Sports FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2013 Smith, de Villiers put South Africa on top DUBAI: Graeme Smith smashed a double “It’s proud to get to this mark,” said Smith, century and AB de Villiers hit a robust hun- captain since 2003. “The goal today was to dred to guide South Africa to an imperious get in a commanding position and to bat position in the must-win second Test against once in this match and I would like to think Pakistan in Dubai yesterday. that we will come out tomorrow and put South African skipper made 227 not out more runs.” for his fifth double ton while De Villiers- Pakistan’s bowling coach Mohammad dropped off the first delivery by wicket-keep- Akram said his team will fight. “We will fight er Adnan Akmal off paceman Mohammad till the end,” said Akram. “We dropped crucial Irfan-was unbeaten on 157 for his 17th Test catches but nothing is impossible, we will century. fight.” The duo plundered a hapless Pakistan Smith, overnight 67, anchored the innings attack to take South Africa to 460-4 at close and reached his century with a straight drive on the second day, giving them a big 361-run off Ajmal for his only sixth boundary. It took lead with three full days to play to force a Smith 204 balls to reach the milestone. series-levelling win. Pakistan took the new ball straightaway Pakistan won the first Test by seven wick- after the 80th over but it only upped the scor- DHAKA: Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque plays a shot during the fourth day of the sec- ets in Abu Dhabi last week. Smith and De ing rate with de Villiers hitting Irfan for two ond cricket Test match between Bangladesh and New Zealand. — AFP Villiers have set an all time South African successive boundaries and one off Babar to record for the fifth wicket in Tests with 326, bring up his fifty. beating the previous best of 267 set by He also completed 1,000 runs against Jacques Kallis and Ashwell Prince against the Pakistan in 12 Tests. Resuming at 128-3, South Mominul leads West Indies at Antigua in 2005. Africa lost Steyn in the seventh over of the The experienced duo plundered Pakistan’s day, bowled for seven as he offered no stroke spin-cum pace attack on Dubai stadium pitch to a Irfan delivery. B’desh fightback which gave little help to the bowlers who Irfan, who bowled at good pace, could only managed to dismiss nightwatchman have had De Villiers off the very next ball but DHAKA: Mominul Haque scored an unbeaten their second innings at stumps on the fourth Dale Steyn (seven) in the first hour. Akmal failed to hold on to a edge towards his century and put on a record partnership with day, wiping out New Zealand’s first innings Smith reached his fifth double hundred right. Tamim Iqbal as Bangladesh fought their way advantage of 155 for an overall lead of 114 with a couple off spinner Zulfiqar Babar Pakistani spinners led by Saeed Ajmal (2- back into the second Test against New Zealand runs. towards mid-wicket, also completing 9,000 132) bowled tirelessly but failed to exploit any in Dhaka yesterday. The hosts reached 269-3 in Mominul led Bangladesh’s batting charge runs in 112 Tests. turn on a pitch that was expected to give slow with 126 not out, making him only the second He is the 12th batsmen in all Test cricket to bowlers help. Irfan had figures of 84-1 in 27 Bangladeshi to score back-to-back Test cen- reach 9,000 and second behind team-mate overs, while Babar had figures of 1-112. — AFP Scoreboard turies after Tamim. Mominul, who scored 181 in Jacques Kallis who so far has 13,140 runs in the first innings of the drawn first Test in 164 Tests. DHAKA: Scores at stumps on the fourth day Chittagong, batted solidly throughout, showing The South African captain, seeking to keep of the second Test between Bangladesh and no sign of nerves until he got stuck on 99 for 11 his team’s unbeaten run away from home New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National balls. He reached his century with a half-heart- since losing to Sri Lanka in 2006, raised his Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: ed boundary over long on off Neil Wagner. arms to the applause of his team-mates. Bangladesh first innings 282 all out (Tamim Former captain Shakib Al Hasan kept In all Smith has hit 16 boundaries off 367 Iqbal 