GGOLFOLF | Page 5 HANDBALL | Page 7 Johnson Barcelona win downs Spieth third Super in Northern Globe; Al Sadd Trust playoff fi nish fourth Tuesday, August 29, 2017 FOOTBALL Dhul-Hijja 7, 1438 AH Real Madrid’s GULF TIMES streak halted by Valencia draw SPORT Page 2 CRICKET / ENG VS WI, DAY 4, 2ND TEST Ali assault puts England on top in second Test Left-hander’s 84 propels hosts to 490-8 dec; West Indies face challenging target of 322 runs for victory on final day AFP England resumed on 171 for three Leeds, United Kingdom after the West Indies had made 427 in their fi rst innings following hundreds from Shai Hope (147) and Brathwaite oeen Ali’s rapid 84 helped (134). England turn the tide on Root, dropped in the gully on 10, the fourth day of the sec- was 45 not out and Malan, who had a ond Test against the West lucky break on four when the West In- MIndies at Headingley yesterday. dies opted against reviewing a potential At stumps, the West Indies were fi ve catch, was unbeaten on 21. without loss in their second innings, Root, dropped on eight en route to needing a further 317 runs to reach a 59 in England’s fi rst-innings 258, com- challenging victory total of 322. pleted his second fi fty this Test in 87 Only one side have made more in the balls after he edged two fours off Kemar fourth innings to win a Test at Head- Roach. ingley, with Australia’s celebrated ‘In- But the breakthrough the West In- vincibles’ scoring 404 for three at the dies so badly needed came when Root, Leeds ground in 1948 thanks mainly cramped for room trying to cut Gabri- to opener Arthur Morris’s 182 and an el, steered the ball to gully where Shai unbeaten 173 from Donald Bradman, Hope, succeeding where brother Kyle widely regarded as cricket’s greatest had failed on Sunday, clung on to a jug- batsman. gled catch. West Indies did make 344 for one to But fi rst slip Powell missed Malan, beat England in a Test at Lord’s in 1984, then on 32, although the blame lay with with opener Gordon Greenidge making wicket-keeper Dowrich for bailing out 214 not out, but they will likely need a late on. similarly brilliant innings from one of their current top order if they are to SCORECARD level this three-match series at 1-1. ENGLAND 1st Inn 258 It was fresh evidence of England’s WEST INDIES 1st Inn 427 batting strength in depth that No 8 Ali ENGLAND 2nd Inn (o/n 171-3) top-scored and put on 117 for the eighth A. Cook c Dowrich b Holder 23 wicket with No 9 Chris Woakes, the re- M. Stoneman b Gabriel 52 called all-rounder himself making 61 T. Westley c Dowrich b Holder 8 not out before England captain Joe Root J. Root c S Hope b Gabriel 72 declared with his side on 490 for eight. D. Malan b Chase 61 That left the West Indies with a B. Stokes c Brathwaite b Chase 58 tricky six overs to bat until the close but J. Bairstow b Chase 18 openers Kraigg Brathwaite and Kieran M. Ali c Brathwaite b Bishoo 84 Powell survived. C. Woakes not out 61 The whole day’s play represented a S. Broad not out 14 remarkable turnaround in the match Extras (b13, lb5, w9, nb12) 39 given the West Indies had a fi rst-in- Total (8 wkts dec, 141 overs) 490 nings lead of 169 runs — a testament to Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Cook), 2-81 (West- a vastly improved batting and bowling, ley), 3-94 (Stoneman), 4-212 (Root), if not fi elding, display after their em- 5-303 (Stokes), 6-312 (Malan), 7-327 barrassing innings and 209-run defeat (Bairstow), 8-444 (Ali) in the fi rst Test at Edgbaston. Bowling: Gabriel 26-3-125-2 (10nb, 9w); Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel proved Roach 24-8-95-0; Holder 33-10-95-2; expensive, however, yesterday, his 26 England’s Moeen Ali (left) bats on the fourth day of the second Test against the West Indies at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds, England, yesterday. (AFP) Chase 32-5-86-3; Bishoo 25-1-67-1 (2nb); overs costing 125 runs — including nine Brathwaite 1-0-4-0; wides and 10 no-balls. exactly 100, plus a painstaking 61 from was summed up when Ali was reprieved It seemed almost cruel that the West out off Bishoo in sight of his sixth Test England had started yesterday’s play Dawid Malan laid the platform for Ali’s on 32. Indies, who had dropped several