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Home , Ikram Alikhil, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari, Shadab Khan

15 SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2019 sports

Today’s matches Wasim leads Pakistan to win India vs England Edgbaston Ground Pakistan defeated – Edgbaston • c Babar b Imad 35 12:30pm Afghanistan by three Gulbadin c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 15 in Leed’s to Shahidi c Imad b Shaheen 0 keep alive their hopes of c Hafeez b Imad 24 Ben Stokes Virat Kohli b Shadab 42 reaching the semi-finals c Amir b Riaz 16 • Unbeaten India face hosts England at Edgbaston, having won all five b Shaheen 42 of their completed matches so far. AFP | Birmingham 19 • England’s bid for a semi-final place has faltered after back-to-back c Fakhar b Shaheen 8 defeats against Sri Lanka and Australia. akistan kept their nerve b Riaz 1 • England beat India when they last met, however, with Joe Root leading to avoid a huge shock yes- not out 7 them to a 2-1 series win last year. terday, beating a spirited Extras: (lb8, w10) 18 England India P Total: (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 227 Afghan side by three wickets with just two balls to spare to England have lost three of their India have won all five completed keep their World Cup semi-final Pakistan seven matches so far, following matches so far, with only the rain – hopes alive. lbw b Mujeeb 0 their back-to-back defeats against which forced the cancellation of their All-rounder hit Imam-ul-Haq st Alikhil b Nabi 36 Sri Lanka and Australia. They re- match with New Zealand – denying Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin b Nabi 45 stricted Sri Lanka to just 232/9 in them maximum points. Naib for a boundary through M Hafeez c Shahidi b Mujeeb 19 the first game, but Joe Root’s 57 and Since that rained-off match, India the covers to seal the win off lbw b Rashid 27 Ben Stokes’ unbeaten 82 could not have thrashed Pakistan, with Rohit the fourth ball of the last over, run out 18 compensate for a collapse Sharma smashing 140, and then de- prompting a pitch invasion. Imad Wasim not out 49 that saw them fall to 212 all out. fended 224/8 thanks to Mohammed Pakistan, chasing a modest run out 11 Next up, against Australia, England Shami’s four wickets to beat Afghan- 228-run target, were in grave not out 15 pulled it back well as the Aussies istan by 11 runs. danger at 156 for six but man- Pakistan’s Imad Wasim plays a shot Extras: (b1, lb4, w5) 10 fell from 173/1 to 259/7 and eventu- Last time out, Virat Kohli and MS of-the-match Imad (49 not out) and see. Pakistan were in deep trou- Total: (seven wkts, 49.4 overs) 230 ally posted 285/7. In reply, however, Dhoni scored half-centuries as India and Shadab Khan (11) put on 50 “Gulbadin (Naib) was the only ble when their Sarfaraz England could only muster 221 all scored 268/7 against West Indies. for the seventh to revive one who could be targeted. They Ahmed was run out for 18 while hab Riaz (15 not out) and Imad out despite Ben Stokes’ 89. Shami then took another four wickets their hopes. have world-class spinners so taking a unnecessary second saw Pakistan home and con - as India ripped through the West The win lifts Pakistan into we attacked him. Thank you run, leaving Pakistan needing 72 demned plucky Afghanistan to Probable XI Indian batting to win by 125 runs fourth place in the 10-team ta- to the crowd, it feels like home off the last eleven overs. an eighth consecutive defeat. Probable XI ble, above hosts England after here. They gave us a boost in They took 18 off Naib in the “We fight really well, the boys , Jason Roy, Joe Root, a poor start to the tournament. confidence. 46th over, which brought the gave 100 percent but in the end Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos But- Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli “When I went in they were “Win our next game and target down to a manageable 28 we missed an opportunity to tler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, (c), Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), bowling brilliantly but I just we’ll see what happens. Now off four overs. win,” said Afghanistan captain Adil Rashid, Liam Plunkett, Jofra Kedar Jadhav, , Mo- hung in there,” said Imad. “We we believe we can win from an- Shadhab was run out for 11 Naib. “Credit to Pakistan, they Archer hammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, wanted to bat out the 50 overs ywhere.” with the score on 206 but Wa- controlled their nerves. Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal

Ferrari’s Leclerc blazes to pole Boult hat-trick India’s Kohli unveils World Cup ‘away’ kit for Austrian Grand Prix AFP | Birmingham restricts Australia ndia skipper Virat Kohli yester- session following an incident Iday unveiled the orange-and- in Q1 when he appeared to ob- Reuters | London dark-blue jersey that the team will struct Kimi Raikkonen. wear in their World Cup match Kevin Magnussen wound ew Zealand’s Trent Boult claimed a hat-trick against England in Birmingham. up in fifth place for Haas, but Nin the final over but Usman Khawaja and Alex Blue has been Indian cricket’s will take a five-place grid pen- Carey forged a century-plus stand to help Australia dominant colour since the advent alty for taking a new gearbox, post a competitive 243-9 in their Cricket World Cup of coloured clothing but Kohli, Virat Kohli holds up the new India shirt ahead of British rookie Lando group match yesterday. known for his fashion sense, was Norris of McLaren, Raikkonen Boult (4-51) dismissed Khawaja (88), Mitchell impressed by the new kit for Sun- in case of a colour clash and Eng- and his Alfa Romeo team-mate Starc and Jason Behrendorff in successive deliveries day’s match at Edgbaston. land also wear light blue, hence Antonio Giovinazzi. to claim the tournament’s second hat-trick after “I quite like it. I think it’s right up the switch. Under-pressure Frenchman India’s Mohammed Shami achieved the feat against there. For me it will be a eight (out But the colour of the kit has Pierre Gasly was ninth in the Afghanistan. of 10). Honestly, I am not saying stirred controversy in India. second Red Bull and Vettel Electing to bat, Australia had slumped to that for the sake of it,” Kohli said Members of the opposition ac- 10th, but he will start from 92-5 in the 22nd over when Khawaja, who was at his pre-match press conference. cused Prime Minister Narendra ninth, at least, following the dropped in the slip before he could open his ac - “The contrast is good, the fit is Modi’s right-wing Hindu national- penalties. count, and Carey (71) combined to arrest the great. For one game it’s fine. But I ist party of pushing its trademark Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc celebrates “The car felt amazing,” said slide. don’t think permanently we will be saffron colour on the team. after the qualifying session a delighted Leclerc, having Lockie Ferguson and fellow quick Jimmy Neesham heading in that direction because Sri Lanka changed to yellow AFP | Spielberg, Austria claimed his second career claimed two wickets apiece after Boult had dismissed blue is our colour and we are very shirts against England and decid- pole – following his success to draw first blood. proud to wear that.” ed to keep them for the rest of the harles Leclerc stayed cool in Bahrain. New Zealand scored 73 runs in 22 overs at the loss Eight of the 10 nations at the tournament as a lucky charm after Cin the heat to claim a con- “I struggled in P1, but after of two wickets at the time of closing. World Cup have an alternate kit their shock win against the hosts. vincing pole position for Fer- some changes we did well and rari with a track record lap I’m happy to bring pole home. yesterday, outpacing Lewis “Tomorrow, we have to fin- Hamilton of Mercedes by two- ish the job.” Argentina set up Copa semi against Brazil tenths of a second. Ferrari are without a win The 21-year-old Monegasque this season or since the 2018 AFP | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil “We’re Argentina and when clocked his best lap of one min- United States Grand Prix won there are knock-out matches, ute and 3.003 seconds in final by Raikkonen and seek to end rgentina set up a mouth-wa- it makes us strong,” said Sergio seconds of a dramatic session Mercedes’ record run of eight Atering Copa America Aguero, who had a hand in both that saw his Ferrari team-mate season-opening triumphs and semi-final against hosts Brazil goals. Sebastian Vettel unable to run 10 victories in succession. as goals from Lautaro Martinez “It won’t be easy in any way due to an air pressure problem. Hamilton said: “Congratu- and Giovani Lo Celso secured (against Brazil) but we’re Ar- Max Verstappen, backed lations to Charles. He’s been a 2-0 quarter-final victory over gentina and we’ll try to do jus- by an ‘orange army’ of fans quick all weekend…. It’s cool to Venezuela on Friday. tice to the jersey.” in the steaming Styrian Alps, see three different teams as the Martinez gave Argentina a Argentina started like a team was third for Red Bull ahead top three and I get to fight the 10th minute lead with a clever determined to claim the prize at of Hamilton’s Mercedes team- young ones tomorrow.” back flick between his legs and stake: a semi-final against their mate Valtteri Bottas who had Verstappen praised the sup- substitute Lo Celso secured the great rivals Brazil. taken pole for the last two port he received from country- victory 16 minutes from time, Martinez played in Aguero years. men. “It’s so great and it brings pouncing on a mistake by Ven- Giovani Lo Celso celebrates after scoring Argentina’s second goal in the inside right channel af- Defending five-time cham- a smile to my face… With our ezuela’s goalkeeper Wuilker formance from Lionel Scaloni’s and a 1-1 draw with Paraguay. ter just three minutes but the pion Hamilton struggled for upgrades, the car seems to be Farinez at Rio de Janeiro’s Ma- team who have grown into this They are bidding to end a 26- Manchester City forward’s low outright speed and faced a working better and this is an racana stadium. tournament since beginning year wait for a major interna- cross-shot was blocked by goal- stewards’ inquiry after the amazing result for us.” It was another improved per- with a 2-0 defeat to Colombia tional trophy. keeper Farinez’s foot.