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Sports Sunday, September 22, 2019 15

Qatar champions in goalball after Shakib’s 70 ends thriller against Iraq Bangla’s T20I skid taste first T20I victory against in five matches

Qatar won the goalball title in the West Asia Para Games in Amman, Jordan, overcoming Iraq 9-7 in the final on Saturday. The Qatar team consists of Mohammed Hamam, Hassam al Kohaji, Abbad al Shemali, Abdullah Bo Falasa, Abdulhadi al Marri and Mohammed al Kahalout. Mubarak wins second gold in QSAA Cup Bangladesh’s (third left) celebrates with his teammates after the dismissal of Afghanistan’s during the third match in the T20 Tri-nations series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in on Saturday. (AFP) bronze medal. Double for archer In the 50m event, Khan AFP Scoreboard he said. was followed against Saadi in Chittagong (Bangladesh) Mosaddek, who was un- Shraf Khan the second spot and Abadi in Afghanistan: Bangladesh: beaten on 19, chipped Naveen the third. Shakib Al Hasan smacked Rahmanullah Gurbaz c & b Mustafizur 29 c Asghar b Mujeeb 4 at mid-on for two runs in the Tribune News Network The Olympic 70m event Hazratullah Zazai c Mustafizur b Afif 47 Najmul Hossain c Rashid b Naveen-ul-Haq 5 DOHA an unbeaten half- c Najmul b Afif 0 Shakib Al Hasan 70 last ball of the penultimate was won by Ali al Yazidi. The as Bangladesh ended their b Saifuddin 14 c b Karim 26 over to complete only Bangla- silver medal went to Abdul four-match losing streak to lbw b Shakib 4 Riyad lbw b Rashid 6 desh’s second T20 win against Aldana al Mubarak and Aziz al Abadi, while the bronze Afghanistan in run out 1 c Gurbaz b Naveen-ul-Haq 1 Afghanistan. archer completed a fine dou- medal was taken by Saadi. Shafiqullah not out 23 b Rashid 2 internationals with a four- c Mustafizur b Shafiul 3 not out 19 Naveen and Rashid ble each in the QSAA Shooting But in the 70m knockout, Ab- win in their final not out 11 Extras (b1, lb1, w4) 6 claimed two each for and Archery Cup, which came dul Aziz emerged the winner, league match of the tri-nation Extras (lb 1, w4, nb1) 6 Total (six wickets; 19 overs) 139 Afghanistan. to an end at the Losail Ranges while Ali al Yazidi was second tournament in Chittagong on Total (seven wickets. 20 overs) 138 Did not bat: , , Earlier, Afif swung the on Saturday. and Ahmed al Abadi clinched Did not bat: Naveen-ul-Haq, Saturday. Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Hazratullah), 2-75 (Asghar), Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Liton), 2-12 (Najmul), 3-70 momentum Bangladesh’s way Mubarak defeated Nasra the bronze medal. Shakib hit an unbeaten 70 3-80 (Rahmanullah), 4-88 (Nabi), 5-96 (Naib), 6-109 (Mushfiqur), 4-93-4 (Mahmudullah), 5-96 (Sabbir), with his double strike in the Mohammed in the 25m pistol. The Qatar Shooting and Aldana al Mubarak with her off 45 balls to guide Bangla- (Najibullah), 7-114 (Karim) 6-104 (Afif Hossain) 10th over of Afghanistan’s in- Suad al Khater was third. Archery Association hosted sedond gold medal desh to 139-6 in 19 overs after : Saifuddin 4-0-23-1 (nb1), Shafiul 4-0-24-1 Bowling: Mujeeb 4-0-19-1 (w1), Naveen-ul-Haq 4-0- nings after Hazratullah Zazai Amal Mohammed emerged (w1), Sakib 4-0-24-1(w1), Mahmudullah 1-0-16-0, 20-2 (w1), Karim 3-0-31-1 (w1), Naib 2-0-16-0, Nabi young off-spinner Afif Hossain Mustafizur 3-0-31-1(w2), Mosaddek 1-0-10-0, Afif 3-0-24-0, Rashid 3-0-27-2 (w1). made 47 runs off 35 balls, put- the winner in the 10m running led the bowling effort with 2-9, 3-1-9-2. Toss: Bangladesh ting on 75 runs with Rahman- target with Mohammed Abu helping the home side restrict ullah Gurbaz in the opening Taima and Mohammed Haq Afghanistan to 138-7 in 20 stand. finishing second and third, overs. Shakib hit an unbeaten 70 off 45 balls to guide A wicket apiece for Mo- respectively. Taima however In pursuit of a