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Hosts beat Proteas by 4 Pakistan overcome South Africa to win T20, clinch series 2-1 LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 14, (AP): Paki- stan overcame David Miller’s 45-ball 85 to beat South Africa by four wickets in the third and fi nal and clinch India stretch lead to 249 vs the series 2-1 on Sunday. The 32-year-old legspinner Zahid Mahmood picked up 3-40 in his debut England at stumps on day 2 game and had reduced South Africa to 65-7 before Miller’s clean hitting pow- CHENNAI, India, Feb 14, (AP): ity of the runs came from the bat of ered South Africa to a total of 164-8. England appeared to be heading for a Rishabh Pant, who eventually ran out Miller hit fi ve fours and seven sixes in seemingly inevitable defeat in the sec- of partners on 58 . his unbeaten knock. ond Test against India after being out- Moeen took two wickets in his first played with bat and ball in turning con- over of the day, the first with a good ditions on the second day on Sunday. piece of bowling to beat Axar Pa- After dismissing the hosts for 329 tel’s edge but an even better piece of in the first hour Joe Root’s side were wicketkeeping to have him . South Africa’s all out for just 134, their lowest ever Foakes followed the turn well then grabbed 4-25 in a game dominated by first-innings score in India. Only Ben seamlessly flicked the bails as the bats- spinners, but Pakistan’s lower order Foakes was able to negotiate fiendishly man’s momentum drew him forward. hung in to reach 169-6 with eight balls difficult conditions against a quality at- Two balls later there was a less to spare. tack led by the relentless Ravichandran edifying spectacle as Ishant Sharma Hasan Ali (20 not out) raised the Ashwin, with his 42 not out ensuring spooned a full toss straight to short victory with two sixes and a four England avoided the follow-on. mid-. against as seam- But a 195-run lead slanted the match in With Pant getting warmed up it took ers again found it diffi cult to grip the India’s favour and they finished the day Stone’s introduction to bring a swift con- wet ball because of dew. 249 in front after reaching stumps on 54-1. clusion, with both Ishant and Mohammed Pakistan beat South Africa 2-0 in India ended day one on 300-6 and Siraj nicking behind. The clatter of wick- Pakistani players and officials pose for a photograph with the winning trophy of the Twenty20 series against South the Test series before completing the proceeded to lose their last four wick- ets will not have eased the minds of the Africa at the end of of the third Twenty20 cricket match between Pakistan and South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, double by handing the Proteas its fi rst ets for 29, with Moeen Ali and Olly English openers and neither Rory Burns in Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb 14. (AP) defeat in a T20 series in Asia. Stone sharing the spoils. The major- nor Dom Sibley survived the new ball. Intense tacking duels Kriechmayr matches two legends Luna Rossa beat Team UK twice to take Prada Cup final 4-0 lead AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Feb 14, with double speed gold at worlds (AP): ’s Luna Rossa beat Britain’s Cornwall shines INEOS Team UK twice Sunday on a day of classic match-racing at high Sander earns silver medal, Feuz takes bronze speeds to take a 4-0 lead in the fi rst-to- seven-wins America’s Cup challenger WI secure 17-run series fi nal. For the fi rst time in the regatta, the victory vs B’desh CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, boats engaged in intense tacking du- Italy, Feb 14, (AP): Vincent els – a tactic familiar to any competi- DHAKA, Bangladesh, Feb 14, Kriechmayr matched two tive sailor – in which the leading and (AP): West Indies secured a thrill- trailing boats threw in tack after tack ing 17-run victory against Bangla- legends of at as one protected its lead and the other desh in the second and final test to the world championships sought to overturn it. complete a clean of sweep of the Sunday by adding downhill But these aren’t any boats: the AC75 series on Sunday. foiling monohulls attained speeds of West Indies won the first test by gold to the super-G title he more than 46 knots (85kph, 52mph) three wickets, chasing a huge 395- won three days ago. in a solid sea breeze and the crews, run target. exchanging tacks, threw them around Offspinner Rahkeem Cornwall The Austrian became only the played a key role, ending the match third man to complete the so-called with daring and sharply-honed skill. The right-hand side of the course, with 9-179 as West Indies clinched speed double at a worlds after Her- where the wind passed over the impos- the series despite stubborn resist- mann Maier did it in 1999 and ing, green bulk of Waiheke Island, was ance from . in 2005. favored all day and, by crossing the “ is an Austrian leg- start line fi rst in both races, Luna Ros- CRICKET end and Bode Miller is a legend, too. sa was able to defend the right in an To be on the same step is really amaz- impeccable example of match racing. Cornwall followed his 5-74 with ing,” Kriechmayr said. Luna Rossa repeatedly tacked ahead 4-105 in the second innings to help “I don’t compare myself to Her- of Britannia on each upwind leg, while the side bowl Bangladesh out for 