MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 SPORTS Umar Akmal returns to Pakistan one-day squad KARACHI: Pakistan yesterday recalled tional is in Sharjah on Friday, followed dashing batsman Umar Akmal to their by another at the same venue on one-day squad for the upcoming October 2 and one in Abu Dhabi on series against West Indies after he was October 5. They will also play three sidelined for 18 months over discipli- Tests after the limited-over series. nary problems. The 26-year-old There were also ODI recalls for bats- played the last of his 111 one-day man Asad Shafiq and pacemen Sohail internationals in March during the Khan and Rahat Ali. Shafiq and Khan 2015 World Cup in Australia and New have not played since last year while Zealand. Negative comments about Rahat was part of the team on the Akmal’s behaviour by former head New Zealand tour in January. Pakistan coach Waqar Younis and ex-manager lost their last one-day series in Intikhab Alam almost derailed his England 4-1 and are currently ninth in career. He was recalled to the the one-day rankings. Twenty20 squad earlier this month Squad: Azhar Ali (captain), Sharjeel after being passed over for five Khan, Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib months. Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Pakistan lead the current three- Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad match Twenty20 series against the Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Yasir Shah, Rahat West Indies 2-0, with the final game Ali, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, on Tuesday. The first one-day interna- Hasan Ali, Sohail Khan.— AFP Bavuma stars on debut as South Africa rout Ireland BENONI: Temba Bavuma made a century suffered a head injury. on his one-day international debut to set They will play Australia at the same up a comfortable 206-run win for South venue on Tuesday before South Africa Africa in a one-off one-day international meet Australia in five one-day internation- against Ireland at Willowmoore Park yes- als, starting at Centurion on Friday. terday. The South African team included three Bavuma hit 113 in a total of 354 for five new caps. Bavuma, established as a mid- KANPUR: India’s Cheteshwar Pujara, centre, shouts as Virat Kohli, right, fields on the fourth day of their first cricket test match against New after South Africa were sent in to bat. dle order batsman in the Test side, was Zealand at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur, India, yesterday. — AP Ireland were bowled out for 148 in reply. given his chance as an opener in the Ireland captain Will Porterfield’s gam- absence of Hashim Amla. ble did not pay off as Bavuma and All-rounders Andile Phehlukwayo and Quinton de Kock (82) punished the Irish Dwaine Pretorius were newcomers to New Zealand on the ropes, bowling in an opening partnership of 159. international cricket. Porterfield described his team’s per- “It was a good outing,” said South formance as “disappointing” and African captain Faf du Plessis, “and all India close in on big win bemoaned early chances which went three debutants got into the game.” astray. Bavuma, who was dropped on one JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien both when he edged Peter Chase to Kevin KANPUR: India set New Zealand an improba- SODHI DELIVERY the contest. Sharma, who made 35 in the first hit rapid half-centuries to take South O’Brien at second slip, took advantage of ble 434-run victory target and then blew away Left-arm spinner Santner trapped Murali Vijay innings, remained unbeaten on 68. Jadeja, who Africa to a total that always looked likely the let-off with a composed innings, the visitors’ top order in yesterday’s final ses- lbw for 76, ending the right-hander’s second scored 42 not out in the first innings and to be well beyond Ireland’s reach. reaching his fifty off 54 balls and his cen- sion to close in on a resounding win in the first century-plus stand of the match with claimed five wickets with his left-arm spin, con- Porterfield was out to Kagiso Rabada tury off 110 deliveries. He was out 13 balls test. Cheteshwar Pujara (78). Kohli fell to off-spinner tinued to have a good match. without scoring to the second ball of the later after hitting 13 fours and a six. Resuming day four on 159 for one, India’s Mark Craig and Ish Sodhi struck the next blow The left-hander clobbered three sixes en Ireland innings and the visitors crumbled On a slow pitch, South