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ATF Tennis: Asad Zaman beats Athesham 2-0 in final
ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
Islamabad (October 1, 2021):-Asad Zaman got rid of Athesham Humayun in straight sets 2-0 in the final of Midcourt ATF Under-14 Tennis Championships 2021 at PTF-SDA Tennis Complex, Islamabad on Friday. The final score-line was 6-2 and 7-6.
Earlier, in the morning session, Haniya Minhas thrashed Amna Qayum 2-0 in the Girls’ Singles final ats same venue. She finished the match at 6-1 and 6-0.
Salim Saifullah Khan President, Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) graced the occasion as chief guest at the closing ceremony. He welcomed all the players, parents as well as their coaches, who participated in the championships. He appreciated Zaira Ahmad Zaka (founder Midcourt) for her continued efforts and interest in organizing the Midcourt ATF Under-14 Championships 2021 in collaboration with PTF.
President PTF praised the hard work and efforts of the PTF nominated ITF Referee Arif Qureshi for ensuring the smooth organization of the event in close coordination with PTF Officials. On this eve, Zaira Ahmad Zaka (Tournament Director) thanked Salim Saifullah Khan for gracing the occasion, also PTF management for provision of all possible support.
Results are as under:
Boys Singles Final: Asad Zaman beat Athesham Humayun (SNGPL): 6-2, 7-6(4)
Girl’s Singles Final: Haniya Minhas beat Amna Qayum 6-1, 6-0
National T20: Balochistan overcome Southern Punjab by eight wickets
ABDUL JABBAR FAISAL
Islamabad (October 1, 2021):- Balochistan overcame ATF Southern Punjab by eight wickets in the National T20 Cricket Cup fixture, as they achieved their 175 runs target after lossing only two wickets,as 8 balls were sapre at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi on Friday.
It was ATF Southern Punjab’s fifth defeat in a row, as the winners of the day Balochistan kept their hopes alive to get the berth in top-four stage of the perstigious national T20 showpiece.
As the target was 175-run in 20 overs, Balochistan reach home in 18.4 overs for the loss of two wickets only. Openers Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (player of the match) and Abdullah Shafique added 84 runs. Abdullah’s 44 included five fours and one six, the right-hander faced 28 balls.
Abdul Wahid posted the second T20 half-century of his young career, the right-hander had scored a fifty against the same side in their earlier clash that Balochistan had won by seven wickets.
Abdul Wahid’s 50 came off 42 balls and the right-hander hit seven exquisite fours before he was dismissed lbw by Aamer Yamin.
Haris Sohail remained undefeated on 47 off 35 balls. The left-hander hit six fours in his innings, Haris finished the match in the company of Sohail Akhtar who remained not out on 16, the two added 41 runs for the unfinished third-wicket stand.
Aamer and Umar Khan took a wicket apiece for Southern Punjab. This was Balochistan’s second victory in the tournament.
Earlier, Balochistan won the toss and opted to bowl. Southern Punjab lost their first three wickets with only 28 runs on the board. Sohaib Maqsood who handed over the captaincy reins to Aamer top-scored for his side with 54 off 34 balls (six fours, two sixes). Sohaib added 71 runs for the fourth-wicket with Hassan Khan. This was Sohaib’s second successive fifty plus score in the tournament.
Hassan who scored 28 off 22 (three sixes) fell to Umaid Asif who dismissed Sohaib in the same over. Southern Punjab lost their third wicket for the addition of a mere four runs as Azam Khan (2) was dismissed lbw by Haris Sohail.
Aamer scored a quickfire 25 off 12 balls while Khushdil Shah contributed 25 off 22 while tail-enders Umar (12) and Naseem Shah (11) not out helped Southern Punjab reach 174 for nine.
Junaid Khan took three wickets for 29 runs while Umaid who also took two catches in the field including a splendid diving effort to dismiss Aamer, took three for 30 runs.
Scores in Brief:
Balochistan beat ATF Southern Punjab by eight wickets.
ATF Southern Punjab 174-9, 20 overs (Sohaib Maqsood 54, Hassan Khan 28, Aamer Yamin 25, Khushdil Shah 25; Junaid Khan 3-29, Umaid Asif 3-30)
Balochistan 176-2, 18.4 overs (Abdul Wahid Bangalzai 50, Haris Sohail 47 not out, Abdullah Shafique 44; Aamer Yamin 1-28)
Player of the match: Abdul Wahid Bangalzai
Saturday’s matches:
Balochistan vs Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -3pm
GFS Sindh vs Home City Central Punjab -7:30pm
BILLARD & SNOOKER - National 01 Oct, 2021
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Karachi (October 1, 2021):-The 46th NBP National Snooker Championship 2021 started on Friday at National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Clifton, Karachi. All top-national players are particiapting in the top national snooker showpiece.
