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DELHI THE HINDU 18 SPORT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ...it’s 22 and counting for Advani Cueist par excellence outplays Thway Oo to make it four­in­a­row in the 150­up format BILLIARDS Advani said. Advani, who now boasts of R. Venkatnarayan an incredible 22 World titles, Chennai attributed the success to his fitness and the deep desire to Pankaj Advani, India’s poster win. boy of cue sports, once again did what he does best — win­ All in your hands ning a World title. “More than external factors On Sunday, Advani like in other contact sports, breezed past local favourite one is fighting his own battle. Nay Thway Oo 6­2 in the 150­ “Though there are safety up format at the IBSF World plays and the like where your billiards championship in opponent pins you down, it Mandalay, in what was a re­ is all about your own rhythm, peat of last year’s final — the your ability and your own scoreline including. hunger which reflects on “It’s an incredible feeling,” how you perform,” said Disappointment: The faithful reluctantly make their way out as play is called off. Advani told The Hindu. “I am Advani. * AKHILESH KUMAR as passionate and as hungry The Bengaluru­based as I was as a teenager,” said cueist, who has won more Advani about his fifth title in World titles in his sport than the short format of billiards anyone else, added “every Rain has the final say in the last six years. year the competition keeps Advani was in full flow improving and you need to right from the start and, with stay ahead. fluent breaks of 145, 89 and Series reduced to a two­match affair “A few years back no one 127, took a 3­0 lead. Oo would have thought that so­ The downpour began two vious T20 series here in pulled it back with breaks of SA IN INDIA meone could win so many tit­ hours before play was sche­ 2015. The caravan now tra­ 63 and 62, but was forced to les. Tomorrow someone may duled to start at 7 p.m. and vels to Mohali for the second watch Advani extend the lead RAKESH RAO well go far ahead of it.” the match was officially match of the series on Wed­ as the Indian secured the DHARAMSHALA The result: called off at 7.45 p.m. nesday. next two frames, including a Pankaj Advani bt Nay Thway Relentless rain forced the There was neither any in­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 150 unfinished break. After a DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Oo (Myn) 6­2 [150(145)­4, 151 abandonment of the first In­ spection nor the toss. reverse in the seventh frame, (89)­66, 150(127)­50(50), 7­ dia­South Africa Twenty20 The series now stands re­ Second T20I the Indian scored a 74 to played more fluently against through a tough semifinal Russell is an incredible 150(63,62), 151(50)­69(50), International here on duced to a two­match affair, B Sept. 18, Mohali, 7 p.m. close out the match. Oo. Last year too I had bea­ against Mike Russell [on Sa­ player and though I won 5­2, 150(150)­0, 133(64)­150(105), Sunday. just as in South Africa’s pre­ DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD “I felt more confident and ten Oo. And after I got turday], I felt more at ease. it was a much closer contest,” 150(74)­75(63)]. Nabi, Mujeeb Bisht, Sanjeet advance star for England squares series at Oval; Australia keeps urn Afghanistan Matthew Wade delays the inevitable with a gutsy century; Broad and Leach scalp four each THE ASHES chances plummeted further fore Mitchell Marsh perished when he was stumped off first ball to mid­wicket where AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE with Smith’s dismissal. It was for 24. Root. Root took a brilliant one­ DHAKA Reuters the first time in 11 Test in­ Though Australia captain Nathan Lyon swept Leach handed catch to spark wild Mohammad Nabi (84 not