Linde Traps Pakistan As South Africa Level T20 Series Linde, Markram Star As Dominant South Africa Restore Parity
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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021 11 Solskjaer wants Cavani to stay after Spurs display Linde traps Pakistan as South Africa level T20 series Linde, Markram star as dominant South Africa restore parity Pakistan skipper Babar• made a fifty but Pakistan laboured with the bat KNOW WHAT AFP | Johannesburg Manchester United’s Edinson Cavani heads the ball and scores a goal Pakistan captain Ba- akistan opening batsman bar Azam made 50 and AFP | London Mohammad Rizwan fell shared Pakistan’s only Pinto a trap off the first ball productive partner- le Gunnar Solskjaer hailed BETTER of the match and the tourists ship, 58 off 49 balls for OEdinson Cavani’s perfor- never recovered as South Africa the third wicket, with mance in Manchester Unit- romped to a six-wicket win with Mohammad Hafeez ed’s 3-1 win over Tottenham KNOW six overs to spare in the second and hopes he can persuade Twenty20 international at the (32) the striker to stay when his Wanderers yesterday. George Linde celebrates after a wicket contract is up at the end of the Man of the match George “He begged me for another season. Unlike most extension Linde revealed at the post- Linde finished off a good day over,” said Klaasen. “He said, The 34-year-old Uruguayan clauses, Cavani’s deal, match presentation that South by scoring 20 not out off ten ‘I’m your guy today’ and he scored United’s second goal wich expires at the Africa deliberately placed mid- We had a game plan to balls. proved it.” with an excellent diving head- end of the campaign, off Aiden Markram inside the bring that guy up and Pakistan captain Babar Azam Magala’s next three overs, in- er in Sunday’s come-from-be- has to be agreed by 30-metre circle in order to made 50 and shared Pakistan’s cluding two at the ‘death’, cost hind victory and had an earli- tempt Rizwan to go over the top. I was happy when he only productive partnership, 58 only 14 runs and he took the er effort controversially ruled both parties before it Rizwan danced down the (Rizwan) came down off 49 balls for the third wicket, key wicket of Babar, his first in out. can be triggered and wicket and went for a big hit the wicket with Mohammad Hafeez (32). international cricket. Cavani arrived at Old Traf- there is speculation but only succeeded in hitting a GEORGE LINDE “Aggression cost us the game,” Klaasen said the message to ford as a free agent last Octo- that Cavani could high catch to Markram. said Babar after five of his bats- the South African batsmen was ber on a deal until the end of move to Argentine gi- “We had a game plan to bring stan’s batting shortcomings by men fell to catches when they to be positive and to base their the campaign, with the option ants Boca Juniors that guy up and I was happy racing to a series-levelling victo- mistimed big hits. approach on the quality of the of a further year. when he (Rizwan) came down ry. Opening batsman Markram “Early wickets cost us and the pitch rather than the runs re- Unlike most extension the wicket,” said left-arm spin- set the tone by slamming 54 off South Africans bowled really quired. clauses, it has to be agreed by “A performance like today, ner Linde who went on to take 30 balls. well,” he said. “We want to play aggressive both parties before it can be we as a club have missed for three for 23. There was a brief wobble Klaasen said the execution cricket but not cowboy cricket,” triggered and there is specula- a few years, we have not had He also held three catches in when leg-spinner Usman Qadir of South Africa’s bowlers was he said, pointing out that he tion that Cavani could move to that number nine for a long, the deep and Pakistan were re- took two wickets in successive “spot on”. He singled out fast tempered his aggression after Argentine giants Boca Juniors. long spell. stricted to 140 for nine on what overs to reduce South Africa to bowler Sisanda Magala, who Qadir’s double strike. “Fantastic performance, we “Edinson has been work- South African captain Heinrich 92 for four but Klaasen (36 not had a nightmare first over, start- The series moves to near - are awaiting his decision if he ing so hard to get fit and we Klaasen said was “a 180-190 out) and Linde took the hosts ing with three no-balls and then by Centurion for the final two wants to stay or wants to move can see the boys played to his wicket”. to the target with no further