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Sports Thursday, May 16, 2019 19 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- May 18 final laiman, CEO CV Rappai and ties have been offering their QVA Technical Director Hus- support to the sport regularly. Seamer ’s first sein Imam Ali being present We’ve many attractive and sur- five- 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 , Liton Video House and Electronic day,” he added. Das and 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 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- 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 , 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 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: 8-0-47-0. Porterfield made 94 off 106 on 117 for the first wicket with Paul Stirling c b Abu Jayed 130 balls, including seven fours James McCollum c Liton Das b 5 Bangladesh: Liton and piled the pressure on c b Abu Jayed 20 Tamim Iqbal b 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 b 11 Mushfiqur Rahim c b Boyd Rankin 35 severe on Mashrafe Mortaza, Gary Wilson c Shakib Al Hasan b Abu Jayed 12 35 son hung onto a catch behind b Mohammad Saifuddin 4 c Gary Wilson b Mark Adair 14 taking the veteran seamer for the stumps, but he went onto Barry McCarthy not out 1 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 , 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 : Abu Jayed 9-0-58-5 (3w), Rubel Hossain Bowling: Mark Adair 10-0-52-1, Barry McCarthy 10-0- 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 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 . 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- , 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- players believe will miss into primary consideration.” ferent things from different MUMBAI the 21-year-old in the show- Karthik made his one-day inter- 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 ’s experience May 30. played 91 matches for India in tralia’s in the for the Sunrisers with and composure in pressure sit- “In pressure situations, he’s the format, compared with left- had will have to find a new 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 newspaper played just five after making his heights after his match-win- per 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 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 which makes 93 balls helped World Cup Bristol on Tuesday. completely different areas wicketkeeper of the side, the se- to MS (Dhoni), Karthik can be him a limited-overs asset. hosts England to a six-wicket He was also fined 40 percent of his match fee and his to potentially myself. I guess lectors preferred Karthik, 33, in immensely valuable behind the “We can very well imagine win in the third one-day inter- players 20 percent of theirs after match referee Richie Rich- it’s method more than any- their 15-man squad over Pant, wickets. As a finisher, he’s done there’s more than an opinion national on Tuesday as they ardson ruled England were two overs short after time allow- thing else. But learning from who is known for his swash- well. in place that some capable guys went 2-0 up in a five-match ances were taken into consideration. them, as well as the guys here, buckling batting. “So, it was the overall ex- have missed out,” India coach series with two to play. that can only be a good thing Teams can change players posure to a tournament of Ravi Shastri added. “Heart goes The 29-year-old York- form from the lucrative Twen- runs in 10 games at an average playing under pressure with until May 23 and several former this magnitude that was taken out to them. shireman carried on his recent ty20 IPL where he scored 445 of 55.62 for the Sunrisers Hy- expectation.” Al Shaqab to hold Open House and auction of Arabian horses this weekend

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Al Shaqab, member of Qatar Foundation, and Al Rayyan Stud will hold an Open House and Auction of exquisite Ara- bian and Peninsula horses this weekend at Al Shaqab. The Open House is scheduled to take place in Al Shaqab’s indoor arena, situ- ated within the Equine Edu- cation Department, starting at 9pm on Friday, May 17. It will provide an opportunity for horse lovers and horse owners to observe and ap- praise the foals and mares that will be in the Auction, which will take place at 9pm on Saturday, May 18 at the same venue. The horses will be prog- enies of the prestigious stal- lions and mares which are Progenies of some of the finest Arabian horses bred at Al Shaqab Equestrian Centre and Al Rayyan Stud Recently, Al Shaqab was triumphant at the Marina di Pietrasanta 2019 Arabian Horse Show in Italy, when bred through the successful will go under the hammer on May 17 and 18 from 9pm onwards. four of the six horses won top honours. breeding program being im- plemented by Al Shaqab. have won awards at interna- al breeders’ association The partment, said: “In protecting with great moral character several progenies who have four of the six horses won Twenty-one horses, most tional shows. Pyramid Society; and the tra- and conserving Qatar’s eques- and kindness. Seven world continued to win at some of top honours - Ghalliba Al of them belonging to Al The breeding programme ditional Qatari bloodlines of trian heritage, Al Shaqab’s champion stallions are key to the most prestigious shows.” Shaqab, a filly, and Aqil Al Shaqab, will be auctioned. includes international Arabian the past. breeding philosophy has been Al Shaqab’s program and they Recently, Al Shaqab was Shaqab, a champion colt, Over the years, Al Shaqab horses, combining all Arabian Sheikh Hamad bin Ali to preserve the Arabian breed are among the finest Arabian triumphant at the Marina won gold medals, while Te has bred several prize-win- bloodlines; Peninsula horses, al Thani, Manager of the Al and to produce horses that horses on the planet. di Pietrasanta 2019 Arabian Al Shaqab and Thamamah Al ning stallions and mares that as determined by internation- Shaqab Breeding & Show De- are beautiful and athletic, “These stallions have sired Horse Show in Italy, when Shaqab, won silver.