THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 SPORTS Tamim, Imrul hit tons in record B’desh stand CHITTAGONG: Tamim Iqbal and Imrul stumps, Mominul Haque was unbeaten on Kayes smashed centuries in a record open- 46 and Mohammad Mahmudullah was on ing stand for Bangladesh to put the hosts five with Bangladesh set to build a huge on top at the start of the third and final Test first innings total. against Zimbabwe yesterday. Bangladesh had posted a tense three- Tamim scored 109 and Imrul made a wicket win in the first Test in Dhaka, before patient 130 as Bangladesh, hoping to routing the tourists by 162 runs in the sec- sweep the series 3-0, cruised to 303-2 in ond match in Khulna last week. their first innings at stumps on the opening Left-handed Tamim hit 14 boundaries day in the port city of Chittagong. and a six in his second consecutive century The duo put Bangladesh’s highest open- after making 109 in the second Test. He ing partnership at 224, surpassing their drew level with former captain Mohammad own record of 185 against England at Lord’s Ashraful’s record tally of six centuries for in 2010. It was only the fifth century stand Bangladesh. Imrul, who replaced Shamsur by a Bangladeshi opening pair, with Tamim Rahman for this match, began with a and Imrul both featuring in three of them. boundary off the first ball he faced and fin- They prospered in the first two sessions ished with 12 fours and two sixes in his sec- before Zimbabwe broke through after tea ond Test century. when Tamim holed out to Hamilton But he was lucky to get past 19 as Brian Masakadza at mid-off off the bowling of Chari dropped a catch him at square-leg off part-timer Sikandar Raza. leg-spinner Natsai M’shangwe. The Test Masakadza himself removed Imrul later series between the two lowest-ranked as the batsman slashed a catch to substi- teams will be followed by five one-day tute fielder Vusi Sibanda at gully. At internationals. — AFP SCOREBOARD CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard on the first day of the third and final Test between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Chittagong yesterday: Bangladesh 1st innings: Fall of wickets: 1-224 (Tamim), 2-272 Tamim Iqbal c H. Masakadza b Raza 109 (Imrul). Imrul Kayes c sub (Sibanda) b H. Masakadza 130 Bowling: Panyangara 14-1-46-0, Mominul Haque not out 46 Chigumbura 10-3-29-0 (w4) S. Masakadza ABU DHABI: Pakistani cricketer Azhar Ali (left) drops a catch of New Zealand batsman Ish Sodhi (right) as wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed looks on Mohammad Mahmudullah not out 5 15-3-50-0(w2), M’shangwe 25-3-85-0, during the fourth day of the first Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand. — AFP Extras (b2, lb5, w6) 13 Raza 21-0-74-1, Chari 2-0-9-0, H. Total (for two wickets; 90 overs) 303 Masakadza 3-1-3-1. Pakistan on verge of first Test win over N Zealand ABU DHABI: Pakistan produced another ruth- Rahat dismissed Jimmy Neesham and BJ Hafeez opened up after a cautious start, less performance to move to the brink of vic- Watling off successive deliveries-both without hitting boundaries off paceman Trent Boult tory in the first Test against New Zealand in scoring. Rahat’s pace partner Imran Khan then and then he hit two off Sodhi to complete his Abu Dhabi yesterday. had Anderson leg-before as the batsman fifty and follow up on his 96 in Pakistan’s first A ninth wicket stand of 36 in 14.5 overs offered no stroke to a straight delivery while innings of 566-3 declared. Hafeez said he was between Mark Craig (27) and Ish Sodhi (27) Babar cleaned up Tim Southee for five. satisfied with his hundred. “It’s pleasing to hit delayed Pakistan’s victory on the fourth day at Hafeez reached his sixth Test hundred, with a century and more so because it has come Sheikh Zayed Stadium but New Zealand were a couple off McCullum. In all he hit two sixes after a gap, but I am sure it will help lift my