22 Saturday, June 24, 2017 SPORTS Vinales sets pace for Dutch

MotoGP Spanish MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales of the Movistar Yamah Assen and defending champion the chassis, but as I always The 22-year-old Vinales, Yamaha. Nine-time world championship round every orld championship Marc Marquez at Assen on a say: when we have grip, the twice a winner at Assen in champion Rossi briefly led year since 1949. leader Maverick day that featured heavy rain. bike is really nice to ride. the support classes, tops the this year’s championship “This day was tough, as VinalesW rebounded from his “I feel good, this is a track Today it was easy to ride and standings with 111 points, after three successive podium always in Assen, but in the struggles in Barcelona with I like. The bike is working control, and it was nice to feel but four riders are within finishes in Qatar, Argentina end it was quite positive for the fastest time across the good and already from this good again.” striking distance of the and the United States. me because I was in the top first two practice sessions on morning we had a good The Spaniard posted a leader. But the veteran Italian has five this morning and in sixth Friday ahead of the Dutch set-up for this afternoon,” best lap of 1min 33.130sec, Andrea Dovizioso, who slipped worryingly off the position this afternoon,” said MotoGP. said Vinales, who has won with Folger 0.367sec behind, has closed to within seven pace and is now fifth in the Rossi. The Yamaha star finished three of the seven races this as most of the leading points of Vinales after back- standings, 28 points behind “It was very important to a disappointing 10th at the season. names made the top 10 with to-back wins in Italy and Vinales. stay in the top 10 for Q2 on Catalan GP a fortnight ago “We gained a lot of good the exception of Ducati’s Spain, was fourth quickest Rossi has seven wins in Saturday because it looks like but comfortably outpaced information for qualifying. Jorge Lorenzo, 14th at with veteran Italian Valentino MotoGP at the Assen track the weather will be worse German rookie Jonas Folger We are trying and discussing 1.393sec. Rossi sixth on the second which has staged a world then.” (AFP) beat by three runs Windies, one-day Taunton outh Africa beat opener abandoned England by just three Port of Spain India had made 199 for Sruns to win the second eavy rain forced the three off 39.2 overs before international abandonment of the the downpours prevented at Taunton yesterday and Hfirst one-day international any further play. level the three-match series between the West Indies and The second match takes at 1-1. India at the Queen’s Park place at the same venue on England, set a target of Oval in Trinidad on Friday. Sunday. 175, were on course for a series-clinching win while (67) and Jonny ICC confirms plans for World XI Bairstow (47) shared a second-wicket stand of London conclusion of its annual 110. lans for the full meeting in London, But when Roy was resumption of announce that plans controversially given Pinternational in for a World XI to play in out obstructing the field moved forward Pakistan later this year were -- the first time this yesterday when the sport’s “continuing to be developed”. had happened in a T20 global governing body said The ICC board said it international -- after being it wanted to send a World XI had agreed to support hit by a throw from the to the country later this year. a three-game Twenty20 deep, having veered off his With the exception of series between Pakistan and original course running Zimbabwe’s tour two years a World XI in a bid to help between the wickets, the ago, Pakistan have had revive international cricket innings fell away. to play all of their ‘home’ in the country. England’s cause was matches outside of the All the matches would not helped by country since a 2009 terror take place in Lahore and second under increasingly South Africa’s Andile Phehlukwayo (2nd L) celebrates with teammates attack on Sri Lanka’s team be accorded full Twenty20 dark skies in a match bus in Lahore. international status, the that started at 1600 GMT to field first after winning the ball after Liam Dawson hit trick and South Africa had a But Friday saw the ICC said, adding “further despite a lack of floodlights on toss. Andile Phehlukwayo for a narrow win. International Cricket details will be announced in the ground, although home A target of 12 off the last boundary. The series concludes at Council, following the due course.” skipper Eoin Morgan did opt over became four off the last But he could not repeat the Cardiff on Sunday.