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Conditions Could Favour Sri Lanka in Series Decider
Saturday 9th July, 2011 Karunaratne to make debut Hettiarachchi receives Presidential pardon Sri Lanka’s rugby scene was Kaluarachchi denied having Conditions could favour a buzz with the news that rugby any knowledge of Hettiarachchi player Nuwan Hettiarachchi receiving a pardon. had received a Pardon from SLRFU Secretary Lasitha President Mahinda Rajapakse. Guneratne too said he knew President’s spokesman nothing about Hettiarachchi Bandula Jayasekere has been receiving a pardon, adding, ‘if Sri Lanka in series decider quoted in stating that the player had received a par- Hettiarachchi had received the don, it has nothing to do with REX CLEMENTINE pardon. rugby’. reporting from Manchester Hettiarachchi was taken into Guneratne said that there Navy custody after officials of was an injunction order issued After being shot out for 174 at Trent Bridge the sea going force protested by the court against on a green top, conditions could favour the Sri that the player had violated a Hettiarachchi and it was valid Lankans here at Old Trafford in Manchester as contract he had with Navy till July 15. Tillakaratne Dilshan searches for his moment of Sports Club and joined another Officials from Kandy SC glory on his first tour as captain of Sri Lanka. team which contests the domes- maintain that Hettiarachchi is The series is leveled at 2-2 with today’s final ODI tic league tournament. their property and should rep- here becoming the decider at Muttiah The Navy SC coach Ronnie resent the Nittawela Club this Muralitharan’s home ground for years where he Ibrahim and manager season. -
SPORTS 2424 Saturday, February 18, 2017
Mourinho upbraids P23 unfocused Man United SPORTS 2424 Saturday, February 18, 2017 Sri Lanka beat Australia off last ball to win first T20 Melbourne bowler Andrew Tye’s final delivery through Finch shared in an opening stand of 76 hamara Kapugedera smashed the covers to the boundary rope for the with T20I debutant Michael Klinger. a four off the last ball to give winning hit. Klinger, making his debut at the age of 36 CSri Lanka a thrilling five-wicket The win put Sri Lanka one up in the series after starring with the Perth Scorchers in the victory over Australia in their with two matches to play in Geelong on domestic Big Bash League, hammered 38 off first Twenty20 international at Sunday and Adelaide on Wednesday. 32 balls with four boundaries. the Melbourne Cricket Ground For a time it looked as though the Lasith Malinga, who has played virtually yesterday Australians, playing without their leading no cricket for nearly a year due to injuries, The win kept Sri Lanka stars, Steve Smith, David Warner, Mitchell was an influential figure taking two wickets unbeaten in four T20 Starc and Josh Hazlewood all on tour in in two balls and taking two catches. internationals in Australia India, would hold off the fast-finishing Sri Malinga claimed the wickets of Travis and followed their 2-1 series Lankans. Head for 31 off 24 balls and debutant Ashton win over South Africa last The home side posted a competitive total Turner for 18 off 13 balls, both caught by month. of 168 for six off their 20 overs with skipper Seekkugge Prasanna at deep mid-wicket. -
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. -
Sanga, a Role Model for All – Marvan
Friday 4th November, 2011 Left-hander’s 27th Test hundred takes SL to 245 for 2 Sanga becomes fastest to score 9000 Test runs Highest run scorers in Test cricket Player Mat Runs HS Ave 100 50 Kumar Sangakkara celebrates his Sachin Tendulkar 181 14965 248* 56.25 51 61 27th Test hundred on the first day Rahul Dravid 157 12775 270 53.00 35 60 of the third Test Match against Ricky Ponting 154 12487 257 53.13 39 56 Pakistan in Sharjah yesterday. He Brian Lara 131 11953 400* 52.88 34 48 also became the fastest batsman Jacques Kallis 145 11947 201* 57.43 40 54 to score 9000 Test runs overtaking Alan Border 156 11174 205 50.56 27 63 India’s Rahul Dravid. Steve Waugh 168 10927 200 51.06 32 50 Pic by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi. Sunil Gavaskar 125 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 Mahela Jayawardene 125 9895 374 51.53 29 40 Shiv Chanderpaul 135 9493 203* 49.18 23 56 Kumar Sangakkara 103 9034 287 56.81 26 38 REX CLEMENTINE reporting from Sharjah Association Stadium where he also com- World Records keep following him. pleted his 27th Test There was another yesterday as Kumar hundred and the sev- Sangakkara became the fastest batsman enth against to score 9000 Test runs when he beat Pakistan. Rahul Dravid’s record on the opening day With over 1750 of the third and final Test Match against runs to his name in Pakistan here at the Sharjah Cricket Tests against Pakistan, Sangakkara is well-deserved hundred having shown also now the highest run getter in Tests remarkable application against a disci- SCOREBOARD between the countries overtaking anoth- plined attack. -
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 -
Cook Proud, Misbah Relieved After Draw
