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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2014 SPORTS Relentless eye series victory in Dubai DUBAI: Pakistan will continue to attack a Tests after suffering a fractured skull hapless New Zealand with spin as they when he was hit by a Corey Anderson’s eye a series win in the second Test start- bouncer in the first Test, where he how- ing in Dubai from tomorrow. ever made a career-best 176. Pakistan inflicted a big 248-run defeat Experienced Taufeeq Umar, who on the Kiwis in the first Test in played the last of his 43 Tests in July for a 1-0 lead in the three-match series 2012, is likely to replace Shehzad. The with left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar and rest of the is expected to flourish leggie Yasir Shah posing serious prob- after , Misbah-ul Haq and lems. Besides a spin web, paceman Rahat Mohammad Hafeez scored centuries in Ali, man-of-the-match for his six the first Test. in the game, reverse swung the ball to Pakistan will be slightly worried over pile further problems on New Zealand their fifth bowler Hafeez after he was batting, folded for 262 and 231 on a flat reported for suspect action during the Sheikh Zayed Stadium pitch. first Test. New Zealand Brendon There seems no change in fortune for McCullum hoped his team would get a the tourists as the Dubai stadium pitch good start by winning the toss. promises more help for spin and in turn “The toss was a big factor for us, espe- multiplies problems for the struggling cially when you’re coming over here to New Zealand batsmen. play a team so familiar and red hot in New Zealand’s best batsmen against these conditions. Hopefully I win the toss spin, (3 and 23) and next game,” said McCullum. (nought and eight), were all The third and final Test will be played at sea against Pakistani bowling. Opener in from November 26-30. The Rod Latham showed some grit against teams also play two and five spin, scoring his maiden hundred in the one-day internationals. first innings but that wasn’t enough to thwart Pakistan. Teams (from): Skipper Misbah-ul Haq said he was Pakistan: Misbah-ul Haq (capt), still not eyeing a white-wash, like his Mohammad Hafeez, Taufeeq Umar, Shan team did against Australia with a 2-0 Masood, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Azhar scoreline just a week before the New Ali, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Talha, Rahat Zealand series. Ali, Imran Khan, Ehsan Adil, Sarfraz “We should just take it one by one and Ahmed, Zulfiqar Babar, Yasir Shah. it’s really important to just focus and do New Zealand: Brendon McCullum things right and if there are weak areas (capt), , , do that right,” said Misbah, who cap- Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Corey tained his 15th Pakistani win, a national Anderson, BJ Watling, Luke Ronchi, record. “It is more important to put in a Jimmy Neesham, Mark Craig, Tim BOSTON: Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against the Boston Celtics during the second quarter of an NBA combined performance and then you Southee, Doug Bracewell, Neil Wagner, basketball game. —AP get the desired result and I never believe , Ish Sodhi. in white-washes, we just focus on the Umpires: Paul Reiffel (AUS) and next game and stick to basic rules”. Ranmore Martinesz (SRI) Tv umpire: Rod Cavaliers scrape past Celtics Pakistan will miss opener Ahmed Tucker (AUS) Match referee: Andy Pycroft Shehzad, ruled out of the remaining two (ZIM). —AFP BOSTON: LeBron James scored a season-high only 27 minutes, and Austin Rivers scored 17. Denver got its first road win of the season. 41 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers overcame a Andrew Wiggins scored 20 points and Corey Denver had seven players score in double fig- 19-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Brewer 18 for Minnesota, which lost its fourth ures in just its second victory of the season. Boston Celtics 122-121 in the NBA on Friday. straight. Aaron Afflalo scored 10 of his 17 points in the James made one of two free throws with 36 first half, and rookie Gary Harris and Wilson seconds left to give Cleveland a one-point lead. ROCKETS 88, SIXERS 87 Chandler each finished with 13 points. Kyrie Irving then missed a layup and Avery James Harden scored 35 points, including an The Nuggets led by as many as 32 points and Bradley rebounded for Boston, which called off-balance layup with 9 seconds left, to lead shot 49 percent from the floor. The Pacers are timeout with 7 seconds to go. But the Celtics Houston past winless Philadelphia. still without three of their starting five due to couldn’t get a shot off as Rajon Rondo, who fin- The Sixers led by one point before Michael injuries. David West (right ankle), George Hill