TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2014 SPORTS

South Africa lead Zimbabwe Photo of the day as Du Plessis misses century

HARARE: Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock and De Kock were at the . Although the missed out on centuries as South Africa pair took their time adapting to the pace of advanced to 334 for seven at tea on day three the pitch early on, scoring 11 runs in the first of the one-off Test against Zimbabwe yester- eight overs of the day, they gradually took the day. Du Plessis was out for 98 shortly before attack to the Zimbabwean bowlers. the lunch interval while De Kock was dis- The hosts responded to that pressure by missed for 81 during the afternoon session, offering up some loose deliveries, allowing which stunted South Africa’s progress as they South Africa a relatively profitable 77 runs built a lead over Zimbabwe’s first innings from the session. That compared favorably to score of 256 all out. their progress on Sunday, when they scored The Proteas added just 10 runs in a 16- 201 for four in 84 overs, and to the 56 they over period prior to tea, as JP Duminy and added in 30 overs during Monday after- Vernon Philander showed an unwillingness to noon’s session. The 119-run partnership counter Zimbabwe’s defensive tactics. between Du Plessis and De Kock was broken Philander was bowled by Sean Williams on when the right-hander was caught off the the stroke of tea, having scored 17 from 87 bowling of John Nyumbu to fall agonisingly deliveries, while Duminy was unbeaten on 28 short of three figures. Meanwhile De Kock from 95 deliveries.South Africa had showed was dismissed by Williams, who had figures greater intent in the morning when Du Plessis of 2 for 82. — AFP

SCOREBOARD

HARARE: Scoreboard at the close of play on the third day of the one-off Test between Zimbabwe and South Africa yesterday: Zimbabwe first innings 256 all out (B. 276 (du Plessis), 6-292 (de Kock), 7-334 Taylor 93, H. Masakadza 45, D. Steyn (Philander), 8-367 (Steyn), 9-395 (Piedt), 5-46, D. Piedt 4-90) 10-397 (Duminy).

