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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2019

‘HELPING OUR YOUTH THROUGH EDUCATION AND SPORTS’

TEAM BAHAMAS at the Sugar Bert Boxing Tournament. Kneeling (l-r) are Lennox Boyce, Ronald Woodside, Patrick Joseph and Jovan Johnson. Standing are Keishno Major, Elizabeth Hutchinson, Wellington Smith, Vincent Strachan, Keith Major Jr and Carl Hield.

Boxing team brings home gold medal, three silver By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net arl Hield secured the lone gold as the Bahamas picked up three additional silver medals at the Bert Sugar Boxing Tournament over the weekend. Competing at the Charlotte Harbor Convention Center in Punta Gorda, Florida, Hield dominated his middleweight match from start to finish to lead the team by example. Lennox Boyce, boxing out of the elite welterweight division, picked up one of the silver medals after he fell short in his final. Patrick Joseph, a student from Anatol Rodgers High School, won by a walkover

after his opponent took one look at him and refused to enter the ring. In his next match, Joseph got tired and was unable to continue as the referee stopped the bout. Elizabeth Hutchinson, the lone female competitor on the team, got a bye into the final where she eventually lost out after putting on a superb performance for the silver in her debut as well. Ronald Woodside, who was originally not scheduled to travel, changed his mind at the last minute and made the trip. He had an impressive showing in the elite lightweight division but came up short in the judges’ corner. Jovan Johnson, another student from the Anatol

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CARL HIELD, right, and federation president Vincent Strachan.

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - For more than three decades, Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee has helped to impact the lives of more student athletes than he can count through HOYTES. Helping Our Youth Through Education and Sports - HOYTES - is a programme that was started jointly by McPhee, Doug Collins, Charles ‘Chuck’ Mackey and the late Watewell Rigby 35 years ago. Today, McPhee is almost single-handedly leading the charge in keeping the programme going, albeit, with a lot more events in Grand Bahama where he is based. “There are a lot of needs for young people to have somebody to lead them in the right direction in sports and to discipline them,” McPhee said. “The good thing is that I had some good coaches like Lou Adderley, Vince Ferguson, Homer Winder and in baseball, Charlie Williams and Benny Adderley as well as Roderick Simms, my first physical education teacher, was my idol.” As a result of what these men and others imparted into his life, McPhee said he was able to carry out his “God-given” calling to inspire and motivate young people. “I just can’t give it up,” McPhee said. Over the weekend at the St George’s Gymnasium, McPhee hosted the 14th Annual HOYTES Labour Day Basketball Classic. The event attracted teams from Grand Bahama, New Providence and Grand Cay. “It’s tiresome, but there’s a need there, so if you have the calling, all you have to do is use it,” McPhee said. “I believe I had the calling to stay with young people, so I will continue to do so.” While some of the pioneers of HOYTES are no longer in the spotlight, McPhee said he’s grateful that some of the players whom he has groomed are coming back and giving their time and energy as coaches.

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‘Softly’ Robins Summer Basketball Camp begins on June 17 By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT - Since 1978 when he returned from college, Charlie ‘Softly’ Robins has been giving back to the community, hosting an annual summer basketball camp. He started at Aquinas College when he served as physical education teacher and now it has grown in Grand Bahama where he resides and he was inspired to continue through his longtime mentor and friend Gladstone’ Moon’ McPhee. The Softly Robins Summer Basketball Camp, now 41 years old, is scheduled to be held June 17-20 at

the Charlie ‘Softly’ Robins Basketball Park in Grand Bahama. From July 1-5, Robins will move the camp to Bimini in honour of his deceased brother Sugar Robins, who was instrumental in helping him when he was alive. “I see that the kids need a little help in Bimini because they like basketball a lot,” said Robins of his decision to continue the camp. “But here in Grand Bahama, this is something from time and memory that I do. I had a lot of players who passed through it, young people like Peter Adderley, Ben Russell, and the late Ritchie Adderley.” While he basks in their glory when he sees players who advance

to the professional ranks as a result of their participation in the camp, Robins said it’s all about “making young men out of these guys in Grand Bahama. “I found that most of these guys had nothing to do in the summer and I realised that Moon couldn’t do it all himself. Errol Bodie was into track and field and basketball was my thing, so we decided to put it on.” Formerly held at St Vincent de Paul School, to Mary Star of the Sea and the Jack Hayward Gymnasium, Robins said the camp is held at the Charlie ‘Softly’ Robins Basketball Park that was held in CHARLIE Robins stands near the sign of the park named in his honour.

