14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Kohli shines, but South Africa on top in second Test South Africa lead the three-match series 1-0

PRETORIA: India captain Virat Kohli blazed a magnificent SCOREBOARD century, but South Africa hold the upper hand as they reached 90 for two in their second innings on a difficult after rain and then bad light curtailed day three of CENTURION, South Africa: Scores at close of play on the third the second Test yesterday. day of the second Test between South Africa and India at The home side lead by 118 runs having bowled India SuperSport Park yesterday: out for 307 after lunch, despite a classy 153 from Kohli, South Africa, first innings, 335 who played almost a lone hand in scoring half his side’s India, first innings (overnight 183-5) runs. AB de Villiers (50 ) has taken the attack to the M. Vijay c De Kock b Maharaj 46 Indian bowlers after South Africa had sunk to three for L. Rahul c and b Morkel 10 two in their second innings on a wicket that is more Pune C. Pujara run out (Ngidi) 0 than Pretoria, with variable bounce and taking massive V. Kohli c De Villiers b Morkel 153 turn for the spinners. R. Sharma lbw b Rabada 10 De Villiers will resume on day four with opener Dean P. Patel c De Kock b Ngidi 19 Elgar (36 not out), who has battled for rhythm but hung H. Pandya run out 15 R. Ashwin c Du Plessis b Philander 38 Mohammed Shami c Amla b Morkel 1 I. Sharma c Markram b Morkel 3 J. Bumrah not out 0 Magnificent Extras (b8, lb1, nb1, w2) 12 Total (92.1 overs) 307 153 runs from Fall of : 1-28 (Rahul), 2-28 (Pujara), 3-107 (Vijay), 4-132 (R. Sharma), 5-164 (Patel), 6-209 (Pandya), 7-280 (Ashwin), 8-281 217 balls (Shami), 9-306 (I. Sharma) CENTURION: India’s captain Virat Kohli (L) raises his bat and helmet as he celebrates scoring a century (100 Bowling: Maharaj 20-1-67-1, Morkel 22.1-5-60-4 (1nb, 1w), runs) during the third day of the second Test match between South Africa and India at Supersport Philander 16-3-46-1, Rabada 20-1-74-1, Ngidi 14-2-51-1 (1w). cricket ground yesterday in Centurion. — AFP

South Africa, second innings A. Markram lbw b Bumrah 1 D. Elgar not out 36 around in an unbeaten third wicket partnership of 87. “intent” against South Africa’s seam attack and he duly Philander. Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin (38) shared a H. Amla lbw b Bumrah 1 South Africa had been rocked earlier by a double-strike delivered, compiling a brilliant 153 not out from 217 balls. quick-fire seventh wicket stand of 71 in 14.2 overs, before A. de Villiers not out 50 from Indian seamer Jasprit Bumrah (2-30), who trapped He now has 21 Test tons to go with 15 half-centuries, a the latter fell to Philander (1-46). Mohammed Shami (1) Extras (lb1, w1) 2 both Aiden Markram (1) and (1) leg before conversion rate when passing 50 that is only bettered in edged a Morne Morkel (4-60) to slip, while the Total (2 wkts, 29 overs) 90 wicket with deliveries that skidded through after keeping the game by Australian great Don Bradman, who made 29 latter also accounted for Ishant Sharma (3) when he was Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Markram), 2-3 (Amla) low. There would have been plenty of panic in the South hundreds and 13 fifties. caught at short-leg. Kohli was the last batsman out as he Bowling: Ashwin 12-0-33-0, Bumrah 8-2-30-2 (1w), I. Sharma 4-0- African dressing room at that point, but De Villiers started India had resumed on their overnight score of 183 for tried to attack the bowling, caught at deep mid-on to be 14-0, Shami 5-1-12-0. playing attacking shots from the moment he reached the five, but lost Hardik Pandya (15) to a farcical run out as the become Morkel’s fourth victim of the innings. South Africa Match situation: South Africa lead by 118 runs with eight wickets wicket to transfer the pressure back onto the tourists. all-rounder ambled into his crease and failed to put his bat won the opening test of the three-match series by 72 runs remaining in the second innings. Kohli had spoken before the match about showing more down, only to be undone by a direct hit from Vernon in Cape Town. —Reuters

