Every resistance needs a leader. Every leader needs his lieutenants. Babar Azam may not care for Fidel Castro - who died on Friday - but, nevertheless, stood tall in his combat fatigues on Sunday, railing against the tyranny of nicks that had taken grip of his team, leading the battle against intimidating short balls and oppressive away-seamers. He was joined through the morning by Sarfraz Ahmed and Sohail Khan - both heavily flawed in their own ways, but useful enough to the cause. Together they rescued Pakistan from the prospect of a triple-figure deficit. They gave their side a fighting chance, though much work remains to be done.If Azam was the dignified commander of the forces, puffing a cigar as he drove Neil Wagner regally down the ground in the 38th over, Sarfraz was the guerilla captain from the back hills, specialising in high-risk skirmishes and hit-and-run. Sarfraz took aim at Tim Southee in the fourth over of the day, cracking him behind point, before shovelling him violently over the leg side for another four next ball. When he tried the pull again he was almost caught, but this could not move him to caution - 12 runs would come off the next Southee over. When Azam faced the over in between, you could almost imagine Sarfraz laying in ambush, impatiently chewing betel, rain beating down on his hat, watching for Southees wagon to round the mountain bend.There was little doubt as to who was the boss in this partnership. In the 34th over, Sarfraz took off from the non-strikers end in search of a single, but was left to slide ungracefully on his backside after Azam barked at him to return. When Sarfraz got himself out chasing a full, wide ball, he did well to avoid his partners gaze - the searing glare replete with stamped feet and a look what I have to deal with shake of the head.Although probably the most erudite bowler in this Pakistan outfit, with the bat Sohail brought to mind an entirely different kind of resistance fighter - he was Chewbacca, where Sarfraz had been Che Guevara. With neem-branch forearms and shoulders as wide as the horizon, his consecutive top-edges off Neil Wagner sailed all the way to the southwest hill.Meanwhile Azam continued in his own noble way. His imperious on-drives drew admiration; his robust back-foot punches built hope. When a single to deep square leg took him to his 62nd run, Azam became owner of the highest score in this bowling-dominated series. Though the occasional good ball would beat his outside edge, at no stage did he lose his stately mien - the pull shots were always controlled, the cuts uniformly disdainful. Azam looked pretty good in Hamilton, and his one-day form suggests hes had a great start to his young career, opposition spearhead Tim Southee said after play. Its very promising for Pakistan to have a young batsman like that coming through. Hes got world-class batsmen like Younis Khan and Misbah-Ul-Haq to learn from. For a guy to come here in his first Test tour to New Zealand and play the way he has - it shows he can play in conditions that are foreign to them. Hes got a simple technique and method to his game.If Azam seems a natural focal point for the resistance, it is because he has long been anointed. A Pakistan under-19 captain and a rapid collector of ODI tons, he has been bestowed the No. 3 position at age 22. He has also already been compared to Indias leading batsman, whose name goes unmentioned here, for fear of causing a comments war.And maybe more impressively, Azams reputation has come despite being cousin to Pakistans sultans of the soft-dismissal, Kamran and Umar Akmal - two misspent-talent cautionary tales. Its not even like Azam can deny the connection: unmistakeably are the shared genes writ across his face in a long and glorious monobrow.The Pakistan tail could not survive long enough to give Azam a shot at a maiden Test hundred, but coaches suggest a long career awaits him, and more chances will inevitably come. Unlike Castro, Azam got to 90 and remained not out. Julius Erving Jersey .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry. 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The right-hand injury that Jorge Linares suffered during the sixth round of his lightweight title-winning victory against Anthony Crolla on Sept. 24 will keep him out of the ring for an extended time, which led the WBC on Thursday to rule that its titleholder, Dejan Zlaticanin, would be allowed to have an optional defense before having to face Linares in a mandatory bout.Venezuelas Linares won the WBA version of the 135-pound world title by unanimous decision against Crolla in his hometown of Manchester, England, but he entered the bout also as the WBCs titleholder in recess, because he had been out of action for 11 months because of a previous right hand injury and stripped of the full belt.That allowed Zlaticanin, who was supposed to fight Linares in April, to win the vacant title by third-round knockout of Franklin Mamani on June 11.Linares injured his right hand in the sixth round of the ferocious battle versus Anthony Crolla, and after analyzing the situation and confirming with Dr. Jedediah Jones, it has been concluded that Linares will not be able to fight for some time, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said on Thursday. 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