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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2013 SPORTS Rock-steady S Africa face unpredictable ABU DHABI: World number one South who may make his Test debut at 34, if they Africa will hold most of the aces against an play three spinners. erratic and unpredictable Pakistan when Pakistan have only won one of their last the teams open a two-Test series from eight Tests since Dav Whatmore took over today. as coach last year and have slipped to sixth ’s Proteas have dominated in the Test rankings after an embarrassing the five-day format and are unbeaten in a defeat against Zimbabwe last month. But Test series since losing to in 2006. Misbah-ul Haq’s men can take solace from Their record against sub-continent their 3-0 rout of then world number one teams is particularly impressive as they in the UAE last year. have lost only four out of their last 20 Tests If Pakistan wants to repeat that triumph against such opposition and just once in an their sloppy needs a huge improve- away series. ment and senior players like Misbah and have beaten Pakistan in 11 must continue taking the of their 21 Tests, losing only three and responsibility. drawing the remaining seven. Pakistan were shot out for their lowest Pakistan’s only series win came way back Test score of 49 at in in 2003 on home ground. Smith’s men rout- February this year and failed to dominate a ed Pakistan 3-0 when the two teams met in novice Zimbabwe attack. South Africa earlier this year, exposing their Pakistan’s pre-series build up was also rivals’ fragile batting through pacemen chaotic as they delayed announcing their (20 ) and Vernon squad and then named only 12 players, Philander (15). picking the remaining three from the tour Even the dusty and dry pitches of the match against South Africa which ended United Arab Emirates, where Pakistan have on Thursday. Their top-order could be easy been forced to play their home matches prey for the South African pacemen-out of since the 2009 terror attack on a Sri Lankan three openers, only Khurram Manzoor has team bus, hold no fears for the South played Tests (nine), while Africans. They drew a two-Test series in the and Shan Masood have yet to play the UAE in 2010 with hitting suc- longer version of the game. cessive hundreds, AB de Villiers notching South Africa (from): Graeme Smith South Africa’s then highest score of 278 not (capt), , AB de Villiers, JP out and Smith and Hashim Amla also scor- Duminy, , , Imran ing centuries. Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Morne CHITTAGONG: batsman Mominul Haque (center) plays a shot as New Zealand wicketkeeper B J Walting (left) and cricketer Ross They blunted so well that Morkel, Alviro Petersen, , Taylor (right) look on during the fifth and final day of the first Test match. — AFP Pakistan were forced to leave out the ace , Dale Steyn, Thami spinner after he got only three wickets in Tsolekile. the first Test in Dubai. Pakistan (from): Khurram Manzoor, Bangladesh’s Gazi grabs Smith, who returns to international , Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq cricket following an ankle injury in March, (capt), , Adnan Akmal, Saeed believes his side are ready for all possibili- Ajmal, , Abdur Rehman, ties. “We expect the wickets to spin, we , , , hat-trick as Test drawn expect the worst in that regard, and know , Shan Masood, Ahmed that how we handle Ajmal could be the Shehzad key,” said Smith. Umpires: Rod Tucker (AUS) and Paul CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh’s fol- was excellent. The draw loomed after New Zealand made Pakistan have also named left-arm spin- Reiffel (AUS) Third Umpire: Ian Gould (ENG) lowed a maiden Test with a hat-trick to “Mominul’s century on debut was very 469 in their first innings and Bangladesh ners Abdur Rehman and Zulfiqar Babar, Match referee: David Boon (AUS). — AFP light up the final stages of the first Test against heartening, and one just can’t praise Gazi replied with 501 on a newly-laid pitch that pro- New Zealand, which ended in a draw in enough. A hundred and a hat-trick in the same vided no assistance to the bowlers. Chittagong yesterday. game is something one can only dream about.” Gazi, playing only his seventh Test, claimed The 22-year-old off-spinner had Corey New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum all the six wickets to fall on the final day to fin- Anderson leg-before, Bradley-John Watling said it was a tough outing for the bowlers, but ish with six for 77 in 26 overs. behind and caught in was pleased the batsmen showed good form, Bangladesh have yet to win a Test against the slips off successive balls at the Zahur especially first-innings century-makers Watling New Zealand, having lost eight and drawn one Ahmed Chowdhury stadium. and Kane Williamson. of their nine previous matches against the Gazi’s hat-trick, which gave him his sixth “The was not an easy one but Watling Black Caps. The second Test will be played in wicket in the innings, saw the Black Caps slump was just outstanding and I was very happy the Dhaka from October 21 to 25, followed by three from 260-4 to 260-7 in their second knock after way Kane played. We look forward to putting one-day internationals and one lunch on the fifth and final day. up a better show in the second Test.” match. — AFP The tourists declared the innings closed at 287-7, leaving Bangladesh a target of 256 runs in a minimum of 45 overs to win the Test and SCOREBOARD take the lead in the two-match series. The hosts showed no appetite to chase the CHITTAGONG: Final scoreboard of the first Test between Bangladesh and New Zealand which stiff target and ended play on 173-3 in the 49th ended in a draw at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium in Chittagong yesterday: over, with unbeaten on 50 and New Zealand 1st innings: 469 (K. Williamson 114, BJ Watling 103, P. Fulton 