THOSE WERE THE DAYS
1989:
Pakistan’s Shoaib Mohammad took 12 hours to score 163 runs against New Zealand in Wellington, including a record 11-and-a-half hours to reach 150. 1991: BBC television commentator Ron Pickering died aged 60. A renowned coach, he guided Lynn Davies to the 1964 Olympic long jump gold medal. 1992: Liverpool signed a then-record £4million four-year sponsorship deal with Carlsberg.
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
1999:
Arsenal offered to restage their fifth-round FA Cup clash against Sheffield United after a controversial Marc Overmars goal settled the original tie. 2009: The second Test between England and West Indies was abandoned after 10 balls
because of an unfit outfield at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. The match was moved to the Antigua Recreation Ground two days later and ended as a draw. 2012: Wolves sacked manager Mick McCarthy.
2016: Ireland‘s Six Nations title defence was dealt a telling blow with a 10-9 defeat by France.
2017: Joe Root described himself as “privileged, humbled and very excited” after being named as England Test captain.
NICK KYRGIOS By raised 10pt doubts Byline over playing at Wimbledon this summer after his showstopping defeat by Dominic Thiem. The Aussie whipped the home crowd into a frenzy with some sensational tennis – and took the second set with an outrageous underarm serve winner.
World No3 Thiem showed his class and nerve to fight back and win 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 but it was another compelling Kyrgios performance. The world No47, left, has not played outside his homeland since last February and decided against travelling to the US and French Opens for health reasons.
Wimbledon will be staged this year, probably with a limited crowd.
Asked whether he could return to Europe for the grass court season, Kyrgios said: “I’m used to playing in front of packed stadiums.
“I’m not going to force myself around the world when the time is not right, where I have to quarantine for a week and then play.