ATHLETICS | Page 3 MOTORSPORT | Page 5 De Grasse Porsche blown to complete wind-aided stunning 100m win Le Mans treble Monday, June 19, 2017 FOOTBALL Ramadan 24, 1438 AH Ronaldo’s Portugal GULF TIMES held by Mexico at Confed Cup SPORT Page 7 ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY Fakhar, Amir sparkle as Pakistan demolish India ‘Fakhar is a great impact player, he played like a champion batsman today. Amir bowled brilliantly today... We have a young team and credit to my boys’ Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman holds the trophy as he celebrates. (AFP) Pakistan celebrate after winning the ICC Champions Trophy final where they defeated India by 180 runs yesterday at the The Oval. (Reuters) Pakistan fans celebrate winning the ICC Champions Trophy. (Reuters) Reuters my bowlers bowled really well. We have a Trophy fi nal. on many occasions, pulled Hasan Ali to Champions Trophy fi nal scoreboard London young team and credit to my boys.” Babar Azam chipped in with a solid 46 Imad Wasim at deep square leg to depart After India had won the toss, Fakhar, on and Mohamed Hafeez struck three sixes for four. PAKISTAN Yuvraj Singh lbw b Shadab Khan 22 three, was caught by wicketkeeper Ma- in a punchy unbeaten 57 that left India Shadab picked up his second wicket Azhar Ali run out (Bumrah) 59 Dhoni c Imad Wasim b Hasan Ali 4 akhar Zaman and Mohamed Amir hendra Singh Dhoni off a Jasprit Bumrah needing to produce the highest success- when Kedar Jadhav, on nine, gave Sarfraz F. Zaman c Jadeja b Pandya 114 K. Jadhav c Sarfraz b Shadab 9 shone as Pakistan defi ed the odds no-ball and the 27-year-old left-hander ful run chase in the tournament’s history a simple catch and India appeared to be Babar Azam c Yuvraj b Jadhav 46 H. Pandya run out (Hafeez/Ali) 76 to overwhelm arch-rivals India by took full advantage to make his fi rst in- to lift the trophy for the third time. crumbling meekly at 72 for six. Shoaib Malik c Jadhav b Kumar 12 R. Jadeja c Babar Azam b Junaid 15 180 runs and pull off a major up- ternational century. Within three overs, however, their re- Pandya, however, briefl y raised their Mohammad Hafeez not out 57 R. Ashwin c Sarfraz b Hasan Ali 1 Fset in the Champions Trophy fi nal at The He shared a fl uent century opening ply was in tatters as Amir produced a dev- spirits with a quickfi re 76, reaching his Imad Wasim not out 25 B. Kumar not out 1 Oval yesterday. partnership with Azhar Ali (59), the pair astating spell of bowling. fi fty with three successive sixes off Shad- Extras (lb9, w13, nb3) 25 J. Bumrah c Sarfraz b Hasan Ali 1 Fakhar capitalised on a lucky escape to unleashing a barrage of crisp attacking He trapped Rohit Sharma lbw for ab and hitting six maximums in all before Total (4 wkts, 50 overs) 338 Extras (lb2, w1) 3 strike a superb 114 and lift Pakistan to a strokes all around a sun-kissed ground. nought with a swinging delivery and re- he was run out. Did not bat: Sarfraz Ahmed, Total (all out, 30.3 overs) 158 commanding total of 338 for four and fast Azhar also continued his fi ne form, moved India talisman Virat Kohli with Jadeja nicked Junaid Khan to slip for Mohammad Amir, Shadab Khan, Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sharma), 2-6 bowler Amir ripped out India’s top three reaching fi fty off 61 balls before he was another fi ne ball which the captain could 15, Hasan had Ashwin caught by Sarfraz Hasan Ali, Junaid Khan (Kohli), 3-33 (Dhawan), 4-54 (Yuvraj), batsmen before the defending champions run out following a mix-up with his part- only edge to point for fi ve. and Hasan forced Bumrah to lob another Fall of wickets: 1-128 (Azhar), 5-54 (Dhoni), 6-72 (Jadhav), 7-152 subsided to 158 all out. ner. Kohli, the world’s top-ranked one-day catch to the wicketkeeper, who pouched 2-200 (Fakhar), 3-247 (Shoaib), (Pandya), 8-156 (Jadeja), 9-156 (Ash- Pakistan had come into the tourna- Fakhar lofted Ravindra Jadeja over batsman, had been dropped off the previ- it gleefully to complete Pakistan’s fi rst 4-267 (Babar) win), 10-158 (Bumrah) ment as the lowest-ranked team and lost long-on for six and got to three fi gures ous delivery in the slips and the India fans Champions Trophy win with 19.3 overs Bowling: Kumar 10-2-44-1 (1w); Bowling: Amir 6-2-16-3; Junaid heavily to India in their opening group by sweeping Ravichandran