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Second One-Day International Ton-up Hope ties ODI series for West Indies Opener hammers undefeated 146 in 144 balls to keep three-match series alive AFP SCOREBOARD : smashed a bril- c Roach b Bishoo ...... 50 c Hetmyer b Paul ...... 8 liant as West Indies c Hope b Thomas ...... 0 edged Bangladesh by four c Hope b Thomas ...... 62 in the second One- b Roach ...... 65 An action shot from the Qatar vs Oman match in the ICC U-19 World Day International to level the Riyad c Hetmyer c Powell ...... 30 Cup Asia Division Two qualfiers in Bangkok on Tuesday. c Bishoo b Thomas ...... 6 three-match series 1-1 in Dha- ...... 6 ka on Tuesday. not out ...... 10 Opener Hope hit an un- Extras (b1, lb3, w9, nb5) ...... 18 beaten 146 off 144 balls, guid- Total (seven wickets; 50 overs) ...... 255 Did not bat: , Qatar lose to ing West Indies to 256-6 in Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Imrul), 2-125 (Tamim), 3-132 49.4 overs after the visitors (Mushfiqur), 4-193 (Mahmudullah) 5-208 relied on three wickets from (Soumya), 6-234 (Liton Das), 7-239 (Shakib) paceman to : Roach 10-0-39-1(w2, nb1), Thomas 10-0- 54-3 (w3, nb2), Chase 3-0-22-0 (w3), Paul 10-0- Oman in ICC restrict Bangladesh to 255-7 in 68-1 (w1, nb1), Bishoo 10-1-27-1 (nb1), Powell 50 overs. 7-0-41-1. Hope shared 71- in an unbroken seventh WEST INDIES: C. Hemraj lbw b Mehidy ...... 3 U-19 Asia Div stand with to S. Hope not out ...... 146 help West Indies get their D. Bravo b Rubel ...... 27 first victory on the tour and M. Samuels c Mushfiqur b Mustafizur ...... 26 stay alive in the series after S. Hetmyer c sub b Rubel ...... 14 they suffered a five-wicket R. Powell c Soumya b Mashrafe ...... 1 2 qualifiers R. Chase c Tamim b Mustafizur ...... 9 loss in the opening match on Keemo Paul not out ...... 18 Sunday. Extras (lb 5, w6, nb1) ...... 12 Paul, who remained un- Total (six wickets; 49.4 overs) ...... 256 Did not bat: , , Brilliant bowling by Sirah and beaten on 18, pushed spinner Oshane Thomas Mahmudullah towards mid- Fall of Wickets: 1-5(Hemraj), 2-70 (Bravo), 3-132 Kattokaran for the winners wicket to complete the victory. (Samuels), 4-155 (Hetmyer), 5-157 (Powell), 6-185 The fate of the game was (Chase) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK sain Khan and vice- Bowling: Shakib 10-0-28-0, Mehidy 9-0-39-1(w1), hanging in the balance until Mustafizur 10-1-63-2 (w2), Mashrafe 10-1-52-1 DOHA Shubh Agarwal sought to re- Hope struck three fours off (w2, nb1), Mahmudullah 1.4-0-12-0, Rubel 9-0-57- pair the damage. They added pace bowler Mustafizur Rah- 2 (w1). QATAR’S semi-finals hopes 25 runs after they joined man in the penultimate over. Toss: West Indies suffered a setback as they lost hands at three for 27. At this Hope, who has now three to Oman by seven wickets in stage, the skipper (25 runs centuries in ODIs, hit 12 fours Bishoo dismissed Tamim, who the ICC Under-19 World Cup with two fours in 60 balls) and three sixes in his . faced 63 balls, to break his Asia Division Two Qualifiers was dismissed by Sirah, who “I just kept backing my- with Mushfiqur, at the Terdthai Cricket Ground got him by Joel Biju, self and knew that as long as who soon became the second in Bangkok on Tuesday. and it triggered a slump that I bat till the end, we will win. victim of Thomas. first, Qatar col- could never be stopped. I asked Keemo to bat deep. It Shakib, who smashed six lapsed at 59 runs in 25.4 Qatar barely collected wasn’t an easy wicket in the fours and a six, then guided overs as spinners Amanpreet seven more runs before beginning,” man of the match the lower-order to give Bang- Singh Sirah and Kevin Kat- Oman shot them out for 59. Hope said. ladesh a competitive score. tokaran snared seven wickets As many as six players failed Rubel Hossain and West Indies’ Shai Hope (right) hugs his teammate Keemo Paul after winning the second One-Day “It was a 50-50 match in between them for just 12 runs to open their account. Sirah Mustafizur claimed two wick- International against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Tuesday. (AFP) the end, but we couldn’t hold in 11.4 overs. was deadly and grabbed four ets each for Bangladesh giving onto the pressure. It was a Oman hit up the required scalps in his five overs for away 57 and 63 runs respec- Bangla National Stadium. Mushfiqur and Tamim laid with bowling figures of 3-54, good match. Hopefully we’ll runs at the expense of three six runs, while Kattokaran tively. Shakib top-scored with 65 the foundation of the innings forced opener Liton Das to come back strong in the next wickets and raced to the top picked three