FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2018 SPORT 21 We’ve got to sit down and have a good chat about it (the batting collapse). Is it CRICKET CRICKET a mental approach? Is it something in England coach our preparation? Are we good enough at Trevor Bayliss England vs New Zealand South Africa vs Australia working out how to actually play when 3rd Test - Day 2 1st Test - Day 2 we do lose one or two early wickets? ACTION at Newlands, Cape Town at Eden Park, Auckland (d/n) TODAY’S Over 450 athletes to take part in Esrar Race 2018 THE PENINSULA honourary member this year, alongside Omani teams will then qualify for the Round of 16 national team and Fanja FC footballer, Amad Al tomorrow. DOHA: More than 347 individual participants Hosni; acclaimed TV personalities Mohammed AZF has increased the number of obstacle and 108 team relay participants will vie for Saadoun Al Kuwari and Ali Al Meslemani and courses from 14 to 21 this year, all set up along honours when the second Esrar Race 2018 kicks former Middle East champion in obstacle a distance of five kilometres in Aspire Park. All off today at Aspire Park. courses, Kuwaiti Yousef Al Shatti. obstacles were designed and built in-house by The two-day obstacle course race will kick The event’s popularity last year prompted Aspire’s Logistics team. off at 8.00am. AZF to add an additional category for men and Some of the materials used were originally Qatar’s celebrity athlete, World Champion women’s relay teams to last year’s individual purchased for the 2006 Asian Games at Khalifa and the 2018 IAAF Athlete of the Year, Mutaz races, extending the duration of the compe- International Stadium, demonstrating AZF’s Essa Barshim will be participating as an tition to two days instead of one. commitment to sporting legacy. Individual races and team relays will kick The 2nd Esrar Race 2018 is organised in off on the first day of the competition. After partnership with Diverse – a Qatari business everyone has run once, the winners of the men that specialises in sports events management, and women’s individual races will be the Qatar Tourism Authority, Ooredoo and Al announced. Meanwhile, the fastest 16 relay Mosak, a fitness food company. Aussies fight back Boult leads the way as after Elgar heroics England skittled for 58 AFP CAPE TOWN: Australian fast REUTERS SCOREBOARD England’s Ben Stokes is bowled by New Zealand’s Trent bowler Pat Cummins trans- ENGLAND Boult during the first day of the first cricket Test match formed the first day of the third AUCKLAND: New Zealand Alastair Cook c Latham b Boult ............................5 at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday. Test against South Africa with captain Kane Williamson was in Mark Stoneman c Watling b Southee ................11 a devastating four-wicket spell sight of his 18th Test century as Joe Root b Root ........................................................0 at Newlands yesterday. the ball dominated the bat on the Dawid Malan c Watling b Boult ...........................2 Despite an unbeaten 121 opening day of the two-match Ben Stokes b Boult ..................................................0 from Dean Elgar, South Africa series with England dismissed for Jonny Bairstow c and b Southee .........................0 were on a shaky 266 for eight Moeen Ali b Southee ..............................................0 a record low score of 58 at Eden Chris Woakes b Boult .............................................5 at the close in a pivotal match Park yesterday. Craig Overton not out ...........................................33 in the bad-tempered four-Test Williamson was 91 not out Stuart Broad c Williamson b Southee ................0 series. The teams are locked with Henry Nicholls on 24 as New James Anderson c Nicholls b Boult ......................1 at 1-1. Zealand advanced to 175 for three Extras (1lb) ............................................................1 The hosts looked in at stumps, a lead of 117 after TOTAL (all out) ............................................... command when they reached England had been bowled out in Overs: 20.4. Batting time: 95 minutes. 220 for two, with Elgar and AB the first 90 minutes of play fol- Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-16, 4-18, 5-18, 6-18, de Villiers scoring at better than lowing a Trent Boult and Tim 7-23, 8-23, 9-27, 10-58. four runs an over in a third Bowling: Trent Boult 10.4-3-32-6, Tim Southee Southee seam onslaught. 