14 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 sports Kiwis seal Test series Will Somerville’s trio of secured New Zealand’s first away series win against after 49 years

Kiwis complete New Zealand 1st innings 274 (K. • Williamson 89, BJ Watling 77 ; historic victory with 123- Bilal Asif 5-65, 3-75) run win over Pakistan Pakistan 1st innings 348 ( KNOW WHAT 134, Asad Shafiq 104; W. Somerville AFP | 4-75) New Zealand 2nd innings (overnight 272-4) ebutant Will Somerville New Zealand’s last away J. Raval lbw b Shaheen 0 grabbed three key wick- series win against Pakistan T. Latham c Sohail b Yasir 10 Dets to guide New Zealand was a 1-0 victory in match- K. Williamson lbw b Hasan 139 to their first away series win W. Somerville lbw b Yasir 4 over Pakistan in 49 years with es played in Pakistan in R. Taylor c Asif b Shaheen 22 a crushing 123-run win in the 1969 H. Nicholls not out 126 third and final Test yesterday. C. de Grandhomme c Asif b Yasir 26 The off-spinner took 3-52 and BJ Watling b Yasir 0 was aided by fellow spinner Ajaz T. Southee not out 15 Patel’s 3-42 as Pakistan came short-leg off Patel for 22. Extras: (b9, lb 1, nb 1) 11 up well short after being set a Earlier, New Zealand declared Total: (for 7 wkts dec; 113 overs) 353 daunting 280-run target in 79 their second innings on 353-7 Pakistan 2nd innings overs. after some 45 minutes of Imam-ul-Haq c Nicholls b Patel 22 They crumbled to 156 in 56.1 with Henry Nicholls remaining b Southee 8 Players of New Zealand celebrates the of Asad Shafiq of Pakistan overs on a weary pitch at Sheikh unbeaten on 126 and Williamson Azhar Ali c Watling b Grandhomme 5 Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. remember for a long time. Patel ended Azam’s 114-ball Southee for eight. dismissed at his overnight score c Taylor b Somerville 9 The victory gave Kiwis a 2-1 “We know the game can ebb resistance before getting the of 139. Asad Shafiq c Watling b Somerville 0 series win after they had taken and flow very quickly but we last wicket when he dismissed Match-turning innings That 212-run stand between c Southee b Patel 51 the first Test by a narrow four- came out and played very well for four, sparking cel- Medium pacer Colin de Williamson which brought New Sarfraz Ahmed b Somrville 28 run margin at the same venue. today.” ebrations among the New Zea- Grandhomme had first-innings Zealand back into the game on Bilal Asif c Watling b Southee 12 Pakistan bounced back with an It was New Zealand’s fifth land players. centurion Azhar Ali caught be- Thursday, was finally broken Yasir Shah c Patel b Southee 4 innings and 16-run win in the Test series win in their last six Pakistan were again let down hind for five before Somerville’s with the very first ball of the day. Hasan Ali c Williamson b Patel 4 second Test in Dubai. played since November 2016. by sloppy batting and Sarfraz double strike pushed Pakistan to Medium pacer Hasan Ali Shaheen Shah Afridi not out 2 New Zealand’s last away se- They beat Pakistan, Bangladesh, rued missed opportunities. 55-5 at lunch. trapped Williamson leg before Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11 ries win against Pakistan was a the West Indies and England “We had our chances in all Somerville had Haris Sohail and even a review did not pro- Total: ( all out; 56.1 overs) 156 1-0 victory in matches played in -- all at home -- with the single three Tests but we could not caught off a tentative push in long the New Zealand skipper’s Result: New Zealand won by 123 runs Pakistan in 1969. loss came against South Africa. grab them,” he said. the slip with his third ball of innings. , Somerville, who took 4-75 “It’s very disappointing to lose the first over for nine and next But his 283-ball knock, con- boundaries and two sixes as whose 139-run innings turned in the first innings to fin - a series in conditions which are ball had first innings centurion taining 13 boundaries, turned New Zealand added 81 runs in the match and the series in his ish with seven wickets in the our own.” Asad Shafiq caught behind off the match. 45 minutes, ensuring they set up side’s favour, said: “It was fan- match, broke a stubborn 43-run Pakistan were off to a disas- the glove. Nicholls took a sharp single to a daunting target for Pakistan. tastic. Beating Pakistan in their sixth-wicket stand between top trous start when Mohammad In the last over before lunch complete his third Test hundred Leg-spinner Yasir Shah fin- backyard is very tough. scorer Babar Azam (51) and skip- Hafeez, in his last innings be- Imam-ul-Haq, watching four and finished with 12 hits to the ished with 4-129 and debutant “It feels pretty special, and per Sarfraz Ahmed, who made fore he retires from , wickets fell at the other end, ropes during his 266-ball knock. paceman Shaheen Shah Afridi this will be one that the guys 28. was bowled by fast bowler Tim gave an easy catch to forward De Grandhomme struck two took 2-85.

