14 Sunday, November 24, 2019 Sports Day/Night Test at Pak slide to 64-3 after massive Labuschagne, India on brink of Warner tons at Gabba AFP big win vs Bangla Brisbane () Australia look certain to take a 1-0 lead in their series Kohli slams 27th century; grabs four in 2nd essay against Pakistan after domi- nating with both bat and ball AFP on day three of the first Test in Kolkata Brisbane on Saturday. Big centuries to Marnus A sparkling century by Virat Labuschagne (185) and David Kohli and Ishant Sharma’s Warner (154) helped Australia four wickets put India on the to a first innings total of 580 in cusp of a big win over Bang- reply to Pakistan’s 240. ladesh on just the second day At stumps Pakistan were in of their maiden day-night Test big trouble on 64 for three, still on Saturday. needing 276 runs to make Aus- Tourists Bangladesh were tralia bat again. 152 for six at stumps in their Shan Masood was second innings, still needing 89 27 and was 20 at runs to avoid an innings defeat the close. in the Kolkata pink ball Test. Mitchell Starc did the early Kohli made 136 as India, damage for the Australians in who lead the two-match series the final hour of the day’s play, 1-0, declared their innings on trapping Azhar Ali leg Australia’s batsman Marnus Labuschagne (left) greets David Warner 347 for nine and then Ishant before for five. for his 150 runs on day two of the first Test match against rattled the Bangladesh . He then enticed Haris So- Pakistan at the Gabba in Brisbane on Saturday. (AFP) “Batting under lights was hail to waft at a ball well out- difficult. When I batted yes- side off stump, only to get a terday, even when I saw on TV thick edge to Australian wick- Scoreboard what was happening I think etkeeper . Pakistan (1st innings): 240 7-546 (Labuschagne), 8-559 (Starc), 9-567 first session is slightly easier was next to fall, Australia (1st innings, overnight 312-1) (Cummins), 10-580 (Hazlewood). D. Warner c Rizwan b Shah ...... 154 : Afridi 34-7-96-2 (2nb), Imran 24-3-73-1, to bat,” said Indian batsman edging Pat Cummins to second J. Burns b Yasir ...... 97 Naseem 20-1-68-1 (1w), Iftikhar 12-0-53-0, Yasir Cheteshwar Pujara, who made India captain (2nd left) with (left), Ishant Sharma (second right) and slip where took a M. Labuschagne c Azam b Afridi ...... 185 48-4-1-205-4, Sohail 19-1-75-2 55 on day one. on the second day of the second Test against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. (AFP) comfortable catch. S. Smith b Yasir ...... 4 Pakistan (2nd innings): “When there are lights the Labuschagne had earlier M. Wade c Rizwan b Sohail ...... 60 Shan Masood not out ...... 27 ball start swinging more and helmet but the batsman went scored a magnificent maiden T. Head c Rizwan b Sohail ...... 24 Azhar Ali lbw Starc ...... 5 Scoreboard T. Paine c Shafiq b Afridi ...... 13 c Paine b Starc ...... 8 it is a bit challenging. During on to complete his innings. Test century in front of his P. Cummins c Rizwan b Imran ...... 7 Asad Shafiq c Smith b Cummins ...... 0 sunlight it is easier to see the Bangladesh (1st innings): 106 Bangladesh were forced to home crowd at the Gabba. M. Starc lbw Yasir ...... 5 Babar Azam not out ...... 20 ball red or pink.” India (1st innings (overnight 174-3) Bangladesh (2nd innings): take two concussion substi- The 25-year-old made his- N. Lyon not out ...... 13 Extras (lb3, nb1) ...... 4 M. Agarwal c Mehidy b Al-Amin 14 Shadman Islam lbw b Ishant 0 J. Hazlewood lbw Yasir ...... 5 Total (for 3 wickets; 17 overs) ...... 64 Ishant struck early to leave R. Sharma lbw b Ebadat 21 c Kohli b Ishant 5 tutes in and Ta- tory during the Ashes series Extras (b6, lb4, nb3) ...... 