OSKALOOSA, Iowa — Daryn Pittman became the first four-time winner of the prestigious 24th annual Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge presented by Musco Lighting Monday night.

The Owasso, Okla., native cashed in $20,000 for his win aboard the Roth Motorsports No. 83. In addition, Pittman’s crew chief, Brent Ventura, was named Snap-On Tools “Mechanic of the Race,” good for an impact wrench set.

Jason Martin was victorious in the $1,000 to win IMCA Racesaver 305 sprint car main event.

Before a lap could be completed in the feature, Rusty Hickman went upside down.  He walked away. Finishing second to Cory Eliason in the $1,000 Keith Hutton Memorial “King of the Hill” Max presented by DeBerg Concrete, Pittman led from the outset of the 30-lapper. Early on, Pittman’s lead came ahead of Eliason and Carson Macedo.

Pittman pulled away from the field and entered lapped traffic by the seventh circuit.  Behind him, defending champion, Kyle Larson, was on the move. Larson took fourth from Ian Madsen on lap eight, and third from Macedo on lap 13.

Pittman’s lead at the halfway mark was 4.4 seconds over Eliason, and he had put five lapped cars between himself and second. Larson gained speed during the middle stages, grabbing second from Eliason on lap 16. Pittman kept cruising, however, and built his lead to 6.5 seconds with 10 laps to go.

Pittman rolled the bottom well.  Larson gained a little ground, trailing by 2.8 seconds with five to go, but he ran out of time chasing Pittman, who lapped up to 10th place.  Following Pittman and Larson were Eliason, Macedo and Brian Brown.

Pittman set quick time over the 31-car field, while Skylar Gee, Brock Zearfoss, Eliason and Shane Stewart were heat winners taking home plenty of contingencies, including $500 from Rudeen Racing.  Andrew Schuerle claimed the B main.

The finish:

Daryn Pittman, Kyle Larson, Cory Eliason, Carson Macedo, Brian Brown, Parker Price-Miller, Danny Dietrich, James McFadden, Shane Stewart, Dominic Scelzi, Mark Dobmeier, Skylar Gee, Marcus Dumesny, Travis Rilat, Shane Golobic, Trey Starks, Chase Johnson, Andrew Schuerle, Austin McCarl, Brock Zearfoss, Aaron Reutzel, Rusty Hickman.

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Manchester United are pursuing a deal for Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen in the final 48 hours of the transfer window, sources have told ESPN FC.

Eriksen, 27, has told Spurs he wants to leave the club this summer and, while United are interested, there is an acceptance it will be difficult to pull off with time running out before Thursday's deadline.

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Tottenham put a £130 million price tag on the Denmark international at the start of the summer but, in the absence of a formal bid, sources have told ESPN FC they could be willing to accept a compromise.

Eriksen has just a year left on his contract and chairman Daniel Levy is reluctant to let a prize asset walk away for free next summer. Tottenham are in talks over deals for Bruno Fernandes and Giovani Lo Celso as they look for a replacement.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is keen to bolster his midfield after losing Marouane Fellaini and Ander Herrera in the last six months. United, according to sources, have backed away from deals for Fernandes and Newcastle's Sean Longstaff leaving Eriksen as a key target.

There remains doubt about Paul Pogba's future amid renewed interest from Real Madrid. Solskjaer is keen to keep the France midfielder at Old Trafford but an offer of £180m would be considered.

Pogba has said publicly he wants a "new challenge." United have spent £145m on Daniel James, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Harry Maguire this summer.

Juventus and Inter Milan remain interested in Romelu Lukaku, although a move to Juventus is unlikely after United pulled out of negotiations to sign Paulo Dybala.

Lukaku has not featured for United during preseason because of an ankle injury but was pictured training with Anderlecht on Tuesday.

United remain tight-lipped on whether the striker was given permission to train with another club and only said that the players were given a day off on Monday and are expected back at Carrington on Tuesday.

