MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS Bangladesh player acquitted in maid torture case

DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yesterday roadside with her eyes bruised and the girl lodged complainst against the investigation into the alleged crim- picked by any BPL side for the current acquitted cricketer Shahadat Hossain swollen. “The couple have been them. inal offence, which drew huge media season. Before his ban Hossain played and his wife on charges of torturing an released as the prosecution failed to The cricketer spent two months in interest. In May the authorities allowed 38 Tests for Bangladesh, bagging 72 11-year-old girl whom he employed as prove them guilty,” prosecutor Ali custody after surrendering to police in Hossain to play domestic due to , and 51 one-day internationals a maid, a prosecutor said. Asgar from the women and children October last year, and his wife was “humanitarian considerations” until his in which he took 47. “The truth has won,” Police last year charged the 30-year- repression prevention tribunal told arrested. Hossain was later released on case was settled, clearing the way for he said after the verdict. Asked whether old fast bowler and his wife Nritto AFP. bail, as was his wife. But he remained his appearance in the lucrative he hopes to return to the national team, Shahadat with assault and torture after The couple pleaded not guilty to banned from all forms of the game by Bangladesh Premier League. he told AFP: “I still have something to the young girl was found crying by the the charges which were brought after the Bangladesh Cricket Board during But the fast bowler has not been give to my country.” —AFP

Rangers beat Bruins 5-2

BOSTON: Derek Stepan and Kevin Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault Hayes each scored short-handed also scored for Montreal (10-1-1) goals and Antti Raanta made 35 while Carey Price stopped 34-of-38 saves as the surging New York shots. Chris VandeVelde, Shayne Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and on Saturday night. Pavel Buchnevich Travis Konecny scored for added a power-play goal, Stepan had Philadelphia (6-6-1), which saw its two assists, and Michael Grabner and three-game winning streak snapped. Nick Holden also scored for New Michal Neuvirth made 12 saves in York, which won its fourth straight defeat. Plekanec scored the eventual game and seventh in the last eight. winner at 10:57 while the Habs were David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron playing down a man. Streaking scored for the Bruins, who had won down the wing, Plekanec beat their last three games. Tuukka Rask Neuvirth for his first goal of the sea- made 19 saves, but lost for the first son. time after winning his first six starts. New York took a 2-1 lead on Stepan’s OILERS 4, ISLANDERS 3, SO goal late in the first period as he Mark Letestu scored the only goal broke in alone after taking a pass in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a PERTH: Australia’s Steve Smith plays a shot on day four of the first match between Australia and South Africa in Perth yesterday. —AFP from Grabner. Rask poked the puck victory over the Islanders. Letestu off his stick, but it caromed off both beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak of the winger’s skates and slid into to the glove side to snap the Oilers’ the net. Hayes scored on the end of a three-game skid (0-2-1) after start- Australia lose four wickets 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second to ing the season with seven wins in make it 3-1. eight games. Patrick Maroon, Leon Draisaitl, and Milan Lucic scored in chasing record 539 target PENGUINS 5, SHARKS 0 regulation for the Oilers, and Cam Sidney Crosby scored twice and Talbot made 30 saves as Edmonton Matthew Murray stopped 32 shots beat the Islanders on the road for PERTH: Emerging South African paceman SCOREBOARD for his second career shutout as the first time since December 1999. Kagiso Rabada claimed three crucial wickets as South Africa closed in on victory against Pittsburgh continued its dominance Nick Leddy, Shane Prince and Casey Australia on the fourth day of the opening Test PERTH: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA of San Jose. Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr Cizikas scored for New York, and in Perth yesterday. ground yesterday. and Nick Bonino also scored for the Halak finished with 20 saves. The Set an intimidating victory target of 539, the South Africa 1st Innings: 242 37-11-107-2 (1nb), Peter Siddle 26-9-62-2, Mitchell Penguins, who are 5-0-1 in their last Islanders have lost three straight, home side were wobbling on 169 for four at six and have points in 10 of 12 including the last two in shootouts. Australia, 1st Innings: 244 Marsh 26-4-77-2 (4w), Nathan Lyon 34-3-146-0, Adam stumps and facing a potential record defeat South Africa 2nd Innings(Overnight: 390-6) Voges 5-1-8-0, Steve Smith 1.1-0-3-1. games. Murray got his second win of Halak denied Jordan Eberle point- against South Africa. Stephen Cook c Shaun Marsh b Siddle 12 the season. The Penguins, who beat blank early in overtime before Talbot Usman Khawaja was on 58 and Mitchell c Starc b Hazlewood 127 Australia 2nd Innings San Jose in six games in the Stanley made a similar sprawling save at the Marsh on 15, with South Africa’s unbeaten Hashim Amla b Hazlewood 1 Shaun Marsh c du Plessis b Rabada 15 Cup Final last June and won against other end. record at the ground set to be extended. An Jean-Paul Duminy c Nevill b Siddle 141 David Warner run out 35 them at home on Oct. 20, didn’t give extraordinary piece of fielding by the diminu- c Nevill b Starc 32 Usman Khawaja 58 the Sharks much of a chance, scoring SABRES 2, SENATORS 1 tive Temba Bavuma removed the dangerous Temba Bavuma c Khawaja b Marsh 8 Steve Smith c de Kock b Rabada 34 David Warner for 35 to end an opening stand of c Voges b Marsh 64 Adam Voges c de Kock b Rabada 1 less than 4 1/2 minutes in. San Jose Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart Vernon Philander b Smith 73 Mitchell Marsh not out 15 goalie Martin Jones allowed three scored in the third period in the 52. Warner dropped the ball in front of him and Keshav Mahraj not out 41 Extras (8b, 2lb, 1w) 11 goals on seven shots before being Sabres’ comeback victory over the set off for a quick single, but Bavuma pounced Extras (10b, 13lb, 17w, 1nb) 41 TOTAL: (4 wickets) 169 replaced by Aaron Dell 13 seconds Senators. Robin Lehner made 32 from cover and unleashed a powerful throw TOTAL: (8 wickets declared) 540 Overs: 55. into the second period. Dell finished saves for his first win against his for- while horizontal and still in mid-air. Overs: 160.1 Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-52, 3-144, 4-146. It rattled the stumps at the non-striker’s end Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-45, 295, 4-324, 5-346, 6-352, 7- : Kagiso Rabada 16-2-49-3 (1w), Vernon with 16 saves as the Sharks lost their mer team. Okposo tied it early in the with Warner centimetres out of his ground. 468, 8-540. Philander 12-3-36-0, Jean-Paul Duminy 8-1-18-0, Keshav third straight. period, tipping a point shot from The dismissal set the stage for Rabada (3-49) Bowling: Mitchell Starc 31-8-114-1 (1w), Josh Hazlewood Maharaj 17-6-40-0, Stephen Cook 2-0-16-0. Jake McCabe past Craig Anderson. to display his quality in the absence of champi- LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1 The Sabres took their first lead when on pacemen Dale Steyn due to a shoulder injury bowlers, but when the ball started to reverse behind off a thin outside edge. Victor Hedman and Nikita Reinhart took advantage of a suffered on the first day. Four balls later fellow swing Rabada returned to the attack and ended South Africa bowling coach Charl Kucherov both had a goal and an turnover at the side of the Ottawa opener Shaun Marsh (15) was caught at second a 92-run third- stand with an impressive Langeveldt was thrilled with Rabada and said assist, Brayden Point scored his first goal. Anderson stopped the first slip by Faf du Plessis off the bowling of Rabada spell. Bowling with high pace in his ninth Test, the over to Voges gave him goosebumps. NHL goal and the Lightning beat the shot, but Reinhart was able to jam a as Australia suddenly slumped to 52-2. the 21-year-old showed he can become the per- “He’s done it before, today he stepped up Devils. Brian Boyle also scored for loose puck in between the skate of Things appeared to get even darker for the fect long-term replacement for Steyn when he again,” he said. “When you are bowling spells at Tampa Bay, and Ben Bishop made 37 Anderson and the post at 8:22. The hosts when new batsman Khawaja was given removed Smith (34) and Adam Voges (1) in suc- 145 kilometres an hour that is always exciting. saves. New Jersey got a goal from Senators had an