15 MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020 sports

England set weary South Africa world record 466 to win final Test Riffa, to face

TDT | Manama

oe Root made a patient Jhalf-century as England set off in Cup quarters South Africa a world record target of 466 to win the fourth TDT | Manama and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday. olders Riffa were drawn The England captain scored against Manama last 58 and played an anchor role Hnight for a fiery quar- before he was last man out ter-final match-up in the 2020 as England were bowled out Khalifa bin Salman Cup in bas- shortly before the close for ketball. 248. The official draw for the pres- Root decided not to enforce tigious annual tournament was England’s Joe Root plays a shot the follow despite England held yesterday at Zain Basket- leading by 217 runs on the first His team-mates have con- ball Arena in Um Al Hassam, innings. tributed only five other 50- with representatives from all Fast bowler Mark Wood plus scores between them. participating teams on hand as took five for 46 as South Afri- Vernon Philander was out to well as officials from the Bah- ca were bowled out for 183 in the sixth ball of the day, reduc- rain Basketball Association their first innings. ing South Africa to 93 for sev- (BBA), who conducted the pro- Quinton de Kock (76) and en, at which stage a follow-on ceedings. Dwaine Pretorius (37) kept seemed a strong possibility. Also attending the event were England in the field for most It was an unhappy day for Minister of Youth and Sports of the morning and probably Philander, who will be retiring Affairs Aymen bin Tawfeeq Al made sure England would de- from international cricket at Moayed and Olympic cide to bat again. the end of the match. Committee secretary general From left, Manama player Mohammed Hussain, ’s Ahmed Aldurazi, Riffa’s Abdulrahman Ghali and BBA Board De Kock and Pretorius put Apart from his early dismiss- Mohammed Al Nusuf. Member Osama Al Kooheji on the stage during the draw on 79 for the eighth wicket al for four, he received a fine Speaking on the sidelines in and prevented England from of 15 percent of his match fee the draw, BBA President Talal Prior to this stage, there will face off with the winners of the nal contest, with the victor of wrapping up the innings early. for his ‘send-off’ of Jos Buttler Kanoo said that the Khalifa bin be four first round games. Al Muharraq- clash in that facing off against the team De Kock scored his fourth on the second day and he then Salman Cup has become one of Ahli take on Samaheej while the semis. that triumphs in the Riffa-Ma- half-century of what has been pulled up with a hamstring the biggest annual tournaments Bahrain Club face off with Al Also in the first round, Al Hala nama bout. a poor series for the South Af- injury after bowling just nine in Bahrain. Ettihad. The winners of those take on while Al Najma The opening games of the rican batsmen. balls in the second innings. He praised the care and fol- games will then meet in the lock horns with Nuwaidrat. The Khalifa bin Salman Cup are low-up for the competition giv- third quarter-final contest, with winners of these two games will scheduled to take place on en by His Royal Highness Prince the victors moving forward to then meet in the last quarter-fi- Wednesday at the Khalifa Sports Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, City arena in Isa Town, with the DHL top Carrefour league the Prime Minister, and wished two already determined quar- all the teams success. ter-final battles being held. Mu- TDT | Manama Khan made 47 runs for DHL. All 12 of Bahrain’s basketball harraq faces against Isa Town at Lankan Warriors Blue de- clubs under the BBA are taking 5.45pm followed at 7.30pm by HL defeated Panther CC by feated Collage by 13 runs in part. the titanic clash between Riffa D9 wickets in the Carrefour another fixture. Batting first Riffa, Manama, Muharraq and Manama. Corporate League organized Lankan Warriors Blue posted and Isa Town were all giv - On Thursday, Al Ahli faces by Cricket Bahrain Associ - 171 runs. In reply Collage could en direct berths in the round Samaheej at 5.45pm followed by ation. Batting first Panthers only manage 158 runs. Ahsan of eight, while the other four Najma’s clash with Nuwaidrat. posted 113 runs. Meherban Shabbir made 64 runs for Col- slots are still to be determined. On Friday, Bahrain Club and Syed claimed 3 wickets for lage. Kanishka T claimed 4 Muharraq and Isa Town clash Al Ettihad battle in the evening’s DHL. In reply DHL chased tar- wickets for Lankan Warriors in the second quarter-final first contest followed by Hala get for loss of 1 wicket. Abid Blue game. Al Nusuf shows a result from the draw taking on Sitra.

WSKF dojo celebrates 10 years in Bahrain ISB’s Vinay Varghese cruise into Badminton final

Players in action during the match Vinay Varghese prepares to serve TDT | Manama scheduled to start at 6.30pm. There are four well-lit bad- The Indian School Bahrain minton courts courts housed inay Varghese of the Indian (ISB) in association with Bah- in the high ceiling Jashan - School entered final in the rain Badminton and Squash mal auditorium with impact Officials of Bahrain WSKF dojo during the event V Under 19 boys singles category Federation (BBSF) is conducting resistant flooring. The Junior TDT | Manama (Asif 28, Wasim 25, Irfan CBA Division B 25 overs of the ISB Brain Craft Interna- the major ranking tournament Ranking Circuit will follow the 4/22) beat Waqas Pak 145/10 League tional Bahrain Junior Ranking with an aim to develop the sport laws of Badminton strictly. This he Bahrain WSKF dojo (Ehtisham 40, Asif 5/22) by 3 Public Security 176/3 in 21.5 Circuit 2020 on Saturday. in the Kingdom. tournament will be followed by Thosted a karate event cel- wickets overs (Tanveer 58, Rafay 56, In an exciting semi-final The Junior Ranking Circuit other ranking events hosted ebrating the 10 year anniver- NDC Bahrain 243/7 (Balaji Naveed 32) beat Biyas Bah - Vinay beat Mathew K Cherian 2020 will continue till Janu- by Bahrain Keraleeya Samajam sary of WSKF in Bahrain at the 87, Hemanth 54, Viju 3/37) beat rain Indians 172/8 (Hari 42, of ISB by 21-8,20-22 and 21-18. ary 27, 2020. The ranking will (BKS), Indian Club, Philippines Indian school on Friday the Phoenix CC 212/9 (Rajeev 53, Naveed 3/31, Tajamal 3/36) by 7 In another spectacular quarter be given separately to boys and Club (PBG), Ebrahim Badmin- 24th. Jayakrishanan 46, SHaji 3/39) wickets final in Under 17 boys singles, girls in the under 9,11,13,15,17 ton Academy (EBA) and BBSF. Awali Gents 161/9 (Sanito 52, by 31 runs Srilankan Club 105/4 in 14.2 Om Suhas Thaware of New Mil- and 19 singles and doubles The top ranked players will Jameel 32, Rahul 3/46) beat Royal Blasters 126/6 in 18 overs (Niroshan 50, Adnan 2/6) lennium School beat Chrsiten events. This is the first Bad - be announced at the end of the Mumbai Riders 143/10 (Faizan overs (Raj 24, Aqeel 2/26) beat beat Mudabar 102/10 (Adnan Yann by 15-9,13-15,15-13. minton tournament to be held year and they will be awarded 28, Shabeer 2/21) by 18 runs Patrick York 125/10 (Noman 29, 31, Kasun 4/18, Gamini 3/13) by On Sunday semi-finals of 18 in the recently refurbished ISB during the Junior International Z-XI 146/7 in 21.3 overs Vinod 2/8) by 4 wickets 6 wickets. events with 34 matches are badminton courts. Series 2020 in December 2020.