Australia fast bowler Jhye Richardson has been added to the National Performance Squad that will tour India later this month, continuing his comeback after dislocating his shoulder in March. The 22-year-old fast bowler will work with former Australia quick Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation and could feature in the squad's matches against the MRF Academy.

Richardson injured his shoulder while fielding in an ODI against Pakistan in Sharjah. He was named in the preliminary World Cup squad, but was eventually ruled out in May. He featured in a club match in Darwin last month, where he took 1 for 67 in ten overs, and also joined the Australia A squad for their training camp in Brisbane in early June.

Cricket Australia physiotherapist Kevin Sims said Richardson was "ready to bowl in matches" after completing that outing in Darwin.

"He is bowling off his full run and has good shoulder function," Sims said. "The plan is for him to play matches in both formats while on tour and we expect he will be able to bowl however many overs are required in the games he plays."

However, an Ashes return is unlikely for the young bowler, who made his Test debut in January against Sri Lanka, and has taken an impressive 39 wickets in 25 international matches.

In an interview with ESPNcricinfo last month, Richardson was upbeat after having clocked 130 kph in the match in Darwin.

"Obviously I was very, very rusty," he said. "It was the first game in three or four months so I couldn't expect miracles. In terms of shoulder wise, I coped fine. The pace was okay. Probably a little bit better than I expected. From all reports here, the day's gone well. After today, it gives me a little bit more confidence that I'm ready to go.

"Practice is always good, but just being able to play in a game over bowling in the nets with no batter, just gives myself a better idea of where I'm at, and where I'm at I'm pretty happy with."

Richardson has replaced Western Australia team-mate Aaron Hardie in the 14-member squad that will be coached by former Australia opener Chris Rogers and also includes batsmen Ben McDermott and Josh Philippe, as well as legspinners Lloyd Pope and Daniel Fallins. The team will play three one-dayers and three T20s against the MRF Academy, starting later this week.

Squad: Tom Andrews, Oliver Davies, Dan Fallins, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Cameron Green, Ryan Hadley, Jhye Richardson, Lachlan Hearne, Josh Inglis, Ben McDermott, Jonathon Merlo, Todd Murphy, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope

The 2019-20 Indian domestic cricket season will kick off with the Duleep Trophy on August 17, with top-order batsmen Shubman Gill, Faiz Fazal and Priyank Panchal captaining India Blue, India Green and India Red respectively. The tournament was earlier a contest between the five zones in the country but is now a face-off between three hand-picked sides.

Gill and Panchal have been integral parts of the India A squads in recent times, and have impressed in the opportunities they got in the home series against Sri Lanka A, and away against West Indies A this year.

Gill's best hit was a 96-ball 109 (retired hurt) against the Sri Lankans in Belgaum in early June, and has since hit three half-centuries against West Indies A in the one-dayers. The 19-year-old batsman admitted to being disappointed after he was ignored for the senior team's tour of the Caribbean, but he has continued to make a strong case for himself, and the leadership of India Blue in the Duleep Trophy could be an indication of what the selectors think about his future.

Panchal, who will captain India Red, has also been in good form: against Sri Lanka A, his 160 in Belgaum helped India A win the four-dayer by an innings and 205 runs. More recently, in the second four-dayer in the Caribbean, Panchal hit 58 and 68 in a seven-wicket win. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who scored 233 in the same first-class match against Sri Lanka A in Belgaum and has opened often with Panchal for India A this year, is a part of the India Red ranks too - a 14-man squad, as opposed to the 15-man line-ups Blue and Green have.

As for India Green, 33-year-old Fazal, who hasn't been in action for India A of late, is the captain. The squad includes exciting youngsters like Rahul Chahar and Ishan Porel, as well as strong domestic performers like Dhruv Shorey, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Ankit Rajpoot and Tanveer-Ul-Haq in the mix.

