Sports Sunday, January 13, 2019 19 First One-Day International in Sydney Olivier nets another five-wicket haul Bowlers Scoreboard South Africa (1st innings): 262 Bowling: Steyn 12-4-35-0, Philander 13-4-43-3, dominate Pakistan (1st innings, overnight 17-2): Rabada 11.4-0-41-2, Olivier 13-2-51-5. Imam-ul-Haq c Elgar b Philander 43 again in final Shan Masood c De Kock b Philander 2 South Africa (2nd innings): Azhar Ali c De Kock b Philander 0 D. Elgar c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Amir 5 Mohammad Abbas c De Bruyn b Olivier 11 A. Markram c Sarfraz Ahmed b Mohammad Abbas 21 South Africa Test Asad Shafiq c De Kock b Olivier 0 H. Amla not out 42 AFP Babar Azam c Rabada b Olivier 49 T. de Bruyn c Asad Shafiq b Faheem Ashraf 7 Sarfraz Ahmed c Amla b Rabada 50 Zubayr Hamza lbw b Faheem Ashraf 0 Johannesburg Shadab Khan c De Bruyn b Rabada 5 T. Bavuma c Sarfraz Ahmed b Shadab Khan 23 Faheem Ashraf c Zubayr Hamza b Olivier 0 Q. de Kock not out 34 Leading wicket-taker Du- Mohammad Amir c Zubayr Hamza b Olivier 10 Extras (b2, lb1) 3 Hasan Ali not out 0 Total (5 wkts, 37 overs) 135 anne Olivier said bounce and Extras (b5, lb10) 15 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Elgar), 2-29 (Markram), 3-45 swing were key factors as Total (49.4 overs) 185 (De Bruyn), 4-45 (Hamza), 5-93 (Bavuma) bowlers again dominated on Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Masood), 2-6 (Azhar), 3-53 Bowling: Mohammad Amir 10-2-28-1, Mohammad the second day of the third and (Abbas), 4-53 (Shafiq), 5-91 (Imam), 6-169 (Sarfraz), Abbas 9-2-33-1, Hasan Ali 6-1-27-0, Faheem Ashraf final Test between South Af- 7-169 (Azam), 8-169 (Ashraf), 9-185 (Amir) 6-2-19-2, Shadab Khan 6-0-25-0. rica and Pakistan at the Wan- derers Stadium on Saturday. Olivier claimed five for wickets in five innings said not out off 90 balls against 51, his third five-wicket haul swing was a factor for the first tight, disciplined bowling. of the series, as South Africa time in the series. Sarfraz said his team had gained a first innings lead of “The previous two Tests missed an opportunity with 77. But Pakistan’s bowlers hit there wasn’t much swing. the bat to match or get close to India batsman Rohit Sharma celebrates his century against Australia during the first One-Day International (ODI) at the Sydney Cricket Ground back. South Africa were 135 There’s quite a bit of swing South Africa’s first innings to- on Saturday. (Right) Australia’s Jhye Richardson is jubilant after taking the wicket India captain Virat Kohli. (AFP) for five in their second in- at the Wanderers. There’s tal of 262. They lost their last nings at the close, an overall still enough assistance for the five wickets for 16 runs. lead of 212. bowlers and both teams have Sarfraz and Babar Azam “The match is still on,” bowled well.” played some thrilling strokes said Pakistan captain Sarfraz Olivier started the series in putting on 78 off 61 balls for Rohit’s sizzling ton in Ahmed, although he admitted as South Africa’s fifth-choice the sixth wicket but both were that his team would need to fast bowler but played in the out within the space of five produce their best batting per- first Test in Centurion be- balls, to be followed immedi- formance of the series in order cause of injuries to Vernon ately by Ashraf, who was out to chase down whatever target Philander and Lungi Ngidi. first ball to Olivier. vain as India fall short they are set. He had match figures of 11 for “If you want to score here Players of both teams said 96, prompting South Africa to you have to play positively be- after the first day that the opt for a four-man pace attack cause a good ball is coming,” Richardson’s match-winning 4 for 26 tonic for ailing Aussies pitch was better for batting when Philander returned for said Sarfraz, who scored 50 off than in the first two Tests - but the second Test. 40 balls. But he blamed “three AFP Kohli was caught at square 