Toss West Indies chose to bat v Bangladesh

West Indies captain Jason Holder has chosen to bat first against Bangladesh at Malahide. Holder said he would like to see a better fielding performance from his team, after what he felt were poor displays in that aspect in the previous games.

West Indies have dropped Shannon Gabriel to bring in Raymon Reifer for his his ODI debut. Reifer is a left-arm pace bowler and lower-middle-order batsman, and has so far played a single Test against New Zealand in December 2017.

Bangladesh too have an ODI debutant with Abu Jayed brought in to replace Mohammad Saifuddin who is out with back spasms. Jayed has played five Tests and three T20Is.

Bangladesh are reportedly considering replacing Jayed with Taskin Ahmed in the main World Cup squad, although BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said the decision will be taken closer to the ICC deadline to change the squad, which is May 23.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Mohammad Mithun, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 10 Abu Jayed, 11 Mustafizur Rahman

West Indies: 1 Shai Hope (wk), 2 Sunil Ambris, 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Roston Chase, 5 Jonathan Carter, 6 Jason Holder (capt), 7 Raymon Reifer, 8 Fabian Allen, 9 Ashley Nurse, 10 Sheldon Cottrell, 11 Kemar Roach

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Jamie Overton, Somerset's highly-rated fast bowler, has joined Northamptonshire on a one-month loan deal, in a bid to guarantee him first-team action while he continues his recovery from a back injury.

Though Overton has played a role in Somerset's march to the Royal London Cup final on May 25 - for which he will remain available - the club feel that cannot guarantee him selection in four-day cricket, which resumes in earnest this week with a run of fixtures through to mid-July.

And, with Somerset currently top of the table and preparing for a marquee clash against the reigning champions, Surrey, at Taunton this week, they've decided that the best option is to offer Overton a chance to get overs under his belt elsewhere, rather than bring him back to fitness in their own Championship campaign.

"Since working his way back from an early season injury, Jamie has recently and successfully returned to First XI action in the Royal London One-Day Cup," said Somerset's director of cricket, Andy Hurry.

"We've made an impressive start to this year's County Championship, and whilst Jamie is certainly in contention for selection, we can't guarantee him a starting place at present.

"Therefore, we feel that both he and the club would benefit from him playing competitive First XI red-ball cricket."

The arrangement will run from May 14 to June 13, and means that Overton will be available for Northamptonshire's County Championship matches against Lancashire, Sussex, Glamorgan and Durham.

"As I've stated previously, it's important to us as a club to ensure that we are providing opportunities that support our player's needs whilst considering our club's mid-term needs," said Hurry.

"The terms of this loan agreement will enable Jamie to be available for selection for the Royal London One-Day Cup final and return to Somerset if we incur an injury to one of our seamers."

Overton, who could yet be in contention for a Test call-up this summer, with the Ashes looming in August, recognised the value of his time away from his home club.

"Obviously, I'm hungry to be playing First XI cricket and currently opportunities are limited," he said. "When the opportunity to play First XI Championship cricket at Northants came about, I felt it was a great chance for me to show what I can do. After this loan period I'll return to Taunton and I look forward to contributing to winning games for Somerset."

He is the second Somerset player to make a loan move this season, after Dom Bess - their spin understudy to Jack Leach - was sent to Headingley for a month's loan with Yorkshire.

An untimely bout of what is thought to be chickenpox has left Mohammad Amir's World Cup hopes hanging on by the thinnest of threads.

Amir missed the second ODI against England in Southampton because of what team officials said was a viral infection and he is set to miss the third game in Bristol tomorrow as well. It has now emerged that the infection is likely to be chickenpox. Amir is understood to be in London with his family and not with the team currently.

How long it will take him to recover is not clear at the moment. But even if it is a week from when he originally fell ill, it leaves him with a monumental task to break into Pakistan's 15-man squad. There are only two ODIs left in the series, on Friday and then Sunday. It is thought if he doesn't recover in time for Friday's game, it would be close to impossible for him to make it to the squad.

Amir was not part of Pakistan's original World Cup squad but because teams have till May 23 to make changes, it was thought his initial exclusion was not final. He was brought along as part of the squad to face England and the series was very much seen as an opportunity for him to make a case for himself for World Cup selection.