catch- hundred. WEST INDIES 2nd Inn (target: 322) just two runs ahead and already three late-order assault. He bottom-edged a catch off leg- es this Test at a potentially match-los- Off-spinner Roston Chase (three K. Brathwaite not out 4 wickets down. Left-handed batsman Ali faced just spinner Devendra Bishoo and was ing cost of 238 runs, should have their for 86) removed Stokes, Malan and K. Powell not out 1 But brisk fi fties from Root (72)— his 93 balls and hit 14 fours. superbly caught by wicket-keeper best eff ort of the game chalked off this Jonny Bairstow in quick succession Extras 0 second of the match on his Yorkshire Shane Dowrich only for Indian um- way. before tea but that simply paved the Total (0 wkts, 6 overs) 5 home ground — and Ben Stokes (58), ALI REPRIEVE pire S Ravi to make a desperately tight Ali, whose elegant cover-driven way for Ali and Woakes’s quickfire Bowling: Anderson 3-2-3-0; Broad 2-1-1- following up his fi rst-innings score of A dispiriting day for the West Indies no-ball call. four off Gabriel saw him to fi fty, holed stand. 0; Ali 1-0-1-0 CRICKET / BAN VS AUS, DAY 2, 1ST TEST Shakib’s fi ve-for leaves Australia reeling AFP in their second innings,with opener 25 in the evening session and then had A. Agar not out 41 Dhaka Tamim Iqbal on 30 and nightwatchman Josh Hazlewood caught by Imrul Kayes P. Cummins b Shakib 25 Taijul Islam yet to score. at short leg to end Australia’s innings J. Hazlewood c Kayes b Shakib 5 Slow left-armer Ashton Agar ended and complete his 16th fi ve-wicket haul Extras (b15, lb3, w5) 23 hakib Al Hasan claimed fi ve a confi dent 43-run opening stand when in Tests — at least one against each of Total (all out; 74.5 overs) 217 wickets to help dismiss Austral- he had Soumya Sarkar (15) caught by the nine Test teams he faced. Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Warner), 2-14 (Kha- ia for 217 and give Bangladesh Usman Khawaja at long-on after sev- But the left-handed Agar frustrated waja), 3-14 (Lyon), 4-33 (Smith), 5-102 the upper hand on the second eral attempts. the Bangladesh bowlers during a 97- (Handscomb), 6-117 (Renshaw), 7-124 Sday of the opening Test yesterday. Australia also had Agar to thank for ball stay at the crease that included two (Wade), 8-144 (Maxwell), 9-193 (Cum- Australia, who resumed the day on a helping get them close to Bangladesh’s fours and a six. mins), 10-217 (Hazlewood) precarious 18-3, were bowled out early fi rst innings total of 260 after their The 23-year-old took the attack to Bowling: S Islam 6-0-21-0, Hasan 26-6- in the fi nal session for 217 to hand the regular batsmen struggled against spin. the opposition but ran out of partners. 62-3, Shakib 25-7-68-5, T Islam 8-1-32-1, hosts a 43-run fi rst-innings lead. By Agar, batting at number nine, made Rahman 8-3-13-0, Hossain 1-0-3-0 stumps they had increased that to an an unbeaten 41 and shared a crucial SCORECARD 88-run advantage for the loss of one stand of 49 with Pat Cummins, tak- BANGLADESH 1st inn 260 BANGLADESH 2nd innings wicket. ing Australia past the 200 mark after AUSTRALIA 1st inn (o/n 18-3) T Iqbal not out 30 Shakib, who fi nished with 5-68 and Shakib and Mehedi had the visitors on D. Warner lbw b Hasan 8 S Sarkar c Khawaja b Agar 15 also top-scored in Bangladesh’s fi rst the ropes. M. Renshaw c Sarkar b Shakib 45 T Islam not out 0 innings with 84, was ably supported by Agar and Cummins came together Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (second from left) celebrates the wicket of Australia’s U. Khawaja run out (Rahim/Sarkar) 1 Extras 0 off -spinner Mehedi Hasan. after Mehedi had Matthew Wade plumb Matt Renshaw on second day of the first Test in Dhaka yesterday. (AFP) N. Lyon lbw b Shakib 0 Total (one wicket, 22 overs) 45 Mehedi claimed three wickets for 62 leg-before for fi ve and Shakib drew S. Smith b Hasan 8 Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Sarkar) including the prized scalp of skipper Glenn Maxwell forward for a stumping When he was on 11 Cummins sur- prieved by the third umpire after being P. Handscomb lbw b T Islam 33 Bowling (to date): Hazlewood 3-1-3-0, Steve Smith for eight. on 23 to leave Australia struggling on vived a dropped catch by Shafi ul Islam given out caught behind.