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SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Australia square T-20 series MELBOURNE: Australia bounced back man of the match.” (18) and Farhaan Behardien (5) in taking from their opening heavy loss to ham- The Proteas, who dominated the two for 15 off four overs, while paceman mer South Africa by seven wickets and Australians in the Adelaide opener, were James Faulkner claimed three for 25 off square their Twenty20 series in always under pressure after winning the his complement of four overs. Melbourne yesterday. toss. Skipper JP Duminy played a lone “We were outplayed in all forms of The Australians, beaten by the same hand topscoring with 49 off 51 balls the game and there’s a lot of learning margin in Adelaide on Wednesday, were with three fours and a towering six over we can take out of today’s match,” superior with bat and ball to cruise to the fence at the vast MCG arena before Duminy said. “We know we need to victory. The home side restricted South he was caught in the deep by Finch. come up with something drastic for us Africa to 101 for seven off their 20 overs In the space of two overs, openers to come back tomorrow. “These kind of and had few problems reaching 102 for Quinton de Kock and Rilee Rossouw things are good for youngsters, just to KHULNA: Zimbabwean cricketer Hamilton Masakadza three in 12.4 overs to wrap up victory. were both back in the changerooms. experience winning and losing, today plays a shot during the fifth day of the second cricket The series now goes to a decider in Two days earlier the pair formed a was a particularly convincing victory for Sydney tomorrow. “That was as good match-winning 129-run partnership that Australia so we need to take a lot of Test match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. —AFP Twenty20 bowling as I’ve seen from our powered the Proteas to a comfortable learning out of it.” boys, we bowled to the conditions really victory in Adelaide. The Australians rustled up the runs Shakib leads well,” Australia skipper Aaron Finch said. In the space of 13 overs, Australia with 7.2 overs to spare with Finch “We used our pace and (leg-spinner) had four wickets - more than what they unbeaten on 44 off 30 balls with eight Bangladesh to series Cameron Boyce was unbelievable on a managed in Adelaide. Leg-spinner fours and Shane Watson hitting 30 off wicket that doesn’t traditionally spin a Cameron Boyce flighted the ball well to 23 balls with five fours. —AFP win over Zimbabwe lot and he deserved his wickets and the snare the stumpings of Reeza Hendricks KHULNA: Shakib Al Hasan became only the third player in his- tory to score a century and take 10 wickets in a match as Bangladesh whipped Zimbabwe by 162 runs in the second Test yesterday to win the series. The left-arm spinner claimed five for 44 in Zimbabwe’s second innings as the tourists, set a victory target of 314, were bowled out for 151 after tea on the fifth and final day in Khulna. Bangladesh, who won the first Test in Dhaka by three wick- ets, took an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. Shakib’s 10-wicket haul in the Test-he took 5-80 in the first innings-followed a crafty 137 on the second day and deservedly won the man of the match award. The 27-year-old joined Ian Botham of England and Imran Khan of Pakistan as the only cricketers to score a hundred and claim 10 wickets in a match. Hamilton Masakadza, who scored a century in the first innings, was the only Zimbabwean to defy the spinners in the second innings with 61. Shakib began by removing Sikandar Raza and Brendan Taylor, then dismissed Masakadza after lunch before grabbing the wickets of Elton Chigumbura and Natsai M’shangwe. Shakib was supported by left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who took 3-44, and leg-spinner Jubair Hossain (2-42) as Zimbabwe