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FFOOTBALLOOTBALL | Page 3 FORMULA 1 | Page 7 Galaxy Hamilton confi rm dominates Ibrahimovic Melbourne signing practice Saturday, March 24, 2018 CRICKET Rajab 7, 1439 AH Stanikzai shines as GULF TIMES Afghanistan qualify for World Cup SPORT Page 2 FOOTBALL CRICKET Title in Qatar’s Morkel reaches 300 sights as they Test wickets as S Africa take on Syria gain control Qatar coach Felix Sanchez expressed his admiration for the Syrian team who won the South Africa’s Morne hearts of fans with their inspiring displays during the qualifying stages of the World Cup Morkel celebrates taking the wicket of Australia’s Shaun Marsh. AFP members’ pavilion, stopping and Cape Town turning as he climbed the steps to the dressing room. South African opening batsman ast bowler Morne Morkel Dean Elgar equalled a world record took his 300th Test wicket as when he carried his bat through a South Africa bowled them- completed innings for the third time. selves into a strong position Elgar fi nished unbeaten on 141. Fon the second day of the third Test Only Desmond Haynes of the West against Australia at Newlands yes- Indies had previously batted through terday. a Test innings on three occasions. Australia were 245 for nine when Smith also equalled a world record bad light ended play, 66 runs behind when he caught South Africa’s last South Africa’s fi rst innings total of two batsmen for a total of fi ve catches 311. in the innings, the joint most by a But it could have been worse for fi elder. Australia. They were in deep trouble at 175 for eight before Nathan Lyon SCORECARD hit a Test-best 47 in a ninth wicket South Africa, first innings (overnight partnership of 66 with Tim Paine, 266-8) who was unbeaten on 33. D. Elgar not out .................................................... 141 Qatar players train in Basra ahead of their clash today against Syria in the three-nation Friendship Championship. At bottom, Qatar Football Association President Morkel, who will retire from in- A. Markram c Smith b Hazlewood ............... 0 Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani interacting with coach Felix Sanchez yesterday. ternational cricket after the series, H. Amla c Cummins b Hazlewood ...............31 took three of the fi rst four Australian A. de Villiers c Warner b Cummins ............ 64 By Sports Reporter wickets to fall and became the fi fth F. du Plessis c Smith b Cummins ...................5 Doha South African to join the 300 club. T. Bavuma c Smith b Cummins ........................1 Morkel dismissed Usman Khawaja Q. de Kock c Paine b Cummins .......................3 and Steve Smith in his fi rst spell, then V. Philander c Paine b M. Marsh .....................8 atar will have to be at their came back to break a 78-run fourth K. Maharaj c Bancroft b Starc ..........................3 best if they are to wrap up wicket stand between Cameron Ban- K. Rabada c Smith b Lyon ...............................22 the International Friendship croft and Shaun Marsh when Marsh M. Morkel c Smith b Lyon................................... 4 QChampionship title in Basra fl ashed at a wide ball and was caught Extras (b13, lb11, nb3, w2) ..............................29 when they take on Syria in their second behind. Total (97.5 overs) ............................................... 311 and last match of the tournament today. Bancroft made 77 off 103 balls with Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Markram), 2-92 (Amla), Having already beaten Iraq in the 14 fours but was leg before wicket 3-220 (De Villiers), 4-234 (Du Plessis), 5-236 opening match, a second straight win in to Vernon Philander in the last over (Bavuma), 6-242 (De Kock), 7-254 (Philan- the three-nation event will give Qatar before tea to leave Australia in a pre- der), 8-257 (Maharaj), 9-307 (Rabada), 10-311 an insurmountable six points. carious position. Bowling: Starc 21-3-81-1 (2nb), Hazlewood That will mean Iraq and Syria will Morkel, 33, playing in his 85th Test, 23-4-59-2, Lyon 19.5-6-43-2, Cummins 26-6- battle it out on Tuesday for the second took a fourth wicket when Lyon’s ad- 78-4 (1w), M. Marsh 7-2-26-1 (1nb, 1w), Smith place in the fi nal match of the tourna- venturous 38-ball innings was ended 1-1-0-0 ment which was put in place after the by a catch by Dean Elgar running Australia, first innings FIFA ban on Iraqi cities hosting inter- back from point. C. Bancroft lbw b Philander ........................... 