Results (Day-I):
Hamza Akbar (Punjab) bt Mohammad Sajjad (NBP) 4-3 (32-85(60), 42-56, 56-14, 73-23(57), 24-50, 62-28, 94-0(78),)
Saif Ullah (Punjab) bt Zubair Tahir (Punjab) 4-1 (72-55, 17-63, 67-52, 63-40, 71-15)
Adil Khan (Bal) bt Mohammad Iftekhar (Sindh) 4-1 (64-40, 117-01(116), 22-73, 55-32, 67-30)
Mohammad Asif (NBP) bt Abdul Sattar (Sindh) 4-3 (106-0(106), 25-72, 70-23, 70-72, 69-24, 10-66(59), 52-40)
Mohammad Shahzad (Punjab) bt Rambel Gull (KP) 4-3 (80-19, 49-24, 48-62, 68-09, 50-58, 50-76, 69-50)
Awais Ullah (Punjab) bt Munawar Khaliq (Isb) 4-0 (59-15, 78-19(78), 76-42, 82-40(57),)
Mohammad Bilal (Punjab) bt Ahmad Shah (Bal) 4-0 (56-28, 43-40, 78-0, 59-09)
Sheikh M. Mudassir (Punjab) bt Nadeem Gull (Punjab) 4-3 (65-47, 89-04(68), 9-62, 2-89(81), 46-80(59), 67-14, 77-19(58),)
Abdul Javed (Isb) bt Mohammad Imran (KP) 4-1 (47-42, 43-52, 94-18, 67-11, 51-42)
Shahid Aftab (Punjab) bt Hammad Hassan Shaikh (Punjab) 4-0 (54-33, 71-19, 67-33, 62-15)
Ahsan Ramzan (Punjab) bt Mohammad Aftab Baig (Bal) 4-0 (69-29, 113-02(109), 69-41, 66-01)
Farukh Usman (Sindh) bt Aamir Sohail (KP) 4-1 (63-01, 51-31, 43-63, 70-16, 78-21)
Mubashir Raza (Punjab) bt Mohammad Taufiq Johri (Sindh) 4-1 (9-78, 49-16, 58-25, 92-32, 57-44)
Zulfiqar Abdul Qadir (Sindh) bt Bahadur Khan (Bal) 4-1 (29-75, 69-12, 77-32, 52-40, 110-0(110)
Umair Haider (Punjab) bt Saad Khan (KP) 4-2 (60-26, 71-16, 30-69, 86-9, 1-95(71), 61-30)
Shah Khan (KP) bt Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab) 4-1 (22-75, 65-52, 63-43, 68-21, 71-63)
Mohammad Ijaz (Punjab) bt Umer Memon (Sindh) 4-0 (58-51, 96-61, 69-43, 106-25(106),)
Mohammad Imran Qamar (Punjab) bt Hiskail Bilal (Bal) 4-0 (74-07, 67-11, 114-06(105), 100-0(53)
Names of players respectively with their seeding:
Mohammad Asif (Punjab), 2. Mohammad Sajjad (Punjab), 3. Shahid Aftab (Punjab), 4. Mohammad Bilal (Punjab), 5. Mohammad Ahsan Javaid (Punjab), 6. Mubashir Raza (Punjab), 7. Mohammad Naseem Akhtar (Punjab), 8. Babar Masih (Punjab).
SBP imparts qualified hockey coaches in South Punjab
SPORTS REPORTER
LAHORE (October 1, 2021):- Director General, Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Adnan Arshad Aulakh has said that hockey is our national game and Sports Board Punjab is ready to take every possible measure for its growth and revival; he said this while talking to Secretary Education South Punjab Dr Ehtisham Anwar, who called on him at National Hockey Stadium here on Friday.
Director Sports Hafeez Bhatti, Head Coach of national hockey team Khawaja Junaid and other officials were also present on this occasion.
During the meeting Secretary Education South Punjab Dr Ehtisham Anwar sought help from Sports Board Punjab to train hockey coaches of South Punjab.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh on this occasion assured Secretary Education South Punjab Dr Ehtisham Anwar of his full support for the training of hockey coaches of South Punjab.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh said qualified coaches in the collaboration with Sports Board Punjab will impart modern training to 50 hockey coaches from top schools and colleges of South Punjab under the supervision of head coach of national hockey team Khawaja Junaid.
