‘When they’re hot, they’re really hot. We have to find ways of trying to cool them down’ New Zealand’s Mitchell WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2019 Santner on Pakistan QREC renews Qatar Goodwood CRICKET WORLD CUP Festival sponsorship till 2024 PAGE 15 NEW ZEALAND VS PAKISTAN STANDINGS TEAM P W L T NR PTS AUSTRALIA 7 6 1 0 0 12 Finch to the fore as Aussies NEW ZEALAND 6 5 0 0 1 11 INDIA 5 4 0 0 1 9 ENGLAND 7 4 3 0 0 8 BANGLADESH 7 3 3 0 1 7 SRI LANKA 6 2 2 0 2 6 crush England, make semis PAKISTAN 6 2 3 0 1 5 WEST INDIES 6 1 4 0 1 3 SOUTH AFRICA 7 1 5 0 1 3 AFGHANISTAN 7 0 7 0 0 0 Note: Top four teams qualify for semi-finals. Big strike Mitchell Starc was brought back to take a key wicket WI legend Lara and duly obliged with a thunderbolt yorker, his admitted to 18th wicket of the tournament, Mumbai hospital that ended Ben AFP Stokes’s 115-ball MUMBAI Five-wkt haul for innings of 89, Jason Behrendorff including eight WEST Indies batting legend fours and two Brian Lara was admitted to a sixes. hospital in Mumbai Tuesday AFP after complaining of chest LONDON pain, Indian media reports Mitchell Starc and sources said. AUSTRALIA captain Aaron The 50-year-old Trinidadi- Finch hit a hundred before left- an was rushed to hospital after arm quicks Jason Behrendorff he complained of discomfort and Mitchell Starc shared nine during a promotional event, wickets as the reigning cham- the Press Trust of India (PTI) pions thumped England by 64 news agency said, quoting a runs at Lord’s on Tuesday to source close to the player. book their place in the semi- “He is fine and will be finals of the World Cup. discharged soon,” the source Finch made exactly 100 in told PTI. a total of 285-7 before England Lara is in Mumbai to take slumped to 221 all out with 32 part in events organised by balls left. Star Sports, the official broad- The recalled Behrendorff casters of the ongoing cricket took 5-44 – his first five-wicket World Cup. “He complained haul in a One-Day Interna- of chest pain and uneasiness tional – while Starc became the this morning and was sent for leading bowler at the tourna- a routine check-up. He is fine ment with 19 scalps thanks to a now,” a source at the broad- haul of 4-43. caster, who asked not to be For England, who entered named, told AFP. the showpiece event as the top- One of the best batsmen ranked side in ODI cricket, this of the modern era, Lara holds was a second straight defeat two world batting records -- after their shock 20-run loss to the highest ever Test score of Sri Lanka. 400 not out and the highest The host nation, bidding to first class knock of 501 that win a first World Cup title, can Australia captain Aaron Finch celebrates his century against England at Lord’s in England’s star all-rounder Ben Stokes reacts after being cleaned up by a yorker from he scores in English county still qualify for the semi-finals London on Tuesday. Finch topscored for his side with an exact 100. (AFP) Australia paceman Mitchell Starc at the Lord’s Cricket Ground on Tuesday. (AFP) championship in 1994. The but they are likely to need to former skipper retired in 2007 beat at least one of India and in nine balls. and Jos Buttler (25) repaired SCOREBOARD 123 as too many of England’s after a dismal West Indies New Zealand in their remain- Joe Root was plumb lbw to some of the damage with a AUSTRALIA ENGLAND pacemen, with the exception of campaign in the World Cup. ing two group games. an inswinger for eight before fifth-wicket stand of 71. A. Finch c Woakes b Archer 100 J. Vince b Behrendorff 0 Chris Woakes, dropped short. “There are teams that England captain Eoin Morgan Buttler was well caught D. Warner c Root b Ali 53 J. Bairstow c Cummins b Behrendorff 27 The skipper’s exit sparked you have confidence playing (four) fell into a hooking trap by Usman Khawaja, running U. Khawaja b Stokes 23 J. Root lbw b Starc 8 a late flurry of wickets but Aus- S. Smith c Archer b Woakes 38 E. Morgan c Cummins b Starc 4 against but I have had plenty of when a top-edge was held safe- round and staying just inside G. Maxwell c Buttler b Wood 12 B. Stokes b Starc 89 tralia had enough runs. Both Snookered: Murphy low scores against England as ly by Pat Cummins at fine leg. the deep square leg boundary M. Stoinis run out 8 J. Buttler c Khawaja b Stoinis 25 Warner, the World Cup’s lead- flops in Open golf bid well,” said man-of-the-match Australia, who had lost off Marcus Stoinis. A. Carey not out 38 C. Woakes c Finch b Behrendorff 26 ing run-scorer, and Steve Smith Finch. 