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2015 SPORTS Herath spins Sri Lanka to big victory over Windies GALLE: Sri Lanka needed less than four nightwatchman Devendra Bishoo (10) in days to thrash West Indies by an innings wily left-arm spinner Herath’s third over and six runs in the opening Test at Galle and then experienced batsman Marlon yesterday with Rangana Herath leading the Samuels was out lbw off the first ball he victory charge by claiming his fifth 10-wick- faced. Samuels did not offer a shot to a et haul. The touring side, who have never straight delivery and more surprisingly, won a test match in Sri Lanka, were bun- decided to waste a review by challenging dled out for 227 in their second innings in the umpire’s decision. The bowler’s hat-trick the afternoon session, after being asked to ball was fended away by Blackwood. West follow on by the hosts. Indies’ hopes of avoiding a heavy defeat Herath added three wickets to his previ- rested on Darren Bravo (31), who scored a ous day’s removal of opener Kraigg 50 in the first innings, but the left-hander Brathwaite (34) after claiming six victims in edged Nuwan Pradeep behind after cap- the first innings to finish with match figures tain Angelo Mathews’ decision to allow the of 10-147. Three of the 37-year-old’s land- paceman one more over was vindicated. mark hauls have come at Galle, the venue “We had a lot of things to learn,” West for his test debut against Australia more Indies captain Jason Holder, leading the than 16 years ago. -
Zimbabwe Get to 326 Manama Are Due to Attend
SPORTS Tuesday, October 31, 2017 21 Six Day London Cavendish, BIC to host National Kennaugh finish second Race Day on Friday Cavendish celebrates London ark Cavendish and Peter Kennaugh finished runner- up to Callum Scotson and Cameron Meyer at Six DaysM London. The Manx pair could not overhaul the Australian duo despite an audacious attack in the event’s final one hour Madison at the Lee Valley VeloPark. Belgium’s two-time defending champions Kenny de Ketele and Moreno de Pauw finished third. Cavendish and Kennaugh ended the event a lap down on the Aussies but with 94 more points to their name. Cavendish, a 30-time Tour de France stage winner, Action from the previous race said: “I said to Pete as soon as the lap board came down, DT News Network illuminated by its state-of-the- then hold Qualifying at 4.10pm, is at 2.55pm. That sets up the let’s put all our chips in the centre after 20 laps and go for Manama art lighting system. to determine the start grid for grid for first and only race at broke. he action never stops at The 2,000cc Challenge will Race One at 6.55pm. Race Two 5.10pm. “We just weren’t good enough, simple as, but I’m Bahrain International be holding the second round of will wrap up all of the night’s In the BMR 600, the incredibly proud because I used to babysit for this lad. CircuitT (BIC) and this Friday its 2017/2018 season. Former action starting at 8.45pm. -
Thepeninsulajuly202015
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. -
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Home | 2 Business | 13 Sport | 24 Darb El-Saii tent Euromoney: Changes in Lekhwiya, Saudi offers free oil prices to dominate giants Al Nasr in medical check-ups global economy same group for ACL The Peninsula Newspaper @PeninsulaQatar @peninsula_qatar FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2015 • 29 Safar 1437 • Volume 20 Number 6641 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 GCC backs political solution to Syria crisis Emir takes part in Summit closing session; declaration reiterates GCC support for Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup DOHA: The 36th session of the GCC Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his facilitate, speed up and simplify customs Supreme Council concluded in Riyadh chairmanship of the 35th session of the points between the GCC countries as a yesterday with the member states Supreme Council and the significant prelude to cancellation proceedings, and declaring their strong support towards steps and achievements. It reiterated its the completion of preferential treatment the restoration of legitimacy in Yemen, support for Qatar in hosting the 2022 for GCC nationals and their families in political solution to the Syrian crisis and World Cup and backing of anything all intra-ports without exception. the fight against terrorism. that would lead to its success, wishing The Council decided to complete steps The Council also agreed on a several Qatar and its people more progress and of implementation of the common mar- joint initiatives to strengthen cooperation prosperity. ket, and to make things easy, it has been among the GCC states. The Council rejected of all forms of agreed on the formation of the judicial Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad terrorism and extremism whatever the authority which has become a pressing Al Thani took part in the closing session, reasons and justifications are and no issue where the GCC leaders are keen on chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy matter the source is. -
Pakistan Resolves Row Over Paceman Amir
