MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 2014 SPORTS

DUBAI: Pakistani bowler Yasir Shah, dives to catch the ball during day five of the First Test between Pakistan and atDubai International Stadium. —AP Pakistan humiliate Australia SCOREBOARD DUBAI: Scoreboard after the fifth and final day of the first Test between Pakistan and Australia at Dubai stadium yesterday: DUBAI: Zulfiqar Babar took a maiden five- lant after the match. “This win was very pick a difficult chance at 44. Pakistan Ist innings 454 (Sarfraz Ahmed 109, Younis S. Smith c Shafiq b Shah 55 haul and fellow leg-spinner Yasir Shah much needed as we were struggling in the Babar also saw drop Khan 106, Asad Shafiq 89, Misbah-ul Haq 69, Azhar M. Marsh c Ali b Babar 3 took four as Pakistan humiliated Australia by last few series,” said Misbah. Johnson at deep square leg on 23 and two Ali 53; M. Johnson 3-39) B. Haddin b Babar 0 221 runs in the first Test in Dubai yesterday. “We were determined to overcome the 3- runs later by Yasir Shah as both the batsmen Australia 1st innings 303 (D. Warner 138, C. Rogers M. Johnson st Ahmed b Shah 61 Babar finished with 5-74 in only his third 0 one-day series loss against Australia and frustrated the Pakistani attack. 38; Yasir Shah 3-66, 2-55, Zulfiqar Babar 2-81) P. Siddle c Azhar b Babar 15 S. O’Keefe 0 Test, while debutant Shah took 4-50 to dis- everyone did well.” Australian Smith hit Shah for his third four to reach Pakistan 2nd innings 286-2 dec (Ahmed Shehzad Extras: (b4, lb1, nb2) 7 miss a resolute Australia for 216 in their sec- Michael Clarke gave credit to their oppo- his seventh half-century but fell five runs lat- 131, 103 not out; S. O’Keefe 2-112) Total: (all out; 91.1 overs) 216 ond innings and give Pakistan a 1-0 lead in nents. er, caught at short-leg. Smith resisted for Australia 2nd innings (overnight 59-4) Fall of : 1-44 (Warner), 2-44 (Doolan), 3-49 the two-Test series. “Credit to Pakistan,” said Clarke. “We didn’t 175 balls. C. Rogers b Khan 43 (Clarke), 4-49 (Lyon), 5-92 (Rogers), 6-101 (Marsh), 7- Pakistan, who set Australia a 438-run tar- bat well and now have couple of days to turn It was Babar who struck twice before D. Warner st Ahmed b Babar 29 105 (Haddin), 8-170 (Smith), 9-213 (Johnson) get, were left frustrated as Mitchell Johnson it around in the second Test and I’m sure you lunch to bring Pakistan closer to victory. A. Doolan lbw b Babar 0 Bowling: Khan 7-2-22-1, Rahat 13-4-36-0, Hafeez 15- (61) and Steven Smith (55) fought hard will see a different team in the next Test.” Australia had resumed on 59-4 but Chris M. Clarke lbw b Shah 3 4-29-0, Babar 31.1-7-74-5, Shah 25-6-50-4 Result: Pakistan won by 221 runs before they succumbed in a tantalising finish Babar dismissed number ten Peter Siddle, Rogers (43) and Smith added 32 in the first N. Lyon lbw b Shah 0 with just 21.5 overs left in the day. caught bat-pad in the 92nd over, to seal the hour before paceman Imran Khan made the Pakistan will now hope they either win or victory as Pakistani fielders removed the breakthrough, bowling Rogers who played Johnson smashed Babar for his fifth Pakistan dominated the game through- avoid defeat in the second Test in Abu Dhabi, stumps even before the Australian review over the . boundary to reach ninth half-century off 104 out, piling up 454 and 286-2 declared while starting October 30, to clinch their first series was turned down. Babar then came into his own, removing balls. In all he hit six fours and one six during Australia scored 303 in their first innings. win over Australia since 1994. The defeat looked inevitable with Mitchell Marsh (three) with a turning deliv- his 163-minute fight. This becomes Pakistan’s second straight This was Australia’s ninth defeat in Asia in Australia reeling at 117-7 at lunch but Smith ery. The edge was well taken at short cover Babar’s previous best figures were 3-89 win over Australia after beating them at the last 14 Tests, having lost eight to India and Johnson defied the spinners during their by Azhar Ali. against South Africa in his debut Test in Abu Leeds in the teams’ last Test in 2010, but their since 2008. Their only win came in Sri Lanka 65-run stand for the eighth wicket. Four overs later, Babar spun one across Dhabi last year. Australia’s top order, includ- biggest in terms of the winning margin. in 2011 with four draws as they fell to South Babar threatened to dismiss Smith twice Brad Haddin’s forward push to hit the stumps ing Clarke, had flopped on the fourth Pakistan’s previous best win over Australia in Asia’s specialist spinners. but Sarfarza missed a stumping with the and dismiss the wicketkeeper for a duck as evening, with Babar and leg-spinner Yasir terms of runs was their 74-run win in Sydney Pakistan skipper Misbah-ul Haq was jubi- batsman on 37 and Misbah-ul Haq failed to Australia lost their seventh wicket for 105. Shah causing the damage. in 1995. —AFP B’desh take slender lead over Zimbabwe

