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Arshad gives Pak opening day honours
Off-spinner Arshad Khan claimed a mesmeric haul of five for 38 as Pakistan restricted Sri Lanka to 231 and began a confident reply making 33 without loss on the opening day of the Asian Test championship final in Dhaka on Friday. Skipper Wasim Akram struck early blows with two wickets off successive deliveries after Sri Lanka chose to bat first on a Bangabandhu Stadium wicket expected to favour spinners before Arshad Khan produced his career-best effort.
Guria hat-tricks
Nippy forward Brinder Guria became the first player to score a double hat-trick and helped debutants Border Security Force (BSF) post a 12-0 win over Vidarbha while defending champions Indian Railways scored a runaway 13-0 victory over Rajasthan and Bihar struck two goals in the first ten minutes beat Andhra 2-0 in the 59th Senior National Hockey Championship in Hyderabad. Brinder Guria scored seven goals in all.
Srikanth bows out
Indian challenge in the Centenary All-England Badminton Championships ended with the exit of Srikanth Bakshi in the pre-quarter-finals at Birmingham. Bakshi, who had beaten world no. 91 Joachim Fischer of Denmark 15-9, 15-11 on his way to pre-quarter-finals, was knocked out by world no. 1 and top seed Peter Gade Christiansen of Denmark 6-15, 3-15. Bakshi, runners-up in the Nationals, had won three qualifying round matches.
Gibbs hits ton
Herschelle Gibbs became South Africa’s first non-white player to score a Test century as he anchored his team’s hopes of a match-winning total in the second cricket Test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Friday. Gibbs hit a career-best 101 not out in South Africa’s 229 for one at stumps on the second day after new zealand had been dismissed for 168 on the first day.