wickets for six in Shakib Al Hasan, Mush- off 62 deliveries while Mush- with a 111-run second wicket leave the field with a toe injury game,” said Bangladesh cap- of Pool A with second suc- his 6.4 overs. fiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal fiqur and Tamim made 62 stand after Oshane Thomas before handing Imrul Kayes tain Mashrafe Mortaza. cessive win in the pool. They Oman also lost their earlier each scored a half- and 50 respectively after West worked up lively pace early in a for West Indies’ first The third and final match are followed by Saudi Arabia, openers Adeel Abbas and century to steer Bangladesh Indies invited the hosts to bat the innings. breakthrough. of the series will be held in Syl- who are also unbeaten in two Azam Ali early. Neev Pujari to a decent total at the Sher-e- first. Thomas, who returned Leg-spinner Devendra het on Friday. matches so far. Qatar occupy and Mohammed Sameer the third spot with 1-1 win- stuck to the task and played loss record, while Bhutan and cautiously to take the team hosts Thailand have lost both closer to the win. At 46, Sa- ICC suspends the matches. meer departed for 13 with Buoyant aim to carry momentum to Perth In Pool B, Kuwait and one four but Prathmesh Dananjaya over Bahrain are unbeaten with Kumble supported Pujari to REUTERS as a pace unit in Australia, tralia’s pace spearhead Mitch- two wins each. Hong Kong see the team home. illegal action ADELAIDE sharing 14 of the 20 wickets at ell Starc both times. won one match and lost oth- Pujari carried his bat Adelaide Oval, bowling with With sidelined young er. The Maldives and China through with 17, while Kum- REUTERS HAVING become the first In- sustained pressure and limit- opener Prithvi Shaw seen have failed to win any of their ble was not out on three. DUBAI dian team to win a Test series- ing the hosts to a single 50-run limping around Adelaide Oval two matches. Bismillah Khan removed opener on Australian soil, Vi- partnership. after his ankle injury during a Qatar’s slide began with two batsmen and Agarwal spinner Akila Da- rat Kohli’s side are determined Kohli’s batsmen got off to tour match, the veteran Vijay Sirah catching Solaiman Mo- got one. nanjaya has been suspended to keep the momentum rolling a shaky start and needed man- should have another chance to hammad short of the crease Oman’s Sirah was duly ad- from bowling in international into the second clash in Perth of-the-match Cheteshwar Pu- stake his claim. in the fifth over. Skipper Hus- judged the man of the match. cricket with immediate effect and inch closer to a break- jara’s glittering 123 to achieve Kohli, who struck four cen- after an independent commit- through series triumph Down a modest first innings total of turies in the 2014-15 tour of tee found his bowling action Under. 250. Australia, is also due a score SCOREBOARD to be illegal, the International India were made to work However, after Australia after being dismissed for three QATAR: Khan, 25.4 ov) Cricket Council (ICC) said on harder than expected in the 31- India captain were bowled out for 235, they and 34 in Adelaide. Solaiman Mohammad (Sirah) 3 Bowling: Yash Mehta 6-1-15-1, Jeel Tanna 6-1-19-1, Monday. run win at Adelaide Oval, and were quick to seize the momen- The India skipper noted Hussain Khan (c) st Biju b Sirah 25 Adeel Abbas 2-0-12-0, Kevin Kattokaran 6.4-2-6-3, Samil Sadiq c & b Tanna 0 Amanpreet Sirah 5-0-6-4. Dananjaya was reported their bowlers will have only good performances,” Kohli said tum and build valuable part- that his team’s tail-end batting Syed Tameem c Sirah b Mehta 1 for a suspect action following three days’ rest before taking to of his attack, rated India’s most nerships to all but bat Australia was trumped by Australia’s Shubh Agarwal not out 9 OMAN: Sri Lanka’s first Test against the field again at Perth Stadium potent in years. out of the game. as their last five wickets could Saud Kamal c Biju b Kattokaran 0 Adeel Abbas c Agarwal b Khan 5 England in Galle last month. on Friday. “We will be, in every Test Though beaten and vulner- only muster 25 runs in the sec- Kalith Amarasinghe c Sameer b Kattokaran 1 Azam Ali lbw b Khan 5 Nivid Patel c Abbas b Sirah 0 Mohammed Sameer c Amarasinghe b Agarwal 13 The 25-year-old’s bowl- Despite the quick turna- match, gunning for a .” able, a chastened Australia can ond innings. Patrick Kumarage c Tanna b Sirah 0 Neev J Poojari not out 17 ing action was assessed on round, Kohli suggested the Compared to his counter- be expected to fight back hard A more determined appli- Aditya Makadia c Tanna b Sirah 0 Prathmesh Kumble not out 3 November 23 at the National tourists