20 Monday, October 30, 2017 SPORTS Monday, October 30, 2017 21 How will India clinch ODI series 2-1 Saudi Kanpur, India but bounced back when it cheaply again, Munro and ndia came mattered the most -- in the (64) kept up trumps final three overs. the visitors very much in the in a Ibattle of nerves Required to defend 15 hunt with a 109-stand off 105 against a gutsy New runs in the final over, ‘King balls. Zealand to win the all- of Death’ Bumrah (3/47 in The pair batted with David Miller of South Africa (file pic) Arabia’s important third ODI by six 10 overs) delivered yet again supreme confidence on runs and clinch their seventh and conceded only eight a flat surface, especially Miller hits fastest T20 successive bilateral series by runs in the 50th over. More Munro who was not afraid to 2-1 margin yesterday. importantly, he bowled an switch hit and charge down (147 off astounding 32 dot balls in his against the spinners. It was century as SA win 138) and Virat Kohli (113 10-over spell. also a knock of substance Potchefstroom, South Africa series 2-0, winning those modern off 106) conjured up It seemed it was game on from Williamson, who had avid Miller’s world-record matches by 333 runs and then classy hundreds to fire with the flying start provided not fired in the series until breaking innings of 101 off an innings and 254 runs. It India to a record 337 left-hand opener Munro. tonight. D36 balls gave South Africa clean swept the ODIs 3-0, with for six after being He set the tone for the The two had taken New sweeps over Bangladesh in all winning margins of 10 , put into bat. daunting task on the very Zealand to 152 for one in three formats with an 83-run 104 runs and 200 runs. The target was first ball he face, flicking 24 overs before under win in the final Bangladesh came closest to crown prince imposing but New Bhuvneshwar Kumar pressure India bounced yesterday. Miller hammered something to celebrate when Zealand fought for a monstrous six over back in the match with the fastest century in T20 it went down by 20 runs in the gamely through midwicket. Yuzvendra Chahal removing internationals - he reached 100 first T20. Three more fours including the set batsmen. Their fall off 35 balls to smash the record In the final game of the tour, (75 off 62), Kane the one from overthrow was stopped the run flow and the by 10 balls - to propel South Miller hit five sixes in a row in Williamson (64 to follow in the first over of required run rate per over Africa to 224-4 first. the 19th over, and nine sixes change his off 84) and Tom the innings that went for 19 went beyond eight, leaving Bangladesh was 141 all out and seven fours in all in his Latham (65 runs. The in-form Kumar had the heroes of Mumbai Ross in 18.3 overs, another heavy record-breaking innings. He off 52) before an off day as he leaked 92 runs Taylor and Latham a lot to defeat on a difficult five-week beat the record of fellow South being restricted from his 10 overs. do. tour for the visiting team. African Richard Levi, who to 331 for 7 While his opening partner They batted well, It was the first time that scored a century off 45 balls in the wake of Martin Guptill (10) fell completing a 79-run South Africa had won every against New Zealand in 2012. Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince kingdom? some fine death partnership off 69 balls with game in three series against “Obviously a really special Mohammed bin Salman Receives bowling by their team needing 91 off the a touring team, South feeling.” Miller said. (dailymail. Praise on Capitol Hill in Washington Jasprit Bumrah. last 10 overs. Africa said. co.uk) for Ambitious Economic Reforms For the BRIEF SCORE Latham carried on and While South Africa gained better part India 337 for 6 (Rohit 147, played flawless to take his valuable preparation under of the match, Kohli 113, Santner 2-58) beat team on the brink of victory new coach Ottis Gibson ahead BRIEF SCORE Riyadh clerical establishment in 30 years of our lives in dealing rulers weathered a stunning The ruling Al Saud and cautious openings, New Zealand 331 for 7 (Munro Indian bowlers alongside Henry Nicholls of tours by India and Australia, South Africa 224 for 4 (Miller he man who may soon be favour of synchronising with with extremist ideas. We will blow: Sunni extremists laid responded to the events of Prince Mohammed is moving 75, Latham 65, Williamson 64, dished out an before nerves got the better Bangladesh failed to live up to 101*, Shakib 2-22) beat king of Saudi Arabia is a more cosmopolitan, global destroy them today.” siege to Islam’s holiest site in 1979 by empowering the quickly. Bumrah 3-47, Chahal 2-47) by ordinary bowling of them during the business the promise it showed recently Bangladesh 141 (Sarkar 44, chartingT a new, more modern capitalism that appeals to His remarks were met Mecca for 15 days. The attack state’s ultraconservatives. To More than half of Saudi six runs Rohit Sharma of