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Friday 43 Sports Friday, July 6, 2018 West Indies dismiss B’desh for record Test low of 43 NORTH SOUND: Kemar Roach led the demolition ers in conditions away from what they are generally of Bangladesh with a five-wicket haul as the familiar with on the Indian sub-continent. Das was tourists were dismissed for 43, their lowest total sixth out for 25, an ugly heave offering a simple ever in Test cricket, before lunch on the opening catch to Roston Chase at backward point off day of the first Test against the West Indies at the Miguel Cummins to end any prospect of Roach Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on claiming all ten wickets in the innings. Wednesday. By stumps the West Indies top-order had built on that dominant bowling effort in reach- Holder continues excellent form ing 201 for two, a lead already of 158 runs with Cummins, whose place in the final XI was in eight wickets in hand. question after a lack of success in the preceding Opening batsman Kraigg Brathwaite played his three-Test series against Sri Lanka, took two usual sheet-anchor role to perfection in compiling more wickets before West Indies captain Jason an unbeaten 88 from almost five hours at the Holder, fresh from a nine-wicket haul despite de- crease. He put on 113 for the first wicket with Devon feat in the final Test against the Sri Lankans in Smith (58), while Kieran Powell stroked his way to Barbados just over a week earlier, polished off the 48 in an 81-run stand before falling just before the innings with the wickets of Kamrul Islam and close of play. Their serene progress through two debutant Abu Jayed. sessions contrasted sharply with Bangladesh’s Jayed was always in line for his maiden Test cap woeful batting performance. given the pitch conditions and the absence through Apart from being their lowest Test innings total injury from the tour of Bangladesh’s most effective and lowest for any team in Test cricket in the seamer Mustafizur Rahman. But he would not have Caribbean, it was also the second shortest first in- expected to be at the crease as the last man in the nings of a Test match — 18.4 overs - in the game’s batting line-up or being the first to use the new ball 141-year history, bettering by just one delivery in the West Indies reply, all within his very first ses- Australia’s dismissal for 60 off 18.3 overs by Eng- sion of Test cricket. land at Nottingham in 2015. If they were relying on their most senior players ANTIGUA: Kamrul Islam (C) of Bangladesh is caught off by Jason Holder (TopR) of West Indies during day 1 of Put in to bat on the greenest surface seen in 10 to navigate them through what was expected to be the 1st Test between West Indies and Bangladesh at Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Ground. —AFP years of Test cricket at the venue, the Bangladeshis a tough opening session, Bangladesh were poorly were no match for the quality of the West Indies served by the experienced quartet as captain fast bowling led by Roach, who set the rout in mo- Shakib al Hassan, former skipper Musfiqur Rahim tion by claiming the first five wickets for eight runs and all-rounder Mahmudullah all failed to score for batsmen ill-equipped to cope with the seaming worsened by chances put down off both Smith and in the space of 12 deliveries despite appearing to while opener Tamim Iqbal contributed four runs ball. Four of his five wickets came via catches to Brathwaite. Yet there was delight on an otherwise be troubled by a muscular strain behind his right before becoming the first wicket to fall, caught by the wicketkeeper or the slip cordon while Mush- forgettable first day of Test cricket for Abu Jayed knee. However it was the visiting batsmen who felt wicketkeeper Shan Dowrich, to trigger the swift fiqur was trapped LBW, a review of the on-field when he had Smith caught at the wicket to claim the greatest discomfort with only opener Liton Das tumbling of wickets. decision being upheld by the television official. his maiden Test success. Mahmudullah was the getting into double-figures in a performance that Four days after his 30th birthday, Roach’s un- Bangladesh’s bowlers were made to look other wicket-taker, removing Powell to a deflected once again exposed the vulnerability of their play- erring accuracy and decent pace proved too much pedestrian in the conditions and their plight was slip catch 15 minutes before stumps. —AFP Zaman sparks Pakistan to win McIlroy to summon over Australia teen spirit to HARARE: Shaheen Afridi took three wickets as Pakistan completed end drought a clinical 45-run victory over Australia yesterday in the Twenty20 LONDON: Rory McIlroy is keen to regain tri-series in Zimbabwe. Pakistan batted first and opener Fakhar the carefree mentality from his youth and Zaman registered a career-best 73 as they raced to 194 for 7. Then take more risks as he prepares to challenge left-arm seamer Afridi starred with three wickets as the bowlers held for his first major title since 2014 at this Australia to 149 for 7 in a match which was effectively a dress re- month’s British Open. McIlroy won the last hearsal for Sunday’s final. of his four major titles at the PGA Cham- Pakistan lost Haris Sohail for a golden duck after being put in to pionship in 2014 and his efforts to win a bat on a chilly midwinter morning in Harare, but Zaman and Hussain fifth this year have been underwhelming Talat wrested back control back with a rapid 72-run stand. Talat with the 29-year-old having a disastrous cracked three fours and a six before playing one shot too many to be final round at the Masters and failing to bowled by Glenn Maxwell’s offspin. Zaman continued to middle his HARARE: Pakistan’s bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates after taking a wicket make the cut at the U.S Open. during the fifth T20 cricket match between Pakistan and Australia of a T20 tri- aggressive strokes and went to a 33-ball fifty, his third for Pakistan The Northern Irishman says his mental- series including host nation Zimbabwe at The Harare Sports Club. —AFP in this format, with a slog sweep for six, while another big hit off An- ity rather than physical form has been to drew Tye’s seamers took the batsman past his previous best of 61. blame for his recent struggles on the An edged four took Pakistan beyond 130, and Zaman into the 70s, the end of the innings. Pakistan kept the pressure up with the ball course. “I think as you get older, it’s natural in the 15th over, but he pulled the next ball he faced straight to too, Afridi taking the vital early wicket of Aaron Finch when the Aus- instinct to become a little more careful,” Maxwell on the edge of the circle at midwicket. The quick dismissal tralian captain had made just 16. McIlroy told reporters. “You take way of captain Sarfraz Ahmed, edging a Tye legcutter into the hands of Bowling from the Golf Course End, Afridi swung and seamed the more risks when you’re a teenager... I just wicketkeeper Alex Carey, put a further dent in Pakistan’s batting, but ball prodigiously to trouble the batsmen. He trapped Glenn Maxwell need to get back to playing the game like I the experienced Shoaib Malik ensured that the runs kept flowing. lbw, and then rattled D’Arcy Short’s stumps as Australia slipped to was a teenager. Not be careful, not try to He hit 15 off the 17th over, bowled by Marcus Stoinis, boosting 75 for 5. Their chase never recovered from the early losses, with the be too perfect. Not try to control things Pakistan beyond 150. After he fell, Asif Ali struck three fours and two rest of Pakistan’s attack chipping in with wickets in a much improved that you can’t control. Just go out and play sixes in an unbeaten 37 to keep the pressure on Australia right to performance. —AFP your game. —Reuters.