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MLB | Page 5 FOOTBALL | Page 7 Keuchel earns France-US fi rst win as showdown Braves beat keeps women’s Chicago Cubs WC burning Friday, June 28, 2019 FORMULA 1 Shawwal 25, 1440 AH Vettel still has what GULF TIMES it takes at Ferrari, says Webber SPORT Page 4 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Kohli’s India end West Indies’ World Cup hopes Indian captain also becomes fastest batsman to reach 20,000 international runs during the 125-run victory Scorecard INDIA S. Ambris lbw b Pandya 31 K.L. Rahul b Holder 48 S. Hope b Shami 5 R. Sharma c Hope b Roach 18 N. Pooran c Shami b Yadav 28 V. Kohli c sub b Holder 72 S. Hetmyer c Rahul b Shami 18 V. Shankar c Hope b Roach 14 J. Holder c Jadhav b Chahal 6 K. Jadhav c Hope b Roach 7 C. Brathwaite c Dhoni b Bumrah 1 M.S. Dhoni not out 56 F. Allen lbw b Bumrah 0 H. Pandya c Allen b Cottrell 46 K. Roach not out 14 M. Shami c Hope b Cottrell 0S. Cottrell lbw b Chahal 10 K. Yadav not out 0 O. Thomas c Sharma b Shami 6 Extras (1b, w6) 7 Extras (b9, lb3, nb1, w5) 18 Total (seven wickets, 50 overs) 268 Total (all out, 34.2 overs) 143 Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Sharma), Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gayle), 2-98 (Rahul), 3-126 (Shankar), 2-16 (Hope), 3-71 (Ambris), 4-80 4-140 (Jadhav), 5-180 (Kohli), (Pooran), 5-98 (Holder), 6-107 6-250 (Pandya), 7-252 (Shami) (Brathwaite), 7-107 (Allen), 8-112 Bowling: Cottrell 10-0-50-2 (2w); (Hetmyer), 9-124 (Cottrell), 10-143 Roach 10-0-36-3; Thomas 7-0-63-0 (Thomas) (2w); Allen 10-0-52-0; Holder 10-2- Bowling: Shami 6.2-0-16-4 (1w); 33-2; Brathwaite 3-0-33-0 (2w) Bumrah 6-1-9-2; Pandya 5-0-28-1 (1nb); Yadav 9-1-35-1 (2w); Jadhav WEST INDIES 1-0-4-0; Chahal 7-0-39-2 C. Gayle c Jadhav b Shami 6RESULT: India won by 125 runs India’s Mohamed Shami (centre) celebrates with captain Virat Kohli (left) and teammate KL Rahul after taking the wicket of West Indies’ Chris Gayle (not pictured) during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup match at Old Traff ord in Manchester, United Kingdom, yesterday. (AFP) AFP dismissed West Indies for 143 in playing like that for a while now,” Caribbean batsman Brian Lara cluding the wicket of India open- Manchester, United Kingdom 34.2 overs to end the West Indies’ said captain and man-of-the- both required 453 international er Rohit Sharma for 18. Pakistani and Indian super fans cheer during the 2019 ICC Cricket hopes of progressing. match Kohli. innings to reach the landmark. Kohli, whose 82-ball knock in- World Cup match between West Indies and India at Old Traff ord in India, who have displaced “Things hadn’t gone our way Wicketkeeper-batsman MS cluded eight boundaries, extend- Manchester, United Kingdom, yesterday. (AFP) kipper Virat Kohli’s gritty England as the top-ranked one- with the bat in the last few games Dhoni and Hardik Pandya boost- ed his fi ne run of form with some half-century and an in- day team, remain the only un- but we have found a way to win.” ed the total, putting on 70 runs eye-catching shots that charmed slipped to 16-2. ourselves down with the bat. cisive bowling perform- beaten side in the tournament Shami, who took a hat-trick in for the sixth wicket to punish the a partisan crowd at Old Traff ord. It was all downhill from there “We didn’t seize the moment ance powered India to a and need just one victory from the previous game, returned fi g- otherwise-disciplined bowlers. West Indies were in trouble for a struggling Caribbean side but I would have taken chasing Scomprehensive 125-run win over their remaining three league ures of 4-16, removing the dan- Pandya hit 46 off 38 balls while early in their reply when Gayle who failed to maintain momen- 268. We didn’t do it. West Indies yesterday, all but games to guarantee a semi-fi nals gerous Chris Gayle early after a Dhoni remained unbeaten on 56, mistimed a short ball from Shami tum after their opening World “We have let ourselves down assuring them of a spot in the berth. scratchy innings from the opener. ending the innings with a big six. and was caught by Kedar Jadhav Cup win against Pakistan. signifi cantly in this tournament. World Cup semi-fi nals. West Indies joined Afghani- The West Indies bowlers, led to the left of mid-on after strug- Paceman Jasprit Bumrah and The bowlers had a reasonable Kohli top-scored with 72 to lay stan and South Africa as the three