MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2014 SPORTS

VIVA hosts honorary dinner for Kuwait National Football Team

Win over Iraq in Gulf Cup of Nations

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing inception, VIVA has made tremendous and most developed telecom operator, efforts to support the sports sector, and organized an honorary dinner following will continue to help expand the sports Kuwaiti national football team’s victory movement and encourage the journey against the Iraqi team 1-0 in their Group of Kuwait national football teams in B encounter at Prince Faisal Bin Fahad regional and international games so the Stadium Friday evening. name of VIVA becomes synonymous The honorary dinner took place in with all Kuwaiti national football teams. Riyadh, and was attended by Sheikh Dr. VIVA’s sponsorship of the Kuwait Talal Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, national football team reiterates its Kuwait Football Association (KFA) active participation in Kuwait society as Chairman and Chairman of the National part of its support to youth and sports. Olympic Committee along with the KFA In light of its strong belief in the impor- management and VIVA’s Chief Executive tance of the sports sector and in line Officer, Eng. Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al- with its values of transparency, energy Badran. VIVA affirms its support of the and added value, VIVA seeks to meet the Kuwait National Football team. VIVA’s needs of its clients and communicate partnership reflects the company’s strat- effectively with the various segments of egy to support youth activities in gener- society, especially the youth. VIVA is also al, and sports in particular, as part of its committed to supporting their sports social corporate program developed to activities, and fostering competitiveness promote awareness and raise the level of in the Kuwait sports sector both locally interest in sports. Since the company’s and internationally. PERTH: South Africa’s David Miller throws the ball at the in an attempted run out during their second One-Day International match against Australia. — AP S Africa win second ODI against Australia