73, 3-147) newcomer Mominul Haque on 22. Bangladesh 1st innings 501 (Mominul Haque 181, Sohag Gazi 101 , D. Bracewell 3-96, C. Gazi, who hit an unbeaten 101 batting at Anderson 2-34) number eight on Saturday, joined New Zealand 2nd innings (overnight 117-1): (nb1), Gazi 26-4-77-6, Shakib as only the second Bangladesh bowler to claim P. Fulton lbw b Gazi 59 9-1-19-0, Nasir 9-4-20-1, Robiul 4-1-9-0, a Test hat-trick. H. Rutherford lbw b Nasir 32 Mominul 4-0-10-0 Kapali had achieved the feat against K. Williamson c Anamul b Gazi 74 Bangladesh 2nd innings: Pakistan in Peshawar in 2003 when he dis- R. Taylor not out 54 c Williamson b Martin 46 missed tailenders Shabbir Ahmed, Danish B. McCullum b Gazi 22 Anamul Haque c Anderson b Martin 18 Kaneria and in three consecutive C. Anderson lbw b Gazi 8 Marshall Ayub lbw b Sodhi 31 deliveries. BJ Watling c Rahim b Gazi 0 Mominul Haque not out 22 “This was obviously a very good Test match D. Bracewell c Shakib b Gazi 0 Shakib Al Hasan not out 50 for me, it has made me believe I belong to this I. Sodhi not out 22 Extras: (b2, nb4) 6 level,” said Gazi. “I will go into the next match Extras: (b11, lb4, nb1) 16 Total (for three wickets, 48.2 overs) 173 with a lot of self-confidence.” Total (for seven wickets declared, 90 overs) Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Anamul), 2-99 (Tamim), 3- Bangladesh said 287 101 (Ayub). his team, ranked at the bottom of the table at Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Rutherford), 2-149 : Boult 4-1-9-0, Bracewell 5-0-14-0, number 10, dominated a major part of the (Fulton), 3-200 (Williamson), 4-250 Anderson 2-2-0-0, Williamson 10-3-24-0, match. (McCullum), 5-260 (Anderson), 6-260 Martin 16-4-62-2 (nb4), Sodhi 10.2-1-57-1, “We were hungry to prove ourselves since (Watling), 7-260 (Bracewell). Taylor 1-0-5-0. we do not get many opportunities to play Bowling: Razzak 32-5-116-0, Rubel 6-0-21-0 Match drawn. Tests,” he said. “Our batting effort in the first Texas defeat Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA: Texas snapped its losing streak in the Red River Rivalry by beating Oklahoma and Missouri got its first signature win in the Southeastern Conference by beating Georgia in Saturday’s college football action. At the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, the Longhorns (4-2, 3-0 Big 12) ended Oklahoma’s three-game CHICAGO: Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wins the women’s race at the 2013 Bank of America winning streak in the rivalry by winning 36-20, Chicago Marathon in 2:19:57. — AFP giving coach Mack Brown at least a temporary reprieve from all the gloomy talk about his Kimetto wins future. Brown insisted the victory was special for what it was — finally a win for this senior group Chicago Marathon over Oklahoma (5-1, 2-1), a 3-0 start in Big 12 play and the possibility of a conference title and BCS game still in their future. CHICAGO: Dennis Kimetto of Kenya broke Missouri (6-0, 2-0 SEC) held off a late rally by the course record yesterday in capturing the Chicago Marathon, and compatriot Rita Georgia (4-2, 3-1), who were playing without a Jeptoo was the women’s winner in the first half-dozen key injured players, and won 41-26. major marathon in the United States since The Bulldogs closed with two late touch- the Boston bombings. downs after quarterback James Franklin left with Kimetto finished in 2 hours, 3 minutes, a shoulder injury that will keep him out at least 45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for next week at home against Florida and replace- Kenyan men. He beat the mark of 2:04:38 ment Aaron Murray took over. Top-ranked set by Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede last year. Alabama got two running touchdowns from He pulled away from Emannuel Mutai over both T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake as the the last few miles and was all alone with Crimson Tide blew out Kentucky 48-7. both arms raised as he crossed the finish Oregon’s Marcus Mariota threw for 366 yards line. and three touchdowns, added another 88 yards It was his second major victory this year and a touchdown rushing, as the Ducks won their to go with a win at Tokyo in February. Mutai 10th straight over Washington, taking it 45-24. (2:03:52), the 2011 London winner, also Clemson’s Tajh Boyd ran for the go-ahead beat Kebede’s time but finished seven sec- touchdown in the fourth quarter and defensive onds off the lead. Sammy Kitwara (2:05:16) end Vic Beasley followed with a 13-yard fumble was third. recovery score to lift the Tigers to a 24-14 win Jeptoo followed up her victory at over Boston College, staying undefeated and on Boston by easily taking the women’s raise, track for next week’s Atlantic Coast Conference finishing in 2:19:57 after losing in a sprint a showdown with Florida State. year ago. There was no one near Jeptoo as Utah’s defense made a goal-line stand in the she turned into Grant Park, wearing a wide final minute and Dres Anderson scored twice, grin and waving to the crowd. helping the Utes to their biggest upset at home, Jemima Sumgong Jelegat of Kenya defeating Stanford 27-21. (2:20:48) was second, followed by Maria Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel threw Konovalova of Russia (2:22:46). The winners for 346 yards and ran for two touchdowns to lead each earned $100,000. Kimetto gets an the Aggies to a 41-38 win over Mississippi. additional $75,000 for the course record, CHICAGO: Dennis Kimetto of Kenya wins Louisiana State’s Jeremy Hill rushed for 121 while Jeptoo gets another $40,000 for fin- the 2013 Bank of America Chicago yards and Zach Mettenberger passed for 152 as COLLEGE STATION: TJ Yeldon No. 4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide runs against Texas A&M ishing under 2:20:00. — AP Marathon in 2:03:45. — AFP the Tigers beat Florida 17-6. — AP Aggies during the game at Kyle Field. — AFP