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14 Thursday, February 4, 2021 Sports Shakib helps Al Gharafa hoopsters lift Qatar Cup a fourth time recover from League winners Warrican strikes Agencies defeat Al Shamal

86-77 in an It was a steven-evens open- absorbing final ing day of the first Test at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Sta- dium, Bangladesh posted 242 Tribune News Network for 5 even as Jomel Warrican Doha took three for West In- dies to stiffle the hosts. Al Gharafa hoopsters once Bangladesh opted to bat again stamped their class on and had opener Shadman Is- the Qatar Cup as they lifted lam scoring a half-, the trophy a fourth time at but the rest of the line-up the Al Gharafa Sports Club on struggled to convert starts Wednesday. before and Al Gharafa claimed the took them through 2020/2021 Qatar Basketball to stumps with an unbroken Cup with an absorbing 86- stand of 49. 77 victory over Al Shamal in On an opening day pitch the final. that didn’t have much for the This was their fourth title bowlers, Warrican would be having emerged champions on pleased with his 3/58 that three earlier occasions as well. took the sting out of the Bang- In 2014, Al Gharafa beat Al ladesh batsmen, particularly Rayyan 91-88 to capture their in the second session. How- first title. They beat El Jaish 65- ever, the between 57 to win the 2015 Qatar Basket- Shakib and Liton means Bang- ball Cup, and in 2017, Al Ghara- ladesh will be confident on the fa defeated Al Rayyan 104-91 to second morning. West Indies’ Jomel Warrican capture their third title. The Bangladesh batsmen (right) and teammate Jermaine Al Gharafa won the played attritional for Blackwood celebrate the dismiss- 2020/2021 Qatar Basketball most of the day, making for a al of Bangladesh’s Shadman Is- Cup after a fantastic cam- low scoring rate. That perhaps lam (not pictured) during the first paign, where they beat Al had something to do with the day of their first Test at the Zohur Wkarah 112-81 in the quarter- early of senior bats- Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in finals and defeated Qatar SC Al Gharafa players with the Qatar Cup basketball trophy and their medals after the final at the Al Gharafa Sports Club on Wednesday. man , who was Chittagong on Wednesday. (AFP) 83-71 in the semi-final. cleaned up by pacer Kemar Speaking to the victory, They have us on the ropes for tiring game. We have played better basketball today and are have won two trophies this Roach in just the fifth over had brought up his half-centu- Al Gharafa’s Franklin Ses- a while, but we stayed together three games in five days. Con- the deserving winners.” season. The credit goes to the of the morning. The ry meanwhile, was undone by sion, said, “It is an amazing as a team and win the title.” trary to the league final this Al Gharafa’s coach Kosay players as they played like a was on a length, but moved in Warrican shortly thereafter, win. Hats off to Shamal as Al Gharafa Abdul- time, Shamal have their full Hatem was equally delighted. unit throughout the season,” enough to go through Tamim, trapped in front attempting a they played very well today. rahman Saad, said: “It was a team, but I think we played “It is a big win for us. Now we he said. and Bangladesh were 23/1. sweep, and Bangladesh were Shadman and Najmul suddenly in deeper trouble at Hossain Shanto then carefully 134/4. They went into tea at a navigated the best part of 19 precarious 140/4, their patient overs, putting on an assidu- undone. ous 43, but all the hard work The final session was Eng. Osama Al Dafea-owned & trained was undone when Shanto was therefore crucial for the home disastrously out. Shadman side. They needed runs while had worked one to fine leg, also keeping wickets intact, and wanted to run two, but but in the duo of Mushfiqur Taxiwala tops for Al Shaqab Trophy Shanto was late to respond, Rahim and