nings against England that Tim Paine was trapped lbw low to Root at square leg and celebrations among the En­ London out) and off­spinner Mu­ he had failed to pass fifty. by Leach, Wade maintained Josh Hazlewood chipped his gland players. jeeb Ur Rahman (four for Matthew Wade’s defiant 117 Smith left the field to a stand­ his concentration and 15) were the architects of proved in vain as England ing ovation from the crowd punched the air with de­ SCOREBOARD Afghanistan’s 25­run win bowled Australia out for 263 in recognition of his 774 light after reaching his se­ over Bangladesh in their to win the final Test at The runs, including a double cen­ cond century of the series. England — 1st innings: 294. Australia — 2nd innings: Marcus tri­series match on Sunday. Oval by 135 runs on Sunday tury and two hundreds, in Pat Cummins departed Australia — 1st innings: 225. Harris b Broad 9, David Warner c En garde! Kavinder Singh Bisht came through an exhausting Burns b Broad 11, Marnus After Nabi’s knock, and ensure the first drawn seven innings. for nine and Wade’s resis­ England — 2nd innings: Rory bout against Chena Zhihao of China. * COURTESY BFI/ TWITTER Ashes series since 1972. Wade reached his fifty be­ tance was finally broken Burns c Paine b Lyon 20, Joe Labuschagne st. Bairstow b which came off 54 balls Leach 14, Steve Smith c Stokes b England had appeared to Denly c Smith b Siddle 94, Joe against Finland’s Arslan and contained three fours Root c Smith b Lyon 21, Ben Broad 23, Matthew Wade st. BOXING WORLDS be on course for a comforta­ Khataev in the round of 16. and seven sixes, took Af­ Stokes b Lyon 67, Jonny Bair­ Bairstow b Root 117, Mitchell ghanistan to 164 for six, ble win when it dismissed stow c Smith b Marsh 14, Jos Marsh c Buttler b Root 24, Tim Press Trust of India Steve Smith for 23, just after Brijesh ousted Mujeeb shot out the hosts Buttler c Labuschagne b Siddle Paine lbw b Leach 21, Pat Cum­ Ekaterinburg for 139. His figures read lunch, but Wade dug in to 47, Sam Curran c Paine b Cum­ mins c Bairstow b Broad 9, Peter However, there was a disap­ 4­0­15­4. post his fourth Test century mins 17, Chris Woakes c Smith b Siddle (not out) 13, Nathan Lyon Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) pointment as well with Bri­ and Australia, which re­ Marsh 6, Jofra Archer c Paine b c Root b Leach 1, Josh Hazle­ and Sanjeet (91kg) advanced jesh Yadav (81kg) bowing Both Bangladesh and Af­ tained the Ashes, fell short in Cummins 3, Jack Leach c Hazle­ wood c Root b Leach 0; Extras to the pre­quarterfinals with out in a split 1­4 verdict ghanistan had won their its bid for a first Test series wood b Lyon 9, Stuart Broad (b­2, lb­12, nb­2, pen­5): 21; hard­fought wins in the against Turkey’s Bayram respective matches of the win in England since 2001. (not out) 12; Extras (b­7, lb­11, Total (in 77 overs): 263. World men’s boxing cham­ Malkan. tournament against Chasing a stiff target of nb­1): 19; Total (in 95.3 overs): Fall of wickets: 1­18, 2­29, 3­56, pionships here on Sunday. The lack of aggressive in­ Zimbabwe. 4­85, 5­148, 6­200, 7­244, 8­ 399, Australia lost Marcus 329. While fifth­seeded Bisht tent in the first two rounds Fall of wickets: 1­54, 2­87, 3­ 260, 9­263. The scores: Afghanistan 164 Harris, David Warner and edged past China’s Chena cost Brijesh as his fine co­ for six in 20 overs (Moham­ 214, 4­222, 5­249, 6­279, 7­305, England bowling: Broad 15­1­ Marnus Labuschagne in the Zhihao 3­2, Sanjeet defeated meback in the final round mad Nabi 84 n.o., Asghar Af­ 8­305, 9­317. 