Two star performers from the Plate Group of Ranji Trophy 2018-19 - Sikkim's Milind Kumar, the top run-scorer with 1331 runs at an average of 121, and Bihar left-arm spinner Ashutosh Aman, who picked up a chart-topping 68 wickets - have been rewarded too. Milind will turn out for India Green, and Aman for India Blue.

A number of other prominent domestic performers have been included in the three squads, with wicketkeeper Akshay Wadkar, left-arm-spinning allrounder Aditya Sarwate and offspinner Akshay Wakhare, apart from Fazal, featuring from among the Ranji Trophy-winning Vidarbha side.

Squads

India Blue: Shubman Gill (capt), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajat Patidar, Ricky Bhui, Anmolpreet Singh, Ankit Bawne, Snell Patel (wk), Shreyas Gopal, Saurabh Kumar, Jalaj Saxena, Tushar Deshpande, Basil Thampi, Aniket Choudhary, Diwesh Pathania, Ashutosh Aman

India Green: Faiz Fazal (capt), Akshath Reddy, Dhruv Shorey, Siddhesh Lad, Priyam Garg, Akshdeep Nath, Rahul Chahar, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Jayant Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Ishan Porel, Tanveer-Ul-Haq, Akshay Wadkar (wk), Rajesh Mohanty, Milind Kumar

India Red: Priyank Panchal (capt), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Axar Patel, Karun Nair, Ishan Kishan (wk), Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Mahipal Lomror, Aditya Sarwate, Akshay Wakhare, Varun Aaron, Ronit More, Jaydev Unadkat, Sandeep Warrier, Ankit Kalsi

England pace spearhead James Anderson has been ruled out of the Lord's Test against Australia which starts on August 14, after having suffered calf trouble in the first match at Edgbaston. Anderson left the field on day one after sending down four overs and he did not bowl again in the match although he did bat - with obvious discomfort - in both England's innings.

Anderson has since had an MRI scan, which confirmed an injury which needs addressing. He will now undergo rehabilitation, working with the medical teams of England and his county Lancashire.

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Anderson's problems were with the same muscle that he had torn while bowling for Lancashire in the County Championship in early July. He had passed a number of fitness tests in the lead-up to the Edgbaston game, but then found tightness in his calf during the match and went off. His absence was felt by England, who went down by 251 runs to Australia, despite having them at 122 for 8 in their first innings.

After Lord's, there are three more Tests to be played in the Ashes. England will hope he will be fit in time for the Leeds Test, which begins on August 22, although a more realistic return might be for the fourth Test, at Old Trafford in early September. He will be assessed on an ongoing basis for the same.

Jofra Archer is the leading contender to replace Anderson, although he has had injury issues himself and will play a three-day 2nd XI game for Sussex this week to try and prove his fitness after carrying a side injury through the World Cup.

Speaking after defeat at Edgbaston, Joe Root described Anderson's injury as a "freak thing" and defended his inclusion in the XI. "It was a group decision in terms of the selection of him," Root said. "He passed all the fitness tests. and it's just one of those freak things that can happen in in cricket. It's disappointing, but we've got to try and respond to that and make sure that we get things exactly how we want them at Lord's."

The BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC), led by Kapil Dev with Anshuman Gaekwad and Shanta Rangaswamy as its other members, has been cleared of conflict of interest and given the go-ahead to pick the next head coach of the senior Indian men's team. The decision is expected to be made by mid-August.

The three-member Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) received the required no-conflict notice from the panelists and subsequently voted on the issue, giving the CAC a 2-1 mandate.

CoA member Diana Edulji was the one who voted against clearing the CAC. She was one of two persons who had flagged the potential conflict-of-interest issue in this case, the other being external complainant Sanjeev Gupta, a life member of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association.

After the CoA meeting, Edulji maintained that the matter still needed to go to the BCCI's ethics officer, Justice (retd) DK Jain. She contended that the CoA had no authority to appoint an ad-hoc committee and clear it of conflict. "It was a 2-1 call [against me]," she was quoted as saying by PTI. "I said it has to go to the ethics officer to decide on conflict of interest. Ad-hoc committee is not in the constitution. As such I have voiced my dissent.

