Doha's Glorious Venue Set for World-Class CHI Al Shaqab 2021

Axar Patel QatarTribune Qatar_Tribune claims six as QatarTribuneChannel qatar_tribune India dismiss England for paltry 112 on opening day of pink-ball Test page 14 THURSday, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 Doha’s glorious venue set for world-class CHI Al Shaqab 2021 equestrian action from today

Qatar’s Sultan Salmeen Al Suwaidi, 2018 Amir Sword winner, will be competing in the CSI 5* showjumping.

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Almost a year to this week since the Longines Arena at Al Shaqab hosted the previ- An international athlete goes through the paces ahead of the Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines in Doha on Wednesday. ous edition in 2020, the Com- mercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines is now What is CHI back again and all set to begin again at the magnificent venue CHI (Concours Hippique from Thursday. International – Internation- Al Shaqab, a member of al Equestrian Competition) Qatar Foundation, is organ- is the official title awarded izing CHI AL Shaqab for the by the Federation Eques- eighth time, and the much- tre Internationale (FEI) to anticipated event will see rid- international equestrian ers participate in the Olympic competitions with three or disciplines of showjumping, more equestrian disci- dressage, and para dressage plines. CB CHI Al Shaqab besides the local equestrian series Longines Hathab from Presented by Longines is February 25 to 27. one of only five CHI com- The return of CHI AL petitions worldwide and Shaqab is a tribute to the or- the first and only eques- ganizational skills and the As many as 85 riders from 27 countries with 138 horses from overseas trian event of its kind in healthcare workforce of Qatar will be seen in action in the three-day event in Doha. the Middle East and Asia which has made the event pos- (MENA) region. sible even in these challenging stars along with twice winner streamed live throughout. A rider makes his horse clear a barrier during practice at the outdoor Longines Arena at Al Shaqab. times of the (COVID-19) glob- in Doha Germany’s Daniel “Ten percent of fan pres- - Medium Tour 1.35m/One Round al pandemic. Deusser, Frenchman Julien ence may sound small but “Let me assure you, great I got my test results”, he ex- pandemic than before. The 15:00-18:00: Indoor Arena Dressage CDI 5* The presence of 85 rid- Epaillard, and Olympians Ed- this arena is large and hence efforts have been made to plained in an interview. organizers do everything to Grand Prix Test ers from 27 countries and wina Tops-Alexander (Aus- it would still be sizeable,” said host the event at this time. We “The next two weeks, I’ll continue our sport. That mo- 15:45-17:15: Outdoor Arena: Jumping CSI 5* 138 horses from overseas also tralia) Omar Al Mannai, Event Di- have received support form be traveling up and down tivates and helps us feel safe.” 1.60m/Jump Off underlines the ability and and Scott Brash (Great rector, Commercial Bank CHI our partners. We have always between the hotel and the preparedness of Al Shaqab in Britain), among others. AL Shaqab Presented by Lon- wanted to host this event. It equestrian center. Those are Schedule Saturday (February 27) hosting this mega event which From Qatar, the 2018 Amir gines, and Commercial Man- will be a good and enjoyable the only two places where Thursday (February 25) 8.30-9:15: Indoor Arena: Dressage CDI 5* also forms a backdrop to the Sword winner Sultan Salmeen ager, Al Shaqab. event for fans in addition to we’re allowed to go at the mo- 12:00-15.45hrs: Indoor Arena: Para Dressage Grand Priz Special Longines Global Champions Al Suwaidi will compete in “Given the precautionary those who will follow it on tel- ment. We get a new test every CPEDI3* Team Test 10:00-13.30: Indoor Arena: Para-Dressage Tour to be staged from March showjumping. Al Suwaidi will health measures, there will evision and social media chan- three days, on top of the other 15:00-17:00: Outdoor Arena: Jumping CSI5* CPEDI 3* Freestyle Test 4 to 6. be in action with his trusted be no fun events alongside as nels,” said Al Mannai. measurements taken here like 1.45m/Special Two-Phase 10:15-12:15: Outdoor Arena: Longines Hathab The action-packed three mount Aslan 69 with whom he we’ve been having over the Meanwhile, Belgium wearing mouth masks, social 17:45-20:00: Outdoor Arena: Jumping CSI5* - Open Class 1.25m/One Round days of CHI Al Shaqab will has been topping the Big