He was in the XI for the first ODI at The Oval last week but the match was abandoned after 19 overs in which Pakistan batted first. He fell ill on Friday, ahead of the second ODI on Saturday.

If he doesn't make it, it will be the third World Cup he has missed since making his international debut in 2009 - he missed out in 2011 and 2015 because he was serving a five-year ban for his role in the Lord's spot-fixing scandal of 2010.

Amir's wicket-taking form in ODIs since the final of the Champions Trophy in 2017 has been poor. He has only five wickets to show in that time in 15 ODIs (including the washed out game at The Oval). He hasn't leaked runs especially, however, and his economy rate of 4.58 in that period (5.28 if you exclude Zimbabwe and Hong Kong) assumed greater relevance in light of Pakistan's bowling troubles in Southampton, where they conceded 373.

Specifically the death-overs bowling was poor but the fast bowling generally since Pakistan have landed in England has become a growing concern for Mickey Arthur and Sarfaraz Ahmed. They have options ahead of tomorrow's ODI and Junaid Khan is likely to return, as might Mohammad Hasnain.

Laura Weightman and Nick Goolab win in Ipswich, while Armand Duplantis breaks another pole vault record and Sophie McKinna impresses with World Champs standard

Coverage of day one at the IAAF World Relays in Yokohama is here, while a report on day two is here. Other recent highlights from both the UK and overseas are below.

Ipswich Twilight Races, May 11

Laura Weightman and Nick Goolab led some fast fields in Ipswich to win English 5km titles in style.

Both winners ran impressive PBs, with Weightman clocking 15:21 (chip time, 15:22 gun time) to consolidate her place at fourth on the UK all-time 5km road list and Goolab running a PB of 13:34 to go to joint seventh on the British all-time rankings, just four seconds off the national record held by Rob Denmark and Mo Farah.

The top three women all ran inside 16 minutes, with Weightman followed by Claire Duck (15:51) and Nicole Taylor (15:57), while 23 women went sub-17 minutes.

“Delighted to run a PB and win the England Champs,” Weightman wrote on Instagram. “Road season done …. Track next.”

In the men’s race, the top 12 all went sub-14:00, with Phil Sesemann second in 13:43 and Adam Hickey third in 13:46.

The top 34 all finished inside 15 minutes.

Norfolk County Championships, May 11-12

Commonwealth fifth-placer Sophie McKinna improved her shot put PB to 18.23m to achieve a World Championships qualifying standard.

It is the first time she has officially thrown over 18 metres, improving on her previous legal best of 17.97m set when winning the British indoor title earlier this year.

18.23m today. Absolutely over the moon!

— Sophie Mckinna (@sophiemac10) May 11, 2019

The mark consolidates her fifth place on the UK all-time list.

Montpellier, France, May 11-12

Katarina Johnson-Thompson competed for the first time since retaining her European pentathlon title and came close to her shot put PB with a throw of 13.05m.

British Athletics League Premiership, Swansea, May 12

Jeremiah Azu won the 100m and finished second in the 200m, running PBs in both events.

In the 100m the 17-year-old ran 10.39 (1.4m/sec) and he then clocked 21.09 (0.6m/sec) when finishing second to Chris Stone with 21.05.

With his times, Azu achieved European U20 Championships qualifying standards in both events and his 100m time is the second fastest ever by a welsh under-20 athlete.

European under-18 silver medallist Ethan Brown won the 400m in 47.20, while Jacob Paul won the 400m hurdles in 51.21.

SEC Championships, Fayetteville, USA, May 11

European pole vault champion Armand Duplantis cleared a collegiate record of 6.00m to set a world lead.

The record had stood since 1996.

Duplantis cleared 5.45m, 5.63m and 5.81m on his first attempts before soaring over 6.00m on his third try.

? NCAA RECORD ?@LSUTrackField’s Mondo Duplantis sets the collegiate pole vaulting record by clearing 19 feet, 8 1/4 inches! pic.twitter.com/QaCXhGysBe

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) May 12, 2019

Daniel Roberts beat multiple NCAA champion Grant Holloway in the 110m hurdles, 13.07 to 13.12 (1.0m/sec). Holloway had clocked a PB of 13.07 (0.8m/sec) in his heat.