"It is not CoA's domain to decide who is conflicted or not. It has to be done by the ethics officer. An ad-hoc committee cannot pick the coach. It is not in the constitution."

CoA head Vinod Rai, however, told ESPNcricinfo that the matter had to be forwarded to the ethics officer by the CoA only if there was a "reason to" do so. "No, there's no question of sending it to the ethics officer unless there is a reason to," he said. "In this case, there was no such reason. There was disagreement [on Edulji's part], but the majority voted."

The question of conflict came up because Kapil is also part of the steering committee on the newly formed Indian Cricketers' Association (ICA) where he is also one of directors. Incidentally, the ICA is funded by the BCCI. Kapil also works as an expert for Indian television channels. As for Gaekwad, it is alleged that in addition to working as a pundit on television channels, he is also part of the BCCI's Member Affiliation Committee, a sub-committee which grants membership to state associations. Gaekwad, too, is part of the ICA's steering group, as is Rangaswamy, who is also an ICA director.

Gupta, meanwhile, had argued that only an elected BCCI administrative team, and not the CAC, was qualified to do the work.

Incidentally, Gupta had filed a similar charge against two members of the previous CAC - Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman - which Justice Jain had upheld.

The current support staff of Ravi Shastri (head coach), Bharat Arun (bowling coach), Sanjay Bangar (batting coach) and R Sridhar (fielding coach) are all travelling with the team in the Caribbean, having been given an extension till the new support staff are in place. Meanwhile, Patrick Farhart, the physio, and Shankar Basu, the fitness trainer, have opted out of extending their contracts and have moved on.

Kieron Pollard has been pulled up for "disobeying" the on-field umpires' instructions during the second T20I against India in Florida on Sunday, picking up a 20% match fee fine and a demerit point.

The incident in question took place during the Indian innings, when, according to an ICC statement, Pollard "called a substitute onto the field despite having been repeatedly told by the umpires that a request must be made for a substitute to come onto the field and being advised to wait until the end of the next over" and he "failed to follow the umpire's instructions".

After being charged by Nigel Duguid and Gregory Brathwaite, the on-field umpires, third umpire Leslie Reifer and fourth official Patrick Gustard, Pollard denied his guilt in the matter and that necessitated a formal hearing with match referee Jeff Crowe, who found him guilty and handed out the penalties.

Pollard didn't bowl in the match and scored a run-a-ball 8 not out as West Indies got to 98 for 4 in 15.3 overs after India had put up 167 for 5, which meant a 22-run win for the visitors on the DLS method, giving India the three-match series 2-0 with one game left to play.

Pollard did have a better outing in the first game of the series in Florida - his first game for West Indies since November 2018 - where he scored 49 in 49 balls in a poor West Indies batting effort of 95 for 9.

The third and final match of the series will be played at Providence Stadium in Guyana later today.

After working out for the Arizona Cardinals on Monday, free-agent receiver Michael Crabtree received an offer from the club, but the two sides could not agree to terms, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.

Crabtree, who was released by the Baltimore Ravens in February after one disappointing season with the club, remains a free agent and is looking for a new team.

Crabtree, 31, made 54 catches -- his fewest in a full season since his 2009 rookie year -- for 607 yards and three touchdowns last season. He also led the NFL with eight dropped passes last season, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Baltimore signed Crabtree to a three-year, $21 million deal last March, hoping he would make tough, contested catches. But Crabtree struggled catching the ball all season and dropped a potential winning touchdown pass in the final minute of regulation in a 12-9 overtime loss in Cleveland.

Crabtree, the 10th overall pick in the 2009 draft, played his first nine seasons in the NFL with the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders. His 28 touchdown catches are the seventh most in the NFL since 2015, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Information from ESPN's Jamison Hensley was used in this report.

