Sports Friday, September 13, 2019 13 Qatar to clash with Australia Marsh triggers in Asian v’ball opener today Tribune News Network DOHA England collapse Qatar will launch their bid of finishing among top eight in the Asian Men’s Volleyball His four- haul reduces the home team to 271 for eight on first Championship with a tough match against former cham- day in fifth Ashes Test; Buttler battles with unbeaten half-century pions Australia in Tehran on Friday. Reuters Other two teams in their pool are hosts and double champions Iran and Sri Lanka. England’s frailties Qatar, ninth in the last edi- were exposed again as they tion, were able to beat 2007 wasted a solid start and la- winners Australia during their Qatari players celebrate a point during a match in the four-nation boured to 271 for eight on the preparatory matches in the international friendly tournament in Doha recently. first day of the final Ashes Test four-national International against Australia at Friendly Tournament in Doha opening bout is against Ko- on Thursday. recently. But it is to be seen rean Lim Hyun-chul and if The Australians, who have if Camilo Soto’s trainees can he wins, he will face Poland’s retained the Ashes, dropped translate that form into real Filip Wąchała, who drew bye England Joe Root competitive result in Pool A in the first round. three times as he made 57 but lung-opener. The AIBA World Box- the hosts failed to take full ad- Should they win, it may ing Championships, also the vantage and only Jos Buttler’s also clear the way for Qatar to qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo late unbeaten 64 saved them enter the top eight knockout Olympics, has got 488 box- from complete collapse. stage and qualify for the 2020 ers from 91 nations across the “The boys batted really well Tokyo Olympic Games. world. in the morning and we got our- Compared to Qatar, Aus- selves into a fantastic position tralia have had a fine track Tamimi in quarter-finals but could not capitalise,” But- record in the Asian champi- Qatar’s Abdulla al Tami- tler said. “Both sides are feel- onship. Only once in 19 ap- Qatar’s Ibrahim al Mahmoud mi put up a fine display and ing a long series with a quick pearances, they have finished qualified for the quarter-finals outside the top 10. The three- ate during the championship, of the $30,000 PSA HKFC “I was like a kid at time finalists were eighth in which will conclude on Sep- International Squash Tourna- Gresik, Indonesia in 2017 but tember 21. ment in Hong Kong with a 4-0 Christmas this morning. I they have managed the bronze victory over Pakistan’s Tayyab just wanted to try and get medal once and five fourth- Abdullah loses opening Aslam. an opportunity at some place finishes. bout In a second round match, stage and it was nice to Australia’s celebrates dismissing England’s for 22 runs on the first day of Qatar, on the other hand, Qatar’s Mohammed Ab- Tamimi, who got a bye in the produce today,” said the fifth Ashes Test match at The Oval in London on Thursday. (AFP) have secured four top-10 fin- dullah lost his opening bout first round, hit higher gears Marsh. ishes in 14 attempts, with their in the 75kg class at the AIBA after he shared the first two 33-year-old Denly, who made moved on to 169-3 at tea, but by hitting Hazlewood for two best being the fourth spot in World Boxing Championships games with his rival. The Qa- battling fifties in the last two any hopes England had of a sixes in a row. 2015. Last year’s they won the in Yekaterinburg, Russia. tari ran through the remain- turnaround between tests so Tests without staking a claim to substantial score disappeared Buttler pulled Hazlewood Asian Volleyball Cup and fin- He was beaten by German ing games to complete a 13-11, that’s why the intensity goes a long-term place in the team. in the final session. over the ropes again to reach ished as the semi-finalists in Andrej Mersljakov when ref- 7-11, 11-3, 11-4 triumph in 37 up and down. Australia are Root was bowled by a his fifty and with JackL each the Asian Games as well. eree had to stop the contest. minutes. a really good attack Charmed life fine Cummins which providing obdurate support, Qatar’s international ref- Qatar’s second boxer Thu- For a place in the semi- and asked questions all day. Root, badly dropped on 24 hit his off stump and Jonny the ninth-wicket pair shared eree Ibrahim al Mahmoud lasi Tharumalingam is com- finals, he will take on local Lau It’s frustrating for us not being by at fine leg after Bairstow was trapped lbw for an unbroken stand of 45 to has also been invited to offici- peting in the 64kg class. His Tsz Kwan. able to