MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 SPORTS Ahli United Bank defeat CBK AUB Trophy launched KUWAIT: Kuwait Cricket added anoth- lapsed to some fiery hostile spell from er feather to its cap as Mahmoud Nabil Ghafoor, the AUB opening Bastaki, Vice Chairman of Kuwait Banks bowler who ripped the top order bat- Club along with Asad Baig and other ting line up of CBK. It was left for Kuwait Cricket Council members inau- Abbas the stocky middle order CBK gurated the Ahli United Bank trophy batsman to fight a lone battle to for Bank teams affiliated to Kuwait restore some pride to the CBK total as Banks Club in a blistering opening cer- he contributed a fine 29 runs which emony amidst many cricket loving fans had five well timed boundaries. Nabeel at the Sulaibiya cricket ground on Feb Ghafoor was the most successful AUB 22, 2014. bowler bagging 4-10 in his bowling Sponsored by Ahli United Bank, the spell. main sponsor, Bastaki affirmed the AUB openers batted confidently and support of Kuwait Banks Club to pro- posted 45 runs on board for the first mote cricket as well as many other wicket in just 6 overs and were racing sports for bank teams and assured his quite smoothly towards their victory continuous support to Kuwait Cricket target. It was at this stage that CBK in organizing cricket tournaments in skipper Shahdab introduced Abbas future. The opening ceremony was from the police station end which attended by Kuwait Council members, transformed the game dramatically. Riaz Choudhary, Mehboob Khan, Using the seam effectively, Abbas Amanullah Palekar, Iqbal Rajpurkar maintained a tight length and in his 4 and Murali Kutticode. over spell accounted for the downfall The first match of the tournament of 5 AUB batsmen. It was the experi- PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa’s bowler Dean Elgar (center) celebrates with teammates after taking the winning wicket as Australia’s batsman was played between Ahli United Bank enced Mahmoud Bastaki who strolled Nathan Lyon (right) watches on the fourth day of their second cricket Test match. —AP and Commercial Bank of Kuwait, the in to steady the AUB batting and saw new entrants in KBC League. The well- his team through in the tensed match. oiled CBK team gave a tough time for Nabeel Ghafoor was rightly named Australia collapse sees their seasoned opponents and never Player of the match and Abbas was looked as if they were having a debut presented with a special award for his tournament. In a tensed battle, AUB excellent all round performance. South Africa level series had to take out all their experience to Murali Kutticode, Director, Junior & pull out a 4 wicket victory. Corporate Cricket thanked the sponsor Commercial Bank batting first and all those who extended their sup- PORT ELIZABETH: South Africa took nine wick- Rogers, who scored only ten runs in his first With the umpires having looked at their light scored 95 runs as their batting col- port to Kuwait Cricket. ets after tea to level their three match series three innings of the series, looked in good touch meters, South Africa used spin from both ends against Australia on the fourth day of the second from the start of his innings, taking advantage of and left-armer Dean Elgar finished the match Test at St George’s Park yesterday. some over-pitched deliveries early on and when Lyon was given out leg before. There were Set to make 448 to win, Australia were almost keeping pace with Warner during what a maximum of 14 balls remaining in the day — bowled out for 216 after South Africa claimed was easily the most productive opening partner- and a forecast of rain for today. the extra half hour with Australia seven down at ship by either side during the series. Rogers South Africa were without injured left-arm the scheduled close. reached his fifty off 95 balls. fast-medium bowler Wayne Parnell but captain South Africa took four top order wickets for He could have been out in the last over Graeme Smith juggled his bowlers well and four runs shortly after tea to swing the game in before tea. On 69, he prodded at a ball from made good use of his part-time spin bowlers. their favor. Fast bowler Dale Steyn took four of Steyn, who appealed loudly as it went through Hashim Amla completed his 21st Test century the wickets that fell after tea to finish with four to wicketkeeper AB de Villiers. - and his fifth against Australia - and finished on for 55. Umpire Kumar Dharmasena gave Rogers not 127 not out when Smith declared at 270 for five. Chris Rogers and David