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Monday 1 July 2019
England shines on India to revive Cricket World Cup hopes

By BRIAN CHURCH tually India lost to England
Associated Press at the World Cup for the
BIRMINGHAM, England first time since 1992.
(AP) — India played in India had been 28-1 after
bright orange jerseys but 10 overs — the slowest pow-
England shone brighter for erplay of the tournament
once as the hosts revital- — and it was too heavy
ized their struggling Cricket a weight to carry through
World Cup campaign with the innings. Hardik Pandya
a 31-run victory on Sunday. was threatening at the end
Eoin Morgan's team need- with 45 off 33 balls but was
ed this win at a sunny Edg- caught by Vince off Plun-
baston to stay in control of kett with around five overs
its own fate at the tourna- left and India still needing
ment, and once India cap- 71 to win.
tain Virat Kohli departed Chris Woakes ended on
for 66 it always looked likely 2-58, including three maid-
England would prevail. ens, and Jofra Archer a tidy
India, playing in an away 0-45.
kit to avoid a clash of col- England's Chris Woakes fields off his own bowling during the Cricket World Cup match between England returned to fourth
ors with England, finished India and England in Birmingham, England, Sunday, June 30, 2019. spot in the standings on 10
on 306-5 after losing the Associated Press points, one ahead of Paki-
toss and watching Eng- stan. England plays 2015 fi-
land amass 337-7 with a first during the week, unhappy even dot balls often being form and shared a 138-run nalist New Zealand in its last
World Cup century from with Vaughan's criticism of given a good whack. partnership for the second group game at Durham on
Jonny Bairstow (111) and team performances. It all Joe Root chipped in with 44 wicket with Rohit Sharma Wednesday. Two days later
Jason Roy returning from a turned out fine according from 54 deliveries and Ben (102), who reached his Pakistan plays Bangladesh
hamstring injury with a 57- to captain Morgan. Stokes smashed six bound- century at a roughly run- at Lord's. It wasn't only bad
ball 66. "He likes a bit of fire in his aries and three sixes to a-ball rate and had hit 15 news for Pakistan. Sri Lanka
Bairstow was even more belly, and I don't mind that lead the later charge with fours by that stage. can no longer advance to
brutal than Roy, ending when he comes out and 79 from 54 as England, on Kohli had only been dis- the last four.
with 10 fours and six sixes, plays like that," Morgan said course for a 400-plus total missed once at Edgbas- India remains second with
including a huge swipe in of Bairstow. "It's definitely a at one point, still managed ton in five previous innings. a game in hand — facing
the 19th over off Kuldeep match-winning knock." to set India a record World Make that two in six. He Bangladesh at Edgbaston
Yadav which substitute Despite the abundance Cup chase. was out after a 76-ball in- on Tuesday and Sri Lanka
fielder Ravindra Jadeja on of sixes from England — 13 Pacer Mohammed Shami nings with seven fours when on Saturday at Headingley
the boundary would not against just the one for In- took 5-69, while spinner Yuz- he sliced the ball to substi- — but Kohli's team is no lon-
have reached with a lad- dia from MS Dhoni (42 not vendra Chahal returned tute fielder James Vince ger unbeaten.
der. The pair combined for out in 31 balls) in the last 0-88 off 10 overs. at backward point off the "Every team has lost a
160 before Roy was out. over of the game — this The chase looked huge for bowling of Liam Plunkett (3- game or two here and
Bairstow had engaged in was a more controlled India but it wasn't always 55). there. No one likes to lose
a spat with former England aggression on show from comfortable for England. Kohli's loss was a significant but we have to take it in
captain Michael Vaughan the tournament hosts, with Kohli was in typically superb momentum shift and even- our stride. q

African Cup stunner: Madagascar beats Nigeria to progress

Associated Press sprinted from the dugout to for the opener when Balo-
CAIRO (AP) — Madagascar join the celebrations on the gun hesitated and allowed
marked its first appearance field. the Madagascar forward
at the African Cup of Na- At the final whistle, players to steal the ball from in front
tions with an extraordinary dumped bottles of water of him.
upset of Nigeria to qualify over Dupuis as if they'd won Nomenjanahary skipped
for the last 16 on Sunday. the whole tournament. round goalkeeper Ikechuk-
Madagascar stunned the Just qualifying was a major wu Ezenwa and slotted
three-time champion 2-0 feat for a squad made up home.
to win Group B ahead of mainly of players from the Nigeria midfielder Wilfred
the Nigerians. Nigeria had lower leagues in France. Ndidi gave away a free
already qualified for the The Madagascans ensured kick and was then the play-
knockout stages but that their debut was memora- er to get the last touch as
won't prevent the match ble by beating one of Af- Andrea's free kick deflect-
from ranking as one of the rica's strongest teams and ed off the defensive wall
biggest surprises in African going unbeaten through and looped into the goal
Cup history. the group stage. with Ezenwa wrong-footed.
Lalaina Nomenjanahary Nigeria, which won the Af- Guinea beat 10-man Bu-
took advantage of an error Egypt's Mohamed Salah scores during of the African Cup of Na- rican Cup in 2013, looked rundi, another tournament
tions group A soccer match between Egypt and Uganda in Cai-
by defender Leon Balogun ro International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 30, 2019. disjointed and dispirited debutant, 2-0 in Group B's
to intercept a pass and put Associated Press and failed to live up to its other game. That meant
Madagascar ahead in the hype as one of the favor- Guinea finished third in the
13th minute in Alexandria. free kick early in the sec- Reserve players leaped ites alongside host Egypt group and could still reach
Carolus Andrea scored the ond half, sending the Mad- over the advertising boards and Senegal. the last 16 as one of the four
second with a deflected agascans into ecstasy. and coach Nicolas Dupuis Nomenjanahary pounced best third-place teams.q