GOLF | Page 5 TTENNISENNIS | Page 9 Matsuyama Cibulkova storms to To Advertise here beats Kerber Call: 444 11 300, 444 66 621 maiden to win WTA WGC win Finals Monday, October 31, 2016 FOOTBALL Muharram 30, 1438 AH Chelsea close gap GULF TIMES on leaders with win over Southampton SPORT Page 3 CRICKET Bangladesh post historic Test win against England Bangladesh secured Test status in 2000 and the win was only SCORECARD their eighth in 95 Tests — and the first against a full-strength side Bangladesh I innings 220 (Mominul), 3-152 (Mahmudullah), 4-200 C Woakes not out ..........................................9 England I innings 244 (Kayes), 5-238 (Shakib), 6-238 (Rahim), A Rashid lbw b Shakib ................................0 Bangladesh II innings (overnight 7-268 (Sabbir), 8-273 ( Taijul), 9-276 Z. Ansari c Kayes b Shakib ........................0 152-3) (Mehedi), 10-296 (Kamrul) S. Finn lbw b Mehedi ...................................0 Imrul Kayes lbw b Ali ................................78 Bowling: Finn 3-0-18-0, Ali 19-2-60-1, Extras: (b4 lb2) .............................................6 Shakib Al Hasan b Rashid .......................41 Ansari 19-0-76-2, Stokes 12-2-52-3 (nb1, Total (all out; 45.3 overs) .....................164 Mushfiqur Rahim c Cook b Stokes .......9 w1), Rashid 11.5-1-52-4, Woakes 2-0-14-0 Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Duckett), 2-105 Sabbir Rahman lbw b Rashid ................15 England II innings (Root), 3-124 (Ballance), 4-124 (Ali), 5-127 Shuvagata Hom not out ......................... 25 Alastair Cook c Mominul b Mehedi ..59 (Cook), 6-139 (Bairstow), 7-161 (Stokes), Tajiul Islam c Bairstow b Stokes ............5 B. Duckett b Mehedi.................................. 56 8-161 (Rashid), 9-161 (Ansari), 10-164 Mehedi Hasan c Root b Rashid ..............2 J. Root lbw b Shakib ......................................1 (Finn) Kamrul Islam c and b Rashid ..................7 G. Ballance c Tamim b Mehedi ...............5 Bowling: Mehedi 21.3-2-77-6, Shakib Extras (b17, lb7, w1, nb1) ......................... 26 M. Ali lbw Mehedi ..........................................0 13-1-49-4, Shuvagata 6-0-25-0, Taijul Total (all out, 66.5 overs) ................... 296 B. Stokes b Shakib .......................................25 5-2-7-0 Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Tamim), 2-66 J. Bairstow c Shuvagata b Mehedi ....... 3 Result: Bangladesh won by 108 runs Bangladesh players celebrate after beating England in Dhaka yesterday. AFP “The coach was a bit fi red up at tea. land were desperate for Jonny Bairstow Dhaka We didn’t bowl too well. Then they to replicate his recent fi ne form. But tried to bowl in good areas and did re- Mehedi dismissed Bairstow to com- ally well. The bowlers did a great job. plete his second fi ve-wicket haul in the angladesh yesterday recorded We didn’t think Mehedi will shine like match. their fi rst Test victory over this. He’s a good batsman as well and The England wicketkeeper-batsman England, taking all ten wickets hopefully will be a great all-rounder departed for three to leave his side pre- Bin a single session thanks to for Bangladesh.” cariously poised on 6-139. teen off -spin sensation Mehedi Hasan Mehedi, who celebrated his 19th Shakib then took Bangladesh to the to win the second Test by 108 runs and birthday this week, took the fi nal wick- brink of victory before Mehedi — the square the series. et of Steven Finn to fi nish with 6-77 in man of the match and of the series — Celebrations erupted at Dhaka’s the innings and 12 for 159 in the match. trapped Steven Finn leg before. Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and across It was his country’s best-ever bowl- “270 would have been a helluva the country as Bangladeshis revelled ing fi gure in Tests, overtaking Enamul chase probably,” Cook said after the in one of the proudest moments in Haque Jr’s 12-200 against Zimbabwe match. “Today we showed our inexpe- their sporting history. Chasing a target in 2005. He fi nished the series with 19 rience in these conditions. When the of 273, England seemed to be cruising scalps. ball got rolling we couldn’t stop it.” when Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett Shakib Al Hasan, the only other Earlier in the day Adil Rashid guided them to 100 without loss at tea. Bangladeshi apart from Mehedi and claimed 4-52 and Ben Stokes 3-52 as But 19-year-old Mehedi, playing in Enamul to take 10 or more wickets in England dismissed Bangladesh for 296 only his second Test, triggered a dra- Tests, joined the party with 4-49, in- to