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Sports Thursday, October 3, 2019 19 Rohit slams Two bronze medals for Qatari divers in Asian championship ton as India rule the day Openers take hosts to 202 on Day 1 against South Africa Mohammed Ahmad Shewaiter enabled Qatar to win two bronze medals in the Asian Age-group Diving Championship, which concluded in Bengaluru, India on Wednesday. Shewaiter finished third in the 10m platform event with 266.5 points. Then he and Abdulaziz Khaled Balgaith secured another bronze medal in the 3m Synchronised Open event with 210.96 points. Weber’s double as All Blacks rout Canada AFP OITA (JAPAN) TWO-TIME defending champions New Zealand ran nine tries past Canada in a 63-0 romp to strengthen their grip on Pool B at the Rugby World Cup on Wednesday. India’s Rohit Sharma on reaching his century during on he opening day of the first Test against South All three Barrett brothers -- Jordie, Africa in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. (AFP) Beauden and Scott -- scored tries as the All Blacks totted up four before AFP SCOREBOARD and take the game forward.” half-time and added another five in the VISAKHAPATNAM (INDIA) second period. INDIA (1ST INNINGS): Brad Weber, back in the All Blacks M. Agarwal not out ................................... 84 In high gear ROHIT Sharma said opening after being sidelined for four years, was R. Sharma not out .................................115 the batting suited him across AGARWAL, like Sharma, the inspiration the defending champions Extras (lb1, nb2) ....................................... 3 all formats after he hit a cen- also used his feet to good ef- needed to set their second half alight. Total (no loss, 59.1 overs) ..................202 tury on Wednesday in his new fect against the South African The quick-thinking Weber, coming on To bat: V. Kohli, A. Rahane, C. Pujara, H. Vihari, as a replacement at the start of the second role in first Test cricket match R. Ashwin, R. Jadeja, W. Saha, I. Sharma, M. spinners, who struggled on the New Zealand’s scrum-half Brad Weber scores a try during the Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup against South Africa. Shami batting-friendly pitch. half, scored two tries himself and was in- Pool B match against Canada at the Oita Stadium in Oita on Wednesday. (AFP) The 32-year-old Sharma - Bowling: Philander 11.1-2-34-0, Rabada Playing his fifth Test since strumental in the other three. a star of India’s limited-overs 13-5-35-0, Maharaj 23-4-66-0 (nb1), Piedt making his debut last year, “I thought particularly that first half of side - made 115 on a rain-hit 7-1-43-0, Muthusamy 5-0-23-0 (nb1). Agarwal raised his fourth half- the second half, they really came together ry was also made late in the second half cipline meant they never really imposed day one of the opening match South Africa team: F. du Plessis (capt), A. century with a six off Keshav and played good controlled rugby,” said when Ardie Savea, who is battling vision their free-flowing brand of rugby on the as India reached 202 without Markram, D. Elgar, T. de Bruyn, T. Bavuma, Q. de Maharaj. Both Sharma and All Blacks coach Steve Hansen. problems, became the tournament’s first game. loss in Visakhapatnam. Kock, V. Philander, S. Muthusamy, K. Maharaj, Agarwal – who hit 11 fours and “In really difficult conditions -- the player to wear protective goggles. “We started relatively well, we scored Sharma and Mayank D. Piedt, K. Rabada two sixes – took apart the oppo- humidity is unbelievable, and whilst peo- from some kicks, then we got a bit carried Agarwal, on 84, made the sition bowling in the second ses- ple at home will be wondering why we France survive US scare away. We stopped applying pressure and South African bowlers toil sion of play as India scored 111 dropped a few balls, it’s very, very diffi- we were up against a solid defence,” said after the hosts elected to bat washed out the final session. runs after taking lunch at 91-0. cult. So I think they’ve done well.” In Fukuoka, French coach Jacques Brunel. first at the start of the three- Sharma completed his Sharma, who got to his 50 In a messy first half, where the clammy Brunel admitted his team struggled to The coach said he felt the referees had match series. fourth Test century in the sec- before lunch, shifted gears and conditions inside the roofed Oita Stadium control the game in their 33-7 win against penalised his side more than the Eagles. “I think it suits my game,” ond session with a single off went after the slow bowlers contributed to multiple handling errors, the