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Home , Ajantha Mendis, Chaturanga de Silva, Dawlat Zadran, Karim Sadiq, Kyle Abbott (cricketer), Mirwais Ashraf

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2014 SPORTS Australia dominate South Africa

CAPE TOWN: Fast bowlers Ryan Harris four catches, missed a stumping off and Mitchell Johnson shared seven wick- Nathan Lyon when Du Plessis was on 30, ets as Australia continued their domina- then dropped a difficult leg side chance tion on the third day of the third and final off Harris when the batsman was on 35. Test against South Africa at Newlands With play starting 30 minutes earlier yesterday. because of rain which cut 51 overs from Australia bowled out South Africa for the second day’s play, Clarke’s declaration 287, a lead of 207, and added another 27 proved a shrewd move because there runs for no before close of play. was early movement off the pitch for the Harris took three for 63 and Johnson bowlers. Smith was caught behind for four for 42. Michael Clarke’s deci- five off a ball from Harris which seamed sion to declare at Australia’s overnight away from him. Smith has made only 42 total of 494 for seven paid off as his South runs in five in the series. African counterpart Graeme Smith failed Dean Elgar made 11 before he was again and South Africa lost four superbly caught by Haddin off James before lunch. Pattinson, the wicketkeeper flinging him- Despite losing early wickets, South self to his right to hold an inside edge by Africa scored freely during an extended the left-hander. morning’s play, reaching 127 for four off Alviro Petersen and 32 overs at lunch. added 53 off 58 balls with Petersen But with the Australian bowlers reaching a fluent half-century off 50 balls achieving reverse swing as the ball got with eight fours. But Petersen added only older, the scoring slowed to a trickle after three more before he gloved Mitchell in-form batsman AB de Villiers was Johnson down the leg side for Haddin to caught at second slip off Johnson for 14 take his third catch of the innings. soon after lunch. JP Duminy fell to a catch Amla looked in good form but was behind by off Harris for four bowled for 38 when Harris made a ball before and Vernon swing back sharply to find a gap Philander came together in a seventh- between bat and pad. It was the first evi- wicket stand of 95, the best of the dence of reverse swing and it heralded a DHAKA: ’s Asghar Stanikzai is bowled out by ’s during the one-day international innings. significant change in momentum with tournament. —AP Du Plessis battled his way to 67 before the remaining batsmen forced on to the Johnson returned to the attack and he defensive. edged a drive fast and low to gully, where Pattinson, picked in place of Peter Sri Lanka thump Afghanistan held a good catch. Siddle, because he offered more pace, Du Plessis, who faced 134 balls and took two for 77 and Shane Watson DHAKA: Four-time champions Sri Lanka The Islanders scored a challenging 253-6 Sri Lanka won all their three matches to gain 12 points, hit six fours, had two escapes. chipped in with the wicket of Kyle thumped newcomers Afghanistan by 129 with in-form hitting a leaving them to play a meaningless last game against hosts Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, who took Abbott. —AFP runs to reach the final of the Asia Cup in solid 76 before they bowled their rivals out Bangladesh on Thursday before having a tilt at the title. Dhaka yesterday. for a paltry 124 in 38.4 overs. Afghanistan, who gave a good account of themselves by beating Bangladesh by 32 runs in their second match, found Sri Lanka’s pace-cum spin attack too hot to handle and only captain (37), Asghar Stanikzai (27) and (21) were among the runs. Nabi hit a six and three boundaries off 43 balls before he fell leg-before to spinner in the 33rd over. Mystery spinner took 3-11 in his seven overs while Thisara Perera chipped in with 3-29 in his full quota of ten overs. Paceman (2-30) and left-armer de Silva fetched 2-29 to complete the rout. Only Nabi and (11) could stay longer to put 48 runs for the sixth wicket before Afghanistan lost their last five wick- ets for a mere three runs. Sri Lankan captain said it was nice to qualify for the final. “It was a very important game for us because we had to book our place in the final,”said Mathews. “Afghanistan have a very good attack and our batsmen found it hard on a slow pitch.” Nabi admitted his team was short on quality. “We bowled well in the first 35 overs and Sangakkara played SCOREBOARD very well,” said Nabi. “We started well with the bat, but then Mendis and Malinga bowled brilliantly.” CAPE TOWN: Ausralia’s Mitchell Johnson bowls to South Africa’s Alviro DHAKA: Complete scoreboard in the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in Earlier, Sangakkara hit six fours and a six off 102 balls to Petersen during the third