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P18 Layout 1 SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2014 SPORTS Banned Malik and Aamir back prison terms for match-fixers KARACHI: Pakistan’s banned cricketers, Salim hard going without cricket for all these years. Malik and Muhammad Aamir have backed “But I think more anti-corruption steps are moves by New Zealand’s government to required to clean up the sport,” he said. Aamir enforce prison sentences for players found also adviced the PCB to set up a committee guilty of spot or match fixing. of senior players who could guide young Malik, who is serving a life ban for match players at domestic and international level fixing and Aamir who is in the fourth year of and educate them about the pitfalls of mod- a five year ban for spot fixing, said prison ern day cricket. terms would help curb the menace of cor- The chief operating officer of the PCB, ruption. “I think it is a good move by New Subhan Ahmad said Pakistan supported New Zealand’s government and other cricket play- Zealand’s move to curb fixing in sports. “This ing nations should also follow it,” Malik, who has been discussed at the ICC level by the has pleaded innocence since being banned anti-corruption unit,” he said. “There are simi- in 2000, told Reuters. “I know how much I lar laws already prevalent in England and in have suffered because of this match fixing Pakistan also we will be engaging with par- stigma. I think it is time similar law was also liamentarians to enact a similar law,” Ahmad enacted in Pakistan so that cricket players told Reuters. The New Zealand government can be clean of such allegations once and for decided to move the Crimes (Match-fixing) all,” Malik said. Aamir, 22, was banned for spot Amendment Bill 2014, which entails a sev- fixing in 2010 and believes the threat of en-year punishment if found guilty of going to prison would deter players from match-fixing after the recent scandal where being tempted to get involved with match former New Zealand batsman, Lou Vincent fixing. “It is a reality that some people try to confessed to indulging in spot fixing. lure players down the wrong path,” he said Pakistan has been hit the hardest by fixing on the Geo Super channel. “I have experi- scandals with four of their current players enced it. including Aamir, Muhammad Asif, former “I think such laws will definitely make captain Salman Butt and leg spinner Danish players think twice about what they are Kaneria all banned for fixing in the last four doing. What I did was wrong and it has been years. — Reuters Misbah wants to spoil Jayawardene’s farewell KARACHI: Pakistan will do whatever it “If we are to win the series in Sri Lanka, takes to win the two-test series in Sri Lanka we have to ensure that their top batsmen, SYDNEY: New South Wales Waratahs celebrate after defeating the Canterbury Crusaders in the Super 15 rugby union final yesterday. — AFP even if it means spoiling senior batsman particularly Jayawardene, is not allowed Mahela Jayawardene’s farewell party, cap- to get many runs,” Misbah told a news tain Misbah-ul-Haq said yesterday. conference on the eve of the team’s Waratahs win Sydney thriller departure for Sri Lanka. “I have a lot of respect for what he has achieved but we are going to Sri Lanka to New South Wales grab first title win the two-test series and we know how important it is for us to not allow their SYDNEY: Bernard Foley kicked a long-range their wait for an eighth title will now go into a referee Craig Joubert only after review of the TV senior players to score.” penalty a minute from time to give the New seventh season. pictures, which suggested the Fijian’s foot might Jayawardene, 37, has also scored South Wales Waratahs their maiden Super Rugby The Waratahs, as they have often this season, have gone into touch. 11681 runs in 420 one-dayers and with title with a 33-32 victory over the seven-times started at a canter and were 8-0 up inside five Slade converted and added a penalty after stalwart Kumar Sangakkara is the main- champion Canterbury Crusaders in a thrilling minutes after Foley kicked his first penalty and the Waratahs scrum collapsed under pressure in stay of the Sri Lankan batting. final yesterday. Ashley-Cooper finished off a breathless move by the 48th minute to put the Crusaders ahead for Misbah predicted a tough series The Waratahs dreams of a first title in their barging through three tacklers to touch down. the first time at 23-20. against the Sri Lankans who have a strong third final were