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DT 24 Sport FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 TOP STORIES NZ warn no let-up in bouncer barrage Bangladesh have been warned to expect a fresh barrage of shortpitched deliveries from New Zealand pacers when the second Test against New Zealand starts in Christchurch today. PAGE 25 Smith, Handscomb punish Pakistan Australia captain Steve Smith led by example, smashing an unbeaten 108 against Pakistan to secure his team’s seven-wicket victory with five overs to spare in third ODI in Perth yesterday. PAGE 26 South Africa Women’s cricket team players take a walk in Cox’s Bazar sea beach area yesterday. South Africa will face hosts Bangladesh women in their fifth and final ODI match today DHAKA TRIBUNE Man City complete Jesus transfer Brazilian starlet Gabriel Jesus has formally completed his move to England’s Manchester City from Brazil’s Palmeiras, the English Premier League club announced yesterday. PAGE 27 Djokovic suffers shock, Serena serene Defending champion Novak Djokovic suffered arguably the biggest defeat of his career when he crashed out of the Australian Open to 117th-ranked Uzbek Denis Istomin on Thursday PAGE 28 Captain Tamim aims to finish the tour well • Tribune Report Bangladesh’s stand-in Test captain Tamim Iqbal expects to end the tour of New Zealand on a high note despite having the injury struck dressing-room and the fact that the Tigers have been winless so far in the tour. Tamim, who has been playing as Bangladesh Test vice-captain, emerged the ninth Bangladesh Test captain after injury ruled out wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim from the second and the final Test against hosts Kiwis which began at Christchurch today. Tamim, who had his Test debut in New Zealand in 2008, is not worried of the captaincy job rather than the left handed batsman is taking it as a learning scope in his vast international career. “Honestly I am not taking it as any pressure. All the team has a vice-captain in order to take the responsibility of the team in absence of their captain. The team will be benefited if I will be successful in doing my job. It will be good for me too. I have some plans in mind and know that it will not click all the time. I will be a happy man if I can stick to my plan and act accordingly,” said Tamim to the media at Hagley Oval, Christchurch yesterday. ‘Yes we will be missing Mushfiq, Imrul and Mominul but I am hopeful that those who are getting the opportunity will use it well and do the needed for the team’ Bangladesh will be missing its three prominent longer-version batsmen – Mushfiqur, opener Imrul Kayes and top-order batsman Mominul Haque – in the game today. Wicket-keeper batsman Nurul Hasan is set to make debut in the format as he replaces Mushfiqur while Soumya Sarkar will open for Bangladesh in Test for the first time replacing Imrul Kayes. Nazmul Hossain Shanto will make his maiden international appearance for Bangladesh replacing Mominul Haque in the Test. “Yes we will be missing Mushfiq, Imrul and Mominul but I am hopeful that those who are getting the opportunity will use it well and do the needed for the team. We came here (in New Zealand) to play good cricket and I think our effort was seen by those who came to witness us play in the field. We had created chances and at times it looked as if we will be winning a game but some mistakes denied us from the winning moments. I think we have worked well on rectifying those mistakes and will be going into the Christchurch Test with positives from our recent past,” Tamim said to the media yesterday. • Mominul also ruled out • Tribune Report Visiting Bangladesh team faced another injury blow as top order batsman Mominul Haque has been ruled out from the second and final Test against New Zealand becoming the third Bangladeshi cricketer to miss the second Test of the series due to injury. The left handed batsman, who has been suffering from rib injury, was unable to train due to pain on Thursday and was declared unfit for the game. He had scored 64 and 23 in the first Test and missed a Test since February 2013. Wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahaim and opener Imrual Kayes have already been ruled out from the second Test due to injury. Young left-handed batsman Nazmul Hossian Shanto has been included to the squad and will replace injured Mominul while wicket-keeper batsman Nurul Hasan Sohan will also make his Test debut after Mushfiq’s thumb injury which ruled him out for three weeks. Soumya Sarkar will open the innings for the first time in five day cricket. He will replace another injured opener Imrul Kayes. •
De Villiers to skip England, Bangladesh Tests • AFP, Johannesburg South African batting star AB de Villiers’ absence from Test cricket will extend until late this year after he told journalists on Wednesday that he will miss the series against England and Bangladesh. He had already announced at a one-day series launch on Tuesday that he had decided not to make himself available for a Test series in New Zealand in March. De Villiers did not take questions on Tuesday but held a press conference on Wednesday where he said his absence from Test cricket would extend to a four-Test series in England during the South African winter as well as two matches against Bangladesh in September and October. “I don’t expect to just walk back into the Test side,” he said. “I am prepared to make my comeback with the Titans (his South African franchise) and make a contribution for them and prove that I am good enough.” De Villiers, who became a father in 2015 and whose wife is expecting a second child, said his life priorities had changed. “It is definitely not the end of the story but I need time to get myself ready for the Tests at the end of the year.” De Villiers said he was looking forward to