10 of their previous 11 ODIS Stokes defiantly hit Glenn P. Cummins c Buttler b Woakes 1 Moeen Ali c Carey b Behrendorff 6 were booed as they entered and M. Starc not out 4 A. Rashid c Stoinis b Starc 25 LONDON: Former snooker “It was nipping around first against England, were in com- Maxwell for two sixes in three Did not bat: Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon J. Archer c Warner b Behrendorff 1 exited the field following their world champion Shaun Murphy thing. We were as tight as we plete charge with the hosts now balls but, shortly before com- Extras: (lb4, w4) 8 M. Wood not out 1 recent return from year-long and ex-international cricketer could be and then took advan- 26-3. pleting his fifty, the all-rounder TOTAL: (For 7 wickets, 50 overs) 285 Extras: (lb5, b1, w3) 9 bans for ball-tampering. Sean Ervine failed to make tage of any width.” England have surged to the pulled up with a calf injury. Fall of wickets: 1-123 (Warner), 2-173 (Khawaja), TOTAL: (All out, 44.4 overs) 221 Finch went to his century 3-185 (Finch), 4-213 (Maxwell), 5-228 (Stoinis), Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vince), 2-15 (Root), 3-26 the cut as they swapped the England’s reply saw them top of the ODI rankings on the Starc was brought back 6-250 (Smith), 7-259 (Cummins). (Morgan), 4-53 (Bairstow), 5-124 (Buttler), 6-177 thanks to a misfield by Woakes cue and bat for golf clubs in lose a wicket off just the sec- back of aggressive run-scoring to take a key wicket and duly Bowling: Woakes 10-0-46-2 (1w); Archer 9-0-56-1 (Stokes), 7-189 (Moeen), 8-202 (Woakes), 9-211 but next ball he miscued a hook qualifying for the British Open ond ball of their chase, with the but the worry for Morgan’s obliged with a thunderbolt yor- (1w); Wood 9-0-59-1 (2w); Stokes 6-0-29-1; Ali 6-0- (Archer), 10-221 (Rashid). off Jofra Archer and Woakes on Monday. Both were eligible 42-1; Rashid 10-0-49-0. Bowling: Behrendorff 10-0-44-5 (1w); Starc 8.4-1-43- struggling James Vince – only men is that too many of their ker, his 18th wicket of the tour- Toss: England; Man-of-the-Match: Aaron Finch 4; Cummins 8-1-41-0 (1w); Lyon 9-0-43-0; Stoinis held the catch at fine leg. to enter qualifying thanks to a playing because Jason Roy top-order appear to know only nament, that ended Stokes’s Result: Australia won by 64 runs. 7-0-29-1 (1w); Maxwell 2-0-15-0. The skipper faced 116 balls, scratch handicap, but on this was out with a hamstring in- one way to bat. 115-ball innings of 89, includ- with 11 fours and two sixes evidence will not be rivalling jury – bowled by a Behrendorff Jonny Bairstow, for exam- ing eight fours and two sixes. effectively ended the contest. Earlier Finch, dropped on in his second century of this the tour professionals in their inswinger. ple, fell next to a careless hook Stokes’s dismissal left Eng- Starc ended the match when he 15, and fellow opener David World Cup following his 153 adopted sport. (AFP) Starc then took two wickets off Behrendorff before Stokes land 177-6 in the 37th over and dismissed Adil Rashid. Warner (53) shared a stand of against Sri Lanka. Qatar’s Ambassador to Singapore hosts national tennis team ahead of Davis Cup TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK stressed the fact that tennis and Malaysia. SINGAPORE became popular in Qatar as Qatar have been drawn in the federation hosts a large Pool B. The matches will be THE Ambassador of Qatar to number of international ten- played at the OCBC Arena in Singapore HE Abdullah bin nis events including Qatar Singapore on round-robin ba- Ibrahim al Hamar held a din- ExxonMobil Open and Qa- Asia/Oceania sis with two pools of 4 teams ner banquet in honour of the tar Total Open which attracts (Pool A (Vietnam, Kuwait, delegation of Qatar’s national world stars. Qatar have been drawn in Sri Lanka, Singapore) and B tennis team ahead of their He wished all success to Pool B of Davis Cup 2019 (Iran, Qatar, Syria, Malaysia).