18 Monday, January 20, 2020 Sports Root’s Test-best Easy wins for Al Arabi, Al Gharafa cagers

Tribune News Network Asem Shalfawi stretched the bowl puts England DOHA Al Gharafa lead to maximum 51 points shortly before the Al Arabi Club brooked virtu- end (108-57) but Al Ahli ally no resistance from Al Ahli quickly scored two baskets to Club as the former champi- reduce the gap to 47 points. ons strolled to a 98-72 victory Forward Aaron Nelson on cusp of victory in the 12th round of the QBF collected a double-double of League at the Al Gharafa Club 31 points and 20 rebounds Indoor Hall on Sunday. for the winners, who led 59- With this 10th win, their 28 at the interval. Guard reeling at six for 102 after following-on sixth in a row, Al Arabi Abdulrahman Saad added jumped to the No. 1 spot with 26 points, while forward AFP 22 points. Al Shamal follow Monroe recorded 24 points. Port Elizabeth (South Africa) them in the second spot with Guard Theron Bussey netted 21 points from nine victo- 19, while centre Mohd Yousuf England Joe Root ries from 12 games. Al Wak- Mohammed mustered 16 re- produced a Test-best rah and Al Gharafa have 20 bounds and provided 10 as- performance to send South Af- points apiece from eight tri- sists for Al Gharafa. rica hurtling towards a humili- umphs in 12 matches. For Al Khor, forward Al- ating defeat on the fourth day Al Rayyan round out the adji Magassa led the scoring of the third Test at St George’s top five with a tally of 19 Mohammed Harat of Al Arabi is with 19. Malcolm Bernard Park on Sunday. points from seven wins and poised to score a basket against got 15 and Madrious Gibbs Root took four for 31 as five losses, while Al Ahli, Al Ahli during their 12th round of gained 10. This was the 11th South Africa slumped to 102 after their sixth loss in 12, the QBF League in Al Gharafa on loss for Al Khor – the same as for six after being forced to stayed at the sixth spot. Qa- Sunday. Al Sadd at the bottom. follow on. tar Sports Club, Al Khor and They were still 188 runs Al Sadd are holding the sev- Khalid Suliman Abdi added short of avoiding an enth, eighth and ninth spots, 12 and 11 points, respectively Results defeat, with England seem- respectively. for the winners. Al Gharafa beat Al Khor 108-61 (half-time 59-28) ingly assured of taking an un- A downtown by Miroslav Aaron Rountree had the Main performers – Al Gharafa: Aaron Nelson 31 pts beatable 2-1 series lead into Todic in the third quarter biggest tally for Al Ahli - 20 & 20 rebounds, Abdulrahman Saad 26 pts, Sammy Monroe 24 pts, Theron Bussey 19 pts, Mohd Yousuf the final Test starting in Jo- sent Al Arabi on their big- points and 12 rebounds. Mo- Mohammed 16 rebounds & 10 assists hannesburg on Friday. gest scoring run of 11 points hammed Ouiri collected 19 and Al Khor: Aladji Bobo Magassa 19 pts, Malcolm England dominated the and the biggest lead as well Jeffery Newberry netted 18. Bernard 15 pts, Madrious Gibbs 10 pts day despite a second lengthy (71-45). However it was cen- Al Arabi beat Al Ahli 98-72 (half-time 52-33) rain break in two days. tre Mohammed Harat who Monroe adds fluency Main performers – Al Arabi: Mohammed Harat 25 They needed only 28 balls the most impressive with 25 Earlier, the arrival of pts & 17 rebounds, Miroslav Todic 23 pts & 11 to dismiss South Africa’s last points and 17 rebounds. To- forward Sammy Monroe rebounds, Kevin Galloway 12 pts, Khalid Suliman four batsmen for the addition dic also had a double-double sharpened Al Gharafa attack Abdi 11 pts Al Ahli: Aaron Rountree 20 pts & 12 rebounds, of a single run at the start of England’s Joe Root delivers a ball to South Africa’s Vernon Philander (not seen) during the