62­4, Archer 16­2­66­0, Curran ghan 40, Mohammad Saifud­ morning after England had Australia bowling: Cummins 21­ 8­3­22­0, Leach 22­8­49­4, Scotland’s Scott Forrest in proved too little too late. din four for 33) bt Bangladesh added 16 runs to its over­ 5­67­2, Hazlewood 19­5­57­0, Woakes 7­1­19­0, Root 9­1­26­2. an equally draining contest Earlier, Amit Panghal 139 in 19.5 overs (Mahmudul­ night score of 313 for eight. Lyon 24.3­5­69­4, Siddle 13­4­ England won by 135 runs, for a 4­1 verdict in his fa­ (52kg) and Manish Kaushik lah 44, Mujeeb Ur Rahman Australia took lunch on 68 Happy faces: Root’s men are on cloud nine after sharing 52­2, Mitchell Marsh 11­1­40­2, series tied 2-2, Australia retains vour. (63kg) had advanced to the four for 15). for three and its victory the series honours. * GETTY IMAGES Labuschagne 7­1­26­0. Ashes Bisht will square off pre­quarterfinals. Spain beats Argentina Teen sensation Fati leads charge Dabang survives a Adhiban, Nihal bow out for the big prize EURO LEAGUES the interval. 4 (Bani 36, Palacio 56, Denswil Fortunegiants scare CHESS WC Gerard Pique bundled the 60, Orsolini 80); Parma 1 (Ba­ rilla 58) lost to Cagliari 3 (Cep­ Gasol claims NBA­World Cup double Reuters ball into the net in the 51st SPORTS BUREAU minute after Antoine Griez­ pitelli 23, 39, Simeone 77); Barcelona KHANTY MANSIYSK (Russia) mann had hit the post while SPAL 2 (Petagna 63, Kurti 90+2) bt Lazio 1 (Immobile 17­ B. Adhiban and Nihal Sarin Barcelona’s 16­year­old for­ Luis Suarez netted twice af­ pen); Roma 4 (Christante 12, crashed out of the World ward Ansu Fati continued ter coming off the bench. Dzeko 19, Mkhitaryan 22, Cup chess tournament af­ his explosive start to life in Maxi Gomez got a conso­ Kluivert 33) bt Sassuolo 2 (Be­ ter losing their second­ the first team by scoring and lation goal for Valencia in rardi 53, 72). round rapid tie­break providing an assist as the La stoppage time. La Liga: Eibar 1 (Ramis 58) lost games by 1.5­0.5 margins Liga champion thrashed Va­ to Espanyol 2 (Ferreyra 76, here on Sunday. lencia 5­2 on Saturday. Perfect start Granero 79); Deportivo Alaves Adhiban lost with white Fati struck his first goal at Inter Milan went top of Serie 0 lost to Sevilla 1 (Joan Jordan pieces to China’s Yu Yangyi the Camp Nou to give Barca A on Saturday after Stefano 37); Celta Vigo 0 lost to Grana­ in 54 moves in the first the lead with less than two Sensi’s header sealed a 1­0 da 2 (Sanchez 45+6, Herrera game and drew the second minutes on the clock, win over 10 man Udinese at 54). Escape to victory: Naveen, right, who proved elusive time with black in 40 moves. smashing a pass from Fren­ San Siro to continue its per­ Bundesliga: Hoffenheim 0 lost and again for the Fortunegiants defenders, scripted to Freiburg 3 (Guenter 11, Ha­ Nihal lost with black World champions: Spain led throughout in Beijing to win the kie de Jong into the net. fect start. Dabang’s win. * SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT pieces to Azerbaijani Eltaj trophy a second time. * AFP The teenager then re­ The results: berer 38, Petersen 59); Pader­ born 1 (Cauly 8) lost to Schalke Safarli in the first game in turned the favour by dashing Premier League: Bournemouth consecutive Super 10 dis­ 5 (Sane 33, Serdar 50, Harit 71, PKL 61 moves. In the second, ronto Raptors’ run to the into the area from the left 3 (Wilson 23, 72, Fraser 67) bt play and crossed 350 raid BASKETBALL WC Everton 1 (Calvert­Lewin 44); 85, Kutucu 83). Nihal blundered on the NBA title. wing and teeing up Dutch­ Nandakumar Marar points along the way. He Watford 2 (Cleverley 53, Perey­ Saturday: La Liga: Leganes 0 16th move by choosing not Gasol, who had 14 points, man De Jong to score his first PUNE contributed 12 points. Agence France-Presse ra 81­pen) drew with Arsenal 2 lost to Villarreal 3 (Gerard 26, to capture his rival’s seven rebounds and seven goal for the club in the se­ Beijing (Aubameyang 21, 32). 