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GGOLFOLF | Page 4 NNBABA | Page 5 Lowry will Kawhi, George always be a seek more for national hero in Clippers than Ireland: McIlroy beating Lakers Friday, July 26, 2019 CYCLING Dhul-Qa’da 23, 1440 AH Bernal soars as GULF TIMES Alaphilippe stages Alpine fi ghtback SPORT Page 3 CRICKET England collapse sets up Nightwatchman Leach and Roy take the score to 171 for 1 Ireland Test thriller before hosts lose 7 for 77 AFP London Scorecard ENGLAND 1st Innings 85 all out S. Broad not out 21 reland have the chance to IRELAND 1st Innings 207 all out O. Stone not out 0 pull off one of the biggest upsets in Test history after ENGLAND 2nd Innings (o/n 0-0) Extras (b1, lb7, nb4) 12 another England batting col- J. Leach c Adair b Murtagh 92 Total (9 wkts, 77.4 overs) 303 Ilapse yesterday set the scene for a R. Burns c Wilson b Rankin 6 thrilling fi nish at Lord’s. Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Burns), When lightning fl ashes and J. Roy b Thompson 72 2-171 (Roy), 3-182 (Leach), rain cut short the second day’s J. Denly run out (O’Brien/McBrine) 10 4-194 (Denly), 5-194 (Bairstow), play at 6:10pm local time (1710 J. Root c Wilson b Adair 31 6-219 (Ali), 7-239 (Root), 8-248 GMT) in a match scheduled for (Woakes), 9-293 (Curran) J. Bairstow lbw b Adair 0 four days rather than the usual Bowling: Murtagh 18-3-52-1; M. Ali c Wilson b Rankin 9 fi ve for a Test, England were 303- Adair 20-7-66-3 (1nb); Rankin 17-1- 9 in their second innings, a lead C. Woakes c Balbirnie b Adair 13 86-2 (1nb); Thompson 12.4-0-44-2 of 181 runs. S. Curran c McCollum b Thompson 37 That represented a colossal (2nb); McBrine 10-1-47-0 improvement on their humiliat- ing fi rst-innings 85 all out but once again their batsmen strug- gled ahead of next week’s fi rst Ashes Test. England had been well-placed at 171-1 second time around, a score built on a second-wicket stand of 145 between nightwatch- man Jack Leach, who made 92, and Test debutant Jason Roy (72). But England’s top-order let them down again, with seven wickets falling for 77 runs ei- ther side of tea as they slumped to 248-8 on a ground where just 11 days earlier they had won the World Cup. Sam Curran, not for the fi rst time in his short career, then Ireland’s Mark Adair added valuable lower order runs scalped three wickets with a brisk 37 featuring two six- yesterday. (Reuters) es before he holed out and Stuart England’s Jack Leach hits a four on his way to 92 on second day of the Test against Ireland at Lord’s in London yesterday. (Reuters) Broad was 21 not out at stumps. Ireland are playing in just their their overnight 0-0 after Ireland a simple catch to wicketkeeper Leach went to 47 with a was denied a century on debut batting greats Brian Lara, Ricky per was already two-thirds of the third Test, with the visitors los- had made 207, featuring Andrew Gary Wilson. straight-driven four off Stu- by a Thompson in-ducker that Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar way down the pitch. ing on debut to Pakistan last year Balbirnie’s 55. art Thompson before his edged bowled him. — a Test hundred at Lord’s — The impressive Adair (3-66) and against fellow newcomers Unexpected opener Leach, ROY ATTACKS boundary through third man off The bespectacled Leach, hav- walked slowly off to a stand- then had Jonny Bairstow lbw for Afghanistan in March. who survived a Murtagh maiden Roy, looking to make England’s the medium-pacer saw the Som- ing surpassed his previous fi rst- ing ovation after batting for 220 a duck. But that did not stop them on Wednesday, played watchfully problem position of Test opener erset left-arm spinner, playing class best of 66, was dropped minutes and facing 162 balls, hit- Root, whose 31 took 64 balls, routing England on Wednesday, but made the most of any loose his own after starring in their his fi rst Test at home, to his fi fty. twice until eventually a defensive ting 16 fours. tried to break the shackles by go- with seamer Tim Murtagh taking deliveries. World Cup triumph, off -drove a Roy cut Thompson for his sev- edge was held by Adair off the England suff ered a self-infl ict- ing down the pitch to Adair only a superb 5-13 on his Middlesex Left-hander Rory Burns fell four off paceman