13 Fall of wkts: 1-13 (Azhar), 2-25 (Sohail), 3-25 (Shafiq) Bangladesh tottering at 13 for C. Pujara b Ebadat 55 Mominul Haque c Saha b Ishant 0 ijul for and Nayeem earlier this year when he was Total (157.4 overs) 580 Bowling: Starc 4-0-25-2 (1nb), Cummins 5-1-16-1, four before V. Kohli c Taijul b Ebadat 136 Mohammad Mithun c Shami b Yadav 6 Hasan who were hit on the hel- brought into the second Test as Fall of wickets: 1-222 (Burns), 2-351 (Warner), 3-358 Hazlewood 6-1-16-1, Lyon 2-1-4-0. made an unbeaten 59 to take A. Rahane c Ebadat b Taijul 51 Mushfiqur Rahim not out 59 met by Shami on day one. a concussion replacement for (Smith), 4-468 (Wade), 5-506 (Head), 6-545 (Paine), Toss: Pakistan. R. Jadeja b Abu 12 retired hurt 39 the five-day match to day three. W. Saha not out 17 Mehidy Hasan c Kohli b Ishant 15 Earlier Kohli aced the pink Steve Smith, who had been hit Mushfiqur and Mah- R. Ashwin lbw b Al-Amin 9 c Rahane b Yadav 11 ball Test as he completed his in the head by a Jofra Archer runs to his overnight score of replace Warner. mudullah, who retired hurt U. Yadav c Shadman b Abu 0 Extras (b8, lb4, w5) 17 27th century before falling to a bouncer. 151 when he became 16-year- But after hitting a boundary on 39 with a hamstring strain, I. Sharma lbw b Al-Amin 0 Total (6 wickets, 32.3 overs) 152 stunning catch by Taijul. It was the first time a con- old Naseem’s first scalp. off Yasir Shah, the leg-spinner M. Shami not out 10 To bat: , Al-Amin Hossain, Ebadat Hossain put on 69 runs for the fifth Extras (b12, lb2, w8) 22 Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Shadman), 2-2 (Mominul), 3-9 Left-arm spinner Taijul cussion replacement had been Naseem, whose pace has then clean bowled Smith, the to offer some resistence Total (9 wickets decl, 89.4 overs) 347 (Mithun), 4-13 (Imrul), 5-133 (Mehidy) made it count with a wicket used in since the been impressive during this seventh time in six Test match- against a persistent Indian Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Agarwal), 2-43 (Rohit), 3-137 Bowling: Ishant 9-1-39-4, Yadav 10.3-0-40-2, Shami of for 51 and new law was introduced. Test, eventually claimed Warn- es that Yasir has dismissed the pace attack. (Pujara), 4-236 (Rahane), 5-289 (Jadeja), 6-308 8-0-42-0 (w5), Ashwin 5-0-19-0. then took a diving catch at fine Labuschagne scored four er when the nuggety opener was Australian number four. (Kohli), 7-329 (Ashwin), 8-330 (Yadav), 9-331 (Ishant) Toss: Bangladesh Mushfiqur stayed on to Bowling: Al-Amin 22.4-3-85-3 (w5), Abu 21-6-77-2, leg to send back Kohli off pace- 50s in that series but had been unable to avoid a short pitched Labuschagne and Mat- complete his second half- Ebadat 21-3-91-3 (w3), Taijul 25-2-80-1. man Ebadat Hossain. unable to convert any of those ball and edged it to wicketkeep- thew Wade shared in a 110- century of the series with India lost a few quick wick- until his near chanceless in- er Mohammad Rizwan, to leave run partnership before Wade concussion substitute Taijul calls in his favour. ets, but Wriddhiman Saha and nings on Saturday. the Australians 351 for two. But was well caught by Rizwan for Islam losing his wicket for 11 After India’s declaration Hits and misses Shami knocked a few bounda- that was the last hurrah from 60 off Sohail. to paceman Umesh Yadav and in the second session, Ishant ries and a six by the last man Shah’s first success Naseem, who appeared to be The Pakistan bowlers toiled umpires called for end of play. trapped Shadman Islam lbw The pace spearhead, who in pulverised the Bangladesh Earlier, teenage pace sensa- injured and only bowled four hard throughout and were re- Mushfiqur survived two for nought and then claimed claimed five wickets in the first bowlers. tion Naseem Shah claimed his overs in the day. warded when they took the last leg before wicket decisions skipper Mominul Haque for innings, bowled at a lively pace Pacemen Al-Amin Hossain first Test wicket when he had The Pakistanis’ hearts five Australian wickets for 35 that went against him but he a second zero in the same as one of his rising deliveries and Ebadat took three wickets Warner caught behind for 154. must have sunk when they saw runs, with Yasir (4-205) and successfully reviewed both the match. hit Mohammad Mithun on the each. Warner only added three Smith striding to the crease to Shaheen Afridi (2-96) the pick.

