Suarez back in Uruguay squad
MONTEVIDEO: luis Suarez has been included in Uruguay’s 22-man squad for two international friendlies this month in Saudi Arabia and Oman. It will be his first selection for Uruguay since biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez announced the team on Thursday for matches at Saudi Arabia on Oct. 10 and at Oman three days later. Although being allowed to play the friendlies, Suarez is still banned from Uruguay’s next eight competitive matches. This means he will miss next year’s Copa America and some World Cup qualifiers. The ban also covers competitive matches until later this month for his club team Barcelona.
8 Pak bowlers suspect
Karachi: At least eight bowlers with suspect bowling actions, including a player in the national squad, have been directed to undergo tests to be conducted by a committee of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) next week at the National Cricket Academy.
The PCB said in a statement that fast bowler Ataullah had already undergone the test while Sohaib Maqsood’s action will be tested when he returns from the UAE where he is in the Pakistan team for the limited over series against Australia.
All these bowlers were reported for suspect bowling actions by match officials during the recent national T20 Championship in Karachi. Except for one (Junaid Zia) who is a pacer, all the bowlers called for analysis of their actions are spinners. These include Nayyar Abbas, Usman Malik, Khurrum Shahzad, Faraz Ahmed Khan, Jahanzaib Khan, Muzammal Tehseen and Nadeem Javed. “This is part of a crackdown on bowlers who have suspect bowling actions as this is a menace we have to clear up in domestic cricket,” Iqbal Qasim who heads the illegal bowling committee said.
Kapur shoots 2-under 70
St Andrews (Scotland): Indian pro Shiv Kapur shot a two-under-par 70 to be tied 33rd on day one of the Alfred Dunhill links Championship.The Delhi-born golfer was six shots off the lead in a tournament that is played on three different courses.
The other Indian pro in the field, Jeev Milkha Singh shot 76. Kapur playing at St. Andrews on first day, was one-over for first 10 holes after starting on tenth. He birdied second, third and eagled fifth before dropping a shot on eighth.England’s Oliver Wilson took the first round lead for the second straight year as he shot 64 at Carnoustie.
Gangjee tied 11th
Taipei: On a rather windy day, Rahil Gangjee (71) rode on three birdies on the front nine to move into tied 11th position at the end of the halfway stage of the $ 650,000 Mercuries Taiwan Masters on Friday.Gangjee is now one-over 145 and is four shots behind the leader, Brazilian Adilson Da Silva (66).
Two others Indians, Jyoti Randhawa (75-72) in tied 26th and SSP Chowrasia (72-77) in tied 49th made the cut. But three others Chiragh Kumar (77-73), Sujjan Singh (72-79) and Himmat Rai (74-78) missed the cut. Gangjee, who is currently 10th on the Order of Merit, needs to stay in top-10 of the Money list to qualify for the CIMB Classic.
NADAl CRASHES OUT OF China Open
BEIJING: Making a comeback from a wrist injury that kept him out of US Open, Rafael Nadal faltered at the quarterfinal stage of the China Open going down 7-6, 4-6, 3-6 to Slovakia's Martin Klizan. In a match lasting a little over two and a half hours, Nadal was up a break in both the second and third sets before squandering his advantage. Klizan, World Number 56, is not new to causing an upset. He had beaten Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the 2012 US Open and Kei Nishikori earlier in the year at the French Open.