SPORTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2016 Windies defeat a ‘wake-up call’ for Pakistan

SHARJAH: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur said his team had after they dismissed Pakistan for below-par totals of 282 and tional at any time you can be beaten,” said Arthur, been given a wake-up call for their tours of New Zealand and 208. Brathwaite guided his team to their first victory in 14 who took over in May. Australia after they became the West Indies’ first Test victims Tests as he became the first opener in Test history to carry “We certainly took the pedal off the accelerator in this in 18 months. his bat in both innings, compiling unbeaten scores of 142 game and were below in standards and intensity,” he added. Pakistan had already clinched the series by winning the and 60. Arthur also warned Pakistan could expect a tough tour, first two Tests, but Kraigg Brathwaite’s heroics earned a Pakistan will now play two Tests in New Zealand, the first starting with New Zealand who will look to hit back hard much-needed consolation victory for the West Indies. in Christchurch starting from November 17 and the second after being routed 3-0 in India last month. “It is a wake-up call,” Arthur told AFP. “Hopefully that in Hamilton from November 25. Pakistan then move on to “Any team in their conditions is extremely hard to play,” gives the shock to the players they needed before our tough Australia for a three-Test series, starting with a day-night said Arthur. “If you look around the international cricket at tours to New Zealand and Australia.” West Indies won the match in Brisbane from December 15. “It’s a good wake-up the moment there is no easy bait in their own conditions so third and final Test by five in Sharjah on Thursday call and just says that if you’re off your discipline in interna- it’s going to be five tough matches for us.” —AFP South Africa produces remarkable fightback

PERTH: South Africa overcame the loss of star paceman to another shoulder injury to produce a stun- ning comeback on the second day of the opening Test against Australia in Perth yesterday. In reply to South Africa’s 242, Australia were cruising at 158 for none early on day two, but then lost all 10 wickets for just 86 runs to lead by only two after the first innings. At stumps on the second day, the visitors were 104 for two, an overall lead of 102 and arguably in the favoured position in the match, which seemed unthinkable 24 PERTH: File photo taken on January 11, 2013 shows hours earlier. Australian batsman Phillip Hughes playing a shot on his was on 46 and JP Duminy was on 34. Tha way to a century (100 runs) during the first one-day inter- pair had added 59 after the Proteas lost two early second national between Australia and Sri Lanka at the innings wickets, but their remarkable fightback was Melbourne Cricket Ground.— AFP soured by news that Steyn would miss the remainder of Aussies play down the series. Steyn left the field for scans on his troublesome right sledging problem shoulder before lunch, just after claiming the of Australian opener David Warner for 97, and did not return after Hughes inquest for the remainder of the innings. The 33-year-old broke the same shoulder late last year and missed several PERTH: Former Australia Mark Taylor and other sen- months of cricket, and it was confirmed late in the day he ior figures yesterday insisted verbal abuse is not a big prob- had a crack in a bone and would not take further part in PERTH: South Africa’s Jean-Paul Duminy ducks a wild ballon lem after a coroner examining Phillip Hughes’s death called it the three-Test series. He pulled up sore after the fourth the second day of play during their cricket test match against cricket’s “ugly underside”. ball of his 13th over, having been by far the most menac- Australia in Perth, Australia, yesterday. — AP Hughes, who played 26 Tests, died from bleeding on the ing of the South African bowlers to that stage. With 417 brain in November 2014 after being hit on the neck by a rising Test wickets, Steyn is just four shy of Shaun Pollock’s SCOREBOARD ball while batting in a domestic match at the Sydney Cricket record haul for South Africa. Ground. During his inquest, concerns were raised by Hughes’ In his absence, (4-56), PERTH, Australia: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of family about on-field sledging, or abuse, which they felt may (2-78) and debutant spinner Keshav Maharaj (3-56) the first Test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA have unsettled him. On Friday, New South Wales coroner exposed the home side’s batting frailty. Australia, who Ground on yesterday. Michael Barnes said even if there had been attempts to intimi- were in total control before Warner fell, then lost four South Africa first innings 242 date players, Hughes did not appear to be affected and it wickets for just 23 runs. Second innings “could not be implicated in his death”. Warner has 768 runs in Tests in Perth at 96 apiece and S. Cook c S Marsh b Siddle 12 But Barnes called sledging an “unsavoury aspect” of cricket, his opening with Shaun Marsh (63) was a D. Elgar 46 adding: “An outsider is left to wonder why such a beautiful record for Australia against the Proteas at the ground. H. Amla b Hazlewood 1 game would need such an ugly underside.” The hearing heard The dashing left-hander appeared certain to score his JP. Duminy not out 34 claims that one bowler told him, “I am going to kill you”, fourth Test century at the venue, but was caught at first Extras (lb5, w5, nb1) 11 although players on the field said they did not recall any such slip by and his dismissal sparked a remark- Total (two wickets, 40 overs) 104 comment. Taylor said he didn’t think sledging was a major able period of play. Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Cook), 2-45 (Amla) problem in cricket, but he urged umpires to crack down if Just eight runs later, Steyn left the field mid-over, after Bowling: Starc 9-4-18-0, Hazlewood 10-2-31-1 (1nb), Siddle 8- they thought players were going too far. “I don’t think we appearing to reinjure his troublesome right shoulder in an 4-12-1, Marsh 4-1-11-0 (5w), Lyon 9-2-27-0 have,” he said in Perth, where Australia are playing South around-the-wicket to Usman Khawaja. Africa, when asked if cricket had a sledging problem. “The One run later, Khawaja joined Warner back in the pavil- Australia first innings game needs a competitive edge to it, but it doesn’t need a lot ion when he was clean-bowled by young paceman D. Warner c Amla b Steyn 97 or rubbish talk either. If something positive does come out of Rabada for four. South African hopes were further boost- S. Marsh lbw b Philander 63 this, it will be a reduction in the idle chat. ed when Australian captain Steve Smith was the victim of U. Khawaja b Rabada 4 “Sledging is something that has always been talked about a highly contentious lbw decision for a duck. Smith S. Smith lbw b Maharaj 0 regularly, but the umpires should step in if they think it is over advanced well down the wicket to Maharaj and was A. Voges c and b Rabada 27 the top.” Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland agreed it struck on the knee roll. M. Marsh lbw b Philander 0 was down to the umpires to stamp out backchat if it was He was visibly shocked to be adjudged out by veteran P. Nevill c Amla b Maharaj 23 becoming too much. “If it has become a problem, then I umpire Aleem Dar, who has already made a number of M. Starc c du Plessis b Maharaj 0 would say the umpires are not doing their job,” he said, controversial decisions in the match. The Australian skip- P. Siddle not out 18 adding that he did not see it as a problem. “I come back to per called for a decision review, which showed the ball J. Hazlewood c Duminy b Philander 4 the fundamentals-the game should still be played in the right just clipping the outside of the stumps, which is out under N. Lyon c Elgar b Philander 0 spirit and for the sake of clarity, there’s codes of behaviour new rules introduced recently. Extras (lb3, nb5) 8 that are in place that deal with inappropriate behaviour. Marsh was then the fourth Australian to fall, trapped Total (all out, 70.2 overs) 244 “When that line is crossed, people should pay the price for lbw by Philander for 63. Fall of wickets: 1-158 (Warner), 2-167 (Khawaja), 3-168 (Smith), crossing that line and I can only encourage the umpires and He failed to get the decision overturned and cost his 4-181 (S Marsh), 5-181 (M Marsh), 6-202 (Voges), 7-203 (Starc), relevant officials to take action when it is appropriate.” Former side their second and last decision review, a move which 8-232 (Nevill), 9-243 (Hazlewood), 10-244 (Lyon). Australian Test opener Chris Rogers said he believed there came back to haunt them when Peter Nevill (23) Bowling: Steyn 12.4-3-51-1, Philander 19.2-2-56-4 (3nb), was less sledging in the modern game, particularly in England appeared to be incorrectly given out caught by umpire Rabada 20-1-78-2 (2nb), Maharaj 18.2-5-56. where he feels umpires are less tolerant. —AFP Dar. — AFP