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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. '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 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- 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. We do ground. mated the ICC that the minutes later. to a promising start in the ments later as De Ligt was not have a lot of stars in our “This is a very good team. T20 World Cup can be With 37 minutes gone, second half and should sent off for a handball, team, but we had the team There is positivity, confi- the Czech got the best op- have opened the scoring, which weakened the Dutch. spirit. Of course, De Ligt's shifted to the United Arab dence in our team and Emirates. The details are portunity in the first half but failed to The Czechs immediately dismissal was crucial and everybody is confident that beat Czech goalkeeper utilised their numerical ad- being chalked out," Gan- we will do well. There is a lot but Antonin Barak's made things a lot of easier guly said. promising shot from close Tomas Vaclik in a one-on- vantage and snatched the for us," Czech Republic of excitement,” Dhawan one in the 52nd minute. opener through Holes, who The ICC, at the start of the said at the virtual press con- range was blocked by De striker Schick said. month, had given BCCI a ference. “It is a new chal- four-week window to decide lenge but at the same time it and inform whether India PTI was first to report on demic forced the postpone- is a great opportunity for all Deepika reclaims world no.1 ranking after could host the marquee May 4 that the tournament ment of IPL, the second part of us to show our talent.” event considering the was being shifted to the of which is also being held Everybody is waiting (for COVID-19 situation in the UAE. in the UAE in September- the tour to begin),” he hat-trick of gold medals at WC Stage 3 country. This was after the pan- October. added. PARIS, JUNE 28: Star Indian archer Deepika Ku- mari on Monday regained England beat India in 1st WODI the number one position in global rankings following BRISTOL, JUNE 28: Skipper the openers cheaply. Touted as the India vice-captain Harmanpreet her hat-trick of gold medals Mithali Raj’s fighting half-century next big thing in Indian women’s Kaur's (1) poor form continued as he at the World Cup Stage 3 went in vain as England Women rode cricket, teen sensation Shafali didn’t trouble the scorers much, here. on Tammy Beaumont and Nat Verma’s much-anticipated ODI de- sneaking one to off Eccle- The 27-year-old from Sciver’s aggressive unbeaten fifties to but lasted just 14 balls from which she stone (3/40). Ranchi, who had achieved beat a below-par India Women by scored 15 runs with the help of three It was a struggle for experienced the top spot for the first eight wickets in the first ODI of the fours. campaigner Mithali early on. She time in 2012, on Sunday three-match series here on Sunday. Shafali, who became the youngest found boundaries hard to come by, claimed gold medals in Mithali led from the front with a pa- Indian cricketer to make debut across notching up her fifty in 95 balls with a three recurve events -- tient 72 to guide India Women to a formats on Sunday, perished in four off Shrubsole. women's individual, team modest 201 for eight after being put search of too many big shots when Together with Deepti, Mithali then and mixed pair. in to bat. she miscued a added 65 runs for the fifth wicket be- "This is going to take Mithali held India’s innings to- (2/35) delivery to at fore the former was dismissed, LBW Deepika to the number one gether following two early dismissals. mid-on in the fifth over. to Shrubsole. spot in the world rankings She shared two crucial partnerships Smriti Mandhana (10) followed But soon after Deepti’s dismissal, on Monday," World — 56 runs with Punam Raut (32) and soon when Shrubsole (2/33) went Mithali changed gears and hit three Archery had tweeted on its 65 with Deepti Sharma (30) — to help through her defence before Punam boundaries in an over, slicing and official handle after Deepika's gold rush. India go past the 200-run mark. and Mithali resurrected the innings. lofting Shrubsole to amass 15 runs off couple from a 0-2 deficit to three in the recurve won all three medals in a But England Women cantered After the early dismissals, both the 44th over. Deepika first combined with Ankita Bhakat and Ko- down the Netherland's Sjef women's section, her fourth World Cup. home with 91 balls to spare, thanks to Punam and Mithali played cautiously Just when Mithali was looking dan- van den Berg and Gabriela individual World Cup gold I'm really happy but at the opener Beaumont (87 off 87 but did not hesitate to punish the bad gerous, Ecclestone got rid of her in malika Bari to notch up the women's recurve team gold Schloesser 5-3 for the gold medal. same time, I've to continue balls) and Sciver’s (74 off 74) unbro- balls. the 46th over as India slumped to 180 medal. Overall, she has nine improving as we have some ken 119-run third-wicket partnership When the partnership was just for 6. with a comfortable win over Mexico. The Ranchi archer then gold, 12 silver and seven very, very important com- that came off just 19 overs. starting to flourish, Punam departed Shikha Pandey (3) and Jhulan blanked 17th ranked Russ- bronze medals in the World petitions lined up," Deepika Earlier, India’s start was far from by handing a simple catch to Sophie Goswami (1) remained unbeaten to She then paired up with husband Atanu Das and the ian Elena Osipova 6-0 to Cup. had told PTI after her tri- impressive as the visitors lost both Ecclestone off . help India get past the 200-run mark. cap a perfect three out of "This is the first time I've umphs.