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Proceedings completed for Sharjeel<br />

case, final arguments on <strong>July</strong> 19<br />

LAHORE:<br />

LAHORE: Andrew<br />

Ephgrave, operations manager<br />

of the National Crime<br />

Agency in the UK,<br />

appeared before the threeman<br />

tribunal via Skype<br />

video call and recorded his<br />

statement on Sharjeel<br />

Khan's case. The proceedings<br />

have been completed<br />

with final arguments set<br />

for <strong>July</strong> 19. The hearings<br />

will formally close on <strong>July</strong><br />

29 followed by the verdict<br />

announcement.<br />

The NCA official was<br />

engaged by the tribunal as<br />

a part of an independent<br />

court witness followed by<br />

Aqib Javed's testimony.<br />

The NCA had already been<br />

working closely with the<br />

PCB in the PSL fixing<br />

investigation, tipping them<br />

with supporting evidence<br />

since the two central figures<br />

in the fixing saga -<br />

Nasir Jamshed and Yousaf<br />

Anwar - are based in<br />

SJA Jafri<br />

KARACHI: Karachi<br />

Hockey Association (KHA)<br />

will hold a <strong>15</strong>-day goalkeepers'<br />

training camp from<br />

<strong>15</strong> <strong>July</strong> at KHA Sports<br />

Complex. The camp to be<br />

held under the supervision<br />

of Olympian Ahmad Alam<br />

could be attended by both,<br />

England.<br />

The PCB investigator<br />

had built a case against<br />

Sharjeel for keeping in<br />

touch with Jamshed and<br />

boys and girls. The coach<br />

will be assisted by Arshad<br />

Siddiq and Masoom Ali.<br />

Former Pakistan captain<br />

Hanif Khan will inaugurate<br />

the camp. All interested<br />

goalkeepers interested in<br />

attending the camp should<br />

report at the venue at <strong>15</strong><br />

<strong>July</strong> at 8.45 a.m.<br />

his acquaintance Anwar,<br />

allegedly with an intention<br />

to spot-fix. The Englandbased<br />

duo is already a subject<br />

of investigation in<br />

Goalkeepers having kits<br />

should bring their kits for<br />

training, while those who<br />

do not have kits will be provided<br />

by KHA. The free of<br />

charge camp training is<br />

being held to help trainees<br />

learn modern goalkeeping<br />

techniques and advanced<br />

skills. As goalkeeping plays<br />

connection with bribery<br />

offences. Both were arrested<br />

and then released on<br />

bail, though the PCB had<br />

provisionally suspended<br />

KHA announces <strong>15</strong>-day Goalkeeping Training Camp<br />

Aisha Irum and other local<br />

sports organizers for promoting<br />

our boys and girls<br />

up to the international level<br />

in hockey, softball, cricket<br />

and others games. "<br />

Jamshoro is famous in the<br />

world for sports too that is<br />

why we continue our support<br />

for the promoting<br />

sports".more he said.<br />

JAMSHORO: Senior<br />

Director Physical<br />

Education of Ali Baba<br />

Government Boys Degree<br />

College Kotri and "The<br />

Icon<br />

Pakistan<br />

(TIP)International's Chief<br />

Controller for Sports<br />

Pakistan Mr.Perwez<br />

Ahmed Shaikh met with<br />

M.N.A Jamshoro and<br />

famous sports lover Sardar<br />

Malik Asad Sikander Khan<br />

and appreciated his contribution<br />

towards sports in<br />

Kotri and Jamshoro and<br />

hope so he will continue his<br />

supports for the same in<br />

future, due to that we have International<br />

been organising sports<br />

without any danger since<br />

last 29 years including<br />

female sports. Sardar Malik<br />

Asad Sikander endorse the<br />

efforts of Perwez Shaikh,<br />

Remember Perwez<br />

Ahmed Shaikh attended<br />

two West Asia Cup<br />

Baseball Championships<br />

as member organising<br />

committee and also participated<br />

in (Federation<br />

Volleyball)<br />

FIVB teachers training<br />

course with her wife Aisha<br />

Irum and both secured top<br />

position in the same which<br />

is still unbroken national<br />

record.<br />

a vital role in modern hockey,<br />

KHA is holding this<br />

camp to improve and polish<br />

goalkeeping skills of<br />

