Elgar hits century in Cape spur

“Leighton is a good penaltytaker. All his life he has scored penalties,” said the Dutchman.

Jermain Defoe denied Liverpool a fifth successive Premier League victory with a penalty double as Sadio Mane went from hero to villain at Sunderland.

The Senegal international, playing his final game before heading off on African Nations Cup duty, looked to have won the game 18 minutes from time after Defoe had cancelled out Daniel Sturridge’s opener from the spot.

However, his handball with five minutes left on the clock handed Defoe the opportunity to score Chelsea .......................................... 19 Liverpool ....................................... 20 Man City ........................................ 20 Arsenal .......................................... 19 Tottenham Hotspur ................. 19 Man Utd ......................................... 20 Everton .......................................... 20 West Brom .................................... 20 AFC Bournemouth .................... 19 Southampton .............................. 20 Burnley .......................................... 20 Watford .......................................... 19 West Ham ..................................... 20 Leicester ....................................... 20 Stoke ............................................... 19 Middlesbrough ........................... 20 Crystal Palace ............................ 19 Sunderland .................................. 20 Hull .................................................. 20 Swansea ........................................ 19 his 11th goal of the season, and he obliged nervelessly to secure a 2-2 draw at the Stadium of Light.

Liverpool stay second in the table but Manchester City are now just two points behind them after they won on Monday.

Pep Guardiola’s team overcame another Fernandinho red card to beat Burnley 2-1 with goals from Gael Clichy and substitute Sergio Aguero.

City had to play almost two thirds of a fractious encounter at the Etihad Stadium with 10 men after Fernandinho was dismissed for a third time in six games after a two-footed tackle.

But a rare strike from Clichy and a fine effort from Aguero, who surprisingly started on the bench, earned City the points even though a scrambled Ben Mee reply meant a nervy last 20 minutes.

In-form West Brom piled more misery on Hull as Chris Brunt and Gareth McAuley cashed in on errors before James Morrison clinched a 3-1 win for the Baggies at The Hawthorns.

Robert Snodgrass had given Hull a first-half lead, but the Tigers beat themselves during a second half littered with costly defensive mistakes. DEAN ELGAR scored a sparkling century for South Africa on day one of the second Test against Sri Lanka in Cape Town.

It helped the Proteas to close on 297-6 after being put in by the tourists, who lost the first Test in Port Elizabeth.

After losing three wickets in the opening session, Elgar pulled round the hosts, hitting 129 from 230 deliveries, hitting 15 boundaries along the way.

Keeper Quinton de Kock finished the day unbeaten on 68 (seven fours), while Lahiru Kumara was the best of the Sri Lankan bowlers with three for 86.

Suranga Lakmal took two for 69 and Rangana Herath had the other scalp. ■■All-rounder Hilton Cartwright will make his debut in Australia’s final Test of the summer in one of two changes to the side to face Pakistan in Sydney.

Cartwright and spinner Steve O’Keefe come into the side in place of Nic Maddinson and Jackson Bird after Australia sealed the series win with a victory by an innings and 18 runs in the rain-affected Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.

While selectors hope Cartwright can offer more with the bat than Maddinson, who scored just 27 runs in his last four innings, the 24-year-old’s medium pace will also provide relief for pacemen Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood as O’Keefe serves as a second spin option behind Nathan Lyon on a pitch expected to turn.

“I can definitely contribute overs during a game,” Cartwright said on the Cricket Australia website. “That’s always been a part of my game. The bowling’s been there.”