LONDON: James Vince admitted he was disappointed not to get his first Test century after he was run out for 83 on day one of the Ashes in Brisbane.
England resumed their first innings earlier this morning on 196 for four having won the toss and elected to bat. Australia struck early, Alastair Cook caught behind off the bowling of Mitchell Starc for two to leave the tourists floundering on two for one. But in came Vince who with Mark Stoneman (53, pictured left) put on 125 for the second wicket — England’s highest stand in Australia for seven years — to lift the tourists out of trouble and briefly into the ascendancy.
The elegant right hander’s knock came to an end when he ran for a quick single only to be run out by a piece of brilliance from Nathan Lyon.
Australia then took the vital wicket of England skipper Joe Root (15) as England closed out the day with honors even.
But the day belonged to Vince, who revealed he was gutted not to reach three figures.
“It was nice to get some runs early,” he said. “Not getting a ton was disappointing. No matter what score you get you always want more. It would have been nice to be there at the end of the day, but stuff like that happens in cricket.
“I’m sure lying in bed I’ll have a few thoughts about missing out, but if you’d offered me 80-odd I’d have taken it.
“Next time I probably won’t take that run. It was a good bit of fielding. He bowled pretty well and deserved something from the day.”
No Test ton hurts born-again Vince in Brisbane battle
No Test ton hurts born-again Vince in Brisbane battle
Guardiola delivers speech in support of Palestinian children
- Star Manchester City manager wore keffiyeh at charity concert in Barcelona
- They have been ‘abandoned’ because ‘those in power are cowards’
LONDON: Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola delivered a speech in support of Palestinian children at a charity concert in Barcelona, calling for greater action to protect them.
The star manager, 55, wore a keffiyeh and spoke passionately about his pain at seeing the suffering of Palestinian children, Sky News reported.
“Good evening, salam alaikum, how wonderful,” he told the crowd. “When I see a child in these past two years with these images on social media, on television, recording himself pleading ‘where is my mother?’ among the rubble and he still doesn’t know it.
“And I always think, ‘What must they be thinking?’ And I think we’ve left them alone, abandoned.” He added: “I always imagine them saying, ‘Where are you? Come help us.’”
Guardiola said “even now, we haven’t done it,” because perhaps “those in power are cowards,” adding: “They basically send innocent young people to kill innocent people.”
He demanded a “step forward” as part of what he described as a “statement for Palestine and … a statement for humanity.”
