SPORTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 , 2013

Spinners level series for SCOREBOARD

DUBAI: Complete scoreboard of the second and final : Slow bowlers and JP Duminy spun South Africa to a series-leveling and 92- victory over Test between and South Africa at Dubai Pakistan on day four of the second test in Dubai yesterday. stadium yesterday: Tahir (three for 98) and Duminy (three for 67) were the cen- tral figures for the world’s top test team, whose much-vaunt- Pakistan 1st innings 99 ( 25; Imran ed pace attack was made to look impotent with the Tahir 5-32, D. Steyn 3-38) offering very little in the way of pace and bounce. With the series squared 1-1, South Africa have now com- South Africa 1st innings 517 (G. Smith 234, AB de pleted 11 away series without defeat, their last loss coming Villiers 164: Saeed Ajmal in in 2006. “The first test we were outplayed, we needed to respond and all credit to the guys for the way 6-151, Mohammad Irfan 3-102) they played in this game. It was an outstanding four days for us, to respond in these conditions,” South Africa Pakistan 2nd innings (overnight 132-4) said. “We pride ourselves on winning series, lbw b Steyn 0 we haven’t done that now, we would have loved another test Khurram Manzoor c Kallis b Philander 0 match, but we will move on to hopefully bigger things in the lbw b Duminy 19 future.” b Tahir 36 , who hit a career-best 130 to stall the South Misbah-ul Haq c Kallis b Elgar 88 African victory charge, was the last wicket to fall when he was by AB de Villiers off the of Duminy. He Asad Shafiq st De Villiers b Duminy 130 had put on 197 for the fifth wicket with skipper Misbah-ul- Adnan Akmal lbw b Tahir 5 Haq (88) that frustrated the Proteas until an hour after lunch. Saeed Ajmal lbw b Tahir 9 Pakistan were eventually bowled out for 326 in their second Mohammad Irfan b Duminy 14 innings, a vast improvement on the woeful 99 they managed 2 on day one, but which still 92 runs shy of South Africa’s 517. Zulfiqar Babar retired hurt - Resuming day four on 132-4, Pakistan batted just shy of 54 Extras: (b10, lb15, nb2, w1 pen-5) 23 overs in the day before losing their fifth wicket. Misbah had looked comfortable at the crease but Total: (all out; 135.1 overs) 326 Fall of : 1-0 (Masood), 2-2 (Manzoor), 3-48 (Ali), appeared to lose concentration when he fell to part-time DUBAI: Batsman Saeed Ajmal (right) of Pakistan plays a shot during the fourth day of the second match 4-70 (Younis), 5-267 (Misbah), 6-278 (Akmal), 7-301 spinner , who picked up a first test wicket when between Pakistan and South Africa in Dubai yesterday. — AFP the Pakistan skipper was at slip by . (Ajmal), 8-323 (Irfan), 9-326 (Shafiq) Adnan Akmal (5) and Saeed Ajmal (9) were both lbw victims BIG ROLE skittled for 99 on a pitch that had runs in it. “We should have Bowling: Steyn 22-9-48-1, Philander 19-7-34-1 (nb1, for Tahir, the former not offering a shot and the latter unable Pakistan-born Tahir, who was recalled to the side after scored at least 200 plus, then it might have been a different sto- w1), Morkel 22-7-47-0 (nb1), Tahir 42-14-98-3, Kallis 7- to pick the quicker on off-stump. Mohammad Irfan almost a year out, finished with match figures of eight for 130. ry,” the Pakistan captain said. AB de Villiers was named man of 3-9-0, Duminy 21.1-3-67-3, Elgar 2-0-3-1 “Tahir played a big role for us, I know coming back after the series after scoring 273 runs at an average of 91. The teams (14) was bowled by Duminy and Shafiq was stumped by De : South Africa won by an innings and 92 runs. Villiers after a wild slog off a Duminy delivery. Zulfiqar Babar Adelaide there was a lot of pressure on him,” Smith said. Misbah will play a five-match one-day international series starting on did not bat because of a hand injury. said the test was lost on the opening day when his side were Wednesday, followed by two Twenty20 games. — Reuters

