26 Sports Monday, November 5, 2018 South Africa thrash ‘careless’ Australia by six We didn’t play anywhere near our potential: Aaron Finch

PERTH: South Africa hammered a careless Australia by SCOREBOARD six wickets in the first one-day international in Perth yestrday, with a Dale Steyn-led pace onslaught expos- Scoreboard from the first one-day international ing their frailties. Set 153 to win, Proteas’ open- between Australia and South Africa in Perth yesterday: ers (47) and Reeza Hendricks (44) helped secure victory with 124 balls to spare, leaving Australia Australia with plenty to ponder ahead of the second of A. Finch lbw b Ngidi 5 the three-game series in Adelaide on Friday. T. Head c de Kock b Steyn 1 The hosts came into the clash having lost 16 of their D. Short c du Plessis b Steyn 0 past 18 ODIs and with the reverberations of a ball-tam- C. Lynn c de Kock b Phehlukwayo 15 pering scandal this year still hanging over them. Coach A. Carey c de Kock b Imran Tahir 33 Justin Langer was hoping they could put a smile back G. Maxwell c Klaasen b Phehlukwayo 11 on the faces of fans in their first game on home soil M. Stoinis c Klaasen b Phehlukwayo 14 since the cheating row boiled over in March. P. Cummins run out (Miller) 12 But without the banned and David N. Coulter-Nile c Klaasen b Ngidi 34 Warner, their batsmen were exposed once again in a M. Starc lbw b Imran Tahir 12 stadium full of empty seats. They were bowled out for J. Hazlewood 6 just 152 in 38.1 overs with Nathan Coulter-Nile (34) and Extras (b2, lb4, w3) 9 Alex Carey (33) the only ones to offer any resistance. Total (all out, 38.1 overs) 152 Veteran Steyn took 2-18 off seven overs while Andile Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Head), 2-4 (Short), 3-8 (Finch), 4-36 (Lynn), 5- Phehlukwayo picked up 3-33 off six overs. 48 (Maxwell), 6-66 (Stoinis), 7-89 (Cummins), 8-107 (Carey), 9-140 “We didn’t play anywhere near our potential,” said (Starc), 10-152 (Coulter-Nile) skipper Aaron Finch. “We were a bit careless at times in Bowling: Steyn 7-1-18-2, Ngidi 8.1-3-26-2, Rabada 8-0-30-0, the first innings. We were off the mark slowly. “If you’re Phehlukwayo 6-0-33-3 (w3), Imran Tahir 9-0-39-2 defending 152, then nothing can go wrong with the ball. South Africa Unfortunately for us, Quinton and Reeza got off to a fli- er, and there was little we could do from there.” Quinton de Kock c Hazlewood b Coulter-Nile 47 PERTH: South Africa’s Reeza Hendricks (C) ducks a bouncer during the first one-day international (ODI) His opposite number Faf Du Plessis praised his team Reeza Hendricks c Lynn b Stoinis 44 match between South Africa and Australia at the Optus Stadium in Perth yesterday. —AFP Aiden Markram b Stoinis 36 as “exceptional” with the ball and in the field. “There Faf du Plessis not out 10 was some counter-punching at the end, but a good day Heinrich Klaasen c Finch b Stoinis 2 at the office overall,” he said. “All the bowlers today ly misjudged the bounce from a Lungi Ngidi fast bowlers Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins returning David Miller not out 2 were great. It’s great as a to have such X-factor and was out lbw soon after for five. He mistakenly opt- to spearhead the attack alongside Josh Hazlewood. Extras (b1, lb4, w7) 12 in the bowling attack and they made sure to take ed not to review with Australia floundering at 8-3 as But they failed to emulate their South African coun- Total (4 wickets, 29.2 overs) 153 advantage of the conditions.” replays revealed the ball would have gone over the terparts. Finch bizarrely opted to open the bowling with Did not bat: Andile Phehlukwayo, Dale Steyn, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi The Proteas won the toss and after opting for a four- stumps. Coulter-Nile instead of Starc. He was smashed for 16 in Ngidi, Imran Tahir pronged pace attack chose to bowl, with Steyn getting The first four of the innings, from Chris Lynn, didn’t his first over before being removed. De Kock and Fall of wickets: 1-94 (De Kock), 2-122 (Hendricks), 3-143 (Markram), two early breakthroughs. Travis Head got a thick edge come until the 12th over, and he was caught behind for Hendricks raced to a 94-run partnership before 4-151 (Klassen) to de Kock off the veteran for just one and then D’Arcy 15 on review not long after. Carey kept the scoreboard Coulter-Nile made amends on his return, having de Bowling: Hazlewood 8-2-41-0, Coulter-Nile 3-0-26-1, Starc 8-0- Short, in the side for Shaun Marsh who needs minor slowly ticking over but he fell attempting to scoop an Kock caught at mid-off going for another big hit. 47-0, Cummins 6-2-18-0, Stoinis 4.2-1-16-3 surgery on an abscess, followed him back to the pavil- Imran Tahir ball over the head of de Kock before some Marcus Stoinis took the wickets of Hendricks, Aiden Result: South Africa won by six wickets. ion for a duck two balls later. late fireworks from Coulter-Nile took them past 150. Markram and Heinrich Klaasen before du Plessis and Finch, who can be explosive when in full flight, total- Australia were buoyant ahead of the game with injured David Miller secured the win. — AFP

