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P16.E$S Layout 1 MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016 SPORTS Life’s not a beach for Carter as Racing triumph PARIS: Dan Carter admitted to shelving right shoulder, a one-handed offload find- victory), but it meant nothing if we didn’t in the first half playing against the wind,” World Cups and a veritable journeyman of thoughts of a hot New Zealand beach as ing Brice Dulin to break clear, the interna- get the win this week. We’re very happy said Clermont coach Franck Azema. European clubs, was in outstanding form he battled driving rain and wind to lead tional full-back’s pass to Alexandre with the win.” “We knew it was important to keep for Brive, the home side leapfrogging Racing 92 to the top of the Top 14 table in Dumoulin gifting the centre a clear run-in. Clermont moved into second spot hold of the ball, play the percentages and Montpellier into sixth place in a congest- a hard-fought 23-18 victory over A conversion and three quick penalties after running out 33-16 victors over Agen, try to make them commit fouls. “We ed mid-table. Bordeaux-Begles. from the World Rugby Player of the Year a much-needed confidence boost after haven’t done anything exceptional in win- Grenoble put Oyonnax to the sword, Carter was instrumental in the win in sealed the win, hooker Dimitri Szarzewski two consecutive home losses. ning at Agen, others have done it before running out bonus-point 42-17 winners, his first Top 14 start at Stade Yves-du- having scored Racing’s opening try. Six us, but it was important for us to do it to while La Rochelle broke Castres’ four- Manoir in the Parisian surburb of penalties from Simon Hickey (4) and PENALTY stay on course. We would have liked the match winning streak with a battling 25- Colombes. While the inclement weather Lionel Beauxis (2) were all a combative Fast-rising flanker Camille Gerondeau bonus point but we unfortunately con- 21 victory. might have been more winter in Dunedin Bordeaux side could muster. scored a brace of tries to go along with a ceded a try.” On Sunday, star-studded Toulon host than springtime in Paris, a smart show “I’m not used to playing through penalty try and 18 points from the boot of In other games Saturday, Montpellier, Pau keen to bounce back from a 31-8 and give from the Kiwi playmaker set up Christmas and New Year, I’m usually on France fly-half Camille Lopez while his featuring 11 foreigners in the starting XV thrashing at the hands of second-placed the decisive try in the 53rd minute of a the beach in New Zealand! Bonne annee!” South African counterpart with Agen, and a further five on the eight-strong Toulouse, who take on struggling defend- real slog of a match. Carter told Canal Plus. “Last week against Burton Francis, scored all of his side’s bench, were edged 19-18 by Brive. Fijian ing champions Stade Francais in Paris in Carter burst inside Felix Le Bourhis’ Clermont was a big game for us (a 26-10 points. “That was very complicated for us No 8 Sisa Koyamaibole, a veteran of three the day’s late game. —AFP Lyon’s home ton as Aussies spin Windies into trouble SYDNEY: Nathan Lyon claimed his 100th recognised spinners in Lyon and O’Keefe Test wicket in Australia with the dismissal for the first time in a home Test for a of top-scoring opener Kraigg Brathwaite decade. late on the opening day of the rain-hit third Shai Hope, recalled for injured opener Test against the West Indies in Sydney yes- Rajendra Chandrika, began positively with terday. some crisp drives but fell in the fifth over. Brathwaite had defied Australia’s Josh Hazlewood got him to prod out- bowlers and two rain delays before he gave side the off-stump and he was snapped up away his wicket late in the day to Lyon for by Peter Nevill for nine. 85. Brathwaite, one of the few shining Brathwaite put on 91 runs for the sec- lights in a dismal Windies tour with 94 in ond wicket with Darren Bravo before Bravo the first Hobart Test, was in sight of his fifth was out in the third over after lunch for 33. Test century before he fell to Lyon. James Pattinson dug one in and Bravo top- It gave the Australia off-spinner his edged to Usman Khawaja at backward 100th Test in Australia and 184th scalp square leg. overall. At the close, after 75 overs were squeezed in around two lengthy rain inter- MIXUP IN THE MIDDLE ruptions, the West Indies were 207 for six Marlon Samuels was