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CRICKET | Page 2 NBA | Page 6 England Cavs’ James To Advertise here dominate as becomes Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 Test heads youngest to for a draw 27,000 points Sunday, November 13, 2016 FORMULA ONE Safar 13, 1438 AH Hamilton GULF TIMES beats Rosberg to pole in Brazilian GP SPORT Page 5 CRICKET/ HOBART TEST Philander scalps fi ve as Aussies sink to new low AFP Philander said. David Warner was the barometer of an ap- U Khawaja c Amla b Philander ...............................................4 Hobart Skipper Steve Smith provided backbone with proaching Australian maelstrom when he reck- S Smith (not out) .....................................................................................48 his unbeaten knock of 48 as the Australians lessly whooshed at a wide ball in Philander’s A Voges c de Kock b Philander ..............................................0 failed to back up their talk of rebounding from opening over and was caught behind. C Ferguson (run out) .........................................................................3 itchell Starc off ered Australia a life- their comprehensive 177-run thrashing by the The hosts reached 43 for six at lunch after Us- P Nevill lbw Rabada .............................................................................3 line with an inspired spell after a Proteas in the Perth series opener. man Khawaja edged Philander to Amla at slip for J Mennie b Philander .........................................................................10 record low home total against South “It was a bit of a reminder of Trent Bridge the four and threatened Adam Voges was out next M Starc c Duminy b Abbott ........................................................4 Africa on an opening day of carnage way the ball was going around. At the end of the ball, caught behind by Quinton de Kock. J Hazlewood c Amla b Abbott .................................................8 Min the second Test in Hobart yesterday. day 85 is not good enough from an Australian Callum Ferguson, who fought off a hat-trick N Lyon c de Kock b Philander .................................................2 The left-arm pace spearhead put the brakes cricket team,” coach Darren Lehmann lamented. in his fi rst ball faced in Tests, was brilliantly run Extras (lb1) ............................................................ 1 on the Proteas with three wickets in 10 balls Just as South Africa looked well on the way to out for three by a direct throw by fi elding sub- Total (all out, 32.5 overs)................................... 85 post-tea after the Australians were skittled for emulating the intimidating West Indies teams of stitute Dane Vilas while going for a second run. Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Warner), 2-2 (Burns), 3-8 85 off 32.5 overs. the 1980s-1990s with three straight series wins Wicketkeeper Peter Nevill perished after a (Khawaja), 4-8 (Voges), 5-17 (Ferguson), 6-31 (Nevill), The tourists reached stumps at 171 for fi ve in Australia, Starc struck. DRS review of a lbw appeal off Kagiso Rabada. 7-59 (Mennie), 8-66 (Starc), 9-76 (Hazlewood), 10- and pushed out their lead to 86. Temba Bavuma He toe-capped Dean Elgar with a lethal york- Philander was forced to leave the fi eld for 85 (Lyon) was unbeaten on 38 with Quinton de Kock on 28. er in front of the stumps with his fi rst ball after shoulder treatment after a mid-pitch collision Bowling: Philander 10.1-5-21-5, Abbott 12.4-3-41-3, Up until Starc’s intervention South Africa had tea then removed Stephen Cook with his penul- with Smith during a lbw appeal, but returned Rabada 6-0-20-1, Maharaj 4-2-2-0 seized control of the fi rst day with a total of 15 timate delivery of the over. after lunch. wickets tumbling for a combined 256 runs under Starc then had Perth centurion JP Duminy He bowled newcomer Joe Mennie for 10 and South Africa first innings cloudy skies. snapped up by Smith at second slip reducing the Duminy took a screamer in the gully to remove S Cook c Nevill b Starc .....................................................................23 Vernon Philander powered the Proteas with Proteas to 46 for three. Starc, fl inging himself to his right off Abbott. D Elgar lbw b Starc ...............................................................................17 fi ve for 21 as Australia folded to their lowest total Skipper Faf du Plessis followed lbw to Hazle- Josh Hazlewood cracked two fours before he H Amla c Nevill b Hazlewood ...................................................47 at home against South Africa to revive memories wood for seven and Hashim Amla was caught fell to a slips catch by Amla off Abbott. JP Duminy c Smith b Starc ..........................................................1 of recent catastrophic batting collapses. behind off the same bowler for 47. De Kock took a blinding one-handed catch F Du Plessis lbw Hazlewood ......................................................7 The capitulation revisited the nightmares The Hobart rout followed Australia’s fi rst in- across the slips cordon to remove Nathan Lyon T Bavuma (batting) ..............................................................................38 of their miserable 47 in Cape Town in 2011 and nings collapse of 10 for 86 in Perth when they and end Australia’s misery. Q de Kock (batting) .............................................................................28 England’s demolition of them for 60 at Trent squandered a 158-run opening stand to surren- Extras (b3, lb6, nb1) ............................................ 