Du Plessis gets Islanders edge Penguins away with 50 PITTSBURGH: Josh Bailey’s goal with 1:40 left capped the NHL results/standings Islanders’ furious third-period rally, and New York edged the percent fine Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Friday night. Bailey took a feed from Frans Nielsen in front of the net and beat goalie Jeff NY Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3; Columbus 5, Toronto 2; Zatkoff for his fourth goal of the season. The Islanders scored DUBAI: South Africa’s yesterday Anaheim 2, Ottawa 1; Buffalo 3, Florida 1; Vancouver 3, three times in the final 7:14 and erased deficits of 2-1 and 3-2. escaped with only a fine of 50 percent of his St. Louis 2 (OT); Colorado 4, Carolina 2. Nielsen, Matt Moulson and Pierre-Marc Bouchard also scored match fee for during the second for New York, and defenseman Radek Martinek had two assists cricket test against Pakistan. Du Plessis was seen Western Conference in his season debut. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 39 shots. on television Friday evening rubbing the ball on Pacific Division Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby scored his eighth goal of the sea- the zipper of his trouser pocket and the on field WLOTLGFGAPTS son and now has an NHL-high 18 points. Jussi Jokinen and umpires called up captain Graeme Smith, San Jose 8 1 1 41 18 17 Deryk Engelland also beat Nabokov but couldn’t stop the changed the ball and awarded Pakistan 5 penal- Vancouver 8 4 1 38 37 17 Penguins from losing their second straight. Zatkoff, playing in ty runs. Anaheim 8 3 0 35 28 16 his second NHL game, made 21 saves. Du Plessis was spotted by TV Paul Phoenix 6 3 2 35 35 14 Reiffel from Australia, who informed the on-field Los Angeles 7 4 0 33 29 14 BLUE JACKETS 5, MAPLE LEAFS 2 Marian Gaborik scored the go-ahead goal early in the third umpires to take necessary action against the Calgary 4 4 2 29 37 10 period, and Sergei Bobrovsky made it stand up to lead player. The onfield umpires, Ian Gould and Rod Edmonton 3 7 1 31 43 7 Columbus over Toronto. Bobrovsky, last season’s Vezina Trophy Tucker, reported the incident to match referee winner as the NHL’s top goalie, had 23 saves. Brandon David Boon soon after the third day’s play and Central Division Dubinsky added a short-handed goal, Nick Foligno also du Plessis was summoned for the hearing. Colorado 9 1 0 32 14 18 scored, Ryan Johansen had an empty-netter, and rookie “After discussions with Mr du Plessis ... this Chicago 6 1 3 31 27 15 defenseman Ryan Murray notched his first career goal for the was not part of a deliberate and/or prolonged Nashville 6 4 1 22 26 13 Blue Jackets, who have won three in a row since losing four attempt to unfairly manipulate the condition of Minnesota 5 3 3 24 23 13 straight. Dubinsky and Foligno each also had an assist. Phil the ball,” Boon said in a statement as he handed St. Louis 5 1 2 29 22 12 Kessel and Dave Bolland had goals for the Maple Leafs, who the fine to du Plessis before the start of fourth Winnipeg 4 5 2 28 33 10 made only their fifth trip to Columbus in the Blue Jackets’ 13 day’s play. “The imposition of a fine of 50 percent Dallas 4 5 0 25 29 8 seasons. It was the first time the Blue Jackets scored more of his match fee is appropriate considering the than four goals in a game this season. circumstances.” Du Plessis is the first South Eastern Conference ST LOUIS: St Louis Blues’ TJ Oshie (74) slides under SABRES 3, PANTHERS 1 African to be charged for ball tampering, but for- Atlantic Division Vancouver Canucks’ Zack Kassian (9) during the Steve Ott scored the go-ahead goal, Jhonas Enroth made mer Pakistan players criticized the ICC for show- Boston 7 2 0 27 13 14 third period of an NHL hockey game on Friday, Oct 44 saves, and Buffalo topped