opportunity to tie it out caught behind first ball against the part- cessive overs. “That (over to Voges) is why we are promot- Damon Severson. Cory Schneider with a four-minute power play after time spin of JP Duminy. A decision review saved Smith had looked solid but drove at a ball ing Test cricket, it gave me goosebumps in the stopped 31 shots. Hedman put Dmitry Kulikov got a high stick into Khawaja when it showed the ball had glanced and got an outside edge to wicketkeeper dugout.” With Steyn absent and little assistance Tampa Bay up 2-1 with 11:33 left in the face of Bobby Ryan, but were off his pad rather than the bat. Quinton de Kock. for the spinners, Langeveldt said carefully the second from the blue line. unable to produce. Mike Hoffman Steven Smith and Khawaja, who was rotating Rabada and Vernon Philander would Shortly before Hedman’s goal, scored for Ottawa, and Anderson dropped on 41 when Hashim Amla could not ‘WE CAN ALWAYS DREAM’ be the key to success on the final day. A disap- Severson hit the post and Kucherov made 30 saves. cling on to a tough chance at first slip, set about Rabada’s next over to Voges was outstand- pointed Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle rebuilding the Australian innings in search of a had his backhander go off the cross ing, with a couple of almost unplayable deliv- maintained there was still hope for the home draw. The pair settled in against the part-time eries before he had the new batsman caught side. — AFP bar then get swept off the goal line CAPITALS 4, PANTHERS 2 by Schneider’s stick. Point, in his 12th T.J. Oshie scored twice, including NHL game, made it 3-1 at 5:01 of the the game-winner during a third-peri- third when he redirected Kucherov’s od flurry, as the Capitals beat the Undefeated De Silva puts S Lanka in charge shot during a power play. Panthers for their fifth consecutive victory. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin and HARARE: An unbeaten century from BLUES 2, BLUE JACKETS 1, OT Lars Eller scored three goals on five Dhananjaya de Silva put Sri Lanka in control of SCOREBOARD Jay Bouwmeester tied it in early shots in less than five minutes as the the second and final Test against Zimbabwe after a fluctuating first day at Harare Sports Club the third period and Vladimir Capitals finally cracked Roberto HARARE: Scoreboard at close on the first day of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka in Harare on Tarasenko scored the winner late in Luongo. Florida’s goaltender had yesterday. De Silva came to the wicket with Sri yesterday. overtime to lift the Blues over the flummoxed Washington for much of Lanka struggling on 112 for four after they had Sri Lanka first innings (Mendis), 5-255 (Tharanga). Blue Jackets. Carter Hutton stopped the game and finished with 32 saves. lost the toss and been asked to bat, but showed greater application than Sri Lanka’s top order as D. Karunaratne c Williams b Masakadza 26 Still to bat: D. Perera, R. Herath, S. Lakmal, L. Kumara. 20 shots for his second win of the Jared McCann and Reilly Smith he hit his second Test century in just his fifth K. Silva lbw b Mpofu 37 Bowling: Mumba 14-2-54-0, Tiripano 22-4-63-1, Mpofu season, helping the Blues improve to scored for Florida, which was oppor- match. The right-hander added a crucial 143 for K. Perera c Mumba b Masakadza 4 18-4-65-1, Masakadza 8-2-18-2, Cremer 18-0-57-1, 4-1-1 at home this season and giving tunistic despite being outshot 36-24. K. Mendis c Moor b Tiripano 26 Williams 5-1-8-0, Waller 5-0-23-0. the fifth wicket with before fin- U. Tharanga c Masakadza b Cremer 79 them five wins in the last six meet- McCann’s goal was his first with the Zimbabwe: Tino Mawoyo, Brian Chari, Hamilton ishing unbeaten on 100, as the tourists closed D. de Silva not out 100 ings with the Blue Jackets at Panthers after an offseason trade Masakadza, Craig Ervine, Sean Williams, , the day on 290 for five. A. Gunaratne not out 13 Scottrade Center. Josh Anderson from Vancouver. Capitals starter “I knew I needed to bat through the innings,” Extras (2lb, 2w, 1nb) 5 (wk), (capt), Donald scored for Columbus, who was com- Braden Holtby made 22 saves for his De Silva said afterwards. “Playing under pres- Total (5 wkts, 90 overs) 290 Tiripano, Carl Mumba, Chris Mpofu. ing off a 10-0 win against Montreal sixth win of the season. sure is my role, so it made me comfortable.” Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Karunaratne), 2-66 (Perera), 3-84 Series: Sri Lanka leads two-match series 1-0. the previous night and snapped a Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl first (Silva), 4-112 three-game winning streak. Curtis MAPLE LEAFS 6, CANUCKS 3 on a pitch boasting a tinge of green, but had a McElhinney finished with 28 saves. Tyler Bozak scored twice and had chaotic first hour with the ball. Fast bowler Carl think after the start that we had, we’ll take it.” review in Zimbabwe, with the third umpire Bouwmeester ripped a shot past an assist to lead the Maple Leafs to a Mumba limped off the field after the first over, Tharanga fell for 79 in the final session, as he determining that he had edged a from McElhinney from the left dot at 2:16 victory over Vancouver, handing the and seamers Chris Mpofu and Donald Tiripano became the first player to be given out on legspinner Graeme Cremer. —AFP of the third with his first goal since Canucks their eighth straight loss. were wayward in their opening spells as Sri Feb. 22, 2016, against San Jose. Nazem Kadri, Mitch Marner, Nikita Lanka progressed to 62 without loss. Tarasenko’s wrister with 43 seconds Soshnikov and Jake Gardiner also The breakthrough came from an unlikely on the clock in overtime broke his scored as the Leafs won their third source, as part-timer Hamilton Masakadza made an early entry to the attack and Dimuth seven-game goal-scoring drought. straight. Frederik Andersen stopped Karunaratne guided an innocuous delivery 23 of 26 shots before being replaced straight to gully to depart for 26. Masakadza AVALANCHE 1, WILD 0 by Jhonas Enroth, who had three then struck in his next over when ’s Gabriel Landeskog scored with saves in his 5:08. Derek Dorsett, decision to attack the seamer from the start of 9:37 remaining, Calvin Pickard Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin scored his innings backfired horribly, as he holed out to stopped 32 shots for his second NHL for the Canucks, and Ryan Miller fin- long-on. Mumba was able to return to the field shutout and the Avalanche beat the ished with 36 saves. Vancouver is 0-7- soon after, but it was fellow fast bowler Mpofu Wild. Landeskog’s goal ended a 1 while getting shut out four times who struck before lunch when he trapped Colorado scoring drought that lasted since beating Buffalo on Oct. 20. Kaushal Silva lbw for 37. Although Silva asked more than 164 minutes. He found the for a review, he took too long to do so and so his net on a pass from Matt Duchene and HURRICANES 3, PREDATORS 2, SO request was denied. Hawk-Eye showed that the then hopped into the arms of Nathan Jaccob Slavin scored the only goal delivery from Mpofu would have missed leg MacKinnon in excitement. Earlier in of the shootout to lead the stump. Sri Lanka went to lunch on 105 for three, the third period, Landeskog got into Hurricanes to a victory over the and were in trouble soon after the interval when a brief scuffle with Devan Dubnyk Predators. Jeff Skinner and Ron Kusal Mendis edged Donald Tiripano behind to after agitating the Minnesota goalie Hainsey scored in regulation for depart for 26. At 112 for four, Sri Lanka were in front of the net. Pickard stepped in Carolina, which ended a two-game under pressure for the first time in the series but Tharanga and De Silva were unperturbed. The for a struggling Semyon Varlamov losing streak. Cam Ward finished with pair were content to take a patient approach as and kept the Wild offense in check. 25 saves through overtime and the pitch flattened out and Zimbabwe tightened denied all three Nashville attempts in up their bowling, seeing Sri Lanka through to tea CANADIENS 5, FLYERS 4 the shootout. James Neal and Matt on 187 for four. Tomas Plekanec scored a short- Irwin had the goals for the Predators, “We started off badly in the first session, but I handed goal in the third period to lift losers of two consecutive games think we pulled it back quite nicely as the day HARARE: Sri Lanka batsman Dhananjaya de Silva celebrates after scoring 100 runs during the the Canadiens to a win over the both in shootouts. Pekka Rinne wore on,” said Masakadza. “We would have been test cricket match against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in Harare, yesterday. Zimbabwe is Flyers. Andrei Markov, Greg Pateryn, stopped 23 shots. —AP happier with one or two more wickets, but I playing its 100th test cricket match as it hosts Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe. — AP