lost their last five wickets for 14 runs. Earlier, Bangladesh declared their second innings at 248-9 in the morning session after Shuvagata Hom completed his maiden half-century. Mohammad Mahmudullah top-scored with 71. The third and final Test starts in Chittagong on November 12. The Tests will be followed by five one-day inter- MELBOURNE: Ben Dunk of Australia bats against South Africa during the T-20 cricket match played at the nationals. —AFP MCG in Melbourne. —AFP SCOREBOARD SCOREBOARD MELBOURNE: Scoreboard in the second T20 International between Australia and South KHULNA, Bangladesh: Final scoreboard on the fifth day of the second Test between Bangladesh and Africa at Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday. Zimbabwe in Khulna yesterday: South Africa Innings Did not bat: K. Rabada, Imran Tahir Bangladesh 1st innings 433 (Shakib Al Hasan 137, 12-3-45-1 (w1), Chatara 7-3-19-0, Waller 27-4-59-4, Tamim Iqbal 109, Mahmudullah 56; T. Panyangara 2- Raza 6-0-22-0, M’shangwe 25.5-2-82-4 (w1). Q. De Kock c Dunk b Bollinger 0 49, T. Chatara 2-61, M. Waller 2-65) Zimbabwe 2nd innings R. Hendricks st Dunk b Boyce 18 Australia Innings Zimbabwe 1st innings (H. Masakadza 158, R. S. Raza c Mominul b Shakib 9 R. Rossouw c and b Faulkner 12 B. Dunk c Abbott b Parnell 23 Chakabva 101; Shakib Al Hasan 5-80, Taijul Islam 3-96, B. Chari c and b Taijul 4 J.P. Duminy c Finch b Faulkner 49 A. Finchnot out 44 Rubel Hossain 2-55) H. Masakadza c Mominul b Shakib 61 Bangladesh 2nd innings (Overnight 201-5) B. Taylor c Shuvagata b Shakib 0 F. Behardien st Dunk b Boyce 5 S. Watson c Abbott b Parnell 30 Tamim Iqbal c and b Panyangara 20 R. Chakabva c Mahmudullah b Jubair 27 D. Miller c Cummins b Faulkner 11 G. Maxwell c Rossouw b Rabada 0 Shamsur Rahman c Taylor b Waller 23 C. Ervine st Rahim b Jubair 21 R. McLaren c Faulkner b Cummins 1 C Whitenot out 1 Mominul Haque c Chakabva b Waller 54 B. Chigumbura c Mahmudullah b Shakib 12 W. Parnell not out 2 Extras (w3, nb1) 4 Mahmudullah c Masakadza b M’shangwe 71 M. Waller b Taijul 4 Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Waller 6 T. Panyangara not out 8 K. Abbott not out 2 Total (3 wickets, 12.4 overs) 102 Mushfiqur Rahim c Chakabva b Waller 0 N. M’shangwe c Rahim b Shakib 0 Extras (w1) 1 Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Dunk), 2-92 (Watson), Shuvagata Hom c Masakadza b M’shangwe 50 T. Chatara lbw b Taijul 1 Total (7 wickets, 20 overs) 101 3-99 (Maxwell) Taijul Islam c Panyangara b M’shangwe 1 Extras (b4) 4 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (De Kock), 2-14 Bowling: Abbott 2-0-17-0 (1w), Rabada 3-0- Shahadat Hossain c Masakadza b M’shangwe 3 Total (all out, 51.1 overs) 151 Rubel Hossain not out 8 Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Chari), 2-13 (Raza), 3-15 (Taylor), (Rossouw), 3-46 (Hendricks), 4-60 25-1 (1w), Duminy 1-0-9-0, Parnell 3.4-1-17- Extras (b4, lb4, w3, nb1) 12 4-85(Chakabva), 5-117 (Ervine), 6-137 (Masakadza), 7- (Behardien), 5-90 (Miller), 6-92 (McLaren), 7- 2 (1nb), Imran Tahir 2-0-18-0 (1w), McLaren Total (for nine wickets declared, 83.5 overs) 248 142 (Waller), 8-142 (Chigumbura), 9-142 97 (Duminy) 1-0-16-0 Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Tamim), 2-75 (Shamsur), 3-131 (M’shangwe), 10-151 (Chatara). Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-23-1 (1w), Faulkner 4- Did not bat: N. Reardon, J. Faulkner, P. (Mominul), 4-145 (Shakib), 5-145 (Rahim), 6-220 Bowling: Taijul 15.1-3-44-3, Shakib 18-5-44-5, (Mahmudullah), 7-222 (Taijul), 8-236 (Shahadat), 9- Shuvagata 4-2-9-0, Rubel 4-2-8-0, Jubair 10-0-42-2. 0-25-3, Abbott 2-0-16-0, Maxwell 2-0-11-0, Cummins, S. Abbott, C. Boyce, D. Bollinger 248 (Shuvagata) Bangladesh won by 162 runs, lead three-match Cummins 4-1-11-1, Boyce 4-0-15-2 Result: Australia won by 7 wickets. Bowling: Chigumbura 6-2-13-0 (w1 nb1), Panyangara series 2-0..