THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013 SPORTS SA down Pakistan to take series lead ABU DHABI: Leg-spinner Imran Tahir took four wickets while Jean- Paul Duminy and Faf du Plessis scored half-centuries to help South Africa beat Pakistan by 68 runs in the third day-night international in Dubai yesterday. Tahir wrecked Pakistan’s middle order with figures of 4-53 to bowl them out for 191 in 44.3 overs after they were set a challenging 260-run target at Sheikh Zayed Stadium. DHAKA: Bangladesh cricketers pose for a photograph with the One-Day The emphatic win gives South International (ODI) trophy following their victory in the three-match ODI series at an Africa a 2-1 lead in the five-match award ceremony at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium yesterday. —AFP series. Both teams will meet again at the same venue on Friday before the series is rounded off in Sharjah NZ end Bangladesh tour on Monday. South Africa won the first match in Sharjah by one run while with Twenty20 victory Pakistan won the second match in Dubai by 66 runs. Tahir, who con- DHAKA: Colin Munro and Anton Devcich took a brilliant return catch in the next over ceded 18 in his first two overs, hit half-centuries and Tim Southee grabbed to dismiss Nasir for 28 off 20 balls. returned for a second spell, trigger- three wickets as New Zealand ended their Munro, a 26-year old left-hander, hit ing a batting collapse which saw Bangladesh tour with a 15-run victory in three fours and five sixes for the Black Caps, Pakistan lose five wickets for 30 the Twenty20 match in Dhaka yesterday. as he built on the 10 boundaries and a six runs. Munro remained unbeaten on 73 off 39 hit by Devcich. Tahir trapped Misbah-ul Haq balls after debutant Devcich had smashed “I think in the first innings we batted (19), caught and bowled Umar 59 off 31 balls to lift the Black Caps to 204- very well,” said Kyle Mills, who led the Akmal (seven) and Asad Shafiq (11) 5, their second-highest total in Twenty20 tourists in the absence of the injured caught at cover to leave Pakistan cricket behind the 214-6 against Australia Brendon McCullum. struggling at 116-7. in 2010. The tourists, beaten in all three “Our opening with Devcich really took ABU DHABI: South African captain AB de Villiers plays a shot during the third day-night international in Wahab Riaz, who top-scored Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium. —AFP one-day internationals after a drawn two- the game by the scruff of the neck, and with 33, added 61 for the eighth Test series, restricted Bangladesh to 189-9 then Ross Taylor (28) and Munro crafted wicket with Sohail Tanvie (31) but it adding 77 for the second wicket series due to post-concussion after while De Kock crossed the bound- in front of some 35,000 disappointed home beautiful innings. only delayed the inevitable. with Quinton de Kock who made being hit on the head by a bouncer ary five times. Paceman fans at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. “If you put a decent total on the board Pakistan had raced to 50 by 40 from 57 balls. Hashim Amla was in the second Test in Dubai-Colin Mohammad Irfan finished with 3- Set a target of more than 10 runs an over, like 200, you’re reasonably confident at the eighth over as Ahmed Shehzad, dismissed for ten in the fifth over. Ingram and Wayne Parnell were left 45 in his 10 overs. When South Bangladesh made a shaky start when they half-way mark.” Bangladesh were left to rue who hit half-centuries in the first South Africa were forced to out. Africa looked set for a big total with lost three wickets in the first two overs for shoddy catching after debutant Al-Amin two games, hit three boundaries off make three changes from the side Leg-spinner Shahid Afridi (2-40) Duminy and Miller at the crease, 19 runs. Hossain dropped Devcich, who was then Lonwabo Tsotsobe in the fourth which lost the second match by 66 derailed the innings by dismissing off-spinner Saeed Ajmal (2-38) dis- Southee, who finished with three for 38, on six, in Mashrafe Mortaza’s first over. over and then added two more off runs in Dubai, bringing in Amla, De Kock and Du Plessis in quick missed Miller before Tanvir had dismissed both openers Shamsur Rahman “We lost the match because we could Morne Morkel in the next. Steyn and De Kock. succession, both stumped. Duminy caught at mid-wicket off a and Ziaur Rahman in the first over before not bowl according to our