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SPORT 21 This Is a Great Club with a Rich History and a Very Passionate Carlo Ancelotti After FOOTBALL FOOTBALL Fan Base SUNDAY 22 DECEMBER 2019 SPORT 21 This is a great club with a rich history and a very passionate Carlo Ancelotti after FOOTBALL FOOTBALL fan base. There is a clear vision being appointed as from the owner and the board to Everton manager. Premier League: Watford Premier League: Tottenham vs Manchester United Hotspur vs Chelsea deliver success and trophies. ACTION TODAY’S NBA: Porzingis ‘Legend’ Abid and Masood give leads Mavs over 76ers in Pakistan edge over Sri Lanka NBA romp AFP SCOREBOARD drawn first Test in Rawalpindi Pakistan’s Shan Masood (right) AFP KARACHI -- his debut. gestures with team-mate Abid WASHINGTON Pakistan 1st innings 191 The Rawalpindi century Ali during the third day of the Abid Ali and Shan Masood Sri Lanka 1st innings 271 made Abid the first batsman second Test in Karachi. NBA Eastern Conference contenders became only the third opening Pakistan 2nd innings ever to score hundreds in both Boston, Toronto, Miami and Indiana pair for Pakistan to hit Shan Masood c Oshada b Kumara ..... 135 Test and one-day debuts. He moved closer to pace-setting centuries in the same innings Abid Ali lbw b Kumara ........................174 had scored 112 in his first ODI, Milwaukee with triumphs while injury- as Pakistan turned the tables Azhar Ali not out ...................................57 against Australia in Dubai hit Dallas, powered by Kristaps on Sri Lanka in the second and Babar Azam not out .............................22 earlier this year. Porzingis, routed the Philadelphia final Test in Karachi yesterday. Extras: (lb 5, w2) .................................. 7 It was pacer Lahiru 76ers. Abid, nicknamed “legend” Total: (for 2 wkts, 103 overs) ....395 Kumara (2-88) who broke the Latvian forward Porzingis scored in Pakistan’s dressing room, hit Still to bat: Haris Sohail, Asad Shafiq, opening stand when he had 22 points and grabbed a career-high 174 for his second hundred in Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Moham- Masood caught hooking just 18 rebounds while Tim Hardaway Jr. as many Tests -- becoming the mad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah five minutes from tea before he added 27 points, 19 in the first quarter, first Pakistani and ninth trapped Abid with the second as a Mavericks squad -- lacking injured Afridi batsmen overall to score two new ball. Slovenian star guard Luka Doncic -- Fall of wickets: 1-278 (Masood), 2-355 centuries in his first two Tests. Abid’s successive hundred ripped host Philadelphia 117-98. When the third day’s play (Abid) has put him in an elite Doncic, sidelined by a sprained ended Pakistan were in a Bowling: Fernando 21-2-84-0, Kumara company. ankle, was also absent when the Mavs strong position with 395-2, 22-5-88-2, Embuldeniya 36-2-136-0 (1w), India’s Mohammad won Monday at Milwaukee. having an overall lead of 315 Perera 17-1-63-0 (1w), De Silva 7-0-19-0 Azharuddin scored three hun- Dallas, coming off a home loss to after conceding an 80-run lead Toss: Pakistan dreds in his first three Test after Boston on Wednesday, improved to in the first innings. Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (AUS) and Joel making his debut against 19-9 by delivering the 76ers a second Skipper Azhar Ali was Wilson (WIS) England at home in December consecutive home defeat. unbeaten on 57 -- his first fifty TV umpire: Gregory Brathwaite (WIS) 1984. “We do a pretty good job of in 14 innings -- and Babar Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL) William Ponsford, Doug bouncing back after a loss,” Porzingis Azam on 22 not out. Walters and Greg Blewett of said. It was a day of batsmen’s Australia, Sourav Ganguly and “Playing well on the road, that’s a dominance as Pakistan added against the West Indies at the Rohit Sharma of India, Alvin very important part of having a great 338 runs after resuming at 57-0 same venue in 1997. Kallicharran of the West Indies record at the end of the season.” on a National stadium pitch Masood batted for nearly and Jimmy Neesham of New Despite 33 points and 17 rebounds which dried up to help batting. five hours for his 135, which Zealand are the others who hit by Cameroonian center Joel Embiid, Masood blasted 135 for his included three sixes and seven two consecutive centuries in the 76ers slid to 20-10 with a second second century in 19th Test as fours. Abid struck 21 bound- their first two Tests. consecutive home loss after 14 straight the duo put on 278 for the aries and a six in his 398- Before lunch, Abid sur- wins. opening wicket, just 20 short minute batting. vived a confident leg-before It was the seventh consecutive road of equalling the highest opening Abid, 32, completed his shout off paceman Kumara on missed the stumps. Masood, The current series -- part victory for the Mavericks, who are 11-2 stand for Pakistan of 298. century with a sweep off- 61 but the tourists lost the playing his 19th Test, completed of the ongoing World Test overall away from Dallas. Amir Sohail and Ijaz spinner Lasith Embuldeniya for referral with the replays 1,000 Test runs when he championship -- is the first in “If you’re going to win in this Ahmed had set that record two to follow his 109 in the showing the ball would have reached 46. Pakistan since 2009. building against this kind of team and these kind of athletes, you got to come in and fight for it, and our guys did,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. Canberra Big NZ’s Watling sees more NBA RESULTS Cleveland 114 Memphis 107 Bash called off Indiana 119 Sacramento 105 ‘bumpers’ in Melbourne Boston 114 Detroit 93 Toronto 122 Washington 118 due to bushfire Miami 129 New York 114 REUTERS accurate at it. And he used it well in New Zealand lost the MELBOURNE Perth and put them under some opener in Perth by 296 Dallas 117 Philadelphia 98 smoke pressure,” he told reporters runs but rattled Australia’s Oklahoma City 126 Phoenix 108 New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ yesterday. batsmen with short and Denver 109 Minnesota 100 REUTERS Portland 118 Orlando 103 Watling expects his team to continue “But again, we’re going to have angled bowling in their MELBOURNE their short-pitched barrage at the see actually what that wicket does. Golden State 106 New Orleans 102 second innings, prompting Melbourne Cricket Ground against It might not be conducive to that Smoke from bushfires raging across eastern Australia if the wicket proves type of bowling so we have to be the home side’s batting Australia prompted match officials to conducive during the Boxing Day adjustable.” coach Graeme Hick to query abandon yesterday’s Big Bash League cricket Test. Wagner was able to remove the legality of the tactics. NHL: Panthers’ match in Canberra over what they called New Zealand lost the series- Steve Smith twice with the short ball “dangerous and unreasonable playing condi- opener in Perth by 296 runs but and well-placed fields, limiting Aus- Trailing 1-0 in the 3-match tions”. rattled Australia’s batsmen with tralia’s master batsman to 59 runs Acciari notches series, the Black Caps are Chasing 162 for victory against Adelaide short and angled bowling in their in the pink ball Test in Perth. Strikers, Sydney Thunder were 40-1 in the second innings,innings, prompting the home Watling disdis- likely to regain injury-hit second straight fifth over when the contest was halted side’s battingbatting coach Graeme Hick to mmissedissed the Trent Boult for the second because of lack of visibility and poor air queryquery the legalitylegality of the tactics.tactics. ideaidea hishis teamteam Test at the MCG starting hat-trick quality caused by smoke. 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