SPORTS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2014 ISSF ‘B’ course for judges

By Abdellatif Shara’a the new rules introduced by the ISSF recently. KUWAIT: The ISSF ‘B’ judge course for shot He said this course is being held as KSSC gun, that is organized by Kuwait Shooting is organizing HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Federation was opened by President of Ahmad Third Annual International Shooting Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Engr Tournament to be held from 6-13 March, Duaij Al-Otaibi at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad 2014. Olympic Shooting Complex on Thursday. He said 31 Kuwaiti judges are participat- Director of Abdallah Al-Salem Center for ing in this course, as the club works on preparing leaders and ISSF lecturer Petros increasing the number of Kuwaiti referees, Kyrstis were present at the opening. so that they officiate the tournaments they Engr Al-Otaibi said, the course is impor- organize, as well as international tourna- tant to ensure that all are knowledgeable of ments abroad. Warner takes over as SA’s chief tormentor

PRETORIA: took over from ended tamely with a catch at first slip off spinner as South Africa’s tormentor-in- Peterson. — Reuters SCOREBOARD chief as the Australian opener blitzed a quickfire CENTURION, South Africa: Scoreboard at century to extend his team’s huge lead on the stumps Friday on the third day of the first third day of the first test yesterday. test between South Africa and Warner was dropped three times in a charac- Australia at SuperSport Park: teristically cavalier 115 off 151 balls and featured in a partnership of 205 runs for the second wick- Australia 1st Innings: 397 et with Alex Doolan. South Africa 1st Innings (Overnight: 140-6) Australia closed the day 479 runs ahead of their hosts at 288 for three in their second Graeme Smith c Marsh b Johnson 10 innings, a massive lead with two days still to Alviro Petersen c Haddin b Johnson 2 WELLINGTON: Shikhar Dhawan of India bats during the 2nd International match play. Hashim Amla lbw b Siddle 17 between New Zealand and India in Wellington at the Basin Reserve yesterday. — AFP Doolan fell 11 runs short of a debut test cen- Faf du Plessis c Clarke b Johnson 3 tury, caught behind by wicketkeeper AB de AB de Villiers c Warner b Johnson 91 Sharma’s career best Villiers off part-time spinner JP Duminy in the JP Duminy c Johnson b Lyon 25 last hour of the day. Ryan McLaren b Johnson 8 (44) and Michael Clarke (17) will Robin Peterson c Clarke b Johnson 10 figures put India on top resume on the fourth day as Australia dominat- Vernon Philander lbw b Lyon 15 ed again following a seven- haul for Dale Steyn 7 WELLINGTON: A career-best six-wicket nighwatchman role, on three. Johnson who helped bowl out South Africa for Morne Morkel c Haddin b Johnson 0 haul by Ishant Sharma put India firmly in Murali Vijay was the first wicket to fall, Extras: (14b, 2lb, 1w, 1nb) 18 charge at stumps on the opening day of the caught behind by BJ Watling off Tim 206 in their first innings before lunch. TOTAL: (all out) 206 second Test against New Zealand in Southee for two. He tried to pull out of the South Africa paid a heavy price for dropping Wellington yesterday. New Zealand were way of a rising but it cut back Warner when he was on 27 when substitute Overs: 61.1 rolled for 192 in their first innings and at the sharply to skim his gloves on the way to the fielder Dean Elgar spilled a high one in the deep Fall of : 1-11, 2-15, 3-23, 4-43, 5-110, 6- 126, 7-140, 8-189, 9-202. close India were 100-2 with Shikhar keeper. and when two wild slashes provided top edges : 17-3-51-0, Mitchell Dhawan on 71 and Sharma, playing the was out 10 minutes for the slips that Alviro Petersen and Graeme before stumps for 19 when rapped on the Johnson 17.1-1-68-7 (1w), Peter Siddle 13-1- Smith got hands to but could not hold. pads by Trent Boult. India’s 100 has come 33-1 (1nb), 14-0-38-2. SCOREBOARD from 28 overs as the wicket lost its early Warner and Doolan, whose 89 runs came off feistiness in the late afternoon sun. 154 balls, piled on the agony for the top-ranked Australia 2nd Innings WELLINGTON: Scoreboard at stumps on the New Zealand struggled through 52.5 test side, whose ordinary bowling was matched b Steyn 1 first day of the second Test between New overs for their 192 with Sharma taking 6-51, by uncharacteristically sloppy fielding. David Warner c Smith b Petersen 115 following another six-wicket bag in the first Zealand and India at the Basin Reserve yes- Earlier Johnson scythed through the Alex Doolan c De Villiers b Duminy 89 terday: Test, while Mohammed Shami finished with order as he took three more wickets on the third 4-70. Shaun Marsh not out 44 day to end with a figures of seven for 68. Only New Zealand had expected a troubled Michael Clarke not out 17 New Zealand 1st innings De Villiers provided any resistance with a defiant Extras: (3b, 13lb, 6w) 22 P. Fulton lbw I. Sharma 13 ride from the moment Brendon McCullum 91 that ensured the follow-on target was passed TOTAL: (for 3 wickets) 288 H. Rutherford c Vijay b I. Sharma 12 lost the toss and they were predictably sent but South Africa’s hopes of batting on to lunch Overs: 69. K. Williamson c R. Sharma b M. Shami 47 into bat first on the hard, green wicket. T. Latham c Dhoni b I. Sharma 0 Peter Fulton and Hamish Rutherford, who ended as he was caught trying to blast a slower Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-206, 3-243. were both struggling for runs, cautiously B. McCullum c Jadeja b M. Shami 8 ball from Johnson back over the bowler’s head. Still to bat: , , negotiated the first half hour until the intro- C. Anderson c Kohli b I. Sharma 24 South Africa made an early breakthrough Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Ryan Harris, duction of Sharma to the attack turned the B. Watling c R. Sharma b I. Sharma 0 with the wicket of opener Chris Rogers (1) in the Nathan Lyon. game immediately. CENTURION: Australia cricketer David Warner Bowling: Vernon Philander 11-2-28-0, Dale J. Neesham c Dhoni b M. Shami 33 In the space of 14 balls, mixing up deliv- second over as he was bowled by Dale Steyn but T. Southee c Vijay b I. Sharma 32 plays a shot during the third day of the first test Steyn 13-2-60-1, Ryan McLaren 11-0-47-0 eries of swing and bounce, he reduced New after that were put to the sword by Warner and cricket match between South Africa and N. Wagner not out 5 (1w), Morne Morkel 11-2-38-0, Robin Zealand from 23 without loss to 23-3 and Doolan. Warner was the second wicket to fall Australia at SuperSport Park in Centurion, T. Boult c Pujara b M. Shami 2 Peterson 19-0-87-1, JP Duminy 4-0-12-1. they never recovered with the innings com- 205 runs later when his swashbuckling knock South Africa, yesterday. — AFP Extras: (lb2, w8, nb6) 16 ing to an end shortly after tea. Total: (all out; 52.5 overs) 192 Only lusty hitting at the tail by debutant Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Rutherford), 2-26 Jimmy Neesham and Southee lifted the (Fulton), 3-26 (Latham), 4-45 (McCullum), 5- total close to the 200 mark, after New 84 (Anderson), 6-86 (Watling), 7-133 S Lanka oust Bangladesh Zealand at one stage were 133-7. All- (Williamson), 8-165 (Neesham), 9-184 rounder Neesham had seven fours in his 33 (Southee), 10-192 (Boult). while Southee included three sixes and a Bowling: Khan 17-3-57-0 (1w, 2nb), M. Shami four in his 32. in another T20 thriller 16.5-4-70-4 (2w, 1nb), I. Sharma 17-3-51-6 Sharma’s opening burst claimed (3nb), Jadeja 2-1-12-0 Rutherford (12), Fulton (13) and new cap Tom Latham, deputising for New Zealand’s India 1st innings unavailable star performer Ross Taylor, who CHITTAGONG: Sachithra Senanakaye hit a point off Rubel Hossain for 37, still S. Dhawan not out 71 was gone for nought after facing eight balls. SCOREBOARD boundary off the