Sports Tuesday, August 17, 2021 15 Sabina Show: Roach and Seales inspire WI in last-wicket thriller Unbeaten 17-run Scoreboard Pakistan (1st Innings): 217 stand seals West Indies (1st Innings): 253 Pakistan 2nd Innings (Overnight 160-5) Imran Butt lbw b Roach ...... 0 win over Pak Abid Ali c Holder b Seales ...... 34 Azhar Ali b Roach ...... 23 in first Test Babar Azam c Holder b Mayers...... 55 Fawad Alam c da Silva b Seales ...... 0 Agencies Mohammad Rizwan c da Silva b Holder ...... 30 Kingston (Jamaica) Faheem Ashraf c da Silva b Roach ...... 20 Yasir Shah c da Silva b Seales ...... 4 Hasan Ali c Roach b Seales ...... 28 West Indies have started Shaheen Shah Afridi lbw b Seales ...... 0 their ICC World Test Cham- Mohammad Abbas not out ...... 1 pionship campaign in serious Extras: (b4, lb2, nb2) ...... 8 style, beating Pakistan by just Total: (All Out in 83.4 overs)...... 203 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-56, 3-65, 4-65, 5-121, one wicket in Jamaica on the 6-168, 7-170, 8-180, 9-192, 10-203. fourth day of their first Test. Bowling: K. Roach 19-8-30-3, J. Seales 15.4-3-55- A Test match that swung 5 (1nb), K. Mayers 15-5-33-1, J. Holder 18-6-36-1 constantly across the four days (1nb), J. Warrican 7-2-28-0, R. Chase 6-1-12-0, K. Brathwaite 3-1-3-0. came to a fittingly dramatic West Indies (2nd Innings: Ttarget 168) conclusion on Sunday as an K. Brathwaite c Rizwan b Afridi ...... 2 unbeaten 17-run stand from K. Powell lbw b Afridi ...... 4 the last-wicket pair of Ke- N. Bonner b Afridi ...... 5 R. Chase c Butt b Ashraf ...... 22 mar Roach (30*) and Jayden J. Blackwood c Butt b Hasan Ali ...... 55 Seales (2*) took West Indies to K. Mayers c Butt b Ashraf...... 0 victory. J. Holder b Hasan Ali ...... 16 The pair came together at J. da Silva c Rizwan b Afridi ...... 13 K. Roach not out ...... 30 151/9 with Pakistan seemingly J. Warrican c Rizwan b Hasan Ali ...... 6 on the brink of a famous win J. Seales not out ...... 2 after an incredible catch from Extras: (b2, lb10, nb1) ...... 13 Total: (For 9 wkts 56.5 overs) ...... 168 Mohammad Rizwan to remove Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-15, 3-16, 4-84, 5-92, 6-111, Jomel Warrican (6). Running 7-114, 8-142, 9-151. at full tilt to the fine leg bound- Bowling: Mohammad Abbas 12-5-27-0, Shaheen ary, Rizwan stretched out and Shah Afridi 17-4-50-4 (1nb), Hasan Ali 16.5-5-37- 3, Faheem Ashraf 8-1-29-2, Yasir Shah 3-0-13-0. dove to pouch a top-edged pull Result: West Indies won by 1 wicket. shot, handing Hasan Ali (3/37) his third wicket and bringing out rookie No.11 Seales with in the slips off the bowling of the match on the line. Hasan, opened the door for The pressure did not prove the thrilling finish we wound too much for the 19-year-old, up with. who resolutely saw out 13 de- Holder (16) fell soon after liveries as his veteran partner Blackwood to leave West In- at the other end got the job Jayden Seales (L) and Kemar Roach of the West Indies celebrate winning the first Test against Pakistan on the fourth day at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday.( AFP) dies 114/7, tilting the match done. It capped off a remark- Pakistan’s way before a 28-run able match for Seales, who alike, the edge raced all the in their second innings, Paki- edge from Babar Azam that West Indies player to ever do Blackwood got West Indies stand between Da Silva and earlier became the youngest way to the ropes for four. Three stan’s hopes suffered a bitter landed in the hands of Jason so, breaking the record set by back on track but the hosts Roach tilted it back. Da Silva’s West Indies bowler to claim a balls later Roach brought the blow when Faheem Ashraf Holder at first slip, remov- a 20-year-old Alf Valentine stumbled again when Ashraf fall to Afridi for 13 swung it Test five-wicket. match to a close with a far fell early for 20, edging Roach ing the Pakistan skipper for in 1950. Seales is currently 19 (2/29) removed Chase (22) back again, with Roach left to For Pakistan, and Rizwan more convincing shot, driving (3/30) behind. It took a special 55. From there, Seales (5/55) years and 340 days old. and Mayers (0) across two finish off the job with the tail. in particular, it proved a case Hasan through cover-point to catch from Joshua Da Silva to made quick work of the tail, West Indies’ chase got off overs to leave them at 92/5. Still needing 26 runs to of so close yet so