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Australia Beat S Africa in Epic Test Nailbiter THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 SPORTS SCOREBOARD DHAKA: Full scoreboard of the Asia Cup one-day international between Afghanistan and India in Dhaka yesterday: Afghanistan: 9-137 (S. Zadran), 10-159 (Shenwari) Noor Ali Zadran c Kohli b Jadeja 31 Bowling: Kumar 8-1-25-0 (w1), Shami 7.2-0- Nawroz Mangal b Shami 5 50-2 (w8), Mishra 10-1-21-1 (w1), Jadeja 10- Rahmat Shah lbw b Jadeja 9 1-30-4, Ashwin 10-3-31-3 (w2) Asghar Stanikzai c Mishra b Jadeja 5 Najibullah Zadran c sub (Binny) b Ashwin 5 India: Mohammad Nabi c Karthik b Jadeja 6 A. Rahane lbw b Ashraf 56 Mohammad Shahzad lbw b Ashwin 22 S. Dhawan b Nabi 60 Samiullah Shenwari lbw b Shami 50 R. Sharma not out 18 Mirwais Ashraf c Kohli b Mishra 9 D. Karthik not out 21 Shapoor Zadran lbw b Ashwin 1 Extras: (lb1, w3, nb1) 5 Dawlat Zadran not out 2 Total (for two wickets, 32.2 overs) 160 Extras: (lb2, w12) 14 Fall of wickets: 1-121 (Rahane), 2-123 Total (all out, 45.2 overs) 159 (Dhawan). Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Mangal), 2-54 (Shah), 3- Bowling: Nabi 10-0-30-1, S. Zadran 6-0-25-0, CAPE TOWN: Australians celebrate with the trophy after winning the Series against South Africa on Day 5 of the third Test match. —AFP 55 (N. Ali Zadran), 4-60 (Stanikzai), 5-64 (N. D. Zadran 5-0-25-0 (w2, nb1), Shenwari 4.2- Zadran), 6-83 (Nabi), 7-95 (Shahzad), 8-111 0-32-0 (w1), Ashraf 5-0-26-1, Shah 2-0-21-0 (Ashraf), India won by eight wickets. Australia beat S Africa India bow out of in epic Test nailbiter Asia Cup with win CAPE TOWN: Australia won the third and final Test against South Africa by 245 runs at Newlands yesterday in a nailbit- SCOREBOARD DHAKA: World Cup champions India ended Afghanistan, preparing for their maiden ing finish with just 27 balls to spare after a day of epic CAPE TOWN: Final scores on the fifth day of the third and final Test between South Africa their disappointing campaign in the Asia Cup World Cup appearance next year, were beaten home resistance. with an eight-wicket romp over minnows in three of their four matches, their lone victo- Ryan Harris bowled Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel with and Australia at Newlands yesterday. Afghanistan in their final league match in ry coming against the hosts. the first and third balls of his 25th over as Australia won the Australia, first innings, 494-7 dec D. Steyn b Harris 1 match as well as the series by two Tests to one. Dhaka yesterday. Skipper Mohammad Nabi said the Asia South Africa, first innings, 287 M. Morkel b Harris 0 Steyn and Vernon Philander (51 not out) came together Spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Cup was a good experience for his team. “I Australia, second innings, 303-5 dec Extras (b8, lb5, nb5, w2) 20 Ravichandran Ashwin shared seven wickets as think this has been a great tournament for us with 19.5 overs remaining and survived until Harris returned to the attack for a final burst. Total (134.3 overs) 265 India skittled Afghanistan for 159 after elect- and we have shown that we belong in this South Africa, second innings ing to field at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium. group,” he said. “The win over Bangladesh was Michael Clarke’s side became the first team to win a Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Petersen), 2-12 (Smith), (overnight 71-4) Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Shikhar a good sign for us. series against South Africa since Ricky Ponting’s Australians 3-15 (Elgar), 4-68 (Amla), 5-95 (Abbott), 6- Dhawan then put on a 121-run stand as India “But I hope we continue to get more won by the same margin in South Africa in 2008/09. A. Petersen lbw b Harris 9 136 (De Villiers), 7-173 (Du Plessis), 8-246 South Africa will retain their number one position in G. Smith c Doolan b Johnson 3 surpassed the modest target in the 33rd over matches against the Test nations so that our (Duminy), 9-265 the official Test rankings, but the defeat could signal the D. Elgar b Johnson 0 of their innings. players can learn from them and improve.” (Steyn) Rahane scored 56 and left-handed Samiullah Shenwari top-scored with 50 imminent end of an era, with captain Graeme Smith step- H. Amla lbw b Pattinson 41 Bowling: Harris 24.3-15-32-4, Johnson 34-11- Dhawan made 60 before both batsmen fell in and Noor Ali Zadran made 31, but eight ping down from international cricket. Smith’s retirement, A. de Villiers c Haddin b Harris 43 announced after the third day’s play, follows the retire- successive overs, but Rohit Sharma and Afghanistan batsmen failed to reach double