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SPORTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 , 2013 Spinners level series for South Africa SCOREBOARD DUBAI: Complete scoreboard of the second and final DUBAI: Slow bowlers Imran Tahir and JP Duminy spun South Africa to a series-leveling innings and 92-run victory over Test between Pakistan and South Africa at Dubai Pakistan on day four of the second test in Dubai yesterday. cricket 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 (Zulfiqar Babar 25; Imran ed pace attack was made to look impotent with the wicket 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 Sri Lanka 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 captain Pakistan 2nd innings (overnight 132-4) Graeme Smith said. “We pride ourselves on winning series, Shan Masood 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 Azhar Ali lbw b Duminy 19 future.” Younis Khan b Tahir 36 Asad Shafiq, 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 stumped by AB de Villiers off the bowling 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 Junaid Khan not out 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 wickets: 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 Test cricket match 4-70 (Younis), 5-267 (Misbah), 6-278 (Akmal), 7-301 spinner Dean Elgar, who picked up a first test wicket when between Pakistan and South Africa in Dubai yesterday. — AFP the Pakistan skipper was caught at slip by Jacques Kallis. (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 delivery 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 Result: 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 Faf du Plessis 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 ball tampering 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 umpire 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.