Sports Thursday, March 12, 2020 13 Australia’s women’s cricket star AJS Wathanan wins Rodat Al Maida Cup Mooney signs up for Hundred AFP Northern Superchargers. London Kapp will join wife and Proteas cap- tain at Oval Invincibles , the player of the tourna- while Tryon, another of the South Africa ment at the Women’s T20 World Cup, squad that reached the T20 World Cup will link up with at semi-finals, is set for a stint at London Welsh Fire for the inaugural edition of Spirit. The Hundred. Beth Barrett-Wild, the head of the The England and Wales Cricket Board Hundred women’s competition, said: “It’s announced Mooney, plus fellow Austral- fantastic to see five more international ians Ashleigh Gardner and stars signing up to play in The Hundred and South Africa all-rounders Marizanne this summer. Kapp and Chloe Tryon, as the latest inter- “We’ve now confirmed the names of nationals to sign up for the event. 18 overseas players who will compete in Mooney was a pivotal figure in Aus- the women’s competition.” tralia’s charge to a fifth T20 crown, scor- The Hundred is a new tournament ing an unbeaten 78 in Sunday’s final Australia’s Beth Mooney smiles as she trains consisting of eight city-based franchise against India in Melbourne. at the nets during the Twenty20 Women’s sides, breaking away from England’s tra- “I’m really excited to take part in the World Cup in Melbourne last week. (AFP) ditional county system. first season of The Hundred,” said Moon- Teams will bat for 100 balls each, with ey, who is top of the women’s T20 inter- Phoenix’s second overseas signing, join- overs lasting for 10 balls and bowlers ei- Anas al Seyabi helmed AJS Wathanan to a superb over-two-length win against Sealine in the Rodat Al national rankings. “It looks likes ing New Zealand’s Sophie Devine. ther five or 10 balls consecutively. Maida Cup, the feature race of the 35th Meeting at the Qatar Racing and Equestrian Club Racecourse in it is developing into a high-quality, world- Seam bowler Carey, another member All eight franchises will feature both New Al Rayyan on Wednesday. The eight-year-old gray gelding put up a fine finishing dash to record his class competition.” of the triumphant Australia squad, will men’s and women’s teams, with the two third victory of the season for owner Al Ghazali Stud and trainer Jassim Ghazali. Saa’d was third by less Gardner has become Birmingham unite with compatriot at competitions running side by side. than a body length, while Al Junood and Ishfaq, both trainees of Ghazali, came fourth and fifth. Italians Lupo, Nicolai shine in 4-Star Katara Cup V’ball Qatar’s challenge ends as Younousse, Tijan bow out in SIGA Sport Integrity Forum knock-out clash

Raajiv Tripathi and General Assembly to be DOHA held in New York postponed Daniele Lupo and , who have qualified for Tribune News Network mitment to the health and well- their third , being of our speakers, support- knocked out two former Kata- The sixth SIGA Sport Integri- ers, partners and participants. ra Cup med- ty Forum and General Assem- “While we are very disap- allists and secured a spot in bly which was scheduled to be pointed, I would like to ex- the quarter-finals of the 2020 held in New York on March 24 press, on behalf of SIGA and edition on Wednesday. and 25 has been postponed. SIGA AMERICA, our deep ap- At the Katara Cultural Emanuel Macedo de Me- preciation to the vast number Village’s amphitheatre, the deiros, CEO of SIGA and Chair- of leading organisations and fourth-seeded Italians first man & CEO of SIGA AMERICA, influential leaders who had eliminated local stars and in a statement on the postpone- committed to speaking at the eighth seeds Cherif Younousse ment of the sixth edition of the Sport Integrity Forum. We and Ahmed Tijan, who won SIGA Sport Integrity Forum, count on their support and the the 2018 bronze medal, said: “In consultation with the participation when the time 21-16, 21-18 in 34 minutes in Permanent Committee of the is suitable to commence the the morning. SIGA Council, we must regret- Forum and General Assembly, Later in the evening, they tably postpone the VI SIGA hopefully by this Autumn. returned to the court to take Sport Integrity Forum and “Thank you for your un- on 2018 champions from the General Assembly in New York, derstanding and relentless Netherlands - Alexander Brou- on 24-25 March. support. The fight for Sport wer and Robert Meeuwsen - in “This decision was made Integrity is not a convenience. their 20th career meeting. taking into serious considera- It is a necessity and a top pri- Just as they had won their Italians Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai (in yellow), who have qualified for their third Olympic Games, in action against