MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016 SPORTS Bangladesh player acquitted in maid torture case DHAKA: A Bangladesh court yesterday roadside with her eyes bruised and the girl lodged complainst against the investigation into the alleged crim- picked by any BPL side for the current acquitted cricketer Shahadat Hossain swollen. “The couple have been them. inal offence, which drew huge media season. Before his ban Hossain played and his wife on charges of torturing an released as the prosecution failed to The cricketer spent two months in interest. In May the authorities allowed 38 Tests for Bangladesh, bagging 72 11-year-old girl whom he employed as prove them guilty,” prosecutor Ali custody after surrendering to police in Hossain to play domestic cricket due to wickets, and 51 one-day internationals a maid, a prosecutor said. Asgar from the women and children October last year, and his wife was “humanitarian considerations” until his in which he took 47. “The truth has won,” Police last year charged the 30-year- repression prevention tribunal told arrested. Hossain was later released on case was settled, clearing the way for he said after the verdict. Asked whether old fast bowler and his wife Nritto AFP. bail, as was his wife. But he remained his appearance in the lucrative he hopes to return to the national team, Shahadat with assault and torture after The couple pleaded not guilty to banned from all forms of the game by Bangladesh Premier League. he told AFP: “I still have something to the young girl was found crying by the the charges which were brought after the Bangladesh Cricket Board during But the fast bowler has not been give to my country.” —AFP Rangers beat Bruins 5-2 BOSTON: Derek Stepan and Kevin Alex Galchenyuk and Phillip Danault Hayes each scored short-handed also scored for Montreal (10-1-1) goals and Antti Raanta made 35 while Carey Price stopped 34-of-38 saves as the surging New York shots. Chris VandeVelde, Shayne Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-2 Gostisbehere, Claude Giroux and on Saturday night. Pavel Buchnevich Travis Konecny scored for added a power-play goal, Stepan had Philadelphia (6-6-1), which saw its two assists, and Michael Grabner and three-game winning streak snapped. Nick Holden also scored for New Michal Neuvirth made 12 saves in York, which won its fourth straight defeat. Plekanec scored the eventual game and seventh in the last eight. winner at 10:57 while the Habs were David Pastrnak and Patrice Bergeron playing down a man. Streaking scored for the Bruins, who had won down the wing, Plekanec beat their last three games. Tuukka Rask Neuvirth for his first goal of the sea- made 19 saves, but lost for the first son. time after winning his first six starts. New York took a 2-1 lead on Stepan’s OILERS 4, ISLANDERS 3, SO goal late in the first period as he Mark Letestu scored the only goal broke in alone after taking a pass in the shootout to lift the Oilers to a PERTH: Australia’s Steve Smith plays a shot on day four of the first Test cricket match between Australia and South Africa in Perth yesterday. —AFP from Grabner. Rask poked the puck victory over the Islanders. Letestu off his stick, but it caromed off both beat Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak of the winger’s skates and slid into to the glove side to snap the Oilers’ the net. Hayes scored on the end of a three-game skid (0-2-1) after start- Australia lose four wickets 3-on-1 break at 2:18 of the second to ing the season with seven wins in make it 3-1. eight games. Patrick Maroon, Leon Draisaitl, and Milan Lucic scored in chasing record 539 target PENGUINS 5, SHARKS 0 regulation for the Oilers, and Cam Sidney Crosby scored twice and Talbot made 30 saves as Edmonton Matthew Murray stopped 32 shots beat the Islanders on the road for PERTH: Emerging South African paceman SCOREBOARD for his second career shutout as the first time since December 1999. Kagiso Rabada claimed three crucial wickets as South Africa closed in on victory against Pittsburgh continued its dominance Nick Leddy, Shane Prince and Casey Australia on the fourth day of the opening Test PERTH: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first test between Australia and South Africa at the WACA of San Jose. Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr Cizikas scored for New York, and in Perth yesterday. ground yesterday. and Nick Bonino also scored for the Halak finished with 20 saves. The Set an intimidating victory target of 539, the South Africa 1st Innings: 242 37-11-107-2 (1nb), Peter Siddle 26-9-62-2, Mitchell Penguins, who are 5-0-1 in their last Islanders have lost three straight, home side were wobbling on 169 for four at six and have points in 10 of 12 including the last two in shootouts. Australia, 1st Innings: 244 Marsh 26-4-77-2 (4w), Nathan Lyon 34-3-146-0, Adam stumps and facing a potential record defeat South Africa 2nd Innings(Overnight: 390-6) Voges 5-1-8-0, Steve Smith 1.1-0-3-1. games. Murray got his second win of Halak denied Jordan Eberle point- against South Africa. Stephen Cook c Shaun Marsh b Siddle 12 the season. The Penguins, who beat blank early in overtime before Talbot Usman Khawaja was on 58 and Mitchell Dean Elgar c Starc b Hazlewood 127 Australia 2nd Innings San Jose in six games in the Stanley made a similar sprawling save at the Marsh on 15, with South Africa’s unbeaten Hashim Amla b Hazlewood 1 Shaun Marsh c du Plessis b Rabada 15 Cup Final last June and won against other end. record at the ground set to be extended. An Jean-Paul Duminy c Nevill b Siddle 141 David Warner run out 35 them at home on Oct. 20, didn’t give extraordinary piece of fielding by the diminu- Faf du Plessis c Nevill b Starc 32 Usman Khawaja not out 58 the Sharks much of a chance, scoring SABRES 2, SENATORS 1 tive Temba Bavuma removed the dangerous Temba Bavuma c Khawaja b Marsh 8 Steve Smith c de Kock b Rabada 34 David Warner for 35 to end an opening stand of Quinton de Kock c Voges b Marsh 64 Adam Voges c de Kock b Rabada 1 less than 4 1/2 minutes in. San Jose Kyle Okposo and Sam Reinhart Vernon Philander b Smith 73 Mitchell Marsh not out 15 goalie Martin Jones allowed three scored in the third period in the 52. Warner dropped the ball in front of him and Keshav Mahraj not out 41 Extras (8b, 2lb, 1w) 11 goals on seven shots before being Sabres’ comeback victory over the set off for a quick single, but Bavuma pounced Extras (10b, 13lb, 17w, 1nb) 41 TOTAL: (4 wickets) 169 replaced by Aaron Dell 13 seconds Senators. Robin Lehner made 32 from cover and unleashed a powerful throw TOTAL: (8 wickets declared) 540 Overs: 55. into the second period. Dell finished saves for his first win against his for- while horizontal and still in mid-air. Overs: 160.1 Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-52, 3-144, 4-146. It rattled the stumps at the non-striker’s end Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-45, 295, 4-324, 5-346, 6-352, 7- Bowling: Kagiso Rabada 16-2-49-3 (1w), Vernon with 16 saves as the Sharks lost their mer team. Okposo tied it early in the with Warner centimetres out of his ground. 468, 8-540. Philander 12-3-36-0, Jean-Paul Duminy 8-1-18-0, Keshav third straight. period, tipping a point shot from The dismissal set the stage for Rabada (3-49) Bowling: Mitchell Starc 31-8-114-1 (1w), Josh Hazlewood Maharaj 17-6-40-0, Stephen Cook 2-0-16-0. Jake McCabe past Craig Anderson. to display his quality in the absence of champi- LIGHTNING 4, DEVILS 1 The Sabres took their first lead when on pacemen Dale Steyn due to a shoulder injury bowlers, but when the ball started to reverse behind off a thin outside edge. Victor Hedman and Nikita Reinhart took advantage of a suffered on the first day. Four balls later fellow swing Rabada returned to the attack and ended South Africa bowling coach Charl Kucherov both had a goal and an turnover at the side of the Ottawa opener Shaun Marsh (15) was caught at second a 92-run third-wicket stand with an impressive Langeveldt was thrilled with Rabada and said assist, Brayden Point scored his first goal. Anderson stopped the first slip by Faf du Plessis off the bowling of Rabada spell. Bowling with high pace in his ninth Test, the over to Voges gave him goosebumps. NHL goal and the Lightning beat the shot, but Reinhart was able to jam a as Australia suddenly slumped to 52-2. the 21-year-old showed he can become the per- “He’s done it before, today he stepped up Devils. Brian Boyle also scored for loose puck in between the skate of Things appeared to get even darker for the fect long-term replacement for Steyn when he again,” he said. “When you are bowling spells at Tampa Bay, and Ben Bishop made 37 Anderson and the post at 8:22. The hosts when new batsman Khawaja was given removed Smith (34) and Adam Voges (1) in suc- 145 kilometres an hour that is always exciting.