USA, pointing his finger at the humid- “It’s possible there were fouls but they Sharma told reporters. “Just debutant spinner Senuran as he hammered off-spinner the All Blacks only led 28-0 at half-time. ity and the referee. were not penalised much in the rucks,” he wear the pads and go in to bat. Muthusamy to raucous cheers Danie Piedt for two successive But with Weber dictating the flow they The final score in the Pool C encounter complained. I don’t like the waiting game. from the home crowd and the sixes to move into the nineties. doubled that score in a frenetic opening flattered Les Bleus slightly, with three late “And the illegal protection of their “You know the bowlers who dressing room. He hit five sixes “We wanted to use our feet 10 minutes of the second half with four tries securing the bonus point after the players in the mauls caused us quite a lot are bowling with the new ball, and 12 fours from 174 balls and and get closer to the ball and rapid tries. Eagles were only three points behind with of problems.” so the game plan is easier for showed frequent glimpses of then obviously those are my They only scored one more as the just over 10 minutes remaining. The bonus-point win for Brunel’s men you... At number six, the ball the form that has made him shots that I play and I wanted energy-sapping conditions took their “We struggled for sure, especially keeps up the pressure on their eternal is reversing, field placement is such a feared one-day batsman. to back myself and back my toll, but it was enough to post the highest physically because it was very humid,” rivals England in the so-called ‘Group of different and you need to keep “Opening the batting is a game,” said Sharma. score in this World Cup so far. Brunel told reporters. Death’ which also includes Argentina. all those things in mind.” different ball game in red ball South Africa captain Faf However, the All Blacks finished short “We made quite a lot of handling er- France and England -- a match com- A sudden thunderstorm cricket. Of course mentally you du Plessis rotated his spinners of the 79-15 scoreline when they last rors. We did not control the game well but monly known as “Le Crunch” -- takes forced the umpires to call have to train your mind more for a large part of the day with played Canada at the 2011 World Cup. it’s positive because we got the win and place in Yokohama on October 12 but tea early, and no further play than anything else,” he said. intermittent spells from pace- The try-scoring Barrett brothers be- five points,” added the coach. Brunel insisted he was looking no fur- was possible after heavy rains “You have to challenge men Kagiso Rabada and Ver- came the first sibling trio to start a World France were penalised 10 times -- sev- ther than the next game, in four days lashed the coastal city and yourself to play the new ball non Philander. Cup match for the All Blacks, and histo- en times in the first half -- and their indis- against Tonga. Shehzad, QNCA to launch coaching clinic Umar recalled Gunathilaka ton in vain as Pakistan clinch series next week AFP Babar Azam, who struck a for Lanka T20s KARACHI brilliant hundred in the second TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK game, made 31 before being DOHA AFP PAKISTAN thwarted a spir- trapped lbw by Pradeep skipper KARACHI ited career-best century by Sarfaraz managed 23. THE Qatar National Cricket Danushka Gunathilaka to de- Academy will launch its clinic PAKISTAN on Wednesday re- feat Sri Lanka by five wickets Gunathilaka shines for local young players at the called trouble-making opener in the third and final one-day Asian Town Cricket Stadium Ahmed Shehzad and middle- international in Karachi on Earlier, Gunathilaka an- next week. order batsman Umar Akmal Wednesday, taking the three- chored Sri Lanka’s innings after Aftab Ahmad, a quali- for the three-match Twenty20 match series in the process. they won the toss and batted. fied Level 2 coach with a series against Sri Lanka start- Gunathilaka’s 134-ball 133 The 28-year-old left-hander huge experience of 16 years ing this weekend. lifted Sri Lanka to a challeng- hit 16 fours and a six for his sec- of coaching in modern acad- It will be the first time the ing 297-9 in their 50 overs but ond ODI hundred. emies in Pakistan, will impart 27-year-old Shehzad will rep- Pakistan chased down the tar- Gunathilaka, suspended the coaching to the academy resent Pakistan since a four- get in 48.2 overs for their first twice for breaches of discipline trainees who will be divided in month ban for a failed dope series win in 15 months.