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China's Rise Driving Hollywood Interest in Asia
12 Thursday 22nd March, 2012 The Island Features ay back, in 1994-1995, during the school 88 in 44 deliveries. As I mentioned earlier, ‘Mahela’s Paradise’ is cricket season, I went to witness a 2. Arjuna Ranatunga’s swashbuckling the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) Grounds. Wmatch at Nalanda College grounds, innings of 88 at Sharjah against India. During the period 2006-2009, he scored 82, 374, Colombo. A young right hand batsman executed 3. Dilshan and Jayawardene’s opening stand 127, 195, 136 and 79 in consecutive Test innings. some brilliant on drives and covers drives with of 179, chasing Australia’s 271 at Adelaide in the Pakistan’s Danesh Kaneria spoiled the ‘Party’, grace and elegance. second of the three finals, where SL recorded an when he dismissed Mahela Jayawardana for 2 I inquired from a boy, “son, who is this eight wicket victory on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. runs. After this episode, he continued his good right hand batsman?” Promptly came the reply, As the captain, Jayawardene led from the front work, scoring 92, 96 and 194, in consecutive “sir, he is our captain, Mahela Jayawardane.” and Tillekaratne Dilshan, the leading run getter innings. A couple of weeks later at Ananda in the Commonwealth Bank Tournament and Mawatha, I saw another elegant right hand bats- Man of the Series, scored a power packed 106. Batting heroes man. He was Mahela’s rival, Ananda College Although Mahela Jayawardena (80) did not get Sri Lanka’s most consistent batting heroes, skipper, Thilan Samaraweera. into three figures, against the Aussies, the deli- Jayawardane (374), Sangakkara (287) created I was very impressed with these two boys. -
Muttiah Muralitharan Celebrates His 200Th Test Wicket Dur- Ing the 1998 Oval Test
Thursday 5th May, 2011 15 Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates his 200th Test wicket dur- ing the 1998 Oval Test. His 16 for 220 is the fifth best bowl- ing figures in a match in the history of Test cricket Sidath Wettimuny during his epic 190 at Lord’s in 1984 against the lowly ranked Sri tor commented. Apart from winning the tri-nation Lankans, they were looking for “This was a great occasion for Sri tournament in 1998, Sri Lanka’s notewor- some breathing space. Lanka, on which they won many new thy performance on English soil in ODIs David Gower, the England admirers. Wettimuny’s 190 will have came during their last visit when they captain, put the Sri Lankans made him something of a legend,” Engel whitewashed England 5-0 in a one-sided in after winning the toss. went on to add. series. After their struggles against Sri Lanka’s next two visits to England Mahela Jayawardene has scored the West Indies, he might have to play Tests in 1988, under Ranjan most number of runs by a Sri Lankan on thought the Sri Lankans Madugalle, and in 1991, under Aravinda English soil having made 511 in seven wouldn’t pose them any de Silva, ended in defeats. After the 1998 Tests at 42.58 with two hundreds and two BY REX CLEMENTINE major challenge. triumph mentioned above, they toured fifties. Both his hundreds came in Lord’s “They probably took us England in 2002 to play their first ever Tests. ri Lanka’s preparation for their two- lightly,” Sidath Wettimuny Test series. -
Ajmal Set for Cricket Return After Learning New Action
Sports FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2016 Five memorable Smash or crash - the McCullum way CHRISTCHURCH: The cap may be tat- Twenty20s. Perhaps his best year was captain during a tour of Sri Lanka in innings by tered but the legacy Brendon McCullum 2014, which included scores of 302, two 2012 it caused an uproar in New will leave when he calls it quits is of double centuries and a 195, averaging Zealand. Brendon McCullum glowing success, destructive batting, more than 72 per innings, better than And on the subsequent tour to record-setting innings and reshaping Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, South