hanging by a thread when the The Crusaders appeared shellshocked by the Foley missed a chance to level the scores a home record. “It is going to be a tough Wallabies flyhalf calmly slotted his seventh Waratahs’ opening salvo - making uncharacteris- couple of minutes later but made no mistake series because Sri Lanka have been play- penalty of the night from 44 metres to send the tic handling errors and looking fragile at the set with his next attempt only for Slade to slot ing lot of test and other cricket. But we record crowd of 61,823 at the Olympic Stadium piece - and two more Foley penalties extended another penalty to maintain the three-point have prepared hard and I have confidence into raptures. the lead to 14-0 after 15 minutes. cushion. The Crusaders were now dominating in our bowlers,” said Misbah. The Waratahs also had tries either side of half The New Zealanders had too much quality to the breakdown but the Waratahs stuck to their “Our spinners have traditionally done time from centre Adam Ashley-Cooper but they simply lie down, though, and from a counter- task and managed to get enough quick ball to well in Sri Lanka but we are banking on had to dig deep in the second half when the attack from inside their own 22 on 18 minutes, launch another assault with Ashley-Cooper our pace bowlers as well.” Misbah, who Crusaders erased an early deficit and took a slen- number eight Kieran Read offloaded to flanker again crashing through tacklers to give the turned 40 in May and has a modest strike der lead. It was a first win in 12 matches over a Todd, who brushed off Ashley-Cooper’s tackle to home side the lead at 30-26. rate in one-dayers, was coy about his decade against the New Zealanders, who had score in the corner. Slade kicked two more penalties, though, to KARACHI: Pakistan cricket captain chances of leading Pakistan in next year’s won the first two finals between the teams in Dan Carter added the extras in one of his last give the Crusaders a two-point lead but ulti- 2005 and 2008. contributions before he departed the contest on mately it only set the stage for Foley, who got his Misbah-ul Haq speaks during a press 50-over World Cup in Australia and New “The Crusaders really lifted their game in the the half-hour mark with a corked thigh, leaving chance when Richie McCaw infringed at the conference before leaving for Sri Lanka Zealand. in Karachi yesterday. — AFP second half and showed why they’re the kings of Slade to trade a couple of penalties apiece with breakdown. “I just focus on the match at the the finals,” said Waratahs coach Michael Cheika, Foley before the break. “We’re absolutely gutted,” said Crusaders moment because that is important. No who has transformed the underachieving state skipper Read. “We definitely started slowly and I Former Sri Lanka captain Jayawardene, one knows what will happen after one side in his two years at the helm. “But we’ve CONTROVERSIAL DECISION was proud of the way we fought back. In the end who has scored 11,671 runs in 147 tests day so why think about the World Cup. been working really hard on our persistence all Three minutes after halftime and the scores it came down to one kick. That’s footie I guess.” averaging over 50, announced last month “I take it one match at a time and carry year and it paid off for us.” The Crusaders had were all square at 20-20 after another sweeping The crowd was a record for a Super Rugby he would retire from test cricket after the on from there. And I am under no pres- tries from flanker Matt Todd and winger Nemani Crusaders counter-attack resulted in Nadolo match, beating the 55,000 that watched the home series against Pakistan starting at sure because of the captaincy debate,” he Nadolo - his 12th of the season - along with 20 touching down in the corner. Bulls beat the Waikato Chiefs in the 2009 final in Galle on Wednesday. added. — Reuters points from the boot of flyhalf Colin Slade but It was a controversial decision confirmed by Pretoria. — Reuters Serena in Stanford semis STANFORD: Top seed Serena Williams have to do just a little step faster. came from a set down to book her place in “But I am feeling really good. I had some the Stanford Classic semi-finals with a hard- long rallies and I wasn’t out of breath at all earned 2-6 6-3 7-5 win against fifth-seeded so I was like. ‘Yeah’,” added Serena, who suf- Serb Ana Ivanovic on Friday. fered a surprise third round loss at Serena, whose sister Venus was beaten Wimbledon in her previous tournament.
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