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18 Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Sports ExxonMobil Qatar, QTF celebrate Qatar ExxonMobil Open launch

Tribune News network Nasser al Khelaifi, Presi- they are here for the business DOHA dent of the Qatar Tennis Fed- of tennis but at the same time, eration, and Alistair Routledge, we believe that all work and no ExxonMobil Qatar and President and General Man- play, as they say, makes Jack a the Qatar Tennis Federation ager for ExxonMobil Qatar, dull boy, hence the essence of (QTF) hosted a gala dinner welcomed the evening’s guests. an evening of relaxation, fun to celebrate the launch of the “It is an honour to welcome and enjoyment. I wish every- Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019, guests to the tournament’s one a wonderful night as they which started on Monday and gala dinner that celebrates the enjoy the great hospitality of will conclude on January 5, launch of the Qatar ExxonMo- Qatar,” said Khelaifi. 2019. The event was attended bil Open 2019,” said Routledge. ExxonMobil Qatar is com- by Qatari officials, key busi- “This event marks the start mitted to supporting Qatar’s ness and community leaders of another exciting tourna- journey towards achieving sus- and several tennis stars com- ment and one more great year tainable development by help- peting in this year’s tourna- of with the Qatar ing fulfil the goals of the Na- ment, including Novak Djok- Tennis Federation. The success tional Vision 2030. Through a ovic, Dominic Thiem, Stan of our tournament is made pos- variety of partnerships with lo- Wawrinka and David Goffin. sible through the hard work of cal organisations, ExxonMobil Each year, the gala features our combined teams of diverse Qatar invests in programs that a variety of unique activities and driven individuals who are focus on educational and pro- and performances by world- united by a common passion fessional development to build renowned entertainers. This for sport, and an enthusiasm the capacity of Qatar’s future year’s programme included a for Qatar and everything it leaders and workforce. thrilling dance performance stands for in terms of excel- QTF President Nasser al Khelaifi, ExxonMobil Qatar President & General Manager Alistair Routledge and other officials with players Novak Tickets for the six-day by the Gauchos, a funny act by lence, ambition and accom- Djokovic, Dominic Thiem, Stan Wawrinka and David Goffin at the gala dinner to launch the Qatar ExxonMobil Open 2019 in Doha. event are available to the public Marc Métral and his talking dog plishment. online at www.qatartennis.org, Wendy, and a spectacular mag- “It is always a pleasure to world to experience Qatar’s and events – I hope everyone us,” Routledge added. welcome our tennis stars to as well as at various locations ic show by Imad the Magician. host guests from all the hospitality, world-class venues has a fantastic few days with “It gives me great joy to Doha once again. I know that across Doha. Mandhana gets ICC City Exchange bag QCA T20 Div A title women’s cricketer CBQ down Tusker Club bRIEF SCORES Division A final in Premier Div thriller; City Exchange beat Selex by five Selex: 96 all out in 16 overs (Shahid 14 in 12 balls; Nazim 3/10, Bukhari 2/18, Feroz Youngsters Nishad 2/20) City Exchange: 98 for five in 15.3 overs (Jackson 31 in 40 balls; Salim 2/27) of the year award triumph Man of the match: Nazim (City Exchange) Premier Division CBQ beat Tusker Club by 10 runs Bates, Harmanpreet named captains of ICC ODI & T20 teams Tribune News Network CBQ: 185 for six in 20 overs (Dharmang Patel 48 in 27 balls, Qamar 24 in 24 balls; DOHA Mudasir 2/23 Bipin 2/24) AFP Tusker Club: 175 for seven in 20 overs (Shaqir 33 in 26 balls, Akash 39 in New Delhi 26 balls, Sanu 29 in 21 balls; Gayan 3/29, Zaheer 2/31) City Exchange claimed the QCA Man of the match: Qamar (CBQ) Tournament as they recorded a domi- India’s nant five- triumph against Selex in the Feroz Youngsters beat Warriors Club by 49 runs was crowned women’s crick- Division A final. Feroz Youngsters: 168 