The Business | SPOTRhursdTay , SMarch 121, 20 20 DilbQaru Hiucsska inR feacaesd fine after provocative gesture LAHORE: Lahore Qalan - dars’ Dilbar Hussain has been charged a fine worth 5% of his match fees after he reportedly reacted in a provoca - tive manner during a PSL 2020 match against Peshawar Zalmi at the Gaddafi Stadium. According to a press re - lease by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the incident took place in the 18th over of Zalmi’s innings. It was during Haider Ali's dismissal when "Dilbar reacted in a manner that could have provoked a reaction from the departing batsman." Mean - while, Zalmi players have been fined 10% of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate. If Zalmi are found guilty of another slow over-rate during the tournament, then it will be deemed as their second offence and each member of their CHELTENHAM: Horses from trainer Gordon Elliott stable make their way out to course ahead of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. playing squad will be fined 20% each of their match fees. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Michael Gough, third umpire Asif Yaqoob and fourth umpire Nasir Husain, while sanctions were imposed by match referee South Africa 2020 Games Mohammad Anees. —APP skipper welcomes Sarfaraz laments Gladiators’ back predecessor poor performance in PSL 2020 Tokyo Olympics organisers say LAHORE: Quetta Gladi - ators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed lamented the poor performance of no plans to postpone or cancel the team in the ongo - TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers said last met in December before the epidemic tical problems but was doable for broadcast - ing PSL 2020, blam - on Wednesday that neither the Tokyo 2020 spread. Organisers have been pushing a con - ers because it fits into their generally open ing scheduling conflict organising committee nor the International sistent message that the Games would not be summer schedule. The new coronavirus has and consistent travel - Olympic Committee was considering post - cancelled or postponed but sponsors who infected more than 116,000 people and killed ling. The skipper said poning or cancelling the 2020 Games despite have pumped in billions of dollars have more than 4,000 around the world since it sur - that the suspension of the spread of coronavirus. grown increasingly nervous about how the faced in China late last year. Japan has re - batsman Umar Akmal, be - Earlier, a member of the organising com - coronavirus outbreak will impact the event. ported nearly 1,300 cases, including about fore their first match was a mittee's executive board had told Reuters that Takahashi told Reuters that the financial 700 from a cruise ship that was quarantined huge blow as the defending cham - a delay of one or two years would be the damage from cancelling the Games or hold - near Tokyo last month. On Tuesday, it saw pions opened their PSL 2020 campaign without their sea - "most feasible" option if the Tokyo Olympics ing them without spectators would be too the biggest number of infections in a single soned player. "Traveling and scheduling issues were taken DHARAMSALA, India: New South to the management as it hindered with our performance," Africa captain Quinton de Kock has wel - cannot be held this summer due to the coron - great, while a delay of less than a year would day, of 59 cases, according to public broad - avirus outbreak. Haruyuki Takahashi, one of clash with other major professional sports caster NHK. With every new spike in the fig - Sarfaraz said. Sarfaraz added that despite having teen pacers comed the return to the One Day Inter - Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain, the duo failed to fol - national squad of his predecessor Faf du more than two dozen members of the Tokyo schedules. "We need to start preparing for any ures, speculation has swirled that the Tokyo 2020 executive board, said the body had just possibility. If the Games can't be held in the 2020 Games, due to open on July 24, could low game plans due to their lack of experience. "They Plessis as they prepare to meet India in [Naseem Shah and Mohammad Hasnain] are very talented Dharamsala on Thursday. “Faf plays big started looking at scenarios for how the virus summer, a delay of one or two years would be cancelled, delayed, or held without spec - could affect the Games. Takahashi has earlier be most feasible," Takahashi said. tators, like many pre-Olympic qualifiers and players but because they are inexperienced they fail to follow role for us from a leadership point of our plans however, they will learn in time and will improve." view. He’s here to help out a lot of the told the Wall Street Journal that the board had Experts say a one-year postponement to the other unrelated sports events have been in the not discussed the impact of the virus, having same time next year would pose major logis - run-up. —Reuters The former national skipper also revealed that he has no younger guys in the team, and he still plans on making an international return with the ICC T20 adds a lot of value to us and he also World Cup as his focus laid on PSL matches. "I’m not fo - knows he has lot of value to give to this cusing on making an international comeback in the T20 team,” De Kock told a news conference World Cup," he said. "Right now my focus remains on win - on the eve of the match. “It’s still great to ning the two remaining group stage matches and hoping that have him around. The experience he has those teams win which will help us qualify." The Gladiators picked up over the years will be a great Usman Wazeer’s wish for a currently sit at the bottom of the points table, having won help to us in this series. “He’s been given only three of eight matches. The defending champions will a chance to have a break. I feel it was im - be playing their next match against table-toppers Multan Sul - portant for him to put his feet up for a lit - home fight to come true on 21st tans at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium today. —APP tle bit and regather his thoughts.” De ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Emerging Box - ical fitness, running and cardio while in the Kock replaced Du Plessis as skipper of ing Champion Usman Wazeer’s wish to have evening I do technical training including the ODI team for the three-match series a fight at home is not far from becoming a re - punching skills etc,” he said. PCB income increases against England, when Du Plessis was ality, as the boxer referred to as the Asia Boy, He said my Iranian coach Daud was very 108 percent in 2019 surprisingly left out in a clear signal that would be having a title bout here at the Pak - good and was working extra hard on me. “He his tenure was headed to an end. Du istan Sports Complex on March 21. “Amir has high hopes on me for the fight,” he said. Plessis then quit as South Africa captain Khan Promotions is hosting an International Speaking about his future dream, Usman said ISLAMABAD: The in - across all three formats of cricket, but Boxing Event in Islamabad which will feature he wanted to win the WBC Youth Title for come of Pakistan Cricket said he would remain available for se - a total of 8 fights and the event’s biggest con - Pakistan. “Nobody from Pakistan has ever at - Board (PCB) surged by lection and after also being left out for test will be my title bout with an international tempted for the WBC Youth Title. But my over 108.45 percent the 3-0 home series win against Australia boxer anyone from Europe, Philippines or dream is not only just to attempt the title but during 2019 as com - over the last fortnight, was restored to the Thailand,” he told APP. said and added that top boxers from also to win it. I have to be in the Top 10 Rank - pared to the earnings of squad for the three matches in India. Usman said he had fought in Dubai, Azer - Afghanistan, Thailand, Malaysia and England ing to qualify for the title and I am working year 2018. The PCB “We understand we have an inexperi - baijan and Philippines but it was his wish to would be featuring in the mega event. The hard to be eligible for it by winning fights,” he generated a total of Rs enced next side in these conditions, so fight in front of his home crowd. “It is because Asian Boy said he had been training here at said. Usman said there were also plans on 10.696 billion income in it’s important that guys like me and Faf of Amir Khan (British boxer of Pakistani-ori - the Amir Khan Boxing Academy for the past holding a fight with an Indian boxer at the end 2019 through different help lead the way," added De Kock. gin) my dream is going to become true. The two months for the fight. “I go through two of this year. “The fight might take place in sources against the income “India have become an unbelievable fight was planned to be held out of the coun - training sessions everyday to prepare for the Pakistan, India or Dubai depending on the sit - of Rs 5.131 billion witnessed team but we are also coming here with a try but Amir bought it here on my request,” he fight.