ished with 16 assists, lost control of his dribble Carter-Williams bounced the ball off his foot and (left knee), Paul George (fractured tibia) did not near the top of the key just before the final out of bounds to give Houston the ball. Harden play. buzzer sounded. powered through the lane to hit the game-win- Irving had 27 points and Kevin Love added 12 ner. Philadelphia had a chance to win it at the HORNETS 103, SUNS 95 points and 15 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who buzzer, but Carter-Williams missed a jump shot. Kemba Walker scored 12 of his 19 points in earned their third straight win. Kelly Olynyk led Tony Wroten scored 19 for the Sixers, who led for the second half as Charlotte rallied past Phoenix. Boston with a season-high 21 points, and Jared most of the game after an embarrassing 53- Al Jefferson and Gary Neal each had 14 points Sullinger and Jeff Green had 19 apiece. point loss to Dallas on Thursday. The Sixers for the Hornets, who won for the first time in five remain the NBA’s only winless team, dropping to road games. Lance Stephenson scored 13, and PISTONS 96, THUNDER 89 0-9 for their worst start since opening the 1972- Bismack Biyombo finished with 11 points and 10 Brandon Jennings scored 25 of his 29 points 73 season with 15 consecutive losses. rebounds. in the second half and overtime, leading the Charlotte had lost the last five games in the Detroit past Oklahoma city. Jennings made a JAZZ 102, KNICKS 100 series. Eric Bledsoe had 22 points and matched a tiebreaking 3-pointer to give the Pistons an 87- Trey Burke made a jumper from the corner as career high with 11 rebounds for the Suns, who 84 lead with 2:32 left in overtime. He added time expired to help Utah overcome a 46-point had won two in a row. another 3 while falling to the ground, increasing effort from New York’s Carmelo Anthony. the advantage to 92-84. Anthony’s 3-pointer with 2.3 seconds left tied MAGIC 101, BUCKS 85 DUBAI: New Zealand cricketer Hamish Rutherford prepares to bat during a net prac- Jeremy Lamb set career highs with 24 points it at 100 and lifted the Knicks to the century Tobias Harris had 26 points and 10 rebounds tice session at the ICC Academy in Dubai. —AFP and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma City, which led mark for the first time this season. But Burke to lead Orlando. Victor Oladipo returned to 48-42 at halftime. Reggie Jackson had 20 points caught the ball near the Jazz bench and nailed Orlando’s lineup as the Magic earned their 17th and 12 assists, and Serge Ibaka finished with 19 the jumper for the win. consecutive home win against Milwaukee. points and 10 boards. Jackson missed a 16-foot The Knicks lost their seventh straight game. Oladipo, who suffered a facial fracture right Poulter storms fadeaway jumper at the buzzer in regulation Gordon Hayward scored a season-high 33 points before the season started, scored 13 points. that would have lifted the Thunder to their first for the Jazz, and Derrick Favors added 21 points Milwaukee pulled within seven on John two-game winning streak of the season. and 12 rebounds. Henson’s hook shot with 6:15 remaining, but the clear in Turkey Magic scored the next seven points to pull away. SPURS 93, LAKERS 80 NUGGETS 108, PACERS 87 Brandon Knight scored 14 of his 24 points in the Tim Duncan had 13 points and 11 rebounds Ty Lawson had 11 points and 10 assists as first quarter for Milwaukee. —AP BELEK: Ian Poulter seems to be in the ern Turkey and the deluge of rain that fell and Cory Joseph scored eight of his 14 points in mood to turn the $7 million Turkish would have prevented play resuming on the fourth quarter as San Antonio beat Los Airlines Open into a one-man show after many courses. Angeles on one of the worst shooting nights of NBA results/standings storming six strokes clear of the field when “We had two storms, one at 3am and Kobe Bryant’s 19-year NBA career. Kawhi the weather-interrupted second round another at about 5am with in excess of 40 Leonard scored 12 points for the defending NBA Denver 108, Indiana 87; Orlando 101, Milwaukee 85; Atlanta 114, Miami 103; Cleveland 122, Boston 121; Utah 102, ended yesterday. After a thunderstorm millimetres of rain,” said tournament direc- champions, who added a comfortable win over brought play to a premature close on tor Miguel Vidaor. NY Knicks 100; Houston 88, Philadelphia 87; New Orleans 139, Minnesota 91; Detroit 96, Oklahoma City 89 (OT); the 1-8 Lakers to their victories over the Clippers Charlotte 103, Phoenix 95; San Antonio 93, LA Lakers 80. Friday, the players returned to a sopping “The amazing thing about this golf and Warriors earlier in the week. San Antonio Eastern Conference Western Conference wet Montgomerie Maxx Royal course early course is the drainage is