MOTOGP | Page 4 BOXING | Page 5 Honda’s Fury downs Marquez storms Schwarz in to victory in second round Catalan race technical KO Monday, June 17, 2019 FOOTBALL Shawwal 14, 1440 AH Record-breaking GULF TIMES Lloyd propels USA into last 16 SPORT Page 6 2019 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Ton-up Sharma stars as India ease past Pakistan Rahul, Kohli add half centuries as India set 337-run target; quick wickets put Pakistan on backfoot as rain curtails game AFP Worryingly for India, pace- Scorecard Manchester, United Kingdom man Bhuvneshwar Kumar limped off in the fi fth over of Pakistan’s INDIA chase with a hamstring injury K. Rahul c Babar b Riaz 57 ohit Sharma scored his that sidelined him from the rest second hundred in three of the match. R. Sharma c Riaz b Hasan 140 innings as India main- But Vijay Shankar, completing V. Kohli c Sarfaraz b Amir 77 tained their unbeaten the over, struck fi rst ball when he H. Pandya c Babar b Amir 26 Rrecord against Pakistan at the had opener Imam-ul-Haq lbw for World Cup with an 89-run win seven. MS Dhoni c Sarfaraz b Amir 1 under the Duckworth-Lewis- Fakhar Zaman (62) and Babar V. Shankar not out 15 Stern method yesterday. Azam (48) repaired the damage K. Jadhav not out 9 Sharma’s 140 was the centre- with a century stand, before they piece of a total of 336-5 that also both fell to left-arm wrist-spin- Extras (b1, lb1, w9) 11 featured captain Virat Kohli’s 77. ner Yadav as they tried to up the Total Victory in this rain-curtailed tempo. (five wickets, 50 overs) 336 clash saw India, who have now Fall of wickets: 1-136 (Ra- won all seven of their World Cup HUGE ROARS hul), 2-234 (Sharma), 3-285 matches against Pakistan, remain Babar was bowled between bat by (Pandya), 4-298 (Dhoni), unbeaten after four pool games at a superb delivery before Zaman 5-314 (Kohli) this year’s edition. miscued a sweep to short fi ne leg. Bowling: Amir 10-1-47-3 Pakistan, whose only 2019 pool All-rounder Hardik Pandya (1w), Hasan 9-0-84-1 (1w), win so far was a shock defeat of then took two wickets in two Riaz 10-0-71-1 (5w), Imad hosts England, were never truly balls. 10-0-49-0 (2w), Shadab 9-0- up with the rate in the showpiece Mohamed Hafeez was caught 61-0, Malik 1-0-11-0, Hafeez match of the 10-team round- at deep square leg before Shoaib 1-0-11-0 robin stage. Malik played on for his second They still had hope at 117 for successive duck — a wicket greet- one even though the most made ed with huge roars by the massed PAKISTAN ranks of India fans in a capacity by any side batting second to win Imam-ul-Haq lbw b Shankar 7 a World Cup match is Ireland’s crowd, with an estimated one bil- 329 for seven against England at lion watching on television. India’s Rohit Sharma celebrates his century with Virat Kohli (right) during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup match against Pakistan at Old F. Zaman c Chahal b Yadav 62 Bangalore in 2011. Earlier, Kohli became the Traff ord in Manchester, United Kingdom, yesterday. (Reuters) B. Azam b Yadav 48 But Kuldeep Yadav then struck quickest player to 11,000 one- M. Hafeez c Shankar b Pandya twice to spark a collapse that saw day international runs, getting an extraordinary square-cut six 9 Pakistan lose four wickets for 12 there in 222nd innings compared off paceman Hasan Ali. runs in 18 balls as they slumped to to compatriot Sachin Tendulkar’s His single off Shadab saw S. Ahmed b Shankar 12 129 for fi ve in 27 overs — long past previous record of 276 innings. Sharma to an 85-ball hundred S. Malik b Pandya 0 the 20-over cut-off point needed Meanwhile, Pakistan left-arm including three sixes and nine I. Wasim not out 46 for a result under Duckworth- quick Mohamed Amir continued fours. It was Sharma’s 24th ODI Lewis method. his fi ne form with 3-47 despite century. S. Khan not out 20 A third rain stoppage came two early warnings for running But a quickfi re stand of 98 with Extras (lb1, nb1, w6) 8 with Pakistan 166-6 off 35 overs. on the pitch. Kohli ended when Sharma, trying Total The match then descended into But not even Amir could stop a needlessly extravagant scoop, (six wickets, 40 overs) 212 something of a farce when play Sharma and KL Rahul (57) mark- fl icked Hasan to short fi ne leg. Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Imam), resumed under leaden skies, with ing their fi rst ODI match as a Kohli, 71 not out at the start of 2-117 (Babar), 3-126 (Fakhar), Pakistan requiring an outland- opening duo with a stand of 136 a 55-minute rain break, fell soon 4-129 (Hafeez), 5-129 ish 136 more runs in fi ve overs to after Pakistan captain Sarfaraz after the resumption when, try- (Shoaib), 6-165 (Sarfaraz), reach a revised victory total of Ahmed won the toss. ing to hook Amir, he ‘walked’ 302 in 40 overs. Sharma, who made 122 in In- for a catch behind by wicket- Bowling: Kumar 2.4-0-8- That target which, eventually dia’s opening win over South keeper Sarfaraz despite replays 0 (1w), Bumrah 8-0-52-0, became 94 off the last six balls, un- Africa and 57 against Australia, appearing to show he didn’t hit Shankar 5.2-0-22-2 (2w), surprisingly proved beyond them went to fi fty with a six over long- the ball. Pandya 8-0-44-2 (1w), Yadav as Pakistan fi nished on 212-6, deal- on and a cut four off successive 9-1-32-2, Chahal 7-0-53-0 (2w) ing a major blow to their semi-fi nal deliveries from recalled leg-spin- Pakistan’s Mohamed Amir (right) RESULT: India won by 89 hopes as India took the bragging ner Shadab Khan. in action during the match runs (D/L method) rights yet again. He then entered the 90s with against India yesterday. (AFP) FOOTBALL / COPA AMERICA Martinez cracker helps Colombia past Messi’s Argentina Reuters time since we beat Argentina and when he skewed a rebound wide mins then we had a bad end to the Salvador, Brazil we’re delighted,” Zapata told re- from close range, and the Bar- half,”,” said Scaloni. porters. “We’ll enjoy this, it’s a celona forward also went on a “We lost the ball a lot but in great result but the tournament thrilling solo run into the area but the second half we were very su- oger Martinez scored an goes on and there are lot of dif- could not get a shot away. perior to Colombia. Then, when outstanding goal as Co- fi cult games to go.” we were playing at our best, they lombia beat Argentina Both sets of supporters MASS BRAWL scored on the counterattack.” 2-0 in an exciting fi nale whipped up a lively atmosphere A mass brawl ensued when Messi The coach also complained Rto a Copa America Group B open- at a near-full Arena Fonte Nova, was cut down by Colombia’s about the state of the pitch, call- er on Saturday that burst into life providing a much-needed boost Juan Cuadrado in the second half ing it “lamentable”. after a sluggish start. for tournament organisers CON- while Argentina midfi elder Le- “But the thing I will take from Just as Colombia looked like MEBOL after over 40,000 seats andro Paredes fi zzed two shots the game is that we were able to being overwhelmed by a dan- were left empty in Peru’s game at goal. adjust and improve in the second gerous-looking Argentina side, with Venezuela earlier in the day. A goal from Lionel Scaloni’s half,” he added. “That might not substitute Martinez controlled a The fans were struggling for an- side looked imminent but Co- sound like much but it will help cross-fi eld ball on the left wing ything to get excited about as the lombia’s usual talisman James us in our next games.” in the 71st minute before cutting fi rst half dragged on, however. Rodriguez split their defence Argentina, who won the last of across the area and smashing it Colombia initially looked with an impressive long pass to their 14 South American titles in into the far top corner. stronger but Argentina were a dif- Martinez, who had come on early 1993, face Paraguay in their sec- His fellow substitute Duvan ferent beast when Rodrigo de Paul in the game after Luis Muriel was ond match in Belo Horizonte on Zapata made doubly sure Co- replaced Angel Di Maria immedi- forced off by injury. Wednesday. lombia would record their fi rst ately after the interval and captain Martinez’s stunning strike Colombia, Copa America cham- win over Argentina since 2007 Lionel Messi was able to fi nd space fl oored Argentina and although pions once in 2001, top Group B by pouncing from close range to to cause some problems. they came back with a couple with three points ahead of Qatar’s knock in a cross from Jeff erson Messi wasted the best chance more attempts, they never looked meeting with Paraguay later yes- Colombia’s Roger Martinez (second from right) celebrates after scoring against Argentina during their Lerma 15 minutes later.