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 SPORTS Pakistan resolves row over paceman Amir LAHORE: Pakistan’s cricket chief said yes- told reporters. “Both listened to me and players who stained Pakistan’s image court in 2011. Amir, Butt and Asif were premier league matches, forcing the terday that a row over the inclusion of agreed to join the camp unconditionally through corruption. “It’s my right to raise also banned from cricket for five years. selectors to chose him for the camp. tainted paceman Mohammad Amir in a and will have to support Amir when he my voice, which I did, and I will do every- But in September this year the The Pakistan players are training training camp had been resolved and the returns to the team.” The training camp is thing in my capacity to fight corruption,” International Cricket Council lifted sanc- ahead of the national side’s upcoming two objecting players had returned. staged to select the squad for next said Hafeez. tions against the three players. Amir’s tour of New Zealand, where they will Former Twenty20 captain Mohammad month’s tour of New Zealand where “My stance is that all corrupt players ban was relaxed in January this year and play three one-day internationals and Hafeez and current one-day captain Pakistan play three one-day and as many should not be given another chance to he was allowed to play domestic match- three Twenty20 matches. Azhar Ali had boycotted the camp on Twenty20 internationals. represent Pakistan.” Amir, then Test cap- es. At the time of the ban, Amir was Butt and Asif will feature in the Thursday, refusing to train alongside Hafeez, who in November spoke pub- tain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif tipped as one of the most talented fast national one-day tournament next Amir, who was jailed in 2011 for spot-fix- licly against Amir, said he forgave him were charged with accepting money in bowlers in the world. -
Chennai Super Kings Repaired)
Chennai Super Kings Chennai Super Kings (Tamil: ெசன்ைன சூூ ப்பர் கிங்ஸ்; often abbreviated as CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier Coach: Stephen Fleming League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming. The team's home ground is the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk). Chennai Super Kings are arguably the Founded: 2008 most successful Indian franchise cricket team, having won the Indian Premier League twice and reached the Home ground: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium play-offs every season, becoming the only team to achieve both feats. The Capacity: 50,000 team won the tournament in succession (2010 and 2011) and are the only Indian team to have won the Indian Premier 2 (2010, 2011) Champions League Twenty20. The League wins: leading run-scorer of the side is Suresh Raina,[1] while the leading wicket-taker is Albie Morkel.[2] The brand value of Champions League 1 (2010) Chennai Super Kings is estimated at T20 wins: USD 70.16 million, making them the most valuable franchise.[3] Official website: www.chennaisuperkings.com [edit] History The Chennai Super Kings are a part of the Indian Premier League, made up of 10 teams. It's the most successful and consistent team in IPL history. The franchise is currently owned by India Cements, who paid US$91 million to acquire the rights to the franchise for 10 years in 2008.[4] N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the de facto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the company. -
P18:Layout 1
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 SPORTS IOC inspectors see ‘progress,’ but timeline tight RIO DE JANEIRO: IOC inspectors have tions about the possibility of protests at English as a second language, sought to must all go in the streets and demon- policing measures, which were criticized seen “strong, solid progress” but think the games. clarify his colleague. “I’m not saying we strate every day.” as heavy-handed during the organizers need a sharper focus in the Protests took place almost every day at are in favor of demonstrations, but we are Felli said the IOC had “experts” from Confederations Cup. Police routinely used countdown to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro the recent Confederations Cup — a in a democracy where people want to Australia and Britain working with tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse Olympics. warm-up for next year’s football World demonstrate. ... But we are not saying you Brazilian authorities on crowd-control and crowds, including crowds outside the The IOC coordination commission, Cup in Brazil. Demonstrators took to the tournament final between Spain and headed by former Olympic hurdles cham- streets with complaints about spending Brazil at Rio’s Maracana stadium. pion Nawal El Moutawakel, finished a billions on mega-events such as the “Probably the fact they are not so used two-day inspection visit on Monday and Olympics and World Cup in a country with to (crowd control) because there were not seemed to take a stronger tone than on poor public services and large economic so many protests before in Brazil,” Felli its previous four visits.