incredibly good. pulled away in the fourth quarter for its eighth in the morning to complete their rounds We came out here this morning and the Atlantic Division Northwest Division win in 11 meetings with the Lakers. W L PCT GB Portland 6 3 .667 - and there was no stopping Poulter who course was actually quite dry.” Bryant scored nine points for the Lakers, had been fortified by plenty of “beauty The storms briefly woke up Poulter Toronto 7 2 .778 - Utah 4 6 .400 2.5 going 1 for 14 fro the field. The NBA’s leading Brooklyn 4 4 .500 2.5 sleep”. overnight but he said he was fresh and Oklahoma City 3 7 .300 3.5 scorer missed his first 10 shots and all five of his Boston 3 5 .375 3.5 Minnesota 2 6 .250 3.5 The 38-year-old Englishman birdied the ready to deal with anything that was 3-point attempts. NY Knicks 2 8 .200 5.5 15th, his first hole of the day, before reel- thrown at him in the third round late yes- Denver 2 6 .250 3.5 Philadelphia 0 9 0 7 Pacific Division ing off three straight pars to add a six- terday. “I was in bed at seven last night, I Central Division PELICANS 139, TIMBERWOLVES 91 Golden State 6 2 .750 - Chicago 7 2 .778 - under 66 to his opening 64. had enough of my nine hours of beauty LA Clippers 4 3 .571 1.5 Jrue Holiday missed just one shot while scor- Cleveland 4 3 .571 2 Poulter has yet to win this season after sleep that I require,” he explained. ing 24 points through three quarters as New Sacramento 5 4 .556 1.5 suffering a difficult time with niggling “I didn’t think we were going to get any Milwaukee 4 5 .444 3 Orleans set several offensive team records. Detroit 3 6 .333 4 Phoenix 5 4 .556 1.5 injuries but he is overjoyed to be back near action this morning but we’ve managed to The Pelicans’ 139 point total, 56 made field LA Lakers 1 8 .111 5.5 his best. do that which is good news.” Sharing sec- Indiana 3 7 .300 4.5 goals, 66.7 percent shooting and 48-point mar- Southeast Division Southwest Division “It’s really exciting, 2014 was looking ond spot on 136 were Spain’s Miguel Angel gin of victory all set new records for a game. Washington 6 2 .750 - Memphis 8 1 .889 - pretty glum,” he told reporters after finish- Jimenez (73), Shane Lowry of Ireland (66), Their 15 made 3-pointers tied a club high. Atlanta 5 3 .625 1 Houston 8 1 .889 - ing with a 14-under total of 130. American Brooks Koepka (67), Wade Holiday was 9-of-10 shooting, hitting both 3s Miami 5 4 .556 1.5 Dallas 6 3 .667 2 “Hopefully we can turn it into a good one.” Ormsby of Australia (71) and South African he attempted and all four free throws to go with Charlotte 4 5 .444 2.5 New Orleans 5 3 .625 2.5 Orlando 4 6 .400 3 San Antonio 5 3 .625 2.5 There were more thunderstorms in the pair Hennie Otto (69) and Branden Grace nine assists. Anthony Davis added 22 points in early hours of Saturday morning in south- (69). —Reuters Abu Dhabi rule again in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN: Abu Dhabi Ocean good job controlling the race. Two Racing led from start to finish to win down, plenty more to go.” the Volvo Ocean Race in-port race in Abu Dhabi now lead the overall Cape Town yesterday and confirm table for the in-port series by three their current position as the nine- points from Team Brunel month event’s dominant force. (Netherlands), who chased them in British skipper Ian Walker led the just over a minute behind on crew from the Emirates to a narrow Saturday. The all-women’s crew of 12-minute victory in Leg 1 from Team SCA (Sweden) were third. Alicante, Spain to Cape Town last Team Alvimedica (Turkey/USA), week (Nov. 5). winners of the first in-port race in the That victory was eked out over 25 series in Alicante, ripped one of their days and some 6,487 nautical miles sails and now need to fix it quickly (nm) as against just eight miles in before the fleet departs for Abu Saturday’s hour-long in-port sprint Dhabi on Wednesday for the 6,125 but Abu Dhabi still proved the best of nautical miles (nm) trip on Leg 2. a seven-strong fleet in mastering There are two separate competitions changeable winds and squalls. in the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 edi- “Cape Town can be like that when tion, one offshore which comprises the wind comes round Table nine legs, 38,487nm and 11 port Mountain. We had really good crew stopovers. That concludes in work today, I was out of breath just Gothenburg, Sweden on June 27, watching them,” said Walker. 2015. The other is the in-port series CAPE TOWN: Team Brunel (left), Abu Dhabi Team (right) and SCA “We just tried to do the right thing that will be played out over 10 of the (center) race during the in port race of the Volvo Ocean Race in CHINA: Ian Poulter of England tees off in this file photo. —AFP and our navigator, Simon Fisher, did a ports.—AFP Table Bay. —AFP