THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q TUESDAY Q JUNE 29, 2021 11 McLaughlin breaks 400 hurdles Inability to rotate strike worries mark on historic day at trials Mithali after ODI loss to England BRISTOL, JUNE 28: are far more comfortable EUGENE (US), JUNE In this case, it was an- India women's team skip- chasing a target because we 28: Sydney McLaughlin other Muhammad — per Mithali Raj was clearly know how to up our run looked to her left and saw Dalilah Muhammad — who not happy with the players' rate," Raj said. "But when it the numbers “51.90.” Her has, in her own way, been inability to rotate the strike comes to posting a target, I first thought: “Oh my gosh!” preparing McLaughlin for and the high number of dot guess there's something we Now, at long last, the this day. balls in the opening match need to work on when and 400-metre hurdles world This marked the third of the One-day Interna- how we get to 250 because record belongs to her. straight major race in which tional series, which Eng- we can't be going bang, On Sunday night at US the two squared off and a land won by eight wickets bang and then lose wickets Olympic track trials, world record was set. The here. in the top order and you McLaughlin finally out- last two times, it was Mithali's 72, that took In- have the lower order to raced Dalilah Muhammad Muhammad who came out to earn the victory, and the dia to 201/8 in 50 overs, score those runs, like how on top. It happened first went in vain as home bat- we did today. That will take record, that Muhammad two years ago on a rainy day kept grabbing whenever ters Tammy Beaumont (87 us to 200 or 210, but that's He shared the spotlight Brooks was being carted off in Des Moines, Iowa, at na- they met. off 87) and Natalie Sciver not something we'd want," with 17-year-old Erriyon the track in a wheelchair. tional championships. Then McLaughlin’s 51.90 was (74 off 74) took England to a she said. Knighton, whose third- Brooks was in fourth place again, a few months after good enough to beat 1-0 lead in the three-match Mithali said the defeat place finish makes him the when she went down during that at worlds in Qatar. Muhammad by 0.52 sec- series on Sunday. the match. "Clearly, yes, we bowlers are very experi- will have to be analysed youngest male member of javelin warmups. She did McLaughlin ran a 52.23 at onds. It shattered Muham- Both Tammy and Natalie need to look into that aspect enced; the seamers espe- threadbare before the sec- the US Olympic track team not make it back, and when mad’s old world record by worlds, but lost by .07 sec- added 117 for the third and work on rotating the cially, (more so) than the ond ODI and corrective since Jim Ryun in 1964. the competition resumed 0.26. onds. That mark would wicket against an insipid In- strike. Having said that, we seamers we have. They are measures taken. JuVaughn Harrison, a some five hours later, Annie “It’s one of those mo- have been the world record dian bowling attack. While require at least another top- bowling in their conditions; "So, yes, as a batting unit, 22-year-old from LSU, won Kunz got the win. ments you think about and had she run it before opener Tammy hammered order batter, in the top five, they know how to bowl in along with the batting not one, but two titles on the Much earlier in the day, dream about and play in Muhammad started rewrit- 12 fours and a six, Natalie to get us the runs," Mithali, their conditions, and they coach, we need to sit down same day to become the Paul Chelimo won by .19 your head that you’ll put it ing the book that season. hit 10 fours and one six as who became only the sec- really bowled well today." to find a way where, if we first American to make the seconds in a sprint to the together,” said McLaughlin, “Dalilah is a great com- Indians struggled to make ond cricketer after Sachin Mithali conceded that In- bat first, how we could try to Olympics in both the high finish in the men’s 5,000, who not long ago aligned petitor, and I was growing breakthroughs after an Tendulkar to complete 22 dia are bad at posting tar- put a total of 250 on the jump and the long jump which had been moved to with coach Bobby Kersee. into my own person,” early wicket within the first years in ODI cricket, told gets, while they are more