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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2014 SPORTS Anamul, Tamim set up easy win for Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG: Opening batsmen Anamul balls. Skipper took three Haque and each struck a half- in his opening spell to rattle to set up an easy 68- win for Zimbabwe and left the visitors struggling Bangladesh in the second one-day interna- at 3-40 and the side could never recover tional against Zimbabwe in from the damage. yesterday. Anamul made 80 off 110 balls Solomon Mire top-scored for Zimbabwe while Tamim cracked 76 off 98 balls as with his maiden fifty — 50 off 79 balls- Bangladesh posted 251-7 before dismissing while (32) and Elton Zimbabwe for 183 runs in 44.5 overs to take Chigumbura (38) played late cameos but 2-0 lead in the five-match series. Bangladesh were always in control. Anamul and Tamim provided , who finished with 4-29, Bangladesh the foundation putting on 158 bowled last three batsmen in his final over runs in what was the side’s second best after Chigumbura was run out by Sabbir opening stand after Mehrab Hossain and Rahman with a direct hit. Shahirar Hossain’s 170 against the same Mortaza (3-34) was adjudged man of opponents in 1999. the match. Bangladesh won the first match Bangladesh suffered a major collapse by 87 runs at same venue on Friday. The losing six wickets for 46 runs after Tamim remaining three matches of the series will was run out, but , be held in the capital Dhaka’s Sher-e- at number seven, guided the score past Bangla National Stadium on November 26, 250-run mark with an unbeaten 33 off 23 28 and December 1. —AFP

SCOREBOARD

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard of the second one-day international between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong yesterday.

Bangladesh innings Zimbabwe innings Tamim Iqbal run out 76 H. Masakadza b Mortaza 0 S. Raza c b Mortaza 16 c Sibanda b Panyangara 80 V. Sibanda b Mortaza 21 b Sibanda 0 B. Taylor c Mahmudullah b Sunny 8 lbw b Kamungozi 27 S. Mire c Sunny b Shakib 50 SYDNEY: Australia’s George Bailey (second left) celebrates with teammates and the winning trophy following their 4-1 series victory c Kamungozi b Panyangara 0 R. Chakabva c Mortaza b Al-Amin 32 against after the fifth one-day internationalcricket match. —AFP E. Chigumbura run out 38 Mahmudullah c Panyangara b Kamungozi 12 T. Panyangara b Sunny 8 Mominul Haque 33 J. Nyumbu b Sunny 0 Mashrafe Mortaza b Chatara 6 T. Chatara not out 1 Australia edge S Africa in T. Kamungozi b Sunny 0 not out 5 Extras (lb4, w5) 9 Extras (lb3, w8, nb1) 12 Total ( all out; 44.5 overs) 183 Total (for seven wickets; 50 overs) 251 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Masakadza), 2-37 last ODI to top rankings (Sibanda), 3-40 (Raza), 4- 50 (Taylor), 5-115 Fall of wickets: 1-158 (Tamim) , 2-158 ( Shakib), (Chakabva), 6-140 (Mire), 7-177 (Chigumbura), 3- 173( Anamul ), 4- 173 (Sabbir), 5-204( 8-181 (Panyangara), 9-182 (Nyumbu) , 10-183 on to reach his century before being caught off Mahmudullah), 6-204 ( Rahim ), 7-225 ( (Kamungozi) : Mortaza 8-0-34-3 (w2), SYDNEY: James Faulkner hit the winning discipline. Ten no-balls over the course of the boundary with five balls to spare to give series cost them dearly. his glove going for a uppercut off paceman Pat Mortaza) Bowling: Panyangara 10-1-51-2 (w1, Al-Amin 8-0-44-1(w1), Rubel 6-1-28-0, Sunny 9.5-0-29-4 (w1), Shakib 8-2-18-1(w1), Australia a thrilling two- victory over De Villiers wants the problem cleared up Cummins in the 41st over. nb-1), Chatara 10-0-58-1(w1), Kamungozi 10- Mahmudullah 2-0-12-0, Sabbir 3-0-14-0 Result: South Africa yesterday and push them to the top before the start of the World Cup. “It’s unaccept- De Kock put on 107 for the second wicket 0-38-2 (w1), Nyumbu 10-0-56-0 (w2), Sibanda Bangladesh won by 68 runs and lead the five- of the ICC one-day rankings. able and it shouldn’t happen-it’s not good with Rossouw, who scored 51 off 71 balls. 10-0-45-1(w3) match series 2-0. The Australians were cruising towards a rain- enough,” he said. provided late fireworks in his reduced victory target of 275 in Sydney but then In the absence of de Villiers, de Kock stepped best knock of the series with 63 off 41 balls, lost four wickets for three runs to give the up to play a valuable innings for the Proteas, including seven fours and two sixes. Proteas a late chance of victory. who were striving to avoid a fourth defeat in the He looked set for a third six only to be athleti- But Faulkner (six not out) got Australia over five-game ODI series. cally caught above his head by Smith on the the line with a sweep for four off spinner Robin The wicketkeeper’s 107 off 123 balls with 14 boundary rope. Cummins was the best Peterson, who had bowled the Proteas into con- fours was his sixth ODI hundred but first against Australian bowler with three for 54. Australia tention with four