77 national matches was lifted. Earlier, Kagiso Rabada was hit for D. Warner b Rabada ...........................................30 Qatar coach Felix Sanchez expressed fi ve boundaries in a row by David U. Khawaja c Rabada b Morkel .......................5 his admiration for the Syrian team who Warner but won a duel with the Aus- S. Smith c Elgar b Morkel ...................................5 won the hearts of fans with their inspir- tralian opening batsman when he S. Marsh c De Kock b Morkel ........................26 ing displays during the qualifying stag- sent Warner’s off stump cartwheel- M. Marsh c De Kock b Philander ....................5 es of the World Cup, eventually falling ing. T. Paine not out ..................................................... 33 agonisingly short of the target. Warner was bowled for 30. He hit P. Cummins c De Villiers b Rabada ...............4 “Syria no doubt is an outstanding three fours off the last three balls of M. Starc c De Villiers b Rabada ....................... 2 team and we will have to be at our best Singapore and Belarus in addition to Qatar won 3-2. every stage of our stay here.” Rabada’s second over, then hooked N. Lyon c Elgar b Morkel .................................. 47 to beat them,” Sanchez told reporters at several club teams during his long ca- Sanchez added that he had complete Syria coach Stange predicted an “en- the fi rst ball of Rabada’s next over for J. Hazlewood not out ............................................ 1 a press conference yesterday. reer. confi dence in his team. joyable” game although he rued the ab- six. Extras (b1, lb5, nb4) ............................................10 “They have a new coach (Bernd Stan- “I have seen Syria perform in the past “All the players in the Qatar team are sence of several regular players because He sliced a no-ball for four, then Total (9 wkts, 67 overs) ................................245 ge) who will be keen to make an impres- but it remains to be seen what changes very competitive. They don’t like to of injuries. was bowled by a ball which went be- Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Warner), 2-61 (Kha- sion with the team. Also they have some Stange makes to their style of play,” said lose. They are aware of their duties and “I cannot promise anything as I took tween bat and pad with Warner stuck waja), 3-72 (Smith), 4-150 (S. Marsh), 5-150 strong players who can be a threat to Sanchez. responsibilities as they proved against charge only 10 days ago. I am still in the on his crease. (Bancroft), 6-156 (M. Marsh), 7-173 (Cum- any team,” he noted. The Spaniard added that he used yes- Iraq in the fi rst match.” process of fi guring out who our best Rabada, who had a two-match ban mins), 8-175 (Starc), 9-241 (Lyon) Qatar and Syria clashed twice dur- terday’s training session to assess the Sanchez was also impressed by the players are but I am sure it will be an en- for making contact with Austral- Bowling: Philander 15-5-26-2 (1nb), Rabada ing the qualifying phases of this year’s fi tness of the players to ensure that the atmosphere in Basra. joyable match,” the German said. ian captain Steve Smith overturned 19-1-81-3 (3nb), Morkel 20-6-87-4, Maharaj World Cup in Russia with each team best eleven get to start the match. “Ever since we landed here I’ve seen Meanwhile, Qatar Football Asso- before the Test, ran down the wicket 12-3-35-0, Bavuma 1-0-10-0 winning a game. “I also emphasised to the players the only positive things. The atmosphere ciation President Sheikh Hamad bin to celebrate but did not go near the Match situation: Australia trail by 66 Stange, 70, who came out of retire- importance of avoiding the mistakes we has been fantastic and people are very Khalifa bin Ahmed al-Thani attended batsman. runs with one wicket remaining in the first ment in January to take charge of Syria, made during the match against Iraq,” he passionate about football. The organ- the team’s training session to boost the But Warner appeared to react to innings has coached East Germany, Oman, Iraq, said, referring to the fi rst match which isers made sure we are comfortable at morale of the players. a comment from a spectator in the Toss: South Africa Gulf Times 2 Saturday, March 24, 2018 CRICKET SPOTLIGHT Security tight as Karachi gears up for PSL fi nal AFP ty20 internationals between Pakistan the security arrangements said they have long spurred calls for similar Karachi and the West Indies in early April, the were “as good as any” they have seen. eff orts in Karachi. Many Pakistani fi rst home series involving a Test-level Former West Indian captain and greats grew up playing cricket on the team since 2009. Pakistani crowd favourite Darren sweltering port city’s chaotic streets, housands of security person- Next year, the Pakistan Cricket Sammy, who will skipper Peshawar often using an improvised form nel will be deployed when Board has said it hopes to hold half of for a second time after leading them known as tapeball, using a tennis ball Karachi hosts the fi nal of the the PSL on home turf.