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National baseball champions soak up spotlight at Emera FREEPORT — What was supposed to be a classic rematch turned out to be a rout, thanks to the superb pitching from Freedom Farm ace’s Jeorge Araujo as they shutout the Junior Baseball League of Nassau. After losing their only game 7-3 to JBLN in the round robin, the Farm got revenge when it counted the most with their 9-0 blank job in the final of the 16-and-under division at the Emera Baseball Complex on Sunday. Their game completed the first leg of the Bahamas Baseball Association’s new triple National Championships series as Sunday action earlier saw the Grand Bahama Little League hold onto the bronze in their showdown against the rookie Andros team with a 15-0 rout. And on Saturday, the GBLL emerged as the champions of the 18-andunder division with a 10-6 decision over JBLL in the final of their best-of-five series for a 3-1 advantage, while Freedom Farm took home the Tee Ball title over Grand Bahama’s Legacy.

FREEDOM FARM, 16-and-under champions.

FREEDOM Farm’s Tee Ball champions.

GRAND Bahama’s 18-and-under champions.

JBLN’s 18-and-under runners-up.

JBLN’s 16-and-under runners-up team.

GRAND Bahama’s Legacy tee ball team.

GRAND Bahama’s 16-and-under bronze medal winners.

FREEDOM Farm and Legacy Tee Ball teams mix it up at awards ceremony.

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Andros Kings make their presence felt at National Baseball Championships By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT — The introduction of baseball for the island of Andros at the Bahamas Baseball Federation’s National Championships is hoped will be the impetus to generate more interest in the sport. The Andros Kings was one of four teams that participated in the 16-andunder division of the tournament over the weekend at the Emera Baseball Park. They didn’t win any games, but they made their presence felt. During the round robin, Andros got shutout 14-0 by the Junior Baseball League of Nassau and was blanked 15-0 by Freedom Farm, but got on the scoreboard in their 16-1 rout of the Grand Bahama Baseball League. In the playoffs, Andros scored again as they lost 15-1 to JBLN.

That enabled them to play for the bronze medal where they went scoreless 15-0 against Grand Bahama. “It was a great experience. This was the first time most of the guys ever played baseball,” said coach Michael Miller. “Resources were not available, but their heart and determination impressed us so their eyes were opened to see something big. That was the key to getting them out here so they can be exposed to something greater and so they can know what greatness is.” Miller said they are appreciative of the support from Aliv and Freedom Farm in getting them to Grand Bahama and hosting the tournament. “Freedom Farm has been awesome. We want to thank Greg Burrows and their staff as well as Local Government, who stepped in along with the community businesses,” he said.

ANDROS Kings coach Michael Miller.

“The support was just tremendous. Its just been a blessing.” Having gotten their feet wet in tournament play, Miller said they realise what it is they will have to do as a team and individually as players to continue to develop. “We have to teach them the game a little more. Because of how the season was, we didn’t have too much time to teach the game,” he pointed out. “Once we understand the basics of the game, people knowing their job and what is expected of them to do, I think this tournament will give them a sense of urgency.” Despite the blowout losses, Miller said his players are in no way discouraged. “We’re from the big yard,” he said. “He dives in for conch and other things like barracuda and fighting sharks. So this is small things. I told one of the

coaches, ‘don’t just beat us, smash us so we can learn. “We are from the bush. You don’t come from a place like Andros with nothing and develop into what we have today. “That came with great strides, so we can take the beating and we are still surviving.” Without a proper baseball facility to play on, Miller said they participate on a field in Central Andros. “We play in schoolyards and whatever dirt area we can find,” he stressed. “We are looking for the Ministry of Sports, Local Government and the community to help us build two parks in Bowen Sound. “We are looking to have this done in 2022. Threefour parks so the guys can really play. “The girls even played with us this year. So we are looking for everybody to come on board and support us.”

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BAHAMIAN female boxer Elizabeth Hutchinson (right) is congratulated by a spectator.

COACH Keishno Major (left) has a few words with female boxer Elizabeth Hutchinson in their corner.

