ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015

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Williamson’s ton a bright spot on a bleak day for NZ

Burns, Warner centuries as Australia pound KiwisBRISBANE, Australia, Nov 7, (AFP):Joe Burns smashed two sixes to reach hismaiden Test century and David Warnerjoined illustrious company with back-to-back tons as Australia amassed a hugelead over New Zealand in the first GabbaTest on Saturday.

Burns, playing in only his third Testmatch but his first as opener, blastedspinner Mark Craig for two sixes overlong off to race from 88 to 100 in justthree balls.

When bad light stopped play on thethird day, Australia had stretched theiroverall lead to 503 runs at 264 for fourand an overnight declaration imminent.First-innings centurion Usman Khawajawas not out nine with Adam Voges onone.

Burns, who belted 129 off 123 ballswith 14 fours and four sixes, thrilled hishome Queensland crowd with some

prodigious hitting to reach his first Testton after three consecutive Test half-cen-turies.

“The plan was to hit six singles but Ijust kind of blacked out a bit and swungas hard as I could and luckily got it overthe rope,” Burns said.

“I can’t think of a better place to do itthan at the Gabba in front of friends andfamily.”

Warner dashed to his second century ofthe match and 14th overall with 116before he gave his wicket away with aswitch hit to the deep off spinner MarkCraig.

It was only the third time that a bats-man has scored a Test century in bothinnings on three separate occasions alongwith Test greats Ricky Ponting and SunilGavaskar.

It was also the first time any openingpair had compiled 150-run plus partner-ships in each innings of a Test match.

“When you’re on top in the firstinnings you get to go out like today andplay the way you want to play, with all

the confidence in the world,” Warnersaid.

“You get that opportunity to go back to

back. That’s something special, as a pairas well, a century-run partnership in bothinnings.”

It was remarkable scoring by Testrookie Burns and even relegated the usu-ally rapid-scoring Warner to a supporting

role against the under-strength Kiwibowling attack, which was minus pacespearhead Tim Southee, off the field witha back injury.

It was the fourth century of the Testafter Warner (163) and Khawaja (174) inAustralia’s first innings and KaneWilliamson’s defiant 140 in NewZealand’s innings.

Skipper Steve Smith was given out forone to a close-to-the-ground catch byWilliamson off Trent Boult that needed alengthy umpire’s review.

The Australians earlier dismissed theBlack Caps for 317 with Williamson thelast man out, caught behind, givingMitchell Starc his fourth wicket of thematch.

He was congratulated by the Australianplayers as he left the field after his 178-ball knock speckled with 24 fours.

It was Williamson’s 11th Test centuryand one of his best after centuries againstSri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, England,India, Bangladesh and South Africa in hisfive years of playing Test cricket.

BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 7, (AFP): Scores at the close on the thirdday of the first Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Gabbaon Saturday:

AUSTRALIA 1st innings 556-4 declared (U. Khawaja 174, D.Warner 163)

NEW ZEALAND 1st innings (overnight 157-5):M. Guptill c Warner b Hazlewood...................................................23T. Latham c Lyon b Starc................................................................47K. Williamson c Nevill b Starc.......................................................140R. Taylor c Smith b Johnson.............................................................0B. McCullum c Voges b Johnson......................................................6J. Neesham b Starc ..........................................................................3B.J. Watling c Nevill b Johnson ......................................................32M. Craig c Marsh b Lyon ................................................................24D. Bracewell b Marsh .....................................................................16T. Southee b Starc ..........................................................................14T. Boult not out..................................................................................0Extras (lb4, w1, nb7).......................................................................12Total (all out; 82.2 overs) ..............................................................317

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Guptill), 2-102 (Latham), 3-105 (Taylor), 4-114 (McCullum), 5-118 (Neesham), 6-185 (Watling), 7-231 (Craig), 8-

273 (Bracewell), 9-310 (Southee), 10-317 (Williamson)Bowling: Starc 17.2-4-57-4 (2nb; 1w); Johnson 21-3-105-3 (1nb);

Hazlewood 21-5-70-1 (1nb); Lyon 17-3-46-1; Marsh 5-0-32-1 (3nb);Voges 1-0-3-0

AUSTRALIA 2nd innings:J. Burns c Taylor b Craig ..............................................................129D. Warner c Boult b Craig.............................................................116U. Khawaja not out ...........................................................................9S. Smith c Williamson b Boult ..........................................................1M. Marsh c McCullum b Craig ..........................................................2A. Voges not out ...............................................................................1Extras (lb1, w1, nb4).........................................................................6Total (4 wickets; 42 overs)............................................................264

Fall of wickets: 1-237 (Warner), 2-254 (Burns), 3-258 (Smith), 4-263 (Marsh)