wickets. Australia. It was also the first one-day century by now have a four-Test home series against India Australia secured a 4-1 series win and nudged a South African at the . before hosting a triangular ODI series featuring ahead of India by just 0.2 points to top the one- De Kock survived a close shave on 98 as world champions India and England from day rankings, less than three months before the Smith’s throw narrowly missed the stumps when January 16 to February 1, ahead of the World start of the World Cup in Australia and New the batsman was well out of hi ground. He went Cup. —AFP Zealand. Wicketkeeper was named man-of-the-match in a losing side for his 107 off 123 balls after South Africa won the toss SCOREBOARD and scored 280 for six. SYDNEY: Scoreboard for the fifth one-day international between Australia and South Africa at The Australians seemed in control of the run the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday: chase with scoring 76 (67 balls), 82 (93 balls) and man of the series South Africa Innings Australia Innings 67 (74 balls). Q. de Kock c Wade b Cummins 107 D. Warner c Peterson b Parnell 21 But some reckless batting coupled with H. Amla c Wade b Maxwell 18 A. Finch c Rossouw b Peterson 76 Peterson’s mesmerising spin brought South R. Rossouw c Bailey b Cummins 51 S. Watson c Rossouw b Morkel 82 Africa back into contention after the loss of F. du Plessis c Bailey b Cummins 2 S. Smith c Rossouw b Peterson 67 , Smith, skipper George Bailey, G. Maxwell C Behardien b Morkel 7 D. Miller c Cummins b Smith 5 Matt Wade and . Faulkner got the G. Bailey c Rossouw b Abbott 4 Australians home in the final over. F. Behardien c Smith b Faulkner 63 M. Wade b Peterson 3 “We made it a bit difficult for ourselves in the W. Parnellnot out 18 J. Faulkner not out 6 end and Jimmy (Faulkner) again got us home so R. McLarennot out 1 P. Cummins b Peterson 0 it’s nice to win the series 4-1,” Smith said. “We Extras (lb5, w9, nb1) 15 M. Starc not out 1 were a bit nervous sitting and watching and we Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 280 Extras (w4, nb4) 8 were actually feeling a little bit sick, I don’t know Total (8 wickets; 47.1 overs) 275 CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh cricketer Tamim Iqbal plays a shot during the second one- Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Amla), 2-161 (Rossouw), what happened, and luckily Jimmy came out Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Warner), 2-137 (Finch), 3- day international (ODI) match against Zimbabwe. —AFP and rescued us again.” The South Africans never 3-164 (du Plessis), 4-187 (Miller), 5-206 (de 218 (Watson), 4-246 (Maxwell), 5-264 (Smith), gave in. Coupled with Peterson’s bowling, Rilee Kock), 6-279 (Behardien) Did not bat: R. 6-264 (Bailey), 7-267 (Wade), 8-267 (Cummins) Rossouw took four catches, including a sprawl- Peterson, M. Morkel, K. Abbott Bowling: Did not bat: J. Hazlewood Bowling: Morkel 10- ing effort to dismiss Smith in the outfield at a Hazlewood 9-1-52-0, Starc 10-1-60-0 (4w), All set for Mandela 0-69-2 (1w), Abbott 10-0-59-1 (3nb, 1w), pivotal time in the match. Cummins 9-0-54-3 (4w), Faulkner 8-0-51-1 Proteas skipper AB De Villiers, who missed the Parnell 9-0-54-1, McLaren 7-0-41-0 (1nb, 2w), (1nb), Maxwell 8-0-30-1, Watson 1-0-11-0 (1w), Cricket Cup in Kuwait final game with injured ribs, said his side was Peterson 6.1-1-32-4, Behardien 5-0-20-0. hurting after losing the series by such a wide Smith 5-1-17-1 Result: Australia won by 2 wickets (D/L) KUWAIT: The South African Embassy and affiliated to the Kuwait Olympic margin and his bowlers needed to improve their announced in a media statement that all Committee. The association was founded in arrangements are in place to host the first 1996. In 1946 the first cricket game was Nelson Mandela Cricket Cup for Youth played in Kuwait in Magwa between the Development in collaboration with Kuwait Kuwait Oil Company employees and those Cricket, the official governing body of of the contracting companies. Kohli ready to captain Cricket in the State of Kuwait. This one day Prominent local companies and spon- cricket carnival will feature dedicated ten sors who volunteered their support and school teams and top young cricketers and assistance to ensure the success of the is scheduled to take place on Nov 29, 2014 Mandela Cup include Golden International India against Australia at the Sulaibiya Cricket ground. Logistics Group, Pro-Sports, Bon Voyage According to South Africa’s Ambassador Travel and Tourism, Burgan Bank, Sultan ADELAIDE: Indian star said yesterday Dhoni would return to the helm for the remain- Australia XI in Adelaide today. in Kuwait Delarey Van Tonder the Nelson Centre, IDS, Etihad Airways, Agility, Rotana he was ready for the in-your-face pressure in ing three Tests of the series. Responding to “I’ve played against him, he’s quite a competi- Mandela Cup is aimed at honoring the pos- Hotel, Kavaal