Florida to snap a three-game los- 25, 2013. — AP ing leniency to the South Africa’s 29-year-old Toronto 7 4 0 36 29 14 ing streak and win for just the second time in 12 games. batsman. Detroit 6 4 1 25 30 13 Rasmus Ristolainen and Cody Hodgson also scored for Buffalo. overtime during a power play to lift Vancouver over St Louis. “ICC can’t do justice on merit, it doesn’t have Tampa Bay 6 3 0 32 26 12 The Sabres went ahead 2-1 at 12:42 of the third on Ott’s goal. With Patrik Berglund off for hooking, Vancouver took advan- any guts to do so,” former test fast bowler Shoaib Montreal 6 4 0 33 20 12 Christian Ehrhoff took a shot from the point, and Ott tipped it tage of the 4-on-3 power play when Kesler got control of the Akhtar told Geo Television. In 2003, Akhtar was Ottawa 4 4 2 28 27 10 past Jacob Markstrom. Hodgson scored an empty-net goal puck down low in the slot and swatted it past goalie Jaroslav fined 75 percent of his match fee and was also Florida 3 7 1 23 38 7 with 47 seconds left. Jesse Winchester scored for Florida, and Halak. Backup goalie Eddie Lack made 22 saves for the banned for two one-day internationals for ball Buffalo 2 9 1 18 34 5 Markstrom stopped 18 shots. Florida lost for the fifth time in Canucks, who went 5-1-1 on their seven-game road trip. Chris tampering during the tri-series in Sri Lanka in six games despite taking a season-high 45 shots. The Higgins had Vancouver’s other goal, and Mike Santorelli 2003. “It’s fine if he (du Plessis) got away with Metropolitan Division Panthers outshot the Sabres 18-4 in the first period, and led in added two assists. Alexander Steen had a goal and an assist such a punishment, but if in the future any play- Pittsburgh 7 3 0 34 24 14 shots 34-14 through 40 minutes. for St. Louis, and Vladimir Sobotka also scored. er is involved in rubbing the ball over a zip ... NY Islanders 4 3 3 33 31 11 DUCKS 2, SENATORS 1 AVALANCHE 4, HURRICANES 2 please do hand him a similar punishment and Carolina 4 4 3 25 33 11 Columbus 5 5 0 28 25 10 Ryan Getzlaf scored the winning goal, Frederik Andersen Matt Duchene scored two goals and had an assist, and not more than that.” made 26 saves, and Anaheim beat Ottawa for its first victory Washington 5 5 0 30 30 10 Colorado extended its strong start by beating Carolina. Erik Former captain Rashid Latif said du Plessis on an eight-game road trip. Patrick Maroon also scored for the Johnson and Alex Tanguay also scored for the Avalanche (9- New Jersey 1 5 4 20 33 6 should have been banned for a longer period Ducks, who are three games into the trip. Mika Zibanejad net- 1), who topped the Hurricanes at home for the ninth and captain Graeme Smith should also have NY Rangers 2 6 0 12 31 4 ted the Senators’ goal, and Craig Anderson stopped 26 shots. straight time. Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves in the win. been punished. “The punishment is very lenient. Philadelphia 2 7 0 13 25 4 Anaheim was coming off a 4-1 loss to the Montreal on Carolina, which got goals from Drayson Bowman and Andrej I think Faf should have been banned for six Thursday. The Senators’ best period was the third, but Sekera, came into the game scrambling at the goalie posi- months and plus the captain of the team should Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in Andersen stopped all 12 shots he faced. tion. Justin Peters, recalled from Charlotte of the AHL earlier be held responsible and punished,” he said. “I am the standings and are not included in the loss col- this month, made his first start of the season because of surprised. ... They ban a captain on a minor umn (L). CANUCKS 3, BLUES 2, OT injuries to the Hurricanes’ top two goalies and stopped 30 offense for slow over rate but for a crime shown Ryan Kesler scored his second goal of the game at 4:45 of shots. — AP on television in front of the whole world, you