last ball as Sri Lanka secured needed 25 to win off the last 20 balls. M. Vijay c Watling b Southee 2 Shami came back for his second spell to a dramatic three-wicket win over Bangladesh Senanayake helped Perera (35 not out) inch C. Pujara lbw Boult 19 remove McCullum for eight to have New CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard from in the second match in Chittagong closer to the target and then sealed the excit- I. Sharma not out 3 Zealand 50-4 at lunch. Corey Anderson (24) the second between yesterday to win the series 2-0. ing win by pulling medium-pacer Farhad Reza Extras: (b4, w1) 5 and Watling (nought) went soon after lunch Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Chittagong yester- Having bowled the hosts out for a paltry for a boundary off the final delivery of the Total: (two wickets; 28 overs) 100 before Kane Williamson, who had been at day: the crease since the fall of the first wicket, 120, Sri Lanka stuttered in their reply to lose match. Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Vijay), 2-89 (Pujara) six wickets for 50 runs by the 12th over at the Sri Lanka had also clinched a last-ball win To bat: V. Kohli, R. Sharma, A. Rahane, M. and Neesham compiled New Zealand’s best Bangladesh Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium. Veteran in the first match at the same venue on Dhoni, R. Jadeja, Z. Khan, M. Shami. partnership of 47 for the seventh wicket. c Mendis b Kulasekara 2 Bowling: Boult 9-4-18-1, Southee 7-0-20-1, Williamson was given out on 15 and 23 Shamsur Rahman c Chandimal b Dilshan 1 Kumar Sangakkara and Thisara Perera rebuilt Wednesday, leaving the hosts heartbroken for Wagner 7-0-36-0, Anderson 3-0-14-0, only to be recalled both times when replays Anamul Haque c K. Perera b Senanayake 24 for the world’s top-ranked Twenty20 side with the second time in three days. The series Neesham 2-0-8-0 (1w). showed Zaheer Khan and then Sharma had c Kulasekara b Senanayake12 a 46-run partnership for the seventh wicket. served as a warm-up for the World Twenty20 claimed his wicket off no balls. — AFP Nasir Hossain c Chandimal b Mendis 8 But when Sangakkara was snapped up at which opens in Bangladesh on March 16. Sabbir Rahman c Kulasekara b Malinga 26 Earlier, sling-arm fast bowler Lasith Malinga Mohammad Mahmudullah run out 9 grabbed three wickets and seamer Nuwan Gavaskar tips big Indian Farhad Reza c Chandimal b Kulasekara 9 Kulasekara and Senanayake chipped in with b Malinga 17 two wickets each to skittle Bangladesh in 19.5 crowds at World Cup c Chandimal b Malinga 5 overs. Rubel Hossain not out 0 Sabbir Rahman, a 22-year-old debutant, Extras: (b1, lb3, w3) 7 WELLINGTON: New Zealand and Australia er for overseas fans by introducing a single top-scored for Bangladesh with 26 before he Total (all out, 19.5 overs) 120 can expect an influx of Indian fans for next trans-Tasman entry visa for the event, so they was last man to be out. Anamul Haque made year’s Cricket World Cup as the world champi- did not need to fill out paperwork for each Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Shamsur), 2-3 (Tamim), 3-35 (Shakib), 4-41 (Anamul), 5-47 (Nasir), 6-59 24. Left-handed Kusal Perera hit 21 of the 23- ons look to defend their title, legendary bats- country. run opening stand with Tillakaratne Dilshan man Sunil Gavaskar said yesterday. Marking (Mahmudullah), 7-80 (Reza), 8-101 (Mortaza), 9- for Sri Lanka when he was leg-before trying to the one-year countdown to the event, ‘Mental barrier’ 120 (Sunny), 10-120 (Sabbir). Gavaskar said Indian fans were keen to relive In Sydney, Australian one-day bowler Pat Bowling: Dilshan 2-0-23-1, Kulasekara 4-0-32-2 reverse sweep Shakib Al Hasan. the joy of 2011, when they became the first Cummins said he was relishing the prospect of (w1), Senanayake 4-0-11-2, Malinga 3.5-0-20-3 Dilshan was bowled by Arafat Sunny three team to win the one-day tournament on home representing his country in a