SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2018 16 Amla guides Proteas to victory Amla finds form as South Africa coast to first test win against Pakistan

South Africa chased Pakistan first innings, 181 • South Africa first innings, 223 down the 149 run target Pakistan second innings, 190 with six wickets left South Africa second innings in the bag to take 1-0 D. Elgar c S Ahmed b Shan Masood 50 lead in the series A. Markram lbw b Hasan Ali 0 H. Amla not out 63 T. de Bruyn st S Ahmed b Yasir Shah 10 AFP | Centurion, South Africa F. du Plessis c Hasan Ali b S Afridi 0 T. Bavuma not out 13 ean Elgar and Hashim Extras (b4, lb5, w6) 15 Amla hit half-centuries Total (4 wkts, 50.4 overs) 151 Das South Africa beat Pa- Result: South Africa won by six wickets kistan by six wickets inside three Series: South Africa lead the three-match days in the first Test at Super- series 1-0 Sport Park yesterday. The pair survived some early Television commentator Mi- scares and put on 119 for the chael Holding criticised his fel- second wicket before Elgar was low West Indian Wilson. caught behind off part-time me- “I’m convinced he was out,” dium-pacer Shan Masood for said Holding. “I think the third 50, one ball after reaching his umpire made a mistake. The half-century. protocol says you have got to be Amla finished a year in which 100 percent sure the decision he seldom found top form by was wrong to change it.” making 63 not out. In a similar situation, Indian The value of the partnership captain Virat Kohli was given between Elgar and Amla was out in the recent second Test South Africa’s Dean Elgar plays a shot against Australia in Perth when television umpire Nigel Llong shown as Theunis de Bruyn and fore a run had been scored. off Hasan when he slashed hard clean catch. found no conclusive evidence to captain Faf du Plessis both fell Hasan and Mohammad Amir at the ball, which flew at chest After looking at several re - overturn a ‘soft’ signal from the cheaply before Temba Bavuma did not concede a run off the height to the fielder. In the next plays, including super-slow on-field umpires. KNOW WHAT swept Yasir Shah for four to take bat until Amla clipped Hasan for over, Elgar, on four, edged new close-ups, Wilson ruled the ball Elgar and Amla survived some Proteas past their target of 149 four in the sixth over. bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi low had bounced and Elgar was re- testing bowling from the Paki- shortly before tea on third day. to first slip where Azhar Ali ap- prieved. stan seamers and gradually be- Both captains, Du Plessis and Controversy peared to take a diving catch. The decision clearly aston- gan to lift the scoring rate on a South African fast Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed, made There were two crucial inci- On-field umpires Bruce Ox- ished the Pakistan players and pitch which favoured bowlers bowler Duanne Oliv- ‘pairs’ by being dismissed with- dents with the total on 16, either enford and Sundaram Ravi coach Mickey Arthur was seen throughout. ier was named man out scoring in both innings. of which could have swung the conferred before referring to leaving his place on the play- South African fast bowler Du- Pakistan made an ideal start game in Pakistan’s favour. television umpire Joel Wilson ers’ balcony and going to the anne Olivier was named man of of the match for his when Hasan Ali trapped Aiden Amla, on eight, was dropped with a ‘soft’ signal of out, in - adjacent office of match referee the match for his match return match return of 11-96 Markram leg before wicket be- by Fakhar Zaman at third slip dicating they thought it was a David Boon. of 11-96. Follow Pogba’s example, Man Andy Murray happy with Utd boss tells lacklustre star trio AFP | Manchester Pogba among world’s ‘top decision not to quit tennis players’ le Gunnar Solskjaer has AFP | Brisbane, Australia Owarned Manchester United I gave some guidelines Pogba’s rejuvenated form stars Romelu Lukaku, Anthony of course, on has certainly been one of the ormer world number Martial and Alexis Sanchez key factors in Solskjaer’s first Fone Andy Murray says they should follow Paul Pogba’s expression, freedom games in charge, after the mid- he has no regrets about not example if they are to revive of expression, but fielder’s much-publicised dif- walking away from tennis their careers at the club. that’s how I’ve always ficulties with Mourinho. despite missing 11 months Lukaku and Sanchez suffered been as a manager. Solskjaer reiterated of the year with a hip injury. a dramatic loss of form in the You can’t tell the that Pogba is the sort The three-time last months of Jose Mourinho’s players what to do in of player United Grand Slam cham- tempestuous spell in charge at this position should build a team pion was speaking Old Trafford, while Martial was around. ahead of his re - criticised by the Portuguese OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER “He’s one of the turn to the sport at coach before finding his scoring top, top players in the season-opening boots. the world,” said Brisbane Interna- World Cup winner Pogba was their performances on the Solskjaer. tional, which gets un- another key player who became pitch,” said Solskjaer. “Attacking derway at the Queens- a symbol of the club’s decline in “Paul has done it himself. wise, he’s done re- land Tennis Centre on Andy Murray of Britain hits a return during his men’s singles match against the final weeks before Mourin- It’s up to them when they get a ally well but he’s Monday. Fernando Verdasco of Spain at the ATP Shenzhen Open tennis tournament in ho’s two-and-a-half year tenure chance. That’s the name of the a big lad, can win Murray, who won the Shenzhen, China came to an end before Christ- game as a footballer, you’ve got headers, tackles. Brisbane title in 2012 and mas. to do it yourself.” “The atti - 2013, enters the tourna- tended to play in Brisbane at I can compete again, I would But the 25-year-old French- Solskjaer, whose side play tude has been ment with a world ranking the beginning of 2018, but was have looked back and regretted man has responded superbly to out-of-form Bournemouth on perfect and of 256. forced to withdraw on the eve that. Solskjaer’s first week in charge Sunday, said he can advise the that’s key, The 31-year-old Scot had in- of the tournament and pull out “I owed it to myself to give and made big contributions to a players but ultimately it is down you should be of the Australian Open with a myself the best possible shot to 5-1 win at Cardiff and 3-1 home to them to change their atti - tired towards hip injury. get back to a level I was happy victory against Huddersfield. tude. end of every He had surgery soon after, with. I am able to compete at a Lukaku missed those games, “I gave some guidelines of single game. which kept him out of the game high level, but I have to back it having been given ‘compas - course, on expression, freedom “He’s for much of the year. up a few days in a row. That’s sionate leave’ by the cub, as did of expression, but that’s how been top “You want to go out on your the challenge,” he said. Sanchez who has been side - I’ve always been as a manager. class and own terms,” he said when asked Murray, a five-time Austral- lined since late November with You can’t tell the players what we’re look- 256 about a possible retirement af- ian Open runner-up, added to is the rank at which a hamstring injury. to do in this position,” said the ing to build Andy Murray enters the ter practising with Grigor Dim- British media late Thursday Solskjaer says Pogba deserves 45-year-old Norwegian. a team Brisbane International itrov. that “I still have some pain in all the credit for his return to “Just enjoy playing for this around “If I decided to stop six my hip”, but said that “I’m in form. club, that’s the best time of your him, of Paul Pogba months ago, having not played a better place than I was a few “I cannot do anything for life.” course.” or gotten back to a level where months ago”.

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