Sports Thursday, February 14, 2019 19 Guptill slams ton in Qatar’s Fares leads world rankings Kiwis’ easy victory Boult, Santner share six Bangla before the opener hammers 117*

after coming to the crease with reeling at 42 for four after a decision to bat first backfired. pro- vided support with a gritty 41 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 232 with seven balls of their al- lotted 50 overs remaining. Spinner and paceman took three wickets apiece for New Zealand. The Black Caps struck early when departed Qatar’s world junior record holder Fares Ibrahim Elbakh has been leading the 96kg class in the 2020 Tokyo for five in the second over and Olympic Games qualifying series, according to the latest rankings released by the International Weightlift- soon followed, leav- ing Federation on Wednesday. The 2018 Asian Games silver medallist has tallied 2,0001.5402 points ing Bangladesh at 19 for two. after two competitions. Belarusian Yauheni Tsikhantsou is in the second place with 1,888.8025 points, A rattled MushfiqurR ahim ahead of Colombian pair of Jhonatan Rivas Mosquera and Brayan Santiago Carvajal. Kazakh lifter Rostem was struck on the helmet by a Sybay rounds out the top five with 1,588.7219. After four more events are counted towards ranking points, Boult bouncer and was out for only top eight would qualify for the Tokyo Games. five just a few balls later. New Zealand’s celebrates his century during the first one-day international (ODI) match Defiant against Bangladesh in Napier on Wednesday. (AFP) smashed 30 off 22 balls before he was caught and bowled by England thrash AFP said. in just his third outing since . Napier (New Zealand) Guptill and Henry Nicholls being promoted up the order, summed Windies to claim Fernando leads pressed their case to open the scoring 53 before a tame dis- up Bangladesh’s woes Martin Guptill returned to batting at the World Cup as missal when the ball hit his pad when he was trying to consolation win form with an unbeaten cen- New Zealand made light work and rolled onto the stumps. sweep Santner to the boundary. collapse of Proteas tury as New Zealand powered of the target. Veteran batsman Ross Tay- Rahman’s foot slipped as AFP to an eight- win over Guptill, returning from in- lor also contributed an unbeat- he crouched for the shot and Gros Islet AFP tially overcast morning. Bangladesh in the first one- jury, put a poor run of scores en 45. he tumbled to the ground just Durban Fernando, 27, playing in day international in Napier on behind him with a commanding was outside his crease as wicket- England ended a disap- his fourth Test, went on to Wednesday. 117 . the pick of Bangladesh’s hitters, keeper whipped pointing Test series with the took four claim career-best figures of Bangladesh set New Zea- He had been averaging less grinding out a hard-fought 62 off the bails. consolation of a comprehen- wickets as underdogs Sri four for 62. land a modest run chase of 233 than 10 since his last interna- sive victory over the West In- Lanka heeded new took three for 68. after suffering an early collapse tional innings of note, a big- dies on the fourth day of the ’s call to Wicketkeeper Quinton de and the Black Caps overhauled hitting 138 against in Scoreboard third and final Test in St Lucia “compete in every session” on Kock, batting at number six it in 44.3 overs, finishing at early January. Bangladesh: : Henry 9-1-48-2, Boult 9.5-0-40-3 (w1, nb1), on Tuesday. the first day of the first Test because South Africa picked 233 for two. Guptill’s effort against T. Iqbal c Latham b Boult 5 De Grandhomme 5-0-19-0, Ferguson 10-1-44-2 Thrashed in the first two against South Africa at King- five specialist bowlers, gave L. Das b Henry 1 (w10), Santner 8-0-45-3 (w1), Neesham 7-0-26-0 It is Bangladesh’s fifth tour Bangladesh was more con- S. Sarkar c and b Henry 30 (w4). matches of the series to sur- smead on Wednesday. the South African innings to New Zealand and they are yet trolled, with the batsman under M. Rahim b Boult 5 render the Wisden Trophy South Africa, overwhelm- some respectability by hitting to win a match in any format, no pressure and content to pick M. Mithun b Ferguson 62 New Zealand: after ten years in English pos- ing favourites against a team 80 off 94 balls before he was with their next chance coming off loose deliveries. c Taylor b Ferguson 13 M. Guptill not out 117 session, the tourists gained seemingly in disarray, were last man out. S. Rahman st Latham b Santner 13 H. Nicholls b Hasan 53 in the second ODI in Christch- His 15th ODI century came M. Hasan c Neesham b Santner 26 K. Williamson lbw Mahmudullah 11 a measure of consolation in bowled out for 235. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka lost Lahiru urch on Saturday. off 103 balls and included six M. Saifuddin c Guptill b Santner 41 R. Taylor not out 45 completing a 232-run victory were 49 for one at the close. Thirimanne, caught behind Bangladesh captain fours and three sixes. M. Mortaza not out 9 Extras (lb3, w4) 7 with a day to spare. Left-arm opening bowler off for nought, but said his team “Martin was brilliant, a M. Rahman b Boul t 0 Total (for 2 wickets, 44.3 overs) 233 Set an improbable target Fernando dismissed both Karunaratne batted confident- Extras (lb5, w16, nb1, pen 5) 27 Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Nicholls), 2-137 (Williamson), were adjusting to New Zealand fantastic hundred, and the con- Total (all out, 48.5 overs) 232 Bowling: Mortaza 8.3-0-33-0 (w1), Saifuddin 7-0-43- of 485 after declared South African opening bats- ly to be 28 not out at the close. conditions and still hoped of a tributions (from teammates) Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Iqbal), 2-19 (Das), 3-42 (Rahim), 0 (w2), M. Rahman 8-0-36-0, Hasan 8-1-42-1, S. his side’s second innings at men cheaply as the hosts breakthrough victory. around that were really good as 4-42 (Sarkar), 5-71 (Mahmudullah), 6-94 (S. Rahman 7-0-41-0, Mahmudullah 5-0-27-1, Sarkar 361 for five following his dis- found themselves floundering Brief scores: “We bowled well but we well,” Black Caps skipper Kane Rahman), 7-131 (Hasan), 8-215 (Saifuddin), 2-229 1-0-8-0 (w1). missal for 122, the home team at 17 for three after being sent South Africa 235 all out (de Kock 80, were struggling batting. We just Williamson said. (Mithun), 10-232 (M. Rahman) Toss: Bangladesh were eventually dismissed for in on a pitch which offered Bavuma 47, Vishwa 4-62) v Sri Lanka 49 lost too many wickets early,” he Nicholls looked comfortable 252 deep into the final session. bounce and swing on a par- for one Imal, Adnan power Warriors Club Local sailor Sewaidi leads Laser 4.7 to massive victory in QA Turks dominate Tribune News Network He snapped six wickets for five fours) and Anas (29 with DOHA 27 runs and Praveeth bagged four boundaries) being main Optimist class three for 19. Al Feroz Young- scorers. Shafeek P (four for Sparkling century by Imal sters failed to bear the run 28) and Bukhari (three for 5) Tribune News Network and 93 from Adnan Mirza pressure and collapsed in 29.4 bowled well. DOHA fired Warriors Club to a mas- overs, getting just 142. Amir City Exchange however fell sive 256-run crushing of Al had consolation 50 in 40 balls short of the target as Sahil and Local sailor Ghanim al Se- Feroz Youngsters in a Premier with a six and seven fours, Rushdi bowled very economi- waidi clinched two of the three Division match in the annual while Waqas hit 32 with five cally and helped their team races and grabbed the Laser Qatar Airways Cricket Tour- boundaries. pull off the victory. 4.7 class lead in the Al Da- nament. In another Premier Divi- Navin smashed four sixes sha Marine Sports Festival at Qatar Airways, who has sion match, Shan followed his and half a dozen fours in his Doha Bay on Wednesday. been helping the sport to pros- sizzling seven for 45 haul with blazing 51-ball 76, which pow- Sewaidi from Doha Marine per in the country, are the 16 runs to guide Commercial ered Qatar Super Kings to Sports Club had lost the one off sponsor of the popular tourna- Bank Qatar to an eight-wicket nine-wicket romp over GCC race to Methat Metehan Mete ment. cruise against Kingspan Qatar. in another Division A match. on the National Sport Day on At the West Bay Grounds, He first triggered a slump with Chasing a 159-run target, his Tuesday, but he bounced back Sailors trying to get into good positions during the Al Dasha Marine Sports Festival at Doha Bay on Imal smashed four sixes and his deadly bowling and shot knock sent QSK racing to the in style as the actual racing Wednesday. ten boundaries to collect 106 out them for just 126 in 29.1 win with 