Brave CF announces weigh-in results ahead of Brave 19 Wembley ‘best place’ for football, TDT | Manama says Spurs boss Pochettino Main card AFP | London played at the old Wembley rave Combat Federation Adam Townsend (77.4 Kg) vs. Mark Hulme (76.9 Kg) for Argentina in 2000, has Bhas concluded the official Frans Mlambo (64.6 Kg) vs. Dansheel Moodley (65.9 Kg) auricio Pochettino says launched a passionate de - weigh-ins for the pilot edition of Paweł Kiełek (77.4 Kg) vs. David Bear (77.3 Kg) MWembley is the “best fence of the club’s temporary the event in South Africa. Brave Dino Bagattin (77.2 Kg) vs. Carl Booth (76.8 Kg) place in the world” to play home. KNOW WHAT 19 will be held on 8th December Under card football despite the frustra- “If you ask me, I am so, so at the Sun City Resort in Jo - tions of Tottenham’s long wait happy to play at Wembley,” he hannesburg, South Africa. The Abdul Hussein (57.1 Kg) vs. Sylvester Chipfumbu (57.1 Kg) to move into their new sta - said. “I was born in Argenti- official weigh-ins were held in Gareth Buirski (65.3) vs. Cedric Doyle (65.9 Kg) The fight night will make dium. na. When I heard about Eng- the venue. Dimitri Fogg (82.5 Kg) vs. Carlos Graca (83.5 Kg) history with the highest Spurs full-back Danny Rose land for the first time it was Arnold Quero missed the Nkosi Ndebele (66.0 Kg) vs. Ahmed Faress (66.0 Kg) this week voiced his frustra- with all the problems in the weight and was replaced by Hanru Botha (69.7 Kg) vs. Alex Martinez (70.1 Kg) broadcast coverage for an tion at the club’s extended ten- Falklands. Dansheel Moodley. Moodley MMA event held in South ure at the national stadium and “Then when I arrived in stepped in just two days ahead The main event will feature case a bantamweight bout be- Africa many Tottenham fans seem to Europe, when I played in the of the fight night. All the re - Adam Townsend competing for tween Frans Mlambo and Dan- agree, with just over 33,000, World Cup against England, maining fighters made the the first time in Brave Combat sheel Moodley. The fight card attin will face Carl Booth. rather than the permitted ca- when we arrived in Southamp- weight and qualified to com- Federation against Mark Hulme also features major bouts that The fight night will make his- pacity 51,000, turning up to ton six years ago, of course I pete in the first global initiative who will also be making his pro- are crucial for the welterweight tory with the highest broadcast watch the midweek win over changed completely my mind for Mixed Martial Arts in South motional debut. division as Paweł Kiełek will coverage for an MMA event held Southampton. in the way I saw and now see Africa. The co-main event will show- face David Bear and Dino Bag- in South Africa. . But Pochettino, who this country.”

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