far. With West spark cheers of jubilation from complete the dismissal, with accounting for Yasir Shah (4) to a rocky start as Afridi (4/50) At the other end, Black- win, he only managed nine Indies six runs away from vic- the dressing room. the keeper diving full stretch and Shaheen Afridi (0) before cut a swathe through their top wood played with ease enjoyed alongside Warrican before tory, Hasan drew a thick out- That edge that raced away to his left to snare it with one ending a quickfire 28 off 26 order, accounting for the top by few this Test, racing to his finishing the match off with side edge from Roach that for four was the third life hand in front of first slip. from Hasan. three to leave them 16/3 inside half-century in just 69 deliv- Seales. went underneath the glove of Roach enjoyed in an enthral- Things got significantly With that Seales claimed the first eight overs. eries, hitting 10 boundaries The two sides next meet on a diving Rizwan to his right. ling final session. worse two overs later as Kyle his maiden Test five-wicket A 68-run stand between along the way. His fall for 55, Friday in the second and final Cruelly for bowler and keeper Starting the day at 160/5 Mayers (1/33) drew a leading haul, becoming the youngest Roston Chase and Jermaine caught by a diving Imran Butt Test of the series.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 schedule to be Medvedev battles past Opelka for announced today discuss all the match-ups.” “The ICC Men’s T20 World his fourth Masters 1000 triumph Cup is a pinnacle event in the T20 format,” said Daren Sam- Agencies his flat backhand to great ef- my. Toronto fect, causing Opelka problems, “We’ve had the pleasure who won just 6/13 points at of lifting the trophy twice and Top seed Daniil Medve- the net to clinch the first set in I’m sure the West Indies will dev captured his fourth ATP 38 minutes. be one of the favourites to Masters 1000 crown on Sun- In the second set, Medve- win once again. I know fans day in Toronto, overcoming dev continued to stand deep back home and in the rest of American Reilly Opelka 6-4, behind the baseline during the world are waiting with 6-3 to become the first Rus- rallies as he soaked up pres- enthusiasm for this event. I sian champion at the National sure, forcing Opelka into er- look forward to being a part of Bank Open Presented by Rog- rors. The American struggled this show and discussing the ers since Marat Safin in 2000. to hit through Medvedev, schedule.” The 25-year-old took down with the Russian winning “The schedule announce- big-server John Isner in the nine points in a row, breaking ment takes us one step closer semi-finals as he stood two or again to seize control. Medve- Agencies to the ICC Men’s T20 World three feet closer to the baseline dev raised his level in the key Cup and is the point from on return to counter the height moments, fending off another The ICC Men’s T20 World where teams start chalking out and angle of the serve. Medve- break point at 3-2 when Opel- Cup will be held between 17 their final plans,” said Dinesh dev successfully repeated this ka pushed a drop shot wide. October and 14 November in Karthik. against 6’ 11” Opelka, breaking Medvedev dominated the Oman and UAE. “Players in the T20 format twice as he recorded victory in longer rallies in the second set, Isa Guha will be joined have only gotten more skillful 85 minutes. hitting with great depth as he by Daren Sammy and Dinesh over the past five years since ”I could not have dreamt of sealed his victory. Karthik on the digital show the last edition, and I bet we [this] at one point,” Medvedev Opelka was competing in to preview the mega-event are in for some scintillating said in his on-court interview. his maiden Masters 1000 final on T20worldcup.com and the performances and nerve- “With Masters, with Novak Daniil Medvedev of Russia celebrates victory in the National Bank Open singles final against Reilly Opelka on Sunday, having enjoyed a ICC Cricket app from 9am wracking thrillers.” [Djokovic] and Rafael [Nadal] of the United States at Aviva Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sunday. (Getty Images/AFP) run to the last four at Interna- Dubai time (+4 GMT) on The groups for the T20 playing, it seemed like an un- zionali BNL d’Italia in Rome Tuesday, 17 August. World Cup event have already touchable achievement. Now hard. He owns a 4-1 record in Washington. can