15 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 sports

Tornado IRS edge Hajweri CC

TDT | Manama Pakistan crush Bangladesh ornado IRS beat Hajweri TCC by one in CBA Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi snared Mominul Haque in the first over on day Division B 25 overs league. After winning the toss, Ha- four to lead the hosts to victory in Rawalpindi jweri elected to bat first and opener Atif (51) scored a bril- AFP | Rawalpindi, Pakistan liant half century to give them a good start. Later Tornado akistan completed a bowler Shahzeem’s five wicket crushing innings-and- spell collapsed the Hajweri’s Abdul Wahad - Ustad XI P44-run victory over Bang- battling line up. At the end of ladesh on the fourth morning 25 overs Hajweri scored 175. yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in Chasing the target Tornado the two-Test series. IRS reach the target in 24th Bangladesh were bowled out over with 9 wicket loss. Atif for 168 in their second innings took five for Hajweri. after resuming the day on 126- Sameer (37) became the top 6 as Pakistan’s pace and spin scorer for Tornado. attack was too hot to handle Tornado IRS 176/9 in 24 runs despite a flat Rawalpindi stadi- (Sameer 37, Suhail 35, Atif um pitch. 5/24) beat Hajweri 175/10 (Atif Fast bowler Naseem Shah, 51, Shahzeem 5/23) by 1 wicket who at 16 years and 359 days Ustad XI won the toss and Shahzeem - Tornado IRS became the youngest bowler to elected to bat first and scored take a Test hat-trick on Sunday, 208 run at the end of 25 overs, six wickets in his 4 overs for finished with 4-26 and was de- Faisal (37) the top scorer, Suraj just 20 runs. Suraj (74) the top clared man of the match. and Guru took three wickets scorer for RKCT Despite Naseem being una- each for RKCT. In the second Ustad XI 208/10 (Faisal 37, vailable to bowl yesterday with innings Abdul Wahad magic Ashraf 35, Suraj 3/40) beat rib pain, Pakistan mopped up spell helped Ustad XI to win- RKCT 136/10 (Suraj 74, Abdul the last four wickets in 90 min- dup RKCT for 136 runs. He took Wahab 6/20) by 72 runs utes, inflicting their 10th defeat on Bangladesh in 11 matches Pakistan’s players celebrate a wicket with one draw. leg-before for five. tally to 140 points. Pakistan skipper Azhar Ali Leg-spinner Yasir Shah dis- lead the nine-team said home wins -- only possi- missed Das lbw and had Abu championship table with 360 Pele is depressed, reclusive due ble in recent months, after the Jayed for three to finish with points followed by to health issues, says son resumption of Test in 4-58 and complete the win. (246) and England 146. Pakistan following a decade’s Top two teams on the cham- been in a wheelchair. isolation over security concerns 41 ‘Disappointing batting’ pionship table will play the final AFP | Sao Paulo “He’s pretty fragile. He had -- were important to boost con- runs could only be Haque rued Bangladesh’s low at Lord’s in June 2021. a hip replacement and didn’t fidence. scored by Bangladesh first-innings total. Pakistan’s victory was on razilian soccer great Pele have an adequate or ideal re- “It’s an important win and skipper Mominul “Disappointing batting on a the cards after they bowled Haque Bis depressed over his poor habilitation,” Edinho told TV home wins always increase con- flat wicket (in the first innings) Bangladesh out for 233 in the health and reluctant to leave Globo. fidence within the team,” said and no team can come back from first innings and then piled up the house because he cannot “So he has this problem with Azhar. “We have to play impor- such situations,” said Haque, 445 in reply, with Babar Azam walk unaided, his son Edinho mobility and that has set off a tant away series including one in who has now lost all three Tests smashing 143 and Shan Masood said in an interview published kind of depression. Imagine, England (July-August this year) square-driving paceman Sha- as skipper by an innings. 100. in Brazil yesterday. he’s the King, he was always so we will carry this confidence. heen Shah Afridi for his fifth “Pakistan bowled superbly This becomes Bangladesh’s Pele, widely considered to be such an imposing figure and “Naseem and other bowlers boundary in the first over, but and exploited our weaknesses sixth defeat in 14 months, in- one of the greatest footballers today he can’t walk properly. bowled superbly and it was an then fell leg-before in the same and that hat-trick changed the cluding their fifth by an innings. in history and who will be 80 “He’s embarrassed, he outstanding batting display, so over for 41. game completely to open Paki- They have yet to score a cham- in October, has had hip trou- doesn’t want to go out, be seen, all in all it was a complete team Liton Das (29) and tail-ender stan’s victory path.” pionship point in three Tests. ble for years and now needs a or do practically anything that effort.” Rubel Hossain kept Pakistan at With the victory, Pakistan The second Test starts in Ka- frame to walk. Many of his re- involves leaving the house,” his Bangladesh skipper Mom- bay for 11.5 overs before Mo - gained 60 points in the World rachi -- after a two-month break cent public appearances have son added. inul Haque started the day by hammad Abbas trapped Rubel Test Championship, taking their -- from April 5-9.

Indian Cricketer TA Sekhar visits ISB Pickford hits out at pundits over criticism Reuters | London highlighted his patchy form over the last 18 months. verton goalkeeper Jordan “Everyone hates you, for EPickford says his role as some reason, that’s part of be- England’s number one has ing an England player,” Pick- made him the target of unfair ford told British media. criticism. “I think the press and every- Pickford let Christian body, the punters - look at Gary Benteke’s equaliser Neville - they just want to slip under him in come for England players Everton’s 3-1 win ... as a person, I don’t let it over Crystal Pal- affect me.” ace in the Premier Pickford said his error League on Saturday. against Palace was a result Former defender of his leg getting stuck and TA Sekhar with ISB officials and students and television he was lucky to escape injury. pundit Gary “I’ve watched the goal. TDT | Manama Mannil Varughese, Ajayakr- ‘practice perfectly to become Neville I’m lucky I haven’t ishnan V, Saji Mangad, Princi- BETTER perfect man.’ slammed done my cruciate ne of the fastest bowlers in pal VR Palaniswamy, Vice-Prin- TA Sekhar’s two Test match- Pickford (knee ligaments), to OIndia in the early eighties, cipals and Physical Education es were in the 1982-83 season in Sep - be honest. My foot TA Sekhar visited the Indian teachers attended the interac- KNOW when he was flown out to Pa- tember planted,” he add- School Bahrain and interacted tive session. kistan to replace the injured for laugh- ed. “I couldn’t get with students. TA Sekhar advised the young Madan Lal. He played a One Day ing when my leg out. It was In the interactive session boys to perform well and After retiring as a player, International in that series and Everton stuck.” with the under 14 boys, he ad- emerge first in every age group three more against England two were 3-1 TA Sekhar’s major contri- Jordan Pickford vised them to focus on ‘line and tournaments before dream- bution to Indian cricket years later. Since then his major down length’ instead of trying to bowl ing to represent the country is a bowling coach at the contribution to Indian cricket is against faster deliveries at this age. or the national team. Quoting a bowling coach at the MRF Pace Manchester ISB Secretary Saji Antony, EC ‘practice makes man perfect’, MRF Pace Foundation in Foundation in . City, while Members Rajesh Nambiar, Binu he advised the children to Chennai others have