run out in a dread- with Denesh Ramdin on 23 and Carlos ful mid-pitch mixup with Kraigg Brathwaite Brathwaite belting two sixes and four fours before the first rain interruption in the in his unbeaten 35 after winning the toss. afternoon session. Samuels, who has “I’m pretty proud of that. It’s a pretty big scored a total of 35 runs in five innings in achievement for myself. I knew I was close, the series, hit towards point and darted off but I didn’t know the exact number,” Lyon for a run only to stop in the middle of the said of his century of home Test wickets. pitch. “It’s a big challenge for me, it’s spinning Brathwaite had dropped his bat before pretty big and it’s got decent bounce. It’s a retreating to his end and Samuels was challenge for me to try and hit the stumps. stranded by Hazlewood’s throw to the strik- I’m enjoying that challenge right now.” er’s end. “I think those things happen in Australia have already retained the cricket. I’m not sure what to say about that,” Frank Worrell Trophy after huge wins in the Brathwaite said. “It was just a misunder- first two Tests and are chasing a 3-0 series standing.” To compound Samuels’ woes, CAPE TOWN: England’s wicket keeper Jonny Bairstow celebrates after having successfully caught off his grounds by South Africa batsman Stiaan clean sweep. Brathwaite, who along with rain immediately forced the players from Van Zyl during day two of the second Test match between South Africa and England at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town yesterday. — AFP Darren Bravo has been the best-performing the field and kept them off until tea was batsman in the series for the struggling vis- taken. itors, before he was deceived by Lyon’s Upon resumption Jermaine Blackwood extra bounce and attempted to steer the misjudged Lyon’s turn and was bowled off- Stokes batters S Africa ball past slip. But instead he dollied a catch stump for 10 after not offering a shot. off his glove to Steve Smith at slip. Chandrika injured his groin in the Brathwaite’s dismissal was quickly followed morning warm-up, after leg-spinner by the wicket of skipper Jason Holder, who Devendra Bishoo hurt his shoulder on the in blistering double ton was instinctively caught by Joe Burns at morning of the second Melbourne Test. short leg for one off left-arm spinner Steve The West Indies, who are playing in their O’Keefe. first Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground in CAPE TOWN: Ben Stokes bludgeoned a Brathwaite watched four batting part- 15 years, have not won a Test in Australia career-best 204 not out, the second fastest ners come and go as Australia used two since 1997. — AFP double century ever, in a devastating dis- play of attacking batting to power England to 513-5 in the second test against South SCOREBOARD Africa yesterday. With Stokes rampant, England plun- SYDNEY: Scoreboard at stumps on the first day in the third and final Test between Australia and dered 196 runs off just 25 overs in the first West Indies yesterday in Sydney, Australia. session on day two to take complete con- trol and leave the top-ranked South West Indies 1st innings Extras (b-5 lb-1 nb-1) 7 K. Brathwaite c Smith b Lyon 85 Total (for 6 wickets, 75 overs) 207 Africans reeling. Stokes, on 74 overnight, S. Hope c Nevill b Hazlewood 9 Fall of wickets: 1-13 S. Hope, 2-104 Da. Bravo, 3- needed just 12 balls on Sunday morning to Da. Bravo c Khawaja b Pattinson 33 115 M. Samuels, 4-131 J. Blackwood, 5-158 K. get to his century, and continued to flay M. Samuels run out (Hazlewood, Nevill) 4 Brathwaite, 6-159 J. Holder. the South Africa bowling attack all over J. Blackwood b Lyon 10 To bat: K. Roach, J. Taylor, J. Warrican. Newlands. Stokes and Jonny Bairstow, who D. Ramdin not out 23 Bowling: J. Hazlewood 12-2-35-1, J. Pattinson was 95 not out, shared a destructive and J. Holder c Burns b O’Keefe 1 13-2-41-1(nb-1), N. Lyon 32-11-68-2, M. Marsh unbroken 290-run partnership, a record C. Brathwaite not out 35 4-1-15-0, S. O’Keefe 14-4-42-1. sixth-wicket stand for England. Among a series of significant statistics, Stokes’ brilliant double hundred came off 163 balls, the second fastest behind Nathan Astle’s 153-ball double ton against England in 2001-02. Also, Stokes battered 130 runs off just 74 balls on Sunday morning for a new test record for the most runs by a bats- man in a session before lunch.
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