Africa New Zealand slumped to CHRISTCHURCH: Five memorable innings by New the game. McCullum ends his glorious Younis Khan and David Warner. He is an embarrassing 45 all out in the first Zealand captain Brendon McCullum who retires after career after the second Test against the only player to have hit 200 sixes in innings of the first Test. That failure, New Zealand play Australia in Christchurch starting on Australia starting in Christchurch on ODIs and 100 in Tests and ahead of his McCullum recalls, was the beginning of Saturday, ending a 101-Test career: Saturday. final international, shares the world Test a new determination in a side where He doubts he will go down as one of record for sixes with Adam Gilchrist. the captain instilled a need for players January 2014, Wellington, 302 v India cricket’s greats and, taken in isolation, Many consider the dogged and Test- to want to hold their heads high. An innings where McCullum showed he could put his batting average of a shade more aside his batting belligerence and instead graft away for than 38.00 after 101 Tests suggests he the good of the team. -
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14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Australian cricket faces huge backlash over ball-tampering Cricket Australia chief Sutherland rushing to S Africa SYDNEY: Sutherland was rushing to South Africa yes- Monday. “We know Australians want answers and we terday with the sport facing one of the toughest weeks will keep you updated on our findings and next steps, as in its history as a backlash grows over a ball-tampering a matter of urgency.” Smith and all members of the team scandal which is likely to cost Steve Smith the Test cap- will remain in South Africa to assist in the probe to taincy. Sponsors expressed “deep concern” as media determine exactly what happened, and who knew. and fans called for wide- Smith, whose talents with the spread changes and deci- bat have drawn breathless sive action following the comparisons with Aussie great shock admission that Smith Don Bradman, is not the only and senior team members man caught in the crosshairs. plotted to cheat in South Sponsors David Warner also stood Africa. Smith, 28, was down from his role as vice- removed from the captain- expressed captain, while questions remain cy for the remainder of the over coach Darren Lehmann third Test against South ‘deep concern’ although Smith said the former Africa on Sunday and was Australian international was not then banned for one match involved in the conspiracy. by the International Cricket Smith initially said the deci- Council (ICC). sion was made by the leader- His team’s weekend of ship group within the team, but shame then ended in a crushing 322-run rout. -
Bahrain's Janahi First in Race
20 Monday, July 17, 2017 SPORTS Bahrain’s Janahi first in race DT News Network qualified for the Championship team member Hamad Janahi, Manama among the world’s elite riders. after winning first place in the ahrain Royal Endurance This completes the Bahraini 130km Argenton Race which Team’s Hamad Janahi team qualifying to participate was held in France. cameB in first riding Samira and consisting of Fahad Al Shaikh Nasser confirmed in a speed of six hours 24 Khateri, winner of the latest the team’s steady movement minutes and 57 seconds edition of the World Youth towards more achievements at a speed of 20km in the Championship in Chile, Dana in foreign races, adding that qualification round of the Al Bengadeer, Rashid Al the team’s administrative and World Youth Championship Rowaie and Salem Sabt. technical body has developed in Italy, while Mohammed HH Shaikh Nasser a plan for the participation Al Miqdad (6:25:02) came bin Hamad Al Khalifa, in many European third and Mohammed Abdul Representative of His Majesty championships. Samad (7:11:55) in fifth place. the King for Charity Works “The team has achieved the Worthy of note was that the and Youth Affairs, Chairman goals for which it participated Bahrain Royal Endurance of the Supreme Council for in the Argenton Race by Team’s Rashid Al Rowaie Youth and Sports, President of way of an honourable sports won first place last year on Bahrain Olympic Committee achievement for the Kingdom the same horse, Samira at the and Captain of the Bahrain in addition to preparing the same venue. -
