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26 Sports Monday, January 28, 2019 square one-day series with crushing eight- win S Africa Four-match suspension imposed on Sarfraz

JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan shrugged off a four-match SCOREBOARD suspension imposed on captain Sarfraz Ahmed with a crushing eight-wicket win over South Africa in the Final scores in the fourth one-day international between South fourth one-day international at the Wanderers Stadium Africa and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg yesterday. yesterday. The result levelled the five-match series at 2-2. The deciding match will be in Cape Town on Wednesday. South Africa Pakistan’s bowlers set up the win, out South H. Amla b 59 Africa for 164. Imam-ul-Haq made 71 before playing a Q. de Kock lbw b Shaheen Shah Afridi 0 loose shot when the scores were level as Pakistan R. Hendricks c Mohammad Rizwan b Shaheen Shah Afridi 2 cruised to victory with 18.3 overs to spare. F. du Plessis c b 57 Stand-in captain said at the after- H. van der Dussen c Mohammad Rizwan b 18 match presentation that Pakistan only found out after D. Miller lbw b 4 they arrived at the ground that Sarfraz had been A. Phehlukwayo c b Usman Shinwari 11 D. Steyn b Usman Shinwari 0 banned under the International Cricket Council’s anti- K. Rabada c Mohammad Rizwan b Usman Shinwari 0 racism code for remarks aimed at South African all- B. Hendricks 2 rounder during the second match c Imad Wasim b Shadab Khan 5 in on Tuesday. Extras (lb1, w5) 6 The ban had still not been announced by the ICC Total (41 overs) 164 when Malik walked out for the toss. Malik handled his Fall of : 1-3 (De Kock), 2-18 (R. Hendricks), 3-119 (Du bowlers and fielders astutely and South Africa were Plessis), 4-130 (Amla), 5-140 (Miller), 6-156 (Van der Dussen), 7- kept under pressure almost from the time he won the 156 (Steyn), 8-156 (Rabada), 9-157 (Phehlukwayo) toss and sent them in on a pitch which had early life. Bowling: Usman Shinwari 7-0-35-4 (1w), Shaheen Shah Afridi 8-1- “It is a great honour to represent your country, as a 24-2 (3w), Mohammad Amir 7-1-26-1 (1w), Imad Wasim 10-0-36-1, player or a captain,” said Malik. “When the responsi- Shadab Khan 9-0-42-2. bility comes you should make sure to give it your best shot.” Shaheen Shah Afridi made two early strikes Pakistan before (59) and captain Imam-ul-Haq c De Kock b Phehlukwayo 71 (57) made half-centuries and put on 101 for the third JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan’s Imam-ul-Haq plays a shot during the 4th one-day international (ODI) cricket match c Van der Dussen b Imran Tahir 44 wicket. between South Africa and Pakistan at the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Johannesburg yesterday. — AFP Babar Azam not out 41 Malik’s use of spinners Imad Wasim and Shadab Mohammad Rizwan not out 4 Khan kept the scoring rate in check and both batsmen ball. The ball was crashing into the stumps but said. “You need a bit of luck to get across the line. We Extras (lb1, w7) 8 fell to the slow men before the fast bowlers returned. Shinwari acknowledged that umpire Bongani Jele had are all professionals and today our bowling attack did Total (2 wkts, 31.3 overs) 168 Mohammad Amir dismissed the dangerous David Fall of wickets: 1-70 (Zaman), 2-164 (Imam) made the right decision because there was a faint the job and they took wickets.” Bowling: Steyn 5-0-26-0 (1w), B. Hendricks 7-0-31-0 (2w), Rabada Miller before fellow left-arm fast bowler Usman inside edge. Du Plessis gave credit to Pakistan’s Imam, the top scorer in the series, looked in control 5-0-29-0, Imran Tahir 10-1-51-1 (2w), Phehlukwayo 2.3-0-17-1 Shinwari claimed four wickets in six balls. He finished bowlers but said it was not a typical Wanderers pitch. from the start of Pakistan’s reply. He and Fakhar Zaman (2w), R. Hendricks 2-0-13-0 with four for 35 and was named man of the match. “The ball spun quite a lot and was sticking in the sur- (44) put on 70 for the first wicket before he was joined Did not bat: Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Shadab Khan, Imad Shinwari had caught behind face,” he said. “But you have to adapt. They have fan- by the in-form Babar Azam, who finished with 41 not Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Usman Shinwari, Shaheen Shah Afridi. for 18 and bowled for a two-ball duck. tastic bowlers and they are putting pressure on us.” out. It was South Africa’s first defeat in eight matches Result: Pakistan won by eight wickets was caught behind first ball and Malik deflected praise for the way the Pakistan on what has become known as ‘Pink Day’ with their Series: The five-match series is tied at 1-1 survived an appeal for leg before players had shown energy and commitment in the field. players and many spectators dressed in pink in aid of wicket with what Shinwari hoped was the hat-trick “Not just today, in the previous games as well,” he breast cancer awareness. —AFP