Africa strug- positive batting over two sessions yielded 218 with a beauty of a delivery that spun from out- route to his second test fifty before breaking despite good innings of 40 by Paul Stirling gled to increase their scoring rate in the runs before home captain Virat Kohli declared side leg, took the outside edge of Pujara’s bat into a bat-twirling celebration. “Still six wickets and 41 by Kevin O’Brien. middle overs but Duminy (52 not out) on 377 for five at Kanpur’s Green Park Stadium. and nestled into Taylor’s waiting hands at slip. to go,” New Zealand bowling coach Shane Off-spinner Duminy completed a good and Behardien (50) gave the innings Needing to pull off the biggest successful Ajinkya Rahane (40) missed his fifty but Rohit Jurgensen said. “If you get a partnership you can all-round day by taking a career-best four impetus with a fifth wicket stand of 87 off chase in the history of test cricket for an unlike- Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja smashed unbeaten score at a decent rate. More importantly, you for 16. Ireland were without experienced 40 balls before Behardien was caught on ly win, New Zealand wobbled early and were half-centuries and featured in an unbroken cen- can bat for time. That’s our goal, to fight for as batsman Niall O’Brien, who slipped in his the boundary off the last ball of the reeling at 93 for four at stumps, still trailing the tury stand to virtually bat New Zealand out of long as we can.” — Reuters hotel bathroom yesterday morning and innings. — AFP massive target by 341. Luke Ronchi (38) and Mitchell Santner SCOREBOARD (eight) will return on Monday hoping to resist SCOREBOARD or at least delay India’s victory march in the first BENONI, South Africa: Scores in a one-off, one-day international between South match of the three-test series. KANPUR, India: Scoreboard yesterday at stumps of first test between India and New Zealand at Africa and Ireland at Willowmoore Park yesterday. Ravichandran Ashwin (3-68), who dismissed Green Park Stadium: four frontline Kiwi batsmen in the first innings, South Africa J. Anderson c Rabada b Parnell 5 proved once again why he is considered India’s India 1st Innings: 318 32.2-11-79-2, Mark Craig 23-3-80-1, Neil Q. de Kock b O’Brien 82 G. Wilson c De Kock b Pretorius 3 premier spinner. New Zealand 1st Innings: 262 Wagner 16-5-52-0, Ish Sodhi 20-2-99-0, Martin T. Bavuma c Poynter b Young 113 K. O’Brien c Parnell b Duminy 41 The off-spinner had Martin Guptill caught at India 2nd Innings Guptill 4-0-17-0, Kane Williamson 3-0-7-0. F. du Plessis c Porterfield b Young 21 S. Terry c Bavuma b Parnell 16 silly point for a duck with the first ball of his Overnight 159-1 New Zealand 2nd innings J. Duminy not out 52 S. Poynter c Phangiso b Duminy 8 Lokesh Rahul c Taylor b Sodhi 38 Tom Latham lbw b Ashwin 2 D. Miller c Wilson b O’Brien 14 G. Dockrell b Phangiso 16 second over and trapped Tom Latham (two) leg before with the fifth. Ashwin claimed his 200th Murali Vijay lbw b Santner 76 Martin Guptill c Vijay b Ashwin 0 F. Behardien c Porterfield b Young 50 T. Murtagh not out 13 Cheteshwar Pujara C Taylor b Sodhi 78 Kane Williamson lbw b Ashwin 25 Extras (lb9, nb1, w12) 22 C. Young b Duminy 0 test wicket when he dismissed New Zealand Total (5 wkts, 50 overs) 354 P. Chase c Miller b Duminy 0 skipper Kane Williamson (25) leg before. Virat Kohli c Sodhi b Craig 18 Ross Taylor run out Yadav 17 Fall of wickets: 1-159 (De Kock), 2-221 (Du Extras (w6) 6 Ross Taylor (17) then ran himself out to com- Ajinkya Rahane c Taylor b Santner 40 Luke Ronchi not out 38 Plessis), 3-227 (Bavuma), 4-267 Total (30.5 overs) 148 pound the tourists’ misery. “The game’s not Rohit Sharma not out 68 Mitchell Santner not out 8 (Miller), 5-354 (Behardien) Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Porterfield), 2-26 over yet,” Ashwin told reporters after becoming Ravindra Jadeja not out 50 Extras: (2lb, 1nb) 3 Bowling: Young 10-0-81-3 (3w), Chase 10-0- (Anderson), 3-41 (Wilson), 4-77 the second fastest bowler to take 200 wickets, Extras: (1b, 8lb) 9 TOTAL: (for four wickets) 93 86-0 (1nb, 4w), Murtagh 10-0-56-0, Dockrell (Stirling) , 5-101 (Terry), 6-115 (Poynter), 7- achieving the feat in his 37th test. Total: (for five wickets declared) 377 Overs: 37. Batting time: 146 minutes. 10-0-55-0 (1w), O’Brien 10-0-66-2 (3w) 122 (O’Brien), 8-147 (Dockrell), Overs: 107.2. Batting time: 449 minutes. Still to bat: BJ Watling, Mark Craig, Neil Did not bat: D. Pretorius, W.