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Pakistan hammer SA to force series decider

JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan sent them in on a pitch which had sen caught behind for 18 and bowled
shrugged off a four-match suspension early life. Dale Steyn for a two-ball duck. Kagi-
imposed on captain Sarfraz Ahmed “It is a great honour to represent so Rabada was caught behind first
with a crushing eight-wicket win your country, as a player or a cap- ball and Beuran Hendricks survived
over South Africa in the fourth One- tain,” said Malik. “When the respon- an appeal for leg before wicket with
day Inter-national at the Wanderers sibility comes you should make sure what Shinwari hoped was the hat-
Stadium on Sunday. to give it your best shot.” trick ball.
The result levelled the five-match Sarfraz’s four-match suspension The ball was crashing into the
series at 2-2. The deciding match will meant that he would have been avail- stumps but Shinwari acknowledged
be in Cape Town on Wednesday. able for the final Twenty20 game that umpire Bongani Jele had made
Pakistan’s bowlers set up the win, of the tour but the Pakistan Cricket the right decision because there was
bowling out South Africa for 164. Board said it had been decided he a faint inside edge.
Imam-ul-Haq made 71 before will return home. Malik will captain Du Plessis gave credit to Paki-
playing a loose shot when the scores Pakistan again in the decisive final stan’s bowlers but said it was not a
were level as Pakistan cruised to vic- ODI and the three-game T20 series. typical Wanderers pitch. “The ball
tory with 18.3 overs to spare. Shaheen Shah Afridi made two spun quite a lot and was sticking in
Stand-in captain Shoaib Malik early strikes before Hashim Amla the surface,” he said. “But you have PSL’s commentary team poses for a photo.
said at the after-match presentation (59) and captain Faf du Plessis (57) to adapt. They have fantastic bowlers
Malik deflected praise for the Pakistan playing key role in
that Pakistan only found out after made half-centuries and put on 101 and they are putting pressure on us.”
they arrived at the ground that Sarfraz for the third wicket.
had been banned under the Interna- Malik’s use of spinners Imad way the Pakistan players had shown
tional Cricket Council’s anti-racism Wasim and Shadab Khan kept the energy and commitment in the field. region: Fawad
code for remarks aimed at South Afri- scoring rate in check and both bats- “Not just today, in the previous
can all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo men fell to the slow men before the games as well,” he said. “You need a ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for adigm shift in the foreign policy in
during the second match in Durban fast bowlers returned. bit of luck to get across the line. We Information and Broadcasting Fawad just six months.
on Tuesday. Mohammad Amir dismissed the are all professionals and today our Chaudhry has expressed the hope that “After coming to power, Prime
The ban had still not been an- dangerous David Miller before fellow bowling attack did the job and they the upcoming PSL contest would be Minister Imran has reviewed poli-
nounced by the ICC when Malik left-arm fast bowler Usman Shinwari took wickets.” the last to be played in the United cies and Pakistan has become an im-
walked out for the toss. claimed four wickets in six balls. He Imam, the top scorer in the series, Arab Emirates as “we want to shift portant player in the region and the
Malik handled his bowlers and finished with four for 35 after being looked in control from the start of Pa- the cricket gala event to Pakistan”. stature of Pakistan has increased in
fielders astutely and South Africa recalled to the team and was named kistan’s reply. He and Fakhar Zaman Addressing the opening ceremo- the eyes of the world,” the minister
were kept under pressure almost man of the match. (44) put on 70 for the first wicket ny of a campaign in connection with asserted.
from the time he won the toss and Shinwari had Rassie van der Dus- before he was joined by the in-form the PSL-4 in Dubai, he said that the He said the cornerstone of the
Babar Azam (41 not out) for a 94-run PSL would see glimpses of the Na- present government’s economic pol-
partnership for the second wicket. tional Stadium, Karachi, and the Qa- icies was to control imports, increase
Imam, whose century came in a dhafi Stadium, Lahore. exports, stop de-industrialisation and
losing effort in the third game on Fri- Pakistan, he claimed, was mov- encourage expatriates to send re-
day, was out one ball before Pakistan ing towards a bright future under mittances through legal channels to
clinched victory but he’d done more the leadership of Prime Minister increase them from the present $20
than enough this time. Imran Khan who had brought a par- billion to $40bn a year.
