Sports Friday, February 7, 2020 13 Pakistan target consolidation in first Bangladesh Test afp Pakistan are currently Rawalpindi (Pakistan) fourth in the championship, which features the top nine Skipper Azhar Ali hopes Pa- Test nations and is currently kistan will strengthen their led by world number one In- credentials – both as a team dia (360 points) followed by and as hosts – when they face Australia (296) and England a depleted Bangladesh side in (146). the first Test in Rawalpindi The top two teams will play starting on Friday. the final in June 2021. The match will further “Hosting matches in Paki- Pakistan’s efforts to host Test stan will send a strong mes- (Left) Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad bin Jassim al Thani congratulates rider Tomas Lukasek on guid- , which returned to the sage that we are a safe coun- ing Topsy Turvy to Al Wajba Cup victory at the QREC Racecourse in New Al Rayyan on Thursday. country just two months ago try,” said Azhar. (Above) Winning connections of Topsy Turvy pose for a group picture with QREC official after the after a 10-year gap with a se- Bangladesh will be with- feature event at the 28th Race Meeting. ries against Sri Lanka. out , who is International cricket was banned for one year in a spot- suspended in Pakistan after fixing case, and Mushfiqur a militant attack on the Sri Rahim, who opted not to tour Lankan team bus in Lahore Pakistan over security fears. in March 2009, forcing them Bangladesh skipper Mo- Al Wajba Cup hat-trick to play home fixtures in the minul Haque admitted Rahim United Arab Emirates. will be missed. With improved security, Also hurting Bangladesh Pakistan hosted limited-overs will be the fact they have not internationals between 2015- won any of 10 Tests against 19 before security confidence Pakistan (nine defeats with by Topsy Turvy improved. one draw), and lost all five Bangladesh, initially reluc- Tests they played last year. tant to make a lengthy stay in Seasoned opener Tamim Four winners for trainer Malki; double 28th Race Meeting Results (dirt) Pakistan, only agreed to tour Iqbal -- fresh from a triple Al Wajba Cup Day Won by 3.75, 2.5. Time 1:48.77 1.Succeed and Excel (Meteb Ali al Marri -5kg), 2.Eledeed in three phases, having played hundred in a domestic match each for Sheikh Faisal & Lukasek LOCAL THOROUGHBRED MAIDEN PLATE (3 Year Olds) Owner: Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari. Trainer: Mohammed (Luca Maniezzi), 3. Hard Forest (Tomas Lukasek) last month. in Bangladesh -- along with 1,200m Jassim Ghazali Won by 2, 3.5. Time 1:51.06 After this Test they head Haque and will Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650 2nd 9,900 3rd Owner: Eng Dhafi Rashid al Marri. Trainer: Mohammed 4,950) THOROUGHBRED NOVICE PLATE (Class 6) 1,200m Hussain Afroz home, before returning to play be Bangladesh’s main hopes Tribune News Network up a thrilling double each for 1.Al Hindi (Al Moatasem al Balushi), 2.Al Sareh (Tomas Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650 2nd 9,900 3rd a one-day international (April against a strong Pakistan DOHA owner Sheikh Faisal and rider Lukasek), 3. Arandas (Anas al Seyabi) 4,950) THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 4) 1,200m 3) and second Test (April 5-9) attack which includes Lukasek. Won by 1.5, 0.75. Time 1:16.98 1.Cool Exhibit (Leo Salles), 2.Romantic Heart (Theo Prize Money: QR55,000 (1st 31,350 2nd 12,100 3rd – both in Karachi. sensational 16-year-old pacer Owner: Al Majd Stud. Trainer: Osama al Dafea Bachelot), 3.Rex Place (Alexander Reznikov) 6,050) It was a day of trainer Ibrahim This was the third victory Won by 3, 0.75. Time 1:12.64 