Bowling: Boult 8-0-61-1, Bracewell 11-1-63-0(4nb), Neesham 9-0-61-0 (1w), Craig 14-0-78-3

Toss: AustraliaUmpires: Nigel Llong (ENG) Richard Illingworth (ENG)TV umpire: Sundaram Ravi (IND)Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI)

Australia vs New Zealand Scoreboard

MOHALI, India, Nov 7, (AFP): Finalscoreboard on the third day of the firstTest between India and South Africa atthe IS Bindra stadium in Mohali onSaturday:INDIA 1st innings: 201 (M. Vijay 75, R.Jadeja 38, D. Elgar 4-22)SOUTH AFRICA 1st innings: 184 (AB deVilliers 63, H. Amla 43, R. Ashwin 5-51)INDIA 2nd innings (overnight 125-2):M. Vijay c sub (Bavuma) b Tahir .........47S. Dhawan c de Villiers b Philander ......0C. Pujara c Amla b Tahir......................77V. Kohli c Vilas b van Zy..................... 29A. Rahane c sub (Bavuma) b Harmer...2W. Saha c Vilas b Tahir .......................20R. Jadeja lbw b Harmer.........................8A. Mishra c du Plessis b Harmer...........2R. Ashwin c Amla b Tahir.......................3U. Yadav b Harmer................................1V. Aaron not out.....................................1Extras: (b9, lb1) ...................................10Total (all out, 75.3 overs)...................200

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Dhawan), 2-95(Vijay), 3-161 (Kohli), 4-164 (Pujara), 5-164 (Rahane), 6-178 (Jadeja), 7-182(Mishra), 8-185 (Ashwin), 9-188 (Yadav),10-200 (Saha).

Bowling: Philander 12-3-23-1; Harmer24-5-61-4; Elgar 7-1-34-0; Tahir 16.3-1-

48-4; Rabada 12-7-19-0; van Zyl 4-1-5-1.SOUTH AFRICA 2nd innings:

D. Elgar c Kohli b Aaron......................16V. Philander lbw b Jadeja ......................1F. du Plessis c Rahane b Ashwin ..........1H. Amla b Jadeja ...................................0AB de Villiers b Mishra ........................16S. van Zyl c Rahane b Ashwin ............36D. Vilas b Jadeja ...................................7S. Harmer c Rahane b Jadeja .............11D. Steyn c Vijay b Ashwin .....................2K. Rabada not out .................................1Imran Tahir lbw b Jadeja .......................4Extras: (b8, lb5, w1) ............................14Total (all out, 39.5 overs)...................109

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Philander), 2-9 (duPlessis), 3-10 (Amla), 4-32 (de Villiers),5-45 (Edgar), 6-60 (Vilas), 7-102(Harmer), 8-102 (van Zyl), 9-105 (Steyn),10-109 (Tahir)

Bowling: Ashwin 14-5-39-3; Jadeja11.5-4-21-5; Mishra 8-0-26-1; Aaron 3-0-3-1 (w1); Yadav 3-0-7-0

India won by 108 runs; lead 1-0 in four-Test series.

Toss: IndiaUmpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

and Richard Kettleborough (ENG)TV umpire: Vineet Kulkarni (IND)Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

India vs South Africa Scoreboard

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India’s Wriddhiman Saha (right), bats with South African wicketkeeper Dane Vilas (left), and Dean Elgar fielding duringthe third day of their first cricket Test match in Mohali, India on Nov 7. (AP)

Australia’s paceman Mitchell Johnson (left), bowls during day three of the first Test cricket match between Australia andNew Zealand in Brisbane on Nov 7. (AFP)

India spin Proteas to‘defeat’ in first Test

South Africa 56-5 chasing 218 - run target

MOHALI, India, Nov 7,(AFP): India’s spinners tiedSouth Africa’s batsmen inknots to give the hosts a 108-run victory in the bowler-dominated first Test inMohali on Saturday.

Left-arm spinner RavindraJadeja grabbed five wickets andoff-spinner Ravichandran Ashwintook three as the Proteas, set avictory target of 218, were shotout for 109 after tea on the thirdday.

Both bowlers finished with eightwickets in the low-scoring matchplayed on a dusty, dry pitch at theI.S. Bindra Stadium, with theIndian spinners claiming 19 of the20 South African scalps.

The Proteas were reduced to 60-6before Stiaan van Zyl, who top-scored with 36, and Simon Harmer(11) got together to put on 42 forthe seventh wicket.

Seven batsmen failed to reachdouble figures, leaving the top-ranked South Africans a lot to pon-der ahead of the second Test in thefour-match series which starts inBangalore on Nov 14.

Earlier, South African spinnersHarmer and Imran Tahir claimedfour wickets each to rip throughIndia’s batting in the morning ses-sion.