Warner put on 126 for out and the slips cordon led by captain Graeme South Africa added 78 runs in 17 overs on the first wicket, scoring at more than four runs Smith were uncertain and did not seek a review. Sunday. Quinton de Kock (34) was the only bats- an over and Rogers then fought a lone battle Replays showed the ball probably clipped the man dismissed. before being ninth man out, run out for 107. toe end of the bat. Ryan Harris was leg before to Amla, who was 93 not out overnight, hit 16 Part-time off-spinner JP Duminy made the Steyn in the first of the extra overs and Rogers boundaries in a 176-ball innings. His tally of five breakthrough when he trapped Warner leg was then out to a direct hit from mid-off by sub- hundreds against Australia equalled a South before wicket for a sparkling 66, made off 73 stitute fielder Alviro Petersen, trying to keep the African record shared by Eddie Barlow, Graeme balls. The scoring rate slowed but Australia still strike. Pollock, Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers. —AFP looked comfortable at 141 for one at tea. Alex Doolan struggled for more than an hour, scoring only five runs off 43 balls before he was SCOREBOARD Victorious AUB Team caught at first slip off Morne Morkel. Shaun Marsh, who made 148 and 44 in the PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa: Final scores on the fourth day of the second Test between South Africa and Australia at St George’s Park yesterday. first Test in Centurion, was out first ball, trapped in front by a full delivery from Vernon Philander. South Africa, first innings, 423 D. Warner lbw b Duminy 66 Asia Cup 2014 live It completed a “pair” for the left-hander, who Australia, first innings, 246 A. Doolan c Smith b Morkel 5 faced only two balls in the first innings. Steyn South Africa, second innings (overnight 192-4) S. Marsh lbw b Philander 0 claimed the key wicket of Australian captain G. Smith b Johnson 14 M. Clarke c Du Plessis b Steyn 1 and exclusive on OSN D. Elgar c Haddin b Siddle 16 S. Smith lbw b Steyn 0 Michael Clarke, who edged a catch low to sec- H. Amla not out 127 ond slip, where Faf du Plessis held a good catch, B. Haddin b Steyn 1 F. du Plessis c Haddin b Siddle 24 M. Johnson lbw b Philander 6 tumbling to his right. A. de Villiers c Haddin b Johnson 29 DUBAI: Cricket fans across the region The Asia Cup will set the stage for one R. Harris lbw b Steyn 6 Steyn, who was gaining reverse swing, had Q. de Kock c Clarke b Lyon 34 can look forward to back to back tourna- of the biggest cricket events, the 2014 P. Siddle not out 3 Steve Smith leg before with a full delivery which J. Duminy not out 18 ments starting tomorrow with live and ICC World Twenty20 which will also be N. Lyon lbw b Elgar 0 swung in to the right-hander. Ten runs later Extras (b2, lb6) 8 exclusive coverage of the Asia Cup on live and exclusive on OSN. We have Extras (b2, lb17, w2) 21 Steyn’s fast reverse swing sent Brad Haddin’s Total (5 wkts dec, 64 overs) 270 OSN Sports Cricket HD. exciting plans for the world cup which Total (73.4 overs) 216 middle stump flying. Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Smith), 2-42 (Elgar), 3-112 (Du The Asia Cup will see a total of 11 will be announced soon.” Fall of wickets: 1-126, 2-152 (Doolan), 3-153 (Marsh), Mitchell Johnson stayed long enough to see Plessis), 4-167 (De Villiers), 5-231 (De Kock) matches played in Bangladesh with the As the undisputed home of cricket, Bowling: Johnson 15-1-51-2, Harris 13-1-74-0, Lyon 4-156 (Clarke), 5-156 (Clarke), 6-166 (Haddin), 7-197 Rogers to his century but became a fourth lbw opening game tomorrow and the final OSN Sports Cricket HD offers cricket fans 17-2-48-1, Siddle 19-2-89-2 (Johnson), 8-209 (Harris), 9-214 (Rogers) victim. Philander’s appeal was turned down by Bowling: Steyn 20-5-55-4 (2w), Philander 17-3-39-2, on March 8, 2014. The tournament will across the region thousands of hours of umpire Richard Illingworth but South Africa feature one day internationals played live international cricket in true high def- Australia, second innings Morkel 15-6-46-1, Duminy 14-3-33-1, Elgar 7.4-0-24-1 sought a review which showed the ball was hit- C. Rogers run out (sub - Petersen) 107 Result: South Africa won by 231 runs. between leading Asian countries - inition. This year, OSN cricket fans can ting leg stump. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Sri look forward to the hugely popular Lanka and Pakistan, at the Khan Shaheb Indian Premier League, ICC World Osman Ali Stadium, in Fatullah.