1.Zarandi (Carlos Henrique), 2.Lo De Nalane (JP Azhar said the split series Naseem Shah. al Malki and his ward Topsy in four races in the season for LOCAL THOROUGHBRED MAIDEN PLATE 1,200m Owner: Al Bida Racing. Trainer: Ibrahim al Malki Guillambert), 3.Bint Saffian (Tomas Lukasek) will give Pakistan further op- Pakistan opener Abid Ali, Turvy, owned by Sheikh Faisal Topsy Turvy, which boosted Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650 2nd 9,900 3rd Won by 1, 0.75. Time 1:12.33 portunity to establish itself as meanwhile, will target another 4,950) PUREBRED ARABIAN GRADUATION PLATE 1,700m Owner: Hamad al Jehani. Trainer: Hamad al Jehani hundred in this Test to equal al Thani during the 28th Race his winners to 17 in 40 starts. 1.Sea The Light (Anas al Seyabi), 2.Al Shomos (Al Prize Money: QR50,000 (1st 28,500 2nd 11,000 3rd a Test host nation. Meeting on Thursday. Eduardo Pedroza rode him to Moatasem al Balushi), 3.Lehwaila (Mustafa Manav) 5,500) AL WAJBA CUP 1,900m “Credit to the two Boards Indian maestro Mohammad On the Qatar Racing & the victory in the same race Won by 2, 2.25. Time 1:14.23 1.Fuwairat (Tomas Lukasek), 2.Shabih Alreeh (Faleh Prize Money: QR100,000 (1st 57,000 2nd 22,000 for making this series possi- Azharuddin’s record of three Equestrian Club Racecourse’s last year after Saleem Golam Owner: Mohamed Abdulmalki. Trainer: Ibrahim al Malki Bughanaim), 3. Naima (Ivan Rossi) 3rd 11,000 4th 6,000 5th 4,000) ble,” Azhar told reporters. consecutive centuries in his Won by 4, 10. Time 1:58.89 1.Topsy Turvy (Tomas Lukasek), 2.Karraar (Anas al dirt track, the eight-year-old helmed him to the success in THOROUGHBRED MAIDEN PLATE (Class 6) 1,700m Owner: Sheikh Faisal al Thani. Trainer: Ibrahim al Malki Seyabi), 3.Shabbab (Pierantonio Convertino), 4.Vitally “Would have been good if first three Tests. bay gelding used his splendid 2018. Prize Money: QR45,000 (1st 25,650 2nd 9,900 3rd Important (Al Moatasem al Balushi), 5.High Commander the series was not split but we Azharuddin achieved the fitness and dashed brilliantly Mohanad Jassim al Yaqout- 4,950) THOROUGHBRED HANDICAP (Class 5) 1,700m (JP Guillambert) are focused as this is a World feat against England in 1984- at the command of rider Tomas owned Karrar, ridden by Anas 1.Al Mujahaz (Theo Bachelot), 2. Damon Runyon (Leo Prize Money: QR50,000 (1st 28,500 2nd 11,000 3rd Won by 2.25, head, 2, 0.25. Time 2:03.32 Test Championship match.” 85 in his first three Tests. Lukasek to clinch the Al Wajba al Seyabi, edged Engineer Has- Salles), 3. Gold Fleece (Soufiane Saadi) 5,500) Owner: Sheikh Faisal al Thani. Trainer: Ibrahim al Malki Cup Class 2 1,900m (for Thor- san Alabdulmalik’s Shabbab by oughbreds) for the third year in a head to finish second – his races in his debut season. Hamad al Jehani’s four- Handicap 1,700m (Class 5). a row. best result this season. Vitally Malki’s two other trainees year-old bay colt Zarandi ex- Hard Forest was third, more Initially he was challenged Important, owned by Saeed Cool Exhibit and Sea The Light tended his impressive spell than five lengths off the win- as High Commander moved to al Naimi, was second last year posted their first wins in Qatar. of success. Carlos Henrique ner. the front, followed by Ajjlan. but managed fourth ahead of The former was led to the tri- guided him to a length’s vic- Theo Bachelot rode the Travelling well and powerfully, High Commander, a trainee of umph by Leo Salles when the Al tory against Lo De Nalane in Khalifa bin Sheail al Kuwari’s Topsy Turvy however regained Jassim Ghazali and owned by Bida Racing’s four years old bay the Thoroughbred Handicap Al Mujahaz to an easy win over the