Charlie ‘Softly’ Robins Summer Basketball Camp set for June 17 FROM PAGE 1 his honour a few years ago. “I had a heart problem about two years ago, but I’m feeling much better now,” said the former basketball wizard as a player. “I’m back now and I’m giving back to Grand Bahama and Bimini. “I’ve had some sponsors who have been with me for over 30 years. I don’t have to look for them. Sometimes my sponsors call me. They don’t want to divulge their names, but they know who they are.” The camp is designed to teach the basics of basketball and Robins said he’s appreciative of the players who were former participants, who provide items that he can share with the participants every year. It’s open to boys and girls aged seven to 17 years between the hours of 8:30am to 1pm from Monday to Friday on the Charlie ‘Softly’ Robins Park, sponsored by the Local Government in Grand Bahama.

“That is why I and Moon McPhee give so much back to the community,” Robins said. “The people return and make their contribution because they see the value in what we are doing. “For me, it’s a privilege to have something named in your honour. So every summer, I do the camp in the park so that we can keep it going.” Robins, the immediate past president of the Bahamas Basketball Federation, said he’s happy to be able to live long enough to get his “flowers” while he is alive. Just last year, he was also inducted into the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National Hall of Fame for his contribution to the sport of basketball as a player, coach and administrator. “I just want to make a difference,” said Robins of his involvement in the various programmes. “Things are not getting better, they are getting worse with our young people. But guys like myself, guys like Moon McPhee and I see Manny Adderley, who also came

up the ranks, Norris Bain, Mario Bowleg, there are a lot of people who are giving back to these young people.” Like he’s doing in Bimini as well, Robins said it’s his hope that more people will take their expertise to the Family Islands and work with the young people who live there and are looking for someone to give them the basic skills. “If you look at some of the kids, all they do is run up and down and all the coaches want to do is win,” he pointed out. “They are only interested in winning at high school or night league, but they are not instilling the proper fundamentals in their players.” As long as he has the health and strength in his body, Robins said he will continue to host the basketball camp. But he doesn’t see himself dealing with the high school or night league programme anymore. “I just prefer to work with the young kids to teach them the basic fundamentals,” he summed up.

Rodgers High School, went the distance in his international debut and lost a heartbreaking three-rounder in the featherweight division. Also, Keith Major Jr, a novice competing in the middleweight division, could not finish his match because of fatigue. Vincent Strachan, president of the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas, said he was quite pleased with the performance of Team Bahamas at the tournament. “The team performed exceptionally well, even better than I had anticipated because having the knowledge that this was a young team, we were just hoping that they would do well,” said Strachan on their return home. “But they performed beyond expectations. Give and take, the officiating wasn’t its best, so you had to take what they gave you. But I felt that the ones who didn’t win, I think they performed very well.”

Strachan, who served as the team manager, said it was a bit disappointing that Joseph and Major were both not able to complete their matches because of fatigue. “It was a good experience for these boxers, so I gave them the opportunity to go,” Miller said. “Other than that, the team performed exceptionally well.” Strachan said they were very pleased as well with the performance from Hutchinson, who showed that she will be a force to reckon with in the future. He said she was upset with the loss in the final because she felt that she could have won. The team was coached by former heavyweight contender Kieshno Major, assisted by Wellington Smith, the treasurer for the federation. The tournament served as a qualifier for the National Championships scheduled to be held in Orlando in November. Hield will go on to defend the title he won last year. Last year, both Boyce and Woodside also won their titles.

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HOYTES: Helping Our Youth Through Education and Sports By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FREEPORT — HOYTES (Helping Our Youth Through Education and Sports) Basketball completed another successful Labour Day Tournament at the St George’s Gymnasium over the weekend. Girls champions HOYTES def. Grand Cay 12-7 HOYTES’ coach Marci Demeritte said his team played up to their expectations. “We really didn’t have any competition, but overall it was a good game,” said Demeritte, a former player in the programme who decided to give back to coach Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee, the organiser of the tournament. Boys 9-10 champions Power 1 def. Agape 23-12 Coach Neville ‘Manny’ Adderley, who played under McPhee when the Bahamas men’s national team participated in the Tournament of Americas, said their goal was to come here and repeat as champions.