DHAKA: Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad and Mominul Haque scored half- centuries as Bangladesh gained a slender 14- run lead over Zimbabwe in the first Test in Dhaka yesterday. The hosts, replying to Zimbabwe’s first innings total of 240, were dis- missed for 254 just before stumps on the sec- ond day at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. Zimbabwe were five for no loss in their sec- ond knock at close of play, needing a competi- tive total to challenge Bangladesh on a wearing wicket. Skipper Mushfiqur top-scored for BASEL: Switzerland’s Roger Federer (right) poses, with the trophy after winning the Bangladesh with 64, Mahmudullah made 63 final match against Belgium’s David Goffin (left) at the Swiss Indoors tennis tourna- and Mominul chipped in with 53 in overcast ment. —AP conditions that forced the floodlights to be turned on. Bangladesh were restricted by three run outs Federer crushes Goffin and a maiden five-wicket haul from seamer Tinashe Panyangara, who finished with 5-59. BASEL: Roger Federer outclassed David a result but clearly I’ll take it.” Resuming at the overnight score of 27-1, Goffin in the Swiss Indoors final yesterday, Federer, 33, also boosted his chances of Bangladesh lost Shamsur Rahman in the third winning 6-2, 6-2 to claim a third title from regaining the world number one ranking over when he spooned a catch to Elton his last four events and sixth in his home from Novak Djokovic by the season’s end. In Chigumbura at mid-off off Panyangara. DHAKA: Bangladesh’s batsman Shuvagata Hom plays a shot during the second day of the first event. the last two months, Federer has won the Mominul, who shared a third-wicket stand of test match against Zimbabwe. —AP Federer spent just 51 minutes in delight- Cincinnati and Shanghai Masters events and 63 with Mahmudullah, was run out before the ing his hometown crowd, setting up two reached the US Open semi-finals. lunch break by a direct throw from Sikandar match points with a fifth ace and effortlessly His Basel title was his sixth from 11 Swiss Raza in the cover region. SCOREBOARD piloting over a winning drop shot on his first finals played over a span of 15 years. He Shakib Al Hasan too was run out soon after opportunity to claim the 82nd title of his now stands 56-9 in Basel and 66-10 this sea- lunch for five, while Mahmudullah was DHAKA: Scoreboard on the second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Dhaka yesterday: career. son with five titles. Basel becomes one of six adjudged leg-before off part-time spinner Raza The Swiss world number two comfortably events that he has won at least six times, when the appeal was referred to the third Zimbabwe first innings 240 (Sikandar Raza 51; Shakib Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Tamim), 2-29 (Shamsur), 3-92 dominated his baby-faced Belgian opponent with others comprising Halle (7), Wimbledon umpire. Al Hasan 6-59) (Mominul), 4-114 (Shakib), 5-178 (Mahmudullah), 6-209 just as he had done in their first meeting at (7), World Tour Finals (6), Dubai (6) and Mahmudullah was initially adjudged not out, Bangladesh first innings (overnight 27-1) (Shuvagata), 7-226 (Mushfiqur), 8-226 (Shahadat), 9-244 the French Open in 2012. Cincinnati (6). Federer has played 123 ATP but replays showed the ball hitting his leg- Tamim Iqbal c Masakadza b Panyangara 5 (Taijul), 10-254 (Al-Amin) Shamsur Rahman c Chigumbura b Panyangara 8 Bowling: Panyangara 23-5-59-5 (w1), Chatara 22-11-27- “I’m very pleased with how well I’m play- finals, with Basel his tenth this season. Goffin stump. Mushfiqur batted solidly till he miscued Mominul Haque run out 53 ing,” said the 17-time Grand Slam champion, said he was simply outplayed and had to a pull off Panyangara to Craig Ervine at square 0, Chigumbura 14-6-34-0, Nyumbu 15-1-65-0, M. Mahmudullah lbw b Raza 63 Kamungozi 21-5-51-1, Raza 3-0-12-1 who will carry on next week to the Paris deal with big-match nerves to boot. “It was a leg. Shahadat Hossain was the third batsman to Shakib Al Hasan run out 5 Masters, followed by the season finals in nightmare for me,” said the world number be run out and Bangladesh managed to take Mushfiqur Rahim c Ervine b Panyangara 64 Zimbabwe second innings: London and a Davis Cup final for Switzerland 28. “It was tough to play Roger at home and I Shuvagata Hom c Chigumbura b Kamungozi 14 the lead only after number eight V. Sibanda not out 5 Taijul Islam b Panyangara 19 on indoor clay in France. didn’t play my best match of the week. “He’s scored 19. R. Chakabva not out 0 “I’m playing well when I expect myself to. in great shape and playing so well. I didn’t Panyangara bowled both Taijul and last bats- Shahadat Hossain run out 0 Jubair Hossain not out 7 Extras: 0 I played really well today. “I was fresh after serve my best but it was still a good week for man Al-Amin Hossain to complete his five-wick- Total (for no wicket, two overs) 5 my fifth straight day of tennis. I’m happy I’ve me. “His serve is so good, you just cannot et haul. Zimbabwe’s tour of Bangladesh com- Al-Amin Hossain b Panyangara 9 Extras (lb6, w1) 7 Bowling: Shahadat 1-0-5-0, Shakib 1-1-0-0 been able to keep it up time and time again, read it. I had a lot of nerves in my first ATP prises three Tests and five one-day internation- Total (all out; 98 overs) 254 Zimbabwe trail by nine runs with 10 wickets in hand week after week. I didn’t expect this kind of 500 final and playing Roger here.” —AFP als. —AFP