Lakers Rout Thunder for 7-0 Road Start
ARAB TIMES, FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JANUARY 15-16, 2021 16 Colorado Avalanche goal- tender Philipp Grubauer (right), stops a shot by St. Louis Blues left wing Jaden Schwartz, (left), as Colorado defense- man Ryan Graves watches during the fi rst period of an NHL hockey game, Jan 13, in Denver. Blues won 4-1. (AP) – See Page 15 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com PSG players celebrate with the trophy after the Champions Trophy soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique Marseille at the Bollaert stadium in Lens, northern France on Jan13. PSG won 2-1. – See Page 14 (AP) Lakers rout Thunder for 7-0 road start Trail Blazers win again Offspinner Bess takes career-best 5-30 OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan 14, (AP): LeBron James scored England cruise to 127-2 after dismissing Sri Lanka for 135 26 points and the Los Ange- les Lakers routed the Okla- GALLE, Sri Lanka, Jan 14, (AP): Eng- land set their sight on a meaningful fi rst homa City Thunder 128-99 innings lead after offspinner Dom Bess Rockets trade LeVert to Indiana for Oladipo on Wednesday night for their took a career-best 5-30 to bowl out Sri franchise-record seventh Lanka for 135 on the fi rst day of the straight road victory to start fi rst Test on Thursday. the season. Captain Joe Root and Jonny James Harden headed to Nets Bairstow further thwarted Sri Lanka Montrezl Harrell added 21 points, ambitions with a gritty, unbroken stand and Anthony Davis had 18 points of 110 runs to close the day at 127-2, and seven rebounds. -
Roshen Silva Fifty Puts Sri Lanka on Top Dhaka Bangladesh for 110 in the Oshen Silva Hit Morning Session
SPORTS Saturday, February 10, 2018 21 Barca reach Dimuth Karunaratne steers one through the off side King’s Roshen Silva fifty puts Sri Lanka on top Dhaka Bangladesh for 110 in the oshen Silva hit morning session. BRIEF SCORE Barcelona an unbeaten Silva was batting on Cup final R Sri Lanka 200 for 8 (Silva 58*, arcelona reached the King’s Cup final for a record fifth year in a row on half-century to 58, his second fifty in the Thursday with a 2-0 second leg win at Valencia in which Philippe Coutinho put Sri Lanka in game, which came amid Karunaratne 32, Mustafizur 3-35) scoredB his first goal for the club as they secured a 3-0 aggregate semi-final command of the a regular fall of wickets and 222 lead Bangladesh 110 success. second Test after on what seemed a difficult (Mehidy 38*, Dananjaya 3-20, Valencia bossed the first half at a packed Mestalla as the hosts chased down stretching their batting pitch at the Sher-e- Lakmal 3-25) by 312 runs a 1-0 deficit but their hopes of a comeback were dashed when Brazilian lead to 312 against Bangla National Stadium. Coutinho slid in to turn home a cross from his old Liverpool team mate Luis Bangladesh in The highest successful Dhananjaya de Silva, who Suarez in the 49th minute. Dhaka on Friday. run-chase at the ground is hit 28, got starts but failed Coutinho, who joined Barca from Liverpool for a club record 142 million The visitors England’s 209-1 against the to convert them into bigger pounds ($197.66 million) in January, had been on the pitch less than three reached 200-8 at hosts in 2010. -
Match Report
