14 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018 sports Ahmed aims to cement dominance over Kiwis AFP | Abu Dhabi Sarfraz admitted New Zea- land, two points behind Austral- akistan skipper Sarfraz ia in the world rankings having Ahmed vowed that his played three fewer matches, will Pall-conquering Twenty20 be a tougher opponent. team will continue their hot “They (New Zealand) have a streak in their three-match se- strong team with ideal batsmen Supreme Council for Youth and Sports assistant secretary general and ries against New Zealand, start- for Twenty20 and a balanced Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) secretary general Abdulrahman Askar ing in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. bowling attack so we need to set receives Bahraini wrestler Adam Batirov and his coach Eldar Eldarov, in Pakistan maintained top spot the tone from the first game by presence of Bahrain Mixed Martial Arts Federation president Khalid Al in the 20-over world rankings winning it,” said Sarfraz, whose Khayyat and BOC board member Ali Esaaqi. Askar commended the result with a 3-0 whitewash of Aus- team has won 10 of their 18 pre- of the wrestler Batirov at the recently-concluded 2018 World Wrestling tralia in Dubai on Sunday, ce- vious Twenty20 internationals Championships in Budapest, Hungary menting their place as the lead- against the Kiwis. ing lights of the game’s shortest Pakistan’s varied bowling format. attack defended totals of 155, Ever since Sarfraz took over 147 and 150 against Australia BOC begin preparations as Pakistan have won but New Zealand’s top order of 26 of their 30 matches and the Colin Munro, skipper Kane Wil- for women sports festival hammering of Australia was liamson and are ex- their tenth straight series win. pected to be a sterner test than TDT | Manama in total, namely futsal, 3x3 bas- “We want to carry forward Australia’s mis-firing batsmen. ketball, volleyball, handball, the winning momentum of the Munro is one of only two bats- Sarfraz Ahmed reacts during a match (file photo) he BahrB2ain Olympic , karate and taekwondo. Australia series,” said Sarfraz, men to hit three Twenty20 hun- TCommittee (BOC) has Shaikha Hayat stressed on who announced Shoaib Malik dreds alongside India’s Rohit strong side,” said Williamson. in recent times.” commenced its preparations the importance of having such will join the team in time for Sharma. “That’s something we’ve Williamson admitted opener for the second edition of the a sporting festival organized the match soon after becoming New Zealand also have hard known for a long time. The last , out of the tour 2018 Bahrain Women’s Day for the second consecutive a father. hitting all-rounders in Corey time we played against them with a calf strain, will be missed. Sportsfest, scheduled to run year to celebrate the Bahrain Malik’s tennis star wife Sania Anderson and Colin de Grand- was at home in New Zealand “It’s a shame we don’t have from November 29 to Decem- National Day. Mirza gave birth to a baby boy homme, with pace attack spear- and it was a tough series,” add- Martin for this series,” said Wil- ber 8 at Isa Sports City Halls She attributed this to the in India early yesterday. headed by , Lockie ed Williamson of the January liamson of Guptill, who is the in Riffa. hard working efforts of the However opener Fakhar Zam- Ferguson and Adam Milne. series Pakistan won 2-1. highest run scorer in the format The 10-day festival is organ- women’s sports committee, an is still sidelined with the Williamson said his team “They are extremely strong in with 2271 in 75 matches. ized by BOC Women’s Sports which seeks to develop wom- knee problem that forced him needed to be at their best to beat these conditions. Their rankings “He’s obviously a world class Committee with support of en’s activities in different to sit out Sunday’s game against the top team. suggest that as well. They have player for us and a big perform- event specialists Out of the sports disciplines in the King- Australia in Dubai. “Obviously, Pakistan are a had a lot of success in the format er.” Box, and is due to be held dom of Bahrain. under patronage of Shaikha Shaikha Hayat added that Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khal- women’s sport is gaining more ifa. and more interest and promi- Shaikha Hayat is a member nence in Bahrain. Warriors cruise past Hawks Bahrain set to host largest of the Supreme Council for She expressed pleasure as Youth and Sports and the BOC, they provide the ladies with TDT | Manama Usman 55, Bharath 2/28) beat combat sports event in Asia and is chairwoman of Bahrain a new