Sports Thursday, May 16, 2019 19 Bangladesh crush QR800,000 up for grabs in Amir Cup v’ball final al Jumaan, Video House and support the annual biggest vol- Ireland by six wkts Attractive prizes Electronic Centre Vice-Chair- leyball championship. man and Managing Director “Volleyball is quite popular AGENCIES for fans in the Sajid Jassim Mohammed Su- in Qatar and many communi- DUBLIN May 18 final laiman, CEO CV Rappai and ties have been offering their QVA Technical Director Hus- support to the sport regularly. SEAMER Abu Jayed’s first sein Imam Ali being present We’ve many attractive and sur- five-wicket haul in only his TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK along with players and officials prise prizes for fans who will second ODI coupled with fif- DOHA of the two teams. turn up at the final on Satur- ties from Tamim Iqbal, Liton Video House and Electronic day,” he added. Das and Shakib Al Hasan led A prize money of QR800,000 Centre, which sponsored one “Seeing the high standards Bangladesh to a six-wicket win will be up for grabs for the fi- Man of the Match Award for of both the teams, we expect a and kept Ireland winless in the nalists of the prestigious Amir each fixture up to semi-finals, tough final and we wish good tri-series here on Wednesday. Cup Volleyball Championship will honour two players in the luck to both the teams,” Rappai However, Bangladesh will be on May 18. final – one best pro and other said. sweating over Shakib’s fit- Defending champions and best local player. During the final, Qatar’s ness after the all-rounder had 13-time winners Al Rayyan On behalf of the sponsors star beach volleyball players retired hurt during the chase Club will clash with four-time and their V-C Sajid Jassim Mo- Cherif Yonousse and Ahmed with a suspected side strain. runners-up Police in the final, hammed Sulaiman, CEO CV Tijan, who have risen to world Earlier, Ireland opener which is scheduled at the QVA Rappai expressed his gratitude No. 5 now, will also be felici- Paul Stirling put on a show, Indoor Hall at 9.30 pm to the QVA for having provided tated by LG and Jumbo Elec- making 130 off 141 balls, and The winners will take them an opportunity to be a tronics, a flagship company of was well-supported by his cap- home QR500,000, thanks of part of the premier volleyball Video House, for being the Asia tain William Porterfield, who chief sponsors Video House championship in the country. champions and performing hit his first ODI fifty in more and Electronic Centre, while “We’ve been having a long as- brilliantly at the FIVB Beach than a year, but their efforts the runners-up stand to earn sociation with the QVA at dif- World Tour. went in vain as Bangladesh Bangladesh’s Abu Jayed Rahi bowls during the Tri-Nation Series One-Day International against Ireland at QR300,000. ferent levels but this is the first Video House will also rec- aced their chase. the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Clontarf, Dublin on Wednesday. (AFP) A press conference was held time that we’re partnering the ognise the best players in the Tamim set the tone with his at the QVA Meeting Hall on QVA for HH the Amir Cup Vol- age-group volleyball – un- second fifty in three matches SCOREBOARD eight fours and four sixes in his Wednesday with QVA Assistant leyball Championship. We feel der-14, under-15, under-17 and this series, helping Bangladesh 130. Secretary-General Saeed Salem very proud and honoured to under-20. to another rapid start. He put IRELAND: Mashrafe Mortaza 8-0-47-0. Porterfield made 94 off 106 on 117 for the first wicket with Paul Stirling c Liton Das b Abu Jayed 130 balls, including seven fours James McCollum c Liton Das b Rubel Hossain 5 BANGLADESH: Liton and piled the pressure on Andrew Balbirnie c Mushfiqur Rahim b Abu Jayed 20 Tamim Iqbal b Boyd Rankin 57 and two sixes, but got out to Ireland with a flurry of bound- William Porterfield c Liton Das b Abu Jayed 94 Liton Das b Barry McCarthy 76 Jayed just as he tried to accel- aries. Tamim could have been Kevin O’Brien c Tamim Iqbal b Abu Jayed 3 Shakib Al Hasan retired hurt 50 erate. He had been particularly dismissed on 22 had Gary Wil- Mark Adair Hit Wicket b Mohammad Saifuddin 11 Mushfiqur Rahim c Gary Wilson b Boyd Rankin 35 severe on Mashrafe Mortaza, Gary Wilson c Shakib Al Hasan b Abu Jayed 12 Mahmudullah not out 35 son hung onto a catch behind George Dockrell b Mohammad Saifuddin 4 Mosaddek Hossain c Gary Wilson b Mark Adair 14 taking the veteran seamer for the stumps, but he went onto Barry McCarthy not out 1 Sabbir Rahman not out 7 31 off 25 balls. Shakib wasn’t add 35 to his tally. Extras (0b, 6lb, 0nb, 0pen, 6w) 12 Extras (0b 9lb 11w) 20 spared either. Porterfield also Total (for eight wickets, in 50.0 overs) 292 Total (for four wickets, in 43.0 overs) 294. Liton complemented Fall of wickets: 1-23 (McCollum), 2-59 (Balbirnie), Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Iqbal), 2-160 (Das), 3-224 slammed five fours off Shakib, Tamim well and was particu- 3-233 (Porterfield), 4-263 (O’Brien), 5-264 (Stirling), (Rahim), 4-278 (Saikat) who finished with 0 for 65 in larly strong square of the wick- 6-287 (Wilson), 7-291 (Adair), 8-292 (Dockrell) Did not bat: Mortaza, Saifuddin, Hossain, Chowdhury his nine overs, including a 23- et, keeping Bangladesh ticking Bowling: Abu Jayed 9-0-58-5 (3w), Rubel Hossain Bowling: Mark Adair 10-0-52-1, Barry McCarthy 10-0- run last over. 7-2-41-1, Mohammad Saifuddin 9-0-43-2, Mosaddek 61-1 (3w), Joshua Little 8-0-67-0 (4w), Boyd Rankin in the chase. Both the openers Hossain 8-0-32-0, Shakib Al Hasan 9-0-65-0 (3w), 7-0-48-2 (3w), George Dockrell 8-0-57-0. Jayed also took the prized were bowled, but Shakib and scalp of Stirling, helping Bang- Mushfiqur then took over, add- ladesh keep Ireland to under ing 64 runs together in 10 overs. cepted by a diving Wilson. ladesh victory had looked less 300. Porterfield was caught at During the process, Mushfiqur Shakib suffered a suspected likely when Stirling dominated the deep extra-cover bound- became the fifth wicketkeeper side strain while trying to pull the visitors in the first innings. ary while Stirling gave deep to reach 5,000 ODI runs after Josh Little in the 35th over, Stirling got going with a crunch midwicket a simple catch. Ire- Adam Gilchrist, Andy Flower, and consequently retired hurt. through the covers off Jayed land’s slide either side of the Kumar Sangakkara and MS Mahmudullah, though, got and proceeded to add 174 with Stirling-Porterfield stand and Dhoni. The stand, however, them home, with his unbeaten Porterfield - the highest third- some wayward bowling meant QVA Assistant Secretary-General Saeed Salem al Jumaan, flanked by Video House and Electronic Centre ended when Mushfiqur’s leg- 35 off 29 balls. wicket stand for Ireland in ODI they ended the series without a Vice-Chairman & MD Sajid Jassim Mohammed Sulaiman (left) and CEO CV Rappai, with the Amir Cup side tickle was superbly inter- Such an emphatic Bang- cricket. In all, Stirling struck single win. volleyball Championship trophy in Doha on Wednesday. Karthik pipped Pant because Bairstow credits IPL for raising his game of experience, says Kohli AFP derabad. BRISTOL (UNITED KINGDOM) One-match ban slapped on Morgan “You’re able to learn dif- REUTERS players believe India will miss into primary consideration.” ferent things from different MUMBAI the 21-year-old in the show- Karthik made his one-day inter- JONNY Bairstow said play- AFP coaches and different players,” piece which gets underway on national debut in 2004 and has ing alongside the likes of Aus- BRISTOL (UNITED KINGDOM) said Bairstow, who opened the DINESH Karthik’s experience May 30. played 91 matches for India in tralia’s David Warner in the batting for the Sunrisers with and composure in pressure sit- “In pressure situations, he’s the format, compared with left- Indian Premier League had ENGLAND will have to find a new captain for the fourth Warner -- set to be an oppo- uations helped him pip young shown composure,” Kohli told handed batsman Pant who has helped take his game to new one-day international against Pakistan on Friday after skip- nent during the World Cup sensation Rishabh Pant to the the Times of India newspaper played just five after making his heights after his match-win- per Eoin Morgan was banned from the match by the Inter- and subsequent Ashes series second wicketkeeper’s spot in about Karthik. “It was some- 50-over debut last October. ning hundred against Pakistan national Cricket Council for a slow over-rate offence. in England. India’s World Cup squad, cap- thing that everybody on board Karthik, who has also played in Bristol. Morgan was sanctioned after World Cup hosts and fa- “It’s just little things like tain Virat Kohli has said. was convinced about. 26 Test matches for India, has Opening batsman vourites England took around four hours to bowl their 50 game plans,” Bairstow added. With Mahendra Singh Dho- “He has the experience. If, the ability to bat anywhere in Bairstow’s blistering 128 off overs in a six-wicket win over Pakistan in the third ODI at “He (Warner) hits in ni as the undisputed first-choice god forbid, something happens the batting order which makes 93 balls helped World Cup Bristol on Tuesday.