for six in 20 overs (Inam-Ul-Haq 40 in 35 balls, Noman 36 not out in 19 balls, Tanveer 27 in 20 balls; Taimoor 2/20, Imraz 2/28) eter of the year on Monday The Qatar Cricket Association, under the Warriors Club: 119 all out in 19.1 overs (Taimoor 26 in 16 balls, Adnan 26 in 24 by the sport’s world govern- presidency of Yousef Jeham al Kuwari, is host- balls, Asad 22 in 23 balls; Nadeem 4/12, Tanveer 3/28) ing body, capping off a pro- ing the event to provide competitive atmos- Man of the match: Tanveer (Feroz Youngsters) lific -scoring season for the phere to prepare the national team for future opener. challenges. The left-handed batswom- Man of the final Nazim’s three wicket in two an was also named ODI cricket- overs for just 10 runs sent Selex, asked to bat Man of the final Nazim’s three wicket in er of the year for accumulating first, crashing to 96 all out in 16 overs. Bukhari two overs for just 10 runs sent Selex, 669 runs off 12 one-day inter- (two for 18) and Nishad (two for 20) also main- asked to bat first, crashing to 96 all out nationals. She scored 622 runs tained pressure on the rivals throughout the in- in 16 overs. Bukhari (two for 18) and in 25 T20 matches this year. nings. Nishad (two for 20) also maintained Mandhana, 22, is only Jackson hit a six and a to in his pressure on the rivals throughout the the second Indian woman to 31 off 40 balls to anchor City Exchange to the win an International Crick- victory. Salim picked two wickets for 27 but the et Council award after fast winners raced home in 15.3 overs. bowler was A superb team effort set up a thrilling 10- Shaqir added 33 in 26 balls and Sanu contrib- named the women’s player of run victory for Commercial Bank Qatar against uted 29 with fou r boundaries in 21 balls. the year in 2007. Tusker Club in a Premier Division match. However, their efforts were spoilt by Gayan “The awards are pretty In another match of the same division, (three for 29) and Zaheer, who grabbed five special because as a player Feroz Youngsters scripted an easy 49-run tri- wickets between them. Man of the match Qamar when you score runs, you In this file picture, Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana plays a shot during the third cricket match of the umph against Warriors Club, riding Tanveer’s also picked a wicket and his all-round perfor- want the team to win, and women’s Twenty20 (T20) Tri-Series against England in . She was crowned women’s cricketer of the fine all-round display. mance contained 24 runs and two catches. then when you get acknowl- year by the ICC on Monday. (AFP) first, CBQ put up a healthy 185 for Feroz Youngsters, after making a big 168 edged for your performances six, little realising the rivals would up offer a for six, skittled Warriors Club out for just 119 through these awards, it moti- beat arch-rivals England in the ers Rankings for ODI Batters. ing two each from England stiff chase. Dharmang Patel was the mainstay of in 19.1 overs as Nadeem struck four blows and vates you to work harder and final. England’s teenage spinner Harmanpreet has been ( and So- the batting, along with Qamar. Patel smashed Tanveer snapped three wickets. do well for your team,” Mand- Sophie Ecclestone was named rewarded for spearheading phie Ecclestone), India (Sm- 48 off 27 balls with two sixes and two fours. Tanveer, who earlier made 27, was ad- hana was quoted as saying in emerging player of the year. her side to the semi-finals of riti Mandhana and Poonam Qamar’s run-a-ball 24 had two boundaries. judged the man of the match. Inam-Ul-Haq and the ICC release. the ICC Women’s World T20 Yadav), New Zealand (Suzie Mudasir and Bipin shared four wickets. Noman played well to place their team in strong “The I scored in Bates, Harmanpreet 2018 in the Caribbean in No- Bates and ) and Tusker Club’s spirited chase was led by position. Haq cracked a six and three fours in South Africa (in Kimberley) named skippers vember. South Africa (Dane van Akash, who cracked an unbeaten 39. His 26- 40 off 36 balls and Noman hammered three was quite satisfying and then I The ICC also announced In that tournament, Har- Niekerk and ), ball knock included two sixes and three fours. sixes and a boundary in 19-ball 36. had good home series against the women’s ODI and Twen- manpreet scored 183 runs at and one player each from Aus- Australia and England. A lot of ty20 International teams of the a strike-rate of 160.5, while in tralia (), Pakistan people used to say I do not score year with New Zealands Suzie the 25 matches in the calendar () and Deandra Dot- that much in India, so I had a Bates named as of the year, she accumulated 663 runs tin (the Windies). point to prove to myself.” 