Sports Monday, January 6, 2020 15 Defiant Sibley puts England Punctures slow in control with gritty knock AFP England record - and Stokes CAPE TowN caught last man Anrich Nortje to set an England Test record A gritty 85 not out from open- of five catches by a fielder. er Dom Sibley ground down Zak Crawley made a down Attiyah in South Africa’s bowlers as Eng- streaky 25 when England land took control on the third started their second innings, day of the second Test against with Sibley making only three South Africa at Newlands. in an opening stand of 28, be- Sibley, playing in only fore the day settled into a bat- his fourth Test, came in dur- tle of attrition. Dakar opener ing the morning session after Sibley and Joe Denly (31) James Anderson had picked used up 33 overs in adding 73 up the last two South African for the second wicket before wickets to finish with 5-40 and Denly hooked Nortje to fine give England a first innings leg. lead of 46. England’s Dom Sibley celebrates England captain Joe Root By the close, Sibley was his half-century. was more aggressive as he and still there and England had Sibley added 116 for the third reached 218 for four, stretch- Brief Scores wicket. ing their overall lead to 264. Root made 61 off 98 balls Sibley’s 85, his first Test England 218 for 4 (Sibley 85*, Root 61) before being caught at slip off half-century, came off a pains- and 269 all out lead South Africa 223 Dwaine Pretorius shortly be- taking 222 balls in just under all out (Anderson 5-40) by 264 runs fore the close. six hours and included 13 Earlier, Anderson took boundaries. Stokes combined to secure an both South Africa’s remain- It was slow going but it important first innings lead. ing wickets as the hosts added consolidated England’s advan- Anderson completed his only eight runs to their over- tage after Anderson and Ben 28th Test five-wicket haul - an night total. Toyota’s Gazoo Racing driver Nasser bin Saleh al Attiyah of Qatar and his co-driver Mathieu Baumel of France compete during Stage 1 of the Dakar 2020 between Jeddah and Al Wajh in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. (AFP) AFP Results to win the event, completed AL WAJH (SAUDI ARABIA) the drive in his Toyota in 11th Aussies dominant: Lyon DAKAR RALLY AFTER SUNDAy’S STAGE 1 (752 KILOMETRES) FROM DJEDDAH TO AL WAJH. place. THREE punctures inside 10 Cars: The 38-year-old Spaniard, kms slowed down defending 1. Vaidotas Zala-Saulius Jurgelenas (LTU-LTU/Mini) 3h19:04, 2. Stephane Peterhansel-Paulo Fiuza with five-time Dakar bike champion Nasser bin Saleh al (FRA-POR/Mini) at 2mins 14secs, 3. Carlos Sainz-Lucas Cruz (ESP-ESP/Mini) 2:50, 4. Nasser champion Marc Coma navi- takes five-wicket haul Attiyah of Qatar in the inau- Al-Attiyah-Matthieu Baumel (QAT-FRA/Toyota) 5:33, 5. Bernhard Ten Brinke-Tom Colsoul (NED-BEL/ gating, was over quarter of an Toyota) 6:30, 6. Mathieu Serradori-Fabian Lurquin (FRA-BEL/Century) 6:55, 7. Orlando Terranova- AFP gural stage of the Dakar Rally Bernardo Graue (ARG-ARG/Mini) 7:15, 8. Yazeed Al Rajhi-Konstantin Zhiltsov (KSA-RUS/Toyota) hour behind surprise stage crowd, in front of your family from Jeddah to Al Wajh in 11:46, 9. Vladimir Vasilyev-Vitaliy Yevtyekhov (RUS-UKR/Mini) 13:25, 10. Erik Van Loon-Sebastien winner Vaidotas Zala. SYDNEY and friends. Nice to go up on Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Delaunay (NED-FRA/Toyota) 13:58 One driver facing an early the honours board.” The Toyota Hilux driver set flight home was France’s two- AUSTRALIA took a com- Phillips, who only flew in a hot pace and was ahead dur- Motorcycles: time Le Mans 24 Hour winner manding 243-run lead over on the eve of the Test as cover ing the opening 200 kms into 1. Toby Price (AUS/KTM) 3h21:33 (penalty: 2:00), 2. Ricky Brabec (USA/Honda) at 5secs, 3. Matthias Romain Dumas, who could plucky New Zealand in the for a team weakened by a virus the stage but punctures blunt- Walkner (AUT/KTM) 40, 4. Kevin Benavides (ARG/Honda) 2:31, 5. Sam Sunderland (GBR/Ktm) 3:15, only watch from a safe distance third Test in Sydney on Sun- outbreak, was dropped twice ed his charge and the Qatari 6. Pablo Quintanilla (CHI/Husqvarna) 3:36, 7. Joan Barreda Bort (ESP/Honda) 5:51, 8. Luciano as flames engulfed his car after day, looking set for a clean and given a reprieve when Benavides (ARG/Ktm) 6:56, 9. Andrew Short (USA/Husqvarna) 7:03, 10. Adrien