be the same for everybody. in May. The 23-year-old, who All three stars have been been announced. I have four wins in five finals, Masters 1000 finals, also cap- “When you play Reilly, I I know for me I think experi- recorded his first Top 5 win part of the T20 World Cup- Eight teams will contest the which is a good score. I am just turing trophies in Cincinnati, think still the biggest factor is ence is the key... This week he against World No. 3 Stefanos winning teams in the past – first round for a spot in the Su- happy. I want to achieve more. Shanghai and Paris, with his one how you serve and how you beat some really strong guys Tsitsipas in the semi-finals, Karthik in 2007 with India, per 12 – Ireland, Netherlands I am really happy I achieved defeat in a final coming in Mon- return. Actually, my serve was to be in the final, so probably has won two tour-level titles in Guha in 2009 with England and Namibia and Sri Lanka will this in Canada. treal to Rafael Nadal in 2019. not on top point today. That’s next time in the final [we] can New York in 2019 and Delray and Daren Sammy twice as form Group A while Group B “Even today, he [Opelka] The 2020 Nitto ATP Finals why I had breakpoints to save. wait for a more dangerous Beach in 2020. captain with West Indies in consists of Oman, PNG, Scot- showed up, he played some champion has lifted trophies That’s why it was sometimes Reilly than today.” The World No. 32 was the 2012 and 2016. land and Bangladesh. The top really good points. He was this year on hard in Marseille close calls on my serve,” Med- In a lively start, Opelka ex- first American to reach the fi- “I have enjoyed watching two teams from each group will fighting until the end, he and grass in Marbella. Medve- vedev said. “But I was very erted early pressure on Medve- nal at the National Bank Open and commentating on T20 move to the second round of saved break points in crucial dev also guided Russia to the good on return. I managed to dev, striking the ball with great Presented by Rogers since cricket from around the world, the event. moments. Playing your first ATP Cup title in February be- put pressure on him almost power as he stepped inside the Mardy Fish in 2011, with Andy and I’m really excited to be In Group 1 of Super 12, [Masters 1000] final is not fore advancing to his second nonstop. I think he didn’t al- baseline to move 0/40 ahead Roddick the last American to part of a show around the West Indies England, Aus- easy. I played my first in Cana- Grand Slam final at the Aus- most have maybe one or two on the Russian’s serve in the win the title in Canada in 2003. schedule announcement of the tralia and South Africa will be da and won only three games. tralian Open. easy games in the match. fourth game. However, Opelka ”He [Medvedev] was flaw- ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” joined by the winner of Group ”Playing Canada and Cin- Medvedev, who was com- That’s what made the differ- was unable to take his chanc- less,” Opelka said. “I had one said Isa Guha. A and runner-up of Group B cinnati, the goal is to win as peting in his first Masters ence, if we talk about tennis. es, with Medvedev making five chance to break early. I don’t “It will also be a good op- from Round 1. Group 2 will many matches as possible. I 1000 championship match “[When] I played my first straight first serves to hold. It think that would have changed portunity to catch up with my comprise India and Pakistan, was able to do it two years ago of the year, now holds a 4-1 Masters final, I was happy just was then Medvedev who broke much because he was in so friends and colleagues on the New Zealand and Afghani- and I will try and do it again.” ATP Head2Head Series lead to be there playing against first, hammering his backhand many of my service games. circuit – Daren Sammy and stan along with the winner The World No. 2 has now against Opelka, having also Rafa. I always try my best, but down the line past Opelka on When I hit some big shots, he Dinesh Karthik, as we look of Group B and runner-up of won 12 tour-level titles, with 11 defeated the 23-year-old at something was wrong, so I lost return to lead 3-2. Medvedev countered well and it was very ahead to the tournament and Group A from Round 1. of those triumphs coming on Roland Garros, in Miami and super easy and super fast. It played consistently as he hit tough to disrupt him at all.”