“They didn’t have their fighting edge, and that is not Cook blasts England’s surprising when you consider their pre-test schedule.” West Indies, underdogs in the three-match series, bowled out England for 246 in the second innings after preparations after dismissing them for 77 in the first to seal the match. Selection changes “I know what it’s like at the start of a tour. Physically, West Indies defeat you might feel a bit tired by the end of the first week after the fitness training and nets, but mentally you’re have developed relaxed,” Cook added. LONDON: Former England captain Alastair Cook has “It’s imperative that you then undergo proper com- depth: Paine questioned the team’s preparations for their West petition... England did not get that. However hard they Indies tour, after the visitors crashed to a humiliating tried in the two warm-up games, those fixtures added 381- defeat in the first test in Barbados on Saturday. up to less of an experience than four-day first-class SYDNEY: Australia’s three-day demolition of England came into the contest having drawn their cricket would have offered. and the promising performances of two warm-up games in the Caribbean against a Cricket “At the bare minimum, they should have had a two- some of their less experienced players has West Indies President’s XI team earlier this month but day game in which 15 players were used... followed by a helped the side build depth ahead of the Cook said the two-day matches had not fully sharp- four-day match featuring the probable test XI.” Ashes series later this year, captain Tim Paine ened the instincts of Joe Root’s side. Cook, who retired in September as England’s most has said. “Fail to prepare and you prepare to fail. That has prolific batsman, said the tourists would be hurting Australia, who beat Sri Lanka by an become a cliche in sport but overuse does not erode ahead of the second test which begins in Antigua on innings and 40 runs in Brisbane on Saturday its essential truth. Look at England over four days in Thursday. “If they weren’t match hardened before, they in the opener of a two-match series, have Bridgetown,” Cook wrote in his column for the will be now. This side has a history of bouncing back,” Alastair Cook struggled over the last nine months following Sunday Times. Cook added. — Reuters the suspensions of Steve Smith and David Warner for their role in a ball-tampering scandal. Since the year-long bans were imposed Warriors topple last March, selectors have handed test debuts to seven players, including five batsmen, and recalled others like openers Joe Burns and Celtics for 10th Matt Renshaw, giving them the chance to press their claims for the Ashes series that straight win starts on Aug. 1. Fast bowler Jhye Richardson also made his debut in Brisbane and impressed with his BOSTON: Klay Thompson broke the eighth tie of the pace, while uncapped all-rounder Marcus final 9:07 with two free throws with 46.1 seconds Stoinis has been called into the squad for the remaining Saturday night and the Golden State second test in Canberra starting on Feb. 1. Warriors held on to beat the host Boston Celtics 115-111 “There’s no doubt you have to have in a nationally televised showdown of streaking teams. options to adapt to different conditions but The win was the Warriors’ 10th straight overall and what we are seeing over the last 12 months is ninth in a row on the road, the longest in the NBA this that we have developed depth in all our areas season. Boston, which had won its last five games, had a before we go to England,” Paine told 10-game home winning streak snapped. Kevin Durant reporters after the Brisbane test. led the Warriors, the two-time defending champions, “When