Van Beveren (FRA/ dropped behind a Mini trio, Yamaha) 7:52 only 65km. sweep of the series. caught off a no-ball. led by a surprise stage winner Defending motorbike The Australians dismissed Lyon put down the two and debutant Vaidotas Zala of champion Toby Price won the Black Caps for 251 to lead caught-and-bowled chances Lithuaian. rally world champion. At the “In 21 editions of the Da- Sunday’s first bike stage, de- by 203 runs on the first in- when Phillips was on two and “It was a hard day and wheel of an X-Raid Mini, the kar, I’ve never had a co-driver spite losing his roadbook. nings before batting a second 17. The Kiwi batsman dodged we had three punctures in 32-year-old added his name talk to me in English, so I need “Once the road book time in a bid to build an over- Australia’s Nathan Lyon another bullet on 28 when he 10 kilometres. I have no clue to the list of Dakar stage win- to get used to it,” he said. is gone, then you’re pretty whelming total with two days acknowledges the crowd after was caught by Travis Head what went wrong. It’s rather ners and proved that his auspi- Reflecting on a solid first much driving blind,” said the remaining. taking a five wicket haul. at deep midwicket only to be strange,” reported the Qatari, cious 12th place in 2019 was no day’s drive Peterhansel added: 32-year-old Australian. At stumps on day three, recalled when James Pattin- over five minutes adrift. fluke. “There were dunes, sandy pla- The KTM rider completed the hosts were 40 without loss charmed knock of 52. son was found to have over- Zala’s debut in Saudi Ara- He is 2mins 14sec clear teaus and rocky sectors where the 752km route over two min- with David Warner on 23 and “We’re in a very good posi- stepped for a no-ball. bia was not just a tour de force, of teammates Stephane Pe- we had to walk on eggshells. utes clear of American Ricky Joe Burns not out 16, and were tion here,” said Lyon, who has it was a performance for the terhansel, the 13-time Dakar We’re good at adapting to these Brabec on a Honda with Aus- expected to bat on for some now taken a career 385 Test ages. The varied terrain and champion, and Carlos Sainz. conditions, we’re nimble!” trian Matthias Walkner on an- time on the fourth day. wickets. “A lot of work to do Brief Scores fiendish navigation of the in- ‘Mr Dakar’, as France’s Dakar Rally debutant Fer- other KTM in third. Off-spinner Nathan Lyon in the morning and we have to Australia 454 and 0 for 40 (Warner 23*, augural stage appeared to rule Peterhansel is affectionately nando Alonso avoided any first Monday’s second stage is captured five for 68 to lead see what lead we the batsmen Burns 16*) lead New Zealand 251 (Phillips out any surprises, but instead known, struggled with a lan- stage pitfalls. The Spaniard, 401km to Neom, a planned fu- the Australian bowling attack, want to get to. 52, Latham 49, Lyon 5-68, Cummins 3-44) by it witnessed the rise to fame of guage barrier with his new co- trying to make history as the turistic city being built on the with Kiwi Test debutant Glenn “It is pretty special to play 243 runs the newly crowned Lithuanian driver Paulo Fiuza. first Formula One champion Red Sea. Phillips top-scoring with a here in front of your home First phase of the league comes to an end Abdi leads Al Arabi to top in QBF League first phase TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK as the match progressed and pulled Results placed outfits. Both had suffered seven DOHA themselves 31 points clear at one stage defeats in a row and it was Al Khor who (72-41) before scripting their sixth vic- Al Khor Club beat Al Sadd Club 88-63 (HT 44-30) ended their losing streak, using their FORWARD Khalid Suliman Abdi led tory in eight matches – their second Main performers – Al Khor: Malcolm Bernard 28 pts & 10 12-point run in the second quarter to Al Arabi Club’s aggressive display in in a row. The third loss snapped the rebounds, Aladji Magassa 19 pts, Khobi Williams 17 pts & pull 14 points clear at the interval. the last match of the first phase in the three-match winning run for Al Sha- 14 rebounds, Madrious Gibbs 13 pts & 11 assists Al Khor continued to push hard QBF League and sparked them to a mal, who are among three teams with Al Sadd: Justin Baker 31 pts & 14 rebounds, Babacar Dieng managed to stretch their advantage to dominant 95-79 victory against Al Sha- 13 points each.