95; N. Wagner 5-64) Mominul company towards the end of the day deliveries of complete domination. De Villiers and was unbeaten on 32 at stumps. was in more punishing mood, having hit 16 New Zealand first innings (overnight 419-8) Tamim, who achieved the same feat at boundaries and a six off 262 balls. P. Fulton lbw b Shakib 14 Lord’s and Old Trafford against England in Pakistan keeper faltered once more when H. Rutherford c Mominul b Shakib 13 2010, played a patient knock of 70 off 218 balls he dropped Smith off spinner Zulfiqar Babar K. Williamson c Tamim b Razzak 62 before Ross Taylor spectacularly caught him when the batsman was on 202, capping a R. Taylor c Nasir b Shakib 53 one-handed at slip off Kane Williamson. “We miserable day for his team. B. McCullum c Rubel b Shakib 11 were on the back foot when we started the day Smith hit spinner Saeed Ajmal for three C. Anderson c Gazi b Al-Amin 116 so our target was to lose few wickets and bat as consecutive boundaries to reach his 9th score B. J. Watling not out 70 long as possible,” Tamim told reporters. “We of 150 plus. Smith showed happiness at dou- D. Bracewell c Mushfiqur b Shakib 17 had planned not to go for high-risk shots and ble hundred and the 9,000 run milestone. N. Wagner c Marshall b Nasir 8 bat normally.” Tamim said there was still an I. Sodhi run out 58 outside chance of a Bangladesh victory. “It T. Boult lbw b Abdur Razzak 4 depends on how long this pair can bat tomor- Extras (b4, lb4, wb2, nb1) 11 row. If our batsmen can bat for an hour after Scoreboard Total (all out, 140 overs) 437 lunch then anything is possible. It has hap- Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rutherford), 2-32 pened before in Test cricket,” he said. DUBAI: Scoreboard at close on the second (Fulton), 3-101 (McCullum), 4-127 (Taylor), 5- Mominul and Tamim added 157 runs, a day of the second and final Test between 267 (Williamson), 6-287-(Anderson), 7-318 record for Bangladesh for the third wicket, after Pakistan and South Africa at Dubai cricket (Bracewell), 8-335 (Wagner), 9-428 ( Sodhi), Wagner struck twice in the first session to leave stadium yesterday: 10-437 (Boult) the home side struggling on 55-2. Bowling: Al-Amin 16-3-58-1, Sohag Gazi 34-8- The South African-born left-arm paceman, Pakistan 1st innings 99 (Zulfiqar Babar 77-0, Shakib 43-13-103-5, who claimed 5-64 in the first innings, had open- 25; Imran Tahir 5-32, D. Steyn 3-38) Razzak 23-1-96-2, Rubel 18-1-81-0 (nb1, er Anamul Haque caught by Peter Fulton at slip wb1), Nasir 3-1-7-1. Mominul 3-0-7-0 for 22, before adding Marshall Ayub to his tally. South Africa Ist innings Anamul’s 22, his highest score in the series, A. Petersen lbw b Babar 26 Bangladesh second innings included four boundaries, while Ayub fell for G. Smith not out 227 Tamim Iqbal c Taylor b Williamson 70 just nine as Taylor took a catch at slip. D. Elgar c Ali b Ajmal 23 Anamul Haque c Fulton b Wagner 22 Earlier New Zealand had resumed on 419-8 J. Kallis lbw b Ajmal 7 Marshall Ayub c Taylor b Wagner 9 but added just 18 for the last two wickets to be D. Steyn b Irfan 7 Mominul Haque not out 126 all out for 437. Ish Sodhi was run out by AB de Villiers not out 157 Shakib Al Hasan not out 32 Mominul for 58, before Abdur Razzak trapped Extras: (b4, lb7, w2) 13 Extras (b8, lb1, nb1) 10 Trent Boult in front to wrap up the innings sev- Total: (for four wkts; 134 overs) 460 Total (for three wickets; 89 overs) 269 en overs into the morning session. Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Petersen), 2-91 Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Anamul), 2-55 (Marshall), “There is still obviously a lot of time to go in (Elgar), 3-119 (Kallis), 4-134 (Steyn) 3-212 (Tamim) this game,” said New Zealand batsman Peter Bowling: Irfan 27-4-84-1 (w1), Khan 27-2- Bowling: Boult 16-2-62-0, Bracewell 14-2-47-0 Fulton. “We would have liked at least two more 99-0 (w1), Ajmal 43.4-5-132-2, DUBAI: South African captain Graeme Smith (nb1), Wagner 18-4-52-2, Sodhi 14-2-37-0, wickets tonight. We need to come out tomorrow Babar 31.2-2-112-1, Ali 5-0-22-0 celebrates a double century during the sec- Anderson 9-2-18-0, Williamson 18-4-44-1 morning and if we get a couple of wickets in the ond day of the second Test match against first hours, it will be an exciting day.” — AFP Pakistan.