Established 1961 13 Sports Tuesday, December 12, 2017 West Indies in trouble after Taylor record sets monumental target misses out on a hat-trick

HAMILTON: A record-equalling 17th by had New Zealand closing in on a series sweep against the West Indies after day three of the second Test in Hamilton yesterday. Kohli, Bollywood’s The West Indies, set a world-record target of 444 to win, were in trouble at 30 for two by stumps with two full days of play remaining. It was New Zealand’s day as Sharma marry they shut down the West Indies for 221 to lead by 152 on the first innings. in Italy New Zealand declared their second innings at 291 for eight, with Taylor 107 , and then took two MUMBAI: Indian and top-order by stumps. Taylor joined the late Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma got married in Italy and current captain Kane Williamson on yesterday, they said in a statement, ending weeks of 17 Test centuries. The 33-year-old, who offered two frenzied speculation that they were getting hitched. chances in an otherwise majestic innings, reached the “Today we have promised each other to be bound in love forever. We are truly blessed to share the news with you,” the celebrity couple said, adding that it had been a “beautiful day”. A statement sent to journalists said the wedding had Taylor did give been attended by close family and a few friends as “they wished their wedding to be a very private affair”. The chances in a near ceremony was performed according to Hindu rituals, it added. Kohli and Sharma, both 29, posted different pho- majestic innings tos of themselves smiling together and dressed in colourful Indian wedding garb on their Twitter feeds late yesterday. The statement added that the couple will host a reception in New Delhi for relatives on December 21, milestone driving Raymon Reifer to the for HAMILTON: Ross Taylor (R) and Neil Wagner (L) of New Zealand run between the wickets during day three of the sec- followed by a celebration in Mumbai on December 26 to ond match between New Zealand and the West Indies at in Hamilton yesterday. — AFP be attended by Bollywood stars and cricketers. only the 11th four in his 198 ball innings. Afterwards, Sharma will accompany Kohli to South Williamson was earlier out for 54 as he looked to Africa where he will prepare for ’s forthcoming lead New Zealand to a series sweep following the further 28 runs before declaring. was Cummins first ball after lunch and followed his first tour there which is taking place early next year. The innings victory in the first Test. The current record for a The West Indies first innings folded quickly on the ball caught and bowled dismissal of for four statement added that after spending New Year’s Eve victorious fourth innings chase is 418, achieved 14 years third morning with Trent Boult taking the last two wick- in the morning session. together Sharma will return to Mumbai in the first week ago when the West Indies reached the target against ets to fall in successive balls. But he missed out on a He returned to the short to send off the of January to resume her acting commitments. Australia for the loss of seven wickets. hat-trick when the West Indies batted again-needing a inconsistent Henry Nicholls for five when an attempt to They will live in Mumbai, the home of India’s Hindi Taylor did give chances in a near majestic innings, first ball he removed Powell on his third delivery. fend the ball away was taken by wicketkeeper Shane film industry, it said. The pair, dubbed “Virushka” by with a top edge from Miguel Cummins flying just out of As New Zealand built on their lead, the West Indies Dowrich. had a life when an edge off Indian media, are one of the highest profile couples in reach of wicketkeeper Shane Dowrich and on 35 he continued to fight with Miguel Cummins reviving mem- Cummins burst through Dowrich’s hands to the bound- star-obsessed India. Kohli is among the world’s highest- was dropped in the gully by off Shannon ories of a time when the calypso cricketers had serious- ary, and he was hit on the helmet when he ducked into a paid athletes and a huge star in the cricket-mad nation, Gabriel. ly venemous bowlers. He zipped the ball around the ball that did not bounce as expected. and Sharma is one of the top actresses in the country’s ears of the New Zealand batsmen in a short-pitched But when the short-pitched salvo ended it was spin- multi-billion-dollar film industry. BOULT ON HAT-TRICK salvo mixed with full-length deliveries to have three for ner Roston Chase who accounted for Santner, caught at They started dating in 2013 after they met during the New Zealand were 263 for eight when Taylor 69. His scalps included Williamson for 54 when the long-on for 26. New Zealand were 190 for five at tea filming of a shampoo advert and made their first public brought up his hundred and with tailender New Zealand skipper could not get his bat down fast and declared three wickets later to have 40 minutes appearance a year later during a football match.—AFP (not out 22) plundering more boundaries they added a enough on a yorker the ripped out the middle stump. It at the West Indies before stumps. — AFP