Tour years. But of course there will Olympic rider, Olivier Philip- distancing and washing hands 1.55m/ Faults & Time 13:30-14:45: Outdoor Arena: Longines Hathab 18:00-20:45: Indoor Arena: Longines Hathab- - Big Tour 1.45m/One Round + Jump Off bring the spotlight on some of class of Longines Hathab the be big media local through paerts, who was here last year with hand sanitizer. Dressage L1 & L2 the world’s best showjumping, past few months. Alkass Channel and other me- as well, is already excited to be “I’m looking forward to 14:15-16:45: Indoor Arena: Dressage- dressage and para dressage While limited spectators dia outlets,” he added. in Doha despite the challenges ride some competitions on Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab presented by Friday (February 26) Longines Grand Prix Freestyle riders. will be by the ringside of both The organizers have strict and is looking forward to a this level again. “It is not just 9:00-11:00: Outdoor Arena: Longines Hathab 15:30-16:30: Outdoor Arena: Jumping CSI 5* Sweden’s Peder Fre- the grand indoor and out- health protocols in place with great fortnight ahead. that they have the best riders - Small Tour 1.15m/Special Two-Phase 1.45m/Table C drickon, ranked number four door arenas of the expansive a “bio bubble” created for all “I took off to Doha last Sat- participating, but also their or- 9:15-12:45: Indoor Arena: Para Dressage 17:30-20:00: Outdoor Arena: Commercial in the FEI Longines Jump- Longines Al Shaqab arena, participants and those work- urday and had to stay quaran- ganization is on point. Maybe CPEDI 3* Individual Championship Test Bank CHI Al Shaqab presented by Longines ing Rankings, leads the list of all events will be shown and ing towards the event. tined in the hotel room until even better now during the 13:00-15:00: Outdoor Arena: Longines Hathab Grand Prix 1.60m/Two Rounds+Jump Off .

The spectacular indoor venue of the Longines Arena of Al Shaqab which will hold the dressage and para dressage events of Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines in Doha from Thursday. Sports Thursday, February 25, 2021 13 India’s Arjun Atwal to play Woods ‘awake, responsive’ after for dad and Tiger at Puerto Rico Open ANI surgeries following car crash Puerto Rico India’s veteran star Arjun Atwal, who has been preoc- cupied with his father’s health issues, will see action for the first time in nearly four months when he tees up at the Puerto Rico Open starting on Thursday. He will be joined by Anir- ban Lahiri, who last featured on the PGA Tour three weeks ago at the Farmers Insurance Open. The two last played at the same event in Bermuda, a holiday isle like Puerto Rico. Atwal’s father, popularly called ‘Bindi’, has been a major influence in his golf career. The senior Atwal has rarely missed a big appearance by his son, including at the majors. Now Atwal will be playing for him, as also his friend, Tiger Woods, who suffered a serious car crash on Tuesday A fan holding flowers stands in front of the main entrance of the Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, The vehicle driven by golfer Tiger Woods lies on its side in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Tuesday, and underwent surgery after California on Tuesday, where the US Golf star Tiger Woods is hospitalised in Palos Verdes. (AFP) after a rollover accident. (AFP) suffering comminuted open fractures to the upper and DPA ankle, Anish Mahajan, Chief operating the vehicle under tournament, which he did not his first since a spinal fusion nahan, commissioner of the lower sections of his right leg, Berlin Medical Officer at Harbor- the influence of drugs or alco- play because of injury. procedure in April 2017. PGA Tour, said “Tiger is in along with significant trauma UCLA Medical Center said. hol when his car crashed, Los “Pictures surfaced on so- On Sunday he told broad- our prayers and will have our to his ankle. Golf star Tiger Woods is “Trauma to the muscle and Angeles County Sheriff Alex cial media of Woods smiling caster CBS it was not certain full support as he recovers.” “awake, responsive and recov- soft tissue of the leg required Villanueva said during a press with (former basketball play- whether he would compete at Woods has been involved in ering” following multiple sur- surgical release of the covering conference. er) Dwayne Wade and (actor) the first major of the season, previous significant car inci- geries on his leg after a car acci- of the muscles to relieve pres- Villanueva said the cause