26 Sports Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Anaheim Ducks rally from 4 down, edge Capitals 6-5 Jets escape 3-goal hole, top Rangers in shootout

WASHINGTON: Pontus Aberg scored the tiebreaker have gone 9-0-2 since losing five in a row. Colorado’s with 5:05 remaining and finished with two goals and one top line accounted for all the points, and the shutout is assist as the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a four-goal, the first this season for the team. MacKinnon, who led second-period deficit and stunned the host Washington the league in scoring in November and was named the Capitals 6-5 on Sunday. Aberg scored his second goal of NHL’s second star for the month, kept up his strong the game after a pass from Ryan Getzlaf (one goal, two play with his 19th goal of the season, on a second-peri- assists). With Washington goalie Braden Holtby pulled od power play. Landeskog’s empty-net goal sealed the away from the net, Aberg scored easily from the left side win in the last minute. and completed the Ducks’ comeback from a 5-1 deficit. The Ducks scored twice in the second period and added SHARKS 3, CANADIENS 1 three more in the third to end Washington’s seven-game Joe Pavelski and Brent Burns each had a goal and an winning streak. For the Ducks, Ryan Miller earned the assist, and Martin Jones made 40 saves as visiting San win in relief of John Gibson, who gave up three goals in Jose snapped a four-game losing streak with a victory the first 13:19. Miller stopped 19 of the 21 shots he faced. over Montreal. Justin Braun also scored a goal for the Sharks, which won the final game of a five-game road JETS 4, RANGERS 3 (SO) trip (1-3-1). Jeff Petry scored for Montreal, which lost for Mark Scheifele scored the game-winning goal in the the sixth time in seven games (1-4-2). Jones snapped a third round of a shootout as visiting Winnipeg rallied personal four-game losing streak and was brilliant in the from a three-goal deficit in the third period to edge New third period when he recorded 21 saves. It was the first York. Scheifele gave the Jets their second win in seven road victory for the Sharks dating back to a 4-3 over- games when trailing through 40 minutes when he slowed time win at Anaheim on Oct. 28. down and put a wrist shot under Henrik Lundqvist’s pads. Patrik Laine also scored in the second round of the KINGS 2, HURRICANES 0 shootout for Winnipeg, which outshot the Rangers by a Alec Martinez scored the winning goal with 2:13 42-19 margin through regulation and overtime. Mika remaining, and Jonathan Quick delivered a sensational Zibanejad scored in the second round of the shootout but 34-save shutout as host Los Angeles beat Carolina WASHINGTON: Evgeny Kuznetsov #92 of the Washington Capitals skates with puck against the Anaheim the Rangers lost for the fifth time in six games and also and gave Quick his first win of the year and 50th Ducks during the second period at Capital One Arena on Sunday in Washington, DC. — AFP dropped to 5-0-2 when leading through two periods. career shutout. Going into the day’s action, the Kings were the lowest-scoring team in the league and the AVALANCHE 2, RED WINGS 0 Hurricanes were tied with the Arizona Coyotes for the empty-net goal with 53 seconds left. for the sixth time in the past eight games (6-1-1). Semyon Varlamov had 24 saves for his first shutout second-least-productive offense. With overtime loom- Jonathan Toews and Dylan Strome scored in a losing of the season, and Nathan MacKinnon and Gabriel ing and the contest still scoreless, Martinez delivered FLAMES 3, BLACKHAWKS 2 effort for the Blackhawks, who have lost four straight Landeskog each had a goal and an assist as Colorado the clutch goal-just his second of the season. Martinez Elias Lindholm and Derek Ryan each scored on the and six of seven. Flames goaltender Mike Smith made beat host Detroit. Mikko Rantanen, the leading scorer drove to the net and neatly redirected Jake Muzzin’s power play, and Calgary held on for a win at Chicago. 22 saves while the Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford turned in the NHL, had assists on both goals. The Avalanche crossing pass into the cage. Kyle Clifford added an Sean Monahan also scored for the Flames, who won aside 38 shots. — Reuters

to convert his innings into another Williamson, hundred. Having reached 89 off 176 balls, he mistimed a clip off Hasan Ali Watling dig in shortly after tea and found a gleeful ‘King Kohli’ Asad Shafiq oouching the catch at after Yasir shines short midwicket. spearheads ’s Off-spinner Bilal Asif took over from Yasir, claiming in final Test for 20 and for two to fin- charge to end ish with 2-57. But Watling kept one end intact through his patient near- drought Down Under ABU DHABI: New Zealand skipper four hour , hitting only one hit a fighting half in his 180-ball display of while BJ Watling batted with self-denial. MUMBAI: Having proved his credentials as a bats- patience to delay leg-spinner Yasir With both teams needing a win to man in Australia four years ago, returns Shah’s bid to become the fastest to seal a series which is currently tied at for a series Down Under that could well define his 200 on the first day of the 1-1, Yasir was the key and the leg-spin- legacy as India . third and final Test in Abu Dhabi yes- ner induced a mini-collapse in the Pundits once bracketed Kohli alongside terday. morning as the Kiwis slipped from 70- Australia’s , from England and Williamson missed out on a 19th 1 to 73-4 at lunch. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson as the batsmen who would go on to dominate world cricket but the India Test century but Watling was unbeaten Yasir trapped opener leg skipper’s prolific run-scoring form and consistency on 42 as New Zealand closed on 229- before with a faster one for 45. Raval has set him apart from the rest. 7, a measured recovery after being reviewed but ball-tracking showed it Kohli, who turned 30 last month, is the world’s reduced to 72-4 by a triple strike from would have hit leg stump. With his next top-ranked batsman in both Tests and one-day inter- Yasir in the first session. Yasir began ball, Yasir clean-bowled as nationals, with over 1,000 runs in both formats in the his 33rd Test needing five wickets to the batsman went back but completely calendar year. Despite his achievements with the bat, become the fastest man to reach the missed the ball. Kohli has failed to achieve the success he craves as milestone of 200 Test wickets. The Henry Nicholls saved the hat-trick captain. India’s home form remains strong, they last record is currently 36 Tests, set 82 but shortly after he attempted to lost a test series at home in 2012, but Kohli’s hopes of years ago by Australian legspinner sweep and Yasir flicking the ball as it ABU DHABI: New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (2L) plays a shot as Pakistani winning more series on foreign soil have been Clarrie Grimmett. went through to bowl him around his captain and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed (L) looks on during the first day of the dashed with defeats in South Africa and England this Yasir managed 3-62 but was then legs. Yasir, whose 14 wickets helped third and final match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Sheikh year due to a lack of batting support. thwarted by the fifth stand of Pakistan level the series in Dubai, has Zayed International Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi yesterday. — AFP He was the top scorer between both sides in 104 in 249 balls between Williamson 25 wickets in the series so far. South Africa with a hundred and a half century in a and Watling. He failed to take any more It was teenage left-arm paceman 2-1 series defeat, while in England he fared even bet- wickets in the last two sessions and Shaheen Shah Afridi, making his Test SCOREBOARD ter with two centuries and three fifties but still the still needs another two wickets to hit debut as a replacement for injured tourists were beaten, 4-1. the 200-mark and claim the record. medium pacer Mohammad Abbas, who Scoreboard on day one of the third and final Test between Pakistan and New Zealand played at The last time India toured Australia in 2014-15 Williamson struck seven boundaries gave Pakistan their initial breakthrough Kohli scored four centuries in as many tests and Sheikh Zayed Stadium yesterday: but these were the bright points in a and claim his first Test victim. The 18- notched 692 runs at a jaw-dropping average of 86.25. India ended up losing 2-0. day when defence came first. The nor- year-old nipped one back sharply to New Zealand Ist innings Extras: (b 8, lb 6) 14 Kohli took over India’s test captaincy during that mally robust and aggressive Kiwi cap- rap opener on the pads. J. Raval lbw b Yasir 45 Total: (for seven wkts; 90 overs) 229 series after Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired from the tain curbed his attacking instinct as he Pakistan reviewed the on-field T. Latham lbw b Shaheen 4 Stil to bat: Ajaz Patel, T. Boult longest format and this time around he will be look- attmpted to carve out a first innings decision and were rewarded when K. Williamson c Shafiq b Hasan 89 Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Latham), 2-70 (Raval), 3- ing to achieve something no India captain has man- that might give his side some leverage ball-tracking showed the ball would R. Taylor b Yasir 0 70 (Taylor), 4-72 (Nicholls), 5-176 aged before - a series win in Australia. in the match. The scoring rarely got have cannoned into the stumps. H. Nicholls b Yasir 1 (Williamson), 6-203 (Grandhomme), 7-209 With their opponents struggling to recover from a above two an over. New Zealand, who won the first Test BJ Watling not out 42 (Southee) ball-tampering scandal that led to long bans for for- Watling also dug in and the pair by four runs in Abu Dhabi, brought in C. de Grandhomme c Shafiq b Asif 20 : Hasan 16-5-46-1, Shaheen 17-4- mer captain Steve Smith, opener and batted right through the middle ses- fast bowler Tim Southee and off-spin- T. Southee c Azam b Asif 2 43-1, Yasir 31-9-62-3,Asif 24-2-57-2, Haris batsman Cameron Bancroft, India may never have sion. Williamson passed 50 in a Test ner Will Somerville in place of Neil W. Somerville not out 12 2-0-7-0. had a better chance to claim victory. for the 46th time but he was not able Wagner and . — AFP