get a punishment of only 50 percent of the match fee.” Lakers end preseason It’s also only the second time in the history of test cricket that 5 penalty runs were awarded to with a win over Jazz any team for ball tampering. Pakistan was at the receiving end during test in 2006, the ANAHEIM: Steve Blake scored 13 2:27 left in the second quarter. last and only time a team was penalized five runs of his 19 points in the third quar- But the Lakers opened the third for ball tampering in a test match. Then Pakistan ter, Pau Gasol and Nick Young each with a 20-6 run that put them captain Inzamam-ul-Haq reacted strongly and had 16, and the Los Angeles Lakers ahead 71-59, and they increased decided not to continue the test in protest. beat the Utah Jazz 111-106 Friday the margin to 88-73 on Blake’s 3- Australia umpire reacted by award- night in the preseason finale for pointer with 8.4 seconds left in the ing the game to - the only forfeit in the both teams. Gordon Hayward led quarter. The Lakers finished the history of test cricket. Utah with 18 points and seven preseason 4-4. It was their first This month, the ICC amended its laws regard- rebounds, and Alec Burks had 18 training camp under coach Mike ing the condition of balls, saying “if a player off the bench. Rudy Gobert got 12 D’Antoni, who was hired five responsible can be identified” the ball will be of his 16 points in the fourth quar- games into last season after the ter to help the Jazz keep it close. A team started out 1-4 under Mike changed, a five-run penalty will be awarded, and moment of silence was observed Brown. The Lakers open the regu- the player responsible will be reported. Vice-cap- at Honda Center for Hall of Famer lar season Tuesday night against tain AB de Villiers had defended his teammate Bill Sharman, who coached the the Clippers, who won all four yesterday and said his team doesn’t cheat. Lakers to their first NBA champi- meetings last season. “Honestly, we’re not the team that scratches the onship in Los Angeles in 1971-72 - Utah will host Oklahoma City in ball,” de Villiers said. “We don’t cheat, it’s as sim- when they won a franchise-record its opener on Wednesday night ple as that. I know Faffy very well, he’s the last 69 games and a league-record 33 after finishing its exhibition sched- man to try anything like that.” in a row. ule a league-worst 1-7. “I’m look- Pakistan’s was the first interna- Sharman died Friday at age 87 ing forward to it,” coach Tyrone tional player to receive a sanction for ball tam- after suffering a stroke last Corbin said. “We’ve made some pering when in 2000 he was fined 50 per cent of Saturday. He had been a special great strides in the exhibition sea- his match fee and suspended from a one-day consultant with the organization son. We’re starting over in some international. All-rounders Azhar Mahmmod and for the previous 23 seasons. ways, so performance and consis- are the other Pakistanis who were Trailing by 15 points after three, tency is going to be a key for us, the Jazz got as close as 100-96 on along with how we’re going to fined and suspended for the offence. The other Lester Hudson’s 3-pointer with perform in certain situations. “It’s international players who have been handed 5:41 remaining. Hayward led Utah going to be different and there’s fines, suspensions or both include India’s Rahul to a 53-51 halftime lead with 16 going to be a lot of adjustments, Dravid and and England’s points, eight of them at the end of so we have to make sure we stay .— AP CALIFORNIA: Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (right) dunks over Los Angeles Lakers center Jordan Hill a 19-2 run that turned an 11-point on top of it and keep ourselves during the second half of a preseason NBA basketball game in Anaheim. — AP deficit into a 48-42 advantage with growing as much as we can.”— AP