PERTH: South Africa struck back with a vengeance in the second one-day international SCOREBOARD against Australia at the WACA Ground in Perth yesterday, levelling the series with a three-wick- et win. Proteas skipper AB de Villiers had vowed PERTH, Australia: Scoreboard in the second one-day international between Australia and his side would be seeking redemption after South Africa at the WACA Ground in Perth yesterday. being beaten by 32 runs in the series opener on Australia South Africa Friday. D. Warner c de Kock b Morkel 0 Q. de Kock c Watson b Hazlewood 4 His team backed those words with a superb A. Finch c Morkel b Steyn 8 H. Amla c Wade b Johnson 10 bowling display as the home side were dis- S. Watson lbw Behardien 11 F. du Plessis c Wade b Hazlewood 19 missed for just 154 in 41.4 overs on what S. Smith c Tahir b Morkel 10 R. Rossouw c Smith b Maxwell 30 appeared a good batting wicket. G. Bailey c du Plessis b Philander 25 South Africa overcame some anxious AB de Villiers c Wade b Hazlewood 48 M. Marsh c Morkel b Steyn 67 F. Behardien c Warner b Hazlewood 0 moments and reckless batting to edge to the M. Wade c de Kock b Morkel 19 victory target, reaching 157 for seven in just 27.4 D. Miller 22 G. Maxwell b Morkel 0 V. Philander c Johnson b Hazlewood 0 overs. Paceman Josh Hazlewood was one bright M. Johnson c de Kock b Morkel 3 D. Steyn not out 4 light for the Australians, with career-best figures N. Coulter-Nile c du Plessis b Steyn 2 Extras (lb1, w19) 20 of 5-31. Towering paceman Morne Morkel led J. Hazlewood not out 0 the way for South Africa with 5-21, his second Extras (lb5, w4) 9 Total (seven ; 27.4 overs) 157 five-wicket haul in one-day internationals and Total (all out; 41.4 overs) 154 Fall of wickets: 1-6 (de Kock), 2-21 (Amla), 3-64 career-best figures in a man-of-the-match per- Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Warner), 2-14 (Finch), 3-27 (Rossouw), 4-113 (du Plessis), 5-113 formance. (Watson), 4-34 (Smith), 5-92 (Bailey), 6-125 (Behardien), 6-141 (de Villiers), 7-153 Morkel said the South Africans were much (Wade), 7-125 (Maxwell), 8-129 (Johnson), 9- (Philander). better with the ball on Sunday, after conceding 138 (Coulter-Nile), 10-154 (Marsh). Bowling: M. Johnson 8-1-47-1, J. Hazlewood 300 runs on Friday. “We put them under pressure Bowling: M. Morkel 8-0-21-5 (2w), V. Philander 9.4-2-31-5, N. Coulter-Nile 6-0-54-0, M. Marsh more today,” he said. 9-2-16-1, D. Steyn 7.4-1-35-3 (1w), F. Behardien 1-0-4-0, G. Maxwell 3-0-20-1. “On this wicket you need to go a touch fuller. 8-0-40-1 (1w), I. Tahir 9-0-37-0. Result: South Africa wins by three wickets. RIYADH: Sheikh Dr. Talal Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwait Football It’s always nice when the ball is carrying and the Association (KFA) Chairman and Chairman of the National Olympic Committee keeper is catching it head high, but you are actu- along with VIVA’s Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Badran. ally just wasting energy. “For us it was important wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock for a duck. ing 67 from 88 balls. A contentious third umpire to find the right length, which on the WACA Warner was initially given not out, but replays decision helped swing the game firmly back wicket we found was a bit fuller.” By contrast, showed clear contact with the glove and Nigel South Africa’s way as Australia’s middle order stand-in Australian captain George Bailey was Llong overturned the initial decision. tried to rally after the poor start. less than impressed with his side’s batting. Bailey and emerging all-rounder Mitchell Australia were 125-5 when Matthew Wade “There were probably not that many dis- Marsh raised Australian hopes briefly when they was given not out caught down the leg side by missals where guys would say that ball was too added 58 for the fifth wicket before Bailey was wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock from the bowling good, but it was a culmination of South Africa brilliantly caught by a diving du Plessis from the of Morkel, but after lengthy deliberation the building pressure and our batters exploding a bowling of Vernon Philander (1-16) for 25. decision was overturned. Morkel struck again bit,” Bailey said. Bailey was captaining Australia in the without addition of the score, bowling Glenn The South Africans made an impact with the absence of Michael Clarke, who was ruled out of Maxwell for a duck. ball from the outset, destroying the Australian the remainder of the series with a recurrence of The giant South African quick then removed top order to have the home side in deep trouble a left hamstring problem during his team’s Mitchell Johnson, caught behind for three, to at 34-4. It was Morkel who struck the first blow opening victory. Marsh was the only Australian claim his fifth scalp for the innings as Australia with David Warner caught down the leg side by batsman to offer significant resistance, compil- slumped to 129-8. — AFP Bangladesh sweep Zimbabwe series