bowling three wides in conced- matches, on Wednesday and on,” said Solskjaer. strengths as well. South Africa showed up Paki- alarms. ing 18 runs. Friday Tabal gives up Olympic for Sea Games Lewandowski PSG set to be without Verratti TDT | Manila returns to Bayern and Marquinhos against Bayern Munich training AFP | Paris ian defender. ith a heavy heart, Filipi- Marquinhos scored PSG’s Wna marathoner Mary Joy aris Saint-Germain may go second goal 28 minutes into Tabal has given up her child- Pinto Tuesday’s Champions their 3-2 win in Munich in hood dream to represent the League quarter-final second the first leg last week but Philippines in the Olympics. leg at home to Bayern Munich came off moments later Instead, the 31-year-old Ce- without two of their most im- with a thigh injury and did buano now shifts her prepara- portant players, with coach not play in Ligue 1 at the tions for the coming 31st South- Mauricio Pochettino claiming weekend. east Asian Games in Vietnam that captain Marquinhos and Meanwhile Verratti missed from November 21 to December playmaker Marco Verratti are the first leg after testing posi- 2 this year. unlikely to be fit enough to tive for Covid-19 following his Robert Lewandowski Just because there are no start. return from Italy duty along- more races to join to earn points AFP | Munich “We will see how Marquin- side Alessandro Florenzi. Ver- and qualify for the Tokyo Olym- hos feels tomorrow. He should ratti has missed PSG’s last three pics in July – no thanks to the Tabal remains upbeat despite missing Tokyo Olympics ayern Munich’s be able to be in the squad, not matches. raging pandemic – Tabal is only last for a few weeks. But Btop-scorer Robert Le- to start, but he could be on the “It will be difficult for Mar- training her sights on the re- now it’s been more than a year,” wandowski returned to bench,” Pochettino yesterday co to start, Alessandro too al- gional competition. said Tabal. training yesterday after a told reporters when asked though we are waiting to de- All the qualification events My dream might be “For the coming years, I look knee injury, but the club him about the fitness of the Brazil- cide,” added Pochettino. that Tabal had planned to join forward to, hopefully, get an- ruled out of their Champi- last year and early this year on hold for now but other slot for the Paris Olym- ons League quarter-final at have all been called off. running and my goals pics if I can still do it and still Paris Saint-Germain. Tabal – the first-ever Olym- are not. I will keep be on track. We’ll work on it.” Bayern said Lewandowski pic marathoner from the Phil- digging deep and will The 4-foot-11 Tabal was the “is not available” for Tues- ippines – will now just concen- keep pushing forward. first female Filipino marathon day’s second-leg in Paris. trate on her stint in Vietnam. In One step at a time. runner to qualify for the Olym- The holders need to over- the 2017 edition of the compe- One foot in front of the pics when she made it to the turn a 3-2 defeat after PSG tition, she won the gold medal. 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games striker Kylian Mbappe “I let go of my goal to run in other! where she placed 124th. scored twice in Munich the Tokyo Olympics,” said Ta- MARY JOY TABAL Among the races that Tabal during last week’s first leg. bal, who competed in the 2016 hoped to join to qualify for the Lewandowski, 32, voted Rio Olympics. “It is really so frustrating. Tokyo Olympics was the 2021 FIFA’s best male player of “My dream might be on hold I have prepared hard for the Hong Kong Standard Chartered 2020, injured ligaments in for now but running and my Olympics but things did not Marathon in the first week of his right knee a fortnight goals are not. I will keep dig- turn out the way I have wanted February. ago while on international ging deep and will keep pushing to,” said Tabal, who now turns After this, she was supposed duty with Poland. forward. One step at a time. One her attention to the 2024 Olym- to join the Seoul International Bayern’s medical staff foot in front of the other!” pics in Paris. Marathon in the second week had predicted he would be Because COVID-19 cases in Everything changed when of March. out for four week, but the Cebu City have gone down, Ta- travel restrictions and lock- The Tokyo Marathon, also striker took part in running bal is slowly beginning to shift downs stretched from days into scheduled in March, was sup- drills yesterday as Bayern her training activities to an out- weeks and months.