board and where we need to since Jim Thorpe in 1912. the morning to beat the Her record was the high- McLaughlin explained five overs. The inability to ESPNcricinfo. comfortable chasing them. put on the acceleration and “That’s a lot of years for heat. Much later on the light of a day that included when asked if she was de- rotate the strike was "We also need to under- "Over the years, I've seen how we get our innings to somebody not to do it,” track, Athing Mu won the other kinds of history. flated after running such Mithali's main focus after stand that the England that we, the Indian team, do that," said Mithali. Harrison said. women’s 800 and Cole Noah Lyles won the 200 good times, only to come in “It’s really good for me to Hocker edged reigning metres to punch his second. have my name in history Olympic champion Matt Olympic ticket, then cele- She also credited a re- like that.” Centrowitz in the 1,500. brated by kneeling on the newed sense of faith and, of Euro 2020: Czech knock out 10-man It’s an amazing enough McLaughlin’s race was track and clasping his course, Kersee, for this feat on a normal day. On delayed by about four hands together: “I just breakthrough. this day — unbelievable. hours. She said the wait stopped stressing and let Temperatures at Hay- “was a little bit of a throw in Kersee is the legend who Netherlands 2-0 in last-16 my body do what it does,” ward Field reached 108 de- our plan.” has, over the years, he said after posting a grees and the surface of the “But we were prepared squeezed the most out of BUDAPEST, JUNE nodded home a flicked-on world-leading time of 19.74 track exceeded 150. for that,” she said. some of the greatest in the 28: Two second-half goals set piece with 68 minutes that came on the heels of It forced USA Track and “Bobby always talks sport, including Allyson Fe- from Tomas Holes and Pa- played. Frank de Boer's some lacklustre runs Field to put a halt to the ac- about Muhammad Ali, and lix, Jackie Joyner-Kersee trik Schick helped the Czech men pressed frenetically for through the 100 and 200 tion at about 3 pm, shortly always having to be ready and Florence Griffith Republic book a Euro 2020 the equaliser, but they got rounds. after heptathlete Taliyah for that left hook.” Joyner. quarterfinal berth after get- caught flat-footed by a clin- ting past Frank de Boer's ical Schick, whose fourth Dhawan eyes Netherlands 2-0 in a round- goal of the tournament T20 World Cup to be shifted of-16 match at the Puskas sealed the deal with 10 min- success in 1st outing Arena here. utes remaining. as India captain The Dutch caused prob- The Czechs will clash with from India to UAE: BCCI MUMBAI, JUNE 28: lems for the Czech initially Denmark in the quarterfi- It’s a new challenge, said with their pace on Sunday, nals on July 3 while the Shikhar Dhawan as he but Matthijs de Ligt and Dutch will travel back geared up to captain an In- Denzel Dumfries lacked ac- home. President Sourav Ganguly dia senior team for the first curacy upfront, reports Xin- "The goals we gave away, NEW DELHI, JUNE time in his career, confident hua. the chances we didn't take; 28: The T20 World Cup that the positivity and ex- As the match progressed, all that goes through your scheduled to be held in In- citement in the squad would Czech Republic grew in head. After the red card we dia is being shifted to the ensure a successful limited- confidence and posed dan- found it difficult to put UAE owing to the health overs tour of Sri Lanka. ger on counterattacks as them under pressure. safety concerns posed by Ahead of the squad’s de- Tomas Soucek's diving Things just got more diffi- COVID-19, BCCI President parture on Sunday, Dhawan header missed the target cult for us," Netherland's Sourav Ganguly told PTI on said the two-week quaran- just wide in the 20th minute captain Georginio Wijnal- Monday. tine has helped the bonding before Schick's deflected at- dum said. The mega-event is to be among the players and tempt forced Dutch goal- "No one was expecting us held in October-November. hoped that it will reflect in keeper Maarten Stekelen- Ligt in the nick of time. The momentum of the to reach the quarterfinals. performances on the "We have officially inti- burg into action two The Netherlands were off game changed though mo- We are super happy.