Mark Adair and enth four to complete a 47-ball bowling of Murtagh. ed wound when Joe Denly was to see an edged drive well caught home ground. for six when he pushed hard at a hoisted off -spinner Andy Mc- fi fty in just his second Test in- Leach, who had been in sight run out after being sent back by high to his right by the diving England resumed yesterday on Boyd Rankin delivery and edged Brine for six. nings but the attacking batsman of an achievement that eluded captain Joe Root when the skip- Wilson. SWIMMING Dressel scorcher as King DQd at world championships AFP swimming’s blue riband event in held off Switzerland’s Jeremy had helped pep her up after she Gwangji, South Korea swashbuckling style. Desplanches to win by just un- went down with a fl u bug. Meanwhile, Australian Matt der half-a-second, with de- “He texted me and was kind Wilson tied the men’s 200m fending champion Chase Kalisz of just like, ‘What’s up, are you merican Caeleb Dres- breaststroke world record to un- taking bronze. okay?’ — That meant a lot,” she sel swam the second- derline his title credentials, be- Wilson won his 200m breast- said. “I got that text in the mid- fastest 100m freestyle fore Australia set a new world stroke semi-fi nal in 2:06.67 — dle of the night when I was hav- in history to retain his mark in the women’s 4x200m tying the world record held by ing one of those sleepless nights. Aworld title yesterday, even as free. Japan’s Ippei Watanabe, who also That gave me a little bit.” American Lilly King’s disqualifi - In the day’s highlight race, qualifi ed for today’s fi nal. But the Aussies clung on, as cation from the women’s 200m Dressel exploded from the blocks Emma McKeon anchored the breaststroke proved the latest to lead by a body-length at the ‘BEYOND MY WILDEST green and gold to a third relay ti- headache for governing body turn and fi nished strong as he BELIEFS’ tle of the week in a world-record FINA. bagged his third gold of the week. “It’s beyond my wildest beliefs,” 7:41.50 with the United States The Olympic 100m breast- “It hurt, it hurt really bad to said Wilson. “It’s given me a also ducking under China’s old stroke champion King was dis- be honest,” winced the tattooed world of confi dence.” mark. qualifi ed for a “non-simultane- American. “You don’t get that Boglarka Kapas made it a Hun- McKeon said: “I was hurting ous touch” at the fi rst turn of her magical feeling every night — garian double in the 200m fl y but when it comes to a relay you heat. you’ve just got to shut the brain as she stormed to women’s gold give it your all.” The result of USA Swimming’s off and go.” in 2:06.78 from American Hali World record holder Sarah appeal, which they lost, was only Dressel, who racked up seven Flickinger, 24 hours after coun- Sjostrom qualifi ed fastest for the made known minutes before world titles in Budapest two tryman Kristof Milak pulverised women’s 100m fi nal in 52.43 from the start of the evening session, years ago, high-fived his Aussie Michael Phelps’s 10-year-old Cate Campbell, whose blistering prompting fresh criticism. rival Chalmers before perching world record. anchor leg brought Australia a In King’s absence her great ri- himself on a lane rope to milk American great Katie Ledecky gold medal in the 4x100m mixed val Yuliya Efi mova, who served the crowd’s applause, raising returned to the pool after pull- medley relay on Wednesday. a 16-month doping ban in 2013, a fist to flag-waving American Caeleb Dressel of the US celebrates winning the men’s 100m freestyle final at the FINA World Swimming ing out of her 1,500m title de- “I was defi nitely up pinging posted the quickest time of the fans. Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, yesterday. (Reuters) fence and the 200m free heats a little bit last night,” Campbell semi-fi nals (2:21.20). Chalmers touched in 47.08 earlier in the week, producing a told AFP. Dressel, 22, clocked a jaw- with Russia’s Vladislav Grinev “I gave it my all tonight,” said Elsewhere, Daiya Seto cap- vidual medley in 1:56.14. strong second leg in the women’s “Tonight was all about con- dropping 46.96 seconds in the best of the rest in 47.82. The Chalmers. “But I saw Caeleb did tured Japan’s fi rst gold medal of Seto, twice a 400m med- 4x200m free.