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CCRICKETRICKET | Page 4 HHOCKEYOCKEY | Page 6 Du Plessis India beat injury spoils Malaysia South Africa 2-1 in fi nal to victory win Asia Cup Monday, October 23, 2017 FOOTBALL Safar 3, 1439 AH Tottenham’s Kane GULF TIMES rips Liverpool to shreds SPORT Page 2 FORMULA 1 CRICKET Hamilton powers Latham inspires ‘greatest chase’ to Austin victory; as New Zealand stun India AFP Taylor was dismissed in the penul- Mercedes win title timate over, caught by Chahal off Bhu- Mumbai vneshwar Kumar, with New Zealand needing just one run to win. Vettel second even as Briton extends championship lead to 66 points ane Williamson hailed cen- Henry Nicholls then came in and tury-maker Tom Latham and smashed a four to secure the tourists’ Ross Taylor for inspiring “one victory with Latham fi nishing the game of the greatest chases ever” unbeaten. Kafter New Zealand stunned India by six “I’ll take the win anytime. I think wickets in the fi rst ODI yesterday. that was one of his (Latham’s) best in- Latham scored 103 and Taylor made nings ever,” Taylor enthused. 95 as the batsmen put on a massive Earlier, Kohli scored his 31st ODI 200-run partnership to win a thrilling century in his 200th match as India set contest at Mumbai’s Wankhede Sta- New Zealand a target of 281 after win- dium with six balls to spare. ning the toss and opting to bat fi rst. The fourth-wicket partnership, The Indian captain fi red 121 off 125 which lasted 187 balls, propelled the balls including nine fours and two sixes. Kiwis to 284-4 after home captain Vi- “We thought (we had) a good total. rat Kohli’s delightful century saw India But Ross and Tom were fantastic. And record an opening innings total of 280- when you get a 200 partnership, you 8. deserve to win,” said Kohli. “It was a brilliant performance from The win sees New Zealand take a Virat, happening every time he walks 1-0 lead in the three-match series. out to the crease. But we stuck at it and The second ODI takes place in Pune on it was one of the greatest chases I’ve Wednesday, with the third in Kanpur seen, certainly in my time as a Black on October 29. Cap,” New Zealand captain Williamson said afterwards. SCORECARD Left-hander Latham’s 102-ball INDIA knock included eight fours and two six- R. Sharma b Boult 20 es. Batting veteran Taylor’s 95 came off S. Dhawan c Latham b Boult 9 99 deliveries and included eight fours. V. Kohli c Boult b Southee 121 The visitors’ run chase got off to a K.M Jadhav c & b Santner 12 poor start with opener Colin Munro D. Karthik c Munro b Southee 37 falling for 28 before Williamson walked M.S. Dhoni c Guptill b Boult 25 shortly afterwards on a paltry six. H. Pandya c Williamson b Boult 16 When Martin Guptill was sent pack- B. Kumar c Nicholls b Southee 26 ing by Hardik Pandya in the 18th over K. Yadav not out 0 for 32 New Zealand were at 80-3 and Extras (lb4, w10) 14 looking like they were heading for a Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 280 heavy defeat. Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Dhawan), 2-29 But 25-year-old Latham and Taylor, (Sharma), 3-71 (Jadhav), 4-144 (Karthik), 33, had other ideas and easily batted 5-201 (Dhoni), 6-238 (Pandya), 7-270 away everything that India’s newest (Kohli), 8-280 (Kumar) spin attack of Kuldeep Yadav and Yuz- Bowling: Southee 10-0-73-3, Boult 10-1- Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes celebrates on the podium with sprint legend Usain Bolt after the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas in vendra Chahal could throw at them. 35-4 (w2), Milne 9-0-62-0 (w3), Santner Austin, Texas, yesterday. (AFP) “I have to go back to that partnership 10-0-41-1 (w3), de Grandhomme 4-0-27- — Tom and Ross controlled the innings 0 (w1), Munro 7-0-38-0 (w1) DPA “Why did you guys let him go so perfectly through the middle overs,” Austin, Texas close,” Hamilton queried over team beamed Williamson. NEW ZEALAND radio. Latham, who was named man of the M. Guptill c Karthik b Pandya 32 The pit stops enabled Red Bull’s match, said it had been diffi cult to keep C. Munro c Karthik b Bumrah 28 ercedes driver Lewis Verstappen to take the lead briefl y be- wicket for 50 overs and then bat for so K. Williamson c Jadhav b Yadav 6 Hamilton moved closer fore Hamilton got past the Dutchman, long in Mumbai’s humidity of 70 % R. Taylor c Chahal b Kumar 95 to a fourth Formula One who then made his fi rst tyre change. plus. T. Latham not out 103 world title by winning the Verstappen pitted again, and Vettel “It was tough. The conditions are H. Nicholls not out 4 MUS Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari rival reacted with his own pit stop to come completely diff erent to back home,” he Extras (lb11, w5) 16 Sebastian Vettel yesterday. out fourth ahead of the Red Bull with explained, lavishing praise on Taylor Total (4 wickets; 49 overs) 284 The result means the title battle 16 laps remaining. for helping him get to his century. Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Munro), 2-62 (Wil- now moves to Mexico next Sunday Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen managed “The biggest thing in a partnership is liamson), 3-80 (Guptill), 4-280 (Taylor) when Hamilton will need to fi nish to get past Valtteri Bottas in a Mer- communication. We were talking every Bowling: Kumar 10-0-56-1 (wd2), fi fth or higher to secure the 2017 title. cedes to go second, while Vettel over- over. Hats off to him for playing such a Bumrah 9-0-56-1 (wd1), Kuldeep 10-0- Hamilton took the chequered fl ag took Bottas with fi ve laps left. great innings. He was a calming infl u- 64-1, Pandya 10-0-46-1 (wd2), Chahal at the Circuit of the Americas com- Raikkonen promptly allowed Vettel ence on me,” said Latham. 10-0-51-0 fortably ahead of Vettel for his fourth to swap places for second, and Ver- straight win at the Austin circuit, stappen also squeezed past Bottas be- while Mercedes secured a fourth fore the Finn made a late tyre change. straight constructors’ title. Late drama came with Verstappen “That was so much fun today, ap- closing in on Raikkonen to get past preciate it. You guys have worked the Finn right at the end, only to have so hard, so proud to be a part of it,” the stewards slap him with a time Hamilton told his team over radio. penalty for cutting the track — to The 32-year-old Briton has now the anger of Red Bull team principal won fi ve of the last six races in Aus- Christian Horner. tin and fi ve of the last six races of the “They have been driving off track season, taking his wins this season to all weekend, Max made a fair move,” nine and his career win tally to 62. Horner said. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen over- “It is an appalling decision. They took Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen right at have robbed all of the fans here.” the end after starting 16th on the grid Bottas was fi fth ahead of Esteban but was given a fi ve-second penalty Ocon in a Force India, Carlos Sainz for cutting the corner, to move him in a Renault, Sergio Perez in a Force off the podium to fourth. India, Felipe Massa in a Williams and Vettel got past pole-sitter Ham- Daniil Kvyat in a Toro Rosso. ilton with a brilliant start, but the Renault’s Nico Huelkenberg and Briton regained the lead on lap six and Sauber’s Pascal Wehrlein retired ear- always had the pace to keep his rival ly, while Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, at bay. who had earlier been involved in a The closest Hamilton came to re- thrilling duel for third place with Bot- linquishing the lead was when Vet- tas, went off in lap 16 with an engine tel pitted on lap 17 of the 56 laps for failure. soft tyres and almost undercut the McLaren’s Fernando Alonso also Mercedes after Hamilton came in for retired just before the half-way mark Lewis Hamilton lifts the trophy after winning the United States Grand Prix at New Zealand’s Tom Latham celebrates after winning the first one-day international fresh tyres three laps later. while lying seventh. Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, yesterday. (AFP) match against India in Mumbai yesterday. (AFP) Gulf Times 2 Monday, October 23, 2017 FOOTBALL EPL SPOTLIGHT Rooney goal in vain as Arsenal Tottenham’s Kane send Everton rips Reds to shreds into drop zone Spurs move level on points with second-place Manchester United, while Liverpool’s sorry display left them 12 points off the pace in ninth place Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil celebrates with his teammates after scoring their second goal against Everton yesterday. AFP in the 12th minute but the tech- Liverpool nique employed by the veteran forward — who turns 32 on Tues- ayne Rooney recre- day — was no less impressive for ated his famous fi rst that fact. league goal for Ever- Gueye won the ball from Xha- ton against Arsenal ka some 30 yards out and slipped Won Sunday but it was not enough the ball to Rooney, who leant to prevent his struggling team back and guided a perfect fi nish falling to a 5-2 defeat and into the into the top left-hand corner of Premier League bottom three.

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