Ashwin to the looked shell-shocked as he trudged off . to spare. Bumrah 9-0-68-0 (3nb, 5w); Ashwin 6-1-20-1 (1w); Hafeez 1-0-13-0; Hasan match but they beat South Africa and Sri boundary. Their hopes now rested largely on the “Early wickets are never good, es- 10-0-70-0 (4w); Pandya 10-0-53-1 (1w); 6.3-1-19-3; Shadab 7-0-60-2; Imad Lanka to make the semi-fi nals where they He celebrated with an extravagant twirl shoulders of Shikhar Dhawan who had pecially in a chase. We thought one big Jadeja 8-0-67-0; Jadhav 3-0-27-1 (2w) 0.3-0-3-0; Fakhar 3.3-0-25-0; knocked out hosts England. of his bat and kissed the turf as the Paki- been in fi ne form in the tournament but partnership would have set it up nicely,” Result: Pakistan won by 180 runs “Fakhar is a great impact player, he stan supporters sensed an unlikely win. he made only 21 before nicking the in- Kohli said. INDIA Man of the Match: Fakhar Zaman played like a champion batsman today,” Fakhar hit 12 fours and three sixes be- spired Amir to wicketkeeper Sarfraz. “Pakistan had to earn their win and R. Sharma lbw b Amir 0 Golden Bat: Shikhar Dhawan Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed said at fore skying a catch off Hardik Pandya Spinner Shadab Khan snared Yu- they made us make mistakes. We have no S. Dhawan c Sarfraz b Amir 21 Golden Ball & Man of the series: the presentation ceremony. but Pakistan had the perfect platform to vraj Singh lbw for 22 and Dhoni, India’s hesitation or shame to admit we didn’t V. Kohli c Shadab b Amir 5 Hasan Ali “Amir bowled brilliantly today but all make the highest total in a Champions former captain who has saved the team play our best game today.” BOTTOMLINE Hafeez hails Pakistan spirit for India stunner AFP the fi rst game, we had no chance to lose early wickets — and I did it,” he said. nament hadn’t fi nished yet. Credit goes London again,” said Hafeez, who played an im- Pakistan’s fi rst global 50-over ti- to my boys. portant role in the win with a classy 57 tle since the 1992 World Cup refl ected “Fakhar is a great impact player, he not out. well on their Australian coach Mickey played like a champion batsman. Amir ohamed Hafeez hailed “We showed great character. I’m so Arthur, who kept his squad from losing bowled brilliantly but all my bowlers Pakistan’s team spirit as happy for the nation of Pakistan who focus after their dismal display against bowled really well.” the key to their stunning have been waiting for this for a long time.” the Indians earlier in the tournament. India captain Kohli conceded Paki- Champions Trophy fi nal Fakhar Zaman’s maiden one-day Arthur admitted Pakistan were des- stan were worthy winners and, while Mtriumph against India. international hundred laid the founda- perate to prove they could go toe to toe he claimed to be proud of his players, Just two weeks ago, Pakistan were at tions for Pakistan’s formidable total of with tournament favourites India with his admission that the new champions a low ebb after crashing to a humiliat- 338-4. the title up for grabs. played with more passion was a damn- ing 124-run defeat against India in the After man of the match Fakhar fi n- ing indictment. group stage. ished on 114, Pakistan pace bowler Mo- CHAMPION BATSMAN “I want to congratulate Pakistan But Pakistan batsman Hafeez says hamed Amir ripped the heart out of the “It’s been an up and down ride for us but fi rst, they had an amazing tournament. his team-mates vowed to stick together India batting line-up with the wickets I’m so proud of the boys,” Arthur said. The way they turned things around despite the avalanche of criticism and of Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and “The whole group kept believing, speaks volumes for the talent they have they reaped the rewards in memorable Virat Kohli. we knew we were better than what we in their side,” Kohli said. fashion yesterday. India, looking to retain the Champi- showed in the fi rst game against India. “They were more intense and pas- Gaining sweet revenge over India, ons Trophy, went down without a fi ght “That was an aberration. We want to sionate today, they deserved to win. Pakistan thrashed their arch rivals by as they collapsed to 158 all out and Amir be more consistent as a team.” “I’m disappointed but I have a smile 180 runs at The Oval to win the Cham- felt his spell was crucial.