India, who started the third day at125-2 in their second innings,moved to 161-2 before a battingmeltdown saw them lose their lasteight wickets for 39 runs.

South Africa fared worse whenthey batted a second time on awicket that has proved to be a bats-man’s nightmare.

The gamble to open the battingwith tailender Vernon Philanderbackfired when the fast bowler wasleg-before to Jadeja for one in thesecond over.

Ashwin, who had taken fivewickets in the first innings, struckin the third over as Faf du Plessisedged an easy catch to AjinkyaRahane in the slips.

From 9-2, the Proteas became32-4 as Jadeja bowled skipperHashim Amla for no score and star

batsman AB de Villiers (16) alsofound his stumps shattered by leg-spinner Amit Mishra.

The wickets continued to tumbleas opener Dean Elgar (16) top-edged an intended pull off seamerVarun Aaron and spooned an easycatch to Indian captain Virat Kohliat mid-on.

In the morning, the loss of threetop-order batsmen in the space ofthree runs triggered India’s collapseeven though the Proteas fieldedwithout their injured pace spear-head Dale Steyn.

The overnight pair of CheteshwarPujara and Kohli batted through thefirst hour to take their third wicketstand to 66 runs.

Medium-pacer van Zyl, the sixthbowler summoned by Amla, brokethe threatening partnership soonafter the drinks interval by havingKohli caught behind for 29.

Pujara himself fell two overslater for 77, edging leg-spinnerTahir’s first delivery to Amla in theslips.

South Africa gained anotherwicket in the next over whenRahane was caught smartly atshort-leg by substitute fielderTemba Bavuma off Harmer.

The off-spinner earned two morequick wickets to reduce India to

182-7 as he trapped Jadeja leg-before for eight and had AmitMishra caught at backward square-leg for two.

Tahir had Ashwin caught in theslips off the last ball before lunchand then terminated the innings afterthe break by having WriddhimanSaha caught behind for 20.

The tourists took the field with-out Steyn, who was sidelined forthe entire innings due to a groinstrain.

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India’s Ravindra Jadeja celebrates the fall of South Africa’s last wicket to takevictory at the first Test match between India and South Africa at The Punjab

Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on Nov 7. (AFP)

Hosts beat Zimbabwe by 145 runs

Shakib, Rahim star in B’desh win DHAKA, Nov 7, (AFP): Shakib AlHasan grabbed his maiden five-wickethaul and Mushfiqur Rahim hit a fine cen-tury as Bangladesh crushed Zimbabwe by145 runs in the first one-day internationalin Dhaka on Saturday.

Rahim hit 107 off 109 balls to help thehosts recover from a shaky start to post 273-9 before Shakib’s 5-47 restricted Zimbabweto a paltry 128 in 36.1 overs on a slow wick-et at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

Set a daunting target, Zimbabwe werenever up to the task after Shakib claimedthree wickets in his opening spell to leavethe visitors struggling at 65-4.

Skipper Elton Chigumbura made 41runs, the most of any Zimbabwean,before he was the ninth batsman dis-missed having been judged leg-before toNasir Hossain.

Zimbabwe’s last man RichmondMutumbami was unable to bat after hehurt his ankle while wicket-keeping inthe opening innings of the game.

Bangladesh skipper MashrafeeMortaza claimed 2-13 as the home sidetook a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Sabbir Rahman earlier made 57 off 58balls to provide support to Rahim, whohit nine fours and a six in his fourth ODIcentury.

The pair added 119 runs in their fifthwicket partnership after Zimbabwereduced Bangladesh to 123-4 at one stage.

Bangladesh were off to a shaky start inthe three-match series as new openerLiton Das got out for a duck. He flashedmedium pacer Luke Jongwe and offereda catch at point to Graeme Cremer.

Tinashe Panyangara then bowledMahmudullah for nine before TamimIqbal and Rahim repaired the inningswith a patient 70-run third wicket part-nership.

Off-break bowler Sikandar Raza hadTamim caught by Jongwe at long-on for40 and soon he got rid of Shakib (16),who was stumped by wicketkeeperMutumbami.

Rahim pushed Taurai Muzarabanitowards long on to complete his centurybefore he was run out with a direct throwby Cremer from backward point.

Raza claimed 2-47 while Muzarabani

finished with 2-64 for Zimbabwe. Thesecond match of the series will be held atthe same ground on Monday.