day of the third Test. —AP Dhaka yesterday: hold the innings together when the batsmen faltered after Sri Lanka: Afghanistan: Mathews won the toss and decided to bat. K. Perera b Ashraf 33 b Lakmal 7 Sangakkara came to the crease after opener had gone for five in the sixth over, bowled by SCOREBOARD L. Thirimanne b Shapoor 5 Noor Ali Zadran c de Silva b Mendis 21 Asghar Stanikzai b Thisara 27 paceman . Fellow opener K. Sangakkara run out 76 scored a 49-ball 33 with four boundaries and a six, while CAPE TOWN: Close of play scoreboard on the third day of the third and final Test between c Sangakkara b Thisara 4 M. Jayawardene c Nabi b Ashraf 14 made 14. But both fell to medium South Africa and Australia at Newlands yesterday. c Thirimanne b Lakmal 6 D. Chandimal b Hotak 26 pacer , who finished with 2-29 in eight overs, Australia, first innings A. de Villiers c Clarke b Johnson 14 Mohammad Nabi lbw de Silva 37 A. Mathews 45 to leave Sri Lanka struggling on 83-3. (overnight 494-7) F. du Plessis c Warner b Johnson 67 Najibullah Zadran c Mathews b Perera 11 Sangakkara, fresh from a match-winning hundred C. Rogers c Smith b Steyn 25 J. Duminy c Haddin b Harris 4 P. de Silva c Ashraf b Dawlat 17 Mirwais Ashraf c Thisara b de Silva 1 against India, added 74 for the fourth wicket with Dinesh D. Warner c De Villiers b Duminy 135 V. Philander not out 37 T. Perera not out 19 Hamza Hotak lbw b Mendis 1 Chandimal (26) to put his team on firmer ground. A. Doolan c Steyn b Philander 20 K. Abbott b Watson 3 Extras: (lb6, nb6, w6) 18 b Mendis 0 Sangakkara was run out in the 38th over with Sri Lanka M. Clarke not out 161 D. Steyn c Watson b Johnson 28 Total (for six wkts; 50 overs) 253 Shapoor Zadran not out 0 on 158-5, as Afghanistan-buoyed by their upset win over S. Smith b Elgar 84 M. Morkel c Watson b Pattinson 7 S. Watson c Amla b Duminy 40 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Thirimanne), 2-50 Extras: (lb2, w7) 9 Bangladesh-kept the pressure on. Extras (b8, lb3, nb3, w6) 20 B. Haddin c Amla b Duminy 13 Total: (all out; 38.4 overs) 124 But Mathews provided a late flurry with an unbeaten 45 Total (82.5 overs) 287 (Perera), 3-83 (Jayawardene), 4-157 off 41 balls, adding an unbeaten 69 with Thisara Perera (19 M. Johnson c De Villiers b Duminy 0 Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Shahzad), 2-53 Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Smith), 2-42 (Elgar), 3-95 (Chandimal), 5-158 (Sangakkara), 6-184 not out) to get his team past the 250 mark. R. Harris not out 4 (Stanikzai), 3-59 (Noor), 4-61 (Mangal), 5-73 (Petersen), 4-121 (Amla), 5-133 (De Villiers), (Silva) Afghanistan had brought back Noor Ali and Dawlat Extras (nb6, w6) 12 6-146 (Duminy), 7-241 (Du Plessis), 8-249 (Shinwari), 6-121 (Najibullah), 7-121 (Nabi), Total (7 wkts declared, 127.4 overs) 494 Bowling: Najibullah 3-0-9-0, Shapoor 9-1- Zadran for and from the line-up, (Abbott), 9-279 8-122 (Hotak), 9-124 (Dawlat) which upset Bangladesh on Saturday, but they failed to Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Rogers), 2-138 (Doolan), 46-1 (3w), Dawlat 9.2-0-60-1 (w1, nb6), (Steyn) Bowling: Malinga 5-0-23-0 (6w), Lakmal 7-2- keep the momentum. 3-217 (Warner), 4-401 (Smith), 5-456 Bowling: Harris 22-9-63-3 (1nb), Johnson 19-5- Ashraf 8-1-29-2, Nabi 6.4-1-23-0, Hotak 7-1- 30-2, Thisara 10-2-29-3, de Silva 9.4-1-29-2, meet hosts Bangladesh today and need to win (Watson), 6-489 (Haddin), 7-489 (Johnson) 42-4, Pattinson 18.5-4-77-2 (2nb, 2w), Watson 43-1 (1w), Shinwari 4-0-20-0, Mangal 3-0-17- Mendis 7-2-11-3 (1w) to meet Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final. Defending champions Bowling: Steyn 10.1-0-44-1, Philander 26.4- 9-1-34-1, Lyon 12-1-53-0, Smith 2-0-7-0 0 (1w) Result: Sri Lanka won by 129 runs Pakistan have won two of their three matches, beating 2-116-1 (1nb), Morkel 23.5-2-94-0 (4nb, 2w), Afghanistan and India and going down to Sri Lanka. —AFP Duminy 17-0-73-4, Abbott 28-11-68-0 (1nb), Elgar 22-0-99-1 Australia, second innings Did not bat: J. Pattinson, N. Lyon. C. Rogers not out 1 D. Warner not out 25 Former coach Flower gets new England role South Africa, first innings Extras (lb1) 1 G. Smith c Haddin b Harris 5 Total (0 wkts, 6 overs) 27 LONDON: Former England head coach Andy And in a statement issued Monday the ECB the following year took the side to the top of the A. Petersen c Haddin b Johnson 53 Bowling: Morkel 3-0-24-0, Abbott 3-1-2-0 Flower was appointed to a new role within the said the new position would see Flower taking on world Test rankings. D. Elgar c Haddin b Pattinson 11 Australia lead by 234 runs with 10 second England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hierarchy a wide-ranging role that would “incorporate work- Paul Downton, the recently-appointed ECB H. Amla b Harris 38 innings wickets remaining. yesterday with officials announcing he’d become ing with the next generation of