213, mann or Bode Miller, they were also Team UK sought to eat into the Italian with the hosts chasing a target of 231. Olympic and World Cup overall cham- team’s lead, impose pressure and force The offspinner broke up several pions,” he added. “Of course, it’s nice a mistake. key partnerships at various stages to achieve it as well.” of the game to keep the tourists’ noses in front. SKIING SAILING But Mehidy made sure the West Indies had to work for their win. “A tacking duel in these boats is With Bangladesh’s ninth wicket fall- Opening the race on an icy course something we haven’t seen before,” ing 43 runs away from the target, after a freezing cold night, Kriechmayr Italian co-helmsman Francesco Bruni Mehidy came up with an aggres- had no course report but still judged a ’s speeds down the course on his way to win the men’s downhill, at the alpine ski World said. sive brand of cricket. tricky middle section of the Vertigine Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb 14. Inset: Kriechmayr poses with the gold medals of the men’s In the fi rst race, Luna Rossa didn’t He struck Cornwall for six twice course to perfection. downhill and super-G. (AP) lead by more than 18 seconds and held in his consecutive overs and found The passage included six untypi- on to win by 13 seconds. In the second the boundary regularly to keep the cally sharp turns for a downhill, but race an error by Team UK in the start side interested. the Austrian carried the perfect speed box, when Britannia reared up, then going through to keep the fastest line. Humphries finishes off historic bobsled sweep fell back off its foils, conceded an ad- Team UK has to win seven of the re- However, he had to come out of his ALTENBERG, , Feb 14, (AP): frosty air. It was her fi fth world champi- married to an American and now calls vantage Luna Rossa retained through- maining nine races to advance to the tuck several times on the fl ats near the Kaillie Humphries wasn’t sure if she onship, her third in as many tries since San Diego home – is going to race for the out the race. It went on to win by 41 America’s Cup match against holder end of his run. would get a chance to race this season. getting her release from the Canadian U.S. in next winter’s Beijing Games, she seconds. Team New Zealand. Racing resumes “It was a really special race today She ended up on top of the world – program and beginning to slide for the needs to obtain citizenship in the coming Britain’s hopes of winning back the with two races on Wednesday. with bib No. 1 and it wasn’t so easy,” twice. United States in 2019. If Humphries – a months. America’s Cup for the fi rst time in 170 “A tough day and we’re not happy Kriechmayr said. “I can’t believe it. It Humphries ended her international two-time Olympic gold medalist who is “She’s the best driver in the world,” years – since it lost the trophy to the with it,” Team UK skipper Ben Ainslie was a crazy race.” racing season Sunday by rallying to win longtime bobsled analyst John Morgan United States in the fi rst-ever contest said. “We can sail a hell of a lot better Andreas Sander started second and the inaugural women’s monobob world said as Humphries was fi nishing off in 1851 – are now hanging by a thread. than that. soon lost three-tenths on Kriechmayr championship in Altenberg, Germany, her gold-medal performance Sunday. but the German racer was faster on the adding that gold medal to the one she Humphries’ fi nal time for four runs bottom part. and Lolo Jones combined to claim on the over two days was 3 minutes, 59.62 sec- Sander trailed the Austrian by just same track last weekend. onds – a half-second better than anyone one-hundredth of a second at the fi n- And now, there is no question else. She had the fastest time in each of ish, earning the German team its third about who the gold-medal favorite is the fi nal three heats, fi nishing in style surprise silver medal at these worlds, going into the Olympic season, with with a track-record time of 59.47 seconds after second-place fi nishes for Romed two medal events awaiting women’s in the fi nal run to clinch the gold. Baumann in super-G and Kira Weidle bobsledders at next winter’s Beijing in women’s downhill. Games for the fi rst time. Only one of the remaining 40 start- “To be able to end on a high, I really BOBSLED ers came even close to the leading pair just continue to think that I am so grateful but , the 2017 world champi- to be here,” Humphries said. “To be rep- “I’m so happy,” Humphries said. on from , ultimately trailed resenting the United States and to be able “That was one of my better runs. We by 0.18 for bronze. to compete is such a huge honor. And I’m just saved the best for last.” The rest of the fi eld, led by Ital- excited to go home and see my husband Germany and Canada had sleds ian home favorite and and my dog.” Bobsleigh pilot Kaillie Humphries of fi nishing in the next six spots behind Swiss skier Marco Odermatt who Moments later, she hopped atop the the United States celebrates on the Humphries, with the Germans grab- shared fourth position, was at least medal stand amid a backdrop of snow- podium after taking first place in the bing silver and bronze. Stephanie 0.65 off the lead. covered evergreen trees, wrapped herself women’s monobob race at the Bob- Schneider, the leader after Saturday’s Defending world champion Kjetil in the American fl ag, then put her right sleigh and Skeleton World Champi- fi rst two heats, fi nished second in Italy’s Luna Rossa (right), leads Britain’s INEOS Team UK to win race three Jansrud fi nished just more than a sec- hand over her heart as the sounds of “The onships in Altenberg, Germany, on 4:00.12. Laura Nolte faltered in the fi - of the Prada Cup on Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand, on Feb ond behind in eighth. Star-Spangled Banner” cut through the Feb 14. (AP) nal heat, taking third in 4:00.42. 