25 wickets have fallen in two Pakistan were right back in bad shots, me, Babar and Sydney leg off Richardson for three days and the match appears to the game when medium-pacer Faheem” for the collapse. Dhoni fifth Indian and two balls later Ambati be hurtling towards another Faheem Ashraf took two wick- Sarfraz played one cut shot Australia fended off an Rayudu was trapped leg be- early conclusion. ets in his first over to reduce too many and was caught at explosive century from Rohit fore wicket by Richardson “The Pakistan batsmen South Africa to 45 for four. But first slip off Kagiso Rabada Sharma to post a morale-boost- to enter 10k club after a review for a two-ball batted quite well and quickly,” Hashim Amla and Temba Ba- before Azam hooked Olivier ing 34-run victory over India in duck, leaving India rocking at said Olivier. “If you get your- vuma blunted the bowlers in a to long leg. Ashraf got into a the first one-day international IANS of 10,173 runs in the 50- four for three. self in you will get rewarded fifth wicket stand of 48 before tangle trying to play a pull shot in Sydney on Saturday. Sydney over format during a home Former World Cup-win- with the bat but as a bowler I Quinton de Kock joined Amla and spliced a catch to short leg. The Australians made 288 series against West Indies ning captain Dhoni put on feel there is always something, and lifted the scoring rate late Sarfraz said the bowlers for five off their 50 overs after Former skipper Mahen- in October 2018 however, 137 runs with Sharma for the especially with the bounce at in the day by scoring 34 not had also let their standards winning the toss and restricted dra Singh Dhoni on Satur- the record also contained fourth wicket to stabilise In- the Wanderers.” out off 35 balls. slip towards the end of the day India to 254 for nine. day became the fifth Indian the 174 runs, which he dia’s rocky start before he Olivier, who has taken 21 Amla made a patient 42 when De Kock flourished. Sharma blasted 133 off 129 to reach the elusive 10,000- smashed against the Africa was out leg before wicket to balls in a scintillating effort run mark in One-Day In- XI, while representing the Behrendorff for 51 and his to keep India in the contest, ternationals (ODIs) for the Asia XI in a three-match 68th ODI half-century. while man-of-the-match Jhye country. rubber in 2007. Dhoni, 37, who has cap- Richardson took four for 26 Dhoni, who was miss- Before Dhoni, Sachin tained India 332 times across for Australia. ing the feat by just a run, Tendulkar, Sourav Gangu- the three formats, faced It was a tonic for the ailing entered the 10,000th club ly, Rahul Dravid and Virat 96 balls and hit three fours Australians, coming off their with a single off Jhye Rich- Kohli had scored 10,000 and a six. first-ever home Test series de- ardson in the ongoing first ODI runs for India. Sharma’s mighty knock feat to Virat Kohli’s India and ODI between India and Overall, Dhoni is the came to an end when he skied after winning just three of their Australia. 12th player in history of Marcus Stoinis to Glenn Max- previous 24 ODIs. The Ranchi stumper had ODI cricket to reach the well at deep mid-wicket to end Test discard Peter Hands- earlier accumulated a total 10,000-run club. India’s remaining hopes. comb tops-cored with 73 off 61 All-rounder Stoinis re- balls for Australia with Usman Handscomb, passed over and MS Dhoni supported him mained unbeaten on 47 off 43 Khawaja and Shaun Marsh this week by selectors for this well but we could have done bet- balls with two fours and two also registered half-centuries. month’s two Tests against Sri ter with the tempo of the game.” sixes, while limited-over spe- “I am very pleased with the Lanka, led the way with six India lurched to a disas- cialist Glenn Maxwell finished performance,” Australia skip- fours and two sixes. trous start, losing three wick- 11 off just five balls in Austral- per Aaron