David Spade at Rolling Hills the Masters Tournament at dents, most notably in 2009 dent, according to a statement sure due to swelling,” he said. of the crash is still being inves- Country Club on Monday, but Augusta National from April 8. when he crashed into a tree. It posted to his Twitter page. Woods was the only person tigated. with his movement still re- “Tiger Woods is part of the cost him several sponsorship The 45-year-old was in- in the vehicle and conscious “Thankfully the interior stricted, he did not hit balls or Augusta National family, and deals when it was revealed he volved in a “single vehicle roll- when first responders arrived [of the car] was more or less play any holes,” the magazine the news of his accident is up- had been having a string of af- over traffic collision” near the at the scene early Tuesday intact which kind of gave said. setting to all of us,” said club fairs and would enter a reha- town of Rancho Palos Verdes morning, Daryl Osby, the Los him the cushion to survive “He was in good spirits chairman Fred Ridley. bilitation clinic. in Los Angeles County, the lo- Angeles County fire chief, told what otherwise would have on Monday but did not arrive “We pray for him, for his And in 2017 was found cal sheriff’s department said reporters. been a fatal crash,” Villanue- to the course for the second full recovery and for his fam- asleep at the wheel of a parked earlier, adding the vehicle He was in a “serious but va added. day of shooting.” Woods last ily during this difficult time.” car and was arrested for driv- “sustained major damage.” He stable condition,” and was tak- Golf Digest magazine said played competitively in De- Woods has won five green ing while under the influence. had multiple open fractures to en to a Los Angeles hospital, Woods was in California for a cember and underwent sur- jackets at the Masters, the He said he had an unexpected his lower right leg and during Osby added. two-day photo shoot following gery to ease a disc fragment most recent coming in 2019. reaction to prescribed medi- India’s golfer Arjun Atwal. surgery had a rod placed in his There is currently no evi- his hosting duties at the PGA that was pinching a nerve for Leading golfers paid trib- cine for back pain and again tibia and screws and pins in his dence that Tiger Woods was Tour’s Genesis Invitational a fifthback surgery overall and utes to Woods and Jay Mo- checked into a clinic. Ahead of his first tournament of 2021, Atwal, who is India’s lone winner on the PGA Tour, said, “It’s obviously Brisbane installed a lot of rest, but personally CHAMPIONS LEAGUE we’re going through some (dif- by IOC as ficult) stuff with my family. My dad’s been fighting two types preferred bidder of cancer. Bayern on brink of last eight; Chelsea win “He’s getting his treatment for 2032 Olympic back in India now. He was with us for the last five months Games DPA mobile leading their line but Chelsea, unbeaten under in Orlando. He’s doing bet- Berlin they could not feed the man new manager Thomas Tuchel, ter. So I didn’t really touch my DPA who pipped even the great dominated away to Atletico clubs for a couple of months, Frankfurt Title holders Bayern Munich Lewandowski to be European and the 34-year-old Giroud maybe three months after Ber- are on the verge of the Cham- top scorer last term. found the corner of the net muda, and just started practic- The Olympic Games could pions League last eight after a Another careless giveaway with a brilliant overhead kick ing,” he added. return to Australia in 2032 crushing 4-1 win away to Lazio allowed Kingsley Coman to midway through the second While Atwal last saw PGA after Brisbane and the state in the first leg of their 16 clash break and Sane tapped in after half to secure a deserved win. TOUR action in October, Indo- of Queensland was installed on Tuesday. his shot was parried by veter- Tuchel praised his team Swede Daniel Chopra, a two- as the preferred bidder for Robert Lewandowski, an keeper Pepe Reina. for a “fantastic result, fan- time winner on the TOUR and the event by the International 17-year-old Jamal Musiala Bayern needed only two tastic goal,” and “well de- a popular figure in Indian golf, Olympic Committee (IOC) fol- and Leroy Sane struck in second half minutes to score served,” win. last teed up at the Corales Pun- lowing an executive commit- a devastating first half for again with Sane counter-at- The goal stood after tacana Championship in Sep- tee meeting on Wednesday. Bayern, who emphatically tacking and