14 Sunday, December 1, 2019 Sports Indian film stars promote T20 Glorious triple Celebrity Cup in Doha ton by Warner Smith fastest to reach 7,000 Test runs as Pakistan suffer in 2nd Test AFP ADELAIDE

AN irrepressible smashed an unbeaten 335 on Saturday while be- came the fastest man to 7,000 ’s batsman David Warner celebrates his triple during Test runs as Australia put Pa- the day two of the second cricket Test match against Pakistan in kistan to the sword before de- Adelaide on Saturday. (AFP) claring on day two of the second Hindi film stars Tusshaar Kapoor, Rajpal Yadav, Rahul Dev, and South movie stars Bala Kumar, Vivek Gopan, John Kappallil and Rajeev Test in Adelaide. SCOREBOARD Pillal along with Crescent Cricket Cup (CCC) Association CCC Chairman K.M. Shakeel Shafi at the press conference in Doha on Saturday. Skipper waved his players back into the pa- AUSTRALIA (1ST INNINGS, OVERNIGHT 302-1): Imam-ul-Haq c Warner b Starc 2 J. Burns c Rizwan b Afridi 4 A. Ali c Smith b Cummins 9 was looking forward to de- vilion when they reached 589 D. Warner 335 A. Shafiq c Paine b Starc 9 Modalities, date light people in Qatar. for three ahead of the dinner M. Labuschagne b Afridi 162 B. Azam not out 43 Bala Kumar said, “We are break with Warner making S. Smith c Rizwan b Afridi 36 I. Ahmed c Paine b Starc 10 for charity match M. Wade not out 38 M. Rizwan c Paine b Starc 0 very happy to be here. Qatar is the 10th highest score ever in Extras (lb6, nb7, w1) 14 Y. Shah not out 4 being finalised like Kerala only for us. Since . His knock was one Total (3 dec; 127 overs) 589 Extras 0 2000 we have been looking more than former Mark Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Burns), 2-369 (Labuschagne), Total (six wickets; 35 overs) 96 towards Qatar and I am glad Taylor’s epic 334 against Pa- 3-490 (Smith) Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Iman-ul-Haq), 2-22 (Azhar), 3-38 Bowling: Abbas 29-7-100-0, Afridi 30-5-88-3, Musa (Masood), 4-69 (Shafiq), 5-89 (Ahmed), 6-89 (Rizwan) TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK that very soon we shall be in kistan in 1998 and the second 20-1-114-0, Yasir 32-1-197-0, Ahmed 15-0-75-0, Still to bat: Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Musa, DOHA action on the cricket field.” best score by an Australian of Azhar 1-0-9-0. Mohammad Abbas The stars and players were all time after ’s Bowling: Starc 13-5-22-4, Hazlewood 8-2-29-1, THE Crescent Cricket Cup later taken to the stadium 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. PAKISTAN (1ST INNINGS): Cummins 14-1-45-1. (CCC) Association of Qa- to finalise details of the T20 also re- S. Masood c Paine b Hazlewood 19 Toss: Australia tar has stepped up efforts to match. mained unbeaten on 38. host Filmstars’ T20 Celebrity Organisers said, after ob- Pakistan did have some TRIPLE TONS BY AUSSIES Hammond who reached the Cricket Cup in Doha with the taining all permissions, in- success. After removing Mar- Player Runs Against milestone in his 131st innings. participation of two teams cluding approval of the date nus Labuschagne for 162 in Smith also moved past from Bollywood (Indian film of the match from the govern- the opening session, they also Donald Bradman 334 ENG legendary countryman Don- industry) and Tollywood ment of Qatar, details will be bagged Smith, caught behind Donald Bradman 304 ENG ald Bradman’s 6,996 Test (South India film industry). Since the expatriates have Jitendra, and brother of pro- announced. by Mohammad Rizwan off 311 ENG runs to become Australia’s The purpose of the event is a lot of interest in movies, ducer Ekta Kapoor. “We hope that all the stars Shaheen Afridi for 36. 307 ENG 11th highest scorer. purely for charity. the celebrity cricket charity Rahul Dev said, “Indians who have been playing in CCC In making his runs, Smith 334* ENG The home team who re- As such, Hindi film stars match will definitely attract were like one big family in since 2011 would be here, in- -- who had a rare failure in the sumed the day-night second Tusshaar Kapoor, Rajpal Ya- huge interest. We are thankful various places of the world. cluding Suniel Shetty. first of the two-Test series at Matthew Hayden 380 ZIM Test at 302 for one with Warner dav and Rahul Dev, along with to various authorities in Qatar For those in Qatar, we will do He thanked all associates -- shattered a record Michael Clarke 329* IND on 166 and Labuschagne 126, South India movie stars Bala for helping us with requisite a lot for their entertainment.” for the event -- Qatar Premier that had stood since 1946. David Warner 335* PAK pushed the visitors on the back- Kumar, Vivek Gopan, John permissions, and we hope to Rajpal Yadav, known for League (QPL), represented by He took a single off Mu- foot before the close. Mitchell Kappallil and Rajeev Pillal, ar- finalise the details very soon,” his comic timing, was visit- Sirij Ansari, Director, QPL; hammad Musa to reach 7,000 possession of a mark held for Starc’s four for 22 sent them rived in Doha on Saturday. said Shafi. ing Doha for a second time. 4th Dimensions, represent- runs in his 126th innings, taking 73 years by English great Wally reeling six down for 96. They graced the media Tusshaar Kapoor said he “Filmstars celebrity league ed by CEO Hadi Elzein Ali, briefing held by CCC Chair- was delighted to be Doha. has now grown big with Dashboard Events, represent- man K.M. Shakeel Shafi, “This is my first trip to Qatar Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Ma- ed by CEO Sanil Chandran; who said that all efforts were and we all are very excited. layalam and Kannada stars Zain Concepts, represented on for the event and that the We all have heard so much becoming a regular part of it by Project Manager Kaniz QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN 2020 stars were here to assess the