Ramesh Mendis shows the way on Day 2 vs Pakistan
Galle
Sri Lanka took hold of the second Test against Pakistan after their bowlers came good today on the second day at the Galle International Stadium. After being criticised for being unable to defend 342 runs in the first Test, the Sri Lankan spinners tightened their lines and bowled to good lengths to help the hosts to an 187-run lead in their bid to even the three-match series. Off-spinner Ramesh Mendis ran through the Pakistan’s middle-order to finish 3/42. Agha Salman, who debuted in the opening match, was the brightest of the Pakistani batters with his first half-century. He made 62 before being dismissed on the final ball of the day when he edged to Dhananjaya de Silva at first slip off the bowling of Prabath Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka right-arm quick Asitha Fernando, who had been sidelined after testing positive for Covid, had a good comeback as he dismissed Abdullah Shafique with the second ball of the innings. AP
Paris
Repechage round at Paris Olympic Games
World Athletics will introduce a repechage round in individual track events from 200 metres to 1500m at the Paris 2024 Games, the global governing body for athletics said on Monday. The repechage round takes place after the initial qualifying rounds, and gives athletes who have failed to make the cut for the later rounds of an event a second chance at qualification. Reuters
Mumbai
Bengaluru FC, Kerala to play against EPL teams
Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters FC reserve squads will take on English Premier League sides in the Next Generation Cup. The 8-team tournament features five Premier League club youth teams and one academy side from South Africa.
Provins (France)
Vos takes yellow jersey in women’s Tour
Dutch great Marianne Vos won an incident-packed Stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes to seize the yellow jersey today. Several crashes had splintered the peloton in the final 25km of the 135km run to Provins, east of Paris, leaving Vos and five other riders in an escape bunch. Fellow Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes had been favourite to follow up her victory on the Champs Elysees on Sunday’s opening stage but came home in the second group.
Edinburgh
Cricket Scotland is ‘institutionally racist’
Cricket Scotland is “institutionally racist”, an independent review into allegations of racism against the sports body has found. The damning report, which was described as a “wake up call for Scottish sport”, found 448 examples of institutional racism. Cricket Scotland failed in as many as 29 out of 31 tests used to measure the scale of the problem. — Agencies