Qatar to take on Bahrain in GCC basketball today Gritty Watling puts Kiwis ahead of England at Mount Maunganui AFP from a precarious situation and Mount Maunganui notch his eighth Test century. Scoreboard Much of it was in part- England (1st innings): 353 A gritty BJ Watling, New Zea- nership with Colin de Grand- New Zealand (1st innings, overnight 144-4): J. Raval c Denly b Leach 19 land’s go-to man when the homme in a 119-run stand for T. Latham lbw Curran 8 chips are down, produced an the 6th wkt and followed by an K. Williamson c Stokes b Curran 51 unbeaten 119 to put the Black unbroken 78 with Mitchell Sant- R. Taylor c Pope b Stokes 25 Caps ahead of England in the ner (31 not out) at stumps. H. Nicholls lbw Root 41 B. Watling batting 119 first innings of the opening Test When de Grandhomme C. de Grandhomme c Sibley b Stokes 65 on Saturday. joined Watling New Zealand M. Santner batting 31 At stumps on day three in were 197 for five, with all their Extras: (b22, lb4, w7, nb2) 35 Mount Maunganui, New Zea- recognised batsmen gone and Total: (For six wickets, 141 overs) 394 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Latham), 2-72 (Raval), 3-106 land were 394 for six to lead England’s 353 looking a long (Taylor), 4-127 (Williamson), 5-197 (Nichols), 6-316 England by 41. The 34-year-old way off. The dismissal of Henry (de Grandhomme). Watling, with a reputation for Nicholls for 41 had the tourists To bat: T. Southee, N. Wagner, T. Boult producing his best when the feeling they were heading for a Bowling: Broad 25-10-45-0, Archer 30-8-84-0 (5w, 1nb), Curran 23-6-74-2, Leach 37-6-97-1, Stokes Five-time winners and defending champion Qatar will face Bahrain in their opening match of the GCC basketball in Kuwait on Sunday. Five teams going is tough, has toiled under comfortable first innings lead, 16-4-37-2 (w2, 1nb), Root 10-2-31-1. area in the fray with hosts Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates being other participants. The event began on Saturday with a match a blazing sun for almost seven but Watling patiently chipped Toss: England. between UAE and Bahrain and it was followed by a clash featuring hosts Kuwait against Saudi Arabia. The final is scheduled on December 1. hours to rescue New Zealand away at the deficit. Ladin stars with the ball for PISQ in U19 schools cricket final

Tribune News Network but Usman and Taha steered DOHA their team out of trouble and took the score to 125 when the Pakistan International latter was dismissed for 39, in- School Qatar (PISQ) emerged cluding five boundaries. the champions of the Qatar From other end, the wick- Under-19 Schools Cricket Championship, overcoming Mohammad Ladin claimed the challenge of Pak Shamaa four wickets for seven School in the final onS aturday. At the Asian Town Stadium runs to seal a splendid win in Industrial Area, PISQ, asked for Pakistan International Muhammad Laid of Pakistan to set the target by the rivals, School Qatar. International School Qatar. posted a fighting 158 for eight Players of PISQ celebrate after the prize distribution on Saturday. in 30 overs, thanks to a fine ets kept falling, Usman howev- company of Ibrahim, collect- third-wicket stand shared by er dug in and ensured his team ing 50 runs for the sixth wick- Qatar Rugby, Hockey Islam, Hassan Raza, Amjad unbeaten Usman, who cracked get past the 150-mark. et. Mustafa provided the cru- and Cricket Association PR Baig, Asif Raza, Mohammad 50 off 46 balls, and Taha. Usman’s half-century in 46 cial breakthrough, removing Director Issa al Yacoub was Nasim, Shakeel, umpires Anil Pak Shamaa School looked balls contained a six and four Ibrahim for seven off 29 balls. the chief guest at the closing Perera, Adrian Glen and scor- like coming across the finish boundaries. Akmal picked Ladin later struck four ceremony and gave away the er Fahad Nadeem. line but they were restricted three wickets for 21 and Bis- times, with three of his wick- awards. Muhammad Ladin scores: PISQ: 158 for eight in 30 overs at 150 with Man of the Match millah had two for 28. ets coming off just two runs, was adjudged the man of the (Muhammad Ladin 15, Taha 39, Usman 50 Muhammad Ladin taking four During the chase, Pak and sealed the splendid vic- match for his 15 runs and four not out; Bismillah 2/28, Akmal 3/21) beat wickets for just seven runs in Shamaa were reeling after los- tory for his team, despite the wickets. Also present on the Pak Shamaa School: 150 all out in 24 overs QRHCA PR Director Issa al Yacoub giving away the prizes of the Qatar his thrilling two-over spell. ing half the side for 62. Khalid rivals benefitting hugely from occasion were QCA officials (Afsarullah 19, Khalid 51 not out; Mustafa Under-19 school boys cricket final at the Asian Town Stadium in PISQ lost two early wickets defied the PISQ bowlers in 59 extra runs. Gul Khan Jadoon, Amin-Ul 3/20, Muhammad Ladin 4/7) by 8 runs. Industrial Area on Saturday.