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Umar Akmal: Pakistan's Bright Talent Struggling to Cement Place SPORT Monday 5 June 2017 PAGE | 21 PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Dovizioso edges Champions League Smith urges Vinales in hero Ronaldo still Aussies to step on Mugello epic hungry for more the gas Kohli, Yuvraj star as India thrash Pakistan Birmingham UK dismissed reports of a rift with of 136. Mohammad Amir was the AFP India coach Anil Kumble, was pick of Pakistan's attack with equally contemptuous of Paki- none for 32 in 8.1 overs. ndia captain Virat Kohli and stan's attack during a blistering But fellow left-arm fast Yuvraj Singh made Pakistan innings of 81 not out off just 68 bowler Wahab was hugely pay for fluffing catches with balls that included six fours and expensive, his wicketless 8.4 quickfire fifties as the hold- three sixes. overs costing 87 runs. ers launched their Left-hander Yuvraj, named Wahab's day was summed up IChampions Trophy title-defence man-of-the-match for his game- when he was unable to complete with a rain-affected 124 run changing innings, smashed a his ninth over after falling awk- thrashing of their arch-rivals at rapid 53 while helping Kohli add wardly in his delivery stride. Edgbaston yesterday. 93 for the third wicket in just 59 Before the match, players, After India made 319 for balls. officials and a crowd of 24,156 -- three in 48 overs, the third rain That was not the end of the a record for a one-day stoppage of the match left Paki- run spree, with Hardik Pandya international at Edgbaston -- stan with a revised target of 289 hitting sixes off the first three observed a minute's silence for in 41 overs when play resumed balls of left-arm spinner Imad the victims of Saturday's London in bright sunshine. Wasim's last over of the innings. terror attack that killed seven But Pakistan, rarely up with India smashed 72 off their people. the stiff run-rate, finished on 164 final four overs as Pakistan's Pakistan captain Sarfraz for nine, with injured last man attack wilted. Ahmed won the toss in what was Wahab Riaz unable to bat as Rohit Sharma (91) and the opening Group B match for India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar (second left) celebrates the wicket of Pakistan's Ahmed Shehzad India won with 44 balls to spare. Shikhar Dhawan (68) laid the both the Asian giants in a tour- Kohli, who on Saturday had platform with an opening stand nament featuring the world's top with India's captain Virat Kohli during the ICC Champions trophy match at Edgbaston in eight ODI teams. Birmingham, yesterday. SCOREBOARD Sharma was fortunate when, INDIA Mohammad Hafeez c Kumar b Jadeja ................33 on 21, he edged Amir just beyond been his 11th ODI hundred, Rohit Kohli had made 43 when he attack leaked runs in the way R Sharma (run out) ..................................................91 Shoaib Malik (run out) .............................................15 a diving Azhar Ali at slip for four. was run out when he just failed was missed by substitute Fakhar Wahab had done. Azhar was S Dhawan c Azhar Ali b Shadab Khan ................68 Sarfraz Ahmed c Dhoni b Pandya .........................15 Pakistan were donated a to beat Babar Azam's throw to Zaman, who could not hold a caught at deep square leg by V Kohli (not out)........................................................81 Imad Wasim c Jadhav b Pandya ............................0 wicket, however, when Dhawan wicket-keeper Sarfraz after Koh- top-edged hook off Wahab. Hardik Pandya, trying to hit left- Yuvraj Singh lbw Hasan Ali .....................................53 Shadab Khan (not out) ............................................14 H Pandya (not out) .................................................20 Mohammad Amir c Jadhav b Yadav ......................9 hoisted a full toss from teenage li's call for a tight single. A blizzard of boundaries fol- arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja for Extras (LB-2, W-2, NB-2) .........................................6 Hasan Ali c Dhawan b Yadav ...................................0 leg-spinner Shadab Khan It was the end of a 119-ball lowed, with Kohli flat-batting six. New batsman Shoaib Malik Total (for 3 wkts in 48 overs) ................319 Wahab Riaz (absent hurt) straight to Azhar at deep innings featuring two sixes and Hasan down the ground for six did loft Jadeja for a straight six. Fall of wickets: 1-136, 2-192, 3-285. Extras (LB-2, W-6) .....................................................8 midwicket. seven fours. to complete his fifty. But Jadeja had his revenge by Bowling: Amir 8.1-1-32-0; Wasim 9.1-0-66-0 (1w); Total (all out in 33.4 overs) .................. 164 Sharma went 43 balls with- Yuvraj should have been out Pakistan, who only just qual- running Shoaib out with a direct Ali 10-0-70-1 (1nb); Riaz 8.4-0-87-0 (1nb, 1w); Shadab Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-61, 3-91, 4-114, 5-131, 6-135, out a boundary in the face of for eight but Hasan Ali, sliding ified for the Champions Trophy hit from backward point to leave 10-0-52-1; Shoaib 2-0-10-0. 