Latest - Captain Babar Azam and in-form Fawad Alam led a fightback to help Pakistan recover from losing three wickets in the first four overs to close the first day of the second test against the West Indies on 212-4.
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The pair put together a 158-run partnership to drag their side back after the opening three batsmen were removed for only two runs in a torrid start y at Sabina Park.
Abid Ali nicked the third ball of the day to second slip, Azhar Ali was caught behind without scoring and Imran Butt was out after a television review as Pakistan floundered at 2-3, vindicating the West Indies decision to put them into bat after winning the toss.
The pitch dried out quickly as Babar and Fawad put together Pakistan's biggest partnership of the series in extreme heat that eventually saw Fawad retire hurt on 76 after struggling with cramp.
Kemar Roach had Babar caught by Jason Holder in the slips for 75 at the start of the evening session as he finished the best of the home bowlers with 3-49.
Mohammad Rizwan (22) and Faheem Ashraf (23) were unbeaten when bad light brought a premature close to proceedings.
The West Indies won the first test by one wicket.
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Ko improves at Carnoustie
New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko has improved 10 spots to be in a tie for 31st after the second round at the British Open at Carnoustie in Scotland.
Lydia Ko Photo: Icon Sportswire
Ko fired a second round one under par 71.
She's six shots behind the leaders Mina Harigae of the United States and Georgia Hall of England.
World Number one Nelly Korda , who shared the overnight lead, dropped back with a one-over 73 to be tied for 12th.
Meanwhile Ryan Fox is 8 shots off the lead in a tie for 34th at the Czech Masters while Josh Geary is another 2 shots back.
Nadal done for the year
Spaniard Rafa Nadal will end his 2021 season early due to a left foot issue that has been troubling him for a year, ruling him out of this month's U.S. Open.
The world number four suffered a shock exit in Washington this month, where he kicked off his lead-up to the final Grand Slam of the year, and pulled out of the Cincinnati Masters and the Canadian Open.
"I wanted to inform you that unfortunately I have to end the 2021 season," Nadal tweeted.
The recurring issue flared up at the French Open, where he fell to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
"Honestly, I have been suffering much more than I should with my foot for a year and I need to take some time... to find a solution to this problem or at least improve it in order to continue to have options for the next few years," Nadal said.
Nadal's great rival and fellow 20-times Grand Slam winner Roger Federer is also out of the U.S. Open and will be sidelined for many months because he needs knee surgery.
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Mixed results for Kiwi squash players
A win and a loss for New Zealand squash players at the British Open in Hull.
Paul Coll, the third seed, beat Diego Elias of Peru 3-nil, while Joelle King was beaten 3-2 by Hania El Hammamy of Egypt.
"It was very tough, there were hardly any decisions in there, it was very clean and free-flowing squash which is always physically tougher than it looks, " said Coll.
Coll will play second seed Mohamed El Shorbagy in the last four tomorrow.
Aussie wins stage seven in Spain
Australian Michael Storer claimed his first grand tour stage win in the seventh stage of the Vuelta a Espana, while Primoz Roglic retained the leader's red jersey.
The 152km route featured six categorised climbs, culminating at Balcon de Alicante.
With three kilometres remaining of the final climb, Team DSM rider Storer pulled away from the lead group of Carlos Verona, Pavel Sivakov and Andreas Kron, holding them off to cross the line first.
Slovenia's Roglic finished three minutes 33 seconds down on Storer and leads second place Felix Grosschartner by just eight seconds.
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Good start for Kiwi sailors
The New Zealand SailGP team has had a third, a sixth and a second on the first day of fleet races at the latest round in Denmark.
The New Zealanders lost two points for failing to avoid contact with another boat, dropping them from third to fifth.
The racing was even with Denmark, the United States and Great Britain all claiming a race win.
Australia had the most consistent day and they lead overall.
