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GULF TIMES TENNIS Federer, Nadal Set up French Open Semi-Final CYCLING | Page 6 FOOTBALL | Page 7 Thomas Ronaldo in ready for tough spotlight but defence of Tour Portugal’s new de France title stars ready to fi re Wednesday, June 5, 2019 CRICKET Shawwal 2, 1440 AH South Africa not GULF TIMES to be taken lightly, says Kohli SPORT Page 2 FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Chance for Qatar young guns to impress against Brazil ‘Of course, if Neymar plays we will try our best to minimise his impact on the match but they also have other great players’ all smooth in recent times. They By Sports Reporter Qatar’s Salman Doha failed to get past the quarter-fi- nals of last year’s World Cup in al-Ansari elected Russia, losing to Belgium, and to AFC Appeals atar’s young stars such have been also dogged by con- Committee as Almoez Ali, Akram troversies. Afi f and Bassem al-Ra- As far as the Copa America wi will get a rare chance is concerned, the last of their Paris: Qatar’s Salman A al- Q Ansari has been elected as to impress against Brazil when the eight titles came in 2007, but teams clash in a friendly inter- there is no denying the fact that deputy chairperson of the national at the 72,000-capacity they can be dangerous on their Asian Football Confedera- Mané Garrincha Stadium in Bra- home turf. tion’s (AFC) Appeals Com- silia. “There are not many diffi- mittee at the AFC Extraor- The match will be played at cult things to do than playing dinary Congress in Paris. 3.30am Qatar Time tomorrow and against Brazil,” Sanchez said AFC Member Associations is only the second occasion that before heading off to the US elected the chairpersons, Qatar will be facing the mighty along with the team, en route to deputy chairpersons and Selecao, renowned for their pas- Brazil. members of the AFCs judi- sion and style that have fetched “Of course, if Neymar plays cial bodies – AFC Discipli- them five World Cup titles so we will try our best to minimise nary and Ethics Committee, far. his impact on the match but AFC Entry Control Body and The only time the two sides they also have other great play- the AFC Appeal Committee. met previously was in 1979 ers,” he added. All members will now serve when Brazil won 6-1, and al- Bassam Qatar will have a closed door for a period of four years though the Samba Kings are al-Rawi of game against a club team on based on the recommenda- ranked third in the FIFA rank- Qatar. June 9 before taking on Para- tion of the AFC Executive ings currently, as against Qa- guay on June 16 in the Copa Committee. tar’s 55th, Felix Sanchez’s boys America. are determined to make a fight Sanchez added that he was AFC Appeals Committee: of it. the QFA will be lining up more they defeated Switzerland 1-0 not thinking about the results in Chairperson: Jahangir The Brazil match, of course, is prestigious friendlies, a ploy and drew 1-1 with Iceland. the tournament. Baglari (Islamic Republic of Qatar’s biggest friendly ever and that worked well for the country Those performances went a “We will try our best to com- Iran); Deputy Chairperson: is part of the country’s prepa- ahead of the Asian Cup earlier long way in raising the profile pete. Let’s see how far we can Salman A al-Ansari (Qatar); Akram Afif of Qatar in rations for the Copa America this year, which they won. and morale ahead of the Asian go. In any case the experience Dong-Ho Lim (Korea Re- action during a training beginning later this month in Ahead of the Asian tourna- Cup in which they defeated of playing in the Copa Ameri- public); Saaran Nadarajah session. which they have been placed in ment, Qatar played matches teams such as South Korea, ca would be of great help to the (Malaysia); Syed Nayyar Group B along with Argentina, against Iceland, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Ja- players. They will be much bet- Hasnain Haider (Pakistan); Colombia and Paraguay. China and Ecuador, among oth- pan on way to the title. ter players after that. It will help and Nguyen Thi My Dzung But as the team builds up to ers. Brazil, despite their prestige them for the big challenges ahead, (Vietnam) the FIFA World Cup in 2022, They caused a shock when in world football, have not had it especially the 2022 World Cup.” 2019 ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP Pradeep, Malinga strike as Lanka beat Afghans AFP Cardiff SCORECARD SRI LANKA INNINGS AFGHANISTAN INNINGS uwan Pradeep and Lasith Mal- D. Karunaratne c Najibullah b Nabi 30 M Shahzad c Karunratne b Malinga 7 inga starred with the ball as Sri Lanka fought back to crush Af- K. Perera