struggling on 174-8 after being set a daunting and 12 boundaries during his 130-ball knock. confidence in this format,” said Hafeez. target of 480. Pakistan need just two wickets It was Hafeez’s first century since his 196 Pakistan, resuming at 15-0, had looked for on the final day for a 1-0 lead in the three- against Sri Lanka in July 2012. The first session quick runs but were checked by disciplined match series while New Zealand still need 306 saw Younis and Hafeez batting solidly. Younis, New Zealand bowling. Sodhi removed Azhar for an unlikely win on the fifth and final day. who hit a brilliant 100 not out in the first Ali for 23 to give his team the early break- Spinners Zulfiqar Babar (2-30) and Yasir innings, survived a leg-before referral, but he through. The remaining two Tests will be Shah (2-49) and seamer Rahat Ali (2-38) fell soon after lunch to Sodhi, who finished played in Dubai (November 17-21) and destroyed the New Zealand batting. Earlier with 2-66. Sharjah (November 26-30). — AFP Mohammad Hafeez hit an unbeaten 101 to help Pakistan declare their second innings on 175-2 before the bowlers took over and skit- SCOREBOARD tled the Kiwi batsmen. It was a weak batting display by New ABU DHABI: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between Pakistan and New Zealand who promised a lot before the Test Zealand at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday: but only Brendon McCullum (39), Corey Pakistan 1st innings 566-3 declared (Ahmed New Zealand 2nd innings Anderson (23) and Kane Williamson (23) Shehzad 176, Misbah-ul Haq 102 not out, T. Latham c Shah b Babar 20 offered little resistance. Sodhi said it was dis- Younis Khan 100 not out; C. Anderson 2-68) B. McCullum b Shah 39 appointing to bat like New Zealand did. “We K. Williamson st Sarfraz b Hafeez 23 are disappointed with the way things have New Zealand Ist innings 262 (R. Latham 103; R. Taylor lbw b Shah 8 turned out. We cannot win from this position, Rahat Ali 4-22, Zulfiqar Babar C. Anderson lbw b Khan 23 but we will surely try and make things difficult 3-79) J. Neesham c Sarfraz b Rahat 0 for them tomorrow,” said Sodhi. BJ Watling b Rahat 0 McCullum and Tom Latham (20) gave New Pakistan 2nd innings (overnight 15-0) M. Craig not out 27 Zealand a confident start of 57 runs before Mohammad Hafeez not out 101 T. Southee b Babar 5 Babar had first innings centurion Latham top- Azhar Ali lbw b Sodhi 23 I. Sodhi not out 27 edging a sweep to Shah. Younis Khan lbw b Sodhi 28 Extras: (lb2) 2 Four runs later Shah trapped McCullum Sarfraz Ahmed not out 13 Total: (for eight wkts; 54 overs) 174 and then had Ross Taylor out in the same Extras: (b6, lb2, w2) 10 Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Latham), 2-61 (McCullum), Total: (for two wkts; 39.2 overs dec) 175 3-69 (Taylor), 4-111 (Williamson), 5-112 fashion for eight, leaving New Zealand reeling Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Ali), 2-139 (Younis) (Neesham), 6-112 (Watling), 7-121 (Anderson), at 47-3. Anderson and Williamson added 42 Bowling: Boult 7-2-25-0, Southee 9-0-33-0, 8-138 (Southee) for the fourth wicket but calamity struck as Sodhi 13-1-66-2, Anderson 5-1-11-0, Craig 5-0- Bowling: Rahat 9-1-38-2, Khan 7-0-34-1, Babar three wickets fell in the space of just five balls. 29-0, McCullum 0.2-0-3-0 18-6-30-2, Shah 13-1-49-2, Hafeez 7-0-21-1. Hafeez had Williamson stumped while ‘Caesars Premier League’ KUWAIT: Caesars Travel Group, a leading Travel ing such a match is that the players do not actu- form together to attain a set common objective.”, company in Kuwait is organizing one-day inter- ally meet each other every day. This is more than said Vivek Kumar Shetty, Head of Sales & office cricket tournament under its ‘employee winning or losing. It is about spending time Operations of Caesars Holidays and organizer recreations and development’ program. 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