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November 24, 2021November 25, 2021

Rizwan, Rahul advance in MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings

Dubai, November 24, 2021 (PPI-OT):Mohammad Rizwan and Lokesh Rahul have gained a slot each to occupy fourth and fifth positions, respectively, in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings.

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Rizwan’s upward movement is courtesy his 90 runs in the three-match series against Bangladesh that his side won 3-0, while opener Rahul is only six rating points behind after scoring 80 in two matches against New Zealand, a series also won 3-0 by India.

New Zealand’s Martin Guptill has gained three slots to reach 10th position scoring 152 runs against India while Rohit Sharma is 13th, gaining two places after topping the series with 159 runs. Suryakumar Yadav has galloped 24 places to 59th position.

Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman is another one to move up the batsmen’s list, from 40th to 35th.

The rankings for bowlers see Mitchell Santner gain 10 slots to reach 13th position with four wickets in the series against India and Bhuvneshwar Kumar up five to 19th with three scalps. Deepak Chahar has moved up 19 slots to reach 40th position.

Others to progress in the list include Mahedi Hasan (up six places to 12th) and Shoriful Islam (up three places to 40th) of Bangladesh, and the Pakistan pair of Shadab Khan (up two places to 14th) and Hasan Ali (up 16 places to 44th).

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November 23, 2021

Bangladesh and Pakistan players move up in MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Rankings

Dubai, November 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):Bangladesh batters Fargana Hoque and Rumana Ahmed have made notable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after helping their team beat Pakistan in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2021 Group B match in Harare on Sunday.

Fargana’s steady 45 that laid the foundation for the three-wicket win, helped her gain one slot to reach 25th position in the latest weekly update to the women’s rankings, carried out on Tuesdays. Rumana’s unbeaten 50, that got the team over the line with two balls to spare, has lifted her five places to 29th position.

Off-spinner Salma Khatun is up four places to 35th among bowlers while left-arm spinner Nahida Akter has progressed four slots to 41st position after their team’s opening match in the nine-team tournament being played across four venues in Harare with three teams due to book spots in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 to be held in New Zealand in March-April.

For Pakistan, Aliya Riaz and Nida Dar have made significant progress among batters after putting on 137 runs for the sixth wicket. Aliya, who scored 61 not out off 82 balls, is up five places to 32nd while Nida’s 111-ball 87 has helped her gain seven slots and reach 37th position.

Left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu’s two wickets have carried her four places to 17th position while Nida is also up four places to 29th after taking one for 17 in 10 overs. Anam Amin has gone from 43rd to 40th position.

November 23, 2021

Karachi hosts Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2021-22 from Wednesday

Karachi, November 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):Karachi will be under spotlight as the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2021-22 action moves to the port-city. UBL Sports Complex, State Bank Stadium and NBP Sports Complex will host the remaining five rounds – over which 15 matches will be played amongst the six Cricket Association sides – before the iconic National Stadium stages the five-day final from 25 December.

In the sixth round, which commences tomorrow, Sindh play Balochistan at UBL Sports Complex; Punjab Derby will be staged at State Bank Stadium; and Northern and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will lock horns at NBP Sports Complex.

As part of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s initiative to bring the fans and followers of the game closer to the domestic cricket action, the State Bank Stadium matches will be live-streamed on the board’s official YouTube channel, while the final will be televised.

Southern Punjab enter the Karachi-leg of this year’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy as the table-toppers. They are 19 points clear of second-ranked Sindh. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are positioned third with 50 points, while Central Punjab and Balochistan – locked at 49 points – are fourth and fifth. Bottom-placed Northern are only two points below Balochistan.

Left-arm orthodox bowlers dominated the Punjab-leg of the event.

28-year-old left-arm orthodox Ali Usman continues to have an impressive run in the event as he is the leading wicket-taker with 28 scalps at 23.54. He has two five-wicket hauls and three four-fers in this edition and Southern Punjab will be banking on this spin to continue their table domination and secure their first-ever Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final berth.

Another left-arm orthodox Sindh’s Mohammad Asghar has 20 wickets at 42.35. The 23-year-old is the second highest wicket-taker and has two four-fers.

Central Punjab’s Zafar Gohar has 17 wickets at 43.18 and one four-fer.

His teammate Abid Ali – who will be in Bangladesh for the two-Test series when the sixth round commences – has plundered 611 runs at a staggering 122.20 and leads the batting chart for the highest run-getter. He has smashed three centuries and one half-century.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Sahibzada Farhan is five runs behind Abid as he has smashed 606 runs at 86.57. The 26-year-old has struck two centuries and four half-centuries.

Tayyab Tahir has also had an impressive tournament, to date, is third on the list with 533 runs at 76.14. He has made one double-century and four half-centuries.

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November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

OCA confirms two host cities during 40th General Assembly

Dubai, November 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Olympic Council of Asia added two more multi-sport games to its calendar during the 40th OCA General Assembly in Dubai on Sunday. The National Olympic Committee of Cambodia signed a host city contract with the OCA to organise the 5th Asian Youth Games in Phnom Penh in 2029. This will be the first time for Cambodia to host an OCA event and it will come six years after the country hosts the 11-nation Southeast Asian Games for the first time in 2023.

