TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013 SPORTS Photo of the day DHAKA: Bangladesh’s captain Mushfiqur Rahim plays a shot on the first day of the second cricket Test match against New Zealand. —AP Tamim misses ton as Kiwis halt Bangladesh DHAKA: Tamim Iqbal missed out on a cen- and 67 with Marshall Ayub (41) for the sec- tury as New Zealand restricted Bangladesh ond. to 228-5 on the first day of the second Test Trent Boult gave New Zealand their first in Dhaka yesterday, before rain ended play wicket when Anamul Haque (seven) mis- early. cued a pull shot and Williamson took the The dismissals of Tamim for 95 and catch. Shakib Al Hasan for 20 just before the tea Ayub looked solid until Wagner, who break put the Black Caps on top, with bad replaced left-arm spinner Bruce Martin in weather preventing play in the final ses- New Zealand’s line-up from the drawn first sion. Test, bowled him. Filip Polc perfoms at the Red Bull Mountain Rage at Akbulak in Almaty, Kazakhstan .—www.redbull.com “Yes, the momentum was with us, but The right-handed Ayub struck six we can’t control the weather,” said New boundaries in his 62-ball innings. “It would Zealand batsman Ross Taylor. “[The match] have been better if I was still at the crease,” is probably still pretty evenly poised and Ayub told reporters after play. “Runs were the rain has given our fast bowlers an extra there for the taking. Simpson wins first break. “We were scoring freely. They were “When we do come out tomorrow attacking us with deliveries bowled in the hopefully, weather permitting, we can trajectory of the off-stump,” he said. Corey strike early and get them seven, if not Anderson ended Mominul’s innings by hav- eight, down before the second new ball,” he ing him caught behind. Las Vegas jackpot said. Tamim edged Neil Wagner to Kane Tamim prospered after surviving two Williamson at slip, before leg-spinner Ish dropped catches at the start of his innings. Sodhi trapped Shakib Al Hasan leg-before. Wicketkeeper Bradley-John Watling LAS VEGAS: Former US Open Before the twin blows, Bangladesh had dropped the left-hander on five before champion Webb Simpson hit the made steady progress after skipper skipper Brendon McCullum let him off at jackpot in Las Vegas on Sunday, Mushfiqur Rahim won the toss and elected second slip at 10. Doug Bracewell was the cruising to his fourth career victory to bat in overcast conditions at the Sher-e- unlucky bowler on both occasions. on the PGA Tour by a commanding Bangla National Stadium. Bangladesh made one change to their six shots at the Shriners Hospitals Tamim, who smashed 17 fours in his team that drew the first Test in Chittagong, for Children Open. entertaining 153-ball knock, put on 76 with bringing in uncapped paceman Al Amin Four ahead of the chasing pack Mominul Haque (47) for the third wicket Hossain for injured Robiul Islam. —AFP at the start of play, Simpson did not allow his challengers to get any closer than three strokes before SCOREBOARD tightening his grip on the title with three birdies in the last six holes at DHAKA: Scores at stumps on the first day of the second Test between Bangladesh and New the TPC Summerlin. Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka on Monday On another calm and sunny day Bangladesh first innings Total (for five wickets, 54.4 overs) 228 of ideal scoring conditions in the Tamim Iqbal c Williamson b Wagner 95 Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Anamul), 2-90 (Marshall), high Nevada desert, Simpson Anamul Haque c Williamson b Boult 7 3-166 (Mominul) 4-208 (Tamim), 5-228 ( closed with a five-under-par 66 to Marshall Ayub b Wagner 41 post a 24-under total of 260 in the Shakib) Mominul Haque c Watling b Anderson 47 second event of the PGA Tour’s Shakib Al Hasan lbw b Sodhi 20 Bowling: Boult 13-1-50-1, Bracewell 10-0-51-0 2013-14 season. Mushfiqur Rahim not out 14 (w1), Wagner 13-3-42-2, Sodhi 11.4-2-38-1, “It means the world,” Simpson Extras (b2,lb1, w1) 4 Williamson 4-0-30-0, Anderson 3-0-14-1. told Golf Channel after sinking a curling 25-footer for par at the last to earn the winner’s cheque for $1,080,000 and his first victory on De Villiers wary of the US circuit since the 2012 US Open. “This year, I feel like I have Pakistan seamers gotten better, I just hadn’t gotten the win. I