Former Wales flanker Martyn Williams says Warren Gatland's side will have their "fingers crossed" they suffer no more back-row injuries.

British and Irish Lions number eight Taulupe Faletau has been ruled out of the World Cup with a collarbone injury.

Williams says Wales are still in good shape at number eight as long as Ross Moriarty stays fit.

"It is a huge blow but Wales have managed without Faletau over the last 18 months," Williams said.

"Ross Moriarty was sensational playing number eight during the Six Nations and the Grand Slam, and obviously we had a clean-sweep in the autumn as well when Faletau was injured.

"What it does is put huge pressure now and everyone with their fingers crossed that nobody else gets injured in that back-row.

"Particularly Moriarty because he's the only specialist number eight, although maybe Josh Navidi is the other guy who could do a job at eight."

Faletau has played 72 times for Wales since making his debut against the Barbarians in 2011 and has also played four Tests for the Lions across two tours.

But the Bath player has not played in a Test since March 2018 and fractured his right forearm in October 2018.

He re-broke the same arm last January and had been on his way back from that injury before suffering the latest setback during Wales training.

"Faletau is a world-class player, he's proven for Wales how valuable he's been since he made his debut back in 2011," Williams added.

"You feel personally for him as well, because he would have worked hard to get back after such a difficult injury as his broken arm."

Wales play two Tests against England - the first at Twickenham on 11 August - and two against Ireland before their World Cup starts against Georgia on 23 September.

Williams admits there is a risk that more injuries could occur during those warm-ups, but says the Wales players must go into the World Cup with tough games already under their belts.

"In some ways they're a necessary evil, you cannot have no competitive rugby if you're a northern hemisphere player and your season finished in May," said Williams, who won 100 Wales caps and played in three World Cups.

"I know a lot of people are questioning why they have four such tough games, but the players are not going to play in every one.

"It's a difficult balancing act, you don't want to lose any key players but you're just as likely to get injured in training."

One month on from that incredible World Cup final and all the agony it sparked in them, New Zealand will take on Sri Lanka in a Test match in Galle. The encounter is the sole focus now, senior batsman Ross Taylor has said, especially since it marks the start of their run in an "exciting" new competition: the World Test Championship (WTC).

"I'm excited," Taylor said, according to stuff.co.nz. "The Test Championship is a new concept. Names and numbers on your backs, but Tests need something different and I believe this can give it a bit of a kick-start and liven it up."

What about the World Cup final then? "Time's a bit of a healer, and we've got new personnel who didn't play in the final," Taylor said.

The Galle Test is one of two New Zealand play against Sri Lanka, with 60 WTC points on offer each. Sri Lanka at home is often a challenging proposition, but New Zealand are the No. 2-ranked team in Test cricket, behind only India in the rankings, and are coming off five consecutive series victories in the longest format. Besides, they have the P Sara Oval Test of 2012 to guide them along.

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"Going over to Sri Lanka and playing Test cricket... it's a pretty hard place to play, but we've had success in the past," Taylor said. "Obviously spin is going to play a bit part. We've picked four spinners [legspinner Todd Astle, offspinner William Somerville, and left-armers Ajaz Patel and Mitchell Santner] but the team is a very settled line-up. And don't underestimate how pace plays a part.

"We won there in 2012, and it was pace that did the majority of the damage. We've just got to assess the conditions once we get over there."

At the P Sara Oval in 2012, New Zealand won by 167 runs, with their first-choice pace duo of Trent Boult and Tim Southee claiming 15 of the 19 Sri Lanka wickets to fall to bowlers in the game. Taylor was Player of the Match, though, for his first-innings 142 and second-innings 74.

This time, Taylor and New Zealand will have a new batting coach working with them. Former Test opener Peter Fulton is set for his first series in the role. "[Playing spin in Sri Lanka] is something we've been preparing a lot for," Taylor said. "And Peter Fulton, we're looking forward to working with him and picking his brains and getting some new ideas."