ScoreboardBANGLADESH

Tamim Iqbal c Jongwe b Raza ...................40Liton Das c Cremer b Jongwe .....................0Mahumdullah b Panyangara ........................9Mushfiqur Rahim run out .........................107Shakib Al Hasan st Mutumbami b Raza ....16Sabbir Rahman run out ..............................57Nasir Hossain c Chibhabha b Muzarabani ..0Mashrafe Mortaza c Jongwe b Muzarabani .......14Arafat Sunny run out ..................................15Al-Amin Hossain not out ..............................0Extras (lb2, w12, nb1) ................................15Total (50 overs, eight wickets) .................273

Did not bat: Mustafizur RahmanFall of wickets: 1-2 (Liton), 2-30

(Mahmudullah), 3-100 (Tamim), 4-123(Shakib), 5-242 (Sabbir), 6-243 (Nasir), 7-243(Rahim), 8-264 (Mortaza), 9-273 (Sunny)

Bowling: Panyangara 10-0-38-1 (w1),Jongwe 8-1-45-1(w2, nb1), Muzarabani 10-0-64-2 (w2), Cremer 10-0-45-0 (w1), Williams 5-0-32-0 (w6), Raza 7-0-47-2

ZIMBABWEC. Chibhabha c Liton b Shakib ....................9L. Jongwe c Rahim b Al-Amin ....................39C. Ervine c Nasir b Shakib ...........................2S. Williams b Shakib ....................................8E. Chigumbura lbw b Nasir ........................41S. Raza c Rahim b Mortaza .........................3Waller c Nasir b Mortaza .............................1G. Cremer lbw b Shakib .............................15T. Panyangara b Shakib ...............................5T. Muzarabani not out ..................................0R. Mutumbami absent hurtExtras (lb1, w4) ............................................5Total (all out; 36.1 overs) .........................128

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Chibhabha) 2-48(Ervine), 3-54 (Jongwe), 4-65 (Williams), 5-79(Raza), 6-83 (Waller), 7-120 (Cremer), 8-128(Panyangara), 9-128 (Chigumbura)

Bowling: Mustafizur 6-0-27-0 (w2), Sunny7-2-19-0, Shakib 10-0-47-5 (w1), Al-Amin 5-0-15-1 (w1), Mortaza 6-0-13-2, Nasir 2.1-0-6-1

Result: Bangladesh win by 145 runsSeries Result: Bangladesh lead three-

match series 1-0Toss: ZimbabweUmpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and

Sharfoudoulla Saikat (BAN)TV Umpire: Enamul Haque (BAN)Match Referee: Javagal Srinath (IND)

Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahimacknowledges the crowd after scoringa century during their first One DayInternational (ODI) cricket matchagainst Zimbabwe in Dhaka,

Bangladesh on Nov 7. (AP)

Cairns defence concludes

S. Africa probes international syndicate in ‘corruption’ fear

JOHANESBURG, Nov 7, (AFP): SouthAfrica are probing attempts by an inter-national syndicate to corrupt domesticcricket matches, the national body saidFriday.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) said theiranti-corruption and security unit is beingassisted by the International CricketCouncil (ICC).

“This is a timely reminder that we cannever drop our guard in protecting theintegrity of the game at all levels,” CSAchief executive Haroon Lorgat said.

“We have an effective partnership withthe South African Cricketers’ Associationto ensure that our players, support staffand administrators are educated about thenefarious activities of corrupt people.

“And they are aware of the conse-quences of falling victim to any shadyapproaches.

“We will relentlessly pursue, under ourcode and the law of the land, any personswe believe to be involved in corruptingthe game and, with police assistance, willalso seek criminal prosecution.

“Our attitude to corruption will alwaysbe one of zero tolerance and we are confi-dent that the necessary structures are inplace to effectively deal with any activity.”

While the national team is on a long tourof India, the South African domestic seasonbegan with one-day games followed, fromlast Sunday, by a Twenty20 competition.

The T20 Challenge involves the sixtop-tier franchises and has attracted for-mer England skipper and star batsmanKevin Petersen on a five-match contract.

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Former New Zealand all-rounderChris Cairns’s defence at his perjurytrial closed their case on Friday afterthree days of evidence at London’sSouthwark crown court.

His legal team then gave way for thedefence lawyers representing Cairns’s co-defendant, Andrew Fitch-Holland.

Cairns himself gave evidence over twodays and often faced detailed cross-examination.

His first day in the witness box sawCairns reduced to tears while he spokeabout his family, living in Australia.

Cairns’s Australian wife, Mel Cairns,was a witness via video-link fromCanberra on Thursday.

She denied she heard her husband dis-cussing match-fixing. When accused oflying on behalf of her husband both dur-ing the present trial and in his 2012 libelaction with former senior Indian cricketadministrator Lalit Modi, Mel Cairnsreplied “absolutely not”.

“I would never lie to help my husband,especially in a court of law,” she said.

Fitch-Holland, a barrister and friend ofCairns, denied the prosecution’s descrip-tion of him as a “cricket groupie”.

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