TROON, Scotland -- Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson delivered what everyone expects out of a major championship.They matched birdies and improbable par saves. Momentum could change with any shot. The lead changed four times over four hours of golf at its highest level, played in the cold wind and occasional rain off the Irish Sea. All the British Open lacked Saturday was a winner.Turns out this was only the preview to a duel at Royal Troon.Stenson took the lead for the last time with another two-shot swing on an inward par 3, and he kept it with a nifty up-and-down on the 18th for par and a 3-under 68, the second straight day that no one had a better score.That gave the 40-year-old Swede his first lead in a major, even if it was just one shot over someone who already has five majors and his name on the claret jug.Theres only one thing that matters tomorrow, Stenson said. I know hes not going to back down, and Im certainly going to try to not back down, either. So it should be an exciting afternoon. ... Ive worked hard these first three days to put myself in this situation and Im going to try my hardest tomorrow to finish the job.Links golf can deliver some strange finishes, though this had all the trappings of a two-man race on Sunday.Stenson had his third straight round in the 60s -- no one has ever won at Royal Troon with all four rounds in the 60s -- and was at 12-under 201. He is trying to become only the eighth player dating to Old Tom Morris in 1861 to win his first major after turning 40.Mickelson, winless since he lifted golfs oldest trophy at Muirfield three years ago, had a 70. His game was nowhere near as sharp as his opening-round 63 that tied a major championship record. Even so, he came up with the rights shots at the right time until Stenson passed him late in the afternoon.Some days its easy and it looks pretty like the first couple, Mickelson said. Some days its hard and it looks terrible, like it did today. But either way, I shot three rounds under par.He made a 25-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole for a two-shot lead. Stenson answered with a 5-iron to 6 feet for birdie on the next hole to tie for the lead when Mickelson three-putted, only his third bogey of the week.Mickelson regained the lead with a pitch to 4 feet for birdie on the par-5 16th, only for the Swede to answer again, this time with an all-out 3-iron into the wind on the 220-yard 17th hole to 20 feet. Mickelson lost the lead by missing the green to the left and making bogey.Everyone else felt like mere spectators.Bill Haas, a six-time winner on the PGA Tour who is rarely heard from at majors, was solid with a 69 and alone in third. Its his highest position ever in a major, yet he was six shots off the lead. Another shot back was Andrew Johnston, the Englishman with a big belly and beard to match who goes by Beef. He broke par for the third straight day with a 70.It was unlikely to matter.This was all about Stenson and Mickelson, two powerful players with different styles and different credentials, mainly the number of majors -- five for Mickelson, none for Stenson. Mickelson spoke earlier in the week about not having as much pressure knowing he already has won them.Not since Davis Love III and Justin Leonard shared the lead and were seven shots clear of the field in the 1997 PGA Championship has the final round of a major took on the appearance of match play.I was happy enough to throw two good punches in there on the par 3s and pick up two shots on either one of them to come back out on top at the end of the third round, Stenson said. Ive always been of the thought that its better to be one ahead than one behind, because that means Phils got to play better than I do.Mickelson finished three shots ahead of Stenson three years ago at Muirfield when Lefty closed with a 66 in one of the best final rounds of a major. He hasnt won another tournament since, and at age 46, it appeared time was running out.A victory Sunday would give him six majors, same as Nick Faldo and Lee Trevino. He also would be the third-oldest major champion behind Julius Boros (48) and Morris, with whom Mickelson shares a birthday -- June 16, albeit 149 years apart. The 1861 Open was played in September.Stenson was on the verge of falling two shots behind until he holed a 40-foot par putt on the 10th. Two holes later, Mickelson was in danger of losing the lead when he pushed his 2-iron toward trouble and was fortunate the ball deflected off a piece of prickly gorse. He had just enough room to hammer it up the fairway, and then played a shot rarely seen in links golf -- instead of running it up along the ground, he spun it back down a ridge to 6 feet for a key par.I got lucky that that ball didnt go into the gorse, even though I didnt have a back swing, Mickelson said. I still had a chance to advance it a little bit. I still hit a good shot to advance it down the fairway like I did, and found a way to get up and down.Now, they have one more round, this time with a claret jug at stake. Cheap NHL Jerseys China . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. China NHL Jerseys . 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Mustafizur Rahman has made an impressive start to his international career Taskin was actually the top wicket-taker for Bangladesh at the World Cup with nine scalps in six matches, an ever-present in the side. Rahman meanwhile became the first player to ever win man-of-the-match honours in his maiden Test and ODI, and he followed up his 5-50 on ODI debut against India with 6-43 in his second.He was named in the ICC ODI Team of the Year in 2015 and is set for a stint with Sussex in county cricket this summer, though the strike bowler missed the Asia Cup through injury, with Bangladesh desperate to get him back fit and firing in time for the World T20.Underdogs no more Takin Ahmed celebrates the wicket of James Taylor as Bangladesh knock England out of the 2015 World Cup In ODI cricket, Bangladesh have been hugely impressive of late. After securing a quarter-final berth for the first time at the 2015 World Cup with that win over England, they have won every subsequent ODI series, beating Pakistan, India, South Africa and Zimbabwe, losing only two of the 12 games played.And that success has seemingly translated to the T20 format with wins over Sri Lanka and Pakistan as they reached the final of the Asia Cup, before ultimately losing by five wickets to India.Asia CupThe win over Sri Lanka at the Asia Cup was Bangladeshs first ever against the islanders. On home soil in Dhaka, Bangladesh hit 147-7, with Sabbir Rahman smashing 80 off 54 balls, before Al-Amin Hossain (3-34) and Shakib Al Hasan (2-12) helped reduce the defending champions to 124-8, 23 runs short of their total. Al-Amin Hossain celebrates one of his three wickets against Pakistan, and 11 for the tournament Hossain was the star again in the win over Pakistan, taking 3-25 as Bangladesh restricted their opponents to a modest score of 129-7, before opener Soumya Sarker calmly struck a run-a-ball 48 to help send them through to only their second Asia Cup final.ddddddddddddSub-continent conditionsDespite the disappointing end to the Asia Cup, the tournament shows that on suitable sub-continent conditions, like the ones theyll find at the World T20 in India, Bangladesh are a threat. They boasted the tournaments leading wicket-taker, seamer Hossain (11 wickets at an average of 12.18) and leading run-scorer, Rahman (176 runs at an average of 44). Sabbir Rahmans highest score for the tournament was his 80 off 54 balls in the win over Sri Lanka Indeed, 11 of Bangladeshs 18 T20I wins have come on sub-continent surfaces, with the other seven shared out on trips to Ireland, Zimbabwe, Kenya and the Netherlands, as well as an upset win over the West Indies at the 2007 World T20 in South Africa. Their best chance of winning the World T20 comes in these conditions.Shakib Al HasanShakib is inarguably the best cricketer that Bangladesh have ever had, and so any success Bangladesh end up having at the World T20 will surely be Shakib-induced. He is the only cricketer in history to secure top spot in the all-rounder rakings in all three formats, although has since slipped to second in Tests and T20Is behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Shane Watson, respectively. Is this the year when Shakib Al Hasan inspires Bangladesh to the World T20 title? Despite that success, Shakib has flattered to deceive on occasions. In his 18 World T20 innings across five tournaments, for example, he averages only 24.33 with two fifties - far too few for a man of his talent. While he has had greater success with the ball - 20 wickets at an average of 21 and economy of 6.45 - it is time that Shakib, who was even banned for six months in 2014 by the Bangladesh Cricket Board for a severe attitude problem, sets this young side the right example in India.Sky Sports is the only place you can watch all 35 games in 27 days of the 2016 ICC World T20, starting with Zimbabwe v UAE on Tuesday 8th March at 9am on Sky Sports 2 HD. Or watch from £6.99 without a contract, on NOW TV. Also See: ICC World T20 fixtures ICC World T20 squads WATCH: Best of 2014 World T20 Pick your Ultimate World T20 XI ' ' '