tournament (w1), Mathews 2-0-9-0, Mendis 4-0-21-1 (w1). balls later and Dinesh Chandimal fell leg- soil. He said victory in the 1983 World Cup atmosphere. before to Mohammad Mahmudullah. The staged in England was the highlight of his “You’re playing to be world champions, Sri Lanka hosts wrested the initiative as skipper career, but the Indian public’s devotion to the which you don’t get too often,” he said. “Having K. Perera lbw b Shakib 21 Mashrafe Mortaza bowled Angelo Perera and game rose even higher with the win in the chance to be world champions for four T. Dilshan b Sunny 3 had Angelo Mathews caught behind in one Mumbai in 2011, meaning fans were likely to years is pretty exciting.” Organisers said the D. Chandimal lbw b Mahmudullah 3 be out in force next year. price of tickets, which went on sale on Friday, over to make it 46-5 at the half-way mark. K. Sangakkara c Tamim b Rubel 37 Nuwan Kulasekara ran himself out for two “There were so many people on the streets had been kept as low as possible, a move A. Perera b Mortaza 4 attempting a non-existant single, before (of Mumbai), you just couldn’t go anywhere,” Australian Michael Clarke welcomed. A. Mathews c Anamul b Mortaza 2 he told reporters in Wellington. “We want to encourage as many young N. Kulasekara run out 2 Sangakkara and Thisara Perera joined hands “It was absolutely massive. That’s the pas- kids to play this great game as we can and T. Perera not out 35 to begin the rescue act. Bangladesh’s batting sion that Indians have for this game. I’m pretty hopefully tournaments like this will inspire the S. Senanayake not out 12 never recovered after losing openers Tamim certain that the Indians will be coming here to next generation of Australian cricketers,” he Extras: (lb1, w2, nb1) 4 Iqbal and Shamsur Rahman in the first two enjoy their cricket and partake of the magnifi- said. New Zealand great Richard Hadlee said overs. cent hospitality.” the Black Caps, riding high after a 4-0 one-day Total (for seven wickets, 20 overs) 123 India are in a challenging pool for next series win over India, needed to overcome a Fall of wickets: 1-23 (K. Perera), 2-25 (Dilshan), 3- Senanayake broke Bangladesh’s back with year’s event that includes South Africa, psychological hurdle if they were to win the 32 (Chandimal), 4-42 (A. Perera), 5-46 the wickets of Shakib (12) and Anamul in suc- Pakistan and the West Indies. They play match- World Cup. (Mathews), 6-50 (Kulasekara), 7-96 cessive overs to reduce the hosts to 41-4 in es in both New Zealand and Australia. New He said New Zealand bore the mental scars (Sangakkara). the sixth. It soon became 59-6 as Ajantha CHITTAGONG: Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the of reaching the semi-finals six times but never Bowling: Sunny 2-0-8-1, Mortaza 4-0-29-2, Mendis removed Nasir Hossain and event promised to be a huge spectacle. “It’s going on to claim the trophy. “If we can repli- Rubel 4-0-34-1 (nb1), Shakib 2-0-8-1, Chandimal poses with the tournament trophy following the presentation ceremony at the Mahmudullah was run out. going to get rolled out to 182 countries, over a cate the form that we’re in now in 12 months Mahmudullah 4-0-16-1 (w1), Nasir 2-0-11-0 Sabbir and Mortaza, who hit 17 off 10 balls, billion people will watch the Cricket World time then we’re in with a shot,” he said. “But we (w1), Reza 2-0-16-0 second T20 cricket match between took Bangladesh past the 100-run mark. The Cup, that’s a fifth of the world’s population, so do have that mental barrier don’t we? Six pre- Sri Lanka won by three wickets, take series 2-0. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at The Zahur it’s going to be a magnificent event,” he said. vious semi-finals but we’ve not gone beyond Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong two teams will begin a three-match one-day Key said the host nations had made it easi- that. —AFP yesterday. — AFP series in Dhaka on Monday. — AFP