GGOLFOLF | Page 6 FORMULA 1 | Page 7 Spieth leads Hamilton pips Reed by one Bottas to clinch shot at PGA 66th pole in Travelers Azerbaijan Sunday, June 25, 2017 FOOTBALL Shawwal 1, 1438 AH Ronaldo hits GULF TIMES milestone as Portugal reach semi-fi nals SPORT Page 4 RUGBY British and Irish Lions (in red and white) watch New Zealand perform the haka at Eden Park in Auckland yesterday. (Reuters) Winger Rieko Ioane scores two tries in second half as All Blacks roar past Lions 30-15 in first Test in Auckland AFP The world champions turned 13-8 hand up front, but in fairness to them go back to the drawing board on Mon- Lions pack started to wilt. Blacks won another penalty close to the Auckland ahead after an absorbing fi rst half but they got it today.” day. Nothing’s been earned yet so we The three-tries-to-two victory Lions line. they took charge in the second period, After a fevered build-up to the game, will work harder next week.” kept alive the All Blacks’ phenomenal While the Lions switched off , ex- in which the Lions’ lone score was Rhys which All Blacks coach Steve Hansen record, with 47 wins in a row on home pecting a shot at goal, the All Blacks ieko Ioane grabbed a second- Webb’s try at the death. compared to a World Cup fi nal, Beau- TACTICAL TWIST soil since 2009 and no defeats at Eden took a quick tap which resulted in Tay- half try double as the All It leaves the Lions, who have not den Barrett’s early penalty and hooker Twelve years since the Lions were Park since 1994. lor’s try in the corner. Blacks steamrollered the Brit- won a series in New Zealand since 1971, Codie Taylor’s try, after he plucked a ‘blackwashed’ 3-0 on their last visit But it was a brutal, bloody encounter. After an exchange of penalties by ish and Irish Lions 30-15 yes- with much to ponder heading into the pass off his shoelaces, put New Zealand to New Zealand, the game turned on a The All Blacks lost both fullback Ben Owen Farrell and Barrett the Lions Rterday to leave the visitors on the brink second of three Tests next week in Wel- 10-0 up. brutal scrum by the All Blacks. Smith (concussion) and outside centre launched their running game with a of yet another series defeat. lington. They were struggling to build on It led to Ioane’s fi rst try on 55 min- Ryan Crotty (hamstring) in the fi rst 30 counter-attack by Liam Williams in- The 20-year-old wing justifi ed his “No excuse in terms of the result,” their 13-8 half-time lead before Ioane, utes, and the second came when the All minutes. side his own 22 which caught the All surprise pick ahead of the prolifi c Julian Gatland said. “The All Blacks were very cashing in on some demolition work by Blacks forwards secured turnover ball. After being on the back foot for the Blacks off guard. Savea, handing New Zealand complete direct, better than us at the breakdown the powerful All Blacks pack, exploded Scrum-half TJ Perenara, taking a leaf fi rst 10 minutes, the All Blacks gave He offl oaded to Jonathan Davies who control against a Lions side which had and we missed opportunities — all into action. from the playbook of his Lions opposite the Lions a taste of their own medicine took play deep into All Blacks territory, been expected to run them close. things we can fi x. “It was a bloody tough Test match. number Conor Murray, put in a box kick with a series of charges through the where the ever-present O’Brien fi n- It was a match that confounded “We created chances and shifted the Certainly that fi rst half had everything which Ioane gathered and raced away to middle which had the tourists scram- ished off a brilliant move. stereotypes as the All Blacks employed ball pretty well. They didn’t come out — both teams throwing the ball around, score. bling before they eventually conceded a In a torrid second half in the rain, the a direct, forwards-based game and the and play champagne rugby, they were two bloody good sides,” said All Blacks Murray’s own box kicks, which penalty, which Barrett converted. game broke open with Ioane’s tries on Lions produced a superb running try, very direct off nine. captain Kieran Read. caused the All Blacks much discomfort Five minutes later, from a repeat 55 and 70 minutes, before Webb’s late fi nished off by fl anker Sean O’Brien. “We were looking to get the upper “That’s one (win),” he added. “We’ll in the opening 30 minutes, faded as the of the same, direct approach, the All consolation eff ort for the visitors. CRICKET India too strong for England in Women’s World Cup opener AFP chasing a bigger target in a women’s ship between Smriti and Punam,” said get away. We backed ourselves to chase London one-day international. the assured Raj, who was seen reading a it down but lost wickets and struggled. England just about kept themselves book before she came into bat wearing a “India took the game away from us in the hunt and were still in with a fl oppy hat rather than the now ubiqui- with the bat. It was an exciting match ndia beat hosts England by 35 runs chance thanks to Fran Wilson’s maiden tous helmet. but I’m really disappointed to end up on on the opening day of the 2017 fi fty at 229 for six in the 44th over. “After I batted, I realised that the the losing side.” Women’s World Cup at Derby yes- But her departure for 81 — one of wicket didn’t have much assistance for Meanwhile, yesterday’s other match terday. four run-outs in the innings — left the the bowlers, and that the spinners, in saw 2000 champions New Zealand IIndia piled up an imposing 281 for lower order of England, now a team of particular, will have to bowl in the right hammer Sri Lanka by nine wickets at three in their 50 overs thanks to fi fties full-time professionals, with too much areas.” Bristol. from Smriti Mandhana (90) and Punam to do. England captain Heather Knight, Raut (86), who put on 144 for the fi rst Three-times champions England, who opted to fi eld fi rst after winning BRIEF SCORES: India 281 for 3 in 50 wicket, as well as 71 from skipper Mith- who’ve won the previous two World the toss, added: “I thought the wicket overs (S Mandhana 90, P Raut 86, M ali Raj. Cups staged in their own country, were would do a bit more, but to be honest, Raj 71; H Knight 2-41) beat England Only reigning world champions Aus- eventually bowled out for 246. we didn’t put the ball in the right areas. 246 all out in 47.3 overs (F Wilson 81; D tralia had previously made a success of “It was a brilliant opening partner- “We bowled too short and let them Sharma 3-47, S Pandey 2-35) by 35 runs India’s Smrti Mandhana (right) in action against England yesterday. (Reuters) Gulf Times 2 Sunday, June 25, 2017 CRICKET SPOTLIGHT ICC confi rms plans for World XI Morris has no qualms over series in Pak London: Plans for the full resumption of international cricket in Pakistan moved forward on Friday when the sport’s global governing bizarre Roy dismissal body said it wanted to send a World XI to the country later this year. Roy became the first player in a Twenty20 international to be given out obstructing the field With the exception of Zim- babwe’s tour two years ago, AFP Pakistan have had to play Taunton, United Kingdom all of their ‘home’ matches outside of the country since a 2009 terror attack on Sri hris Morris said South Africa Lanka’s team bus in Lahore. were prepared to ‘take it and But Friday saw the Inter- run’ after the extraordinary national Cricket Council, dismissal of England’s Jason following the conclusion of CRoy helped set up a morale-boosting its annual meeting in London, win in the second Twenty20 interna- announce that plans for a tional at Taunton. World XI to play in Pakistan A tour that had already seen the Pro- later this year were “continu- teas lose a one-day international se- ing to be developed”. ries to England 2-1, and cement their The ICC board said it had reputation as serial under-achievers at agreed to support a three- major events with a fi rst-round exit at game Twenty20 series be- the Champions Trophy ODI tourna- tween Pakistan and a World ment before Wednesday’s nine-wicket XI in a bid to help revive inter- thrashing in the fi rst Twenty20, was national cricket in the coun- heading for yet another defeat while try. All the matches would Surrey opener Roy was making a stylish take place in Lahore and be 67 at Taunton on Friday. accorded full Twenty20 inter- But the match swung South Africa’s national status, the ICC said, way when Durban-born Roy became adding “further details will be the fi rst player in a Twenty20 interna- announced in due course.” tional to be given out obstructing the After Pakistan’s stunning fi eld.