“We only had five players here so fatigue started to set in and we couldn’t do as much things as we wanted to do,” he pointed out. “Again, I could lose this game, but I know the kids are learning something so it’s a win-win situation for us.” Power 1, according to Adderley, is a three-semester club academy team that work on their fundamentals from September to December, from January to March they engage in a little bit of team play and from April to July they play in tournaments, “We travel here, we go to AAU in Orlando and Vegas and we host our own tournament in the Easter Classic,” he revealed. “So we did it all in stages. In September, we go back to teaching them the basics.” Boys 11-12 championship Bearcats def. Agape 24-7 The Bearcats, based out of Meridian School and the AF Adderley Junior High, didn’t have any mercy in establishing control of the game. Coach Wayde Adderley, who also considers McPhee a “father figure” in coaching, said it was good for

POWER 1 champions on their return from Grand Bahama. them to get the exposure because his coaching staff got to see the things they have to work on. “This is only the second tournament that they won as a group. We won a tournament last month, but there is still a lot of work to be done,” he said. “We are still in the developmental stage. It’s just 11-12s, but it was great for us to come out and experience travelling and playing in a tournament on a different island.”

Craig Rickey, coach of Agape, said they played the same team earlier and they matched very well against them. “They targeted our best player and they managed to get him hurt. Once he was hurt, our other boys didn’t have anyone else to move to and that made it a lot harder for us,” he said. The player had to be transported to the Rand Memorial Hospital for treatment with assistant coach Stefon Johnson. His status was not available.

Boys 13-14 championship HOYTES def. Grand Cay 22-15 Coach Kwasi Williams said they played as well as expected. “One of the things we wanted to work on was our defence,” he said. “I know my guys are some great scorers, so if we just focused on our defence at the end of the game, we could turn it around.” Normally we play at the other team’s level. If they play fast, we play fast, if they play slow, we play

slow, so I had to tell them to do what we had to do to get it done. Boys 15-16 championship Shinning Stars def. Greater Heights 22-19 Coach Buster Laing said it was a sign of a great team as they bounced back to win. “We were down 12 points at the half and 25 after three, but the game is not over until the final buzzer sound,” he said. “We played a full court press and the guys were resilient and they made the right plays and smart ball and we came out with the win.” Boys 15-16 third place Grand Cay def. HOYTES 30-17 McPhee, who has organised this particular tournament for more than 15 years to coincide with the programmes that come under HOYTES, said although they had less teams this year, it was still a very good one. “The competition was good and the teams from the other Family Islands did a tremendous job, so I am very pleased,” he said. “Hopefully we can keep it up, but we really need sponsorship. If anyone wants to help our organisation, just call me. HOYTES need your help.”

POWER 1 team and parents on their return home from Grand Bahama.

HOYTES from PAGE 1 Additionally, McPhee also stages the Geneva Rutherford High School Tournament for girls over the mid-term break and there is the summer camp that is staged in Grand Bahama and Abaco. A former high school coach, McPhee set the pace as the first school out of New Providence to

win the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys basketball teams and the first to win more than one with the Catholic High School Crusaders. While coaching his high school team, McPhee was also a coach in the Grand Bahama Basketball Association’s junior programme where he coached so many more players. That eventually led to him coaching in the senior

division. That helped the Bahamas Basketball Federation to promote McPhee as the head coach of the men’s national basketball team. At the national level, McPhee served in that capacity for more than 10 years, taking the Bahamas to the Tournament of Americas, the last opportunity for teams to qualify for the Olympic Games. The team, according to McPhee, was loaded with shooters.

Neville ‘Manny’ Adderley, Glenroy ‘Gondo’ Ferguson, Vincent ‘Six’ Knowles and Ricardo Pierre, just to name a few. While he can take solace in the fact that he “was right there knocking on the door” before they missed qualifying in the Tournament of Americas, McPhee said the game is in a “poor condition” now and will need a lot of help to get back to the glory days. “The problem is right here,” he pointed out to the youngsters playing in the Labour Day Tournament from the 9-10 age group to 15-16 and inclusive of the girls. “If you don’t have time for them, how the hell you want our senior men’s team to flourish? Once you start with them, they have pride in the country and when they go away and someone else teaching them, they are looking forward to money. That’s the difference today.” Having helped to nurture some of the majority of players who excelled to the national team level and now into the professional ranks through Europe and the United States, McPhee said there would not have been any significant changes if he had to do it all over again. “I just wished that I would have been able to get at least two big men, who would have been loyal to the Bahamas. Height is one thing, being good is another,” McPhee stated. “But being loyal to the flag of the Bahamas and being loyal to his family and friends.”