c Shahzad b Rashid 78 Hazratullah Zazai c Perera b Pradeep 30 ghanistan’s hopes of a memo- L. Thirimanne b Nabi 25 Rahmat Shah c Mathews b Udana 2 Nrable World Cup victory yesterday. K. Mendis c Rahmat b Nabi 2 Hashmatullah c Perera b Pradeep 4 Afghanistan, bidding for just their second win in a World Cup match and A. Mathews c Rahmat b Nabi 0 Mohamed Nabi b Perera 11 their fi rst over a Test nation were in D. de Silva c Shahzad b Hamid 0 Gulbadin Naib lbw b Pradeep 23 command halfway through a gloomy T. Perera run out (Hashmatullah) 2 Najibullah run out (Karunaratne) 43 day in Cardiff after dismissing Sri Lanka for 201. I. Udana b Dawlat 10 Rashid Khan b Pradeep 2 But faced with a rain-revised target S. Lakmal not out 15 Dawlat Zadran b Malinga 6 of 187 in 41 overs, their batting let them L. Malinga b Dawlat 4 Hamid Hassan b Malinga 6 down again as they were bowled out for 152. N. Pradeep b Rashid 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman not out 1 Victory saw Sri Lanka bounce back Extras (lb10, nb3, w22) 35 Extras (b1, nb1, w15) 17 from a 10-wicket thrashing by New Zea- Total (all out, 36.5 overs) 201 Total (all out, 32.4 overs) 152 land in their World Cup opener. Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Karunaratne), Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Shahzad), 2-42 Pradeep took a career-best four for 2-144 (Thirimanne), 3-146 (Mendis), (Rahmat), 3-44 (Hazratullah), 4-57 31, while Malinga (three for 39) struck 4-146 (Mathews), 5-149 (De Silva), 6-159 (Hashmatullah), 5-57 (Nabi), 6-121 (Gul- at both ends of the innings, fi nishing (Perera), 7-178 (Udana), 8-180 (Perera), badin), 7-123 (Rashid), 8-136 (Dawlat), the match with a trademark yorker that bowled Hamid Hassan. 9-199 (Malinga), 10-201 (Pradeep) 9-145 (Najibullah), 10-152 (Hamid) Afghanistan had slumped to 57 for Bowling: Dawlat 6-0-34-2 (3w); Hamid Bowling: Malinga 6.4-0-39-3 (3w); fi ve, with Thisara Perera holding a bril- 7-0-53-1 (2w); Mujeeb 3-0-19-0 (1w); Lakmal 6-0-27-0 (2w); Udana 6-0-28-1 liant running catch in the deep to dis- Nabi 9-0-30-4 (1w); Gulbadin 4-0-38-0 (1nb); Pradeep 9-1-31-4 (4w); Perera 4-0- miss Hazratullah Zazai on the hook for (3nb, 2w); Rashid 7.5-1-17-2 (1w) 19-1 (2w), De Silva 1-0-7-0 30. Afghanistan captain Gulbadin Naib (23) and Najibullah Zadran (43) then But they lost their last nine wickets Shah in the slips for two. started to turn the match again with a for 57 runs, Mohamed Nabi taking three Angelo Mathews was next to go, for a sixth-wicket stand of 64. in fi ve balls after Gulbadin won the toss. duck, also caught by Shah. But paceman Pradeep struck twice, Shell-shocked Sri Lanka kept on los- Leg-spinner Rashid Khan eventu- having Naib lbw before bowling Rashid ing wickets at regular intervals, with 35 ally got in on the act when he had opener Khan to leave Afghanistan 123 for seven. Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Pradeep (2L) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan for two extras the second-highest scorer of the Kusal Perera, who had seen wickets And when Najibullah was run out by a runs at Sophia Gardens Stadium in Cardiff yesterday. innings behind Kusal Perera’s 78. tumble at the other end, caught behind. direct hit from Sri Lanka captain Dimuth A dramatic 22nd over saw Nabi Rain then intervened, forcing the Karunaratne, Afghanistan were all but Earlier, Sri Lanka came out of the ghans, who suff ered a seven-wicket loss ment opener, and were set for an impos- bowled Lahiru Thirimanne for 25 before players from the fi eld, with Sri Lanka beaten at nine down. blocks quickly against the unfancied Af- to champions Australia in their tourna- ing total at 144 for one. having Kusal Mendis caught by Rahmat 182-8. Gulf Times 2 Wednesday, June 5, 2019 CRICKET WORLD CUP FOCUS Proteas not to be taken lightly: India captain Kohli ‘Whether Ngidi plays, or Steyn plays or not, Rabada is always going to be a world-class bowler and a threat to any side’ Agencies Southampton, England South Africa can still reach semis without ndia are banking on their ex- Steyn, says Du Plessis perience in their World Cup Agencies during the tournament opener opener against South Africa Southampton, United Kingdom against England. and cannot take the opposi- Ition’s depleted bowling attack STAY POSITIVE lightly, captain Virat Kohli said outh Africa captain Faf du Du Plessis said he it was impor- yesterday, insisting the Proteas Plessis said his struggling tant to stay “strong and posi- can call upon quality replace- Sside could still reach the tive” despite the challenge of ments.
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