14 balls to spare. started today and was on top of off 77 balls and Mirza’s 92-ball overs. the standings with 1.0 point af- points. Mete managed a second There is a strong battle go- Namdar in the second race. knock included a six and 13 CBQ took only 14.4 overs Brief scores ter three races. place in the second race to be ing on in the Optimist class by Aydogan and Namdar swapped Premier Division (one-dayer) hits to the fence, lifting their to hit up the required runs for Warriors Club beat Al Feroz Youngstes by 256 runs The weather was not as tied with Sewaidi. ARM Urla Sailing Club’s sailors, the places in the third and last team to a gigantic 398 for sev- the loss of Zaheer (49 with a Warrior Club: 398 for seven in 50 overs (Adnan Mirza 93, nasty as yesterday. Easy wind However, in the third who are holding the top four race, which sent the former atop en in 50 overs. six and nine fours) and Hareeb Imal 106, Imraz 59, Zubair 40 not out; Saleem 2/64, and soothing sunshine made the race, Sewaidi was followed by spots. Alp Namdar, who bagged the standings. Aydogan also has Imraz also contributed a (22 with four boundaries). Mansoor 2/33) sailing pleasant and Sewaidi, us- Doha-based Algerian Kheired- the one-off race yesterday, con- the same 3.0 nett score as Nam- Al Feroz Youngsters: 142 all out in 29.4 overs (Amir 50, half-century, run-a-ball 59 Shan smashed a six and a four Waqas 37; Tamoor Sajjad 6/27, Praveeth 3/19) ing the local conditions to his ad- dine Bouchema in the second tinued from there again and dar but his better performance with six fours, and Zubair to get 16 not out. Man of the match: Tamoor Sajjad (31 runs & 6 wkts) of vantage, staged superb recovery spot, pushing Mete to third. won one of the three races to go placed him into the lead. finished unbeaten on 40 with Sahil (three for 27) and Warriors Club from the second race onwards. While Mete has 3.0 nett points, to the top with 3.0 nett score. Selina Ertekin, also from three sixes and a four in just Rushdi grabbed five City Ex- He was second to Izmir- Bouchema occupies the third His teammates Mert Aydogan Turkey, was fourth, with 7.0 CBQ beat Kingspan Qatar by eight wickets 16 balls. Saleem and Mansoor change wickets between them Kingspan Qatar: 126 all out in 29.1 overs (Raheel 35, based ARM Urla Sailing Club’s spot with 5.0 nett points. and Okyanus Arikan shared nett. Local sailor Zeyad Gawish shared four wickets. and set up a fine 10-run victory Nafees 16, Sajjan 17, Shan 7/45, Nayeem 2/20, Mete in the opening race. Se- Six sailors had registered other two races to be following occupies the fifth spot with 10.0 During the difficult chase, for Doha Falcons in a Division Abdullah 1/0) waidi displayed his abilities in for the class but three of them the leader hotly. nett. Ahmed al Mulla, Ruzica man-of-the-match Tamoor A T20 match. Doha Falcons CBQ: 127 for two in 14.4 overs (Zaheer 49, Hareeb 22, the next two and won both to got injured during yesterday’s It was Arikan who began Otasevic and Relja Otasevic are Shan 16 not out; Omran 1/23, Bakshi 1/26) Sajjad ran through the rivals, first made 148 in 17.5 overs Man of the match: Shan (7 wkts & 16 runs) of CBQ gain 4.0 points. He discarded racing in tough conditions and the day with a victory. But he at the seventh and eighth spots, with his devastating bowling. with Iftikhar (31 with a six and the first result to collect 2.0 nett withdrew today. was overcome by Aydogan and respectively.

Mountaser Laffan & Noor Al Rayyan adjudged best in International Arabian Peninsula Horse Show

Mountaser Laffan, a six-year-old gray horse owned and bred by Jas- sim Kayed al Mohannadi, won the Senior Stallions gold medal at the ninth International Arabian Peninsula Horse Show at Souq Waqif on Tuesday. He was too classy and easily swept the first position after collecting 22 points and beating closest rival Bashir Al Rayyan by 11 points. Hilal Al Waab was third. Noor Al Rayyan of El Alya Stud proved too good for Dawlah Al Shaqab, claiming the Senior Mares gold medal with 20-9 margin. Al Jood Naif finished third. Al Rayyan Farm’s Dukhan Al Rayyan was declared the best among Junior Colts, while Al Nasser Stud-owned Nadrah Al Nasser bagged the Junior Fillies gold medal. The Yearling Colts and Fillies titles went to Shaman Al Nasser (Al Nasser Stud) and Rayana Al Sraiya Stud.