Shakib, they had and was stranded on 25 as the experienced campaigners to Tribune News Network bails were whipped off. help navigate the tough waters. Doha It meant Bangladesh were Shakib put on important, 69/2 at lunch. With captain sizeable partnerships with Eng. Osama Omer Al Dafea- partnering Mushfiqur first and then with owned & trained Taxiwala Shadman after the break, the Liton. Mushfiqur scored a (IRE) (Holy Roman Emperor hosts went about slowly add- 69-ball 38 – a knock compris- x It’s True) claimed the Al ing to the total. It was a session ing six fours – helping revive Shaqab Racing Trophy win- of defensive, patient batting, Bangladesh, but just when it ning on turf at QREC’s 30th and with West Indies adopting seemed the hosts were getting Race Meeting at Al Rayyan a defensive approach as well, away, Warrican struck again, Park on Wednesday. run-scoring was slow. Haque, drawing an edge that was well Alberto Sanna rode the bay however, couldn’t keep at it. taken by Cornwall at slips. gelding to a 1¾-length win in the He attempted to take on the Bangladesh bat deep, how- 6f run for 4YO Thoroughbreds. spinners, skipping down the ever, and Liton came in to Al Shaqab Racing’s Gen- track against Rahkeem Corn- ensure there were no further eral Manager Khalifa Bin Mo- wall at one point, and was slip-ups for the rest of the day. hammed Al Attiyah presented fortunate his miscued shot He scored a relatively the Al Shaqab Racing trophy landed safely. quick 58-ball 34* while Shakib to Eng. Osama Omer Al Dafea He tried it again, against continued knocking it about at following Taxiwala’s victory. Warrican, and this time, the other end, and by the time Earlier, Al Jeryan Stud’s against a dipping ball, he stumps were drawn, Bangla- homebred AJS Berline (QA) could only pick out the fielder desh had added 102 runs in (AF AlBahar x Dormaline) at mid-wicket. Shadman, who the final session. won the Al Shaqab Racing Eng. Osama Omer Al Dafea-owned & trained Taxiwala with the trophy and prizes at QREC’s Al Rayyan Park on Wednesday. Purebred Arabian Cup. Mar- co Casamento rode the Hadi Mansoor Ebrahim Al P/A Handicap (0-80). Fahad Rashid Al Hajri’s the Alban de Mieulle-trained Scoreboard Al Ramzani -trained filly to a Mahmoud’s Burano Boy (IRE) Tomas Lukasek rode the Doha Incanto (NZ) (Per In- 4YO colt to a ¾-length win in Bangladesh (1st Innings) Fall of wkts: 1-23, 2-66, 3-119, 4-134, 5-193. 2½-length win in the 6f run (Footstepsinthesand) com- Julian Smart-trained 4YO canto) emerged best in the the 2000m run. Shadman islam lbw b Warrican 59 : Kemar Roach 16-5-44-1, Shannaon for 4YOs. pleted a double winning a TB filly to a 1½-length win in the Thoroughbred Handicap (0- Kicking off the day’s pro- Tamim Iqbal b Roach 9 Gabriel 17-3-51-0 (1w), Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad Handicap (0-85). 2100m run. 75) (Div.1). Meteb Ali Al Saaq ceedings was Al Shahania Najmul Hossain Shanto run out 25 22-1-56-0, 7-2-16-0, Jomel bin Jassim Al Thani’s home- Soufiane Saadi rode the Eng. Hassan Ali Alabdul- rode the Owaida Salem Al Stud’s homebred Zaman (QA) Mominul Haque c Campbell b Warrican 26 Warrican 24-5-58-3 (3nb), c Cornwall b Wattican 38 4-0-13-0. bred Arandas (QA) (Namid) Jassim Ghazali-trained 4YO malik’s Hot Affair (GB) (Iva- Hajri-trained 7YO horse to a (Aziz ASF x Mansourah ASF) Shakib Al Hasan 39 Toss: Bangladesh claimed the Al Shaqab Rac- gelding to a length win in the wood x Romp) claimed the 3¾-length win in the 6f run. winning the Local Purebred Liton Das not out 34 West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), John ing Local Thoroughbred Cup 2200m run. Thoroughbred Handicap (0- Patrice Alexandre Nico- Arabian Maiden Plate on turf. Extras: (b2, lb2, nb3, w5) 12 Campbell, Jermaine Blackwood, Shayne with Ronan Thomas riding HH Sheikh Mohammed 75) (Div.2) with Faleh Bugha- let’s Wukair (QA) (Lancelot x Francois Herholdt rode the Total: (For 5 wkts, 90 overs) 242 Moseley, Nkrumah Bonner, Joshua Da Silva (wk), the Ibrahim Al Malki-trained bin Khalifa Al Thani’s home- naim guiding the Debbie Yamamah) was the winner in Julian Smart-trained 4YO colt Yet to bat: Miraz, Nayeem Hasan, Rakeem Cornwall, Kemar Roach, Shannon colt to a 3¼-length win in the bred Jamaiel (FR) (Dahess) Mountain-trained 4YO filly to the Local Thoroughbred Maid- to a head win in the 2000m , . Gabriel, Jomel Warrican, Kyle Mayers. 