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Kevin Durant CRICKET | Page 3 FOOTBALL | Page 7 S. Africa’s Liverpool Dale Steyn sweating on launches Van Dijk fi tness mission W Cup for Chelsea tie Saturday, September 29, 2018 RYDER CUP Moharram 19, 1440 AH Crushing foursomes GULF TIMES sweep puts Europe ahead of America SPORT Page 3 FOCUS Qatar duo win Asian beach volleyball crown Qatar players pose with their trophies and cheque yesterday. At bottom, action from the final. Dominant Qataris finish off the final in only 36 minutes By Sports Reporter the fact they only made their debut on the line as the Iranians were quite strong. We Doha FIVB World Tour only this year. have had a brilliant past two months. Win- Salemiinjehboroun had bagged the Asian ning the Asian title and Asian Games title title last year when he teamed up with Rah- would help our morale as we take part in sian Games gold medallists Cher- man Raoufi, and they had knocked out Ti- more tournaments this season.” if Younousse and Ahmed Tijan jan and Julio Cesar do Nascimento in the grabbed another continental title last four stage. Results yesterday by clinching the Asian At the Asian Games in Palembang where Final: ABeach Volleyball crown in Satun, Thailand. the beach volleyball competitions were Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan (Qatar) In the final, they defeated the Iranian held, Younousse and Tijan had beaten Vak- beat Bahman Salemiinjehboroun and duo of Arash Vakili and Bahman Salemiin- ili and Salemiinjehboroun in the quarter- Arash Vakili (Iran) 21-18, 21-11 jehboroun in straight sets (21-18, 21-11) to finals 2-1. Bronze medal match finish unbeaten in the tournament. “We are pleased with our performance Alexandr Dyachenko and Alexey So dominant were the Qataris they fin- as this is our first Asian title,” Younousse Sidorenko (Kazakhstan) beat Sergey ished off the match in only 36 minutes – said. Bogatu and Dmitriy Yakovlev (Kazakhstan) an impressive performance considering “It was a tough match despite the score- 21-14, 21-16 (35 mts) CRICKET India huff and puff past Bangladesh for Asian title LITON DAS’S CENTURY FOR BANGLADESH GOES IN VAIN AS INDIA CLINCH LAST-BALL THRILLER IN DUBAI AFP Dubai SCORECARD ndia retained the Asia Cup Bangladesh S. Dhawan c Sarkar b Islam ...........15 with a three-wicket win off Liton Das st Dhoni b Yadav ...........121 A. Rayudu c Rahim b Mortaza ...... 2 the last ball against a fi ght- Mehidy Hasan c Rayudu b Jadhav . D. Karthik lbw b Riyad ......................37 ing Bangladesh who were .......................................................................... 32 M. Dhoni c Rahim b Mustafiz ...... 36 Ianchored by a maiden hundred Imarul Kayes lbw b Chahal ..............2 K. Jadhav not out ................................23 from opener Liton Das in Dubai Mushfiqur Rahim c Bumrah b R. Jadeja c Rahim b Rubel .............23 yesterday. Jadhav ........................................................5 B. Kumar c Rahim b Mustafiz ........21 India made heavy weather of a Mohamed Mithun run out ................2 K. Yadav not out ...................................5 modest 223-run target as Bangla- Mahmudullah Riyad c Bumrah b Extras: (b1, lb 7, w 5) ........................ 13 desh fought for every run before Yadav ...........................................................4 Total: (for seven wkts; 50 overs) the title holders achieved victory Soumya Sarkar run out ...................33 223 off the last ball watched by a ca- Mashrafe Mortaza st Dhoni b Did not bat: J. Bumrah, Y. Chahal pacity 25,000 holiday crowd at Yadav ..............................................................7 Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Dhawan), Dubai stadium. Nazmul Islam run out ........................7 2-46 (Rayudu), 3-83 (Sharma), Das held the innings together Mustafizur Rahman not out ............2 4-137 (Karthik), 5-160 (Dhoni), 6-212 during his 117-ball 121 which Rubel Hossain b Bumrah .................0 (Jadeja), 7-214 (Kumar) featured a dozen boundaries and Extras: (lb2, w5) ................................... 7 Bowling: Mehidy 4-0-27-0, Mus- two sixes but Bangladesh, who Total: (all out; 48.3 overs) 222 tafiz 10-0-38-2, Islam 10-0-56-1, Mor- were put into bat, were all out in Fall of wickets: 1-120 (Mehidy), taza 10-0-35-1 (1w), Rubel 10-2-26-2, 48.3 overs despite a solid opening 2-128 (Kayes), 3-137 (Rahim), 4-139 (1w), Riyad 6-0-33-1 (2w) stand of 120 with Mehidy Hasan. (Mithun), 5-151 (Riyad), 6-188 (Das), Note: K. Jadhav retired hurt at With their settled opening pair of 7-196 (Mortaza), 8-213 (Islam), 9-222 167-5 with a pulled muscle and Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dha- (Sarkar); 10-222 (Rubel) returned at 212-6. wan, India were expected to run Bowling: Kumar 7-0-33-0 (1w), away with victory, like