90+3, Silva 39­og); Barcelona knight. Thereafter, Safarli assists, joins Lamar Odom, a venth minute. Dabang Delhi, on top of its On the go Serie A: Genoa 1 (Criscito 5 (Fati 2, De Jong 7, Pique 51, attacking game in the first made two successive Three­time All­Star Marc Ga­ double winner in 2010 with Valencia pulled a goal Suarez 61, 82) bt Valencia 2 The contest started with 90+1­pen) lost to Atalanta 2 half, led 20­9 against Guja­ moves of sub­optimum sol became only the second the United States and Los back later in the half through (Muriel 64­pen, Zapata 90+5); (Gameiro 27, Gūmez 90+2). feisty raiders Naveen and rat Fortunegiants at one strength and let the Indian man to win an NBA crown Angeles Lakers. Kevin Gameiro but Barca Brescia 3 (A. Donnarumma 10, Serie A: Inter Milan 1 (Sensi 44) Sachin on the prowl. The stage, before getting rattled take a draw in 25 moves. and the World Cup in the Surprise finalists Argenti­ came flying back at it after 19, Cistana 42) lost to Bologna bt Udinese 0. former sneaked in and away by a fightback from its rival P. Hari Krishna and Vidit same year after Spain na had not triumphed since from the defence while the at the Balewadi indoor stadi­ Gujrathi, the only Indians brushed aside Argentina 95­ it hosted the inaugural latter reacted well when the um on Sunday. The early left in the fray, will play 75 here on Sunday. World Cup in 1950. defenders tried to trap him. poise was replaced by pres­ Both got out once before Na­ Russia’s Kirill Alekseenko Spain, which survived As a contest, the final was sure, culminating in a close veen made a mark with a and USA’s Wesley So res­ double overtime against over by the fourth quarter — 34­30 win for Dabang and a Super Raid, eluding three pectively on Tuesday. Australia to reach the final, although the Argentines did secure position atop the ta­ rivals. In the process, he in­ led throughout in Beijing to rally belatedly to reduce ble. The Delhi side’s 12th flicted the first all­out early win international basket­ Spain’s previously mighty Indian teams win in 15 matches took it on in the contest to make it ball’s biggest prize a second lead. time. closer to the playoffs. 11­4 for Dabang. Sachin top groups could not repeat the form The only previous occa­ Australia wait goes on Fortunegiants suffered shown against Puneri Paltan Sports Bureau sion was in 2006 with the France roared back after two all­outs and looked like and it had a bearing on the YOGYAKARTA (INDONESIA) two Gasol brothers, Marc half­time to defeat Australia getting blown away by the and older sibling Pau, on the in­form Dabang team. Ho­ final outcome. The Indian men’s team 67­59 and claim a second The results: Dabang Delhi 34 team. World Cup bronze in a row wever, it came charged up topped Group­B of the Pau did not feature in after the breather, stretch­ (Naveen Kumar 12, Vijay 5) bt Asian table tennis cham­ — and extend the Boomers’ Gujarat Fortunegiants 30 (Ro­ China because of injury. ing the opponent all the pionships here on Sunday, long wait for a major medal. hit Gulia 13, Sachin Tanwar 4). The latest triumph was The result (final): Spain 95 way. Rohit Gulia top­scored Patna Pirates 55 (Pardeep with 3­0 wins over Sri Lan­ particularly sweet for the (Ricky Rubio 25, Sergio Llull 15, with 13 raid points, but his Narwal 18, Neeraj Kumar 11, ka and Kuwait. 34­year­old centre Gasol, Marc Gasol 14) bt Argentina 75 effort went in vain. Naveen Hadi Oshtorak 5) bt Puneri Pal­ The women topped who three months ago also (Gabriel Deck 24, Nico Laprovit­ On fire: Ansu Fati, centre, was explosive in his first full start for Barcelona, where he netted Kumar, who finished on the tan 33 (Manjeet 8, Pankaj Mo­ Group­C with 3­0 wins over played a key part in the To­ tola 17, Facundo Campazzo 11). the opener and also assisted in another goal. * AFP winning side, had his 13th hite 7, Nitin Tomar 6). Jordan and Lebanon.

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