capitalise on our start.” playing a casual pull stroke, 22 by a Marsh . boost England’s chances of Medium-pacer Mitchell was also put down by wicket- hooked Cum- levelling the series. Marsh took four to keeper Paine off Cummins and mins for an audacious six but boost Australia’s bid to secure England reached lunch at 86-1. two deliveries later the young a 3-1 series win after their cap- Root was given another all-rounder was adjudged lbw, Scoreboard tain won the toss life when Smith spilled a sharp only to be recalled to the crease Qatar East to West Ultra England (1st innings): and surprisingly sent England chance in the slips but Rory because Cummins had bowled R. Burns c Marsh b Hazlewood ...... 47 in to bat. Burns hit seven fours in an- a no ball. J. Denley c Smith b Cummins ...... 14 and Josh other determined knock. His reprieve was short- J. Root b Cummins ...... 57 B. Stokes c Lyon b Marsh ...... 20 Run on December 6 Hazlewood bowled tidy open- The young opening bats- lived, however, as Curran J. Bairstow lbw b Marsh ...... 22 ing spells but the touring side’s man was three runs away from edged Marsh to Smith at sec- J. Buttler ...... 64 vaunted pace attack lacked the his half century when he got ond slip for 15 and the same S. Curran c Smith b Marsh ...... 15 Tribune News Network Ultra Run will be one of the activities this sea- C. Woakes lbw b Marsh ...... 2 DOHA consistent threat which has cramped up by a short ball bowler snared J. Archer c Paine b Hazlewood ...... 9 son to create concept of ‘sports for all’ and at- caused problems for England’s from Hazlewood and spooned lbw to claim his fourth wicket J. Leach not out ...... 10 tract more and more people from all communi- fragile top order throughout a simple catch to Marsh at on his recall to the side. Extras (nb2, b3, lb6) ...... 11 The Qatar Sports for All Federation will host ties to regular physical work-out and exercise. the series. mid-wicket. “I was like a kid at Christ- Total (8 wkts, 82 overs) ...... 271 the Qatar East to West Ultra Run on December To bat: S. Broad He added that the race will be run over a Joe Denly, on 14, played a , loudly cheered mas this morning,” Marsh said. Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Denley), 2-103 (Burns), 6 as part of its ongoing activities to encourage total distance of about 90 kilometres. It will loose stroke at a wide delivery to the wicket after his match- “It can be a long tour when you 3-130 (Stokes), 4-170 (Root), 5-176 (Bairstow), all communities to participate in sports. start at the Corniche and conclude on the from Cummins and edged to winning century in the third are not playing. I just wanted 6-199 (Curran), 7-205 (Woakes), 8-226 (Archer) Race organising committee head Abdullah Dukhan Beach, covering five stages which second slip where Test, cautiously moved to 20 to try and get an opportunity Bowling: Cummins 22.5-5-73-2 (1nb), Hazlewood al Dosari, while giving details of the event, said 21-7-76-2, Siddle 17-1-61-0 (1nb), Marsh 16.1-4- will allow participants to rest and refresh with fumbled the chance before before he was tempted into a at some stage and it was nice to 35-4, Lyon 4-0-12-0, Labuschagne 1-0-5-0. the Qatar Sports for All Federation aims to pro- food and drink. grabbing the ball before it hit wild heave at medium-pacer produce today. The ball came Australia: , Marcus Harris, Marnus mote a healthy lifestyle through activities and Dosari also said the event is open to ama- the ground. Marsh and the ball looped off out reasonably well.” Labuschagne, Steve Smith, , Mitchell spread awareness among the youth for devel- teurs only and will last about 17 hours. All the The opening stand of 27 a leading edge to point. Jofra Archer then nicked Marsh, Tim Paine (capt, wkt), Pat Cummins, Peter oping their capabilities and improving their all- participants will be presented medal as the Siddle, , was the highest of the series but Root got to a patient fif- Hazlewood to Paine before Toss: Australia round fitness. chief aim of the run is to encourage people the it was another failure for the ty, off 105 balls, and his side Buttler briefly lifted the crowd Dosari declared that that the East to West community to be engaged in physical activities. India replace Rahul with Rohit Qatar aim to play tough in ICC for South Africa Test series Reuters WC Challenge League A NEW DELHI Tamoor Sajjad being unavail- India axed struggling opener Team set to leave able due to personal reasons, Qatar team & fixtures KL Rahul and handed Rohit all-rounder Chaudhry has Qatar team: Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry (Capt), Mohammed Rizlan (Vice-Capt), Mohammed Awais Sharma a chance to revive his for Malaysia today been named the Qatar Asso- Malik, Saqlain Arshad, Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim, Khurram Shahzad, Kamran Khan, Qalandar Khan, stop-start Test career after se- ciation Cricket (QCA) to lead Owais Ahmad, Gayan Budhika, Mohammed Nadeem, Dharmang Patel, Musawar Shah and Syed lecting the limited-overs stal- tribune news network the team. Mohammed Rizlan Tameem. Officials: Eisa Al Yaqoub (Head of Delegation). Gul Khan Jadoon (Team Manager), Shahid wart for next month’s three- DOHA will be his deputy. Mahboob (Coach), Mohammad Jahangir (Physio/Trainer) match series against South On behalf of the QCA and Fixtures: Singapore vs Denmark Singapore vs Malaysia Africa. A new-look Qatar team, led by its President Yousef Jeham al 16 September 20 September Denmark vs Qatar Rahul has gone 12 Test in- Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry, will Kuwari, Mazoor Ahmad, QCA Denmark vs Malaysia Denmark vs Vanuatu 25 September 17 September Malaysia vs Qatar Canada vs Denmark nings without a 50-plus score leave for Malaysia on Friday Operations Manager, said the Singapore vs Qatar 22 September Malaysia vs Vanuatu and struggled in the recent to compete in the ICC Cricket selected team is the best pos- Canada vs Vanuatu Canada vs Qatar 26 September tour of West Indies where In- World Cup Challenge League A. sible bunch of players. He also 19 September Singapore vs Vanuatu Vanuatu vs Qatar dia won both the matches to The six-team league, which expressed hopes it would give Canada vs Malaysia 23 September Canada vs Singapore top the World Test Champion- will start on September 16 and a good account of itself in Ma- finish on September 26, is a part laysia. “The team had a long good results.” League A are tough and we of the 2023 Cricket World Cup coaching camp and all the se- Team manager Gul Khan have prepared ourselves well. India squad qualifying process. The league lected players appear in good Jadoon said, “The event is a We are looking for the mo- The following will India in the Test series India’s KL Rahul: The run drought continues for the opener. has been divided into two nick. We wish the team well and good opportunity for the Qa- mentum and Inshallah, we’ll against South Africa: leagues – A and B. Five matches hope the high-level competition tari players to showcase their make the nation proud with (captain), , Rohit open the innings in Tests,” Punjab top order batsman will be played over the round- will encourage them to produce talent. All the teams in the our performance.” Sharma, , Ajinkya Rahane, chief selector MSK Prasad said got his maiden robin format each year till 2021. Hanuma Vihari, (wicketkeeper), after naming the 15-member Test call-up, while the selec- After 15 matches altogether, the (wicketkeeper), , , squad. tors opted for two wicketkeep- winner will qualify for the 2022 , , Jasprit Prithvi Shaw would have ers in Rishabh Pant and Wrid- CWC Qualifier Playoff. Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Shubman Gill. been Agarwal’s automatic dhiman Saha. The League A has Qatar, partner but the 19-year-old is Spin all-rounder Ravin- Canada, Denmark, Malaysia, currently serving a doping ban. dra Jadeja, who was preferred Singapore and Vanuatu. The ship table. The only player in the ahead of Ravichandran Ash- League B, which will start in Former captain Sourav world with three double hun- win in both the Tests in West Hong Kong on November 25, Ganguly was among those dreds in one-day internation- Indies, has been retained in consists of Bermuda, Hong who felt Rohit, who smashed als, Rohit averages nearly 40 the squad along with the off- Kong, Italy, Jersey, Kenya a record five hundreds at the in Tests batting in the middle spinner with left-armer Kul- and Uganda. 50-overs World Cup in Eng- order. deep Yadav as the third slow Coached by Shahid Mah- land and finished as the tour- The 32-year-old has strug- bowling option. boob, a former Pakistan Test nament’s top scorer, should gled to replicate his limited- Virat Kohli and his team player, Qatar will play their partner Mayank Agarwal at overs heroics in the 27 Tests face South Africa in the first opening match against Singa- the top of the order. he has played so far and must Test at Visakhapatnam from pore on September 17. “We want to give Rohit reinvent himself as an opener October 2. Pune and Ranchi With former skipper Inam- Sharma an opportunity to in the long form as well. host the other two matches. Ul-Haq and present skipper QCA officials and players at the Asian Town Stadium for a group picture after a workout.