MOON MCPHEE McPhee said it was always hard to find a “few good men” who were willing to risk it all without getting a dime to push the Bahamas forward in the international tournaments. “You could be as good as you want to be in life,” McPhee said. “But there’s nothing like being able to honour your country and the flag for which it stands.” Not only has McPhee been able to groom and develop some of the top basketball players in the country, but he is also even more thrilled to see his daughter, Yolett McPheeMcCuin, develop into one of the top collegiate coaches and now the current head coach of the women’s national team. “Yolett, from she was eight years old, told my wife and me, ‘mommy and daddy, you’ll don’t have to worry about getting me through college. I will get my scholarship,’” he said. “All I want for my freshman year is a car. Her mother told her no, ‘you can get that in your sophomore

year,’ which she did get. She did well. We’re proud of her because we know she is a hard worker. “She is a workaholic, but she’s getting somewhere. So I get joy from watching her now. I am very proud of her.” McPhee-McCuin, a former point guard who is now a 15-year veteran of the coaching industry, is in her second season with the Rebels in 2019-20 after she was named the ninth head coach in Ole Miss history on April 4, 2018. Prior to her time at Jacksonville, McPhee-McCuin was an assistant at Clemson from 2011-13, where she was recognised as one of the top assistants in the nation by National Women’s Basketball Insider. Coach Yo, as she’s affectionately called, has served as the Bahamas’ head coach since 2013 and during that sting, she became the first Bahamian coach to win the Caribbean Basketball Confederation title for women. Her 5-foot-5, 73-year-old father and father-figure to many said it’s achievements such as this that he just can’t stop what he’s doing. He has to keep on going. “I love it. It’s like a drug to me,” said McPhee, who now operates HOYTES at the Gladstone ‘Moon’ McPhee Park on Sargent Major Road in Grand Bahama. “If there are people who are interested in helping out HOYTES, just give Moon McPhee a call. We need your help to keep the programme going.”

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TORONTO Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard (2) scores past Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson (11) in the second half of Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto Monday night. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Much at stake in a last NBA Finals trip to Oracle Arena By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer TORONTO (AP) — The NBA Finals are making one last trip to Oracle Arena. For the Toronto Raptors, it’s a second shot at a first championship. For the Golden State Warriors, it’ll be a night to play for a fallen teammate and the fans they’re leaving behind. Game 6 is Thursday and the stakes could hardly be higher. “We owe our fans one more game in Oracle,” Warriors guard Klay Thompson said. There have been so many already during Golden State’s stretch of five straight trips to the NBA Finals, the second-longest run in NBA history. But few had all the drama and emotion that will fill the Oakland air Thursday. Toronto will bring a 3-2 lead into the building and try again to win a title that seemed so close in Game 5. The Raptors had a sixpoint lead with less than 3 minutes remaining Monday, poised to put an end to a Golden era in the NBA. Then Thompson and Stephen Curry rallied Golden State to a 106-105 victory, fuelled by three straight 3-pointers. Now the Raptors have to do things a little bit better, for a little bit longer. “Come out and do the same thing. Just be mentally focused, try to limit our mistakes, and be the aggressor,” Kawhi Leonard said. “Just play hard 48 minutes and see what happens.” It’s the last game in the arena before the Warriors move to the new Chase Center in San Francisco, and the first one for Golden State with the knowledge that Kevin Durant won’t be back this season. The two-time defending champions began the series hoping he could return from a strained right calf, but not long after he did he was lost in the second

quarter of Game 5 with an Achilles tendon injury. Centre Kevon Looney also went out again, so the Warriors are nowhere near full strength as they make their final stand. They can’t worry about that now. “It’s not like we’re the only team battling,” Draymond Green said. “They’re battling as well. Everybody is facing fatigue at this point. No one cares who is tired or if you’re facing a little fatigue. You’ve got to do what you came here to do anyway.” The Warriors are trying to become the 12th team to come back from a 3-1 deficit and only the second in the NBA Finals, after the Cleveland Cavaliers did it against them in 2016. Being back home Thursday is a luxury but certainly no guarantee, not after Toronto won Games 3 and 4 at Oracle Arena to go along with its victory there in the regular season. So the Raptors won’t be rattled by having to go back there, even though they nearly avoided it. “We came into this series expecting a long series and we put ourselves in a good position,” guard Fred VanVleet said. A loss Thursday sends the Warriors into a summer they won’t be eager to face. Durant can become a free agent and will have to decide where he wants to play — whenever he can play. Thompson’s contract also expires, so these could be the final days of a dynasty. But until then, the Warriors are showing they can win with skill or will. They’ve beaten teams for so long just because of their talent advantages, but getting this title would require much more than that. “We made a lot of different statements over the course of these five years,” Curry said. “Win or lose, I don’t feel like we need to prove anything anymore. It’s just about can we get the job done or not.”

