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SPORT Sunday 9 April 2017 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 PAGE | 27 Younis Khan Garcia grabs Hamilton romps decides to quit share of Masters lead,d, ttoo pole position for Test cricket Couples 3 back Chinese GP Exciting battle on the cards as first round of Emir Cup kicks off The Peninsula won the Emir Cup in 1974 and Qatar have a tally of 369 points 1976. following two 2018 FIFA World he 45th edition of the Emir The tournament will con- Cup qualifying matches in Cup - the most popular clude in May signalling the end March. T football tournament in the of the football season in Qatar. In Asia, Qatar are ranked at country - will kick off with two Meanwhile, Qatar are number 10. first-round matches involving ranked 89 on the FIFA compu- Iran (world rank 28) are the Al Markhiya, Qatar SC, teter,r,, ddetailsetails sshowedhowed yeyyesterday.sterday.y top side in Asia followed by Mesaimeer and Al Shamal today. CoachedCoached byby JJorgeorge Fossati,Fossati, Korea Republic (43), Japan (44), The winners of the two Australia (50), Saudi Arabia (52), matches will advance to the sec- Uzbekistan (60), the United Arab ond phase of the tournament Emirates (74), Syria (80) and which will be joined by Qatar China (81). Stars League (QSL) sides. Meanwhile, Brazil have The second round will be capped off a fine fortnight of played with the participation of football as they moved to the top 16 teams. of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Hamad Bin Khalifa Stadium Ranking, reclaiming their seat will host Qatar SC and at the top of the podium after a Al Arabi players receiving the Qatar Cup trophy during the presentation ceremony. Al Arabi Mesaimeer match at 5.15 pm fol- long wait. notched an impressive three sets to one win over Al Rayyan to win the Qatar Cup at the lowed by the second game Brazil surpassed Argentina Women’s Sports Committee Hall at Aspire Dome yesterday. between Al Markhiya and Al- to take top spot in the latest FIFA Shamal. The second game will world rankings, the first time kick off at 7.45pm. they have reached the summit A clear winner is required in seven years, FIFA.com said. in both matches. However, if Brazil have not been in top Impressive Al Arabi there are no clear winners in spot since the 2010 World Cup, regulation time, then no extra when they were knocked out by time will be used as teams will the Netherlands in the take penalties to finalise the out- quarter-finals. come of the matches, organisers They are now on 1,661 win Qatar Cup title said yesterday. points, 58 above their rivals A keen tussle is expected in Argentina. game one in which Qatar SC The next set of rankings will Armstrong Vas An Al Arabi player take on Mesaimeer. Qatar SC be released in early May. The Peninsula (centre)prepares for a smash during the l Arabi notched an impressive three final of the Qatar Cup sets to one win over yesterday. Al Rayyan to win the Qatar Cup at the Women’sA Sports Committee Hall at Aspire Dome yesterday. Al Arabi came on top in the two hour battle for supremacy winning 25-21, 21- 25, 25-17, 25-22 to pick their third tile of the season, having earlier won the Federation Cup and Super Cup. Al Arabi took the keenly contested first set at 25-21, while the second set again turned out to be a see saw bat- tle which Al Rayyan won by an identical score. However, Al Arabi bounced back to win the third and fourth to pocket the title. “It is a big victory for us, although we did not play that well. The second set was a strange one, nothing was going our way, but we bounced back in the subsequent ones to win the title,” said Al Arabi player Sander Taylor. In the first set, the initial Al Arabi continued where proceedings saw both teams QATAR CUP FINAL from they left off in the fourth fighting neck to neck until Al set, taking an early 5-3 lead. Arabi broke free to take a two AL ARABI 3 - 1 AL RAYYAN The defending champions point lead at 9-7. 