Francesco Acerbi lengthy video review as Gi- tember 2020. IOC president Thomas bounced back from recent in- turning a cross into his own roud, though apparently Lahiri is paired with Bach told a news conference different domestic form. net as Lazio’s return to the offside, received the ball Chopra and Branden Grace of the decision “was not a deci- Francesco Acerbi’s own tournament they last played from defender Mario Her- South Africa in the morning, sion against anybody. goal immediately after the in 2007-08 threatened to end moso rather than team-mate while Atwal plays with Scott “This is just a decision in restart compounded Lazio’s in farce. Mason Mount. Brown and Shawn Stefani in favour of one interested party misery which was eased only “We felt the occasion too “We came here with strong the afternoon wave. at this moment in time.” marginally by Joaquin Cor- much, we were tense against intentions to win the game, Preferred status means the rea’s consolation. the world champions, but we play our game and we know IOC will negotiate exclusively A spectacular overhead kick basically scored three of the how we could give them trou- with the Australian bid in a by France veteran Olivier Gi- four goals for them,” Lazio ble offensively,” Giroud told blow to a possible German bid roud gave Chelsea a deserved coach Simone Inzaghi told Sky BT Sport. Injured Barty with the Rhine-Ruhr area. 1-0 win away to Atletico Madrid Bayern Munich’s Polish forward Robert Lewandowski celebrates after Sport Italia. “I just focussed on hitting German Olympic Sports in a game played in Bucharest scoring during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg Correa replied immedi- the overhead kick and was withdraws Confederation (DOSB) presi- due to coronavirus rules. match aganst Lazio Rome at the Olympic stadium in Rome ately having danced through pleased to see it go in the back dent Alfons Hoermann told The return legs are March on Tuesday. (AFP) the Bayern defence but the of the net, I had no clue about dpa on Wednesday that Sep- 17 while on Wednesday Borus- return leg is now surely little being offside.” Spanish league from Qatar tember 26 could be “a possi- sia Moenchengladbach v Man- point from their last two League scorer two days before more than a formality for the leaders Atletico largely failed ble date,” for a referendum on chester City and Atalanta v Bundesliga games. his 18th birthday. champions. to threaten despite naming Total Open the bid in the state of North Real Madrid conclude the last But nerves were settled “We started the game “Every individual was an attacking team including Rhine-Westphalia then taking 16 first legs. The final is May as Lewandowski pounced on very well,” said Bayern mid- ready and had the will to Thomas Lemar, Angel Correa, Tribune News Network place together with the federal 29 in Istanbul. Mateo Musacchio’s atrocious fielder Leon Goretzka, who perform here,” Bayern coach Joao Felix and Luis Suarez. Doha election. Bayern arrived in Rome back pass to score in just nine has recovered from the coro- Hansi Flick told Sky. The visitors also struggled Hoermann said that in case with a squad unable to fill minutes and Musiala drilled navirus. “We were aggressive “We want to reach the to create before Giroud’s mag- World number one Ashleigh of support the DOSB members the bench having been hit home from the edge of the from the start and had a good quarter-final, have taken a ic with Timo Werner’s tight- Barty has withdrawn from meeting in December could by coronavirus infection and box in the 24th to become grip on the game.” Lazio had step closer but we still have a angle shot being their best ef- Qatar Total Open 2021 due to decide on a bid. injury, and with just one Bayern’s youngest Champions golden boot winner Ciro Im- game to play.” fort of the first half. injury. But hopes of a first Ger- The tournament is to be man-hosted Olympics since held at the Khalifa Interna- Munich in 1972 are fading tional Tennis & Squash Com- with Australia now in pole plex in Doha from March 1-6. position for the event for the Premier League quartet aims for Europa last 16 In a statement, released first time since Sydney in by the organisers, Barty said, 2000. DPA against Benfica is meanwhile again, especially because Atleti- the first leg. of seven. Both legs are played “Unfortunately I have with- Brisbane, if negotiations Berlin played in Piraeus on Thursday co Madrid and Sevilla, who Real Sociedad are expected on neutral ground as the Pi- drawn from the Qatar