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Home , James Neesham, Robin Peterson, Taufeeq Umar, Tinashe Panyangara, Zulfiqar Babar

SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014 hold firm to draw second Test

DUBAI: A defiant fifth- stand of 74 between Younus Khan and Asad Shafiq ensured Pakistan secured a draw in the sec- ond Test against New Zealand yesterday to maintain a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Chasing 261 for victory, Pakistan were 196 for five when the teams agreed to a draw in fading light, with Shafiq (41) and first-innings centurion Sarfraz Ahmed (24) unbeaten at AUSTRALIA: Steven Smith of Australia bats during the the crease. “It was a very good test match... It fourth One-Day International match between was the right result for both teams,” New Australia and at the MCG in Melbourne. — AFP Zealand Brendon McCullum said at the presentation ceremony. Australia defeat Younus (44) fell late in the last session to off-spinner Mark Craig, but had steadied the ship after a mini-collapse threatened to South Africa swing the match New Zealand’s way. Pakistan were comfortably placed at 70 MELBOURNE: Steve Smith smashed a brilliant century to lead for one but were reduced to 75 for four in Australia to a series-clinching three-wicket win over South Africa in the space of a few overs. Coming back to DUBAI: Pakistani batsman Sarfraz Ahmed (right) plays a shot as New Zealand their fourth one-day international yesterday. bowl after a four-over spell in the morning, wicketkeeper BJ Watling (left) looks on during the fifth and final day of the sec- Smith hit a career-best ODI total of 104 from 112 deliveries as the left-armer dismissed opener Shan ond Test match. — AFP Australians passed South Africa’s 267-8 with six balls to spare at the Masood (40) leg before and then had captain Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Australians were in deep trouble Misbah-ul-Haq caught behind in his next after the top-order collapsed to 98-5 in the 25th over when Smith over. Masood had added 62 for the second SCOREBOARD and Matthew Wade turned things around. wicket with Azhar Ali (24) before the latter The pair added 121 runs for the sixth wicket before Wade depart- threw away his wicket, hitting a full toss from DUBAI: Complete scoreboard on the fifth and final day of the second Test between ed for 52 in the 45th over with the match still in the balance. But all- Craig to James Neesham at cover. Pakistan and New Zealand at Dubai International Cricket stadium yesterday: rounder James Faulkner, who finished unbeaten on 34 off just 19 “We were planning to chase it down, bat normally till the 40-45th over and then pro- New Zealand 1st innings 403 (T. Latham (Watling), 7-226 (Craig), 8-228 (Taylor), 9-250 balls, shared a 48-run stand with Smith to tie the scores. Smith then 137, M. Craig 43; 4-137) (Southee) had the chance to hit the winning run but was bowled by spinner mote Sarfraz,” Misbah said. “But we lost three in three-four overs and that changed Pakistan 1st innings 393 (Sarfraz Ahmed Bowling: Rahat 8-0-39-0, Adil 8-1-33-0, Babar , trying to smash the ball out of the ground, leaving 112, Azhar Ali 75, 72; T. Southee 27.5-5-96-4, Shah 21-1-79-5 Pat Cummins to seal the victory off the next ball. AB De Villiers earlier everything.” The hosts had suffered an early jolt in 3-67) Pakistan 2nd innings fell just short of a deserved hundred after a masterful display their chase when paceman New Zealand 2nd innings (overnight 167-6) Shan Masood lbw b Boult 40 for the Proteas. De Villiers finished with 91 off just 88 deliveries and removed opener Taufeeq Umar for four in his T. Latham c Shafiq b Shah 9 Taufeeq Umar c Watling b Southee 4 David Miller hit a quick-fire 45 while six other South Africans made B. McCullum lbw b Babar 45 Azhar Ali c Neesham b Craig 24 first over, the second of the innings. Younus double figures. Cummins and Faulkner bagged two wickets each for K. Williamson c Umar b Babar 11 Younis Khan c Watling b Craig 44 struck three sixes and two boundaries during the Australians, who wrapped up the series with a one match to go R. Taylor st Ahmed b Shah 104 Misbah-ul Haq c Watling b Boult 0 his 84-ball knock to calm Pakistan’s nerves. despite the absence of injured captain Michael Clarke and strike C. Anderson b Shah 0 Asad Shafiq 41 Earlier, completed his 12th bowler Mitchell Johnson. —Reuters J. Neesham b Babar 11 Sarfraz Ahmed not out 24 test century before New Zealand declared BJ Watling c Shafiq b Shah 11 Extras: (b15, lb2, nb1, w1) 19 their second innings on 250 for nine. Former M. Craig c Rahat b Shah 34 Total: (for five wkts; 67 overs) 196 SCOREBOARD skipper Taylor, unbeaten on 77 overnight, T. Southee c Ali b Babar 20 Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Umar), 2-70 (Ali), 3-73 tapped paceman Ehsan Adil on the leg side I. Sodhi not out 2 (Masood), 4-75 (Misbah), 5-149 (Younis) for a single to reach his mark, his innings Extras: (lb3) 3 Bowling: Boult 10-6-12-2, Southee 11-3-21-1, MELBOURNE: Scoreboard for the fourth one-day international studded with 12 boundaries. The 30-year-old Total: (for nine wkts dec; 64.5 overs) 250 Craig 17-3-66-2, Sodhi 21-5-63-0, Anderson between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket right-handed batsman was on 104 Ground yesterday: Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Latham), 2-63 3-1-4-0 (1w), Neesham 2-1-1-0, McCullum 3- to give leg-spinner Yasir Shah his first five- (Williamson), 3-78 (McCullum), 4-79 0-12-0. South Africa Innings wicket haul in tests. —Reuters (Anderson), 5-125 (Neesham), 6-166 Result: Drawn Q. de Kock c and b Maxwell 17 H. Amla c Cummins b Coulter-Nile 18 F. du Plessis c Wade b Cummins 28 A.B. de Villiers c Smith b Cummins 91 B’desh crush D. Miller c Smith b Faulkner 45 F. Behardien run out (Warner) 22 R. McLaren c Wade b Starc 13 CHITTAGONG: Shakib Al Hasan starred R. Peterson b Faulkner 11 with bat and ball to lead to a SCOREBOARD W. Parnell not out 3 crushing 87-run victory in their first one- D. Steyn not out 0 day international against Zimbabwe in Extras (b5, lb5, w9) 19 Chittagong yesterday. CHITTAGONG: Scoreboard of the first one-day international between Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 267 Shakib scored 101 off 99 balls to lead Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Amla), 2-70 (de Kock), 3-77 (du Plessis), 4-199 the team to 281-7 and then grabbed 4-41 Chittagong yesterday. (Miller), 5-230 (de Villiers), 6-246 (McLaren), 7-261 (Peterson), 8-262 as the home side dismissed Zimbabwe for Bangladesh Innings S. Raza c Rahim b Shakib 15 (Behardien). 194 in 42.1 overs to take 1-0 lead in the Did not bat: K. Abbott Tamim Iqbal b Panyangara 5 V. Sibanda c Rubel b Shakib 0 Bowling: Starc 10-0-40-1 (3w), Coulter-Nile 3-0-16-1 (1w), Cummins five-match series. Shakib shared 148-runs A Haque c Chigumbura b Chatara 12 B. Taylor c Rahim b Mortaza 54 10-0-61-2 (5w), Maxwell 9-0-43-1, Watson 5-0-25-0, Faulkner 10-0- in a record fifth-wicket partnership with Mominul Haque b Nyumbu 31 R. Chakabva b Mahmudullah 9 45-2, Smith 3-0-27-0. Mushfiqur Rahim to help Bangladesh recov- Mahmudullah c Kamungozi b Chatara 1 E. Chigumbura c Sabbir b Mortaza 15 Australia Innings er from 4-70 to a competitive score after S Al Hasan c Panyangara b Kamungozi 101 S. Mire b Shakib 11 A. Finch a du Plessis b Parnell 22 they were put in to bat first. Shakib, who Mushfiqur Rahim c Mire b Panyangara 65 T. Panyangara b Sunny 7 D. Warner lbw b Abbott 4 also had a hand in Bangladesh’s previous Sabbir Rahman not out 44 J. Nyumbu c Mahmudullah b Shakib 4 S. Watson c de Kock b McLaren 19 highest fifth-wicket stand of 119 runs, Mashrafe Mortaza b Panyangara 1 T. Chatara b Sunny 10 S. Smith b Peterson 104 against South Africa in in 2008, Arafat Sunny not out 1 T. Kamungozi not out 12 G. Bailey c de Kock b Steyn 16 struck 10 fours. Extras (lb1, w17, nb2) 20 Extras (lb 6, w-9) 15 G. Maxwell c Amla b Steyn 2 Rahim made 65 off 72 balls with the Total (for seven wickets, 50 overs) 281 Total (all out ; 42.1 overs) 194 M. Wade c McLaren b Parnell 52 help of two fours and as many sixes. Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Tamim), 2-26( Anamul), Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Raza), 2-47 (Sibanda), 3- J. Faulkner not out 34 3-31 (Mahmudullah), 4-70 (Mominul), 5-218 92 (Masakadza), 4-124 (Chakabva), 5-146 P. Cummins not out 1 Debutant Sabbir Rahman provided a late Extras (b5, lb2, w6, nb1) 14 sparkle hitting an unbeaten 44 off 25 balls, (Shakib), 6-246( Rahim), 7-264 (Mashrafe) (Taylor), 6-153 (Chigumbura), 7-168 ( Mire), Total (7 wickets; 49 overs) 268 which included three fours and three sixes. Bowling: Panyangara 10-1-66-3 (w2), 8-170 (Panyangara), 9-180 (Nyumbu), 10- Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Warner), 2-43 (Watson), 3-48 (Finch), 4-86 Tinashe Panyangara claimed highest Chatara 10-1-48-2 (w3), Chigumbura 8-0-37- 194 ( Chatara) (Bailey), 5-98 (Maxwell), 6-219 (Wade), 7-267 (Smith) three wickets for Zimbabwe at the expense 0 (w4, nb1), Mire 4-0-22-0 (w3), Nyumbu 7- Bowling: Mortaza 6-1-33-2 (w1), Al-Amin 2- Did not bat: N. Coulter-Nile, M. Starc of 66 runs. Zimbabwe started their chase 0-40-1(w3), Masakadza 1-0-8-0, 0-21-0(w2), Sunny 9.1-2-22-2, Shakib 10-0- Bowling: Steyn 9-0-47-2, Abbott 10-0-43-1, McLaren 10-0-62-1 (1w), positively, reaching 46 runs in the first sev- Kamungozi 8-0-40-1(nb1), Raza 2-0-19-0 41-4, Mominul 1-0-11-0, Rubel 3-0-14-0 (w2), Parnell 9-0-52-2 (1nb, 3w), Peterson 8-0-44-1 (1w), Behardien 3-0- en overs, before Shakib put a brake on their Mahmudullah 10-0-40- 13-0 (1w) innings with two wickets in his second Zimbabwe Innings 2, Sabbir 1-0-6-0. Result: Australia won by 3 wickets. over. —AFP H Masakadza lbw b Mahmudullah 42 Result: Bangladesh won by 87 runs.