Security Systems Company. store for his Test captaincy debut against Australian paceman Peter Siddle’s taunt that he tive guy so I’m not surprised there’s already itive international legacy of Nelson Murali Kutticode Coordinator of the Australia in next month’s opening Gabba Test. might find the rowdy crowd and added respon- some banter starting from that end ... (and) I Mandela in accordance with resolutions of event and Director for Cricket Kohli will become India’s 32nd Test captain sibilities “a bit daunting”, Kohli went straight on don’t mind all that. the United Nations and in support of South Development at Kuwait Cricket confirmed with regular skipper MS Dhoni missing the start the front foot. “I love leading the side. I love being captain. “I Africa’s international programme in cele- that the Sulaibiya Cricket Ground is in of the four-Test series in Brisbane on December 4 “Well that’s for me to know and for me to don’t see any issues on why I can’t be up to the brating the country’s first twenty years of excellent condition and invited Kuwait resi- against the Australians because of a wrist injury. experience,” Kohli told reporters yesterday ahead challenge.” Kohli has filled in for Dhoni in the lim- Freedom and Democracy. dents to attend this historic and entertain- The Board of Control for Cricket in India said of the tourists’ opening hit-out against a Cricket ited-overs format, but is yet to do so in a Test. In this regard Ambassador Van Tonder ing event. “I’m pretty confident of the ability the guys remarked “South Africa is a Good Story. In terms of the format of the Mandela have. It’s up to me how I handle them, how I Throughout South Africa’s history sport has Cup he indicated that the competing played an important role. The international teams (9 players a side) will play seven over handle different situations,” he said. “As long as sport sanctions to isolate the apartheid matches (per side). Players are 16 years and the team backs me and puts in the performanc- regime and the vision by Nelson Mandela younger. Winning teams will advance to es we want, I think I’m going to look good at the of using sport to bring about social cohe- the next round while losing teams will also end of the day.” sion and national reconciliation in South continue to play a shorter version of limit- Dhoni’s injury worries prompted India’s selec- Africa’s democratic transition remain ed overs. Many prizes will be presented to tors to include two other wicket-keepers, important milestones in the country’s his- all players including the South African and Naman Ojha, in the tory”. Ambassadors Floating Trophy as well as unusually large touring squad that comprises By hosting the Nelson Mandela Cup Man of the Match Awards, Player of the eight specialist batsmen and five seamers. aimed at the further development of this Series, best Batsman, Fielder and Bowler Kohli was empathetic when asked about great game among Kuwait’s youth we also and Wicket Keeper and Merit Awards for counterpart Michael Clarke’s injury-disrupted wish to pay tribute to His Highness the Sportsmanship. lead-up to the first Test. “I’ve heard about Amir of the State of Kuwait for his high The first match is scheduled to start at Michael Clarke’s hamstring injury. I’m not in a recognition by the United Nations as a 07:30 with the final match to take place at position to comment on that because I don’t Global Humanitarian Leader and in particu- 16:00 followed by the Award Ceremony. know how serious it is,” he said. “It’s very unfortu- lar the constructive efforts by the Minister The following teams will participate: nate for a cricketer before a Test series to have of Information and State Minister for Youth 1. Future Stars that sort of an injury.” Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al Salem Al- 2. FAIPS The tour, which ends with the World Cup in Hmoud Al-Sabah in actively promoting the 3. Bhavan’s and New Zealand in February and linkages between sport and youth devel- 4. Kuwait Pakistan XI March, gives India a chance to improve their opment in Kuwait”. Cricket is one of the 5. Cricket Coaching Club (CCC) poor record overseas in recent years. fastest developing sports in Kuwait and 6. All Rounders XI India have won just three and lost 14 of their Kuwait’s participation at the Asian Games is 7. WKC- Young Masters (Comprising all 23 Tests away from the sub-continent in the last an historic event, given the fact that Kuwait women cricketers) four years, enduring 4-0 routs in England and is the first Arab nation to achieve this mile- 8. Gladiators Australia in 2011 and a 3-1 drubbing in England stone. Kuwait Cricket is an associate mem- 9. FAIPS Warriors earlier this year. The series opener in Brisbane ber of the International Cricket Council and 10. Bosco Blasters will be followed by Tests in Adelaide, Melbourne a full member of the Asian Cricket Council 11. The English School . Virat Kohli and Sydney. —AFP