modest tar- Bangladesh to 139-6 in 19 overs after young off-spin- hammad Saifuddin, Shafiul managed to beat Amal in the get, Bangladesh wobbled at ner Afif Hossain led the bowling effort with 2-9, helping Islam, Shakib and Mustafizur 10m running target mixed and the start as openers Liton Das the home side restrict Afghanistan to 138-7 in 20 Rahman left Afghanistan in won the gold medal. Haq se- (four) and Najmul Hossain overs. disarray before Shafiqullah’s cured the bronze again. (five) both fell cheaply before 23 off 17 balls gave them a Ahmed al Shammari Shakib put on 58 runs with group. Shakib struck the Afghanistan glimmer of hope. bagged the first spot in the Mushfiqur Rahim to steady Rashid Khan struck twice skipper for a four and six in Afghanistan and Bangla- 25m rapid fire event. Has- the innings. after the delay and debutant consecutive balls to take Bang- desh had already qualified for san Mushid claimed the sil- Mushfiqur made 26 off 25 Naveen-ul-Haq also claimed ladesh close. Tuesday’s final in Dhaka after ver medal, while Mohammed balls, but not before he was a wicket as Bangladesh lost “If you look at the last few winning two of their previous al Tamimi picked the bronze dropped by substitute fielder Mahmudullah (six), Sabbir months, we haven’t been up to three matches in a competi- medal. Najib Tarakai off Mohammad Rahman (one) and Afif (two) the mark in T20s. We’re work- tion that also featured Zimba- Four events were contest- Nabi on 14. in quick succession to slide to ing on it. The bowlers bowled bwe. ed in archery. Shraf Khan won Ahmed al Shammari, the 25m rapid fire pistol winner, with other Medium pacer Karim 104-6. well on the wicket,” Shakib “Best things are that it’s the Olympic 50m Recurve and medallists and QSAA officials after the prize distribution. Janat dismissed Mushfiqur Mosaddek Hossain cut said after the match. happened in the group stag- 50m recurve titles. Farhan al in the 11th over before a Rashid late for a brilliant “We needed someone to es. We have to restart and do Saadi was the silver medal- the event to prepare the na- which are scheduled in Qatar floodlight disruption enabled to ease some pres- bat through the innings. And the basics right for the final,” list in the Olympic 50m and tional pistol and rifle team in October. The shotgun event Afghanistan’s bowlers to re- sure on the home side before luckily today it was my day,” Rashid said. Ahmed al Abadi bagged the for the Asian championships, will take place from October 2. Qatar, Canada to clash in Qatari spikers qualify for AVC Hafeez left out of Sri crucial match today Olympics qualifying tourney Lanka tour Tribune News Network Iran champions; situations at the end and won ners, had to be satisfied with DOHA the third set. However, Qatar the third place when they afp holders Japan quickly sealed the win and downed South Korea 3-1. Chi- Lahore Qatar will take on Canada in finish third managed to enter the 2020 nese Taipei got the fifth spot their crucial match in the ICC Tokyo Olympics qualifying with a 3-1 win over China and Pakistan on Saturday left World Cup Challenge League event, which is scheduled in Pakistan came seventh after out veteran batsman Moham- Group A in Kuala Lumpur, Tribune News Network Jiangmen, China from Janu- beating India 3-2. mad Hafeez for next week’s Malaysia on Sunday. DOHA ary 7 and 12, 2020. series start against Sri Lanka, The match holds a lot of Only eight teams were Rankings who are touring the country value for both the teams as they Qatar qualified for the AVC to make it to the qualifying 1 Gold medallists ...... Iran for the first time since they are the only unbeaten sides in Olympic Qualification Tour- event but Japan, the defend- 2 Silver medallists ...... were targeted in a terror at- 3 Bronze medalists ...... Japan the six-team tournament with nament as they avenged their ing