15 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2019 sports Pakistan inflict first Kiwi defeat

knew Pakistan would win the match,” New Zealand said man-of-the-match Babar. Babar Azam ton keeps M. Guptill b Amir 5 “We know we’d need to score runs • C. Munro c Sohail b Shaheen 12 Pakistan’s World Cup semi- off the pace bowlers. Once (Mitchell) K. Williamson c Sarfaraz b Shadab 41 final hopes alive in stunning Santner came on it was doing stuff off R. Taylor c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 3 the pitch so (Mohammad) Hafeez told victory over New Zealand T. Latham c Sarfaraz b Shaheen 1 me to stick at it and score three or four J. Neesham 97 runs an over.” Pakistan then chased C. de Grandhomme out 64 Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side, who beat • M. Santner not out 5 down the 238 target with South Africa on Sunday to revive their Extras: (b2, lb3, w4) 9 ease to win by six wickets flagging World Cup campaign, now Total: (six wkts, 50 overs) 237 have seven points, level with fifth- AFP | London placed Bangladesh and just one point Pakistan behind hosts England. I. Ul-Haq c Guptill b Ferguson 13 During the course of his , F. Zaman c Guptill b Boult 9 Pakistan’s Babar Azam plays a shot akistan kept alive their chanc- Babar became the second-fastest to B. Azam not out 101 es of reaching the World Cup reach 3,000 one-day international runs M. Hafeez c Ferguson b Williamson 32 Psemi-finals yesterday, cruis- in front of thousands of fanatical Paki- H. Sohail run out 68 ing to a six-wicket win against pre - stan fans. S. Ahmed not out 5 World Cup 2019 standings viously unbeaten New Zealand at Babar, 24, took 11 innings more than Extras (w7) 7 Edgbaston. South Africa’s Hashim Amla, who Total (four wkts, 49.1 overs) 241 New Zealand scored 237 for six in reached the milestone in 57 innings, Team Played Won Lost Tied No Run rate Points their 50 overs but that total proved but overtook West Indies great Viv ridi (3-28) starred as Pakistan reduced Australia 7 6 1 0 0 0.906 12 inadequate as Babar Azam scored an Richards (69 innings). New Zealand to 83-5, with in-form New Zealand 7 5 1 0 1 1.028 11 impressive unbeaten 101 and Haris He reached his hundred off 124 balls Kane Williamson dismissed by India 5 4 0 0 1 0.809 9 Sohail (68) offered valuable support. with 11 fours. leg-spinner Shadab Khan for 41. England 7 4 3 0 0 1.051 8 Pakistan reached their target off the Earlier, Jimmy Neesham hit a ca - New Zealand are second in the table Bangladesh 7 3 3 0 1 -0.133 7 first ball of their final over, finishing reer-best 97 not out while Colin de on 11 points behind Australia, the only Pakistan 7 3 3 0 1 -0.976 7 on 241-4. Grandhomme made 64 after New Zea- team who have qualified so far. Sri Lanka 6 2 2 0 2 -1.119 6 “The wicket was difficult but my aim land won the toss and chose to bat. The top four teams qualify for the West Indies 6 1 4 0 1 0.190 3 was to bat for 50 overs and if I did I Left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Af- semi-finals. South Africa 7 1 5 0 1 -0.324 3 Afghanistan 7 0 7 0 0 -1.634 0

Today’s match Federer seeded West Indies vs India ahead of Nadal for Wimbledon Old Trafford – AFP | London Manchester 12:30pm oger Federer has been Rseeded second ahead of great rival Rafael Nadal for Wimbledon despite trailing the Spaniard in the world rankings. • India take on West Indies at Old Trafford, scene of India’s victory Nadal complained earlier against Pakistan and West Indies’ thrilling defeat to New Zealand so this week that Wimbledon’s far in this tournament. unique formula for seed- • India have won all four of their completed games so far, most recently ing that combines ranking seeing off Afghanistan. points with form in grass- • West Indies’ hopes of a semi-final place will be over if they lose - they court competitions was dis- have not won since ripping through Pakistan in their opening game. respectful. World number one and West Indies India defending champion Novak Djokovic is the top seed. West Indies started the tournament India have won all four of their Eighteen-time Grand in fine form with a dominant win completed matches so far, most re- Slam winner Nadal, ranked against Pakistan but they have not cently seeing off fierce rivals Paki- number two in the world, backed it up, losing all four com- stan with a dominant performance is therefore guaranteed to pleted matches since. They went at Old Trafford before a narrow win be in the same half of the close against both Australia and against Afghanistan. draw as either Federer or New Zealand – losing by 15 runs In the former, Rohit Sharm led the Djokovic. and five runs respectively – but in way with 140 out of a total of 336/5, “Obviously it would be between suffered an eight-wicket in an eventual 89-run win on the better to be two than three loss to England and a seven-wicket DLS method. Next up, India were but if they think I have defeat to Bangladesh. restricted to 224/8 but Mohammed to be three I will accept Probable XI Shami claimed four wickets – finish- three and fight to win the ing the innings with a hat-trick – as matches I have to win,” , Shai Hope (wk), Sunil India held on to win by 11 runs. Nadal told Spanish televi- Ambris, , Shimron Probable XI sion channel Movistar on Hetmyer, (c), Carlos Monday. Brathwaite, , Kemar Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli “The only thing that Roach, , Oshane (c), Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni (wk), doesn’t seem right about Thomas Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Mo- this issue is that it is only hammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Wimbledon that does it. If Head to Head Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal they all did it, it would seem more correct. While West Indies’ historic success means they still have the slightly better The women’s seedings do head-to-head record in this fixture, India closed the gap again when they last mirror the rankings with met – winning 3-1 at home. The five-game series included the second tied ODI French Open champion between the two – Virat Kohli’s 157* helping India to 321/6 before West Indies Ashleigh Barty top of the scored 321/7, led by Shai Hope’s unbeaten 123. pile for the first time at a West Indies won the third game to level the series – their 62nd ODI win against grand slam ahead of Naomi APPLY * CONDITION India – as both Hope and Kohli shone with the bat again – but India dominated Osaka. the last two games. Rohit Sharma (162) helped them to 377/5 and a 224-run win Defending champion An- in Mumbai in the fourth game, before they bowled West Indies out for 104 in gelique Kerber is seeded the final match – Sharma’s 63* leading them to a nine-wicket win. It was India’s fifth with seven-time Wim- 59th ODI win against West Indies. bledon champion Serena Williams down in 11th.