the Qatar pair of Cherif tion the current status and un- ority. We will not slow down last clash to book their spot in Younousse amd Ahmed Tijan (note seen) at the Katara Cultural Village amphiteatre on Wednesday. certainty of the Coronavirus on our efforts. We will use the Summer Olympic Games spread around the world, in- this time to continue moving in Tokyo, the 2016 Rio Olym- Results & Fixtures creasing travel restrictions and our agenda forward and im- pics silver medallists Lupo the state of emergency recently plementing the much-needed and Nicolai handed a 21-19, Winner’s Bracket - Round 1 declared by the Governor of integrity reforms across the 21-16 defeat to Brouwer and Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Italy (4) def. Cherif New York, as well as our com- whole industry.” Samba / Ahmed Tijan Qatar (8) 21-16, 21-18 Meeuwsen, the bronze winner (0:34); Ilya Leshukov / Russia in Rio Games. (14) def. Iaroslav Gordieiev / Sergiy Popov Ukraine Twice fifth here, including (25, Q3) 21-14, 19-21, 15-9 (0:53); Aleksandrs last year, Lupo and Nicolai will Samoilovs / Janis Smedins Latvia (16) def. Julius Thole / Sven Winter Germany (11) 21-16, 22-20 Dharamsala ODI: Ind vs SA clash with Americans Taylor (0:40); Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter Canada (21) Crabb and Jake Gibb, the fifth def. Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen Mexico (26, seeds, for a place in the semi- Q5) 17-21, 22-20, 15-13 (0:55); Robin Seidl / finals on Thursday morning. Philipp Waller Austria (20) def. Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Virus may take shine off Indian Losiak Poland (15) by Forfeit Crabb and Gibb ousted 14th- Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt Chile (17) def. seeded Russians Ilya Leshu- Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera Spain (10) 23-25, cricket’s saliva swing tactics kov and Konstantin Semenov 21-18, 15-13 (0:54); Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio 21-19, 21-18. Mexico (28, Q8) def. Billy Allen / Stafford Slick AFP United States (22, Q1) 21-15, 21-17 (0:37); Steven Nicolai, who fired the match- van de Velde / Christiaan Varenhorst Netherlands Dharamsala winning smash to give his team (18) def. Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz-Telsnigg an overall 11-9 edge and an 8-7 Fans watch action of the 4-star Katara Beach Volleyball Cup 2020 being held at the Katara Cultural Village Austria (19) 27-25, 21-13 (0:39) Using saliva to shine the amphiteatre on Wednesday. Round 2 advantage on the FIVB Beach Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Italy (4) def. Alexander cricket ball could be banned World Tour, said,”We’re de- Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen Netherlands (2) 21-19, for Indian players in the One- lighted to get into the third elim- calendar. And when this tour- the set and the match. and Nick Lucena, the third- 21-16 (0:33); / Jake Gibb United day series clash against South inator. It is the same stage for nament comes to the mind, “We need to be more fo- seeded Americans, clash with States (5) def. Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov Africa over coronavirus con- Russia (14) 21-19, 21-18 (0:35); Michal Bryl / us like the 2019 edition. It was a we know what to expect here. cused. Whatever advantages sixth seeds Evandro Goncalves Grzegorz Fijalek Poland (7) def. Aleksandrs cerns, paceman Bhuvneshwar tough match and required a lot The legacy is growing and we created, we were not able and Samoilovs / Janis Smedins Latvia (16) 18-21, Kumar said on Wednesday. India bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar of efforts. we’re proud that we’re all to use that. We were obvi- from . 29-27, 15-12 (1:01); Nils Ehlers / Lars Fluggen India has insisted the three during a practice session ahead “We’ve been clashing with part of it,” he said. ously not at our best. This Dalhausser won the 2007 Germany (13) def. Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter matches against South Africa at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Canada (21) 21-14, 26-24 (0:43); each other ever since our Earlier, world champions was the fourth time on the World Championship in / Nick Lucena United States (3) def. Robin Seidl / will go ahead despite growing Association Stadium in Dharam- youth days. We all know one and top seeds Viacheslav Kra- Tour we were playing them. Gstaad teaming up with Todd Philipp Waller Austria (20) 21-16, 21-9 (0:30) fears over the virus. The num- sala on Wednesday. (AFP) and other well so the clashes silnikov and Oleg Stoyanovs- Always they create problems Rogers. The pair also emerged Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Oscar Schmidt Brazil (6) ber of cases in India has dou- are always interesting. We’re kiy needed four match points for us and today’s match was the champions at the 2008 def. Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt Chile (17) bled to 60 in four days. told reporters. 26-24, 21-17 (0:45); Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio looking forward to tomorrow’s to overcome Dutch Steven just one of them,” said Stoy- Olympics. Now the Mexico (28, Q8) def. Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb United The disease can be spread “Then we will get hit and match and hopefully, we’ll be van de Velde and Christiaan anovskiy after the 49-minute former is playing with Lucena States (9) 23-21, 8-21, 15-8 (0:48); Viacheslav when small droplets contain- you people will say you are not able to improve our record in Varenhorst 21-19, 28-26 in 49 victory. and they were runners-up in Krasilnikov / Russia (1) def. ing it land on objects that are bowling well.” Qatar,” added Nicolai. minutes. In the pre-quarter “We’re the current world Qatar twice - 2016 and 2019. Steven van de Velde / Christiaan Varenhorst then touched by a person, who Kumar said bowlers would Netherlands (18) 21-19, 28-26 (0:49). One of the toughest net clash, the Russians were 18-15 champions and each team wants Their team is quite successful Thursday’s fixtures then touches their eyes, nose follow the doctors’ orders: players in the world, Nicolai ahead in the second set before to beat us. We always make ef- on the Tour, having won nine Round 3: 3pm: Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena United or mouth, according to the “Whatever instruction we get has been playing with Lupo the 18th-seeded Dutch came forts to keep our level high. Last of their 16 finals States (3) vs. Evandro Goncalves / Bruno Oscar World Health Organization. or whatever is the best option for 10 seasons and they had back to force extra points. year, we were ninth here. So our Schmidt and Allison Schmidt Brazil (6); Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio Mexico Kumar said the Indian we will do.” (28, Q8) vs. / Oleg Stoyanovskiy last won a Tour event in 2016 Even van de Velds and primary goal was to do better Cerutti were 2015 World and Russia (1) cricket team consulted doctors They have already been in Sochi. “The Tour is getting Varenhorst also had four set this time. We’ve achieved it and 2016 Olympic champions, 4pm: Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai Italy (4) vs. Taylor on Wednesday about whether told to stay away from fans. tougher each year. Lots of points. With Stoyanovskiy, will now try to do as good as we while Goncalves bagged the Crabb / Jake Gibb United States (5); Michal Bryl / to use saliva, which bowlers Team captain Quinton De Grzegorz Fijalek Poland (7) vs. Nils Ehlers / Lars strong players are coming and who finished second with can,” added Stoyanovskiy, who World crown with André Stein Fluggen Germany (13) rub on one side of the leather Kock said both teams had been helping raise the standard. It Igor Velichiko in 2018 here, also won the World Tour Finals two years later. Schmidt and Semi-finals: 6:30pm & 7:45pm. ball to help it swing. tested and were healthy, adding is also a big motivation for us proving a difficult man to in last season as one of Goncalves paired up last year A decision will be taken at South Africa would continue to to keep working hard and lift- beat at the net, the Dutch the biggest events on the FIVB and were 17th in their open- the Americans disposed of a team meeting ahead of the use saliva. “We will still shine ing our level.” could not convert them. Af- schedule. ing event - the Katara Cup. But Austrians Robin Seidl and first game in Dharamsala on the ball. Our team doctors and The Italians like coming ter 26-26, Varenhorst had On Thursday, the open- they went on to claim three Philipp Waller 21-16, 21-9. Thursday, he said. management have made sure to Qatar and playing here. a net foul to give the match ing quarter-final at 3 pm is medals in the season, includ- The Brazilians eliminated de- “I can’t say right now we we are all fit and don’t have cor- “For a long time, this event point to the Russians and quite interesting. Olympic and ing the Four-Star Warsaw fending champions Esteban will not use saliva because if onavirus. We will still attend to has been taking place here. It then the tall Stoyanovskiy world champions will be seen Open gold medal. Grimalt and Marco Grimalt we don’t use saliva then how that and keep the ball shining,” is a stable event on the FIVB blocked van de Velde to seal in action as Phil Dalhausser In the last 16 stage, by 26-24, 21-17. will we shine the ball?” Kumar he told reporters.