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NNBABA | Page 3 FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 7 Players ‘feel ‘Free-scoring strange’ as teams Manchester start practising United a in bubble diff erent team’ Saturday, July 11, 2020 MOTORSPORT Dhul-Qa’da 20, 1441 AH Verstappen GULF TIMES on top in second practice SPORT Page 2 CRICKET WORLD CUP MARVEL Dowrich puts WI in control of 1st Test Glimpses of the upcoming Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor. A giant tent structure will cover this whole stadium which will host matches right through to the 2022 FIFA World Cup semi-finals. A uniquely Qatari stadium, to rival the best in the world, it takes its name from bayt Ben Stokes led England’s attack with 4-49 but al sha’ar – tents historically used by nomadic peoples in Qatar and the Gulf region. Al Bayt Stadium will welcome guests from far and wide, entertaining them and inviting them to experience the country’s traditions and culture. the tourists still posted a first innings lead of 114 AFP AGEAS BOWL SCOREBOARD Southampton ENGLAND 1st innings 204 all out 2-102 (Hope), 3-140 (Brathwaite), 4-173 (Brooks), 5-186 (Black- hane Dowrich steered WEST INDIES 1st innings (o/n: wood), 6-267 (Chase), 7-281 the West Indies into a 57-1) (Holder), 8-306 (Joseph), 9-313 commanding lead over lbw b Stokes K. Brathwaite 65 (Dowrich), 10-318 (Gabriel) England on the third day J. Campbell lbw b Anderson 28 Sof the fi rst Test at Southampton Bowling: Anderson 25-11-62-3; yesterday. S. Hope c Stokes b Bess 16 Archer 22-3-61-0 (1nb); Wood Dowrich made 61 after open- S. Brooks c Buttler b Anderson 39 22-2-74-1; Stokes 14-5-49-4; Bess 19-5-51-2; er Kraigg Brathwaite had top- R. Chase lbw b Anderson 47 scored with 65 in a total of 318 c Anderson b Bess all out. J. Blackwood 12 ENGLAND 2nd innings Stand-in captain Ben Stokes S. Dowrich c Buttler b Stokes 61 R. Burns not out 10 led England’s attack with 4-49 J. Holder c Archer b Stokes 5 to follow his top score of 43 in D. Sibley not out 5 A. Joseph b Stokes 18 the hosts’ 204. Total (0 wkts, 10 overs) 15 But that left West Indies 114 K. Roach not out 1 Bowling: Roach 5-3-6-0; Gabriel runs ahead on fi rst innings in a S. Gabriel b Wood 4 match that marks international 3-1-5-0; Holder 2-1-4-0 Extras (lb21, nb1) 22 cricket’s return from lockdown. Match position: England are 99 And they were still 99 runs in Total (all out, 102 overs) 318 runs behind with all 10 second- front after openers Rory Burns Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Campbell), innings wickets standing. and Dom Sibley survived a tricky 10 overs to take England to 15-0 in their second innings at the fi rst sunny blue skies of the before, Stokes made a vital stumps. match providing ideal condi- breakthrough when he trapped Stokes’ haul included the tions for batting. Brathwaite in front of the wicket of West Indies captain Ja- Barbados-born Archer nearly stumps. son Holder for just fi ve, with the had Shai Hope lbw for 16 but a Shamarh Brooks made a England talisman having fallen West Indies review revealed a promising 39 before he was to his rival all-rounder during no-ball. caught behind off James An- the towering seamer’s Test-best Hope, however, was still on 16 derson, with England’s all-time 6-42 on Thursday. when he edged off -spinner Dom leading Test wicket-taker re- SPOTLIGHT And when Stokes bowled Bess to fi rst slip where Stokes, turning fi gures of 3-62. tailender Alzarri Joseph, he had captaining England in the ab- Jermaine Blackwood gave his his 150th Test wicket. sence of Joe Root, held a sharp wicket away by driving Bess (2- But wicketkeeper Dowrich catch. 51) straight to Anderson at mid- Mugello to host Ferrari’s 1,000th F1 race held fi rm with a fi ne fi fty until a It was an encouraging mo- off . 