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Kiwis Trail by Three Runs at Stumps on Day Saturday 17th March, 2012 15 SCOREBOARD New Zealand, 1st Innings 185 South Africa, 1st Innings Kiwis trail by three (Overnight: 27-2) G. Smith c van Wyk b Martin 13 A. Petersen lbw b Gillespie 29 D.Steyn c van Wyk b Martin 4 H. Amla c Williamson b Gillespie 16 runs at stumps on J. Kallis c van Wyk b Gillespie 6 A.B. de Villiers b Vettori 83 J. Rudolph c van Wyk b Gillespie 1 M. Boucher b Gillespie 24 V. Peterson b Bracewell 14 day two M. Morkel not out 35 I. Tahir c Gillespie b Williamson 16 HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) (6), Jacques Rudolph (1) and Mark Dale Steyn and Vernon Extras (1b, 9lb, 1w, 1nb) 12 — South Africa took control of a Boucher (24) to hold the Proteas at Philander. TOTAL (all out) 253 match of batting struggles by send- 151-7. Philander bowled New Overs: 77.3 ing New Zealand to stumps on A.B. de Villiers rallied South Zealand opener Rob Nicol in Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-18, 3-63, 4-69, 5-84, 6-88, Friday at 65-4 in the second innings, Africa, however, making 83 as the unusual circumstances. The 7-151, 8-185, 9-219, 10-253 trailing by three runs after two leader of its rearguard. He scored ball struck Nicol high on the Bowling: Chris Martin 16-6-38-2, Doug Bracewell days of the second cricket test. 63 with Boucher, then added 34 with pad, rolled down his leg and 18-7-50-1 (1w), Mark Gillespie 15-2-59-5, Daniel After dismissing New Zealand Vernon Philander (14) for the dribbled back onto the stumps, Vettori 19-3-49-1, Brent Arnel 9-2-46-0, Kane for 185 in its first innings, claiming eighth wicket and 34 for the ninth just dislodging the bails. He was Williamson 0.3-0-1-1 Hanoch Shahar (front row centre) contests the its last eight wickets for 52 runs, wicket with Morne Morkel before 1 and New Zealand was 1 for 1. New Zealand, 2nd Innings marathon with 15000 other athletes (AP) South Africa slumped to 88-6 in its being bowled by Vettori. Philander then trapped R. Nicol b Philander 1 innings before recovering to reach Morkel continued the assault on Brendon McCullum lbw when M. Guptill c Amla b Steyn 1 253. the New Zealand bowlers, hitting he was 5 and New Zealand was B.n McCullum lbw b Philander 5 New Zealand then stumbled to 7- five fours and a six in an invaluable only 7. The wicket was R. Taylor lbw b Steyn 17 Survivor who escaped 3 in its second innings before com- 10th-wicket stand with Imran Tahir Philander’s sixth of the match ing back to make 64-3. The squad (16) before South Africa’s last man and 11th of the series. K. Williamson not out 41 then lost captain Ross Taylor for 17 fell to the bowling of part-time Steyn also bowled with accu- D. Vettori not out 0 Nazis runs Jerusalem just before stumps in what could be spinner Kane Williamson. racy, claiming the wicket of Extras 0 a devastating blow to the team’s De Villiers reached his 28th test Martin Guptill (1), who steered TOTAL (for four wickets) 65 chances of pulling out a victory. half century from 85 balls. He bat- a leg-side delivery directly to Overs: 31 Marathon Kane Williamson was 41 not out ted for more than three hours, hit Amla at mid-wicket. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-664 Still to bat: Kruger van Wyk, Doug Bracewell, Mark and Daniel Vettori 0 not out at 10 boundaries and gave South Taylor and Williamson sur- JERUSALEM (AP) — campus of the Hebrew Gillespie, Brent Arnel, Chris Martin. stumps. Africa the upper hand in a low-scor- vived several anxious moments Hanoch Shahar discovered a University of Jerusalem. Thirty-two-year-old fast bowler ing match. to score 57 for New Zealand’s Bowling: Dale Steyn 9-4-10-2, Vernon Philander 7- lifelong love of running as a “To run through the Old Mark Gillespie took five wickets for “We were quite disappointed fourth wicket before Steyn 1-21-2, Morne Morkel 7-4-12-0, Imran Tahir 8-2-22-0 child orphaned in World City is an amazing experi- 59 in his comeback test to try to with the way we batted,” de Villiers struck again, trapping Taylor Toss: Won by South Africa War II. On Friday, the 77- ence,” Shahar said as he keep South Africa from building a said. “Even including myself, there lbw just before stumps. Umpires: Billy Doctrove, West Indies and Richard year-old Holocaust survivor boarded a bus back to his commanding first innings lead. were a lot of soft dismissals and New Zealand now faces a