Mohammad Rizwan, in the team
in place of Sarfraz, hit the winning Part-time spinner Chase stars as
runs by cutting a four away through
point the first ball he faced, ironically West Indies humiliate England
off the bowling of Phehlukwayo.
It was South Africa’s first de-
feat in eight matches on what has BRIDGETOWN: Part-time Statisticians reached for the re-
become known as ‘Pink Day’ with off-spinner Roston Chase took eight cord books to put the result into his-
their players and many spectators wickets as West Indies crushed En- toric perspective, revealing only two
dressed in pink in aid of breast can- gland by 381 runs in the first Test at occasions when the Windies won by
cer awareness. Kensington Oval on Saturday. bigger margins by runs. They defeat-
ed England by 425 runs in Manches-
Chase proved the unlikely bowl-
Kohli signs off as India wrap up Former NZ ing hero as he seized his chance to ter in 1976 and dusted Australia by
shine in the absence of any specialist
408 runs in Adelaide in 1980.
“It’s difficult to explain and hard
NZ one-day series bowler Chatfield spinner in the team, picking up a ca- to take,” Root added. “We didn’t
reer-best 8-60.
Set the improbable target of 628
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Virat tried to do, they haven’t given you finally retires to win, the tourists slid to ignomini- underestimate them. It just showed
how difficult it is to win away from
Kohli bowed out of the New Zealand much and they’ve forced some mis- WELLINGTON: Former New Zea- ous defeat in bright sunshine on the home.” Chase’s extraordinary figures
tour with India in an unbeatable po- takes.” New Zealand, batting first, land pace bowler Ewen Chatfield, fourth day, losing their last six wick- — better than Shane Warne’s test best
sition after a dominant seven-wicket posted their highest score and longest known as ‘The Naenae Express’, has ets for 31 runs either side of the tea of eight for 71 — were achieved even
win in the third One-day International innings in the three matches so far but finally retired from the game at the interval to be dismissed for 246, end- though he did not exact prodigious
in Mount Maunganui on Monday. they still fell short of 50 overs, their age of 68. Chatfield made the deci- ing a winning streak of five matches. turn. He got just enough, however, to
It put India 3-0 up and ICC last wicket falling with six balls re- sion after getting “slogged” all over It was the largest margin of vic- keep the batsmen on edge.
player of the year Kohli said with maining. the park playing for his local club tory by the West Indies on home soil Chase came into the match with
the series wrapped up early it was Ross Taylor (93) and Tom Latham Naenae Old Boys in Wellington on and third largest anywhere in their 91 a profligate Test bowling average of
time for him to step aside for the (51) gave the innings credibility but Saturday. years as a Test-playing nation. over 40. He flighted the ball well
remaining two matches and the fol- proved no challenge for the visitors. “It might seem silly but I have Chase made the most of a fourth but was aided by some poor shots
lowing Twenty20 series. Sharma’s first wicket partnership standards, even at 68, and if I can’t day pitch showing more signs of by the batsmen.
