaying’ an investi- to cooperate with the ACU. The South Africans were seldom Pakistan wins first medal in 2018
gation. Marshall last month said: “The under pressure in three One-day In-
“The International Cricket Coun- ACU works to uphold integrity in ternationals and two Twenty20 Inter- Youth Olympics in wrestling
cil has charged Jayasuriya on two cricket and this includes conducting nationals against Zimbabwe but tried
counts of breaching the ICC An- investigations where there are rea- to play the kind of positive cricket
ti-Corruption Unit (ACU) and have sonable grounds to do so. There is that will be needed for more demand-
given him two weeks to respond,” the currently an ICC (ACU) investiga- ing encounters.
ICC said in a statement. “Mr Jayasur- tion under way in Sri Lanka. Natural- “There is a lot being said about
iya has 14 days from 15 Oct 2018 to ly as part of this we are talking to a being positive. The key is having the
respond to the charges. The ICC will number of people.” will to stick with it even when things
not make any further comment in re- Jayasuriya, who was Sri Lanka get tough,” said Gibson.
spect of these charges at this stage.” captain from 1999 to 2003, amassed The Barbados-born coach said
It wasn’t known which matches 6,973 runs at an average of just over leading batsman Hashim Amla would
the charges relate to, or if anyone 40 in Tests. That puts him behind miss the tour of Australia because of
else is involved. The ICC recently only Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela a finger injury but indicated that vet-
said Alex Marshall, general manager Jayawardene in his country’s all-time eran bowlers Dale Steyn and Imran
of the anti-corruption unit, was over- list. He scored 13,430 runs in ODIs Tahir would make the trip, adding to
seeing a probe into potential corrupt a total bettered only by Sangakkara, the strike power of fast bowlers Kagi-
practices over ‘serious allegations’ in India’s Sachin Tendulkar and Aus- so Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.
tralia’s Ricky Ponting and was well “I know what Rabada and Ngidi
known for his big hitting at the top can do but for me the real excitement
of the order. was watching Dale Steyn bowling in
The Jayasuriya-led selection pan- the second game in Bloemfontein,”
el resigned en masse last year follow- he said. “It was fantastic to see him
ing protests over Sri Lanka’s slump back to that level again, bowling
in form. Forming a formidable open- quickly with that skill and accuracy.” ARGENTINA: Wrestler Inayatullah world title in the Beach World Wres-
ing partnership with wicket-keeper/ “There are a lot of guys we have made history for Pakistan on Monday tling Championship held in Turkey.
batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana, in our thoughts who will be in the by winning Pakistan’s first medal in The wrestler also has a silver
Jayasuriya was a key member of Sri squad to Australia,” Gibson added. the 2018 Youth Olympics being con- medal to his name, which he received
Lanka’s breakthrough 50-over World “For the last 12 months we have ducted in Buenos Aires, Argentina. after losing the final of the 69kg
Cup triumph in 1996. been looking at players. In the next Inayatullah, won a bronze medal weight category in the Asian Cadet
A natural at the Twenty20 format couple of months, the players have in the Youth Olympics by defeating Wrestling Championship held in
that emerged near the end of his play- been told that the window is closing an American wrestler. Bangkok, Thailand last year.
ing days, Jayasuriya continued bat- all the time.” The Pakistani wrestler, who is According to a Wapda press re-
ting until 2012 when he moved into After three One-day Inter¬na- also patroned Water and Power De- lease, the authority’s chairman and
politics. Jayasuriya altogether played tionals in Australia, South Africa will velopment Authority (Wapda), had sports patron-in-chief congratulated
445 One-day Internationals and 31 have five-match home series against competed in the 65 kilogramme free- Inayatullah on his victory.
Twenty20 Internationals during an Pakistan and Sri Lanka. style category. Since January 2017, WAPDA
illustrious career between 1989 and “In those series we want to be fo- This is not the first time Inayatul- players won 13 gold, 13 silver and 46
2011. He is also a former member of cusing on a core of 17 to 18 players lah had brought honour to Pakistan, bronze medals for Pakistan in various
Sri Lanka’s parliament. we will be looking at,” he said. in 2017 he also won an Under-17 international events.

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