NNBABA | Page 5 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 Spurs beat Southgate Warriors, James urges England burns Heat to make 2019 with 51 points even better Tuesday, November 20, 2018 TENNIS Rabia I 12, 1440 AH Djokovic sets sights GULF TIMES on 2019 after ‘phenomenal’ year SPORT Page 3 SPOTLIGHT Qatar shooters on gold spree at Arab event Qatar’s women’s and men’s teams pose with their medals after winning the team skeet titles in the 14th Arab Shooting Championships yesterday. At bottom, individual gold winner in skeet Masoud Saleh Hamad. PICTURES: Ramchand By Sports Reporter training again and contested in the Masoud maintained pressure on the rah Mohamed, the overnight leader, 2. Kuwait (Abdullah Alrashidi 118, Doha Asian championship in Kuwait, which 2016 Asian championship silver win- were on the top after the qualifying Mansour Alrashidi 115, Abdulaziz was my fi rst event,” Masoud said. ner from Kuwaiti and led 51-49 after series with 109 each. They then were Alsaad 113) “The Arab championship is my sec- six more hits. Habib struck all the last involved in a shoot-off to decide the 3. Oman (Mohamed al-Gharibi 113, Ya- atar skeet shooters teamed ond competition. Big names like al- four to get to 53. There was a bit of dra- number one qualifi er, an honour which sir al-Nasseri 113, Naghmush al-Hattali up to help the country bag Rashidi, al-Attiyah, Habib and Rashid ma when Hamad failed once in his fi rst eventually went to the Kuwaiti. 110) three gold, one silver and Saleh were all competing and I’m really two shots. But he controlled himself Al-Shamaa kept her consistency in Qtwo bronze medals in the thrilled to have won this high-quality admirably and fi red both the fi nal tar- the fi nals and won her second skeet Women’s skeet (individual) 14th Arab Shooting Championships event. I’m quite confi dent now and gets to emerge as the champion. title with a 48-43 victory of al-Shar- 1. Eman Alshamaa (Kuwait) 109+2 & 48 yesterday. will work hard towards getting a place Rashid Saleh Hamad was pleased shani. 2. Reem al-Sharshani (Qatar) 103 & 43 At the Losail Shooting Complex, in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,” he with the team’s gold and his individual 3. Sarah Mohamed (Qatar) 109+1 & 35 former Asian Games champion Ma- said. bronze medal. “It was a tough compe- RESULTS soud Saleh Hamad of Qatar won the Earlier in the day, Masoud survived a tition. The strong winds made it even Men’s skeet (individual) Women’s Skeet (team) men’s individual skeet gold as Qatar three-way shoot-off to make it to the tougher. But I managed to get two 1. Masoud Saleh Hamad (Qatar) 116+1 1. Qatar 318 (Sarah Mohamed 109, also won the men’s and women’s skeet top six after being tied with Habib and medals. I have lots of local and inter- & 54 (finals) Hajar Mohameed 106, Reem al-Shar- team titles. skeet after a gap of two years, defeated Abdulaziz al-Attiyah, younger broth- national competitions lined up and I 2. Saud Habib (Kuwait) 116+2 & 53 shani 103) Qatar’s woman shooter Reem al- World Cup bronze medallist Saud Ha- er of Rio Olympics bronze medallist will be putting in my best to ensure my 3. Rashid Saleh Hamad (Qatar) 118+2 2. Kuwait 299 (Eman Alshamaa 109, Sharshani fi nished second behind bib of Kuwait (54-53) in the fi nal. Nasser Saleh al-Attiyah, at 116 each. entry into the third Olympic Games in & 42 Fatema Alzaabi 95, Shaikhah al-Rash- Kuwait’s Eman al-Shamaa in the in- “I’m very happy with this vic- From there he continued his surge. Tokyo in 2020.” Men’s skeet (team) idi 95) dividual skeet event. Sarah Mohamed tory. I just returned to the range after When the last 10 shots were left to de- In the women’s section, al-Shamaa, 1. Qatar 350 (Nasser al-Attiyah 119, 3. Oman 222 (Fatma al-Sulaimi 87, came third. two years. I was away from it due to cide the champion, he was one target the 2016 Asian championship bronze Rashid Saleh Hamad 118, Saeed Abush- Wahba al-Malki 75, Zahra al-Mahrouki Masoud, who was taking part in my work commitments. But I started ahead of Habib. medal winner from Kuwait, and Sa- arib 113) 60) CRICKET/ABU DHABI TEST Dramatic Pakistan collapse gives NZ thrilling 4-run win AJAZ PATEL CLAIMS 5/59 AS KIWIS TRIUMPH BY THE FIFTH-SMALLEST MARGIN IN TERMS OF RUNS AFP Abu Dhabi SCORECARD NEW ZEALAND 1ST INNINGS 153 Babar Azam run out 13 ebutant spinner Ajaz Pa- (K.Williamson 