India plays a shot performance end of the innings. (TOI) in home series. Duminy 2-23) by 83 runs course for a country so international investors and with applause and a front- was carried out by militants hedge the international appeal Arabia’s 20 million citizens are South Africa took the test conservative that for decades maybe even non-Muslim page article in Britain’s opposed to social openings of Iran’s Shiite revolution, the below the age of 25, meaning there were no concerts or tourists. The Guardian newspaper. taking place at the time, government backed efforts millions of young Saudis will film screenings and women The prince grabbed In expanded remarks to seeing them as Western and to export the kingdom’s be entering the workforce Teams from Bahrain who attempted to drive were headlines in recent days by the paper, the 32-year-old un-Islamic. foundational Wahhabi in the coming decade. The Tennis Academy arrested. vowing a return to “moderate prince said that successive Indeed, Sunni extremists ideology abroad. government is urgently trying (BTA) and Sparta Since catapulting to power Islam”. He also suggested that Saudi monarchs “didn’t have used the intolerant views To appease a sizeable to create more jobs and ward Tennis competed with the support of his father, his father’s generation had know how to deal with” propagated by the ideology conservative segment of off the kinds of grievances in the inaugu- the king, Crown Prince steered the country down a Iran’s 1979 revolution that known as Wahhabism to the population at home, that sparked uprisings in ral edition of the Mohammed bin Salman has problematic path and that it brought to power a clerical justify violence against others. cinemas were shuttered, other Arab countries where 8&U (8 years and pushed forth changes that was time to “get rid of it”. Shiite leadership still in place Wahhabism has governed women were banned from unemployment is rampant Under )Team Tennis could usher in a new era for In his sweeping “Vision today. life in Saudi Arabia since its appearing on state television and citizens have little say in Challenge Cup, held one of the United States’ most 2030” plan to wean Saudi That same year Saudi foundation 85 years ago. and the religious police were government. at Sparta’s base at important allies and swing the Arabia off of its near total emboldened. The prince has to find St. Christopher’s kingdom away from decades dependence on petrodollars, Much is now changing solutions now for the School, Saar. The of ultraconservative dogma Prince Mohammed laid out a under the crown prince as he problems he is set to inherit meeting between and restrictions. He has vision for “a tolerant country consolidates greater powers as monarch. the two academies introduced musical concerts with Islam as its constitution and prepares to inherit the “What MBS is doing is a featured eight play- and movies again and is seen and moderation as its throne. must requirement for any ers. BTA were victori- as the force behind the king’s method.” There are plans to build kind of economic reform. ous by the narrowest decision to grant women the Prince Mohammed, or a Six Flags theme park and Economic reform requires a of margins, winning right to drive as of next year. MBS as he is widely known, a semi-autonomous Red Sea new Protestant ethic if you 33 matches com- Opposition to the changes used a rare public appearance tourist destination where the will, a new brand of Islam,” pared to Sparta’s 31 has so far been muted. on stage at a major investor strict rules on women’s dress said Maamoun Fandy, matches. BTA Team When social openings in the conference in the capital, will likely not apply. Females director of the London Global , Abdulaziz Al kingdom were taking place Riyadh, this week to drive “We only want to go back to what have greater access to sports, Strategy Institute. Betairi, was present- four decades ago, Sunni home that message to a global the powers of the once-feared This new Saudi version ed the Team Tennis extremists opposed to the audience. we were: moderate Islam that is religious police have been of “moderate Islam” can Challenge Cup by monarchy laid siege to Islam’s “We only want to go back to open to the world, open to all curtailed and restrictions on be understood as one that Sparta Senior Coach, holiest site in Mecca. what we were: moderate Islam gender segregation are being is amenable to economic Simon Bourner. Two Prince Mohammed’s that is open to the world, open religions,” eased. reforms; it does not close ‘Player of the Meet’ agenda is upending the ruling to all religions,” he said in the - Prince Mohammed bin Salman Unlike previous Saudi shops at prayer time or medals were also Al Saud’s long-standing ornate grand hall of the Ritz- monarchs, such as King banish women from public awarded to the play- alliance with the kingdom’s Carlton. “We will not waste Abdullah who backed gradual life, Fandy said. (AP) ers.