Total conclude successfully and are owning to coronavirus entry shared seven of the last 11 titles to field a second string team at raeus date follows the first Open with a left leg injury. I then approved by an IOC Ses- Manchester United lead restrictions, with both sides in the event, not present this Old Trafford with the tie all game in Rome. wish the tournament a safe sion, would be the third Aus- the way as an English quartet locked at 1-1. time around because they are but one man looking forward “We have to be more ruth- and successful event and hope tralian city to host the Games aims to reach the last 16 in the Tottenham were to get the still in the Champions Legue. to Old Trafford is winger Ad- less. It was disappointing the to play there next year. Thank as Melbourne also had the Europa League in mid-week. action going later on Wednes- “Of course we want to go nan Januzaj who joined Real way we conceded the goal,” you to the event organisers honour in 1956. United take a 4-0 lead day, 4-1 up against the Austri- until the end and try to win,” Sociedad from United. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and the WTA for all the work That would effectively against Spain’s Real Sociedad ans of Wolfsberg. United’s in-form midfielder “Everyone knows I love said last week. you are doing, I look forward end the hopes of others, with into their home leg at Old Traf- United lifted the trophy in Bruno Fernandes said. “The the club,” he said. “It’s going Elsewhere, Granada and to competing again in Miami Doha, Budapest, Jakarta, New ford on Thursday and Leich- 2017 and Arsenal were losing fi- focus is the same and the tar- to be very special to play there Villarreal are better off than in a few weeks time.” Delhi, Istanbul, St Peters- ester are also at home against nalists in 2019, against Chelsea get is the same.” Fernandes again.” Arsenal will need to Real Sociedad, with Granada A day earlier, World No. 3 burg and the Chinese cities of Slavia Prague after a 0-0 draw in the first all-English decider has been highly influential contain tournament top scorer taking a 2-0 lead to Napoli and Simona Halep had pulled out Chengdu and Chongqing also at the Czechs last week. in the second-tier competition. lately and scored twice for Pizza who converted a penalty Villarreal also 2-0 up against of the tournament citing per- looking into possible bids. Arsenal’s home game They may like their chances Ole-Gunnar Solskaer’s side in for Benfica last week for a tally Austria’s Salzburg. sonal reasons. 14 Thursday, February 25, 2021 Sports

DOHA CUP BEACH VOLLEYBALL FIVB WORLD TOUR AMIR CUP BASKETBALL

Qatar’s leading pair of Cherif Samba and Ahmed Tijan won two matches on Wednesday including the Main Draw Pool A clash against Russia’s Alexey Gusev and Pavel Shustrov 2-0 (21-14, 21-17) to top the pool in the Doha Beach Volleyball Cup FIV World Tour at the Al Gharafa Beach Complex . Earlier, Cherif and Ahmed had defeated Joe El Azzi and Salba Chafic of Lebanon in their first group match 2-0 (21-8, 21-11).(TNN) Axar scalps six as India Al Wakrah and Al Sadd registered wins on the opening day of the HH Amir Cup basketball tournament 2020-2021, yesterday. At the Al Gharafa Indoor Hall, Al Wakrah defeated Al Rayyan 79-66, while in the floor England for 112 second match of the day Al Sadd defeated Al Shamal 95-73. Rohit fifty puts Scoreboard England 1st innings Qatar’s Rashid hosts in Z. Crawley lbw b Patel �� 53 command in D. Sibley c R. Sharma b I. Sharma ��0 J. Bairstow lbw b Patel ��0 impressive at ISSF J. Root lbw b Ashwin �� 17 pink-ball Test B. Stokes lbw b Patel ��6 O. Pope b Ashwin ��1 ANI B. Foakes b Patel �� 12 Egypt World Cup Ahmedabad J. Archer b Patel �� 11 J. Leach c Pujara b Ashwin ��3 Spinner Jack Leach dis- S. Broad c Bumrah b Patel ��3 Tribune News Network J. Anderson not out ��0 Doha missed Virat Kohli just be- Extras: (b1, lb2, nb3) ��6 fore concluding minutes Total: (48.4 overs, all out) �� 112 of the day’s play but Rohit Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Sibley), 2-27 (Bairstow), 3-74 Quite as expected Qatar’s Sharma hit fifty as India (Root), 4-80 (Crawley), 5-81 (Pope), 6-81 (Stokes), shooters including Rashid ended the opening day of the 7-93 (Patel), 8-98 (Leach), 9-105 (Broad), 10-112 Hamad made an impression pink-ball Test against Eng- (Foakes). on the opening day at the ISSF Bowling: I. Sharma 5-1-26-1 (nb1), Bumrah 6-3- land in the driver’s seat at 19-0 (nb1), Patel 21.4-6-38-6, Ashwin 16-6-26-3 Egypt World Cup for shotgun the