CURRENT FORM Not since retired in 2013 has an Indian cricketer commanded the adulation Kohli enjoys. He became the fastest to reach 10,000 ODI Chris Gayle wins Australia runs in his 205th innings in October, eclipsing England named hosts Tendulkar’s record by an astounding 54 innings, and masseuse defamation payout his performances have earned him rock star status in the cricket-mad country of 1.3 billion. of Women’s Euro 2021 Kohli’s single-minded drive for excellence mirrors SYDNEY: West Indies cricket star Chris New South Wales Supreme Court that of Tendulkar, who accumulated over 34,000 LONDON: England will host the next generation,” Glenn added. Gayle yesterday won a Aus$300,000 Justice Lucy McCallum said in awarding runs and 100 centuries in a 24-year career. Like women’s European Championship in “Young girls and boys will be lifted (US$221,000) payout from an Australian the payout that being accused of such Tendulkar, Kohli has a near-flawless technique which 2021 with the final set for Wembley by the chance to see Europe’s elite on media group which claimed he exposed conduct was “very damaging to Mr helps him tackle pace and spin with equal ease, and Stadium a year after the venue hosts their doorstep and it can only help the his genitals to a massage therapist. Gayle’s reputation”, according to a India look to him every time they hit choppy waters, the climax of the men’s edition, effort across our leagues and clubs to The all-rounder was accused by report in Fairfax newspapers. as they did for two decades with the retired batting European soccer’s governing body grow the game even further.” England Fairfax Media, publisher of The Sydney She added that Gayle’s evidence on great. In the run-up to the four-test series, which UEFA announced yesterday. hosted the smaller Women’s Euro 2005, Morning Herald and The Age, in a series hurt to his feelings was “surprisingly starts in Adelaide on Thursday, Australian pundits The Football Association’s (FA) bid which featured eight teams, at venues of stories in the newspapers in 2016. compelling”. Fairfax said it planned to have been asking how the hosts can go about stop- to stage the tournament was unchal- across the north-west of the country. They alleged he exposed his penis and lodge an immediate appeal. The publica- ping Kohli but few have been able to provide a satis- lenged, granting the 2017 semi-finalists More than 29,000 spectators factory answer. indecently propositioned the woman in a tion of the stories followed an uproar automatic qualification for the 16-team watched England’s opening win against Before arriving on Australian shores, Kohli hit a dressing room at the 2015 World Cup in after Gayle attempted to flirt with an tournament as hosts. “England has been Finland in Manchester, a record for an test hundred and three consecutive ODI centuries Sydney. Australian presenter on live TV, asking selected to host UEFA Women’s Euro opening group match. The FA said against the West Indies at home. He hit a sparkling 61 Gayle strenuously denied the allega- her out for a drink and telling her: “Don’t 2021, with 16 teams to compete in July Brighton & Hove Albion’s Amex late last month to help his side to a series-levelling tions, claiming at the time that the jour- blush, baby.” After winning the court of that year,” UEFA said in a statement. Stadium and Southampton’s St Mary’s win in the three-match series against nalists behind the story wanted to case, Gayle tried to spark a bidding war The FA’s chief executive officer Stadium were among a number of ven- Australia. It will be no cakewalk for Kohli though. “destroy him”. His teammate Dwayne for a tell-all interview on the case, prom- Martin Glenn said bringing the event to ues being considered for the 2021 tour- Australia’s bowling attack, comprising pace trio Smith, who was in the changing room at ising that “when I break this down to England was an opportunity to cele- nament. The draw for the qualifying , Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins and the time, also denied the incident took y’all it will be like a movie”. “Biding (sic) brate women’s soccer and help their group stage will be held in February spinner Nathan Lyon, is still something to be feared place. He won his defamation case in starts at US$300K for this interview! So efforts to grow the game. “We cannot next year. The Netherlands beat and the hosts believe they are good enough to beat underestimate the positive impact this Denmark 4-2 to lift the 2017 title on October last year, with jurors finding much to say & I will!” he tweeted to his any side in their home conditions.— Reuters tournament will have on inspiring the home soil. — Reuters Fairfax was motivated by malice and had then 3.75 million followers. There were failed to establish a defence of truth. no takers. — AFP