Match Report Afghanistan, AFG vs Zimbabwe Afghanistan, AFG - Won by 81 runs Date: Sun 10 Jan 2016 Location: United Arab Emirates Match Type: Twenty20 Scorer: Anit Anoop Toss: Zimbabwe, ZIM won the toss and elected to Bowl URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/332061 Afghanistan, AFG Zimbabwe Score 215-6 Score 134-10 Overs 20.0 Overs 18.1 Mohammad Shahzad† DT Tiripano Usman Ghani R Mutumbami† Mohammad Nabi TS Chisoro Asghar Stanikzai* PJ Moor Gulbadin Naib H Masakadza Karim Sadiq CJ Chibhabha Shafiqullah MN Waller Rashid Khan Sikandar Raza Sayed Shirzad E Chigumbura* Dawlat Zadran LM Jongwe Amir Hamza AG Cremer page 1 of 34 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: Afghanistan, AFG R B 4's 6's SR Mohammad . 1 1 . 6 1 4 2 . 1 . 4 . 1 . 1 4 . 4 1 4 . 1 6 4 4 1 1 . 1 . 6 1 not out 118 67 10 8 176.12 6 6 1 6 4 . 1 6 . 6 1 2 1 1 . 4 1 1 . 1 4 2 1 2 . 1 Shahzad† Usman Ghani 1 . 2 1 1 . // b AG Cremer 5 13 0 0 38.46 Asghar . 1 . 6 1 1 1 . 4 4 . // b LM Jongwe 18 12 2 1 150.0 Stanikzai* Karim Sadiq 2 4 2 4 . // c PJ Moor b TS Chisoro 12 5 2 0 240.0 Shafiqullah . 1 6 1 . // c PJ Moor b CJ Chibhabha 8 6 0 1 133.33 Mohammad 1 1 . 6 2 1 1 . 4 6 . // b DT Tiripano 22 12 1 2 183.33 Nabi Gulbadin Naib 1 6 2 1 2 1 // run out (DT Tiripano/R Mutumbami†) 13 6 0 1 216.67 Extras (w 6, nb 1, b 8, lb 4) 19 Total (6 wickets; 20.0 overs) 215 10.75 RPO Did Not Bat:["Rashid Khan", "Sayed Shirzad", "Dawlat Zadran", "Amir Hamza"] Fall of Wicket: 43-1 (Usman Ghani 6.1 ov ), 116-2 (Asghar Stanikzai 11.4 ov ), 145-3 (Karim Sadiq 13.3 ov ), 154-4 (Shafiqullah 14.4 ov ), 201-5 (Mohammad Nabi 18.5 ov ), 215-6 (Gulbadin Naib 19.6 ov ) Bowling: Zimbabwe, ZIM O M R W EC AV EX DT Tiripano 4.0 0 36 1 9.00 36.00 (w 3) TS Chisoro 4.0 0 25 1 6.25 25.00 (w 1) LM Jongwe 4.0 0 34 1 8.50 34.00 (w 1) CJ Chibhabha 4.0 0 56 1 14.00 56.00 AG Cremer 3.0 0 35 1 11.67 35.00 (w 1) Sikandar Raza 1.0 0 17 0 17.00 - (nb 1) Notes: 50 up for Afghanistan at 7.1. -
SPORTS 2432 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Third Test
BOC TO ORGANISE P31 WATER POLO COURSE SPORTS 2432 Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Third Test PakistanSharjah fight back “We need to bat like this Azhar Ali was unfortunate pener Mohammad tomorrow as well to post to be run out for 34, as he Pakistan v England third test scoreboard Hafeez notched a a challenging target for drove spinner Adil Rashid to brilliantO 97 under pressure England and I am hopeful extra cover and saw Hafeez Scores at close on the third day to help Pakistan stage a that we will do that.” scampering for a single. Ali Pakistan 1st innings 234 J. Anderson b Malik 7 Pakistan 2nd innings comeback in the third and Pakistan were off to a reacted late and was run out (Misbah-ul-Haq 71; J. B. Stokes b Malik 0 Mohammad Hafeez not out 97 final Test against England in confident start of 101 -- only at the non-striker’s end. Anderson 4-17) Extras: (lb6, nb4) 10 Azhar Ali run out 34 Sharjah yesterday. their second 50-plus opening Malik, who scored a Total: (all out, 126.5 overs) Shoaib Malik lbw b Anderson 0 The 35-year-old was just stand in Sharjah -- with brilliant 245 in the first England 1st innings 306 Younis Khan lbw b Broad 14 three runs away from his Hafeez earning the lead by Test, was caught napping (overnight 222-4) Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Ali), Rahat Ali not out 0 ninth Test hundred as he hitting spinner Samit Patel by a sharp inswinger from A.Cook c Ali b Shah 49 2-90 (Cook), 3-97 (Root), 4-139 Extras: (lb1) 1 took Pakistan to 146-3 at for a four and then taking Anderson which struck him M. -
PCB Annual Report 2018-19
Designed by PRESTIGE Annual Report 2018-2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 Contents Foreword Men's domestic cricket Chairman's Report 1 Regional Inter-District 2018-2019 65 Managing Director's Report 4 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 67 Overview of men's international cricket 5 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Grade-II 69 Overview of women’s international/domestic cricket 7 One-Day Cup for Regions and Departments 71 Overview of men's domestic cricket 9 Quaid-e-Azam One-Day Cup 73 Overview of women’s game development 11 National T20 Cup 75 Overview of the Academies' programmes 13 HBL PSL 2019 77 Obituaries 16 Pakistan Cup 83 Patron's Trophy Grade-II 85 Men's international cricket (2018-2019) Women's domestic cricket Asia Cup 2018 19 Inter-Departmental T20 Women's Cricket Championship 89 Pakistan