fourth (23 points and 11 rebounds). further and they hammered Mohammed Ouiri 19 pts, Jeffery Newberry 18 pts play, with Stuart Broad pick- day of their third Test at the St George’s Park Ground in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. (AFP) Kevin Galloway and Al Khor 108-61. A trey from ing up three of the without conceding a run. almost new, but they were South Africa were all out Scoreboard aided by some poor shots by for 209 and Root immediate- England (1st innings): 499-9 decl 31-12-51-5, Wood 11-4-31-0 (1w), Denly 4-1-10-0, the South African batsmen. ly enforced the follow-on. South Africa (1st innings, overnight 208-6): Root 11-4-25-0, Stokes 5-1-26-1. Broad struck with the Fifties by Kasuza, Masvaure in Lanka Test Rain early in South Af- D. Elgar c Pope b Bess 35 fourth of the morn- rica’s second innings threat- P. Malan c and b Bess 18 South Africa (2nd innings, following on): ing when Vernon Philander AFP facing 214 balls and spending having missed the entire Pa- Z. Hamza c Pope b Bess 10 P. Malan lbw b Root 12 ened to thwart England’s A. Nortje c Root b Stokes 18 D. Elgar b Wood 15 missed a drive against a full more than five hours at the kistan series, while Angelo push for victory but fast F. du Plessis c Pope b Bess 8 Z. Hamza c Buttler b Wood 2 delivery which swung in be- crease. Mathews was also included in bowler Mark Wood struck H. van der Dussen b Bess 24 F. du Plessis c Pope b Root 36 tween bat and pad. He was Kevin Kasuza struck a half- Craig Ervine injected the an experienced side. Q. de Kock b Curran 63 H. van der Dussen c Pope b Root 10 twice when play resumed V. Philander b Broad 27 Q. de Kock c Wood b Root 3 out for 27. century on debut while open- innings with some impetus The two-Test tour was only more than three hours later. K. Maharaj b Broad 0 V. Philander 13 Curran uprooted De ing partner Prince Masvaure late in the day, hitting three announced by the Sri Lankan Wood used his extreme K. Rabada c Wood b Broad 1 K. Maharaj not out 5 Kock’s middle stump with recorded his maiden fifty as sixes and as many boundaries board earlier this week. pace to send Dean Elgar’s D. Paterson not out 0 Extras (b3, lb1, nb1, w1) 6 the fifth ball of the next over Zimbabwe finished the first as he finished unbeaten on 55. Zimbabwe were readmit- Extras (b4, w1) 5 Total (6 wkts, 62 overs) 102 off stump flying out of the Total (86.4 overs) 209 Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Elgar), 2-22 (Hamza), 3-44 with the left-hander missing day of the first Test against Sri was 13 not out. ted as an ICC member last Oc- ground before he had Zubayr Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Malan), 2-60 (Hamza), 3-63 (Malan), 4-66 (Van der Dussen), 5-74 (De Kock), 6-83 an extravagant drive against Lanka on 189 for 2 in Harare. Zimbabwe captain Sean tober following a three-month Hamza feeling for a ball out- (Elgar), 4-71 (Du Plessis), 5-109 (Van der Dussen), (Du Plessis) a ball angled in from the left- Masvaure, playing in his Williams elected to bat first suspension over political in- side his leg stump to present 6-154 (Nortje), 7-208 (Philander), 8-208 (De Kock), Bowling: Broad 6-3-5-0 (1nb), Curran 3-0-13-0, Wood armed bowler. third Test, made 55 before he despite overcast skies at the terference. 9-208 (Maharaj) 11-3-23-2 (1w), Bess 18-10-17-0, Stokes 5-2-9-0, a catch to wicketkeeper Jos Bowling: Broad 13.4-6-30-3, Curran 11-2-32-1, Bess Root 19-11-31-4. De Kock had not added to was caught by Sri Lanka cap- Harare Sports Club, where The Sri Lanka games rep- Buttler. his overnight score of 63. tain Dimuth Karunaratne off the African nation are play- resent their first Tests since a Then it was over to Root, Root took three more du Plessis was sixth out after Keshav Maharaj was the slow left-arm bowling of ing their first home Test since 1-1 series draw in Bangladesh who in 90 previous Tests had wickets after the interval. making 36, his highest score bowled off a bottom edge Lasith Embuldeniya. 