Bairstow Ton As England Crush NZ to Storm Into Semis England Will Face Either Holders Australia Or Twice Champions India in the Semi-Finals at Edgbaston
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MMLBLB | Page 5 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 6 Angels win USA into fi nal fi rst game aft er as Houghton death of pitcher penalty miss Skaggs costs England Thursday, July 4, 2019 TENNIS Dhul-Qa’da 1, 1440 AH Wawrinka falls GULF TIMES for tall tale at Wimbledon SPORT Page 3 HORSE RACING Sheikh Mohamed’s Ebraz wins Group 3 in France Agencies pure Arabians, and he confi rmed the last strides and stayed on purebred Arabian race, after such La Teste, France that he was the class act of the to win, under P-C Boudot, by a a start, it is over... But Ebraz is black type event and that he was nose in front of the Antoine de not like any other horse and he fi t and ready to land the spoils af- Watrigant-saddled Taymour, was ridden by a cracking jockey! is Highness Sheikh ter a long break. who was seen as a winner for a He did his job. Now he has three Mohamed bin Kha- However, before scoring this while under FX Bertras. options: Newbury, Goodwood lifa al-Thani’s Ebraz victory in spectacular fashion, Al Shaqab Racing’s Melabi or Deauville. Then, it will be the proved his superiority his fans broke out in a cold sweat completed the frame further Qatar Arabian World Cup.” Hagain when he landed the Group when he fell on his knees while three quarters of a length behind. 3 Shadwell — Coupe Du Sud- jumping out of the gate and was Thomas Fourcy’s charge was rid- Trainer Julian Smart (centre) and Ouest Des Pur-Sang Arabes in La far from the front when things den by Jerome Cabre. jockey P-C Boudot (right) with His Teste, France, on Tuesday. became serious. Yet, Ebraz man- Winning trainer Julian Smart Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin The grey six-year-old son of aged to bounce from the back of was delighted with Ebraz’s per- Khalifa al-Thani’s Ebraz after the Amer had already been the fa- the pack and was clearly above all formance. “I was scared when I win in the Shadwell — Coupe Du vourite of the 1,900-metre con- of his rivals. saw him trip when they jumped Sud-Ouest Des Pur-Sang Arabes test for three-year-old and older He surged to take the lead in out,” he said. “Normally in a (Group 3) on Tuesday. (JDG) ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Bairstow ton as England crush NZ to storm into semis England will face either holders Australia or twice champions India in the semi-finals at Edgbaston Scorecard ENGLAND H. Nicholls lbw b Woakes 0 J. Roy c Santner b Neesham 60 K. Williamson run out (Wood) 27 J. Bairstow b Henry 106 R. Taylor run out (Rashid/Buttler) 28 J. Root c Latham b Boult 24 T. Latham c Buttler b Plunkett 57 J. Buttler c Williamson b Boult 11 J. Neesham b Wood 19 E. Morgan c Santner b Henry 42 C. de Grandhomme c Root b Stokes B. Stokes c Henry b Santner 11 3 C. Woakes c Williamson b Neesham 4 M. Santner lbw b Wood 12 L. Plunkett not out 15 T. Southee not out 7 A. Rashid b Southee 16 M. Henry b Wood 7 J. Archer not out 1T. Boult st Buttler b Rashid 4 Extras (b4, lb4, w7) 15 Extras (b2, lb6, w6) 14 Total (eight wickets, 50 overs) 305 Total (all out, 45 overs) 186 Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Roy), 2-194 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Nicholls), (Root), 3-206 (Bairstow), 4-214 2-14 (Guptill), 3-61 (Williamson), (Buttler), 5-248 (Stokes), 6-259 4-69 (Taylor), 5-123 (Neesham), (Woakes), 7-272 (Morgan), 8-301 6-128 (De Grandhomme), 7-164 (Rashid) (Latham), 8-166 (Santner), 9-181 (Henry), 10-186 (Boult) Bowling: Santner 10-0-65-1 (w2); Boult 10-0-56-2 (w1); Southee Bowling: Woakes 8-0-44-1 (1w); 9-0-70-1; Henry 10-0-54-2 (w2); Archer 7-1-17-1 (1w); Plunkett 8-0- De Grandhomme 1-0-11-0; Nee- 28-1 (1w); Wood 9-0-34-3 (2w); sham 10-1-41-2 (w2) Root 3-0-15-0; Rashid 5-0-30-1, Stokes 5-0-10-1 (1w) NEW ZEALAND RESULT: England won by 119 M. Guptill c Buttler b Archer 8runs Points table Team P W L NR Pts Team P W L NR Pts 1. Australia (Q) 8 7 1 0 14 6. Sri Lanka 8 3 3 2 8 2. India (Q) 8 6 1 1 13 7. Bangladesh 8 3 4 1 7 3. England (Q) 9 6 3 0 12 8. South Africa 8 2 5 1 5 4. New Zealand 9 5 3 1 11 9. West Indies 8 1 6 1 3 5. Pakistan 8 4 3 1 9 10. Afghanistan 