South Africa first innings Bowling: Panyangara 30-12-39-0, Tiripano D. Elgar c Mutumbami b Tiripano 61 26-8-65-2, Nyumbu 49.3-7-157-5, Chatara A. Petersen c Mutumbami b Nyumbu 32 27-12-34-1, Williams 26-2-95-2. F. du Plessis c Chakabva b Numbu 98 H. Amla c Sibanda b Chatara 4 Zimbabwe second innings A. de Villiers c Sibanda b Nyumbu 7 H. Masakadza c de Villiers b Morkel 19 Competitors perform during Red Bull King of the Rock in Al Ahli Club at Manama , Bahrain. — www.redbull.com Q. de Kock c Sibanda b Williams 81 V. Sibanda not out 8 J. Duminy c Taylor b Nyumbu 55 D. Tiripano not out 1 V. Philander b Williams 17 Extras 0 D. Steyn c Tiripano b Nyumbu 19 Total (for 1 wkt, 13 overs, 54 mins) 28 McIlroy wins major title D. Piedt lbw b Tiripano 13 Fall of : 1-25 (Masakadza). M. Morkel not out 2 Bowling: Steyn 4-1-8-0, Philander 3-0-10- Extras (3b, 4lb, 1nb) 8 0, Morkel 3-3-0-1, Piedt 3-0-10-0. LOUISVILLE: Pre-tournament favourite Rory Total (all out, 158.3 overs, 639 mins) 397 Still to bat: M. Vermeulen, B. Taylor, S. McIlroy recovered from a stumbling start to over- Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Petersen), 2-132 Williams, R. Chakabva, R. Mutumbami, T. come a series of challengers and clinch his fourth (Elgar), 3-146 (Amla), 4-157 (de Villiers), 5- Panyangara, T. Chatara, J. Nyumbu. major title by a shot at the PGA Championship on Sunday. A stroke in front of the chasing pack overnight, the Northern Irish world number one lost the lead but regained control after the turn, signing off with a three-under-par 68 at Valhalla Golf Club for a 16-under total of 268. Phil Mickelson, the 2005 winner, birdied 18 to finish alone in second with a closing 66, with Swede Henrik Stenson (66) and American Rickie Fowler (68) a stroke further back in third. “I didn’t think in my wildest dreams I’d have a summer like this,” British Open champion McIlroy told CBS Sports after being presented with the coveted Wanamaker Trophy, which he hoisted high in celebration. “I’ve just played the best golf of my life and just really gutted it out today. It was a little different from the previous major wins that I’ve had and I think I showed a lot of guts out there today to get this job done.” Trailing by three at one point, McIlroy got with- in a stroke of the lead with a spectacular eagle at the par-five 10th where he hit his second shot from 281 yards to seven feet, before effectively sealing the title with birdies at the 13th and 17th. In gath- ering gloom at Valhalla, where play was suspended for just under two hours earlier in the day due to HARARE: South Africa’s batsman JP Duminy plays a ball during the third day of a Test water-logged conditions, McIlroy parred the last to match against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. — AFP win his third consecutive title on the PGA Tour, and his second major this year. The 25-year-old, who LOUISVILLE: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after his one-stroke won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah by a victory during the final round of the 96th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. —AFP Ajmal reported for record eight shots, became the fourth youngest darkness in their bid to finish the 96th PGA Mickelson and Stenson. player to land four majors, with only Tom Morris Jr., Championship on Sunday. Play was halted just An up-and-down birdie at the seventh put Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods ahead of him. before noon as heavy rain swept across the par-71 Fowler one ahead again but the lead did not last suspect action Mickelson, who had been bidding for a sixth Valhalla layout, leaving rivers of water on several long as Stenson soon joined him, draining a 27- major title, recorded his first top-10 finish on the fairways and pools covering many greens. footer at the ninth. McIlroy, who had bogeyed the 2013-14 PGA Tour after a disappointing season. Roughly an inch of rain had saturated the course sixth after finding a bunker with his approach, COLOMBO: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, ered to be suspect and concluded that the “It was good for me to get back in the mix and by the time play resumed at 2:44 p.m. (1844 GMT), picked up his first shot of the day at the seventh, the world’s top-ranked bowler in one-day bowler’s action needed to be tested”, the to feel the pressure and get in the thick of it,” said and with dusk fast approaching a Monday finish hitting a delicate chip from beside a bunker to , has been reported for a suspect International Cricket Council said in a state- the American left-hander. “I kind of ran out of seemed likely. One ahead going into the final four feet and sinking the putt. Out in one-over par action for the second time in his career, the ment. “Ajmal’s bowling action will now be steam there after 12, wasn’t able to get a couple of round, McIlroy ran up a three-putt bogey at the 36, McIlroy eagled the 10th, narrowly missed world governing body said yesterday. Match scrutinised further under the ICC process birdies coming in like I needed to.” With birdies par-three third to slip to 12 under, level with birdie putts at 11 and 12 before sinking a five-foot- officials at the just-ended first Test between relating to suspected illegal bowling actions abundant on a receptive, rain-softened layout, the Mickelson and Austrian Bernd Wiesberger. er at the 13th to join Mickelson and Fowler in a tie Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle “cited concerns reported in Tests, ODIs and T20s.” galleries were treated to a breathtaking display of Moments later it became a five-way tie at the for the lead at 15 under. Fowler dropped back with over a number of deliveries that were consid- As per ICC regulations, Ajmal will have to shot-making in the final round. top when Fowler birdied the fourth and Stenson a bogey at 14, and Mickelson dropped his only undergo tests of his action within 21 days, the fifth. Fowler seized the lead with a spectacular shot of the day at the 16th before McIlroy effec- but is allowed to play on until the results of RACE AGAINST DARKNESS chip-in for birdie from just off the right edge of the tively made the title safe when he rolled in a 10- the test are known, the statement added. However, the late starters faced a race against green at the fifth, but was caught soon after by foot birdie putt on the 17th green.