2017. in November 2018. never taken more than two Rassie van der Dussen of what has been a poor series when he tried to pull a ball Kasuza, one of three The hosts gave debuts to Zimbabwe last played a wickets in an innings. was superbly caught at short for him. He was another bat- from Broad before Kagiso Zimbabwe players handed opening batsman Kasuza, Test at home against the West Bowling from the end leg by Ollie Pope and first in- pad victim, giving Pope his Rabada, who scored the only their Test debut, survived a left-arm spinner Ainsley Ndlo- Indies in October 2017. where fellow off-spinner nings top-scorer Quinton de fifth catch of the match. run in the collapse, hit a sim- dropped chance off a miscued vu and seam bowler Victor Dom Bess took five wickets in Kock fell to a leaping catch at In overcast conditions at ple catch to mid-off to give hook shot before bringing up Nyauchi -- in their first Test Scores the first innings, he trapped backward point by a leaping the start of play, Broad and Broad his third . his own half-century. match in 14 months. Zimbabwe 189-2 (K. Kasuza 63, P. Masvaure Pieter Malan leg before wick- Wood. Sam Curran achieved some Broad finished with three He eventually fell lbw to Fast bowler Suranga Lak- 55, C. Ervine 55 not out; L. Kumara 1-37) vs et in the last over before tea. South Africa captain Faf swing with a ball which was for 30. Lasith Kumara for 63 after mal returned for Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Kuwait crush Oman as Doha Triathlon: Quality field Zeefa Jilani hits 40 to contest in fourth edition Tribune News Network DOHA Tribune News Network The 2020 edition sees The DOHA Qatar Cycling & Triathlon Zeefa Jilani smashed a superb 40 to power Federation and the team be- Kuwait to a splendid eight-wicket triumph over The Doha Triathlon, Qatar hind other major events such Oman on the second day of the QCA Women’s premier multi-sport event, is as the Al Adaid Desert Chal- T20I Tournament at the Asian Town Stadium in most likely to see thrilling bat- lenge, Ride of Champions and Industrial Area. tles for top honours in various the Qatar National Triathlon The Qatar Cricket Association (QCA), un- categories when it is held on Series, taking over full organi- der the presidency of Yousef Jeham Al-Kuwari, February 7. sation of the event. is organising the event to provide exposure and Returning for its fourth Race Director Slovenian opportunity to not only local girls but also to the edition, the Doha Triathlon Andrej Filip relishes the op- regional players. QCA Operations Manager Manzoor Ahmad presents features the ITU (Internation- portunity: “I see the develop- The crucial victory off the penultimate ball the Player of the Match Award to Kuwait’s Zeefa al Triathlon Union) National ment of our organising team brightened chances for Kuwait to get a spot in the Jilani after her team’s victory against Oman in the Championships where the cur- supported by members of lo- final. Amna Shareef Tariq and Sioban Lee collect- QCA Women’s T20I tournament on Saturday. rent number one-ranked Qa- cal triathlon and cycling clubs ed 39 runs for the unbroken fourth wicket. Tariq tari Ebrahim al Romaih will as one of the greatest achieve- cracked three fours in her 22 not out. another match later to book a spot in the final, be seeking to unseat last year’s ments of Qatar Cycling