keep their victory target below the matic collapse in the fi nal session of cluding three wickets in an over. 300-run mark. But the visitors squan- the third day. England crumbled to 164 Yet England had reason to feel con- dered the chance to dismiss Bangla- all out to suff er their fi rst-ever defeat fi dent after Duckett and Cook gave desh more cheaply, dropping a series of by Bangladesh in 10 Tests and share the them a confi dent start in pursuit of catches and allowing the hosts to build two-Test series 1-1. an achievable target, before Mehedi on their overnight 152-3. Bangladesh secured Test status in struck with the fi rst ball of the fi nal Stokes was fi ned 15% of his match 2000 and the win was only their eighth session. He bowled Duckett for 56 and fee for breaching the ICC code of con- in 95 Tests — and the fi rst against a then quickly removed Garry Ballance duct, ignoring requests from the on- full-strength side from a major coun- (fi ve) and Moeen Ali (zero). Then came fi eld umpires to stop “verbally engag- try. “It’s a great moment for Bangla- the coup de grace, the wicket of Cook, ing” with Bangladeshi batsman Sabbir desh cricket. It was up and down and the only other half-century maker Rahman. The English player admitted you never knew which team would with 59. his off ence and no formal hearing was win,” said jubilant captain Mushfi qur With Shakib having already removed need, the ICC, cricket’s global govern- Rahim. Joe Root for one in the meantime, Eng- ing body, said in a statement. Bangladesh’s Mehedi Hasan poses with his man of the match and man of the series trophies. Gulf Times 2 Monday, October 31, 2016 FOOTBALL WELL PLAYED Guardiola all praise for ‘Special One’ Aguero AFP 150th for City when Guardiola’s former Guardiola was also pleased with with our performance in the fi rst half. London club visit Eastlands this week. Gundogan after the German playmaker We won 4-0 but in the second half West After dropping Aguero for City’s 4-0 netted his fi rst brace in English football. Brom showed how good the Premier defeat at Barcelona recently, Guardiola “Sergio scored two but so did Gun- League is. ergio Aguero was branded Man- was delighted with the contribution of dogan. He has the qualities with the ball “For me it was diffi cult to understand chester City’s ‘Special One’ the former Atletico Madrid star. “Ser- in the middle, he’s safe and he’s really why we had control in the fi rst half, and after ending the worst run of gio is a special player. But I would like good with the ball one against one at- then we didn’t in the second half with manager Pep Guardiola’s career. to convince him how important he is for tacking central defenders,” Guardiola the same players. At 60, 65 minutes, S Argentina forward Aguero scored us,” Guardiola said. “We need him a lot said. “He showed that with the fi rst goal anything could have happened, but the twice in the fi rst half against West and when he’s in that mood and shows with the pass to Sergio.” moment Ilkay Gundogan scored the Bromwich Albion before setting up that hunger, Sergio is defi nitive. Guardiola admitted City needed to end third goal, the game was almost over.” the third for Ilkay Gundogan, who also “He’s an important part of this club their winless run — so they didn’t lose West Brom assistant head coach grabbed the fi nal goal in City’s 4-0 win and we want to try to help him to become their heads. “I was very pleased — after Dave Kemp admitted they couldn’t live at the Hawthorns. a bigger and bigger part of this fantastic six games we needed a win for the head with Aguero. It was a welcome result for City boss club. Sergio is so important for us. We (minds),” he added. “The problem when “Aguero’s two goals were tremen- Guardiola, who had gone six games in don’t have too many strikers — we have you haven’t won for six games is you lack dous. You know he’s a good player but all competitions without a win. Sergio and Kelechi (Iheanacho) but he’s a bit of confi dence for the next one. you hope he’s off colour a little bit. He City remain top of the Premier too young and he has to learn a lot.” “That happened in that period but wasn’t, and you fi nd yourself in trou- League on goal diff erence ahead of Ar- Aguero was sacrifi ced for tactical we played well. But when you don’t ble,” Kemp said. senal despite their recent struggles and reasons in the fi rst meeting with Barca, win, your argument about how many “If something isn’t quite right they can now look forward to Tuesday’s but Guardiola admitted his talisman has good things you did sound like excuses.