CHITTAGONG: Hosts Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by 186 runs in the third and final Test in Chittagong yesterday to sweep the series 3-0. The tourists, set a tough winning target of 449, were bowled out for 262 in their second innings just before tea on the fifth day in the port city. Regis Chakabva with 89 not out was the only The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa batsman to offer much resistance as wickets tumbled at the other end after Zimbabwe resumed on 71-1. clinch kick boxing cup Seamers Shafiul Islam and Rubel Hossain, and spinners Jubair Hossain and Shuvagata Hom, KUWAIT: The Health Club kick boxing team en by the Palms Beach Hotel & Health Club claimed two wickets each to seal Bangladesh’s of the Palms Beach Hotel & Spa ousted the administration team, who are always keen domination of the series. opponents to clinch the kick boxing first on improving the entire activities and Bangladesh had posted a three-wicket win in class tournament and grab six gold, nine sports level, starting by the selection of the the first Test in Dhaka, before routing Zimbabwe silver and four bronze medals. The tourna- highest level of talented trainers with the by 162 runs in the second match in Khulna. ment organized by Kuwait Kick Boxing latest sport equipments and machinery It was only the second time in their Test histo- Committee was held at the Fahaheel Club that ensure to keep the Palms Beach Hotel ry that Bangladesh had swept a series. They from Oct 26-29 coached by the hotel kick & Spa on top of listed leading hotels that defeated an under-strength West Indies in both boxing master — Tarek Bergas and Health played a major role in Kuwait. matches in the Caribbean in 2009. Club Manager Fadi Andari. The six gold medals were grabbed by In the 88 Tests Bangladesh have played since The Hotel General Manager Rabie Al Abanob Hanin, Sultan Al-Mutairi, Waleed their debut in 2000, they have won just seven, CHITTAGONG: Bangladeshi cricket captain Mushfiqur Rahim (right) walks off the field after Sukhon, said this victory was a result of fair Nahedd, Eissa Brazili, Ahmed Reda and lost 70 and drawn 11. The success helped winning the third cricket Test match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. — AFP play and the usual efforts and support giv- Mahmoud Abo Alsoud. Bangladesh rise from the bottom of the table at number 10 in the Test rankings to nine, con- demning Zimbabwe to last place. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was named man SCOREBOARD of the series for his 251 runs and 18 wickets. The home team’s captain Mushfiqur Rahim said he CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh: Scoreboard on the fifth day of the third and final Test between hoped the good work in the Tests would contin- Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Chittagong yesterday: ue in the subsequent five-match one-day series. “It’s a great feeling to sweep the series, the Bangladesh 1st innings 503 (Imrul Kayes 130, E. Chigumbura c Imrul b Jubair 5 team really performed well,” said Rahim, who will Tamim Iqbal 109, Shakib Al Hasan 71; Sikandar C. Ervine lbw b Mahmudullah 16 hand over the captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza for Raza 3-123, H. Masakadza 2-23, T. Panyangara R. Mutumbami lbw b Taijul 2 the one-dayers. 2-70, S. Masakadza 2-77) T. Panyangara lbw b Rubel 2 “Our management planned very well and we S. Masakadza b Shafiul 0 executed those plans. I hope we can continue Zimbabwe 1st innings 374 (E. Chigumbura N. M’shangwe lbw b Shafiul 0 like this in future also.” Zimbabwe skipper 88, S. Raza 82, H. Masakadza 81, R. Chakabva Extras (b14, lb6, w1) 21 Brendan Taylor conceded Bangladesh were the 65; Jubair Hossain 5-96, Shafiul Islam 2-50) Total (all out; 85 overs) 262 better team over the three Tests. “It’s been frus- Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Chari), 2-97 (Masakadza), 3- trating but you have to give credit to Bangladesh 2nd innings 319-5 decl 116 (Raza), 4-165 (Taylor), 5-179 (Chigumbura), Bangladesh,” said Taylor. “We fought hard but (Mominul Haque 131 not out, Tamim Iqbal 65; 6-228 (Ervine), 7-237 (Mutumbami), 8- they made it very difficult for us to get back into T. Panyangara 2-31, N. M’shangwe 2-77) 261(Panyangara), 9-262 (S. Masakadza), 10-262 the game. “They have a quality spin attack and Zimbabwe 2nd innings (overnight 71-1) (M’shangwe) we were probably short in that department. S. Raza c Taijul b Shuvagata 65 Bowling: Shafiul 9-1-17-2 (w1), Rubel 4-2-16- Hopefully we will do better in the one-dayers. It B. Chari lbw b Rubel 0 2, Taijul 22-4-48-1, Jubair 19-3-56-2, Shakib is a different format and we want to salvage H. Masakadza c Rahim b Shuvagata 38 11-2-35-0, Shuvagata 16-1-66-2, some pride.” The first one-dayer will be in B. Taylor c Shakib b Jubair 24 Mahmudullah 4-1-4-1 Chittagong on November 21.— AFP R. Chakabva not out 89 Bangladesh won by 186 runs; sweep series 3-0