The ball was only in the air for a moment. But that moment was long enough to think about Mohammad Amirs comeback, the ageing Pakistan squad, their lack of openers, and Yasir Shahs first real Test outside of Asia. By the time Joe Root was caught off Yasir, it just didnt matter as much. Pakistan were in front, and Yasir took five more wickets, with spin and deception, to keep them there.Yasir was promoted from No. 11 to No. 8 in the space of one innings at Lords, and when he arrived the game was hot. Pakistan had stuttered to 168 for 6, a quick takedown of the tail and England were favourites. Yasir made 30, but more importantly he was out when the score was 214.Forget Amir, Wahab Riaz and Yasir; it was Rahat Ali, (cult classic, not bestseller) who put England on the back foot. It was Yasir who kept them there. For most of the final innings his job was the man who made England worry. They were worried about his standard bowling, they were worried about his defensive bowling, and they were worried about footmarks. But he didnt tear through England as he had in the first innings, he just stared them down. It was only when he took Jonny Bairstow, after hours of planning, and the Wahab tidal wave, that he finished England.Amir was flying through the field, the team were copying Misbahs push ups, and Pakistan had won. And Yasir was No. 1.****There is something wrong with Yasir. The bits arent working, the repeatable action wont repeat, the ball wont land, the batsman wont fear, and even Misbah looks worried. In the space of a few days Yasir has gone from one of the best bowlers in the world to one of the worst. In one over there are more bad balls than his entire first Test combined. He pulls some down, floats others too much, and at no stage does he seem to understand what has gone wrong.He is also bowling to Englands best two batsmen. They pounce on mistakes, handle the few good balls and keep Yasir feeling completely lost. He ends the first innings at Old Trafford with one wicket, from 54 overs and 213 runs. Six more runs than England managed in the fourth innings at Lords.If Lords was the dream, Old Trafford is the reality. The north has been cruel to Pakistan. Runs for Shan Masood, much like Mohammad Hafeezs promising start in the first Test, mean nothing. Both have tried their best, but neither looks up to this job. And it is tough. England dont lose series in England. Their pride was wounded, and in Manchester it was Pakistan who were wounded.Yasir struggles with the bat, and when he bowls again, goes wicketless for 53 from his nine overs. His best followed by his worst.Yasir, and Pakistan, are humiliated.****At Edgbaston Yasir was different, calmer. The ball didnt come out of his hand as perfectly as Lords, but he was willing to be the guy who keeps it tight. At going at under two-and-a-half an over, he kept England stuck, and the quicks attacked from the other end. Sohail Khan came back from obscurity to bowl until he was exhausted, and until he had five wickets.Pakistan batted as Yasir bowled, consistently, waited for the mistakes from England. Azhar Ali went big when paired up with Sami Aslam. When Yasir arrived at the crease his side were 60 in front. He and Sarfraz were reunited as they had been in Lords. A solid hour of batting might have been enough to win the game. But instead they both lost their heads and Yasir was run out. From that moment, England were in complete control of the match.Yasirs second innings spell was a disaster. He was part of Misbahs plan Operation dullness, but once England cut loose, he seemed to have no way to stop them, or slow them, he just went back to Old Trafford mode: 43 overs 2 for 172.When he went back out to bat, it was after the third of Pakistans collapse of 4 for 1. The game was over, and he was part of the procession, not the resistance.Yasir, and Pakistan, had blown it.****Pakistan batsmen seem hellbent on making one of their bowlers into a nightwatchman. By The Oval it was Yasir. After a good day with the ball where Wahab had one of those days, they then had to back up the batsmen when Sami Aslam fell. The light got grim, England were keen to make up for a miserable day, and the crowd were looking for any good news. But Yasir did it. And the next day, he went on and ensured that Pakistan owned the first hour before being replaced by Asad Shafiq. When Younis Khan paired with Shafiq, magic happened, and the magic didnt end until Younis was gone.Not long after Younis was out, Yasir was back bowling. His first ball was short and horrible. A club batsman could have smashed it away. England had already lost Alastair Cook, but a bad start here for Yasir and monster partnership between Root and Alex Hales would make the Pakistanis think of Edgbaston. His next ball wasnt much better. It brought Hales on strike.Then he bowled three top class legspin deliveries; all three landed beautifully, curved and dipped, before spinning and bouncing. Hales played each one nervously. The next ball was straight. Hales missed it: out. The next over Vince played his untrusty cover drive: out.In Yasirs fifth over he bowled two quick flat legspinners in at off stump. Root played both of them well enough. The third ball looked the same, just another flat legspinner on off stump, but it was the straight one, and Root was out. Pakistan had virtually won the Test. The last wicket to fall, the following day, was Iftikhar Ahmeds, the first wicket to spin that wasnt Yasirs in the series.They had only drawn the series, but the looks on their faces of complete jubilation as they did their victory lap showed they believed they were the winners.Yasir became the darling of England after one Test, was destroyed, tried to fight back unsuccessfully and then was good enough to hold his own when it really mattered. He is not the complete package, there is work to be done, but he fights, and he comes back. His story is Pakistans.Pakistan drew, but they did way more than that. They started the series by making Yasir No. 1; they ended it with Pakistan as Test crickets virtual No. 1. For a few days, until theres a result in Colombo - and even an Australia win would leave them level at the top - or India perhaps beat West Indies in the next Test, they will theoretically hold it. It doesnt matter that the ICC wont change the rankings until the end of the India series, or that they wont receive the mace, they know what they have done.Like Yasir, Pakistan might not yet deserve to be No. 1 for a long time. So far they have won more hearts and minds than away series. But they earned this short moment. The No. 1 crown might be fleeting, but when youve never worn it before, a second feels like a lifetime.Nothing in Pakistan cricket lasts a lifetime, nothing in Pakistan cricket comes easy. Pakistan are only No. 1 for a moment, but what a moment. Adnan Januzaj Jersey . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Marcus Rashford Manchester United Jersey .C. United of Major League Soccer. 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Heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury, who pulled out of an Oct. 29 rematch with former champion Wladimir Klitschko last week for unspecified reasons, has been notified that he tested positive for cocaine.Klitschko and Fury agreed to have drug testing for their rematch overseen by the Las Vegas-based Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).Englands Fury submitted to a random urine test on Sept. 22 in Lancaster, England, and the results came back positive for the substance benzoylecgonine, the central compound found in cocaine and the marker for a positive test for the banned substance.In a letter from VADA president Dr. Margaret Goodman sent to representatives for Fury, Klitschko, the British Boxing Board of Control and the United States Association of Boxing Commissions on Thursday night, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN.com, she wrote, This letter is to advise you that the A sample urine specimen number 4006253 collected from Tyson Fury on September 22, 2016 in Lancaster, England through his participation in the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) program has been analyzed for anabolic agents, diuretics, beta-2 agonists, stimulants and drugs of abuse. The results of the analysis are as follows: Adverse. Urine specimen contains benzoylecgonine.Mr. Fury has the right to promptly request analysis of the B sample at his expense.The VADA testing for performance-enhancing drugs is done separately and takes longer, so those results are not yet available.Fury promoter Mick Hennessy did not respond to requests for comment.When Fury withdrew from the Klitschko fight last Friday -- the day after the VADA test was conducted -- Hennessy announced that it was because Fury had been declared medically unfit to fight. Medical specialists have advised that the condition is too severe to allow him to participate in the rematch and that he will require treatment before going back into the ring.?Tyson will now immediately undergo the treatment he needs to make a full recovery, Hennessy said. We and Tyson wish to express our sincerest apologies to all those concerned with the event and all the boxing fans who had been looking forward to the rematch. Tyson is understandably devastated by the development.At the time, multiple sources said the correspondence between both fighters camps included a letter from Furys doctor stating Fury had mental health issues and that he would be unavailable for the foreseeable future.Now comes the disclosure of the positive drug test, which likely will result in Fury being stripped of the heavyweight world title belts he was to defend in a rematch with Ukraines Klitschko on Oct. 29 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, Furys hometown.The sanctioning organizations involved in the fight already have requested that Fury provide them with medical reports on his status or he risks being stripped of the titles due to inactivity. Now, being strippped appears inevitable because of the positive drug test.ddddddddddddHopefully, the organizations will move quickly because Wladimir wants to fight for a title before the end of the year, Bernd Boente, Klitschkos manager, told ESPN.com. He has already been in the longest layoff of his career because of Fury, and he is keen on fighting again for a title by the end of the year.This is the second time the rematch has been called off.?It was originally scheduled to take place July 9, also at Manchester Arena, but Fury pulled out in late June after he said he sprained his ankle during a training run and was told to lay off it for about six weeks.When the fight was rescheduled for Oct. 29, the camps scheduled a news conference for Sept. 5 in London but that was called off for undisclosed reasons one day before. It was rescheduled for Sept. 12, also in London, and while the promoters and Klitschko (64-4, 53 KOs), 40, showed up, the 28-year-old Fury (25-0, 18 KOs) skipped it, claiming his car broke down.Boente said he wished they had contracted with VADA to handle testing when Fury scored a huge upset to take Klitschkos heavyweight title belts by unanimous decision last Nov. 28 at Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. One of the biggest upsets in heavyweight history ended Klitschkos 9?-year title reign.If this is true about his positive drug test, its too bad we did not do VADA testing before the first fight, Boente said. We are not surprised because this is how Fury acted the whole time and now we probably have another indication why he didnt show up at the press conference in London, where he claimed a car problem. It also shows the ongoing situation with (the United Kingdom Anti-Doping Association) situation under a different light.Entering the scheduled rematch, there were many questions about possible performance-enhancing drug use hanging over Fury, although not in regards to the fight last year against Klitschko. In a UKADA drug test, Fury tested positive for the banned steroid Nandrolone in an earlier fight, even though, for reasons still unclear, the results did not come to light until June, well after he had beaten Klitschko.Fury, who denied taking a banned substance, faces a UKADA hearing on Nov. 4. If found guilty, he could be banned, although the positive cocaine test also could cause him to have his license suspended or revoked.I feel very sorry that UKADA never was open about that situation with us because then we would have insisted on VADA testing before the first fight, Boente said. I think Fury is probably the most unworthy heavyweight champion in history, not only because of this situation but because of the whole package of his sexist comments, his anti-Semitic comments and his homophobic comments that have been [well documented]. ' ' '