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12 Friday, June 21, 2019 Sports

Defending champions Qatar make it to Asian beach handball semi-finals

Qatar, the defending champions, continued their impressive in the Asian Men’s Beach Handball Championship with a fine 2-0 victory challengers Vietnam in Weihai, China on Thursday. The fifth victory in a row placed four-time winners Qatar, looking for the fifth straight title, on the top of Pool A after the match between two unbeaten sides. In Pool B, four-time runners-up and 2004 champions Oman booked a slot in the semi-finals as they defeated group leaders Iran 2-1. The victory for Oman was quite crucial after losing to Thailand in the group stage. Thailand beat Saudi Arabia 2-1, which meant three teams - Iran, Oman and Thailand - had the same eight points each with four-one win-loss record. But due to better goal difference, Oman and Iran advanced to the last four stage, while the former went to the head of the pool. In the semi-finals, Qatar will take on Iran, while Oman face Vietnam.

CUP TALK Spirited win Sri Lanka hope for middle order to click in key game against

LEEDS: Sri Lanka are relying on their middle order to start firing in their World Cup fixture against England on Friday to stay in hearts despite loss to Oz the hunt for a semi-final berth, said on Thursday. In their previous game against where they were chasing 334 runs for victory, Sri Lanka got off to a strong start, Centuries by Warner & Rahim; Australia go to the top of table with 48-run victory scoring 153-2 in less than 24 overs before their brittle middle order folded up. “They have lots of talent and, you know, they AFP Warner eventually fell to the did really good things for Sri Lanka in the recent past and I Nottingham (United Kingdom) same combination after facing think the only thing we need to do now is come up with a good standings 147 balls, hitting 14 fours and mindset,” Karunaratne told reporters during training. ’s five sixes. “That’s a key area.” paved the way for Australia to TEAM p w l t nr pts Khawaja fell in sight of The 1996 world champions are up against a destructive beat Bangladesh by 48 runs at Australia 6 5 1 0 0 10 a hundred when he bottom- England line-up and Karunaratne is therefore plotting to on Thursday as New Zealand 5 4 0 0 1 9 eged a pull off Soumya and stifle England’s big-hitters at Headingley to be in with a chance the reigning champions went England 5 3 1 0 0 8 Mushfiqur dived forward to of victory. () top of the World Cup table. 4 3 0 0 1 7 hold a good catch. Warner made Bangladesh Bangladesh 6 2 3 0 1 5 Trent Bridge has twice pay for dropping him on 10 Sri Lanka 5 1 2 0 2 4 seen England set a record in- England approach every game as with an innings of 166 -- the West Indies 5 1 3 0 1 3 nings score in a one-day inter- if it were their last: Moeen left-handed opener’s second South Africa 6 1 4 0 1 3 national, including the current century of the World Cup -- in mark of 481-6 against Austral- LEEDS: England’s approach to a gruelling round-robin World Pakistan 5 1 3 0 1 3 a total of 381-5. ia last year. Cup format is to play every game as if it were their last, all- Bangladesh, needing to 5 0 5 0 0 0 Bangladesh did not help rounder said on Thursday. surpass Ireland’s World Cup Note: Top four teams qualify for semi-finals. their own cause when a cha- The group stage of the World Cup involves each team record chase of 329-7 against otic mix-up between Tamim playing the other nine once before the top four progress to the England in 2011, struggled to Iqbal and Soumya saw the lat- semi-finals. keep up with the required run- ter by Finch’s direct Moeen, who will play his 100th one-day international for rate. hit from mid-on. England against Sri Lanka in their sixth World Cup game at hit , fresh Headingley on Friday, said the team were keeping their foot on a fine 102 but the from his match-winning the gas. “Every game we play like it’s our last game and I think -keeper’s entertaining century against the West In- if we play like that... to have the enjoyment and stuff, but every fifth-wicket stand of 127 with dies, then fell for 41 when game is huge,” he told reporters during training. (69) came too Australia’s David Warner