was close at Hilton Head DUBAI: The Pakistan seamers damaged mindsets, win this test match and not lose the but we were working hard and it’s South Africa’s top order batting in the first series,” de Villiers said. “We haven’t lost a series just nice to finish the year off with a Test, according to batsman AB de Villiers, and in a very long time ... to go in there and try to ‘W’.” Simpson, who was embraced LAS VEGAS: Webb Simpson holds up the championship trophy after winning in the final round of the STPC the Proteas have to adapt quickly for the sec- adapt to the conditions as quickly as possible by his wife Dowd as he walked off Summerlin tournament. —AP ond and final Test starting tomorrow. “They and get momentum on our side.” the 18th green, lost out in a playoff (seamers) got some really big wickets in the But to get that momentum back, South with Northern Irishman Graeme victory since June last year, he range to bogey the par-four 12th nice to birdie 13, and then made a first and second innings and we have to work Africa might not have the luxury of star bats- McDowell for the RBC Heritage at made a fast start with two early for his lead to be briefly cut to three couple more birdies coming in, on it,” de Villiers said Monday after his team’s man Hashim Amla, who has returned home Hilton Head in April. birdies, draining a 16-footer at the shots over Bohn. which was a good feeling.” net session at the ICC Academy in Dubai. to be with his expecting wife. Amla gave Fellow American Jason Bohn par-four second and a 15-footer at However, he immediately Simpson struck a brilliant tee Lanky pacer Mohammad Irfan and Junaid South Africa some respectability in the first bogeyed the last for a 66 to share the par-four third to stretch his lead rebounded with a birdie at the par- shot to just four feet at the par- Khan had reduced South Africa to 43-3 and innings with his superb 118, but he might not second place at 18 under with to six shots. Though Luke Guthrie five 13th, where he sank an eight- three 14th but lipped out with his then removed Alviro Petersen and Jacques be in time for the second test. Japan’s Ryo Ishikawa (65), with briefly trimmed that advantage to footer, to regain a four-stroke cush- birdie attempt before picking up Kallis cheaply in the second innings as In Amla’s place, lefthanded Dean Elgar, another American, Charley five with his seventh birdie of the ion. “I was playing good, solid golf,” another shot at the par-four 15th Pakistan went 1-0 up in the series with a sev- who has scored 192 runs in six test matches, Hoffman, a further stroke back in day at the 15th, Simpson coolly Simpson said of his form on Sunday where he pitched to within two en-wicket victory last week. is expected to be drafted in to fill the big fourth after firing a joint best-of- sank a 14-foot birdie putt at the before his unexpected slipup at the feet of the cup from in front of the South Africa has not lost an away test shoes of world’s top-ranked test batsman. the-day 64. par-five ninth to reach the turn at 12th. “I didn’t look at the leader- green. Another birdie followed at series since 2006 when it was beaten by Sri “It’s definitely a big test for him (Elgar),” de But it was Simpson who once 22 under, six ahead. boards all day but the course was the par-five 16th, where he reached Lanka 2-0, but the task to protect their seven- Villiers said. “He hasn’t played a test match for again commanded the spotlight, Simpson had played rock-solid drying out and I knew it was play- the green in two and comfortably year unbeaten run will be tougher with a while so ... that’s probably the area where he having led the tournament since golf since starting the round and it ing tough. two-putted, and he parred the last another slow wicket expected to welcome will feel a little bit doubt.” Friday’s second round. came as something of a surprise “That three-putt there kind of two holes to wrap up a command- them. De Villiers said ideally it would have suited In pursuit of his first PGA Tour when he three-putted from long set me back a little bit but it was ing win. —Reuters “It’s a must-win game for us and we’re South Africa to play a test series before com- going in there with that attitude to win that ing to the United Arab Emirates as its last game,” de Villiers said.