TORONTO Raptors forward Pascal Siakam (43) shoots over Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during second-half basketball action in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in Toronto on Monday night. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Defending champions Australia ready for Pakistan By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer TAUNTON, England (AP) — When Sarfaraz Ahmed says past results mean nothing to his Pakistan team, he genuinely means it. Few would doubt him, either, particularly rival captains at the Cricket World Cup. Five-time champion Australia swept Pakistan 5-0 in a one-day international series in March. That extended Australia’s winning streak to eight in ODIs after coming back from 2-0 down to win a series 3-2 in India. Australia is again favoured to win the group-stage encounter against Pakistan at Somerset’s County Ground today, but the odds don’t matter. Pakistan was bounced out for 105 in its tournament-opening loss to West Indies but rallied to beat top-ranked England, a pretournament title favourite, to end a run of 11 straight defeats. Sarfaraz and his squad are sick of being dubbed the most unpredictable team in ODI cricket, but it’s the most reliable tag for them. “It’s the past. We’re not thinking about that,” Sarfaraz told a news conference yesterday, reflecting on the 5-0 drubbing inflicted by Australia just over two months ago. “Our morale is very high. Momentum is very high. So hopefully we’ll do very good against them.” Against England, Pakistan’s top order all got starts, with Imamul-Haq (44), Fakhar Zaman (36), Babar Azam (63), Mohammad Hafeez (84), and Sarfaraz (55) helping post a total of 348-8. The bowlers kept England to 334-9 in reply. Australia has won 14 of the last 15 and two-thirds of

PAKISTAN’s Wahab Riaz celebrates taking the wicket of England’s Chris Woakes on June 3 during the Cricket World Cup at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, England. (David Davies/PA via AP) the 100 completed ODIs overall between the two nations but has only a 5-4 edge in World Cups. The wins include the 1999 final at Lord’s the last time the tournament was in England, and the quarter-finals in 2015 en route to winning the title. Pakistan took the early honours in the ‘99 tournament with a 10-run win at Leeds in the league phase. The Australians lost to India by 36 runs at the Oval on Sunday,

when David Warner was uncharacteristically cautious in compiling his 56, Steve Smith scored 69, and the run-rate required eventually got way beyond the lower-order in the run chase. Skipper Aaron Finch predicted Warner is just finding his rhythm and his strike rate will improve. Allrounder Marcus Stoinis strained his side bowling his second spell against India and will miss the Pakistan game and possibly the rest of the tournament.

Mitch Marsh is coming as cover as a precaution, and Finch said he’s undecided about whether to add a batter or a bowler to the lineup against Pakistan. “We have not won many matches against Australia but we had not won too many against England, either, and we managed to beat them,” Sarfaraz said in comments published by the International Cricket Council. “We will be as positive and aggressive as we were against

England — that is the level of performance we need to be successful against a team like Australia.” With wet weather around, the captain winning the toss will likely want to bowl first and take their chances on the Duckworth-Lewis revised run-rate targets. Pakistan’s third game, against Sri Lanka, was washed out without a ball being bowled last Friday in nearby Bristol and the teams had to share the points. The Sri Lanka-Bangladesh game in Bristol was also abandoned because of rain and the South Africa-West Indies match at Southampton on Monday was washed out after 7.3 overs. Sarfaraz would like his team’s chances in a rain-shortened match, and has confidence after its unexpected title in the Champions Trophy in England two years ago. Finch said his team was approaching the match with confidence but noted Wahab Riaz and Hasan Ali didn’t play in the March series, and Mohammad Amir played only the first game, so he was expecting to face an entirely different attack. “We’ve seen consistently throughout, especially ICC tournaments, they get themselves in a position to win the tournament,” he said. “And they had a great Champions Trophy. So regardless of what kind of form Pakistan go in with, they’re always incredibly dangerous. “There’s no player that you can disregard. They’ve got a lot of experience on their side, they’ve got a lot of match winners,” he added. “Every time you come up against Pakistan you have to play your best to beat them.”