K. Abbott b Pattinson 7 92-3, Pattinson 27-10-62-2 (3nb, 2w), Lyon ment earlier in the season of star all-rounder Jacques Dinesh Karthik saw their team through in the figures in good batting conditions. F. du Plessis lbw b Smith 47 22-17-10-0, Watson 9-6-6-0 (1nb), Smith 13- one-sided contest. The batsmen appeared comfortable Kallis, while long-serving wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was 3-43-1 (1nb), Clarke 5-2-7-0. forced to quit through injury in 2012. J. Duminy c Lyon b Johnson 43 The result of the first-ever one-dayer against the seamers, racing to 54-1 by the V. Philander not out 51 Match situation: Australia won by 245 runs. between the two teams had no bearing on 12th over, before wickets collapsed in a heap Australia, on the other hand, continued a resurgence the tournament because Pakistan and Sri against the turning ball. under the leadership of Clarke and coach Darren Lanka have already qualified for Saturday’s Left-arm spinner Jadeja, brought on to Lehmann, following their 5-0 Ashes triumph against final. bowl the 12th over, struck with his first and England earlier in the season. innings after tea on the fourth day. He Du Plessis sought a review but it con- India finished the five-nation tournament third deliveries to reduce the Afghans to 55-3. When South Africa resumed on 71 for four it seemed was dismissed in the fifth over with the firmed that umpire Kumar Dharmasena with two wins against hosts Bangladesh and With Jadeja and off-spinner Ashwin quick- unlikely they could pull off another great escape to go second new ball when he edged Harris to had made the right decision. Du Plessis Afghanistan, but having lost key matches ly taking care of the next four batsmen, along with a draw they earned against Australia in wicketkeeper Brad Haddin. He had batted batted for 157 minutes and faced 109 against Sri Lanka and arch-rivals Pakistan. Afghanistan found themselves struggling at Adelaide in 2011/12 and India in Johannesburg earlier for 326 minutes and faced 228 balls. balls in making 47. But the drama was not Indian captain Virat Kohli, standing in for 95-7 in the 26th over. this season. It was an effort reminiscent of De finished as Philander defied the the injured Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said he Shenwari boosted the total with six But a succession of stubborn partnerships took the Villiers’ innings in Adelaide when he bat- Australians for 155 minutes and 105 balls. was happy to sign off from the tournament boundaries and a six in his fifth one-day half- match down to the last five overs. AB de Villiers and ted for more than four hours and faced Australia were on top virtually from with a good win. century as the last three wickets added 64 nightwatchman Kyle Abbott defied Australia’s bowlers for 220 balls in scoring 33. the start of the decisive Test, with open- “This was a complete performance from valuable runs. just over an hour and a half during an extended morn- On that occasion, Du Plessis, making ing batsman David Warner setting the the team,” he said. “It is hard to motivate your- Jadeja returned with four for 30, but ing’s play before Abbott, who batted for 116 minutes and his debut, saved the match with a tone with a rapid century in the first selves when you are out of contention for the Ashwin (3-31) and team-mate Mohammed faced 89 balls in scoring seven runs, did not play a shot to marathon innings of 110 not out. Du innings which he followed with another final. “But being relaxed worked for us. I think Shami (2-50) finished at the top of the tourna- a ball from James Pattinson which cut back and clipped Plessis was again resolute but shortly hundred in the second innings. Australia we were quite tense in the earlier games. This ment’s bowling list with nine wickets each. the top of his off stump. before tea he was leg before wicket to the took a first innings lead of 207, with is a young team and we have to be patient They were one ahead of Saeed Ajmal of The home side’s hopes seemed to rest with De Villiers first ball of a new spell by part-time leg- Mitchell Johnson taking four wickets with them. The results will follow. “We com- Pakistan (eight wickets) and two more than and Faf du Plessis, two of the key figures when South spinner Steve Smith, who pitched a ball and Ryan Harris three, then rattled up mitted crucial mistakes against Pakistan and Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka (seven), both of Africa fought out a draw from a similar position in on a good length on leg stump, turning 303 for five declared in their second Sri Lanka and lost close games.
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