“I couldn’t have asked for a better of 39 ended when Shikhar Dhawan play to those standards I thought it wear but also benefited from poor Despite Chase’s heroics, Holder
performance after the first two clini- edged Trent Boult to the lone slip is time to flag it,” he told New Zea- shot selection by an England side was named man-of-the-match after
cal performances and just the relent- Taylor to be gone for 28. land’s Stuff Media on Sunday. Re- that looked shell-shocked from the his unbeaten second innings knock
lessness of the side is something that Kohli then joined Sharma and nowned for his miserly bowling and events of the previous two days of 202. “Really good test match
really pleases me,” he said after India the pair swatted the attack around the nagging line and length, the fast-me- when they were routed for just 77 for me personally. To come back
easily chased down New Zealand’s ground in their century stand for the dium bowler acted as a superb foil in their first innings. the way I’ve come back I’m really
243 with seven overs to spare at the second wicket. to Richard Hadlee during the team’s They then saw the West Indies pleased,” Holder, who missed the
Bay Oval. “I haven’t had a break for a New Zealand, taking a leaf from remarkable run of success during the mass 415 for six declared in the recent tour of Bangladesh due to a
long time. It’s been a very hectic Aus- the India playbook, brought two spin- 1980s. It was his experiences with second innings with captain Jason shoulder injury, said.
tralian tour and now I go on a break ners into the match after the tourists’ the bat, however, that cemented him Holder starring with an unbeaten “I’ve put in a lot of hard work
very happy, 3-0 up, sealing the series spin twins Kuldeep Yadav and Yuz- in New Zealand’s sporting folklore. double-century and wicketkeep- over the last couple of months trying
and I can relax and enjoy my break.” vendra Chahal took the bulk of the A confirmed number 11 batsman, er-batsman Shane Dowrich contribut- to get myself back to full fitness. I’ve
Kohli’s 60 off 74 deliveries and a wickets in the first two matches. he was struck on the head by a Pe- ing 116 not out in an unbroken sev- had a lot (of emotion) bottled up for
113-run partnership with Rohit Shar- Ish Sodhi proved expensive but ter Lever bouncer in his debut Test enth-wicket partnership of 295. a long time.”
ma formed the backbone of India’s Mitchell Santner was tight and fin- against England in 1975 after com- It was left to stand-in wicket- He also heaped praise on Chase.
run chase. ished with one for 45 after he clever- bining with Geoff Howarth in a final keeper Shai Hope to complete the “He bowled extremely well today. He
It gave the tourists back-to-back ly deceived Sharma in the air and the wicket partnership of 44. dismissal which sealed the result, got the ball in a really good area.”
series wins against Australia and India opener was stumped. The delivery fractured his skull stumping Sam Curran down the leg- Holder warned that the result,
New Zealand and ensured they will Kohli, who averages a centu- and his heart stopped beating. The side off Chase 40 minutes into the though welcome, was only one
be a force to be reckoned with in the ry every 5.6 innings, was due a big England team physiotherapist Ber- final session. match. “We’ve still got a long way
World Cup later this year. knock in New Zealand after posting nard Thomas performed CPR on The England top-order all got to go. One test match doesn’t make
Sharma was the top-scorer with 45 and 43 earlier in the series, but his Chatfield and saved his life. The in- starts in the second innings but only a summer. We’ve been in this posi-
62 while Ambati Rayudu was unbeat- attempt to drive Boult to the cover cident led to a debate about bowling opener Rory Burns (84) turned it into tion before, so lots of hard work to
en on 40 and Dinesh Karthik on 38. boundary was well caught by a leap- bouncers to tailenders. a big score. be done.” The second Test starts on
“They [Indians] are teaching us a ing Henry Nicholls. He also helped Jeremy Coney “Bitterly disappointed,” England Thursday in North Sound on the is-
lesson and we’re required to rise to Boult proved the most economi- win the third test against Pakistan in captain Joe Root said in an on-field land of Antigua.
the challenge,” New Zealand captain cal of the New Zealand bowlers with 1985, scoring 21 as the pair put on interview. “We’re a far better side “We ticked a few boxes in this
Kane Williamson said. “The quality two for 40. the 50 runs required for victory after than we’ve played this week and test match but it’s a matter of turning
they brought with the ball, in partic- Hamilton hosts the fourth game Lance Cairns had been struck on the we’ve got to keep remembering how up in Antigua and doing the same,”
ular their consistency in what they’ve in the series on Thursday. head by a bouncer and hospitalised. well we have played of late.” Holder said.
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