Smith and Warner are back on the with 33 points and nine rebounds, while Stephen Curry scene and a Cameron Bancroft, all of a sud- finished with 24 points and Thompson 21. Thompson’s den you’ve got a number of batters. “We are free throws came after Marcus Smart nailed a 3-pointer building a real depth of talent in all of our with 1:08 to play to draw the teams even at 111. The areas. “I think we are building quite nicely to Celtics took two shots at reclaiming the upper hand, having an all-rounded squad of 15 or 16 play- but Smart and Al Horford missed 3-pointers. ers in the next 12 months which is a great place to be.” GRIZZLIES 106, PACERS 103 While Pat Cummins delivered an impres- Mike Conley scored 22 points and Jaren Jackson sive match haul of 10-62 in Brisbane, the added 20 as Memphis ended an eight-game losing absence of Josh Hazlewood from the series streak with a victory that sent visiting Indiana to a due to back issues and the wayward bowling defeat in their first game since Victor Oladipo’s season- of Mitchell Starc will give Paine pause for ending injury. Marc Gasol scored 18 points as the thought. Grizzlies won for just the second time in their last 16 Starc has come in for some criticism over games. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 21 for the Pacers, BOSTON: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Boston Celtics goes to the basket against the Golden State Warriors on his form and he was spraying deliveries all whose three-game winning streak came to an end one Saturday at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. — AFP over the pitch in Brisbane, failing to take a game after Oladipo was lost for the year because of a wicket in the second innings. Since Australia ruptured quad tendon in his right knee suffered in regained the Ashes on home soil early last Wednesday’s victory over the Toronto Raptors. SPURS 126, PELICANS 114 year, he has taken just 31 wickets in 19 TRAIL BLAZERS 120, HAWKS 111 LaMarcus Aldridge poured in 28 points in just three innings at an average of 36.67, well above his NUGGETS 126, 76ERS 110 CJ McCollum notched his first career triple-double quarters of play, and Rudy Gay added 22 points, includ- lifetime average of 29.11. Nikola Jokic registered 32 points, 18 rebounds and with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists as host ing 16 in the third quarter, as visiting San Antonio rolled However, Paine said Starc was just one 10 assists for his seventh triple-double of the season as Portland defeated Atlanta. All five starters scored in past short-handed New Orleans. Aldridge, who also spell away from recapturing his best. host Denver knocked off short-handed Philadelphia. double figures for the Trail Blazers, who won for the had 12 rebounds, was questionable to play right up until “Sometimes he can be a bit erratic, but when Mason Plumlee scored 17 points and Will Barton added fifth time in six games. Seth Curry scored a season-high tipoff because of a sore left wrist. He scored 10 of the he’s on he is literally the best in the world,” 16 as the Nuggets won for the 12th time in their past 16 22 points, while Al-Farouq Aminu had 17, Moe Harkless Spurs’ first 20 points on the way to his 15th double- Paine added. games. Torrey Craig tallied 15 points, Malik Beasley 16 and Jusuf Nurkic 15. Trae Young scored 30 points on double of the season. San Antonio led by just three “Starcy has been really good for a long added 14 and Monte Morris had 10. JJ Redick scored 11-for-15 shooting to go with eight assists for the points at the half but scored 13 of the first 17 points of period of time, but anyone at any level of 22 points and Corey Brewer added season bests of 20 Hawks, who have split the first two games of their sev- the third quarter to build its lead to 73-61. The Spurs cricket goes through times when it does not points and four steals for the 76ers, who were without en-game road trip. John Collins added 21 points for eventually pushed their advantage to as many as 18 go your way ... he is one wicket and one spell Joel Embiid (back), Jimmy Butler (wrist) and Wilson Atlanta. Portland guard Damian Lillard sat out the game points in the quarter before settling for a 96-85 lead away from being devastating.” — Reuters Chandler (hamstring). with a sore left knee. heading for the final period. — Reuters