7-151, 8-164, 9-164. tight Pakistan bowling before round at long-on, dropped the when eighth in the International Pakistan all but out of the game PAKISTAN Bowling: Kumar 5-1-23-1 (2w); Yadav 7.4-1-30-3 Azhar Ali c Pandya b Jadedja ...............................50 (1w); Bumrah 5-0-23-0; Pandya 8-0-43-2 (3w); Jadeja cover-driving and pulling Wahab two-handed catch off Shadab. Cricket Council's ODI rankings, at 114 for four in the 24th over. Ahmed Shehzad lbw Kumar ..................................12 8-0-43-2. for a four and a six off successive Hasan eventually had Yuvraj saw Azhar Ali make exactly 50 Umesh Yadav (three for 30) Babar Azam c Jadeja b Yadav .................................8 Result: India won by 124 runs (DLS method). deliveries. lbw on review but by then the in 65 balls with six fours. ended the match when Hasan fell But eyeing what would have damage had been done. But no member of India's for a duck. Nadal, Djokovic enter quarter-finals Paris Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas. going on to play Fernando Ver- AFP Japan's Kei Nishikori fought dasco for a place in the off a fierce five-set challenge quarter-finals. ine-time champion Rafael from rising South Korean talent Karen Khachanov will play Nadal surged into the Hyeon Chung to clinch a place Andy Murray in the fourth round NFrench Open quarter- in the last 16. Eighth seed after the giant Russian beat finals for a record-equalling 11th Nishikori led two sets to one but American 21st seed John Isner time yesterday, while reigning trailed by a double break at 3-0 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3). women's title-holder Garbine down in the fourth set when rain Kristina Mladenovic (pic- Muguruza crashed out in the last halted play on Saturday. Chung tured) ensured France will have 16. forced the contest into a deciding women in the quarter-finals for FRENCH OPEN Nadal continued his ruthless set as play resumed yesterday, but the first time since 1994 after form at Roland Garros by dis- the world number 67 double dumping out fourth seed Mugu- French Open results yesterday, the eighth patching Spanish 17th seed faulted on match point to gift ruza 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. The French day of the 2017 tournament at Roland Gar- Roberto Bautista Agut 6-1, 6-2, Nishikori a 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 0-6, 13th seed is through to just her ros (x denotes seeding): 6-2 to match Roger Federer's 6-4 victory. second Slam quarter-final -- Men mark of last-eight appearances "I think the rain helps me a after the 2015 US Open -- and Fourth Round in Paris. The 14-time major win- Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his match lot, because I was really down in will face Venus Williams or Swit- Pablo Carreño-Busta (ESP x20) bt Milos ner is yet to drop a set, conceding against Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut at the French Open in the fourth set and mentally I zerland's Timea Bacsinszky for Raonic (CAN x5) 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (6/8), just six games in the last two Paris, yesterday. wasn't ready," admitted a spot in the last four. Danish 11th 6-4, 8-6 rounds as he strives to become Nishikori. seed Caroline Wozniacki Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) bt Roberto Bautista the first man to win 10 titles at a well as I did the other day, but I needed seven match points to "I knew I had to change knocked off 2009 champion Agut (ESP x17) 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 single Grand Slam. still played well." clinch a thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), something to beat him today, so Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 4-6, Dominic Thiem (AUT x6) bt Horacio Zeballos "I'm happy because Roberto The fourth seed will meet 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 8-6 win over the I think I made some adjustments 6-2 to reach the last eight for just (ARG) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 is a very good player. It's very compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta, fifth-seeded Raonic in four hours to make little better than the second time. Switzerland's Third Round Karen Khachanov (RUS) bt John Isner (USA important for me to be in the through to his first Slam quar- and 17 minutes. Defending yesterday." Timea Bacsinszky qualified for x21) 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/3) quarter-finals one more time," ter-final, for spot in the last four champion Novak Djokovic It was the first third-round her third successive French Open Kei Nishikori (JPN x8) bt Hyeon Chung (KOR) said Nadal, who turned 31 on after the latter stunned Canada's reached a record-equalling 11th meeting between two Asian quarter-final with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 0-6, 6-4 Saturday.
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