England players managing director, said: “The ECB is delighted that their technical director of elite coaching. and coaches as well as being charged with creat- we are able to retain a man of ’s expe- Flower resigned last month as coach of the ing a leadership programme for young England rience and quality. national side following the team’s humiliating 5-0 players”. “His record over the last five years speaks for Lahore longs for international Ashes series loss in Australia, a reverse that also Prior to the Ashes debacle, the 45-year-old itself and the ECB and Andy are excited about the cricket five years after attack signalled the end of star batsman ’s Flower-appointed as England coach in 2009 — future.” Former England wicket-keeper Downton international career. oversaw three Test series wins against Australia, added: “Not only will Andy work with both players LAHORE: For more than fifty years, Haji was pandemonium all around,” said Basheer, But at the time of his departure from the including the 2010/11 campaign ‘Down Under’. and coaches but he will also look to enhance the Basheer has prepared the pitch at Lahore’s who has been responsible for overseeing all coaching role, English cricket chiefs made it clear Under Flower’s guidance, England also won the relationship between the county coaches and the and witnessed some of 40 Tests as well as 48 one-dayers at the they wanted Flower to stay on in another capacity. 2010 World title in the Caribbean and England set-up.” cricket’s biggest moments including two ground. Flower, who will be based at the national crick- World Cups. “I called home to let them know I’m okay et performance centre at Loughborough The 74-year-old has been serving at the and then went to hospital with a colleague University in the English Midlands, said: “I see this ground since it hosted the first match in who suffered a gunshot on his shoulder and as a great opportunity for me as I start a new November 1959 but a terrorist attack on the returned home late night.” phase of my career. Sri Lankan team bus on March 3, 2009 put an A month later, the International Cricket “This role offers me a chance to make a real end to visits by international teams. “It’s five Council stripped Pakistan of its share of contribution to the ability and character of years now that we have not seen any top- World Cup 2011 matches. The Pakistan England players and coaches in the years to come,” level international cricket in Pakistan,” Cricket Board (PCB) convinced Bangladesh the former Zimbabwe batsman added. Basheer told AFP. “My heart aches when I see twice to visit for short series in 2012 but the England have yet to appoint a full-time head matches go on in other countries and I tours fell through over security fears. coach in succession to Flower, with limited overs always pray that I live to see the day when Pakistan was left to host newcomers chief Ashley Giles-currently in charge of the side in international cricket resumes in Pakistan.” Afghanistan for a short limited over (non- the Caribbean for one-day and Twenty20 series Eight people were killed and seven Sri international) series in 2011 while an against the West Indies-in pole position to take Lankan players were left injured in the International XI, comprising mostly retired over. attacks five years ago, which resulted in the players, also toured the country in 2012 for Earlier this month former South Africa batsman suspension of all international cricket in private matches. Gary Kirsten, who’d enjoyed successful spells as Pakistan and forced the national team to Pakistan’s new generation of players coach of both the Proteas and India, ruled himself play its home matches at neutral venues including , Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali out of the England job on family grounds. such as the United Arab Emirates. and Ahmed Shehzad have not played a sin- England are looking for a head coach across all Basheer remembers the day vividly. “It gle international game on their home soil. three major formats- Test, one-day internationals was terrible,” he said. “It was the third day of The imposing stands in the Gaddafi stadi- and . In December 2012 Flower ceded the second Test and I was at the ground um have still seen full houses, but only for coaching control of England’s one-day teams to when I suddenly heard gunfire and grenade domestic Twenty20 matches. “I have seen all former England spinner Giles. attacks. springs, every summer, every match and But when he resigned last month Flower said “I ran out towards the gate and after a few every joyous celebration at this stadium,” said he’d come to believe a man in his position needed minutes a police van came inside the ground Basheer, whose son followed in his footsteps Andy Flower to be “responsible across all formats”. —AFP followed by the Sri Lankan team bus and it and curates the Rawalpindi ground. —AFP