115-ball innings featuring eight ment for Stokes, who could have Dowrich, however, drove Bess like the 1,000th Grand Prix boundaries ended when he was been forgiven for second-guess- for two fours in three balls be- Reuters Russia to allow spectators in Sochi race London for Scuderia Ferrari at our caught down the legside by op- ing himself after deciding to bat fore, on 25, he hammered a drive own home at Mugello is an posing gloveman Jos Buttler off fi rst on winning the toss. the Somerset bowler could only London: Russia will allow tendance remains at a good incredible opportunity,” said Stokes. But, as he has so often done parry. he Ferrari-owned spectators to attend its level year on year, and we are Ferrari team boss Mattia Bi- It was not the fi rst time Dow- Mugello circuit will Formula One Grand Prix in confident that the diff iculties notto. rich had proved a thorn in Eng- debut on the Formula Sochi in September after the of this year will not become a “Mugello is not just one land’s side. West Indies’ Shane Dowrich One calendar in Sep- season started behind closed special obstacle for motor- of the most spectacular and Last year he made 116 and celebrates his 50 on the third Ttember to host the Italian team’s doors in Austria last weekend, sport fans. “We are meticu- challenging tracks for drivers shared a huge stand of 295 with day of the first Test match 1,000th championship Grand race organisers said yester- lously preparing to receive and cars, it is also a structure Holder when his fellow Bajan against England in Prix, with Russia’s race in Sochi day. spectators safely and looking that has made sustainability made an unbeaten 202 during Southampton yesterday. also confi rmed yesterday. The Sept. 27 race will be forward to seeing everyone one of its priorities.” the West Indies’ 381-run win The Sept 13 race, to be called round 10 of a championship in the Olympic Park,” he Imola, which hosted the over England in the fi rst Test the Grand Prix of Tuscany Fer- which has had its schedule added. San Marino Grand Prix up to at their Kensington Oval home rari 1,000, will follow on from ripped up and rewritten due Tickets for the race went 2006, could yet feature on the ground. the Sept 6 Italian Grand Prix to the Covid-19 pandemic. back on sale after confirma- 2020 calendar if other races That victory helped West In- at Monza as the ninth round of “This will be an incredible tion of the date yesterday. are cancelled. Formula One dies regain the Wisden Trophy a season that has been heav- festival for the widest audi- Russia’s death toll from the is also lining up Portugal’s but it is 32 years since they last ily revised due to the Covid-19 ence possible,” said Alexey novel coronavirus edged past Algarve circuit in Portimao, won a Test series in England. pandemic. Titov, chief executive of 11,000 yesterday, with the with Vietnam still a possibil- England dropped veteran Russia will be the 10th race on promoter ROSGONKI, in a country reporting 174 new ity. paceman Stuart Broad for this Sept 27. statement. “The event at- deaths in the past 24 hours. While China has said it will current match to play express Formula One said in a state- not hold any international quicks Jofra Archer and Mark ment it still expected to stage sporting events this year, Wood together for the fi rst time between 15-18 rounds in a aside from trials for the 2022 in a Test. championship that started at a major moment in our season Italian circuit to host a cham- Beijing Winter Olympics, For- But Archer and Wood strug- Austria’s Red Bull Ring last and we are looking forward to pionship Grand Prix, after mula One could yet secure an gled to make an impression on a weekend, with more announce- being back in Sochi in Septem- Monza, Imola and the Pescara exemption. placid pitch. ments in coming weeks. ber. road course.The Tuscan cir- Races in the Americas — Tex- They took just one wicket be- “We are increasingly con- “We are equally excited to cuit, north of Florence, has as, Mexico and Brazil — look tween them in a combined 44 fi dent in our plans to race see Formula One race for the been a fi xture on the MotoGP doubtful due to the spread of the overs — and that was only when throughout the remainder of fi rst time at Mugello, an oc- calendar and is also used by new coronavirus but Bahrain, Wood bowled last man Shannon 2020,” said Formula One chair- casion that will mark Ferrari’s Ferrari for testing and other with a possible two races, and Gabriel to end the innings. man Chase Carey. 1,000th Grand Prix.” races. “To be able to celebrate Abu Dhabi are set to complete West Indies resumed be- “The Russian Grand Prix is Mugello will be the fourth an extraordinary anniversary the season in November. hind closed doors on 57-1, with Gulf Times 2 Saturday, July 11, 2020 SPORT FORMULA 1 CRICKET Broad reveals ‘anger’ Ricciardo crashes, at England Test axe Verstappen on top in second practice ‘The car already feels better than last week, the balance is a lot nicer to drive...’ AFP prospect of adding to his tally of Southampton, United Kingdom 485 wickets from 138 Tests.