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SPORTS SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015

Mustafa Karam tournament concludes today with prize distributions

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: Tournament of Mustafa Karam Company will be concluded with a ceremony today at Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex at five pm. Winners who competed in the skeet, trap and double trap events will receive medals and prizes from Kuwait Shooting Sport Chairman, and tournament sponsor. Shooters from the club, National Guard and Sheikh Saad Olympic Shooting Academy partici- pated. KSSC treasurer Essa Ahmad Al-Buti Butaiban lauded the sponsorship of Mustafa Karam Company, and organization of this Essa Ahmad Al-Buti annual tournament, adding Butaiban that the company took it upon itself to support shooting activity. SYDNEY: ’s Mohammad Shami, right, appeals for a LBW decision and is granted it on Australia’s , left, He said this tournament comes while the higher organ- out for 71 runs on the fourth day of their test match in Sydney, yesterday. — AP izing committee is getting ready for HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad International Grand Prix scheduled to start on Jan 24 and will continue to Jan 31st. Smith trumps Bradman Positive India will to fuel Aussie run chase play for win at SYDNEY: Steve Smith eclipsed a Don . Ashwin got an edge Kumar on nought. His blooper was the Bradman record by powering a furious off Warner to , the sixth time 16th missed opportunity, which has cost Sydney: Ashwin Australian run chase to set a massive target the spinner has claimed Warner’s in the Australians 657 runs in the series. for India in the final Sydney Test yesterday. Tests. “We definitely leaked a lot more runs Kumar was eventually given out by SYDNEY: Encouraged by the perfect condi- The Australian skipper with the Midas than we would like to have, they played a umpire’s referral caught at slip by Watson tions and armed with a positive mindset, India will touch went helter-skelter after the runs in a few good shots,” Ashwin said.“It’s still pret- off for 30 after putting on 65 chase their first win of the series once Australia set bid for a declaration to pursue the home ty decently poised, although they definitely with Ashwin. Paceman was them a target on the final day of the fourth test, Indian side’s third victory in the four-match series have an ace up, we’ll have to see how it rewarded for a terrific over when he coaxed spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said yesterday. today’s final day. Smith, backed by four goes.” an edge off Ashwin, who was on 50, to Australia, 2-0 up in the series, have already taken an centuries, passed Bradman’s 1947/48 , who narrowly avoided Haddin for his third wicket of the innings. record of 715 for most Australian runs in a being shortly before tea in a mix- Haddin took his fourth catch and last of overall 348-run lead in the final match with four wick- series against India with a frenetic 71 off 70 up, was bowled by Ashwin for 16 to com- the innings to dismiss for ets intact and will declare early enough on Saturday to balls. The skipper, who was given out leg plete an underwhelming series of just 238 four to end the Indian resistance nearing give their bowlers enough time to claim 10 Indian sec- before wicket to , fin- runs at an average of 29.75, while Shaun tea. The tourists lost the of Kohli ond innings wickets. ished the series with 769 runs at an average Marsh lasted four balls for one. Yet another and Saha in the morning session. Kohli’s Rather than batting out the day for a draw, Ashwin of 128.16. Some late fireworks from Joe dropped catch stalled Australia’s efforts to hopes of building an even bigger innings suggested the visitors will try to chase down the tar- Burns with 66 off 39 balls with six fours and mop up the Indian first innings when Burns evaporated in the fifth over of the day get on a benign track at the . two sixes propelled Australia to 251 for six made a hash of a chance off Bhuvneshwar when he fell to . —AFP “We are here to play positive cricket and win games off 40 overs and a lead of 348 with Brad of cricket. If presented with the chance to try and go Haddin for 31. A declaration was likely overnight. The highest successful SCOREBOARD for a victory, we will try to go for it as sensibly as possi- run-chase record in the fourth innings of a ble,” the 28-year-old off-spinner told reporters. Sydney Test is currently Australia’s 288 for “We are here to win games of cricket, there’s no two against South Africa nine years ago. SYDNEY: Scoreboard at stumps yesterday on the fourth day of the fourth test two ways about it. “It all depends on how positively “To lead from the front the way he does between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground: you can bat and the techniques you apply. Definitely and also to do it in all sorts of situations, it’s Australia 1st innings: 572-7 declared (1nb), Shane Watson 20-4-58-2 (1nb), Steve great to watch,” Burns said of his skipper. it’s going to be a very positive game tomorrow, we India 1st innings: Smith 4-0-17-0. “There aren’t too many batters in the world will try and be positive about it.” (Overnight: 342-5) Australia 2nd innings: better at the moment, so it’s just great to Number eight batsman Ashwin himself capitalised c Raina b Kumar 56 watch.” Burns said Australia was in a strong Murali Vijay c Haddin b Starc 0 on the ideal batting conditions to hit his fourth test c Vijay b Ashwin 4 position to go on and win the Test. “The Lokesh Rahul c and b Starc 110 fifty and was confident India can still sign off the series Shane Watson b Ashwin 16 wicket spun and I think it will only get b Lyon 53 Steve Smith lbw b Shami 71 with a win. “It’s still pretty decently poised, although harder to bat on as the game goes on,” he c Rogers b Harris 147 c Vijay b Ashwin 1 they definitely have an ace up. We’ll have to see how said. “We’ll come out tomorrow and I’m lbw Watson 13 Joe Burns c Yadav b Ashwin 66 it goes. “There’s not a lot of devils in the wicket, but sure we’re going to create 10 opportuni- c Haddin b Watson 0 not out 31 we definitely found it a little too hard to score, it’s a ties. It’s just a case of taking all 10.” W Saha c Smith b Hazlewood 35 Ryan Harris not out 0 Chris Rogers raised his sixth straight 50 Ravi Ashwin c Haddin b Starc 50 new ball wicket.” Underlining how good the track was Extras: (2b, 2lb, 2nb) 6 of the series with a glorious cover drive for Kumar Bhuvneshwar c Watson b Lyon 30 for batting, Ashwin (50) added 65 runs for the eighth TOTAL: (for six wickets) 251 four but he was out shortly after, hitting wicket with (30), who was Mohammed Shami not out 16 Overs: 40. Batting time: 164 minutes. straight to Suresh Raina for 56 off 77 balls. adjudged caught in a controversial decision. Umesh Yadav c Haddin b Harris 4 Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-46, 3-126, 4-139, 5- The Australians finally dislodged India “This was one of the slowest innings in my test Extras: (4b, 7lb, 1w, 5nb) 17 165, 6-251. for 475 after 162 overs to lead by 97 runs TOTAL: (all out) 475 Still to bat: Mitchell Starc, Nathyan Lyon, career. I wanted to bat as deep as possible and put it on the first innings shortly before tea. into as many holes as possible and make sure that if Overs: 162. Batting time: 680 minutes. . Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-97, 3-238, 4-292, 5- : Kumar Bhuvneshwar 8-0-46-1, any team won, it was India,” Ashwin, who has two test Warner out for four 292, 6-352, 7-383, 8-448, 9-456, 10-475. Ravi Ashwin 19-2-105-4, Mohammad Shami centuries, said of his 111-ball knock. “But fortunately or Virat Kohli was rewarded for some bold Bowling: Mitchell Starc 32-7-106-3, Ryan 6-0-33-1 (1nb), Umesh Yadav 3-0-45-0 unfortunately, the game is very well poised now, you captaincy by getting first innings centurion Harris 31-7-96-2 (3nb), Josh Hazlewood 29- (1nb), Suresh Raina 4-0-18-0. David Warner for just four in the second don’t know which way it’s going to go.” — Reuters 8-64-1 (1w), Nathan Lyon 46-11-123-2 Series: Australia leads 2-0. over of the innings bowled by spinner