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TONIGHT

High: 90° F/32° C Low: 77° F/25° C

MIAMI

High: 90° F/32° C Low: 77° F/25° C

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KEY WEST

High: 89° F/32° C Low: 80° F/27° C

ELEUTHERA

NASSAU

High: 87° F/31° C Low: 76° F/24° C

High: 84° F/29° C Low: 78° F/26° C

High: 84° F/29° C Low: 80° F/27° C

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High

Ht.(ft.)

Low

Ht.(ft.)

Today

4:09 a.m. 4:53 p.m.

2.7 3.0

10:31 a.m. ‑0.2 11:13 p.m. 0.2

Thursday

5:08 a.m. 5:49 p.m.

2.6 3.1

11:25 a.m. ‑0.3 ‑‑‑‑‑ ‑‑‑‑‑

Friday

6:03 a.m. 6:40 p.m.

2.6 3.2

12:13 a.m. 0.0 12:16 p.m. ‑0.3

Saturday

6:56 a.m. 7:29 p.m.

2.5 3.2

1:07 a.m. 0.0 1:04 p.m. ‑0.4

Sunday

7:45 a.m. 8:14 p.m.

2.5 3.2

1:57 a.m. ‑0.1 1:50 p.m. ‑0.3

Monday

8:31 a.m. 8:58 p.m.

2.4 3.2

2:44 a.m. ‑0.1 2:34 p.m. ‑0.3

Tuesday

9:16 a.m. 9:41 p.m.

2.4 3.1

3:28 a.m. ‑0.1 3:18 p.m. ‑0.2

sun anD moon Sunrise Sunset

6:20 a.m. 8:00 p.m.

Moonrise Moonset

3:37 p.m. 2:58 a.m.

Full

Last

New

First

Jun. 17

Jun. 25

Jul. 2

Jul. 9

ANDROS

SAN SALVADOR

GREAT EXUMA

High: 85° F/29° C Low: 80° F/27° C

High: 86° F/30° C Low: 79° F/26° C

W S

LONG ISLAND

tracking map

High: 86° F/30° C Low: 80° F/27° C

tiDes For nassau

CAT ISLAND

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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 86° F/30° C Low .................................................... 75° F/24° C Normal high ....................................... 87° F/30° C Normal low ........................................ 74° F/23° C Last year’s high ................................. 89° F/32° C Last year’s low ................................... 80° F/27° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.56” Year to date ............................................... 11.65” Normal year to date ................................... 10.46”

The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

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MAYAGUANA High: 86° F/30° C Low: 81° F/27° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 85° F/29° C Low: 82° F/28° C

High: 85° F/29° C Low: 81° F/27° C

GREAT INAGUA High: 88° F/31° C Low: 81° F/27° C

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marine Forecast ABACO ANDROS CAT ISLAND CROOKED ISLAND ELEUTHERA FREEPORT GREAT EXUMA GREAT INAGUA LONG ISLAND MAYAGUANA NASSAU RAGGED ISLAND SAN SALVADOR

Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday:

WINDS SE at 4‑8 Knots SSW at 4‑8 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots SSE at 3‑6 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots SSE at 6‑12 Knots SE at 6‑12 Knots ESE at 7‑14 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots S at 4‑8 Knots S at 6‑12 Knots SW at 4‑8 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots NE at 4‑8 Knots ESE at 8‑16 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots ESE at 6‑12 Knots SE at 7‑14 Knots ESE at 8‑16 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots S at 4‑8 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots ESE at 6‑12 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots

WAVES 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑3 Feet 2‑4 Feet 2‑4 Feet 0‑1 Feet 0‑1 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 1‑2 Feet

VISIBILITY 4 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 7 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 5 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 6 Miles 10 Miles 5 Miles 10 Miles

WATER TEMPS. 81° F 81° F 84° F 84° F 79° F 83° F 84° F 85° F 79° F 82° F 80° F 80° F 84° F 85° F 84° F 86° F 84° F 86° F 83° F 84° F 81° F 81° F 84° F 85° F 80° F 83° F

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