Later in the meeting, the host city of the 2034 Asian Games – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – asked the General Assembly for approval to host the OCA’s 7th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2025. The proposal was put to the house and passed unanimously, providing Riyadh with a test event nine years before they organise the 32nd Asian Games.

The two additions to the OCA sports calendar further highlighted the robust programme of the OCA, as their showpiece event – the Asian Games – is already secured for the next four editions: the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China in September 2022; the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan in 2026; the 21st Asian Games in Doha, Qatar in 2030; and the 32nd Asian Games in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2034.

The General Assembly was held in a hybrid format for the second consecutive year, with 30 of the 44 eligible National Olympic Committees attending in-person and 14 joining the meeting online through the Zoom video conference.

It was also decided that the name of the OCA Women and Sports Committee would change to the Gender Equity Committee to reflect the modern trends in the sports world. This motion was proposed at the Executive Board meeting the previous day and approved by the General Assembly.

The meeting was also attended by representatives of the continental governing bodies in Oceania and Africa as well as members of the International Olympic Committee and from the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).

The agenda included reports from the 16 OCA standing committees, ANOC, the IOC’s Olympic Solidarity Commission, the organising committees of seven international multi-sport games under the OCA flag as well as the newly established Asian Olympic Academy, which is an OCA education project to be run out of Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea.

The Acting President of the OCA, Raja Randhir Singh, described the meeting as “a great success” and thanked all the delegates for making the General Assembly possible to be held in-person and virtually.

The 41st General Assembly will be held on the side-lines of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China next September and the 42nd General Assembly will be hosted by the Kuwait Olympic Committee – home of the HQ of the OCA – in 2023.

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November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

Oceania athletes to receive honorary medals at 19th Asian Games

Dubai, November 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):The Olympic Council of Asia’s 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China next September will make history as it will be the first time that athletes from Oceania will compete alongside their Asian counterparts.

The OCA announced at its 40th General Assembly in Dubai on Sunday, November 21 that 300 athletes from Oceania’s 17 National Olympic Committees will be able to compete in five sports: triathlon, athletics, wushu, roller skating and weightlifting.

Furthermore, the Director General of the OCA, Mr. Husain Al Musallam, said that athletes from Oceania finishing in the top three places would receive honorary medals.

“Oceania will be taking part for the first time at the Asian Games. They will receive honorary medals and it will not be counted in the final medals tally,” the OCA Director General told the Asian NOC delegates at the Dubai Hilton Al Habtoor City.

The General Assembly heard that six of the 17 NOCs from the Oceania National Olympic Committees had started the sports entry process for the 19th Asian Games, which will run from September 10-25, 2022 in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China.

There will be 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 482 events, with breaking and esports making their debut as official medal sports.

Esports was a demonstration sport at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia in 2018, while breaking will join the Asian Games sports programme for the first time, two years before its Olympic Games debut at Paris 2024.

Of the 55 competition venues for the 19th Asian Games, 42 have been completed, the organising committee said, and the 10,000 athletes will be accommodated in the main Asian Games Village and five satellite villages in Zhejiang province.

The OCA has the next four Asian Games in place, with Hangzhou 2022 followed by Aichi-Nagoya, Japan in 2026, Doha, Qatar in 2030 and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2034.

“This shows the stability and the unity within the Olympic sports movement in Asia,” said Mr Al Musallam.

“The next available date for hosting our Asian Games is 2038 so this puts the OCA and all our NOCs in a very strong position to plan for the short-term, mid-term and long-term future.”

The 40th OCA General Assembly secured two more host cities to organise multi-sport games. Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, signed a host city contract with the OCA for the 5th Asian Youth Games in 2029, and 2034 Asian Games host city Riyadh was awarded the 7th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2025.

The OCA organises five multi-sport games – Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games and Asian Youth Games – and the calendar now includes the following confirmed events:

2022 – 19th Asian Games, Hangzhou, China from September 10-25; 3rd Asian Youth Games, Shantou, China from December 20-28.

2023 – 6th Asian Beach Games, Sanya, China (dates to be finalised); 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Bangkok and Chonburi province, Thailand from November 17-26.

2025 – 4th Asian Youth Games, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; 7th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

2026 – 20th Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya, Japan from September 19-October 4.

2029 – 5th Asian Youth Games, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2030 – 21st Asian Games, Doha, Qatar.

2034 – 22nd Asian Games, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

November 23, 2021November 24, 2021

West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan secure wins on day two

Dubai, November 23, 2021 (PPI-OT):West Indies, Sri Lanka and Pakistan put their first points on board in Harare at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers while Bangladesh made it two wins out of two.

WEST INDIES v IRELAND – WEST INDIES WON BY 6 WICKETS

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Put in to bat first by West Indies, openers Leah Paul and Gaby Lewis started well for Ireland. With the Windies bowlers bowling tight lines, Paul and Lewis had to pick and choose their moments to attack.