captaining South Africa in a one-day series against Sri Lanka starting next week but said he felt nervous after more than six months out of the game. Although he is cutting back from his Test appearances, De Villiers will continue to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League. • OLD IS GOLD Sport 25 India’s Mahindra Singh Dhoni (R) raises his bat after completing his half century as Yuvraj Singh (L) looks on during their second ODI against England at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack yesterday. Dhoni and Yuvraj formed 256 run partnership in the fourth wicket. Yuvraj scored 150 off 127 balls while Dhoni scored 134 off 122 deliveries. India post 381 in their stipulated 50 overs AFP New Zealand warn no let-up in bouncer barrage • AFP, Christchurch Bangladesh have been warned to expect a fresh barrage of shortpitched deliveries when the second Test against New Zealand starts in Christchurch on Friday. While there were regrets Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim was struck on the head and rushed to hospital during the first Test, New Zealand pace spearhead Trent Boult described the intimidating bouncer as a valuable part of their armoury. "I'm sure there'll still be some short-pitched bowling," Boult said on the eve of the second Test as New Zealand look to wrap up a sweep in all formats against the injury-hit tourists. "People have to realise why people are bowling short in the first place and that's to upset the batsmen and get them stuck on the crease to make the fuller ball more effective. "You're not going in there with the intention of trying to hurt anyone -- it's to make your other skills more effective and have a bit more purpose." There were anxious moments when Mushfiqur lay prone on the pitch after he was hit in the first Test in Wellington, with memories still fresh of how Australian opener Phil Hughes suffered a fatal blow from a similar delivery in November 2014. Former New Zealand medium pacer Ewen Chatfield's heart stopped and he required mouthto-mouth resuscitation after being hit on the forehead in a Test against England in 1975. Mushfiqur has been advised not to play for up to three weeks, but Boult said that was not a reason to stop using legitimate short deliveries and most of the Bangladesh batsmen proved they could handle it. "It's a valuable skill as a fast bowler," Boult said. "It's always intimidating coming out and facing a barrage of shortpitched bowling but I think they played it nicely (in Wellington). "They looked to be aggressive to it, picked their times down wind and into the wind when to play the short ball." Bangladesh also made liberal use of the tactic in the first Test, targeting New Zealand's shortball bowling specialist Neil Wagner who was struck on the helmet three times and suffered a cut chin when the protective grille was slammed into his face. Despite the injury to Mushfiqur, stand-in captain Tamim Iqbal said he had no problem with short deliveries. "The short ball is part of the game. I can't really complain about it. If we feel a certain batsman is not very comfortable against the short ball we might use that tactic," he said. "When New Zealand or any other team goes to our conditions they expect spin so I'm sure they don't complain about the ball spinning too much so why should we complain about bouncing". New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said he believed there were sufficient rules in place to aid the batsmen which included a requirement DT FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 IN NUMBERS 2011 Yuvraj Singh's previous ODI century came against West Indies in Chennai in the 2011 World Cup. Between the completion of that tournament and his century in this match, Yuvraj had averaged only 18.31 in 17 innings with two fifties. Batsmen to score 150 or more 6 against England in ODIs; Yuvraj became the sixth and the first India player. Pairs aged 35 or older who 2 have scored centuries in the same innings: Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara - against Bangladesh and Scotland in the 2015 World Cup - and Yuvraj and MS Dhoni in this match. Totals against England bigger 2 than India's 381 for 6 in Cuttack. The highest is New Zealand's 398 for 5 at The Oval in 2015, followed by India's 387 for 5 in Rajkot in 2008-09. Overall, this was India's 23rd total of 350 or more in ODIs, the most by any team, going past South Africa's 22. Number of fourth-wicket partnerships in ODIs bigger than the 1 256-run stand between Yuvraj and Dhoni. That partnership was also by an Indian pair and at the same venue, Cuttack: an unbroken 275-run stand by Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja against Zimbabwe in 1998. Indian pairs to share 10 or 5 more century partnerships in ODIs. The Yuvraj-Dhoni pair is the latest addition to the list. Sachin Tendulkar was involved in three of the other four pairs, leading with 26 century stands with Sourav Ganguly. England bowlers to concede 2 more runs in an ODI than Liam Plunkett's 91 in this match. Steve Harmison and Chris Jordan had conceded 97 runs each, the most for England. to wear a safety compliant helmet. "You're trying to create wicket-taking opportunities, you're certainly not trying to hurt anybody," he said. "You play within the rules. Guys are really aware of sticking to that." Mushfiqur will not play in the second Test although Tamim Iqbal said a fractured thumb was the main reason, not the concussion. Opener Imrul Kayes has also been ruled out with a thigh injury while top-order batsman Mominul Haque failed a fitness test on Thursday after bruising his ribcage. "The x-ray on him came out clear but he was unable to make the necessary movements in training today and is not fit for the Test," said a statement from the Bangladesh board. •
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