CM Punjab five-a-Side Women Hockey Championship from October 15
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LAHORE (October 1, 2021):- Director General, Sports Punjab (SBP) Adnan Arshad Aulakh on Friday said that First Chief Minister Punjab five-a-Side National Women’s Hockey Championship 2021 would be comennced from October 15 to 20, 2021 at National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.
Director General Sports Punjab Adnan Arshad Aulakh, in a statement on Friday said as many as 14 teams would participate in the First Chief Minister Punjab 5-a-Side National Women Hockey Championship. “Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will field two teams each in the tournament while Balochistan, Gilgit Baltistan, Islamabad, Azad Kashmir, Army, Higher Education Commission (HEC), Wapda and Railways will send one team each for the grand hockey event”.
Gavaskar backs Rohit Sharma for India captaincy
BIPIN DANI
All's not well in the Indian team. The reports coming from the UAE, where the IPL teams are playing, not only R. Ashwin but two more senior players are reported to have had reservations over Virat Kohli's captaincy.
First, Ashwin's name came as he had revolted against Virat Kohli and had complained to the BCCI secretary (Jay Shah) about feeling insecure. Ashwin was not included in the final eleven in any of the four Test matches in England.
Kohli had a fallout with the selectors for the inclusion of Ashwin in the T20 World Cup squad as the Indian captain wanted leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal for the mega event.
Kohli had reportedly accused the player of not showing enough intent in the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in June this year.
Now, it is also being reported in the media that Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane are not happy with Kohli in the team.
Pujara was dealing with some harsh criticism for his slow batting, India's Test deputy-skipper Ajinkya Rahane was struggling to score runs in the longest format. Both were treated very harshly by the skipper in the dressing room.
Interestingly, the coach Ravi Shastri has failed to pacify the situation and Kohli has announced to quit the captaincy after the World Cup.
Now, we hear that the BCCI treasurer has denied the controversy, but there can't be a smoke without fire. There can't be any evidence of the complaints, and even if the evidence is there, can anyone believe that the BCCI would revealt it?
Adding fuel to the controversy, legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar has voiced his opinion to change the captain for next month's T-20 World Cup in the UAE.
“I think (of) Rohit Sharma (as captain) for the next two World Cups,” Gavaskar said on the Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’.
“You could say they (World Cups) are back-to-back, one starting in a month and another exactly a year from now. So clearly, yes, you don’t want to change too many captains at this particular stage.
“Rohit Sharma would definitely be my choice for captaincy of the Indian team for both these T20 World Cups,” Gavaskar said.
National T20: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat GFS Sindh by six wickets
ABDULLAH ASJAD
Rawalpindi:-GFS Sindh suffered their first defeat in the National T20 (2021-22) as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded a comfortable six-wicket victory in the 12th match of the tournament played at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Thursday night.
Set a 151-run target, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa completed the chase in 17.4 overs with six wickets left. Opener Fakhar Zaman led the charge for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with a typically aggressive 49 off 32 balls (four fours, four sixes). The left-hander hit pacer Mohammad Hasnain for three sixes and a four in the second over the innings as Hasnain conceded 28 runs –most in an over in the tournament so far.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa batters didn’t let the early loss of their prolific captain Mohammad Rizwan affect the chase as Sahibzada Farhan, Adil Amin and Musadiq Ahmed took the side past the target.
Farhan scored 45 off 30 balls with the help of three fours and as many sixes. The right-hander added 58 runs for the third-wicket with Adil who scored 26 off 19 balls (three fours.)
Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, Danish Aziz and Zahid Mahmood took a wicket each. This was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s third win in four matches, Sindh too have three wins from four games.
Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa opted to bowl after winning the toss. Sharjeel Khan hit three fours in the opening over of the match bowled by Shaheen Shah Afridi. The left-hander was however pegged back by the bowlers and was eventually dismissed by Arshad Iqbal for 25.
Sindh lost Shan Masood (13) and Sarfaraz Ahmed (0) in one Asif Afridi over to crash to 41 for three (7.3 overs).
Khurram Manzoor and Saud Shakeel did the repair work by adding 56 for the fourth-wicket. The left-handed Saud was dismissed for 32 by Imran Khan Snr who then got rid of Danish Aziz the next ball.
Imran narrowly failed to take a hat-trick as Shaheen spilled a difficult chance in the slips with Anwar Ali the batter.
Anwar hit a last ball six off Mohammad Wasim Jnr as Sindh finished with what looked like an under par score midway. Asif took two wickets for 20 runs while Imran returned figures of 4-0-24-2.
Scores in Brief:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat GFS Sindh by six wickets.