initiative and continued to Mansoor al Mahmoud. gelding beat Romantic Heart by 1,200m (Class 4). After settling Damon Runyon in the Thor- push the pace. Earlier, Lukasek com- three lengths in the Thorough- down well in his debut season, ougbhred Maiden Plate 1,700m A little before the final manded Fuwairat, another bred Novice Plate (Class 6) Zarandi posted his third win in (Class 6) and Al Moatasem al bend, Topsy Turvy began click- Sheikh Faisal’s runner, to vic- 1,200m. last four runs. Balushi took Al Hindi past the ing gears and created a gap tory in the Purebred Arabian Owned by Mohamed Abdul- Succeed and Excel won finish line in the first place in that was too wide for other to Graduation Plate 1,700m with malik, Sea The Light, with Anas the first race in 16 starts for the Local Thoroughbred Maid- reduce. He easily won the fea- a four-length margin against al Seyabi astride, outsprinted Al owner Engineer Dhafi Rashid en Plate 1,200m for three years ture race with two and a quarter Shabih Alreeh, ridden by Faleh Shomos by two lengths to win al Marri as the Mohammed olds. The Al Majd Stud’s runner lengths ahead, helping trainer Bughanaim. Naima was third, the Local Thoroughbred Maid- Hussain Afroz’s nine-year- beat Al Sareh by one and a half Pakistan’s Naseem Shah bowls as teammates look on during a Malki to complete a fine quad- finishing 10 lengths behind. en Plate 1,200m. Lehwaila, an- old ward beat Eledeed by two lengths to savour the taste of practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on ruple. The result also wrapped This was the second win in 10 other Malki trainee, was third. lengths in the Thoroughbred the first win. Thursday, ahead of their first Test against Bangladesh. (A FP)

U-19 Cricket World Cup Joy for Bangladesh as Gladiators bag QCA T20 Division B title Kamran, Hasan shine for the they make first-ever final winners; Lanka Knights claim Young tigers beat Division C title New Zealand by Tribune News Network six DOHA

Tribune News Network Kamran and Hasan were Potchefstroom (South Africa) stand-out performers as Glad- iators won the Division B final Bangladesh made history of the QCA Cricket QCA Domestic Cricket Head Gul Khan Jadoon and other QCA officials with Qatar T20 Cricket Tournament by reaching their first ICC U-19 Tournament with a convincing Division B winners Gladiators (right) and runners-up Shapoorji Pallonji after the prize distribution. Cricket World Cup final after seven- triumph against Joy’s centu- Brief Scores Shapoorji Pallonji. ry saw them comfortably beat At the West Bay Grounds, New Zealand 211-8, 50 overs New Zealand by six wickets in Kamran (four for 14) and Hasan (Beckham Wheeler-Greenall the semi-final showdown at took five wickets between them 75 , Nicholas Lidstone the JB Marks Oval in Potchef- to contain Shapoorji Pallonji at 44; Shoriful Islam 3-45) lost stroom, South Africa. 134 for nine. to Bangladesh 215-4, 44.1 The right-hander struck ex- Later, Hasan smashed eight overs (Mahmudul Hasan Joy actly 100 off 127 balls (13x4s) to 100, 40 boundaries to compile 53 in 42 help his team chase down 212 in not out; David Hancock 1-31) balls and Kamran finished un- just 44.1 overs after their bowl- by six wickets. beaten on 37, which included ers earlier did the business with a six and three boundaries, the ball to restrict the Junior to steer their team to the one- Qatar T20 Cricket Tournament Division C champions Lanka Knights (left) and runners-up Karwar Indians Black Caps to a modest total. Mahmudul Hasan Joy celebrates his century against New Zealand sided victory more than three with QCA officials after the final. The result sparked wild during the Under-19 Cricket World