The two put on a 79-run stand for the first wicket before Anisa Mohammed struck to remove Lewis. The wicket of Lewis triggered a massive collapse.

Amy Hunter was run-out off the very next delivery without facing a ball. Mohammed next scalped Paul (25) as Ireland lost three wickets in a span of eight deliveries. Hayley Matthews then got in the act and removed Laura Delany and Orla Prendergast in the same over.

Eimear Richardson (32) helped Ireland go past the 150-run mark but she did not find enough support at the other end, with only Mary Waldron getting to double digits.

Chasing 159, the Windies openers knocked off 61 of those runs inside 13 overs. Though Rashada Williams was not at her best in her 34-ball 8, Deandra Dottin was on song, bringing up her fifty in just 47 balls.

Eimear Richardson eventually picked Dottin’s wicket for 73 but the damage was already done by then. Stafanie Taylor’s unbeaten 41 guided West Indies to a win with more than 10 overs to spare.

NETHERLANDS v SRI LANKA – SRI LANKA WON BY 34 RUNS (DLS METHOD)

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Sri Lankan openers got the team off to a flier after being asked to bat first by the Netherlands. The 93-run partnership came in just 13.4 overs with Hasini Perera contributing only 26 from 43 balls.

At the other end, Chamari Athapaththu went absolutely berserk, with the fall of wickets of Perera and Prasadani Weerakkody making no difference to her approach. She brought up her hundred in just 64 balls. Caroline de Lange eventually brought an end to the whirlwind innings, claiming her third wicket of the day before picking another one her very next over.

Nilakshi de Silva and Anushka Sanjeewani steadied the ship after the two quick wickets. Oshadi Ranasinghe’s stuck around the tail, taking Sri Lanka to 278/9 in 50 overs.

Netherlands lost Juliët Post early on with Udeshika Prabodhani hitting timber in the third over. Babette de Leede and Sterre Kalis stuck in after the early wicket, mixing caution with aggression en route their respective fifties.

The duo posted 141 runs for the second wicket before Athapaththu, the star with the bat, broke through for Sri Lanka will the ball, dismissing de Leede for 77. The wicket triggered a mini-collapse as the Netherlands lost their next four wickets for just 21 runs, including the set batter Kalis.

Rain interruptions in the game meant that the Netherlands fell short by 34 runs.

BANGLADESH v USA – BANGLADESH WON BY 269 RUNS

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Coming into game after a stunning final over win over Pakistan, Murshida Khatun and Sharmin Akhter got Bangladesh off to a quick start, stringing a run-a-ball 96 run partnership. Khatun fell three runs short of a fifty but captain Nigar Sultana’s 26-ball 33 ensured Bangladesh don’t lose momentum after the wicket.

Fargana Hoque and Sharmin Akhter then put on 137 runs for the third wicket, during the course of which the latter brought up her century in 117 balls.

USA picked up three wickets in quick succession, with Moksha Chaudhary accounting for two of those but Akhter and Lata Mondal finished strong for Bangladesh to take them to 322/5.

USA’s chase of 323 got off to a poor start, with opener Mahika Kandanala run out in the second over and were soon three down inside the Powerplay. Rumana Ahmed picked up the wickets skipper Sindhu Sriharsha and Shebani Bhaskar while Khatun dismissed Isani Vaghela as USA found themselves stuttering at 26/6.

Tara Norris’ knock of 16, which was one of the two double-digit scores in the USA’s innings, only delayed the inevitable. Once she fell, the USA were bundled out for 53, giving Bangladesh their second win of the tournament by a massive margin of 269 runs.

PAKISTAN v THAILAND – PAKISTAN WON BY 52 RUNS

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Opting to bat first, Pakistan lost their opener Muneeba Ali early in the 7th over. Omaima Sohail and Iram Javed’s stay at the crease did not last long either, with both the batters walking back in consecutive overs.

Captain Javeria Khan and Nida Dar consolidated the innings with a 38-run stand that came in 72 balls. Once Dar fell, Khan and Aliya Riaz put on a 29-run partnership that took Pakistan past the 100-run mark but at a very slow pace.

Thipatcha Putthawong scalped the wicket of Khan soon after. Putthawong then cleaned up the tail, picking up the wickets of Fatima Sana, Diana Baig and Anam Amin to complete her five-for. She finished with figures of 9-3-18-5.

Defending just 146 runs for the win, Pakistan needed early wickets and their bowlers did just that. Natthakan Chantham and Wongpaka Liengprasert were back in the hut for a duck inside the first four overs. Onnicha Kamchomphu counter-attacked with a 15-ball 16 but Nida Dar scalped her wicket before she could do more damage.

Just when a partnership was building between Sornnarin Tippoch and captain Naruemol Chaiwai, a change of ends for Dar proved to be successful as she broke the stand. Chaiwai’s run-out few overs later meant Thailand had lost half their side for 52.

There was no coming back from that position for Thailand, despite Nattaya Boochatham offering some resistance with a 50-ball 18. With the pressure of the required run rate building, Thailand’s lower order fell apart as Pakistan skittled them out for 93 to get their first points on board.