GFS Sindh 150 for 7, 20 overs (Khurram Manzoor 54, Saud Shakeel 32; Asif Afridi 2-20, Imran Khan Snr 2-24)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 156 for 4, 17.4 overs (Fakhar Zaman 49, Sahibzada Farhan 45; Rumman Raees 1-10, Anwar Ali 1-11)
Player of the Match: Fakhar Zaman
School Cricket Championship October 7 in Peshawar
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Peshawar (October 1, 2021):- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association is hosting Khyber Pakhtunkhwa School Cricket Championship 2021-22 from 7 October in 35 districts of the province. The 30-over matches will have more than 4000 players participating in 276 teams in the month-long event.
The age criteria for players’ participation in the tournament is, players born on or after 14 August 2005.
The tournament will be played at 69 venues across the province with 40 teams from private schools and 236 teams from government schools featuring. The teams have been divided into 76 pools with 510 matches to be played in the tournament.
CLIMBING - Int News 01 Oct, 2021
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Islamabad (October 1, 2021):-Sirbaz Khan, the first Pakistani to climb 9 over 8000 meters peaks including a successful expedition of Mount Dhaulagiri at an altitude of 8167 meters.
The 32 years old climber Sirbaz Khan, who belongs from Aliabad, Hunza began his professional climbing career in 2016. Sirbaz became the first Pakistani to summit Mount Lhotse, the world’s fourth-highest mountain at 8,516 meters in Nepal without using supplementary oxygen. His other 8,000 meters summits include K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, Manaslu., Anapurna, Everest Gasherbrum II, and now Dhaulagiri. On four of his 8,000m peaks expeditions, Khan had accompanied Mohammad Ali Sadpara.
List of Summits
1- Nanga Parbat 8125-M 2017
2- K2 8611-M 2018
3- Broad Peak 8047-M 2019
4- Manaslu 8163-M 2019
5- Lhotse Peak 8516-M 2019
6- Anapurna 8091- M 2021
7- Everest 8848 – M 2021
8- Gasherbrum II 8035-M
9- Dhaulagiri 8167-M
National T20: Haider Ali stunned Central Punjab
Muhammad Kabir
Rawalpindi (September 30, 2021):-Haider Ali’s sensational unbeaten 91 helped Northern comfortably chase down a 201-run target against Home City Central Punjab in the 11th match of the National T20 2021-22 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi on Thursday evening.
The right-handed top-order batter who was later adjudged player-of-the-match played a series of sensational shots in his 91-run innings off 53 balls (six fours, six sixes).
Haider set the platform for the chase with a stroke-filled 84-run third-wicket partnership with Mohammad Nawaz who scored 41 off 21 balls (two fours, four sixes). Nawaz who was the player-of-the-match for Northern in their victory last night against Southern Punjab played some powerful shots to put the Central Punjab bowlers under pressure.
Haider continued his aggressive batting mode even after Nawaz’s dismissal, he hit two back-to-back sixes off Ehsan Adil as Northern continued their charge towards the big target.
Asif Ali helped Haider overcome any nerves in the death overs by scoring 28 off 14 balls (three fours, one six).
Northern completed the chase with two balls to spare with Haider at the crease along with his captain Shadab Khan.
Earlier, Babar Azam produced a T20 batting master class after winning the toss and opting to bat first. The Central Punjab and Pakistan captain posted his sixth T20 century (most by any Pakistan batter).
Babar’s 105 came off 63 balls only, the right-hander hit 11 fours and three sixes in a typically effortless batting display that left the Northern attack stunned and bereft of answers. Babar reached his century with a glanced four off Haris Rauf.
Babar added 67 runs for the first-wicket with Ahmed Shehzad who hit five fours in a Sohail Tanvir over before falling to Mohammad Nawaz for 37 (20 balls, eight fours).
Wicketkeeper-batter Muhammad Akhlaq carried the momentum with a 17-ball 21 before falling to Shadab after hitting him for two sixes.
Shoaib Malik joined hands with Babar, the two added 92 runs for the unbroken third-wicket stand that took Central Punjab to their imposing total. Shoaib scored 31 off 21 balls (four fours). Nawaz and Shadab were the only two wicket-takers for Northern.
Scores in Brief:
Northern beat Home City Central Punjab by six wickets
Home City Central Punjab 200-2, 20 overs (Babar Azam 105 not out, Ahmed Shehzad 37, Shoaib Malik 31 not out; Mohammad Nawaz 1-29)
Northern 201-4, 19.4 overs (Haider Al 91 not out, Mohammad Nawaz 41, Asif Ali 28; Wahab Riaz 1-17)
Player of the match: Haider Ali
Friday’s matches:
Balochistan vs ATF Southern Punjab -3pm
Northern vs GFS Sindh -7:30pm
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