1100m run for 4YOs. completed a double winning a a neck win in the 6f run. en Plate. Carlos Henrique rode run for 4-6YOs. SA seek end to six years of subcontinental struggles as Pak eye series win

It’s a result that would im- ball to have Pakistan in trouble Having had to wait until he 2nd Test at Rawalpindi from today mediately lift the pressure off at 27/4, only for the hosts to was 34 to play his first Test for new skipper , who rally to make 378 and claim a Pakistan, it was left-arm finger- Agencies pindi or they could be waiting a captained the Test team for the 158-run first-innings lead. spinner Nauman who led the Rawalpindi while longer for their first win first time in the series opener. The South Africans looked charge with the ball in South in Asia since mid-2014, when It would also maintain their set to make a real game of it as Africa’s second innings, claim- South Africa are out to end a tons from and JP 100 per cent series record in they marched to 175/1 in their ing figures of 5/35 as veteran run of eight straight Test defeats Duminy and a nine-wicket Pakistan since re- second innings, erasing the teammate (4/79) in Asia as they go into the second match haul from Dale Steyn turned to the nation in 2019. deficit with plenty of wickets ran riot from the other end. match against Pakistan needing helped them to a 153-run win. The South Africans were in hand. Instead, they were un- With the bat, it was Fawad to win to draw the series. Elgar, and left to rue several lapses in done by another flurry of wick- who breathed life into Paki- ’s team de Kock are the only mem- the first Test, letting Pakistan ets and were bowled out for stan’s first innings. Playing Test sunk to a seven-wicket defeat bers of the current squad that off the hook with bat and ball 245, setting Pakistan a target cricket on home soil for the in the first Test in Karachi, played in that match, while more than once. of 88 to win. first time, after going nearly 11 failing to make the most of de Kock was still four months Having won the toss, A calm 31 not out from years without a Test after be- several opportunities to take away from making his Test de- South Africa were in a solid and a dashing 30 from ing dropped from the team in control of the match. but the last time South Africa enough position at 108/2 only Azam ensured the hosts got 2009, the uniquely styled left- Meanwhile, hosts Pakistan beat Pakistan in Asia. to lose their final eight wickets the job done. On the flipside to hander scored 109. He put on will be looking to end their The three veterans of the for 112 to be all out for 220 as South Africa let the game slip key stands with Azhar (51) and 17-year wait for a series win will need to step South Africa’s captain Quinton de Kock waits to bat as team head the veteran trio of du Plessis, repeatedly, Pakistan took every (64) to take the against South Africa. up if South Africa are going to coach walks past during a practice session at the Elgar and de Kock all fell in a opportunity presented – some- hosts from in trouble to in con- The South Africans cannot end a six-year stretch with no Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi ahead of their second Test 10-over window. thing perfectly embodied by trol. Fittingly, he was the man afford to be so loose in Rawal- Test victories in Asia. match against Pakistan. (AFP) They bounced back with the Nauman Ali and Fawad Alam. to hit the winning runs.