smashes the ball during the match against Bangladesh at Trent he chipped a Marcus Stoinis England are second in the standings with four wins from late to alter the course of the Bridge, Notthingham on Thursday. (Reuters) slower ball to Warner at mid- five matches. Their only defeat was against Pakistan at Trent match as Bangladesh finished off. Bridge. (AFP) on 333-8 after their 50 overs. from eight overs but, by the Tamim played on to Defeat left them in fifth Scoreboard time the sixth bowler came on, for 62 and the place, with only the top four Australia Bangladesh Australia had already benefit- left-arm fast bowler’s first ball Bumrah won’t relax in nets from the 10-team round-robin D. Warner c b 166 b Starc 62 ed from plenty of wayward de- to saw the new bats- despite bruising Shankar A. Finch c Rubel Hossain b Soumya Sarkar 53 Soumya Sarkar run out (Finch) 10 group stage qualifying for the U. Khawaja c Mushfiqur Rahim b Soumya Sarkar 89 Shakib Al Hasan c Warner b Stoinis 41 liveries from an attack missing man struck on the helmet by a semi-finals. G. Maxwell run out (Rubel Hossain) 32 Mushfiqur Rahim not out 102 paceman Mohammad Saifud- bouncer but he batted on after SOUTHAMPTON: Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah takes his “It’s a great achievement M. Stoinis not out 17 Liton Das lbw b Zampa 20 din, who was ruled out with a receiving on-field treatment. net sessions seriously and said he had no plans to drop his but for us it’s about getting S. Smith lbw b 1 Mahmudullah c Cummins b Coulter-Nile 69 back spasm. Das was eventually lbw to intensity during practice, even after injuring teammate Vijay A. Carey not out 11 b Coulter-Nile 0 these two points and moving Extras (b1, lb5, nb1, w5) 12 Miraz c Warner b Starc 6 Finch, fresh from his 153 leg-spinner Adam Zampa but Shankar. on to Lord’s,” said man-of-the- Total (five wkts, 50 overs) 381 c Maxwell b Stoinis 6 in a win over Sri Lanka, set the the experienced Mushfiqur Bumrah’s yorker during Wednesday’s session at the Hamp- match Warner. Did not bat: N. Coulter-Nile, P. Cummins, M. Starc, A. Extras (b4, lb4, w9) 17 tone by launching Bangladesh continued to give the massed shire Bowl left Shankar with a bruised toe, and the all-rounder “You’ve got to adapt and Zampa Total (eight wkts, 50 overs) 333 captain Mashrafe Mortaza -- ranks of Bangladesh fans in skipped the nets on Thursday. Fall of : 1-121 (Finch); 2-313 (Warner), 3-352 Did not bat: Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman it’s about momentum, so far (Maxwell), 4-353 (Khawaja), 5-354 (Smith) Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Soumya), 2-102 (Shakib), the sole survivor on either side the crowd plenty to cheer. Bumrah said Shankar was fine ahead of Saturday’s World things are working well,” he : Mashrafe 8-0-56-0; Mustafizur 9-0-69-1 3-144 (Tamim), 4-175 (Liton), 5-302 (Mahmudullah), from the Tigers’ shock 2005 There were more roars of Cup match against Afghanistan after the “unfortunate” added. “It was a tad slow, the (1w); Shakib 6-0-50-0; Rubel 9-0-83-0 (1nb, 3w); 6-302 (Sabbir), 7-323 (Mehidy), 8-333 (Mashrafe) ODI victory over Australia in approval when Mahmudullah incident. wicket, but it was a grind for Mehidy 10-0-59-0 (1w); Soumya 8-0-58-3. Bowling: Starc 10-0-55-2; Cummins 10-1-65-0 (3w); Cardiff -- for six over cover. launched Zampa for a 95-me- “We obviously don’t want to injure a batsman...It was not : Australia won by 48 runs Maxwell 3-0-25-0; Coulter-Nile 10-0-58-2 (1w); the bowlers, it was very diffi- Man-of-the-match: David Warner Stoinis 8-0-54-2; Zampa 9-0-68-1 (1w). But the opener was out tre straight six before he holed the aim, it was unfortunate that he got hit. He’s okay, he’s fine. cult for the bowlers.” soon after completing his out. But you have to do all your preparations and practise all your The 32-year-old Warner, eighth fifty in 11 ODI in- And the crowd rose to their deliveries.” the highest run-scorer of the a 12-month ban for his role in from Australia captain Aaron nings when he guided a ris- feet when Mushfiqur complet- Few quicks bowl at full tilt at the nets but Bumrah, currently tournament, with 447 runs, is a ball-tampering scandal in Finch (53) and Usman Kha- ing Soumya to Rubel ed his