10 Bridge last year. der meekly to the Proteas. Total (5 wickets, 55 overs) ................................ 171 “It was a magnifi cent all-round perform- Cricket statisticians went into overdrive Scoreboard Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Elgar), 2-44 (Cook), 3-46 ance from everyone, catches needed to be taken, as Australia plumbed new lows in Hobart — it Australia (1st innings) (Duminy), 4-76 (Du Plessis), 5-132 (Amla) there was a run out and all those things add up was also their lowest home total since their 76 J Burns lbw Abbott ...............................................................................1 Bowling: Starc 15-0-49-3 (1nb), Hazlewood 16-7-36- to a collective team eff ort to bowl a team out,” against the West Indies in 1984. D Warner c de Kock b Philander ..........................................1 2, Mennie 14-1-47-0, Lyon 10-1-30-0 SQUASH Qatar Classic begins today Defending champion Mohamed ElShorbagy headlines the star cast of the six-day PSA World Series event; Qatar's al-Tamimi to meet three-time world champion Nick Matthew in opening round By Sports Reporter have had their name adorned on form this season, building on a Meanwhile, Ashour’s compa- Doha the coveted Qatar Classic trophy quarter-fi nal fi nish at the Hong triot, World No. 6 Ali Farag, has since the tournament’s inaugural Kong Open with a fi rst World Se- also withdrawn from the Qatar year in 2001. ries semi-fi nal in two years in Phil- Classic after suff ering a hip injury he 2016 edition of the ElShorbagy is the defend- adelphia. He will meet fellow Eng- during training. Qatar Classic begins at ing champion—the 25-year-old lishman and World No. 20 Chris German Simon Rosner now the Khalifa International Egyptian beat France’s Gaultier Simpson a fi rst round fi xture, takes Ashour’s place as the Tennis and Squash Com- in last year’s fi nal, a victory which while ‘The Marksman’s’ long- number eight seed in the draw and Tplex today. saw him win his next six World term rival, Matthew, is also in ac- will meet a qualifi er in the opening The six-day PSA World Series Series tournaments in a row—and tion against tournament wildcard round, while Switzerland’s Nico- event is the third stage on the would be aiming to become the Abdulla Mohd al-Tamimi of Qatar. las Mueller moves into the main Road to Dubai series—after the fi rst man to win the Qatar Classic Hong Kong’s Max Lee and ex- draw and will also face a qualifi er. Hong Kong Open and US Open— title three times in succession af- citing Australian Ryan Cuskelly which will culminate with the ter also prevailing in 2013. will face off in a mouthwatering Main Draw (Round 1) World Series Finals in Dubai from The Alexandria lad won’t have opening round clash, while Ger- Playing Today: 1-Mohamed June 6 to 10 next year. it easy though, as despite the man Simon Rösner and Marwan ElShorbagy (EGY) v Diego Elias With the top eight players pullouts the fi eld is still stiff , with ElShorbagy have all got qualifi ers (PER) 18:30; Leo Au (HKG) v Qualifier on the Road to Dubai standings the likes of compatriot and world in round one. (19:30); James Willstrop (ENG) v earning a place in the end-of- champion Karim Abdel Gawad, Ashour, who is one of the most Chris Simpson (ENG) 12:00; Qualifier season Dubai fi nale, the Qatar former World No. 1 James Will- popular players in Doha, picked v 7-Simon Rosner (GER) 20:30; Classic off ers another chance to strop and three-time world cham- up the hamstring injury during 6-Tarek Momen (EGY) v Qualifier the world’s top squash players to pion Nick Matthew all in fray. last week’s World Championship (15:00); Gregoire Marche (FRA) v accrue points and qualify for the ElShorbagy will meet Peruvian fi nal against compatriot Gawad. Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) 13:00; lucrative season-ender. two-time World Junior champion The maverick Egyptian made it Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Qualifier There have been some big Diego Elias, who moved into the all the way to the fi nal in Cairo be- (14:00); WC-Abdulla Mohd al-Tamimi pullouts—Ramy Ashour with- main draw after the withdrawal fore being forced to shake hands in (QAT) v 4-Nick Matthew (EGY) 17:30 drew last week with a hamstring of World No. 6 Ali Farag, in the the fourth game of his clash with Playing Tomorrow: 3-Karim Ab- injury, which came a day after opening round today.