they did in Bumrah 8.3-0-39-1 (2w), Chahal Result: India won by three wickets the previous matches but Bang- 8-1-31-1(1w), Yadav 10-0-45-3, Jadeja Toss: India ladesh were not ready to give up 6-0-31-0, Jadhav 9-0-41-2(1w) Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) without a fi ght. and Ruchira Palliyaguruge (SRI) Dhawan was dismissed for India Tv umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS) 15 and Sharma for a 55-ball 48, R. Sharma c Islam b Rubel ............48 Match referee: David Boon (AUS) Medium-pacer Khaleel Ahmed holds the Asia Cup trophy as the studded with three sixes and as Indian team celebrate their victory over Bangladesh in Dubai. many boundaries. Dinesh Karthik (37) and Ma- moved them both with eight runs ladesh lost in a second Asia Cup tacked India’s pace-cum spin at- Former captain Mushfi qur Ra- hendra Singh Dhoni (36) added still needed. fi nal after coming up just short by tack. But once Hasan was caught him, who scored 144 and 99 ear- 54 for the fourth wicket but once India then required six off the two runs in the 2012 fi nal against off Jadhav in the 21st over the in- lier in the tournament, also hold both were dismissed Bangladesh last over and one off the final de- Pakistan at home. nings collapsed with Bangladesh out off Jadhav who finished with looked like pulling off an upset. livery which came as a leg-bye. Earlier Bangladesh lost all their losing four more wickets by the 2-41. Rahim made just fi ve. Ravindra Jadeja (23) and Bhu- Kedar Jadhav fi nished with 23 wickets for 102 runs in a ma- time the score reached 151. Bangladesh’s cause was not venshwar Kumar (21) brought not out. India won the Asia Cup jor middle order collapse after a Hasan hit three boundaries helped by three run-outs while the target within India’s reach — under a Twenty20 format — in brisk opening stand of 120. in his 59-ball 32 while Soumya left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav Bangladesh batsman Liton Das celebrates after scoring a century through a 45-run stand for the Bangladesh in 2016. Hasan was promoted to open Sarkar made a 45-ball 33 with a returned with the best fi gures of against India in Dubai yesterday. sixth wicket but Bangladesh re- Yesterday’s result meant Bang- the innings and he and Das at- boundary and a six. 3-45. Gulf Times 2 Saturday, September 29, 2018 CRICKET SPOTLIGHT DENIAL Pakistan Cricket Board rejects Rixon’s allegations England reward Sam Curran with AFP kistan Cricket Board (PCB) for being and former foreign staff attached with Lahore late with payments and disorganised. national teams.” “They didn’t pay subsidiary staff on “It comes as a surprise to us that Mr central Test contract time. Everyone was meant to go to the Rixon made unfounded allegations,” akistan cricket authorities yes- World Cup (2019 in England), which the cricket authority said in a state- AFP terday rejected allegations of would be the sensible thing to do but ment. London unprofessionalism from their not unless they improved their act,” “The PCB strongly refutes the alle- Pformer fi elding coach Steve Rixon told Fairfax Media in Australia. gations made by Mr Rixon in his inter- Rixon, saying they were surprised by “[I told them], ‘you guys will make view, the foreign coaching staff has full urrey all-rounder Sam the ‘unfounded’ attacks. me angrier and angrier, and I don’t need backing and support of the board.” Curran has been given a Former Australian wicket-keeper it.’ In the interview Rixon said: “If they Pakistan has a number of interna- central Test contracts for Rixon was credited with lifting the Pa- want outsiders to the country doing the tional fi gures on its national coaching 2018-19 by the England kistan’s fi elding standards during his job make sure you look after them.” team — Rixon was replaced by former Sand Wales Cricket Board. two-year contract with the national The PCB rejected Rixon’s claims, New Zealand spinner and Scotland Curran earned the contract team, which expired in June this year. saying it was “disappointed by the coach Grant Bradburn, and the position with an impressive impact dur- He did not seek a renewal of the con- baseless allegations” and that it “en- of batting coach is held by former Zim- ing the summer Tests against tract, and on Thursday blasted the Pa joyed cordial relations with all current babwean batsman Grant Flower. India, which saw him named the Player of the Series as England romped to a 4-1 victory. The 20-year-old, whose fa- ther Kevin is a former Zimba- bwe international, produced two impressive displays with the bat against India and chipped in with several wickets. Curran, who made his Surrey debut aged just 17, was recently named in England’s squad for STEYN LAUNCHES their forthcoming tour of Sri Lanka.
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