plans, especially But spearhead Dale Steyn, who Graeme Smith-ruled out of the Du Plessis hit eight boundaries misjudged pull. —AFP Mitchell McClenaghan removed Mominul in the powerplay overs,” said Mushfiqur. missed the first two matches to rest Haque in the second. “We gave 20 extra runs and that cost us at home, struck in his second over, Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Nasir the game. If we could have restricted them removing Shehzad caught in the SCOREBOARD Hossain retrieved the situation, but their to 180-185 runs it could have been a differ- slip with a sharp outgoing delivery. dismissals in successive overs sent ent ball game.” Al-Amin made amends by Two runs later, Mohammad Hafeez Bangladesh reeling. grabbing two wickets in the final over to ABU DHABI: Scoreboard of the third day-night international between Pakistan and South Africa at Sheikh Zayed Stadium played Morkel (2-35) straight into yesterday. Mushfiqur fell to Corey Anderson after finish with 2-31 in his four overs. the hands of point after making 15. making 50 off 29 balls, his maiden New Zealand now travel to Sri Lanka for Misbah and Umar Amin (13) South Africa: Pakistan: Twenty20 half-century, which contained three one-dayers and two Twenty20 inter- attacked Tahir with four boundaries Hashim Amla b Irfan 10 Mohammad Hafeez c du Plessis b Morkel 15 seven fours and a six. Nathan McCullum nationals starting on November 10. —AFP Q. de Kock st Umar b Afridi 40 Ahmed Shehzad c Amla b Steyn 32 in his first two overs but the leg- Umar Amin c de Kock b Tsotsobe 13 spinner had the last laugh, taking F. du Plessis st Umar b Afridi 55 JP. Duminy c Misbah b Tanvir 64 Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Tahir 19 SCOREBOARD three wickets in the space of 31 Asad Shafiq c du Plessis b Tahir 11 runs. AB de Villiers c Hafeez b Ajmal 34 Umar Akmal c and b Tahir 7 D. Miller b Ajmal 34 Shahid Afridi lbw b McLaren 6 DHAKA: Scoreboard of the Twenty20 international between Bangladesh and New Zealand at the Sher- It was Jean-Paul Duminy (64) R. McLaren lbw b Irfan 13 Sohail Tanvir c Amla b McLaren 31 e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka yesterday: and Faf du Plessis (55) who anchored the South African total D. Steyn c Shehzad b Irfan 2 Wahab Riaz c de Kock b Morkel 33 New Zealand: Mominul Haque c Mills b McClenaghan 9 after they won the toss and batted. M. Morkel not out 0 Saeed Ajmal lbw b Tahir 1 A. Devcich c Shamsur b Razzak 59 Mushfiqur Rahim c Taylor b Anderson 50 Duminy hit three boundaraies L. Tsotsobe not out 0 Mohammad Irfan not out 4 H. Rutherford c Nasir b Sohag 17 Naeem Islam c Southee b Mills 18 Extras: (b1, lb2, w 4) 7 Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 12) 19 R. Taylor c Naeem b Ziaur 28 off 89 balls and gave the innings Total (all out; 44.3 overs) 191 Nasir Hossain c & b McCullum 28 the much needed impetus with a Total: (eight wicket; 50 overs) 259 C. Munro not out 73 Mahmudullah c Taylor b Anderson 34 Fall of wickets 1-20 (Amla), 2-97 (De Kock), 3-112 (Du Fall of wickets 1-50 (Shehzad), 2-52 (Hafeez), 3-86 (Amin), 4- C. Anderson b Al-Amin 18 66-run fifth wicket stand with David 89 (Misbah), 5-106 (Umar), 6-114 (Shafiq), 7-116 (Afridi), 8- Sohag Gazi run out 24 Plessis), 4-182 (de Villiers), 5-243 (Miller), 6-245 (Duminy), L. Ronchi c & b Al-Amin 0 Mashrafe Mortaza not out 7 Miller (34), adding 65 in the last ten 177 (Riaz), 9-182 (Ajmal) Bowling: Morkel 9-1-35-2 (2w), 7-248 (Steyn), 8-258 (McLaren) Bowling: Irfan 10-0-46-3 Tsotsobe 10-2-34-1 (1w), Steyn 8-0-31-1 (1w), Tahir 10-1-53- N. McCullum not out 0 Abdur Razzak b Southee 0 overs. Extras (lb2 w7) 9 (1w), Tanvir 8-0-47-1 (1w), Hafeez 6-0-45-0, Ajmal 10-1-38-2, 4 (6w), McLaren 7.3-0-31-2 (2w). Al-Amin Hossain not out 5 Du Plessis had steadied the Total (five wickets, 20 overs) 204 Riaz 6-0-40-0 (1w), Afridi 10-0-40-2 (1w) Result: South Africa won by 68 runs Extras (lb3, w1) 4 innings during his 60-ball knock, Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Rutherford), 2-83 (Devcich) 3-176 (Taylor) 4-200 (Anderson), 5-200 (Ronchi) Total (nine wickets; 20 overs) 189 Bowling: Mashrafe 4-0-46-0 (w1), Sohag 3-0-30-1 Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Shamsur) 2-11 (Ziaur) 3-19 (w1), Al-Amin 4-0-31-2 (w1), Nasir 1-0-16-0, (Mominul) 4-62 (Naeem) 5-116 (Mushfiqur) 6-120 Mahmudullah 4-0-34-0(w2), Razzak 2-0-19-1, (Nasir), 7-177 (Sohag), 8-177 (Mahmudullah) 9- Ziaur 2-0-26-1(w2) 183(Razzak).