8 0 8 0 0 Note: Top four teams qualify for semi-finals. (Q) qualified England’s Jonny Bairstow celebrates after reaching his century during the ICC Cricket World Cup match against New Zealand in Chester-le-Street, United Kingdom, yesterday. (Reuters) Reuters easily have been bigger but for a “We knew the performances in and Jason Roy threatened to rep- Bairstow needed 95 balls to 27 balls. Morgan made 42 before Wood’s fi ngers before hitting Durham, United Kingdom middle-order collapse. the last couple of games weren’t licate their Edgbaston heroics bring up his 100 as he and Joe Root Mitchell Santner took a stunning the stumps at the non-striker’s New Zealand wobbled early in up to scratch. To play the way we where the openers added 160 to kept the scoreboard ticking over. catch off Henry to dismiss the end with Williamson out of his their chase, losing both openers have and hopefully keep it going set up a campaign-reviving vic- England captain. ground and Taylor ran himself ngland stormed into the cheaply, before a couple of run- into the semis is pleasing. tory over India. PITCH SLOWING New Zealand were rocked early out going for a risky second. Cricket World Cup semi- outs eff ectively derailed them and “We have got a couple days Against a New Zealand at- Trent Boult returned to dismiss in their chase, losing both open- Tom Latham made a fi ghting fi nals for the fi rst time they were all out for 186 in 45 overs. off ...People will be sore after two tack missing Lockie Ferguson, Root for 24 and England sudden- ers by the sixth over with a mea- 57 but it was too late to eff ect the since 1992 after Jonny England will face either holders gruelling games. Then we meet who is nursing a tight hamstring, ly began losing wickets regularly gre 14 runs on the board. result. EBairstow’s second consecutive Australia or twice champions India up and go again.” Bairstow and Roy looked unstop- with the pitch showing signs of The onus was on Williamson “Not ideal to have three de- century helped secure a com- in the semi-fi nals at Edgbaston. New Zealand could not qualify pable, scoring freely to bring up slowing down. (27) and Ross Taylor (28) to put feats, the recipe is simple but not prehensive 119-run victory over “We knew these two games yesterday but, given their superior England’s 100 in the 15th over. Bairstow chopped a Matt Hen- the chase back on track but two easy,” Williamson said. New Zealand yesterday. were must win to give ourselves run rate, Pakistan would need a Jimmy Neesham ended the ry delivery onto his stumps and run-ours, one fortuitous and “The margins on the score- Bairstow smashed 106 to lift the best opportunity of reach- freak result against Bangladesh to- 123-run partnership in the 19th Jos Buttler miscued Boult to Kane another ill-judged, led to the board have looked big but for us England to 305-8 in their fi - ing the semi-fi nal,” Bairstow said morrow to leapfrog the Black Caps. over when Roy, having made a Williamson at mid-off . dismissals of New Zealand’s two it is important we look at it for nal group game at the Riverside after collecting the man-of-the- After England captain Eoin run-a-ball 60, was caught at Ben Stokes struggled to get senior batsmen. what it is. We defi nitely need to Ground, though the total could match award. Morgan won the toss, Bairstow short cover. going and managed only 11 off Taylor’s drive brushed Mark be better moving forward.” Gulf Times 2 Thursday, July 4, 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP FOCUS PRAISE Bangladesh coach Rhodes proud Inspired Sharma of team’s fi ght is India’s World Cup heartbeat He is the second player after Sangakkara to register four hundreds in a single World Cup Sharma presents injured fan with AFP limit India to 314 for nine in Bir- Birmingham mingham on Tuesday after Ro- autographed hat hit Sharma’s 104 but they could only manage 286 all out despite angladesh head coach 66 from star batsman Shakib Al Steve Rhodes said he Hasan. was “proud” of the way “You know, it could well have his team had fought been 370, 380, even 400 at one Bagainst top sides at the World stage,” said Rhodes. “So we were Cup even though they had ulti- delighted that we showed a lot of mately fallen short. spirit and a lot of fi ght to come Mashrafe Mortaza’s side lost back.