10-3-25-4. wicket stand of 128. Boult and Southee struck NEW ZEALAND It all changed when early and often after Williamson Cummins came back into the Jeet Raval c Bairstow b Anderson .......................3 South African batsman Dean had won the toss and opted to Tom Latham c Woakes b Broad .........................26 attack in the 63rd over and with Elgar celebrates after scoring bowl with the pink ball in the first Kane Williamson not out .....................................91 his fifth delivery induced a false day-night Test in New Zealand. Ross Taylor c Woakes b Anderson ...................20 shot from De Villiers, who drove a century against Australia Boult finished with a career- Henry Nicholls not out .........................................24 him to mid-off after scoring 64. yesterday. best six for 32 after he had ripped Extras (6lb, 5w) ..................................................11 It was the start of a superb TOTAL (for three wickets) ........................... the top off England’s batting with Overs:69. spell in which Cummins took SCOREBOARD 4-9 from his first six overs. four wickets for 12 runs in eight Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-92, 3-123. SOUTH AFRICA, first innings Southee finished with 4-25. Bowling: James Anderson 13-4-32-2, Stuart overs to finish the day with four D. Elgar not out ....................................................121 While England’s fans buried Broad 15-4-24-1, Craig Overton 15-4-43-0, Chris for 64. A. Markram c Smith b Hazlewood .......................0 their heads in their hands and Woakes 15-5-36-0 (5w), Moeen Ali 11-1-34-0. Mitchell Marsh and Mitchell H. Amla c Cummins b Hazlewood ......................31 voiced their frustration over social Starc followed up with two late A. de Villiers c Warner b Cummins ...................64 media, it could have been much four wickets falling to catches wickets. When Keshav Maharaj F. du Plessis c Smith b Cummins .........................5 worse had bowler Craig Overton behind the wicket. drove Starc to cover, South T. Bavuma c Smith b Cummins ..............................1 not produced a counter-attacking England captain Joe Root Africa had lost six wickets for Q. de Kock c Paine b Cummins .............................3 33 not out. (nought), Ben Stokes (nought) and 37 runs -- and lost control of the V. Philander c Paine b M. Marsh ...........................8 After slumping to 23-8, Chris Woakes (five) were all also match on the best batting pitch K. Maharaj c Bancroft b Starc ............................... 3 K. Rabada not out ...................................................6 Overton hit a boundary to push bowled by Boult, while Moeen Ali of any of the Tests South Africa Extras (b8, lb11, nb3, w2) ..............................24 his side past the lowest score in failed to clamp down on a have hosted against India and Total (8 wickets, 87 overs) ............ 266 Test history -- the 26 scored by Southee yorker. delivery to Woakes at mid-wicket ENGLAND’S LOWEST Australia this season. To bat: M. Morkel New Zealand against England at England’s bowlers appeared on 26 to give him his 400th Test TEST TOTALS Opening batsman Elgar had Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Markram), 2-92 (Amla), Eden Park in 1955. angry at their sensational collapse victim. scored 106 when De Villiers was 3-220 (De Villiers), 4-234 (Du Plessis), 5-236 Overton then ensured they -- their lowest score against New Despite becoming just the dismissed and batted with more (Bavuma), 6-242 (De Kock), 7-254 (Philander), surpassed their own lowest score Zealand and sixth worst overall second England bowler to reach 45 - Vs Australia, Sydney, fluency than usual. 8-257 (Maharaj) -- the 45 they limped to against -- and strangled the hosts’ the milestone -- new ball partner 1887 He reached his century off Bowling: Starc 21-3-81-1 (2nb), Hazlewood 18- 46 - VS West Indies, Port 4-37-2, Lyon 19-6-39-0, Cummins 21-4-64-4 Australia in Sydney in 1887. batsmen for long periods of the Jimmy Anderson has 525 wickets 178 balls with 16 fours and a six (1w), M. Marsh 7-2-26-1 (1nb, 1w), Smith 1-1-0-0 Prior to his innings, England’s remaining two sessions. -- Broad’s celebrations were of Spain, 1994 but opted to go back on the 51 Australia: S. Smith, C. Bancroft, D. Warner, U. batsmen had looked totally lost. Tom Latham and Williamson, muted as he raised the ball to the - Vs West Indies, Kingston, defensive as wickets fell around Khawaja, S. Marsh, M. Marsh, T. Paine, P. Cum- While Boult and Southee bowled however, stoically wore the applauding crowd when they 2009 him. By the close he had faced mins, M. Starc, N. Lyon, J. Hazlewood between a good and full length, bowlers down and took their side were informed of the milestone. 52 - Vs Australia, London, another 75 balls after reaching Toss: South Africa the ball was not swinging wildly to a 30-run lead entering the final An aggressively-minded Ross 1948 his hundred and only added one or seaming markedly. session under lights. Taylor was the only other wicket 53 - Vs Australia, London, more boundary. Too many of their batsmen, The 31-year-old Stuart Broad, to fall under the lights when he 1888 It was Elgar’s 11th Test helmet during a sustained spell starting with former captain however, broke through in the misread an Anderson bouncer 58 - VS New Zealand, century and his second against of fast, short-pitched bowling.