Chatara, Raza put SCOREBOARD

Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the first Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Sylhet International Cricket Marquez wins Zimbabwe on top in Stadium in Sylhet yesterday: Zimbabwe first innings (overnight 236-5) Nazmul Hossain c Chakabva b Chatara 5 first Bangladesh Test H. Masakadza lbw b Jayed 52 Mahmudullah b Chatara 0 Malaysian B. Chari b Taijul 13 Mushfiqur Rahim c Chakabva b Jarvis 31 B. Taylor c Nazamul b Taijul 6 Ariful Haque not out 41 Sylhet: Pace bowler Tendai Chatara and spinner Sikandar S. Williams c Mehidy b Mahmudullah 88 Mehidy Hasan c&b Williams 21 MotoGP as Rossi Raza claimed three wickets each to put Zimbabwe on top in the first Test against Bangladesh in Sylhet yesterday. S. Raza b Nazmul 19 Taijul Islam c Chakabva b Raza 8 Chatara claimed 3-19 and Raza grabbed 3-35 as P. Moor not out 63 Nazmul Islam c Chari b Raza 4 crashes out of lead Zimbabwe bowled out the hosts for 143 runs after left-arm R. Chakabva c Nazmul b Taijul 28 Abu Jayed run out 0 spinner Taijul Islam took 6-108 to end the visitors’ first W. Masakadza c Mushfiqur b Taijul 4 Extras (b7, lb1) 8 innings on 282 in the morning. B. Mavuta lbw b Nazmul 3 Total (all out; 52 overs) 143 SEPANG: World champion Marc Marquez fought his Zimbabwe, who pocketed a 139-run first innings lead, K. Jarvis c Mehidy b Taijul 4 Fall of Wickets: 1-8 (Imrul), 2-14 (Liton Das), 3-19 (Nazmul ), 4- way from seventh place on the starting grid to win the were 0-1 at stumps on the second day at the Sylhet T. Chatara c Liton b Taijul 0 19 (Mahmudullah, 5-49 (Mominul), 6-78 (Mushfiqur), 7-108 Malaysian MotoGP yesterday, as Valentino Rossi International Cricket Stadium. Debutant Ariful Haque was Extras (b1, lb1) 2 (Mehidy), 8-131 (Taijul), 9-143 (Nazmul), 10-143 (Jayed) crashed out while leading four laps from the end. the only Bangladesh batsman to offer some resistance, Total (all out; 117.3 overs) 282 Bowling: Jarvis 11-2-28-2, Chatara 10-4-19-3, Mavuta 6-0-27- Suzuki’s Alex Rins came in second after overtaking scoring an unbeaten 41 runs while wicketkeeper-batsman Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Chari), 2-47 (Taylor), 3-85 (Masakadza) 0, Raza 12-2-35-3, W. Masakadza 8-2-21-0, Williams 4-0-5-1. Yamaha rider Johann Zarco, who finished third, in the Mushfiqur Rahim made 31. 4-129 (Raza), 5-201 (Williams), 6-261 (Chakabva), 7-268 (W. final stage of a hard-fought race at Sepang in baking Mushfiqur helped Bangladesh recover briefly from 19-4 Masakadza), 8-273 (Mavuta), 9-282 (Jarvis), 10-282 (Chatara) Zimbabwe second innings hot temperatures. before he fell to Kyle Jarvis, who claimed 2-28 to play his Bowling: Jayed 21-3-68-1, Taijul 39.3-7-108-6, Ariful 4-1-7-0, H. Masakadza not out 1 Italian star Rossi, a nine-time world champion who part in the demolition act. Zimbabwe gained the upper Mehidy 27-8-45-0, Nazmul 23-6-49-2, Mahmudullah 3-0-3-1 B. Chari not out 0 has struggled recently to find form against younger hand early on when in-form opener Imrul Kayes dragged a Extras 0 foes, appeared on course for his first win in Malaysia Chatara delivery onto his stumps for five in the fourth over Bangladesh first innings Total (no ; 2 overs) 1 since 2010 after a strong start from second on the of the innings. The hosts then lost three wickets in nine Liton Das c Chakabva b Jarvis 9 To bat: B. Taylor, S. Williams, S. Raza, P. Moor, R. Chakabva, B. grid put him firmly in the lead. balls. Opener Liton Das followed Imrul on nine, giving a Imrul Kayes b Chatara 5 Mavuta, W. Masakadza, K. Jarvis, T. Chatara But Honda’s Marquez, who won the world title last catch to wicketkeeper Regis Chakabva before Zimbabwe Mominul Haque c Masakadza b Raza 11 Bowling: Taijul 1-0-1-0, Nazmul 1-1-0-0. month for the fifth time in motorcycling’s premier successfully reviewed a caught behind appeal against class, methodically fought his way up through the Nazmul Hossain (five) off fast bowler Chatara. pack after beginning near the back. The Spaniard, After Chatara bowled stand-in skipper Mahmudullah adding four wickets to his overnight haul of two to end wicket. Taijul then removed Wellington Masakadza, who who qualified in pole position but was hit with a six- for nought in the same over, Mushfiqur Rahim and Zimbabwe’s innings before lunch, after the visitors was caught behind for five, and Kyle Jarvis for four to place grid penalty for impeding another rider, made it Mominul Haque shared 30 runs for the fifth wicket to resumed the second day’s play on 236 for