50-over side and Harmanpreet at a strike-rate of 126.2. She is The T20I side boasts play- ICC Chief Executive Da- Kaur of India appointed cap- ranked third in the MRF Tyres ers from five countries, includ- vid Richardson congratulated tain of the shortest format. ICC Women’s Player Rankings ing four players from the ICC Mandhana, saying she was Bates’ appointment as the for T20I Batters. Women’s World T20 2018 “a worthy winner” of the Ra- ODI captain is a recognition of The Indian batswoman was champions Australia (Alyssa chael Heyhoe Flint Award, her contribution in inspiring delighted to be appointed T20 Healy, , Ashleigh named after the legendary her side to second position in captain, and said: “To be hon- Gardner and ), English player. the ICC Women’s Champion- est, it was really surprising for three players from losing final- Australia’s wicketkeeper- ship after three rounds, accord- me. The last two years we did ists India (Smriti Mandhana, batter Alyssa Healy was voted ing to an ICC’s statement. not get enough T20I matches and Poon- T20 player of the year after In the seven ODIs this cal- to play and it was really tough am Yadav), two players from playing an important part in endar year, Bates has scored for me to build that confidence New Zealand ( and her team’s World T20 triumph 438 runs with two centuries in the team.” ) and one play- in the West Indies. and a half-century. Bates is The 11-member women’s er each from Bangladesh (Ru- She finished with 225 runs presently ranked seventh in the ODI side comprises players mana Ahmed) and England QCA T20 Tournament Division A winners City Exchange and runners-up Selex with QCA officials after the from six matches as Australia MRF Tyres ICC Women’s Play- from seven countries, includ- (Natalie Sciver). prize distribution in Doha.

Police on top in QVA League after first phase Aussie cricket QSAA chief honoured selection at its lowest: Ganguly IANS New Delhi

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly rated the current Australian selection process as the “lowest ever,” while responding to ex-cap- tain Steve Waugh’s predicted playing XI for the fourth and Police, the last year’s runners-up, wrapped up final Test, starting on Thurs- the first phase of the QVA League, finishing on day at the Cricket the top with a straight-set 25-16, 25-22, 25-16 Ground. victory over Al Wakrah in Doha on Monday. This “Australian cricket selec- was the ninth win in a row for Police. In another tion at its lowest ever .. greats match, Qatar Sports Club beat Al Gharafa Club have to put teams in their Ins- 20-25, 29-27, 25-17, 25-21 for their fourth tagram posts to give direction victory. Police, who lead the standings with 26 ....,” Ganguly tweeted with a points, are followed by Al Rayyan (24), Al Arabi picture of Waugh’s selected XI Qatar Shooting and Archery Association President Ali Mohammed al (22) and Al Wakrah (16). Al Ahli are fifth with for the Sydney Test. Kuwari was presented a souvenir by Al Daayen Youth Centre’s Fawad four wins and five losses. QSC and Al Gharafa Earlier, Waugh had picked al Mudahka for promoting shooting and archery during the summer are placed sixth and seventh. In the eighth spot his side for the fourth Test ex- activities. The QSAA had organised shooting and archery training are Al Shamal (6), while Al Khor (5) are ninth cluding the off-colour opener camp earlier this year and a large number of young shooters and and Al Sadd have lost all the nine matches. Aaron Finch. archers took part.