the Karachi-based goalkeepers.<br />

After completion<br />

training camp KHA<br />

President Dr. Junaid Ali<br />

Shao will present certificates<br />

to the participants.<br />

Jamshoro is famous in the world for<br />

sports too: Sardar malik, MNA jamshoro<br />

Garbine Muguruza happy to<br />

represent Spain in Wimbledon final<br />

LONDON: Garbine<br />

Muguruza wasn't even a<br />

year old when Conchita<br />

Martinez defeated a 37-<br />

year-old Martina<br />

Navratilova to become the<br />

first Spanish woman to win<br />

Wimbledon.<br />

Twenty-three years later,<br />

Muguruza will get her second<br />

bite to finally end<br />

Spain's long wait for a second<br />

female champion. On<br />

Saturday, when she walks<br />

onto the Centre Court grass<br />

and past the famous<br />

Rosewater dish, adorned<br />

with its many mythological<br />

figures, there will be a<br />

familiar face looking on<br />

from her box.<br />

Martinez, Spain's Fed<br />

Cup captain, has been<br />

Muguruza's temporary<br />

coach and adviser in<br />

London, and her presence is<br />

helping piece things together<br />

again. Just last month,<br />

Muguruza left her press<br />

conference at Roland<br />

Garros in tears after relinquishing<br />

the crown she had<br />

won a year earlier.<br />

The pain did not last.<br />

Muguruza is into her second<br />

Wimbledon final. She<br />

was runner-up to Serena<br />

Williams here two years<br />

ago. Now the woman<br />

standing between<br />

Muguruza and a second<br />

major title is another<br />

Williams, five-time<br />

Wimbledon champion<br />

Venus, who, at 37, is the<br />

oldest Grand Slam finalist<br />

since Navratilova, also 37,<br />

beat Martinez in that 1994<br />

final. Muguruza, by her<br />

own admission, has not<br />

made drastic changes to<br />

her game and remains<br />

adamant that hard work is<br />

the key to her revival.<br />

Pollock fears<br />

for South<br />

Africa's future<br />

LONDON: South<br />

Africa great Graeme<br />

Pollock told AFP the<br />

Proteas will have to<br />

accept being a "middle of<br />

the road" Test side at best<br />

if they stick with racial<br />

transformation as a key<br />

component of selection.<br />

Transformation is<br />

designed to cope with the<br />

legacy of apartheid, when<br />

largely only white players<br />

such as Pollock, one of<br />

the greatest batsmen in<br />

cricket history, were<br />

allowed to play for official<br />

South Africa sides.<br />

Pollock accepts players<br />

of his era could have<br />

done more to help their<br />

non-white counterparts,<br />

but is concerned the balance<br />

has now swung too<br />

far in the opposite direction<br />

after South Africa<br />

"got it right when Graeme<br />

Smith was captain" (from<br />

2003 to his retirement in<br />

2014).<br />

South Africa face<br />

England in the second<br />

Test at Trent Bridge 1-0<br />

down in a four-match<br />

series after a crushing<br />

211-run defeat inside four<br />

days at Lord's last week.<br />

Pollock believes political<br />

reasons are undermining<br />

South Africa's longterm<br />

competitiveness as a<br />

Test nation.<br />

Jamshed from playing any<br />

cricket.<br />

Ephgrave, who was<br />

accompanied by a lawyer<br />

during the hearings, was<br />

cross questioned by the<br />

PCB's lawyer on <strong>July</strong> 13,<br />

followed by Sharjeel's<br />

lawyer the following day.<br />

Shaigan Ijaz, Sharjeel's<br />

lawyer, completed the<br />

hearing amicably but<br />

raised an objection against<br />

Ephgrave. He told the<br />

media that during the cross<br />

examination, the NCA<br />

official confirmed he had<br />

been in touch with PCB<br />

officials. "In this scenario,<br />

the independent court witness<br />

isn't independent as<br />

he has been involved in the<br />

case as a party," he said<br />

after the hearing while<br />

talking to media. However,<br />

he hasn't lodged any complaint<br />

or application<br />

against Ephgrave before<br />

the tribunal.<br />

Cricket Australia chief<br />

attacks 'reckless'<br />

players' union<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Cricket<br />