63, H. Nicholls 28; Yasir Sarfraz A c Watling b Patel 3 Shah 3-54) tel took fi ve wickets to lead a Bilal Asif b Patel 0 never-say-die approach from PAKISTAN 1ST INNINGS 227 (Babar Yasir Shah c Taylor b Wagner 0 New Zealand as they pulled off Azam 62, Asad Shafiq 43; T. Boult 4-54) Da thrilling four-run win over an indisci- H Ali c sub (Southee) b Patel 0 NEW ZEALAND 2ND INNINGS 249 (BJ plined Pakistan in the fi rst Test in Abu Watling 59, H. Nicholls 55, Hasan Ali Mohamed Abbas not out 0 Dhabi yesterday Defending a modest 176-run target, 5-45, Yasir Shah 5-110) Extras: (b 4) 4 New Zealand bowlers led by Patel (5- PAKISTAN 2ND INNINGS Total: (all out; 58.4 overs) 171 59), fast bowler Neil Wagner (2-27) and (overnight 37-0) Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Imam), 2-44 (Ha- Ish Sodhi (2-37) bowled out Pakistan Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Patel 27 feez), 3-48 (Sohail), 4-130 (Shafiq), 5-147 for 171 on a drama-packed fourth day at Mohamed Hafeez c de (Azam), 6-154 (Sarfraz), 7-154 (Asif), Sheikh Zayed Stadium. Grandhomme b Sodhi 10 8-155 (Yasir), 9-164 (Hasan) Azhar Ali lbw b Patel 65 Bowling: Boult 7-0-29-0, de Grand- homme 3-0-15-0, Patel 23.4-4-59-5, Haris Sohail c & b Sodhi 4 Sodhi 12-0-37-2, Wagner 13-4-27-2 A Shafiq c Watling b Wagner 45 Result: New Zealand won by four runs arm spinner Patel in the fi fth over. In skipper Sarfraz Ahmed fell for a second the sixth, Sodhi had Mohamed Hafeez time sweeping Patel, this time gloving caught in the covers and then three balls the ball to Watling. later held on to a return catch low to his Bilal Asif tried to slog a straight ball New Zealand cricketers celebrate after beating Pakistan in the first Test in Abu Dhabi yesterday. At left, man of the match left as Haris Sohail drove a full toss back from Patel and was bowled leaving Pa- Ajaz Patel with his trophy. at him. Pakistani nerves were eased kistan 154 for seven, still 22 runs short by the sight of Azhar and Asad Shafi q of victory. The earlier measure at the It is the fi fth smallest win in terms not an easy one. There was considerable down the 176 they needed for victory carefully rebuilding the innings with a crease had been replaced by chaos. In of runs in Test cricket history and gives turn from day one and all the spinners although New Zealand will have taken fourth wicket partnership of 82. the next over Wagner had Yasir Shah New Zealand a 1-0 lead in the three- bowled well.” some hope from Pakistan’s failure at Shafi q made a cultured 45, becoming caught in the slips and then Hasan Ali match series. “The attitude, certainly Azhar Ali fought a lone battle for Pa- the same ground last year to chase 136 the 11th Pakistani to reach 4,000 runs in attempted a slog-sweep off Patel, pick- today and throughout the game, was kistan with 65 and was the last man out against Sri Lanka. Kiwi spinners Patel Test cricket, but his dismissal in the last ing out substitute fi elder Tim Southee brilliant,” said New Zealand captain when he was trapped leg-before wicket and Ish Sodhi opened the bowling and over before lunch, edging Neil Wagner on the midwicket boundary. Kane Williamson who now has nine by Patel. He reviewed Bruce Oxenford’s immediately caused problems as Pa- to wicketkeeper BJ Watling, changed Azhar then tried to inch Pakistan wins in his 18 Tests in charge. decision but the television replays up- kistan lost three wickets in the fi rst six the game as Pakistan lost their fi nal across the line, farming the strike from “How those two bowlers Ajaz and held the decision. overs. seven wickets for just 41. After lunch, Mohamed Abbas. But with fi ve runs still Wagner bowled, for almost 20 overs, Resuming on 37 without loss, Paki- Imam-ul-Haq was trapped leg-be- Babar Azam ran himself out for 13, the needed to win Patel found the delivery was brilliant. We knew the surface was stan began the day as favourites to chase fore for 27 to a full length ball by left- guilty party in a mix-up with Azhar and to win the match for New Zealand. Gulf Times 2 Tuesday, November 20, 2018 CRICKET SPOTLIGHT Smith, Warner bans to be reviewed this week: Reports Tense victory a ‘good Sydney: Steve Smith and David Warner could have their one-year bans from international and state cricket reduced or adjusted after a review by the board of Cricket Australia (CA) this week, local media reports said yesterday.