Haydos Celebrates 100Th Match with Goal As Qatar Beat Palestine
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SPORT Wednesday 12 September 2018 PAGE | 25 PAGE | 26 Raikkonen leaves England’s Anderson Ferrari as young breaks McGrath’s Leclerc comes in record Haydos celebrates 100th match with goal as Qatar beat Palestine ARMSTRONG VAS from where they left off against Captain Al Haydos was In the second half, both the THE PENINSULA China. playing his 100 match for the teams tried to score but without They hardly took time to country and his feat was duly any success. DOHA: Captain Hasan Al settle down and were able to get Both the teams made use of Haydos yesterday celebrated into the groove right away. Ali acknowledged at the start of the substitutions to give test his 100th match milestone got his name on the scorers’ list the match by Qatar Football new players and rest their with a plucky goal as Qatar when he out jumped the rival trusted and tired players crushed Palestine 3-0 in their Palestinian defender to head Association President Sheikh wherever possible. international friendly match home a cross from the right Hamad bin Khalifa bin Qatar, after taking a three- at the Khalifa International flank, which gave the rival Ahmed Al Thani. goal lead brought in Hashim Stadium. keeper no chance in the third Ali for Haydos with four Goals by Almoez Ali (3), minute. minutes to go for the first half Akram Afif (20) and one from Palestine did not recover chase, he beat the advancing whistle. Haydos (30) helped the hosts from the early jolt and were keeper with a rasping shot Karim Boudiaf, Sultan Al race away to an easy win. guilty of several miss passes and which broke through the Pal- Brake, Ahmad Moein, Ahmed The 2022 World Cup hosts, thus could not cobble together estine keeper’s defense. Al Aaeldin, Tarek Salman made who are preparing for the Asian any significant onslaughts on Ten minutes later, captain it to the playing XI while Qatar Cup to be held in January 2019 the Qatar defense. Al Haydos, who was playing his coach Sanchez rested Assim in the UAE, picked their second Qatar on the other hand, 100 match for the country and Madibo, Afif, Boualem Khoukhi, successive win within a span of impressed with their with short whose feat was duly acknowl- Ali and Bassam Husham. Qatari forward and four days. and swift passes which caught edged at the start of the match In the opposite camp, captain Hasan Al Haydos On Friday, coach Felix the Palestinian players on the by Qatar Football Association Sameh Maraaba replaced Shadi (right) vies for the ball Sanchez’s boys registered a 1-0 wrong foot. President Sheikh Hamad bin Sha’aban, Oday Dabbagh came against Palestine’s Shadi win over Marcello Lippi’s Al Anabi increased the lead Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, got in for Mahmoud Eid, Islam Shaban during their Chinese side in a match played in the 20th minute through Afif. his name on the scorers list. Batran took over from friendly football match at the same venue. The Al Sadd striker, after been Haydos’ right-footed Mahmoud Wadi while Abdul- played at the Khalifa Yesterday, the hosts meant put in the clear by Abdelaziz angular drive from the centre of hamid Abuhabib got time on the International Stadium in business right from the kick off Hatem, sprinted down the the box ended at the bottom right pitch with Pablo Tamburrini Doha yesterday. and seemed to have started middle with a defender in hot corner of the net, making it 3-0. taken off from the firing line. Al Rayyan, Al Gharafa eye full points in Round 5 of QSL FAWAD HUSSAIN position with 9 points. Al Rayyan, one of the strong title Salal in place of ex-Moroccan inter- THE PENINSULA Another crunch match of the contenders are on 5th position with 8 national Talal El Karkouri, who had week will be played between star- points, will be desperate for victory also played for The Orange studded Al Gharafa and Umm Salal, when fourth-placed Al Arabi host ‘The Fortress. DOHA: Al Rayyan and Al Gharafa with both sides targeting maximum In the QSL Cup first round will be looking to earn full points to points. The match will be played on Lions’ on Friday. played during the international improve their standings in the QNB September 15 at Al Gharafa Stadium. break last week, Al Gharafa were Stars League (QSL) which will Al Gharafa are sixth in the Al Gharafa are sixth in the standings held 1-1 by Qatar SC, while Umm resume on Friday after a week’s standings with seven points and with seven points and Umm Salal are Salal defeated Al Arabi 1-0. They