14. (AP) top Ireland in Six Nations Moffitt finishes second and Burton third to end 10-year drought in Dublin Cindric starts new season with big Xfinity win at Daytona DUBLIN, Feb 14, (AP): France side, Wales, on points difference. DAYTONA BEACH, , Feb 14, (AP): Austin for Toyota. maintained a perfect start to the Six Meanwhile, the Irish lost their Cindric launched his bid for a second consecutive was fourth, followed by Allmending- Nations by beating Ireland 15-13 on opening two games for the fi rst Xfi nity Series title with a victory in Saturday night’s er, who is back fulltime in NASCAR in an Xfin- Sunday at Lansdowne Road for the time since 1998 and are consigned season opener at Daytona International Speedway. ity ride with . Brandon Brown was fi rst time in 10 years. to playing for third place for a third Cindric makes his Cup Series debut in the Daytona sixth, Myatt Snyder seventh and Brandon Gdovic A second win from two matches straight year. 500. eighth. moved France to the top of the table, France weathered a storming start “What a way to start the season,” Cindric said. and Jason White completed the top ahead of the only other unbeaten from Ireland and went ahead with “Coming off a lot of momentum winning that cham- 10. the opening try to Charles pionship last year, but nothing is guaranteed. Try to fi nished 14th to end a brutal Speed- Ollivon while team-mate Bernard Le do it again tomorrow, I guess.” weeks. He made a move for the lead with 16 laps re- Roux was in the sin-bin. He’s the fi rst reigning Xfi nity champion to win the maining by pulling into a middle lane. Dillon tried to next year’s season-opening race since 1996 cham- pick his way through traffi c but couldn’t clear Hem- pion Randy LaJoie won the 1997 opener. The win ric before Dillon tried to jump back into the bottom RUGBY was Cindric’s fi rst on Daytona’s oval, and fi rst at lane. Dillon spun and triggered a 14-car crash. the famed track in NASCAR’s second-tier series for Their second well-worked try to . Austin Cindric celebrates in Victory Lane with a CAR RACING wing Damian Penaud extended the Cindric won the Xfi nity Series debut on Daytona’s cut of beef and the championship trophy after lead to 15-3 nearly an hour in. road course last August as well as a rallycross event winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Ireland came back with an opportun- early in his career. Neither compares to winning on Daytona International Speedway, on Feb 13, in He missed the because of the quirky ist try by hooker Ronan Kelleher and Daytona’s 2 1/2-mile, high-banked oval. Daytona Beach, Florida. (AP) qualifying format that gave Cindric a spot in the race goalkicks from Ross Byrne but never “Anything with four wheels, man,” Cindric said. even though Dillon beat him in their qualifying race. looked like bridging the two-point gap, His future with Team Penske is already planned. front of Harrison Burton, who in turn tried to dart be- He’s out of a job after four seasons racing in Cup The 22-year-old has this fi nal season in Xfi nity be- low Cindric. But Cindric threw a block. and Saturday was the fi rst of four Xfi nity races he’s which fl attered the home side. fore moving next year to Cup to drive for Penske- Cindric was all eyes on his rearview mirror as he landed with . France took its chances, and its supported . In the meantime, held off Burton and Brett Moffi tt over the fi nal lap. “We had our eyes set on the trophy,” Dillon said. line speed in defense corralled the Penske will run him a handful of Cup races this year, He makes his Cup Series debut Sunday in the Day- “I had a blast driving that thing.” deep-passing Irish, who struggled and he’ll be one of four Penske Fords in the Daytona tona 500 for Team Penske. Dillon is the grandson of and Paul Willemse of France is challenged to get over the gainline.Their cause 500. His victory was a continuation of where Cindric his older brother, 2018 Daytona 500 winner Austin by Ireland’s Cian Healy, left, during the wasn’t helped by 16 handling errors. He can only hope for similar success. Cindric got left off in November, when he snapped a 13-race Dillon, is among the contenders Sunday. He’s deter- Six Nations rugby union match be- The game fi nished when Ireland, a push to the lead from AJ Allmendinger at the start losing streak to win the season fi nale and the Xfi n- mined to go his own path, but his time this year at tween Ireland and France Aviva Sta- after 16 phases, was turned over on of two-lap overtime that gave him control of the race. ity title. Daytona will be remembered for the discussion he dium, Dublin on Feb 14. (AP) halfway by Antoine Dupont. Cindric jumped to the top line in his No. 22 Ford in Moffi tt was second in a and Burton third sparked about the 500’s qualifying system.