vs Australia in the UAE 21 PCB Triangular One-Day Women’s Cricket Tournament 2018-19 91 Pakistan vs New Zealand in the UAE 25 Pakistan in South Africa 27 Pathways cricket Pakistan in England 31 U13 Regional National T20 Tournament 95 U16 Regional National One-Day Tournament 97 Men's international cricket U16 Pentangular One-Day Tournament 99 (2017-2018) Inter-Region U19 Three-Day Tournament 101 Independence Cup 2018 Pakistan vs World XI 35 Inter-Region U19 One-Day Tournament 103 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in the UAE and Lahore 37 Pentangular U19 T20 Cup 105 Pakistan in New Zealand 39 Pakistan A vs New Zealand A and England Lions in the UAE 106 West Indies in Karachi 41 Pakistan U16 vs Australia U16 in the UAE 109 Pakistan tour of Ireland, England and Scotland 43 Pakistan U16 in Bangladesh -
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p16_Layout 1 1/7/15 10:49 PM Page 1 THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015 SPORTS Smith joins greats as Aussies pressure India SYDNEY: Steve Smith joined the greats yester- day with his fourth century of the series as India hung in after the shock loss of an early wicket on the second day of the final Test in Sydney. The Aussie skipper became only the third batsman along with Don Bradman and Jacques Kallis to score tons in four consecutive Tests in the same series as his team posted a total beyond 500 for the fourth Test running. Smith contributed 117 in Australia’s first innings decla- ration of 572 for seven before the tourists were rocked by the third-ball dismissal of opener Murali Vijay for a duck. At the close, India had stabilised at 71 for one to trail Australia by 501 with Lokesh Rahul on 31 and Rohit Sharma hitting two sixes on his way to 40 not out. “I thought our whole top six played really well,” Smith said.”We’ve relied a lot on the tail in the last couple of Test matches and I said the batters had to step up in this match. “The whole top six got above fifty which I WELLINGTON: New Zealand pose for a photo after winning the match and the series don’t think has happened before. That’s out- against Sri Lanka on day five of the second international Test cricket match at the standing for us. “It’s not the kind of wicket I Basin Reserve. -
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ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED NEWSPAPER Home | 3 Business | 14 Sport | 21 SEC selects Taxes hiked as Johnson leads 831 universities Greece prepares Australia to for Qataris on to reboot 405-run rout of scholarships. economy. England. MONDAY 20 JULY 2015 • 4 Shawwal 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6497 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 OPINION Vegetable, fruit PM attends first ship ceremony at Hamad Port After the Iran nuclear deal supplies to be he TIran nuclear deal has given hit after fire us more questions than Kilo Market shut over ‘toxic fumes’ answers. Will our fears and Dr Khalid Al-Jaber BY SATISH KANADY shops store soaps, detergents and concerns other chemical agents in large end or escalate further after DOHA: Supply of fruits and quantities. the deal? Will the pact help vegetables in Doha will be hit “Chances of toxic fumes affect- the US and the West to in a big way today as authori- ing the quality of food items are come out of its conflict with ties sealed wholesale outlets very high,” said a witness. the theocratic regime? We and cleared the entire stocks A retail merchant at Kilo Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of Transport would also like to know if of commodities stored at retail Market said officials, including and Hamad Port Project Steering Committee Chairman H E Jassim Seif Ahmed Al Sulaiti and other officials our region is being left alone shops in the Kilo Market, after health experts, arrived at the attend the welcome ceremony for the Zhen Hua 10, one of the largest heavy load carriers in the world, at Hamad to face its many conflicts, several wholesale shops next market shortly after the fire- Port yesterday.