— Reuters Ajmal claimed five wickets in Sri Lanka’s first innings. The hosts won the game by sev- en wickets on Sunday to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The second Test starts on Lee bags LPGA Classic Thursday in Colombo. “This has come as a surprise to us,” Pakistan manager Moin Khan said in BELMONT: Mirim Lee won the Meijer LPGA holes and eagled the par-5 fifth - hitting a 3- Pettersen at 14 under with a 5-foot birdie putt at Colombo. “But there is no panic. We support Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory, wood shot to 6 feet - to tie Park at 15 under. 15. Japan’s Haru Nomura was fourth at 10-under him and he will play in the next Test.” The first beating fellow South Korean player Inbee Park Lee birdied the par-5 11th to pull within a after a 68. Germany’s Sandra Gal, the first-round Test was umpired by Ian Gould of England with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff. shot of Park. After 10 consecutive pars, Park leader, was another stroke back after a 66. and Bruce Oxenford of Australia, while “I (was) nervous 100 percent,” Lee said. “First three-putted the par-3 14th for a bogey. It hap- Top-ranked Stacy Lewis had her best round of Zimbabwe’s Andy Pycroft was the match ref- time in playoff. Inbee Park is like a hero in Korea pened about the same time Pettersen was the week with a 66 to tie for 11th at 6 under. eree. The 36-year-old Ajmal has taken 174 and all the young girls want to be her now in punching a shot from the trees to eight feet at Thailand’s Thidapa Suwannapura matched the wickets in 34 Tests and 182 wickets in 110 Korea.” The long-hitting Lee drove into greenside 15 to set up a birdie and another tie. low round of the tournament with a 64, which ODIs since he made his international debut in bunker on the second extra hole - the short par- “It’s nice to get four solid rounds of competi- included five birdies and an eagle at the par-4 2008. As well as heading the ICC’s bowling 4 17th - and blasted out to 5 feet. After Park’s 15- tion in,” Pettersen said. “I’ve struggled this year, 10th. She tied for 18th at 4 under. rankings in 50-over cricket, Ajmal is also in foot birdie try lipped out, Lee holed her putt for but it is coming. Disappointed to be one short, The tournament was the first LPGA Tour the top 10 of Test and Twenty20 bowlers. the victory. but it was nice to be back in contention straight event in Michigan since 2000 when the He was previously reported in April 2009 They each parred the 18th to open the play- after a three-week break.” Lee, trailing most of Oldsmobile Classic in East Lansing ended its but was cleared to play after testing. After the off. Park’s approach shot hit the cup on the way the day by a shot or two, then joined Park and nine-year run. — AP tour of Sri Lanka, Pakistan will play a two-Test past and she missed a 15-foot birdie attempt. series and three ODIs against Australia in Lee two-putted from 35 feet. October and November in the United Arab Emirates. Ajmal is seen as the key to the Lee, a rookie on the LPGA Tour, closed with a hopes of former champions Pakistan in next 2-under 69 to match Park at 14-under 270. Park, GALLE: Pakistan cricketer Saeed Ajmal year’s World Cup in Australia and New a 10-time tour winner, finished with a 70. celebrates in this file photo. — AFP Zealand. —AFP Lee is projected to jump to 29th in the world rankings. Norway’s Suzann Pettersen was a stroke back after a 69. Park said the win will give Pakistan greats blast Test defeat Lee great confidence. “I think she was kind of, you know, thinking KARACHI: Former Pakistan players yester- destroy Pakistan’s batting. about whether she should come to the LPGA or day criticised the national team’s capitula- In contrast Sri Lanka notched up 533 for whether she should stay in KLPGA,” Park said. tion in the first Test against Sri Lanka, blam- nine declared in the first innings with “but I think this will definitely make her see she ing defensive batting on the final day for Kumar Sangakkara hitting a magnificent made a good decision.” With three holes to play, the seven-wicket defeat. 221, blunting Pakistani spinners Saeed Park, Pettersen and Lee were tied for the lead at A trademark second innings collapse Ajmal and Abdur Rehman. 14 under, but Pettersen had tree and sand trou- Sunday meant Pakistan were bowled out Latif said neither Rehman nor Ajmal had bles and made a bogey at 16 to fall a shot for a paltry 180 in Galle after the match lived up to expectations. “Considering behind. looked certain to end in a draw. Pakistan’s batting frailties, Ajmal and Park and Lee each missed birdie chances on Sri Lanka knocked off the 99-run target Rehman didn’t bowl well (to compensate) the 17th. On the 18th, Lee two-putted for par despite bad light and intermittent rain to and that was the cause of defeat,” said Latif, from 40 feet, and Park made a 6-foot par putt. take a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. “It was adding the defeat did not augur well for Park said in the end the new blade putter she disappointing to see Pakistan lose a Test Misbah-ul-Haq’s captaincy. put in the bag this week let her down in the last which was heading for a draw and after “I can see Shahid Afridi as in the round. “I felt I hit a good putt, but it just didn’t go scoring 451,” former captain Rashid Latif 2015 World Cup if Pakistan lose the Test in,” she said of the final birdie attempt. “The put- told AFP. Younis Khan led the charge in the and one-day series in Sri Lanka,” said Latif. ter just wasn’t there. It was nice to shoot under first innings with a brilliant 177 but Sri The second Test starts in Colombo on par, but Mirim played well in the playoff holes.” Lankan spinner Rangana Herath exploited Thursday and is followed by a three-match Pettersen, who was playing in the group in the last-day pitch with figures of 6-48 to one-day series. —AFP BELMONT: Mirim Lee of South Korea imitates a ‘selfie’ after winning theMeijer LPGA Classic at front of Park for the day, birdied the first two Blythefield Country Club. — AFP