break. Umm Salal are close behind them close behind them on four points. had mixed luck in Week 4 of the Al Rayyan’s Al Rayyan, one of the strong title on four points. Al Gharafa started QNB Stars League. While Al Gharafa skipper contenders are on 5th position with off the 2018-19 season on a losing had it easy over Al Ahli (4-0), Umm Rodrigo Tabata 8 points, will be desperate for note after suffering a 1-3 defeat to Al Rayyan to a 1-1 draw, but lost to Salal lost big-time to Al Arabi (1-5). celebrates victory when fourth-placed Al Arabi Qatar SC. But they recovered to beat Al Sailiya (1-2) and Al Arabi (1-5). It may be recalled that Al after scoring a host ‘The Lions’ on Friday. Al Sailiya (2-1) and Al Ahli (4-0). In Both sides are under the Gharafa had pipped Umm Salal to goal against Al High-scoring Al Sadd (10 points) between, The Cheetahs held formi- tutelage of French coaches since the the fifth position last season in the Kharaitiyat in are leading the standings on basis dable Al Sadd to a 1-1 draw. start of this season. last round and, thus qualified for the this September of a better goal difference over Umm Salal have only one Christian Gourcuff replaced Qatar Cup. Al Sadd will meet Al Khor 1 file photo. defending champions Al Duhail (10 victory (4-1 over Al Ahli) to their Turk Bulent Uygun at Al Gharafa, while Al Duhail will take on Al points). Al Sailiya are on third credit. They succeeded in holding while Laurent Banide came to Umm Sailiya on September 16. Memorable Test farewell for Alastair Cook as England wrap up home series 4-1 England’s Alastair Cook acknowledges the 'MASTERCHEF' OF ENGLISH crowd as he leaves the CRICKET ground following their COOK'S CAREER IN NUMBERS win against India in the fifth Test at the Kia Oval in 12,472 London, Britain yesterday. Most runs by an Englishman in Cook made 147 in his final Tests, fifth-most overall Test innings, which also meant he became just the fifth player in history, 161 after Australia’s Reggie Most Test appearances for England Duff, Bill Ponsford and Greg Chappell and India’s 159 Mohammad Azharuddin Most consecutive Test matches to score hundreds in both by any player. their first and last Tests. England won the final Test He (Cook) is my best by 118 runs. INSET: Team- 59 mate and he's been mate James Anderson Most Tests as captain for England brilliant - there for (second, right) celebrates me all the time: with Cook. James Anderson Full story on page 26 26 SPORT WEDNESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 Five new faces in Australia’s Anderson breaks McGrath’s squad for Pakistan Tests record as England win fifth Test AFP AFP back on for a second spell but SYDNEY: Australia ushered could not break through, with in a fresh era yesterday by LONDON: James Anderson England captain Joe Root’s occa- including five uncapped became the most successful fast sional off-spin also failing to players in its first Test squad bowler in Test history when he yield a wicket. since the scandal-plagued sealed England’s 118-run win Wicket-keeper Pant, who tour of South Africa early this over India at the Oval yesterday. hoisted Rashid for six to go into year, while recalling veteran With just one wicket to fall, the 90s, went to his maiden Test Peter Siddle. and Anderson needing one more hundred in just his third match With the disgraced Steve to break the record of 563 he had at this level when he repeated Smith, David Warner and shared with retired Australia the shot off the Yorkshireman, Cameron Bancroft all sus- great Glenn McGrath, the the ball soaring high over pended for their roles in the 36-year-old Lancashire long-on. The 20-year-old had ball-tampering row that paceman bowled Mohammed then faced a mere 117 balls, sparked one of the worst Shami to give England victory in including 14 fours and three crises cricket has faced in the fifth Test and a 4-1 series win. sixes. At tea, India were 298 for recent times, selectors had India, set a mammoth 464 to five, needing 166 more runs to slim pickings. win, collapsed to two for three win. But Rashid, a peripheral Also missing for the two- on Monday, with Anderson figure for much of the series, Test series against Pakistan striking twice. then took centre stage. in the United Arab Emirates But a sixth-wicket part- He turned one sharply out of next month are injured fast nership of 204 between KL the rough outside Rahul’s leg- bowlers Josh Hazlewood and Rahul (149) and Rishabh Pant stump to clip the top of the right- Pat Cummins, leaving Aus- (114) yesterday gave them hope hander’s off-stump.