and Openers Jilani and Priyanka Murli earlier to be held on January 21 after a rest day on champion Saad Almejali. Triathlon Federation. The set foundation for the 114-run chase with a 73- Monday. Among the international Doha Triathlon is the main run stand – the biggest of the tournament so far. Opener Sakshi Vijaya was the star performer talent, Bernard McCullogh event of the now already well- Bhakti Shetty removed both the openers. for the winners after she struck three boundaries (Ireland) who showed top established Qatar National Jilani smashed five boundaries in her 51-ball in 44 off 54 balls. form at the Triathlon knock and Murli hit two fours in 22 off 29 balls. Javed Hira ran hard to post run-a-ball 38 Dukhan Triathlon, will be Series and a stepping Kuwait restricted Oman at 113 for six. Sakshi with two fours. Nahan Arif and Shahreennawab taking on Mouhcine Rhaili stone for the big international Shetty, who hit two fours, and Vaishali Jasrani hit secured two wickets each. (Morocco) and Aday Alvarez events to come.” 26 each. Fiza and Priyanka Edna added 13 and Qatar collapsed for 69 all out in the reply. (Spain). QTF President Dr Mo- 12, respectively. Maria Jasvi, Madeena Zuberi Captain Aysha hit 18 with two fours and Trupti Women’s triathlon in Qatar National champion Saad Almejali in action during the Doha Triathlon hammed al Kuwari also wel- and Mariamma Hyder shared three wickets while Kale made 12. Priyanka Edna caused the most is currently dominated by for- last year. comes the involvement of the three players got run out. damage, scalping three players for 14. Bhakti mer double Olympian cyclist, federation, explaining, “By Oman outplayed hosts Qatar by 61 runs in Shetty collected two. Pia Sundsted (Finland) ahead bringing the race under QTF of Sophie Clarke (UK) and An- organisation, we can continue drea Stadler (Colombia). to offer an exceptional level of Results The fourth edition, expect- quality while growing a sport Kuwait beat Oman by eight wickets Oman beat Qatar by 61 runs ing to attract a record partici- which offers opportunities for Oman: 113 for six (Sakshi Vijaya 26 in 39 balls, Vaishali Oman: 130 for six (Sakshi Vijaya 44 runs in 54 balls, Fiza Jasrani 26 in 39 balls, Fiza 13 in nine balls, Priyanka Edna 18 in 13 balls, Javed Hira 38 in 38 balls; Nahan Arif 2/25, pation of over 500 competi- so many to discover and en- 12 in 39 balls; Maria Jasvi 1/18, Madeena Zuberi 1/30, Shahreennawab 2/5, Angeline Mare 1/33, Saachi tors, will be held across three running for all levels of ability and all joy healthy competition. We Mariamma Hyder 1/20) Dhadwal 1/21) distances: Super-Sprint: 325m the family. It is an individual thank the previous organisers, Kuwait: 117 for two in 19.5 overs (Priyada Murali 22 in 29 Qatar: 69 all out in 19.3 overs (Aysha 18 in 17 balls, Oman’s Olympic distance: swim, 10km cycling and 2.5km sport but the Doha Triathlon Tasama, for the past two years balls, Zeefa Jilani 40 in 51 balls, Amna Shareef Tariq 22 Trupti Kale 12 in 16 balls; Yashika Verma 1/8, Nikhita not out in 28 balls, Siobhan Lee 16 not out in 11 balls; Jagdish 1/15, Snehal Nair 1/15, Priyanka Edna 3/14, Sakshi 1500m swim, 40 km cycling running also allows groups of friends where we have seen The Doha Bhakti Shetty 2/23). Player of the Match: Zeefa Jilani Bhakti Shetty 2/8). Player of the Match: Sakshi Vijaya Vijaya and 10km running With races for children to tackle one discipline each, Triathlon grow into one of Qa- (Kuwait) (Oman) Sprint distance: 750m and youths part of the pro- competing for team relay tar’s foremost mass-participa- swim, 20km cycling and 5km gramme too, this is an event awards. tion sports events.”