Narendra Modi Stadium India 1st innings on Wednesday by claiming the on Wednesday. R. Sharma not out �� 57 second spot in skeet. At stumps, India’s score S. Gill c Crawley b Archer �� 11 Olympian Hamad shot a reads 99/3 with Rohit and C. Pujara lbw b Leach ��0 total of 73, missing a target V. Kohli b Leach �� 27 Ajinkya Rahane unbeaten on A. Rahane not out ��1 each in the first two rounds 57 and one runs respectively. Extras: (b2, w1) ��3 and then shooting a perfect 25 The hosts are trailing by 13 India spinner Axar Patel is congratulated for his six-wicket haul by captain Virat Kohli soon after the end of Total: (For 3 wickets, 33 overs) �� 99 in the third, at the Egyptian runs in the first innings with England’s first innings against India at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on Wednesday. Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Gill), 2-34 (Pujara), 3-98 Shooting Club, in the vicinity seven wickets in the bag. (Kohli). of the Pyramids of Giza. To bat: R. Pant, W. Sundar, A. Patel, R. Ashwin, I. Ollie Pope put down a with three wickets as the visi- Sharma, J. Bumrah. The 2007 world champion chance at gully as Jimmy tors were bowled out in just Bowling: Anderson 9-6-11-0, Broad 6-1-16-0, and 2017 World Champion- Anderson nearly got rid of 48.4 overs. This was Axar’s Archer 5-2-24-1, Leach 10-1-27-2, Stokes 3-0-19-0 ship bronze medallist Geor- Rashid Hamad Saleh. Kohli just before the con- second five-wicket haul in a (w1). gios Achilleos of Cyprus also cluding minutes of play and row as he had scalped five in Toss: England. shot 73 but was ranked in the three targets from the 75. England could blame only the second innings of the sec- top spot on countback. The three-time Dakar Ral- themselves for not mak- ond Test as well. Mehelba Azmy of Egypt ly champion is in sight of his ing any further inroads but “I didn’t expect to take six Kohli might have lost the and Russia’s Cherkasov seventh Olympics. Leach dismissed the Indian wickets on the opening day toss in the third Test, but his Vladimir were ranked third Seven others shot a 72 and skipper to give the visitors because didn’t know wheth- bowlers ensured that the hosts and fourth with the same total were placed fifth to 12th on some relief on the day one. er we would be bowling or dominated the first session. first day haul. countback. Czech Republic’s After surviving the five batting on the first day. But I If the former England play- “It is a very important Milos Slavicek and Tomas Ny- overs in the tricky twilight was prepared as I had taken ers were critical of the Chep- event for me and I am happy drle were fifth and sixth, ahead phase and then battling out for five wickets in the last too. auk wicket, the lack of applica- that I have a good day today. I of Denmark’s Jesper Hansen 14.5 overs and India lost their And was bowling well so I tion from the English batsmen am feeling good and I will try and al-Attiyah. first wicket off the last ball was prepared to bowl with in the first innings of the third to keep the momentum going The next two rounds of of the 15th overs when Jofra the pink ball as well. Didn’t Test can have no excuse. tomorrow,” said Rashid. qualification stage, the med- Archer dismissed Shubman know about what pink-ball Playing down the wrong The 24-year-old Rashid, al rounds of the men’s and Gill for a 51-ball 11. brings to the table but had line was the crux of the story who won gold in the shotgun women’s, featuring the top six He skied an attempted confidence in my line and and just like the top-order event in Rabat Grand Prix shooters will be held on Thurs- pull to give Zak Crawley an length and it paid off,” said batsmen, Jofra Archer (11) early this month, had been in day. easy catch. Minutes later, Axar later speaking to the too tried to cut a straight de- good form in the local com- Qatar’s trap shooter Mo- the hosts lost Cheteshwar media virtually. livery and was clean bowled petitions and won a gold and hamed Al Rumaihi, who has Pujara as he was trapped in England opener Zak by Axar as the visitors were silver besides a fourth-place already secured a quota for front by Jack Leach. Crawley said, “It was very reduced to 93/7. finish in the Amir Cup and Qa- Tokyo Games, and Saeed Abu Meanwhile, Rohit con- frustrating as we were be- This was Axar’s fourth tar Shooting Association Cup Sharib are also taking part in tinued his good form and hind in the game and we scalp in the innings. Jack recently. the event. The trap event will completed his half-century. India