five. complete his fourth five-wicket haul in Tests. to second place and was starting to close the gap on momentarily halt the damage. Overnight batsman Peter Moor was not out 63 with Fellow left-arm spinner Nazmul Islam trapped Brandon Rossi, 39. Sikandar Raza removed Mominul for 11 before Taijul wreaking havoc at the other end. Zimbabwe Mavuta leg-before for three to hasten Zimbabwe’s col- It looked like the final stage of the Malaysian Mushfiqur’s dismissal in the first over of the final session remained unscathed for nearly an hour but lost their lapse. Taijul also claimed the final wicket of Chatara, who Grand Prix would be a classic battle between two exposed the Bangladesh tail. Mehidy Hasan’s 21 runs remaining wickets in a rush after Taijul broke through the was caught by Das at slip. Moor, unbeaten on 37 MotoGP known for their fierce rivalry. But as he proved inadequate with Bangladesh being dismissed for resistance of Regis Chakabva (28). overnight, was left stranded after making his fourth Test rounded a sharp turn on the 16th lap, Yamaha rider less than 200 runs in seven consecutive Test innings. A brilliant reflex catch by Nazmul at short leg broke fifty and first overseas. His half-century came off 192 balls Rossi leaned over too far and tumbled off his bike- Bangladesh spinner Taijul dominated the opening session, Chakabva’s 60-run partnership with Moor for the sixth with the help of six boundaries. — AFP effectively handing victory to his 25-year-old foe. Rossi, who has won in the premier class at Sepang on five previous occasions, got back on his bike but only managed to finish a lacklustre 18th. “It is a great, Tissot T-Race Marc Marquez: A tribute to the 2018 great shame, I am very disappointed for the mistake,” admitted a crestfallen Rossi, who has not won a race this season. MotoGPTM World Champion “It is frustrating.” But he tried to look on the bright side: “It is the best race of the season for me, it is also DUBAI: 25-year-old Spaniard and Tissot Ambassador, Marc coming in a difficult condition and a difficult track for Marquez, is the youngest rider to win seven World us. This is important.” Marquez cruised to a comfort- Championship titles in all classes including five World able victory in 40 min 32.372 sec, with Rins and Zarco Championship Titles in the Moto GP class from just six left far behind battling it out for second place. attempts. The Tissot T-Race Marc Marquez combines the Marquez, who notched up his ninth win of the sea- sporty body of the Tissot T-Race with design touches which son yesterday and his first in Malaysia since 2014, are a homage to the celebrated new Tissot ambassador, said that fighting his way up from the back was not Marc Marquez. The youngest ever five-time Moto GP easy. “It was a very, very, very hard race,” he said, but World Champion, one-time Moto2 and one-time 125cc added that having the odds stacked against with a World Champion speeds to victory in his orange team third row start proved to be an “extra motivation”. colours, reflected here in pops of bright colour and in exu- It is not the first time this season that Marquez has berant orange stitching on the sporty black rubber bracelet. lost his pole position due to a penalty, and neverthe- A sleek watch case in black and grey PVD adds an efficient less gone on to victory. At the Grand Prix of the edge, hinting at the proficiency of Marc Marquez himself. Americas in April, he was demoted from first to fourth Racing attributes on the starting grid after being punished for disturb- Inspired by motorbikes, the Tissot T-Race Marc ing another rider in qualifying. Marquez incorporates the athletic body of the Tissot T- He went on to win that race for the sixth consecu- Race Limited Edition 2018. A case encircled by a fibre glass tive time. Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso, the winner in ring, pushers engraved with start and go and tyre tread Malaysia in 2016 and 2017, could only manage sixth marks all succinctly depict the speed and adrenaline of the but retains second place in the overall standings, with race track, while a brake-disc bezel and bracelet that Rossi’s crash leaving the Italian in third with one race resembles the racers’ suits conjure up the atmosphere of remaining. race day. Marc Marquez’s silk-printed logo is proudly dis- Conditions were dry after organisers shifted the played on the glass case back making this limited edition, MotoGP two hours earlier following a delay to with only 4999 pieces available, very special indeed. Saturday’s qualifying session caused by a tropical Presented in a stylish helmet presentation box inspired by downpour. However many riders struggled in the the design of Marc Marquez’s racing helmet, it will make a soaring temperatures.—AFP significant collector’s item for race fans everywhere.