dif- Kettleborough, England ran along with some 15,000 home town of Safed in Gillespie also took a five-wicket that wasn’t on. ficult first session Saturday as it TV Umpire: Aleem Dar, Pakistan other athletes in northern Israel. bag on debut against South Africa “We had the opportunity to take attempts to avoid further losses Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle, Sri Lanka. Jerusalem’s second annual About 1,000 people ran a marathon. full marathon Friday, and in 2007 but played only three tests full control of the game and unfor- and set South Africa a mildly Series: Three-match series tied 0-0. The oldest of the run- others completed shorter over the next year before injuries tunately we didn’t do so. Once demanding target to take a 1-0 game’s gone on such a placid wick- ners, Shahar ran 10 kilome- distances. and loss of form cost him his test again, hats off to our bowlers. They lead in the three-test series. The ters (six miles) in an hour The marathon caused place.Playing in his first test in four batted well towards the end of our first test at Dunedin ended in a et. I suppose when you look at the attacks on both sides, they’re rea- and four minutes. He com- huge traffic disruptions. years, Gillespie ripped through the innings and they came out with a draw due to heavy rain. pleted a full marathon two Nearly all the city’s main sonably attacking, they don’t give a South African order after it lot of energy.” “It was a tough last hour,” New months ago and said at his arteries were blocked from resumed Friday at 27-2. He took the New Zealand’s top order crum- Zealand fast bowler Chris Martin lot away and have put the batsmen age, he can run only one 42- early morning to early after- wickets of Alviro Petersen (24), pled in the second innings in the said. under a lot of pressure over the kilometer (26-mile) race a noon. Hashim Amla (16), Jacques Kallis face of exacting fast bowling by “It’s surprising to see how the first two days.” year. .For Shahar, it was all “Running gives me a about the run. “The sense of freedom,” said Holocaust is always on my Shahar, whose parents were mind, but when I am run- killed by Nazis at the ning, I am relaxed,” said Theresienstadt concentra- Shahar, who has four chil- tion camp in what is now dren and four grandchil- the Czech Republic. He said dren. he ran there to escape his Six million Jews were Giant Tupuailai sorrow. killed by German Nazis and After the war, in a Prague their collaborators during orphanage, he would pass World War II. his time running and listen- After the war, Shahar was returns for ing to track events on the eventually adopted from the radio. For hours at a time, orphanage by a Jewish man he said, he would chase the who came looking for a orphanage’s German daughter he lost during the Shepherd. Japan Sevens “That’s where I got the war. Shahar’s adoptive running bug,” he said. father encouraged his hobby Japan Sevens head coach He has been running ever and took him to track meets Wataru Murata has announced his since, eventually becoming to watch the boy’s hero — 12-man squad for the Cathay the Israeli champion in the Czech long-distance running Pacific / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, 800-meter race before legend Emil Zatopek, a four- round six of the Series one, to be switching to longer dis- time Olympic gold medalist. played one week before the team’s tances in later years. He has “He was my role model,” home tournament in Tokyo. completed eight full Shahar said. Japan will be one of 12 regional marathons, the last in In Israel, Shahar qualifiers battling it out in Hong northern Israel. embarked on a military Kong in an exciting 12-team compe- On Friday, he and thou- career as a tank mechanic tition across pools D, E and F, bid- sands of other runners and was also a longtime vol- ding to join the Series as one of dashed alongside ancient unteer paramedic. But his three additional core teams on the sites and through heart remained in running, whole of the 2012/13 Series. Jerusalem’s steep streets in and he won numerous “This year’s Hong Kong Sevens the second event of its kind medals over the years. is extremely important because in the city. The route took He says his best result in three new spots of core teams are runners through the walled the 10-kilometer race was at stake,” Murata said at a JRFU Old City, alongside the presi- press conference.
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