25 - 21 had other thoughts as they But, Al Rayyan fought back 21 - 25 came back strongly to tie the to tie the score at 11-all. 25 - 17 score at eight-all. Al Arabi however, once took 25 - 22 From that stage, both the the upper hand to take a 14-11 teams fought hard for each lead. point with score tied at 11-all Thereafter, coach Patrick initiative to their rivals. In the and 14-all, until Al Arabi broke Duflos' side held the grip over end Al Rayyan pocked the sec- free to make it 15-13 and went the rallies and maintained a ond at 25-21. on to extend the lead to three consistent two-point lead In the third set, Al Arabi points at 17-14. which they carried to where determined to finish off the Coach Carlos Schwanke's end to win the first set. proceedings, took a five point side tried to make a fight and In the second set, Al Rayyan lead at 8-3. took a timeout with score read- were determined to bounce Al Rayyan clawed back to ing 20-18 to stop their rivals in back and took a runaway lead narrow the lead at 12-9. their tracks. at 8-3. Al Arabi put up an all round Al Arabi were in no mood But later, Al Arabi made a display to maintain a grip over to allow any room for their splendid recovery to tie the the show in the middle, increas- rivals, Schwanke's boys took a score at 11-all. ing the lead to seven points at decisive 23-21 lead to take the From thereon, fortunes 23-16. upper hand. fluctuated with Al Rayyan hav- Al Arabi then took the next In the end, Al Arabi won ing an upper hand for a brief two points to wrap the third at 25-22 to set about wild celebra- period only to surrender the 25-17. tions in the Al Arabi camp. SPORT SUNDAY 9 APRIL 2017 25 Maxwell's Pakistan's Younis Khan Record-setting Windies bats against fireworks Australia during People are calling their third me and asking me beat Pakistan in 1st ODI cricket Test lift Punjab not to make any Providence, Guyana Nurse, another player match at the announcement to AP sparingly used over the last SCG in Sydney in Indore five years, took a career-best this January 4, leave but now is the Agencies time: Younis Khan. he West Indies pulled off 4-62 with his offspin. Captain 2017 file photo. its biggest successful Jason Holder got the only kipper Glenn Maxwell's Tchase in one-day cricket other Pakistan wicket as the belligerent 20-ball internationals when it beat visitors compiled a solid total. Sunbeaten 44 helped Pakistan by four wickets with Mohammad Hafeez top- Kings XI Punjab start their an over to spare at Providence scored with 88, his 30th 2017 Indian Premier League Stadium on Friday. half-century, Ahmed Shehzad (IPL) campaign with a six- Pakistan, heavily favoured scored 67 in a good opening wicket win over Rising Pune after winning the Twenty20 stand of 85 with Kamran Supergiant a Holkar Stadium series 3-1, was made to bat Akmal, and Shoaib Malik pro- in Indore yesterday. first by the heavily depleted vided the late surge with 53 Maxwell, along with West Indies and put up a com- off 38 balls. South African David Miller Khan decides to fortable 308-5. It should have been (30 from 27 balls), raised an The home side made a enough, but the result set up unbeaten 79-run fifth wicket steady and safe start, but the an intriguing three-match stand to guide Punjab to required run rate climbed to series. The second ODI will be safety with six balls to spare. nearly 10 an over entering the played today. Brief Scores: last 10 overs. Rising Pune Supergiant: quit Test cricket But despite losing three SCOREBOARD 163 for 6 (Steve Smith 26, Ben partners, Jason Mohammed Stokes 50, Manoj Tiwary 40 took on the Pakistan attack PAKISTAN not out; Sandeep Sharma 2 Karachi PAKISTAN'S TOP RUN-GETTERS IN TESTS and smashed it for a career- A Shehzad b Nurse ..............................................67 for 33) Reuters best 91 not out off 58 balls to K Akmal c Walton b Holder ...............................47 M Hafeez c Walton b Nurse ..............................88 Kings XI Punjab: 164 for Player Span Tests Runs HS Ave 100s 50s lead the side to 309-6 in 49 B Azam c Joseph b Nurse ..................................13 4 (Hashim Amla 28, Axar akistan's most pro- Younis Khan 2000-2017 115 9977 313 53.06 34 32 overs and an unexpected tri- Javed Miandad 1976-1993 124 8832 280* 52.57 23 43 S Malik c Holder b Nurse ....................................53 Patel 24, Glenn Maxwell lific Test batsman umph. This was the S Ahmed (not out) ...............................................20 Inzamam-ul-Haq 1992-2007 120 8830 329 49.60 25 46 44 not out, David Miller 30 Younis Khan will quit 30-year-old Mohammed's I Wasim (not out) ..................................................6 not out; Imran Tahir 2 for29) international cricket Mohammad Yousuf 1998-2010 90 7530 223 52.29 24 33 sixth ODI since his debut in Extras (B-3, LB-3, W-7, NB-1) ...........................14 after the three-Test Saleem Malik 1982-1999 103 5768 237 43.69 15 29 2011.