Australia chairman David<br />

Peever Thursday went on<br />

the attack over suggestions<br />

he is running an<br />

"extreme" industrial relations<br />

agenda, slamming<br />

the players' union for<br />

"reckless" tactics in a<br />

damaging pay dispute.<br />

Peever claimed the<br />

Australian Cricketers'<br />

Association was threatening<br />

to drive away commercial<br />

sponsors, damage<br />

the prospects of broadcast<br />

partners and lock up player<br />

intellectual property<br />

rights into its own business<br />

ventures. Writing an<br />

opinion piece in The<br />

Australian newspaper, he<br />

said that CA's board had<br />

been insulted and disrespected<br />

in the ugly spat<br />

between the governing<br />

body and players.<br />

"CA has put what in<br />

any normal circumstances<br />

would be regarded as a<br />

very generous offer,"<br />

Peever said.<br />

"The ACA has<br />

responded by not only<br />

rejecting that proposal<br />

(and recent concessions)<br />

out of hand, but by<br />

launching a campaign of<br />

such sustained ferocity<br />

that anyone could be forgiven<br />

for thinking CA was<br />

proposing the reintroduction<br />

of slavery rather than<br />

healthy pay rises.<br />

KARACHI: Pakistani<br />

umpire Haider Rasool<br />

received ‘golden whistle’<br />

from International<br />

Hockey Federation (FIH)<br />

during Germany and<br />

South Africa match on<br />

Thursday in Johannesburg<br />

during Hockey World<br />

League semifinal round<br />

second leg.<br />

The golden whistle is<br />

awarded to umpires on<br />

completing 100 senior<br />

international matches and<br />

Sarfraz<br />

Ahmed pictured during the<br />

ICC Champions Trophy<br />

<strong>2017</strong> Pakistan captain<br />

Sarfraz Ahmed will feature<br />

for Yorkshire county in<br />

England’s domestic cricket<br />

competition NatWest T20<br />

Blast next month.<br />

Champions Trophywinning<br />

captain Sarfraz,<br />

who was also handed the<br />

Saturday, <strong>July</strong> <strong>15</strong>, <strong>2017</strong><br />

Sportlight<br />

Test reins a week ago, has<br />

signed up to play five<br />

matches for Yorkshire<br />

Vikings in the ongoing<br />

T20 Blast, subject to him<br />

being granted the visa.<br />

Teammate Azhar Ali<br />

congratulated the skipper<br />

on Twitter about his<br />

upcoming stint in the T20<br />

Blast. Earlier this week,<br />

all-rounder Imad Wasim<br />

7<br />

Sarfraz signs up for Yorkshire<br />

in England’s T20 Blast<br />

LAHORE: Pakistan<br />

Cricket Board Chairman<br />

Shahryar Khan termed the<br />

performance of the women<br />

cricket team in as disappointing.<br />

The chairman said that<br />

in view of raising the standard<br />

of women cricket in<br />

the country - new talent<br />

must be discovered and<br />

taken forward, adding that<br />

the team were given special<br />

training before the<br />

tournament and he is<br />

gravely disappointed by<br />

the team`s performance.<br />

He said making Sabih<br />

Azhar coach of the team at<br />

the eleventh hour did not<br />

turn out to be a correct<br />

decision as he feels that<br />

even the players are not<br />

happy with him.<br />

Khan said that to raise<br />

standard in women cricket,<br />

an increase of players in<br />

the domestic system is<br />

signed up for Durham<br />

county in the same tournament.<br />

Fast bowler<br />

Mohammad Amir is<br />

already representing Essex<br />

in the T20 Blast, while former<br />

captain Shahid Afridi<br />

is playing for Hampshire.<br />

Pacer Junaid Khan left for<br />

UK earlier this week to<br />

feature for Lancashire in<br />

the T20 competition.<br />

Chairman PCB terms performance in<br />

Women World Cup ‘disappointing’<br />

Dr m. Arif Hafeez<br />

Sports Reporter<br />

KARACHI: Azaan TV<br />

outwitted Al- Amin Salt<br />

Cricket Club by four wickets<br />

in their Group “B”<br />

encounter of the Second<br />

Anza Cup Twenty 20<br />

Cricket Tournament <strong>2017</strong><br />

at the Nazeer Hussain<br />

Gulburg Gymkhana<br />

Ground.<br />

All rounder Hamza<br />

Ansari took two wicket for<br />

11 runs and latter scored 28<br />

valuable runs, declared<br />

Man of the Match, Al-<br />

Amin Salt CC’s innings,<br />

limiting to 145 for eight<br />

wickets in 20 overs after<br />

winning the toss. Opener<br />

Kamil Mahmood (38 off 28<br />

balls) with two fours and<br />

brace of sixes and Umair<br />

Ali (26 off 16 balls) with<br />

one four and a Six, had provided<br />

them a solid start by<br />

adding 58 for second wicket.<br />

Off-spinner Adeel Arif<br />

(2-20) also bowled well.<br />

The 55-run second<br />

wicket stand between opener<br />

Qaisar Attique (40 off<br />

22balls) including four<br />

fours and two sixes and<br />

Abbas Jaffri (27 off 21<br />

balls) with two fours and a<br />