competitive opportu- Bahrain Hawks 144/7 (Anu- TDT | Manama Women’s Sports Committee. nity, particularly on Bahrain rave Warriors defeated pam 47, Salamn 3/33, Waqar The fight week will feature Compared to last year’s in- Women’s Day, which would BBagrain Hawks by 32 runs 2/21) by 32 runs the eighteenth edition of Brave augural edition, where only boost their personal playing in CBA Division D - T-20 league Other Match scores ingdom of Bahrain will Combat Federation. Brave 18 two sports were organized, skills and confidence in their match. Friends XI 107/10 (Shaibu Khost the largest combat will feature three champion- this year will see seven sports respective sport. Warriors won the toss and 24, Yogesh 3/15) beat Lanterns sports festival in Asia from 11th ship title fights in the main elected to bat first. Both the Lions 97/8 (Dhaval 42, Sabeesh to 18th November. card. openers Usman (55) and 4/16) by 10 runs Brave International Combat Brave Combat Federation Waqas (67) scored half cen- Hempel Paints 142/10 ( Week 2018 will feature the In- has signed some of the biggest tury and gave a solid start for Manish 42, Aqib 23, Khalid ternational Mixed Martial Arts names in the combat sports England cricketers warned their team as they held the first 3/14) beat Alpha Fire Bahrain Federation (IMMAF) - World industry including Lenne for 100 runs. Their fol- 122/6 (Thilina 50, Rashid 2/17, Mixed Martial Arts Associa- Hardt to be a part of the over Sri Lanka upheaval lower carried the momentum Ashan 2/15) by 20 runs tion (WMMAA) Unified World event. AFP | Colombo and replaced him with former and they scored 176 at the end Modest 114/10 ( Jibin 20, Championships 2018 which is The fight card also features strongman leader Mahinda of 20 overs. Ravi 6/22) tied with Indian the largest till date featuring the highly debated lightweight ngland’s cricket stars have Rajapakse. Chasing the target Hawks Super Kings 114/5 (Ajay 30, over 100 nations participating championship being defended Ebeen told to stay away “We are exercising vigilance batsman failed to build part- Rushabh 23, Siyaz 2/28) in the event. for the first time since its in- from political demonstrations and avoiding all demonstra- nership in front of Warriors Via Cloud Royal Blaster 67/4 Bahrain National Team is troduction. while touring Sri Lanka, which tions or large political gath- bowling attack. Salman took in 15.2 overs (Philson 15, Asif currently undergoing training The event will bring some of is in the grip of a constitutional erings,” England spokesman three for Warriors 2/12) beat TISCA 66/10 (Bha- at the KHK MMA Bahrain lead- the biggest names in combat power struggle. Danny Reuben told AFP. which helped them to wind rani 19. Vijeesh 3/20, Roshan ing to participate in the largest sports industry, film industry, One man has been killed “We are aware of a political up Hawks for 144 runs and 3/10) by 6 wickets world championships till date. businessmen, diplomats, art- in upheaval after President demonstration today, but for won the match by 32 runs. Bulls 107/8 (Sumesh 20, Jo- In 2017 Kingdom of Bahrain ists, global media, MMA fans Maithripala Sirisena sacked us it is all about preparations Brief Score: Brave Warriors seph 4/18) beat 85/7 (Punnose came third in the medal rank- and more into the Kingdom of the country’s prime minister for the first Test.” 176/3 in 20 overs (Waqas 67, 20, Binoy 3/18) by 22 runs ings. Bahrain. Biles leads US to women’s team gold

AFP | Doha bronze on 162.396. China have now finished in the top imone Biles led the US to the wom- three in the past six world champion- Sen’s team gold at the world gym- ships at this event. nastics in Doha yesterday, dominating This triumph means that the last at Seef District too the event to clinch victory for the time the Americans failed to take fourth successive championships. gold in a world team event was back The Americans led the competition in 2010 in Rotterdam, when they fin- throughout and ended up winning by ished in the silver medal position. a comprehensive margin of almost 10 Simone Biles on the balance beam during the The margin of victory in Doha was points, finishing on 171.629. women’s team final the largest of their six world champi- In contrast to the night before in onship team golds. the men’s event which went down to the peerless American team. As well as a team triumph it was yet Um al Hassan +973 17728699 Seef District +973 17364999 the very final gymnast, this felt like a Russia took silver, amassing a score another notable night for superstar victory parade from start to finish by of 162.863, edging out China who took Biles.