champions who finished 4 ...... South Korea tack. Canada being on the top at the classification pool loss to Ka- third, will be playing the 5 ...... Chinese Taipei Hafeez, 38, was part of moment. Besides, the winner is zakhstan in the Asian Men’s 2020 Tokyo Games as the 6 ...... China Pakistan’s fifth-placed World likely to end up as the champi- Volleyball Championship in hosts, Qatar was granted the 7 ...... Pakistan Cup squad but has been kept ons too later in the event. Tehran, Iran. vacant spot. 8 ...... India off due to his commitments On Friday, Qatar posted a Qatar’s Mohammed Rizlan receives the man of the match award from Qatar, which had lost the Hosts Iran handed a 9 ...... Qatar in the Caribbean Premier superb four-wicket victory over Cricket Association of Thailand CEO Mohideen Kader in Kuala Lumpur Pool G game 1-3, beat the ri- straight-set defeat to Australia 10 ...... Kazakhstan League, said head coach and Malaysia with Mohammed Ri- on Friday. vals 25–12, 25–18, 29–31, 25– to win the third Asian title on 11 ...... Thailand chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq. 12 ...... Indonesia zlan stitching two late fighting 19. They could have wrapped Saturday. In a clash for former 13 ...... Oman “He is not out of our partnerships. cluded five boundaries. man but I put him lower down up the match in three sets winners, the home team pre- 14 ...... Sri Lanka plans,” added Misbah. “Who- Chasing a modest 155-run Qatar joined Canada at the order because we needed but Kazakhstan managed to vailed 25-14, 25-17, 25-21. 15 ...... Kuwait ever is effective for the team target, Qatar were reeling six the top of the six-team stand- him there since Malaysia have haul themselves out of tight Japan, the nine-time win- 16 ...... Hong Kong will be included in the future.” down for 50. Rizlan lifted the ings with four points from two quality spinners. Malaysia Fellow World Cup team team with an unbeaten 44 off matches while Denmark rose to maybe underestimated him, members and fast 98 balls and featured in a 48- third on net run-rate from Sin- thinking he was a tail-ender.” bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi run with Gayan gapore and Malaysia after se- Nazril marked his 50-overs have also been left out due to Munaweera (28) for the sev- curing their first win by beating international debut with an un- poor fitness. enth wicket. Vanuatu by 148 runs in another beaten half-century after Ma- Three one-day interna- Then he added 56 runs for match. laysia struggled for runs in the tionals will be played in Kara- the unbroken eighth-wicket al- “Everyone thinks of us as early going, scoring at a rate of chi, the first on September 27. liance with Dharmang Patel, a underdogs as we’ve not played two per over to slip to 64-6. Another three Twenty20 top-order player who was used 50-overs cricket for two years. matches will be played in La- as No. 9 batsman by skipper We have a young side but we Brief scores hore in early October. Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry. The know the talent we have in Malaysia: 153-7 in 50 overs (Nazril Rahman 52 not out, Virandeep Singh 25, Suharril Fetri 24, Khurram Shahzad Squad: , , , Asif Ali, move proved a master stroke as the team,” said Iqbal. “I was 2-16, Musawar Shah 2-20, Iqbal Hussain 2-33) , Imam-ul-Haq, , Mohammad the two frustrated the rivals and very calm at 50-6 as we kept Qatar: 154-7 in 47.4 overs (Mohammed Rizlan 44 not Hasnain, Iftikhar Ali, Imad Wasim, , seal the win with Patel getting one batsman as our wild card. out, Dharmang Patel 37 not out, Gayan Munaweera 28, Mohammad Rizwan, , Mohammad Nawaz, 37 not out in 48 balls, which in- Dharmang is a top order bats- Pavandeep Singh 2-14, Anwar Rahman 2-20) The Qatar volleyball team which took the ninth place in the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship. Usman Shinwari,