Finch said. Fellow Test discard Marsh ets in the first six overs, from ia’s innings. “I think the way they re- knocked up 54 off 70 balls while which they failed to recover. Aaron Finch fell for six in Podium winners of the Beach Under-14 Cricket Championship, part of the Qatar Olympic Committee’s built, Rohit and MS Dhoni, Khawaja made 59 from 81. Shikhar Dhawan was out the third over when he was winter camp at the Sealine Beach. we knew they will take it deep India’s Bhuvneshwar Ku- on the sixth ball of the innings bowled by Kumar for the pace- and we managed to pick up the mar finished with two for 66 when he was leg before wicket man’s 100th ODI wicket. wickets at the right time. and wrist-spinner Kuldeep Ya- for a first-ball duck to ODI deb- Alex Carey fell in Kuldeep’s Pak Shama School’s Red team “We can always improve dav claimed two for 54. utant Jason Behrendorff. first over when he attempted and our execution with the ball “We are not very pleased to cut the leg-spinner, only to was at times off. It will be a with the way we played,” Kohli Early setbacks get an outside edge to Sharma claims beach U-14 cricket title good series.” said. “Rohit was outstanding It got worse for India when at slip for 24 off 31 balls. Tribune News Network in cooperation with the Qatar and wide participation of the DOHA Tourism Authority. students in the event. Scoreboard Bravo Academy settled for “The big success of the Australia: Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Finch), 2-41 (Carey), 3-133 S. Dhawan lbw b Behrendorff 0 Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 254 Pak Shama School Red the third spot. championship will surely A. Carey c Sharma b Kuldeep 24 (Khawaja), 4-186 (Marsh), 5-254 (Handscomb) V. Kohli c Stoinis b Richardson 3 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Dhawan), 2-4 (Kohli), 3-4 A. Finch b Kumar 6 Did not bat: J. Richardson, N. Lyon, P. Siddle, J. A. Rayudu lbw b Richardson 0 (Rayudu), 4-141 (Dhoni), 5-176 (Karthik), 6-213 claimed the first Beach The event featured 10 motivate us to organise more U. Khawaja lbw b Jadeja 59 Behrendorff M.S. Dhoni lbw b Behrendorff 51 (Jadeja), 7-221 (Sharma), 8-247 (Yadav), 9-254 Cricket Championship at the schools, represented by 120 similar championships and S. Marsh c Shami b Kuldeep 54 Bowling: Kumar 10-0-66-2 (1w), Ahmed 8-0-55-0 (2w, D. Karthik b Richardson 12 (Shami) Sealine beach, beating their students. community activities in fu- P. Handscomb c Dhawan b Kumar 73 2nb), Shami 10-0-46-0 (3w), Kuldeep 10-0-54-2, R. Jadeja c Marsh b Richardson 8 Did not bat: K. Ahmed Green team. Mohammad Abdullah al ture,” he said. M. Stoinis not out 47 Jadeja 10-0-48-1, Rayudu 2-0-13-0. B. Kumar not out 29 Bowling: Behrendorff 10-2-39-2 (1w, 1nb), Richardson G. Maxwell not out 11 K. Yadav c Khawaja b Siddle 3 10-2-26-4 (3w), Siddle 8-0-48-1, Lyon 10-1-50-0, The under-14 champion- Meer, Head of the QOC Ac- He also extended his Extras (b4, lb2, nb2, w6) 14 India: M. Shami c Maxwell b Stoinis 1 Stoinis 10-0-66-2 (2w), Maxwell 2-0-18-0. ship was hosted at the winter counts Section, honoured the thanks to the Qatar Cricket Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 288 R. Sharma c Maxwell b Stoinis 133 Extras (lb7, nb1, w6) 14 Toss: Australia camp by the Qatar Olympic winning teams. He hailed the Association officials for their Committee (QOC) on Friday, success of the championship contribution to this success.