about Qatar and football now,” he said. “Sport and en- Fathima Mapari; Bawarchi progress and finalise date World Cup. Cricket, like mov- tertainment make for a great Hotel, represented by propri- for the match. “With Qatar ies, brings people together. package and we shall do our etor Mir Suhail; Indian Hy- rapidly progressing towards We hope to provide more joy best to regale you.” derabadi’s restaurant, repre- Wawrinka, Tsonga set to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, through sport and also help Rajeev Pillai said he’s sented by CEO Amjad Khan; we chose cricket to add to by way of charity,” said the played in India and other and DT, represented by CFO the sporting culture of Qatar. son of illustrious superstar places including Europe and Syed Vikar. dazzle at Khalifa stadium TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK semi-finalist and finalist at in four close sets. DOHA the 2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex For 2008 Australian Open Masters. finalist Tsonga, Doha is a fa- Adel clinches fifth round in Qatar Manateq Baja THREE-TIME Grand Slam The former World No. 3 miliar territory having won champion Stan Wawrinka of Wawrinka, who had a muted here seven years ago. The Switzerland and 2012 winner season in 2019, is one of the Frenchman, who has had to TRIBUNE NEWS NETWORK Nissan Patrol (T2) in 3:09:53. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are among favourites to lift the gold- battle with a string of inju- DOHA Khalid al Mohannadi and the stars set to kick- start their en falcon trophy this time ries in recent years, has seen Saif al Hindai rounded out the season on the courts of the around and a good outing in his form in upward swing at FORMER T2 world champion top five, taking their T3 class Khalifa International Tennis Doha will definitely go a long the moment. He won titles at Adel Hussein Abdulla posted Polaris RZR home in 3:12:54. & Squash Complex at the Qa- way in boosting his confi- Montpellier Open as 210th- his second win and led the In the overall classifica- tar ExxonMobil Open 2020, dence ahead of the first Grand ranked wildcard entrant overall standings in the Qa- tion, Ahmed al Kuwari is to be held from January 6 to Slam event of the year, the where he defeated Pierre-Hu- tar Manateq Baja after five placed second with 58 points. 11 in Doha. Australian Open. gues Herbert, and the Metz rounds. Mohammed al Attiyah, who In all, 21 players made the The 34-year-old Monaco- Open. He was also a semi- He and his Spanish co- missed two rounds, I shold- entry list for the singles event resident lost in the quarter- finalist at Brisbane and he driver Marc Serra completed ing the third spot with a tally of the annual ATP World finals to eventual champion reached the quarters at Rot- the course in 1:49:58 in Nissan of 44 points. Jahman Jaralla, Tour 250 series tournament Roberto Bautista Agut here terdam where he lost to Daniil Patrol to win by three minutes who also skipped two rounds, with three slots allotted for last year. Medvedev. and 34 seconds on Friday. tallied 43, while Khalid al Mo- wild card entrants and four At the 2019 French Open, Tournament Director Ka- With this triumph, Abdulla hannadi is occupying the fifth for qualifiers, while 16 teams Wawrinka, the 2008 Beijing rim Alami said, “In line with opened a healthy 19-point gap place, having got 40, Rashid al are taking part in the doubles Olympics doubles champion, our tradition, Qatar Exxon- with only one more round to Mohannadi also has 40 points. event. defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in Mobil Open is once again at- go. Adel Hussein Abdulla on the way to winning the fifth round of the Serra leads the co-driver’s Other key players expect- the fourth in an ‘epic’ five setter tracting some of the best play- In the second place were Qatar Manateq Baja on Friday. chart, with 77 points. He is fol- ed to feature at the event in- that lasted 5 hours and 9 min- ers to Doha for a week-long T3 contestants Ahmed al Ku- lowed by Lucchese, who has clude 2013 champion Richard utes (the final scoreline was feast of tennis. We are happy wari and Manuel Lucchese, dium of the season when he wari and Lucchese. 58. Sergio Lafuente has taken Gasquet, 2018 finalist Andrey 7–68–6, 5–7, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6) to welcome the players to this who came home in Canam drove his Canam X3 with co- Rashid al Mohannadi and his tally to 43, the same as Fe- Rublev, 2016 Wimbledon fi- to advance to his first Grand sport-loving country again Maverick in 1:53:32. pilot Nasser al Kuwari in third. Ahmad Alfares suffered a mas- ral Allouh and Ahmad Alfares nalist Milos Raonic and Doha- Slam quarterfinal in two years. and we believe that this year’s Ahmed Allouh got the They were only three minutes sive penalty of over one hour is in fifth spot, having collect- resident Fernando Verdasco, However, he was eliminated by tournament will record anoth- best result and the first po- and 43 seconds adrift of Ku- and secured the fourth spot in ed 40 points. the 2009 Australian Open Roger Federer, the third seed, er great success.”

Texas A&M, Northwestern win Qatar universities basketball titles

Texas A&M University and Northwestern University emerged champions in the Qatar Universities Basketball Cup finals on Saturday. At the Multaqa Courts in Qatar Foun- dation, Texas A&M proved quite tough for Hamad Bin Khalifa University in the men’s final, winning by 52-42. The women’s final, which was a thriller, was clinched by Northwestern Uni- versity, who downed Georgetown University 27-23. Amy Johnson, Director of Community Engage- ment at Qatar Foundation, was the chief guest at the finals. She presented the trophies and medals. Also present on the occasion was Qatar Basketball Federation Secretary-General Ali Saeed al Malki.