six put: Azaan TV cc in<br />

commanding position and<br />

the momentum was sustained<br />

by Hamza Ansari<br />

(28 off 18 balls) with the<br />

Help of two boundaries as<br />

the Azaan TV reached the<br />

target of 146 with 1.1 overs<br />

to spare despite being tested<br />

by off-spinner Sheraz<br />

Hussain (2-7).<br />

S U M M A R I Z E D<br />

SCORE:<br />

Al-Amin Salt.145-8 in<br />

20 overs.( Kamil Mahmood<br />

38,Umair Ali 26:Hamza<br />

Ansari 2-11,Adeel Arif 2-<br />

35).Azaan TV cc.146-6 n<br />

needed.<br />

He added that it is a<br />

good omen that girls from<br />

as far as Balochistan and<br />

Gilgit are coming in the<br />

national squad, however<br />

still societal issues are a<br />

big hindrance for women<br />

cricket in Pakistan as parents<br />

don’t allow their<br />

daughters to play the sport.<br />

He added that if there is<br />

a group within the team, he<br />

will take action against it.<br />

Azaan TV outwit Al- Amin<br />

Salt in Anza Cup T-20.<br />

Haider Rasool became the<br />

first Pakistani umpire to<br />

reach this milestone.<br />

A former goal keeper,<br />

who attended quite a few<br />

national camps including<br />

the one for the World Cup<br />

1998, Haider started to<br />

blow whistle on domestic<br />

circuit in 2002. Next year,<br />

he attended an umpiring<br />

seminar conducted by the<br />

Asian Hockey Federation<br />

in the Malaysian city of<br />

Ipoh. He started his<br />

18.5 overs.(Qaisar Attique<br />

40,Hamza Ansari 28,Abbas<br />

Jaffri 27:Sheraz Hussain 2-<br />

7).<br />

In the end Chief<br />

Organizer Zain Qureshi<br />

gives away the man of the<br />

match award to Hamza<br />

Ansari ( Azaan TV) in second<br />

Anza cup T-20 cricket<br />

tournament. Adeel Arif is<br />

Also present.<br />

Haider Rasool becomes first umpire to complete a century<br />

COLOMBO: Former<br />

Sri Lanka skipper Arjuna<br />

Ranatunga on Friday<br />

demanded an investigation<br />

into the country's 2011<br />

World Cup final defeat by<br />

India amid allegations of<br />

match fixing.<br />

Ranatunga, 53, in a<br />

video posted on his<br />

Facebook page, said he was<br />

shocked by Sri Lanka's sixwicket<br />

defeat in the final at<br />

the Wankhede stadium in<br />

Mumbai.<br />

"I was also in India giving<br />

commentaries at the<br />

time. When we lost, I was<br />

distressed and I had a<br />

doubt," Ranatunga said.<br />

"We must investigate what<br />

happened to Sri Lanka at<br />

the 2011 World Cup final."<br />

"I cannot reveal everything<br />

now, but one day I<br />

will. There must be an<br />

inquiry."<br />

Without giving names,<br />

Ranatunga said players<br />

could not hide the "dirt"<br />

with their clean white<br />

cricket clothing.<br />

Sri Lanka, batting first,<br />

scored 274-6 off 50 overs<br />

and appeared in a commanding<br />

position when<br />

His first senior international<br />

well as other high profile<br />

tournament was events such as the Junior<br />

MIA International World Cup (2009) and the<br />

Challenge, Singapore held Commonwealth Games<br />

in August 2005. He was (2010).<br />

promoted to the Again, his consistently<br />

‘Promising Umpires’ list<br />

of the FIH in February<br />

2008.<br />

This enabled him to<br />

high quality performance<br />

got him excellent evaluations,<br />

and Haider Rasool<br />

became a ‘Grade 1’ international<br />

stand, among others, in<br />

umpire in<br />

continental tournaments December 2010. This up<br />

like the Pan Am gradation enabled him to<br />

Championships (2008) and<br />

the Asian Games (2010) as<br />

stand in the Champions<br />

Trophy’s editions.<br />

Ranatunga seeks probe into 2011<br />

World Cup final defeat to India<br />

Indian superstar Sachin<br />

Tendulkar was caught for<br />

18. India turned the game<br />

dramatically thanks partly<br />

to poor fielding and bowling<br />

by Sri Lanka.<br />

Local media have raised<br />

suspicions of Sri Lankans<br />

throwing the match, but<br />

there was no formal call for<br />

an investigation till<br />

Ranatunga's outburst.<br />

Ranatunga's spokesman<br />

Thamira Manju told AFP<br />

that he was writing to<br />

President Maithripala<br />

Sirisena and Prime<br />

Minister<br />

Ranil<br />

Wickremesinghe complaining<br />

about the state of cricket<br />

in the country.<br />

There have been<br />

recriminations in the<br />

country since Sri Lanka<br />

suffered a humiliating 3-2<br />

loss to bottom-ranked<br />

Zimbabwe in a five-match<br />

one-day series on home<br />

soil this month.<br />

There is also growing<br />

tension between Sri<br />

Lankan sports authorities<br />

and players about the use<br />

of managers, including an<br />

agent who represents more<br />

than half the national team.

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