Janeek Brown clocked a world-leading 12.55 (1.3m/s) to win the 100m hurdles.

Hakim Sani Brown won the men’s 100m in a PB of 9.99 (1.8m/sec) to become the second Japanese athlete to ever break 10 seconds for the event.

Sha’Carri Richardson won the women’s 100m in a marginally wind-assisted 11.00 (2.1m/sec) before also claiming 200m victory in 22.57 (1.8m/sec) and the 4x100m title in 42.93.

One of the most talked about performances was Infinite Tucker’s 400m hurdles win as he dived over the finish line to win in a PB of 49.38, just 0.09 ahead of Robert Grant.

He went full Superman! @aggietrk's Infinite Tucker goes ALL OUT for the gold. #SCtop10 pic.twitter.com/gEr05kdPd9

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) May 12, 2019

IAAF Race Walking Challenge, Taicang, China, May 11

There was a Chinese double as Qieyang Shijie won the women’s 20km title and Wang Kaihua won the men’s.

Qieyang won in 1:28:00, 16 seconds ahead of Yang Jiayu, while Liu Hong was third in 1:28:22.

Wang took the men’s title in 1:19:48. Cai Zelin was second in 1:20:13, while Brazil’s Caio Bonfim was third in 1:20:37.

Geneva Marathon, Switzerland, May 12

Kenya’s Bernard Too won the men’s title in 2:09:45, 10 seconds ahead of Bahrain’s Shumi Dechasa.

Kenya’s Josephine Chepkoech won the women’s race in 2:29:11 ahead of her compatriot Rodah Jepkorir who was four seconds back.

Dalian International Marathon, China, May 12

Ethiopia’s Mulu Seboka retained her women’s title in 2:27:19, while her compatriot Tsegaye Getachew won the men’s race in 2:11:25.

Bern Grand Prix, Switzerland, May 11

Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor won the 10-mile event in 44:57 after clocking 13:49 for 5km and 27:48 for 10km.

Switzerland’s Tadesse Abraham was second in 49:06 and Eritrea’s Simon Tesfay third in 49:30.

Ethiopia’s Meseret Gezahegn won the women’s race in 57:47 from Switzerland’s Nicole Egger in 58:03.

‘I just kept digging and played my best squash at the end’
By ELLIE MAWSON in Manchester

Tenacious Tesni Evans produced a monumental comeback to take out Egypt’s World No.3 Nour El Tayeb and reach the biggest PSA final of her career at the 2019 Manchester Open.

Wales’ World No.9 was facing defeat at 2-0 down as top seed El Tayeb took control of the opening phase of the match at the National Squash Centre.

However, Evans demonstrated her brave resilience as she fought back in a gladiatorial battle to win 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 in 72 minutes to reach the final of the inaugural women’s-only PSA World Tour Silver tournament, where she will face New Zealand’s World No.5 Joelle King tonight.

Evans, 26, from Rhyl, said: “I felt even in the first two games that I was actually playing quite well. I just couldn’t string a few points together. I’m really happy with myself because I never let that get to me and I just kept digging and digging, just to see how far it would get me and I can’t believe it in the end.

“I think the more matches I play, the better I get. I just don’t normally get the opportunity to play more than a couple of matches. My squash was probably the best I’ve played at the end of the match and I’m really proud of myself.

“It’s probably my biggest win because she is No.3 in the world and reached the final of the World Championships.”

Meanwhile, World No.5 King overcame United States’ No.1 Amanda Sobhy in straight-games to reach her second final of the season, following her victory at the Hong Kong Open in November.

Both players enjoyed strong wins in the last round, with Sobhy continuing her excellent run of form to down Egypt’s World No.7 Nouran Gohar, while King saw off England’s former World No.3 Alison Waters in straight games.

A positive first game from both players saw them consistently trade blows with both pulling out some of their best squash for the occasion. As the game progressed into an extended tiebreak, it was King who was able to take the advantage, winning 17-15.

From then on, the momentum stayed with the World No.5 as she didn’t put a foot wrong and adapted to the conditions of the warm court well to advance against World No.8 Sobhy.

“It’s no secret that Amanda has been coming back strong this year,” said 30-year-old King.