opener celebrates his half century. needed that 50-50 to go our Leach (3), Stuart Broad Olympic Games bronze start on March 1. Rohit and Kohli also brought way. And it went their way (3), and Ben Foakes (12) all medalist, and car rally cham- The Cairo event along with up the fifty runs partnership chopped the ball onto his India bundled out England today. It is frustrating as we failed to stay at the crease pion, Nasser Saleh Al Attiyah next month’s event in New to steady the Indian ship af- stumps. for a paltry 112 in the first desperately want to win and for long and as a result, the stood eighth on countback, Delhi in India are the two ter two quick wickets. Earlier, hometown boy innings. it doesn’t help in our chanc- hosts have given themselves having shot 72 in all. events where shooters can get But Leach struck again Axar Patel and seasoned Axar, playing in just his es of winning. Hopefully, we the best possible chance The 50-year-old al-Atti- Olympic quotas for the post- to break the 64-run stand off-spinner Ravichandran second Test, scalped six wick- play better tomorrow and to make this contest a one- yah, who has represented Qa- poned Tokyo Games which for the third wicket as Kohli Ashwin had a field day as ets while Ashwin returned don’t require that 50-50.” sided affair. tar a record six times, missed will be held this year. Iftikhar, Hales, Hussain script Islamabad United’s sensational chase Agencies troublesome beginning as they in his blistering 21-ball 46 – Afghanistan’s Nabi – who two fours and three sixes. Karachi lost Phil Salt and captain Shad- got deceived by the slower returned economical figures Sharjeel’s blasted eight ab Khan in first two overs. ball from left-arm fast Waqas of 4-0-26-1 – dried up runs towering sixes and nine fours Islamabad United recorded But, Hales, who opened Maqsood in the sixth over to and then broke the partner- to help Kings post the highest their second win of the HBL the innings with Salt, brought be caught at mid-off. ship in the 18th over when he total of the season. The Kings PSL 6 by chasing a mammoth United back into the contest in All-rounder Faheem Ashraf trapped Hussain in front of openers put a record partner- 197 against Karachi Kings the third over as he collected followed Hales back in the pa- stumps after the left-handed ship as they contributed 176 thanks to brilliant batting 29 runs - the most in an over vilion exactly an over later after batsman had made 42 off 31 runs for the opening wicket, performances from Iftikhar in the history of the tourna- he chopped on Arshad Iqbal’s at the back of four fours. beating the previous best of 157 Ahmed, Alex Hales and Hus- ment – off Amir Yamin. short-pitched delivery on to the With 21 runs still remain- between Liam Livingstone and sain Talat at the National Sta- Hales smoked Aamer for stumps. Faheem made 25 off 15 ing after the departure of Hus- Babar for Kings against Multan dium on Wednesday. five fours and a six as United’s and smashed two sixes and as sain, Asif Ali, the new man in, Sultans at the Dubai Cricket Sharjeel Khan’s scintillat- run-rate got the much needed many fours. went berserk and struck a huge Stadium in the 2019 edition. ing 59-ball 105 went in vain shot in the arm. After the over, The pair of Iftikhar and six. He smashed Mohammad Scores: Karachi Kings 196- as the Karachi Kings’ opener United’s required run-rate Hussain came together with Amir for a four before hitting a 3 (Sharjeel Khan 105, Babar stroked the first century of the surged to 14.33 and brought the scoreboard reading 82 big six in the penultimate over Azam 62) lost to Islamabad season and became only sec- the required runs per over to for four and United 115 runs which tied the scores with an United 197-5, 19.1 overs ond in the competition’s his- nine and laid the platform for away from win with 13.3 overs over remaining. Asif returned (Iftikhar Ahmed 49 not out, Alex tory to post a triple-digit score the run chase. remaining. They struck a cru- Islamabad United’s Iftikhar Ahmed, who scored 49 not out, in action undefeated on 21 off nine Hales 46, Hussain Talat 42, for more than once. Hales – who smashed a cial 96-run partnership, which during the Pakistan Super League match against Karachi Kings at the balls, while Iftikhar scored an Faheem Ashraf 25, Asif Ali 21 United’s run chase had a total of eight fours and a six steadied the ship. National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday. (AFP) unbeaten 49 off 37 balls, with not out). MOM: Alex Hales.