Vijay Shankar, Shubham Gill to Masoud Hamad, Noora bag Trap gold medals replace Rahul Tribune News Network DOHA results and Pandya Men’s Trap Masoud Hamad al Athba 1.Masoud Hamad al Adba (19 22 22 23 21) 107 & Agencies 40 capped his transition by win- 2.Mohammed al Rumaihi (23 22 21 20 22) 108+1 Mumbai ning the Men’s Trap gold med- & 37 al at the National Shooting 3.Hamad al Adbi (20 20 22 22 24) 108+0 & 27 Indian selectors named Vijay and Archery Team Cup at the 4.Khalid al Mohannadi (22 23 20 22 17) 104 & 25 5.Abdulaziz al Adba (22 23 17 20 24) 106 & 15 Shankar and Shubman Gill as Losail Ranges on Saturday. 6.Masoud Ali al Adba (25 21 16 21 20) 103+1 & replacements for Hardik Pan- Athba, an international 13 dya and KL Rahul for the on- Double Trap shooter, beat Mo- 7.Khalifa al Attiyah (21 18 21 23 20) 103+0 going ODI series against Aus- hammed al Rumaihi, ninth in Women’s Trap tralia and in the series against the 2015 Gabala World Cup, by 1.Noora al Ali (20 18 17 19 20) 94 & 36 New Zealand respectively. three shots to emerge the cham- 2.Banna Ali (20 19 17 23 21) 100 & 33 The Board of Control for pion. Hamad al Adbi got the 3.Amna al Abdullah (13 13 12 17 18) 73 & 26 Cricket in India (BCCI) con- bronze medal with 27 hits. 4.Noora al Mohannadi (18 17 14 21 18) 88 & 21 firmed that VijayS hankar will Khalid al Mohannadi, Ab- Junior Men’s Trap join the side before the second dulaziz al Adba and Masoud Ali 1.Husain al Bannai (18 14 15 19 23) 89 ODI, while Gill will join for the al Adba were fourth, fifth and 2.Ibrahim al Tamimi (19 15 12 14 21) 81 New Zealand series. sixth, respectively. Winners of the Trap events at the National Shooting and Archery Team Cup in Losail after the prize distribution on Saturday. 3.Saleh Hamad al Marri (15 14 15 17 16) 77 The selectors had to pick Masoud Hamad, third best Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol replacements after Pandya qualifier with 107, shot 40 in al Mohannadi was fourth, Elizaveta Shakhova earned di managed the silver medal and archers. He thanked the shoot- 1. Ahmad al Shammari and Rahul were handed sus- the gold medal match, while shooting 21. the gold medal in the Women’s bronze medal behind champion ers of France and Asian coun- 2. Riyad Rustom pensions for their controver- Rumaihi could manage only Husain al Bannai collected 50m Rifle 3 Positions as she got Mohannadi on the concluding tries for their participation and 3. Adel Rustam sial comments on a TV show. 37. Rumaihi and Hamad al 89 to claim the Junior Men’s the better of Matara Fahad al day of the event. adding quality to contests. He Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions While this is for the first time Adbi had topped the qualifying gold medal. Ibrahim al Tamimi Assieri. Haya al Boloushi won Tournament Director Ibra- also expressed his gratitude to 1.Elizaveta Shakhova Gill will make it to the limited rounds with 108 and then had (81) finished second, while Sal- the bronze medal. him al Mohannadi, Shaker Ab- the sponsors for their support to 2.Matara Fahad al Assieri overs side, for Vijay Shankar, a shootoff to decide the placings eem Hamad al Marri had 77 for Abdulaziz al Abadi and Ibra- dullah and Al-Anoud al Naimi the competitions. 3.Haya al Boloushi it will be a second assignment for the finals. the bronze medal. him al Mohannadi shared the honoured the winners. “This year is very impor- after the outing in the Nidahas The Women’s Trap title was Ahmed al Shammari pock- honours in two archery events. Qatar Shooting and Archery tant from the Olympic Games ing hard and quite optimistic Trophy. BCCI officials said that bagged by Noora al Ali, who eted the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Ahmed al Badi and Ali al Yazidi Association President Ali Mo- qualification point of view. The about getting a good number of Mayank Agarwal’s name was cracked 36 and beat Banna Ali Pistol title, beating Riyad Rus- followed Abadi in the second hammed al Kuwari expressed participants displayed good qualifying berths for the 2020 also considered but the selectors by three shots. Amna al Abdul- tom and Adel Rustam secured and third places, respectively. his happiness at the quality of level and commendable fight- Tokyo Olympics this season,” he decided to give a chance to Gill. lah was third with 26 and Noora the bronze medal. Yazidi and Abdulaziz al Aba- performances by shooters and ing spirit. We’re already work- added.