“It’s credit to her that she’s in the semi-finals of a Silver tournament not so long after coming back from injury. Overall this week, I’ve been feeling mentally quite good. Even in my other matches if I had lapses, I was able to close out in the business end and I guess that is one of my strengths when I’m playing well.

“I was down in the first and I was able to claw my way back and take a crucial first game and I’m pretty happy with my mental performance.

“I think at the start of this year, after winning Hong Kong, I put a bit of pressure on myself to do well and it didn’t work out so well for me. I’ve tried to come into every tournament and treat it like it’s my last one and it seems to be working, so hopefully it will carry on.”

The final take place today (Monday May 13) at 19:00 local time (UTC+1) and the action will be broadcast live on SQUASHTV (rest of world), Eurosport Player (Europe only) and to multiple broadcasters around the world. 

PSA $76,000 Women’s Manchester Open 2019, National Squash Centre, Manchester, England.

Semi-finals:
[6] Tesni Evans (WAL) bt [1] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (72m)
[2] Joelle King (NZL) bt [8] Amanda Sobhy (USA) 17-15, 11-5, 11-8 (39m)
Final:
[6] Tesni Evans (WAL) v [2] Joelle King (NZL)

Report by ELLIE MAWSON (PSA Media Team). Edited by ALAN THATCHER.

Pictures courtesy of PSA

Sale have signed South Africa prop Coenie Oosthuizen on a three-year deal.

The 30-year-old will join from the Super Rugby side Sharks and is Sale's latest South African recruit following Lood de Jager's move.

Oosthuizen has won 30 caps for South Africa, making his debut against England in 2012 and last playing for the Springboks in November 2017.

"Coenie joining us, along with Lood, is a huge statement of where we want to be," said Sale boss Steve Diamond.

He joins Sale's growing South African contingent that includes scrum-half Faf de Klerk, fly-half Robert du Preez, centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg and hooker Akker van der Merwe.

"He is 130kg, can play on both sides of the scrum and has a skill set away from the set-piece that is unique for a prop of his size," added Diamond.

"He also has considerable experience playing with Akker van der Merwe at the Sharks, so I think he will fit in perfectly at Sale."

Australian full-back Israel Folau says he resisted opportunities to make his situation "a little bit easier" and return to playing because it would be doing "Satan's" work.

Folau was found guilty of breaching Rugby Australia's (RA) player code of conduct after he said "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post.

The 30-year-old had his four-year RA contract terminated in April.

However, he requested a hearing which will decide if his sacking stands.

Folau was speaking to his church congregation in Sydney on Sunday.

"There have been many opportunities to potentially make the situation a little bit easier," said the fundamentalist Christian.

"I could go back and play the game, get everything back to the way it used to be.

"The way Satan works is he offers you stuff that could look good to the eye and makes you feel comfortable, and if you go down that path all the worries and troubles will go away.

"It is always the will of God that comes first."

Folau - who won 73 international caps - lost his sponsorship deal with sportswear brand Asics last week, the second sponsor to have cut ties with him after Land Rover withdrew a car issued to him.

The three-person panel which presided over Folau's hearing will now take written submissions from the player and RA before deciding what sanction he will face.

He escaped punishment for similar comments last year.

BOWMANVILLE, Ontario – Blancpain GT World Challenge America is set to bring its exciting brand of sports car racing north of the border from May 17-19.

Drivers from more than 10 nations, piloting GT3 machinery from the world’s top marques will take to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park’s renowned 2.459-mile Grand Prix circuit, including four Canadians returning to compete at their home track.

Closing in on the midpoint of the season, the driver and team championship battles are starting to heat up. Leading the team championship heading into the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park weekend is K-PAX Racing’s No. 3 Bentley Continental GT3.

Driver championship co-leaders Rodrigo Baptista from Brazil and Maxime Soulet from Belgium are coming off a thrilling victory at Virginia Int’l Raceway, the K-PAX duo’s second win of the season following an opening day triumph at Circuit of the Americas.

Canadian team R. Ferri Motorsport comes into the weekend second in team points and will look to get back into victory circle, after last winning at COTA in round two. Their No. 61 Ferrari 488 GT3 will be piloted by Spain’s Miguel Molina and Finland’s Toni Vilander.

Molina and Vilander sit tied in second in the driver championship coming into the weekend.