ance with his dogged 99-ball innings. Tamim guides Peter Moor supported Raza with 33 before (2-24) took two wickets off successive balls, fast-tracking Bangladesh to Zimbabwe’s collapse and becoming Stokes charged Bangladesh’s fifth bowler to claim 100 ODI wickets. Mustafizur, who claimed 2-29, easy win over produced an off-cutter to uproot Blessing with affray over Muzarabani’s off-stump and end Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s innings. Tamim, who hit eight fours and a six, lost his opening partner nightclub fight Anamul Haque early on for 19 but added DHAKA: Opener Tamim Iqbal struck an 78 with Shakib (37) for the second wicket LONDON: England all-rounder Ben Stokes was unbeaten half-century to guide Bangladesh to set up the innings for Bangladesh. to an eight-wicket win over Zimbabwe in Shakib-who won the man of the match charged with affray yesterday following an incident the opening match of a tri-nation one-day award-said the win stood the hosts in good outside a nightclub, casting fresh doubt over his international tournament in Dhaka yester- stead ahead of their match against Sri international future after he missed the side’s ill- day. Tamim scored 84 off 93 balls at the Lanka, the other team in the tri-nation fated Ashes tour. Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium as series. Cricket chiefs said they would meet within the Bangladesh cruised to 171-2 in just 28.3 “Keeping up momentum is very impor- next 48 hours to decide if he will be allowed to overs. The hosts earlier dispatched tant. This win should give us some confi- take part in England’s upcoming tour of New Zimbabwe for 170 in 49 overs as left-arm dence before facing Sri Lanka, who I think Zealand, for which he has already been selected. spinner claimed 3-43. will offer us a tough challenge,” he said. The confrontation in September in the southwest- Sikandar Raza top-scored for the visitors Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer ern city of Bristol reportedly left a man with a frac- with 52 as well as taking 2-53. Bangladesh blamed poor batting for their defeat. “It tured eye socket and saw Stokes, 26, suspended never looked in trouble, with Shakib strik- was not one of those wickets where you from international cricket until further notice by the ing twice in the first over after skipper could score easily. We had a lot of soft dis- DHAKA: Bangladesh cricketer Mushfiqur Rahim (L) plays a shot as the Zimbabwe wicket- England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), meaning Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and opted missals in our batting line-up,” he said. keeper Brendan Taylor (R) looks on during the first (ODI) cricket he missed the Australia tour. to bowl. Mashrafe and Mustafizur Rahman Zimbabwe play Sri Lanka in their next match of the Tri-Nations Series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla “The CPS was passed a file of evidence by Avon quickly reduced Zimbabwe to 51 for four, match of the tournament at the same National Cricket Stadium. —AFP and Somerset Police on 29 November in relation to before Raza provided some brief resist- ground tomorrow. — AFP an incident of disorder in Bristol city centre,” said a spokesman for England’s Crown Prosecution Service. “Further material was subsequently received in late December. Following a review of all the avail- Jaguars outlast able evidence, the CPS has today authorised the police to charge three men with affray in connec- Steelers to book tion with the incident.” Stokes will appear alongside two other men at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on a date to be fixed fol- playoff date lowing the incident which took place in the early hours of September 25 after England had beaten with Patriots the West Indies in a one-day international match in the city. He had already been ruled out of England’s WASHINGTON: Jacksonville rookie Leonard ongoing one-day series in Australia and his next Fournette ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns involvement in senior cricket could be in the lucra- Sunday, powering the Jaguars over the Pittsburgh tive Indian Premier League after he was cleared by Steelers 45-42 and within another victory of their first the ECB to play in a second season of the franchise Super Bowl. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Twenty20 tournament. completed 37-of-58 passes for a post-season England crashed to a 4-0 defeat in Australia in Pittsburgh record 469 yards and five touchdowns but it the absence of the dynamic Durham all-rounder, was not enough for the hosts to advance in the NFL who is an aggressive middle-order batsman, lively playoffs. paceman and excellent slip fielder. Stokes sparked Jacksonville moved into the American Conference talk of a possible England recall by playing for final next Sunday at defending champion New England, Canterbury, his New Zealand birth province, for a where the winner will advance to next month’s Super month, but has since returned home to be with his Bowl. It’s the third trip for the Jaguars so near the NFL wife and young family. championship spectacle, having lost to Tennessee in Last week Stokes was included in England’s 16- 2000 and at New England in 1997 in prior conference PITTSBURGH: Leonard Fournette #27 of the Jacksonville Jaguars dives into the end zone for a touchdown man squad for their upcoming Test tour of his finals. against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first half of the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Heinz Field on native New Zealand but the ECB added the rider The New Orleans Saints were set to face host Sunday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. — AFP that “his involvement remains subject to any rele- Minnesota later to determine which club would travel vant legal or disciplinary developments in relation to the incident in Bristol in September”. to Philadelphia for next Sunday’s National Conference but his lateral to Le’Veon Bell allowed the rusher to run Jaguars led 14-0. Jacksonville’s T.J. Yeldon scored on a England cricket chiefs responded to Monday’s final. A blocked punt by Pittsburgh’s Robert Golden set eight yards for a touchdown that pulled the Steelers four-yard touchdown run 3:29 into the second quarter announcement by saying they would decide this up the Steelers for their first drive of the fourth quarter within 42-35 with 2:18 remaining. Pittsburgh decided to and the Jaguars surged ahead 21-0 as stunned Steelers week if Stokes would be made available to play in in Jaguars’ territory, but the hosts turned over the ball attempt an onside kick to keep possession of the ball, fans shivered silently in the cold. New Zealand. “ECB is aware that Ben Stokes has on downs and Jacksonville made them pay. but the Jaguars recovered and Josh Lambo kicked a Roethlisberger answered with a 23-yard touchdown been charged with affray in relation to an incident Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles hit Keelan Cole 45-yard field goal with 1:45 remaining. pass to Brown to get the Steelers on the scoreboard. in Bristol in September,” said a board spokesman. with a 45-yard pass to set up Fournette’s third touch- The Steelers drove downfield again but used too But “Big Ben” lost a fumble caused by Jacksonville’s “The board will now convene within 48 hours to down run, a 3-yard trot up the middle, that gave much time, Roethlisberger’s 4-yard touchdown toss to Yannick Ngakoue and the Jaguars’ Telvin Smith recov- decide on Ben Stokes’s availability to represent Jacksonville a 35-21 edge with 10:34 remaining. JuJu Smith-Schuster too little and too late. Jacksonville ered and returned the ball 50 yards for a touchdown. England at this stage. A further announcement will The Steelers took an all-or-nothing gamble on scored on the opening drive, Fournette diving one yard Roethlisberger responded with a 36-yard touch- be made in due course.” Under English law, affray, fourth down and Roethlisberger responded with his for a touchdown to cap an eight-play, 66-yard march. down pass to Martavis Bryant with 25 seconds remain- which refers to fighting in public, can carry a sen- fourth touchdown pass, connecting with Antonio Brown Roethlisberger, who threw a career-high five inter- ing in the second quarter to pull the Steelers within 28- tence of up to three years in prison if the case is on a 43-yard scoring strike to pull Pittsburgh within ceptions against the Jaguars’ top-rated pass defenders 14 at half-time. After the second-half kickoff, the heard in a crown court. But if the case is tried in a 35-28. Bortles answered with a 14-yard touchdown in a 30-9 regular-season rout last October, tossed Steelers marched 77 yards in 10 plays with magistrates’ court, the maximum penalty is a fine or pass to Tommy Bohanon to complete a 75-yard march another Sunday to Jacksonville’s Myles Jack. Roethlisberger flipping a 19-yard touchdown pass to six months in prison. — AFP and give Jacksonville a 42-28 lead with 4:19 remaining. On the next play, Fournette ran 18 yards around the Le’Veon Bell to lift Pittsburgh within 28-21 just 5:51 into Roethlisberger wasn’t credited with a scoring toss right side into the front corner of the end zone and the the third quarter. — AFP