KOHLI RECORD by paceman Kemar Roach, had gling to just six runs off 19 balls. leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal campaign but our batting has the foundations for India’s 268 teams to bow out of the race for But it was Kohli who set up the kept India in check until the lat- Shai Hope tried to take the took two wickets each. been too inconsistent. This is our for seven after electing to bat fi rst the fi nal four so far. win as he became fastest bats- ter stages, stemming the fl ow of Shami on and hit him for a West Indies captain Jason weakest format of the three.” at Manchester’s Old Traff ord. “We can’t complain, we have man to reach 20,000 interna- runs with regular wickets. boundary but the bowler re- Holder said: “The bowlers did Two-time champions India The Indian bowlers, led by just become the number one side tional runs in his 417th innings Roach returned impressive sponded by rattling his stumps a fantastic job on this surface. I next play hosts England in Bir- paceman Mohamed Shami, then in the world and we have been — India’s Sachin Tendulkar and fi gures of 3-36 in his 10 overs, in- with the next ball as West Indies couldn’t ask for more but we let mingham on Sunday. FOOTBALL Australia, Indonesia held talks for joint 2034 World Cup bid Reuters had met Indonesian soccer fed- tion Council Meeting in Laos.” South East Asian bid was en- federation had decided to part- “Indonesia is ready to work ods by a FIFA-appointed eth- Melbourne eration (PSSI) offi cials to discuss The revelation came only days dorsed at the Asean summit and ner with Australia after Thai- with anyone, it can be Asean, it ics investigator who found the a 2034 bid at an Asean meeting after Thai Prime Minister Prayuth declined to elaborate whether land had pulled out of the 2034 can be with Australia.” federation had funnelled mon- last week. Chan-ocha told a news confer- talks with Indonesia were ongo- bid because it was “not ready”. Australia was a candidate in the ey into development projects ustralia has held talks “Football Federation Australia ence in Bangkok that 10 countries ing. A PSSI executive told Reuters controversial bidding process for with ties to FIFA’s voting exco with Indonesia about confi rms it has held discussions from the Asean bloc, including “FFA welcomes the opportu- the Indonesian federation would the 2022 World Cup awarded to members. making a joint bid for with the Indonesia Football As- Indonesia, would bid for 2034. nity to further discuss a Asean be willing to work with “any- Qatar but managed to win only The 2026 World Cup is be- the 2034 FIFA World sociation (PSSI) about the pos- It was unclear how advanced bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup one” on a 2034 bid. one vote from FIFA’s executive ing jointly hosted by the United ACup, despite the Southeast sibility to jointly bid for the 2034 discussions were between Aus- with fellow Member Associa- “Of course we welcome it (a council members in 2010. States, Canada and Mexico. Asian nation’s involvement in FIFA World Cup,” the FFA said in tralia and Indonesia, with state- tions in the region,” the state- joint bid with Australia) and we The losing Australian bid, Multiple countries have ex- another bid with regional neigh- a statement emailed to Reuters. ments from both federations ment added. will work hard to make it hap- funded by over A$40mn pressed interest in making joint bours for the same tournament. “An Indonesia-Australia joint suggesting the talks were pre- Indonesian media, citing PSSI pen,” Yoyok Sukawi, a member ($27.96mn) of government bids for the 2030 fi nals, includ- Football Federation Australia bid was also discussed at last liminary, at best. secretary general Ratu Tisha, of the PSSI’s executive commit- money, triggered strident crit- ing South American and eastern told Reuters yesterday that it week’s Asean Football Federa- The FFA said it noted the joint reported on Wednesday that the tee, said. icism of the FFA and its meth- European nations. Gulf Times 2 Friday, June 28, 2019 CRICKET FOCUS Sri Lanka look to improved batting to keep hopes alive ‘For us, most of the top order got some runs somewhere down the line, so hopefully we click as a batting group’ Duminy ‘ashamed’ of South Africa fl op AFP Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom P Duminy has apologised to South Africa fans after Jthe country’s “dismal” showing at the World Cup.