Cup semi-final in Potchefstroom, overs before the finish. celebrations and set up a com- South Africa, on Thursday. Shapoorji Pallonji strug- chase and helped Gladiators develop chiefly though Eran- boundary. petition finale against India in gled against fine bowling and get 76-runs following two da and Priya, who shared six Allan grabbed four wickets what will be the third all-Asian bowling, Shamim Hossain (two 45) also did damage at the good fielding by the rivals wickets for 40. After his depar- scalps. As a result, Karwar In- for 18 and Adhar secured two final and the first in U-19 Crick- for 31) struck with the 11th ball other end to finish as the pick and only one stand of some ture, Kamran ensured that his dians folded up at 128 in 19.3 for 30. et World Cup history outside of the match to remove Rhys of the bowlers. substance was possible - a team crossed the finish line in overs. the sub-continent. Mariu (1) and leave New Zea- The New Zealanders did 41- alliance between Fajas 16.3 overs with seven wickets It was only Rahil, who re- Brief scores - Division B Gladiators beat Shapoorji Pallonji by seven wickets “Today was a very spe- land on the back foot. manage two early break- and Aftab after their team was intact. Kamran was declared sisted the most and got 29 in Shapoorji Pallonji: 134 for nine (Deepak 31 in 22 balls, cial innings I played and I am The opening bowler, along throughs in the form of Parvez three down for 37. the Player of the Final for his 17 balls with a six and three Fajas 26 in 25 balls, After 24 in 22 balls; Kamran 4/14, proud of it,” man of the match with Rakibul Hasan (one for Hossain Emon (14) and Tanzid Fajas hit 26 with four all-round display. boundaries. Eranda got three Hasan 1/15, Faiz 1/12, Kaleem 1/14, Awais 1/33) Joy said. “This is the first time 35) and Hasan Murad (two Hassan (3) but Joy and Towhid boundaries and After made Lanka Knights battled wickets for 24 and Priya’s haul Gladiators: 135 for three in 16.3 overs (Hasan 53 in 42 balls, Kamran 37 not out in 29 balls; Vivek 1/27) that Bangladesh have got to the for 34) then made further in- Hridoy (40) put on 68 to steady 24, including three fours. Cap- hard to hold off Karwar Indi- cost him 27 runs. Player of the Final: Kamran (Gladiators) final and we are all very happy.” roads to leave their opponents the ship. tain Deepak grafted in and was ans by 13 runs in the final of Earlier, first, Lan- And Bangladesh were full on 74 for four, before Nicholas Shahadat Hossain the last player out. He cracked the Division B, with splendid ka Knights overcame four Division C value for their win, dominating Lidstone (44) and Beckham (40 not out) then helped com- a six and two fours in his 31. spells from Player of the Final strikes from Allan to reach Lanka Knights beat Karwar Indians by 13 runs Lanka Knights: 141 all out (Dinesh 34 in 30 valls, Ameer the game from start to finish Wheeler-Greenall’s cavalier 75 plete the job alongside the cen- Besides Kamran and Hasan, Priya and Eranda. 141. Dinesh was their top 24 in 22 balls; Allan 4/18, Adhar 2/30) in South Africa’s North West off 83 balls helped take them to turion – the pair putting on 101 Faiz, Kaleem and Awais also After putting up a reason- scorer with 34, which con- Karwar Indians: 128 all out in 19.5 overs (Rahil 29 in 17 province. a respectable total. for the fourth wicket – to send got a wicket each. able 141 all out, Lanka Knights tained two sixes and three balls; Priya 3/27, Eranda 3/24) After winning the toss and Shoriful Islam (three for Bangladesh through. Hasan dominated the did not let any partnership fours. Ameer added 24 with a Player of the Final: Priya (Lanka Knights)