K-PAX Racing’s second entry, the No. 9 Bentley Continental GT3, will be piloted by former series champion Alvaro Parente of Portugal and his Spanish teammate, Andy Soucek.

Both drivers sit third in the driver championship and were victorious in race three at VIR.

Vancouver’s Scott Hargrove and teammate American Patrick Long, a two-time series champion, will co-pilot the No. 58 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R entry. Throughout his career, Hargrove has had numerous wins at CTMP and he’ll be looking to repeat the feat at his home track.

Long has also had success at the track, including a dominant series performance back in 2016, when he won both weekend races.

Wright Motorsports currently sits third in the team championship standings, while the drivers sit fourth in the driver’s championship.

Other Pro competitors to watch include Toronto’s Daniel Morad and American Michael De Quesada in the No. 22 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. Morad won last year’s CTMP Sprint round five race and, like his other fellow Canadian drivers competing this weekend, has spent hours at the track that is located just east of Toronto.

German teammates Wolf Henzler and Marco Holzer will co-pilot the No. 24 Alegra Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R. Alegra Motorsports sits fourth in the team championships.

Meanwhile, Canadians Martin Barkey and Kyle Marcelli sit atop the Pro/Am Cup driver standings after back-to-back wins in rounds two and three.

Both have considerable experience at CTMP and will co-pilot the No. 80 Acura NSX entry.

The Pro/Am field also features the American team of George Kurtz and Colin Braun piloting the No. 04 Mercedes-AMG GT3; the No. 38 Porsche 911 GT3 R of Americans Kevan Millstein and Alex Barron; the No. 43 Acura NSX of Americans Bret Curtis and Dane Cameron; American David Askew paired with Scottish driver Ryan Dalziel in the No. 63 Mercedes-AMG GT3; and the American/Norwegian pairing of Anthony Imperato and Dennis Olsen in the No. 91 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.

Gradient Racing has also entered its No. 5 Acura NSX GT3 for the weekend, with drivers Marc Miller and Till Bechtolsheimer behind the wheel.

The Japanese team of Naoto Takeda and Takuya Shairasaka are the lone Am/Am class entry and will co-drive the No. 96 BMW F13 M6 GT3.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – For a driver making just his second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start, Tyler Reddick sure didn’t look like a rookie on Saturday night during the Digital Ally 400 at Kansas Speedway.

Reddick, the reigning NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, was returning behind the wheel of the No. 31 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and caught a big break on lap 218, when a caution flag waved in the middle of a cycle of green-flag pit stops for Ryan Newman’s wayward tire on pit road.

In an instant, the Corning, Calif., driver went from complaining of the motor “changing pitch” and fearing a potential failure to being one of just seven drivers on the lead lap inside of 50 to go.

That seismic shift in momentum led to Reddick surging on the outside during the ensuing restart, with the 23-year-old climbing to as high as third before settling in among the back half of the top 10.

Reddick later drifted just outside that top 10, but a caution that set up an overtime restart allowed him to come down for fresh tires. He then charged his way from 12th to finish ninth with the new rubber.

After the race, Reddick circled the timely yellow with 50 to go as the moment his fortunes changed.

“We were very fortunate to have a lot of cars that were trapped down a lap or two. It honestly saved us from having a pretty unfortunate finish for how good we were at times throughout the race,” noted Reddick. “I think we could have definitely had a little more there with the way the situation played out. From that aspect, it’s disappointing, but a top 10 has a lot of positives. It was a lot of fun driving the car.”

However, in the same breath, Reddick’s competitive nature showed through as well, as he believed his team’s finish could have been a good bit higher – something he was driven to try and attain as well.

“It was a unique opportunity, but I always want more,” Reddick said. “I’ve raced against some of these guys in the Xfinity Series. It’s still a lot of fun to finish in the top 10, but we didn’t come here to run top 10.

“We came here for the win and that’s what I hope we can get one of these times.”

While Reddick doesn’t have any more Cup Series starts on his calendar as of yet, he heads to Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway in two weeks’ time as the Xfinity Series point leader and locked into the playoffs, thanks to his April victory at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway over Gray Gaulding.

Reddick has never won at Charlotte, but has momentum in his back pocket as he looks to improve on a career-best mark of 10th at the 1.5-mile quad-oval, set in 2017 with Chip Ganassi Racing.