seventh ODI century, the top ranked bowler in one-day internationals, sees it as an back to his devastating best South Africa. waja (89). Hossain at short third man. off 95 balls including nine opportunity to hone his weapons before a match. (Reuters) for Australia after completing He received solid support Soumya Sarkar took 3-58 An increasingly fluentfours and a six. Pakistan hurting after Praise pours in for ‘gem’ Williamson slump, says Hafeez Selvey joined the dole of cooing Eng- matched by some of New Zealand’s ra- AFP termined to make amends for NZ captain showed lishmen. dio and television broadcasters, who London their poor performances so far “There cannot be a batsman in the nervously conveyed the run chase at the tournament in England rare cool to hit a world less liable to panic than Kane throughout their early morning bulle- said and Wales. match-winning Williamson,” Selvey wrote on Twitter. tins on Thursday as the game reached Pakistan’s dismal showing at “I tell you that to see the There were no signs of William- its conclusion. the World Cup was hurting the team at number nine is hurt- century vs SA son’s pulse quickening on a two-paced Radio New Zealand’s Corin Dann, players, who were determined ing all of us,” said veteran Ha- pitch that made scoring difficult de- who had earlier this month confidently to battle back in a bid to reach feez, whose 84 anchored Paki- spite the fact his side had slumped to predicted New Zealand would win their the semi-finals. stan’s innings of 348-8 in their reuters 137-5 in the 33rd over. clash with Bangladesh before a middle- Pakistan are languishing only win, over hosts England. London The 28-year-old’s 91-run partner- order collapse sparked consternation, in ninth place in the 10-team Their final three games are ship with (60) said he was refraining from making table, with only Afghanistan against New Zealand, Afghani- Plaudits were pouring in for New saw their side through to the cusp of any predictions on Thursday. below them, after a single vic- stan and Bangladesh. Zealand’s “gem of a player” Kane Wil- New Zealand’s victory and Williamson sealed it with Williamson, however, did receive tory in five matches. “We failed collectively as a liamson after he displayed ice-cold a six to bring up his 12th ODI century some criticism for not ‘walking’ when The 1992 winners need to team,” said Hafeez. “All of us nerves in guiding his side to a four- something else... Under immense pres- and tie the scores. He hit a four on the he had appeared to have got a thin edge win all four of their remain- are also hurt by the negative wicket victory over South Africa in the sure he has played an old school gem... next ball. from an delivery to Quin- ing games and hope other re- campaign in the media where Cricket World Cup. What a player... What a Ton ...” former “What a marvellous innings from ton de Kock. sults go in their favour, with players and their families Williamson scored 106 not out as England captain and opening batsman Kane Williamson,” former India bats- Tahir appealed but the wicketkeep- four teams qualifying from the were targeted. There was talk New Zealand reached 245-6 with three Michael Vaughan wrote on Twitter. man VVS Laxman, who is a mentor er was not interested and the South round-robin phase. of groupings (factions) in the balls remaining in their innings, a re- Former England captain Michael for the New Zealander’s Sunrisers Hy- Africans did not review the decision. Their next match is against team which was wrong. sult that moved them to the top of the Atherton also took to Twitter to de- derabad team Technology showed Williamson may fellow strugglers South Africa “Why don’t you talk about table and has left the Proteas virtually scribe the New Zealand captain as a said on social media. “His calmness have got an edge. “Why didn’t he walk?” at Lord’s on Sunday and Ha- such things when the team is out of the running for the semi-finals. “gem of a player”, while former fast stood out in taking New Zealand home.” former South African left-arm wrist- feez said the players were de- winning?” “This Williamson innings today is bowler and cricket journalist Mike Williamson’s steely resolve was not spinner Paul Adams asked on Twitter.