were leaping out of part Paine, weighed down by on a wicket likely to suit their cation could have set Paine’s Bismillah Khan c Ravindra b Kattokaran 0 Extras (lb1, w16) 17 Cricket Centre in Brisbane. their skins to land another a sore index finger and a long classy pace attack. side a higher target than the Extras (lb1, nb2, w17) 20 Total (three wickets, 19.3 Overs, RR: 3.07) 60 Total (all out, 25.4 overs, RR: 2.29) 59 Did not bat: KS Kattokaran, SR Ravindra, JY Tanna, J He will now undergo re- blow on ’s shaky side list of concerns, Kohli heads Kohli will hope for more 323 for victory, while saving Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Solaiman Mohammad, 4.2 ov), Biju, AS Sirah, Y Mehta medial work on his action in the four-match series. to Perth with a spring in his from the recalled opener Mu- India a lot of nerves on day five. 2-24 (Samil Sadiq, 7.6 ov), 3-27 (Syed Tameem, 8.5 Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Adeel Abbas, 2.5 ov), 2-18 and will be allowed to resume “They are at their peak, all step. rali Vijay, who has struggled to India first toured Australia ov), 4-52 (Hussain Khan, 16.5 ov), 5-53 (Saud (Azam Ali, 4.1 ov), 3-46 (Mohammed Sameer, 13.5 ov) bowling in international crick- of them together and it’s some- India’s Ishant Sharma, Jas- justify his place in the side this in 1947-48 and have not won a Kamal, 17.6 ov), 6-55 (KCA Amarasinghe, 21.3 ov), Bowling: Bismillah Khan 4-0-13-2, Samil Sadiq 7-0- 7-56 (NR Patel, 22.2 ov), 8-56 (PRA Kumarage, 22.6 15-0, Patrick Kumarage 2-0-6-0, Shubh Agarwal 5.3-0- et if his modified action passes thing that we as batsman look prit Bumrah and Mohammed year. He managed only 11 and Test series Down Under in 11 ov), 9-58 (AP Makadia, 24.5 ov), 10-59 (Bismillah 20-1, Aditya Makadia 1-0-5-0 the 15-degree rule. at as an opportunity to put in Shami enjoyed a stellar debut 18 in Adelaide, undone by Aus- previous attempts. Aspire Academy hosts Italy’s young fencing team

TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK join a senior training camp DOHA in Italy which is deemed one of the top federations in the THE Italian national U-14 world. Ali has improved his fencing team recently con- world ranking to No. 46 and cluded a week-long training this is a great leap for fencing camp at Aspire Academy. in Qatar,” Omeri said. The 12 young fencers trav- Meanwhile, Italy’s na- elled to Doha as part of a joint tional team coach Serena Piv- initiative between Aspire Acad- otti, said: “We have trained to- emy, the Italian Fencing Federa- gether on all weapons like foil, tion and the Qatar Weightlifting epee and the sabre. I believe and Fencing Federation. This al- that Aspire Academy’s athletes liance was formed in December have a bright future and the 2017 to develop young Qatari President of the Italian Fenc- and Italian fencers by providing ing Federation is very excited them with quality training and and wants to go further with top competition opportunities this collaboration”. in both Qatar and Italy. Whilst in Qatar, Aspire As part of this partnership, Italy’s fencing team players and officials during their camp at the Aspire Academy in Doha. Academy provided sports sci- Aspire Academy can host an- ence services for the Italian nual training camps for Italy’s circuits, giving them interna- Scarsco went on to say: “The confirms the agreement we en- Qatari fencers travelling and said: “The training camp offers fencers, including strength top young fencers, and the tional exposure. relationship between Italy and tered into force with our Qatari training with each other.” great benefits to fencers from and conditioning assessments, Italian Fencing Federation can The Italian delegation was Qatar stretches beyond these partners and Aspire Academy Commenting on the ben- Qatar and Italy. The Italian physiology, biomechanics, per- mutually allow Qatari athletes led by Italian Fencing Federa- fencing training camps and and we are happy to put into efits of the training camp to team athletes are very competi- formance analysis, sports psy- to be included in Italian domes- tion President Giorgio Scarso serves as a cultural exchange action what we have agreed to Qatari athletes, Qatar national tive in Europe, and it’s a great chology, sports nutrition, phys- tic competitions including the who was excited to be back in between the two nations and last year. We look forward to fencing team and Aspire Acad- benefit for us.” iotherapy and medical support U14, U17, U20 and the Senior Qatar. their people. This training camp the continuation of Italian and emy’s coach Massimo Omeri, “Our fencer Ali Turki will in case of injuries.