Cricket fans denied clash of old rivals

Sharjah: UAE cricket fans anxiously waiting for an Emirates India versus Emirates Pakistan clash have been denied the opportunity.

Fans who were hoping to witness a clash between the traditional rivals, will miss out after Emirates India bowed out of the Alam Steel four-nation cricket tournament.

Final place

Emirates Pakistan have already booked their place in the final.

Emirates India had beaten the Rest of Emirates in their last game.

The May 1 clash between Emirates Sri Lanka and the Rest of Emirates will now decide the other finalist.

In India's last match at the Abu Dhabi Shaikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, they beat the Rest of Emirates by five wickets.

Devendra Taneja and Nitin Gopal took three wickets each to restrict the Rest of Emirates to 124.

Emirates India won the match in just 17.1 overs with Bakhtiyar Palekar hitting 49 and Vikrant Shetty chipping in with 48.

Shoaib Sarwar's three-wicket spell for the Rest of Emirates was in vain.

In the Oasis Cup, Javed Butt of Seven Seas displayed his form by hitting 200 against Discovery Homes and also scoring 136 against Production House.

brief scores

Four-nation tournament: Emirates India beat Rest of Emirates by five wkts: Rest of Emirates 124 in 30 overs (Mohammad Iqbal 39, Ahmad Raza 33; Devendra Taneja 3 for 33, Nitin Gopal 3 for 38, Ravi Verma 2 for 11) Emirates India 129 for 5 in 17.1 overs (Bakhtiyar Palekar 49, Vikrant Shetty 48; Shoaib Sarwar 3 for 54). Man of the match: Devendra Taneja.

Oasis Cup: Seven Seas beat Discovery Homes by 71 runs. Seven Seas 271 for 6 in 25 overs. (Javed Butt 200, Asif 30; Fahad Butt 2 for 34, Sohail 2 for 44, Abdul 2 for 59) Production House 201 for 7 in 25 overs. (Fahad Butt 61, Rahul 29, Sohail 32, Rashid 25; Zeeshan 3 for 18, Faraz 3 for 28). Man of the match: Javed Butt.

Century XI beat Zenith C.T by 7 wkts. Zenith 189 for 7 in 22 overs (Amjath 106, Navin 2 for 45, Rajiv 2 for 24) Century XI 192 for 3 in 19.3 overs. (Rajeeb 43, Esmail 35, Angelo 57) Man of the match: Angelo

Seven Seas beat Production House by 102 runs. Seven Seas 258 for 6 in 25 overs. (Javed Butt 136, Qadir 21; Abdullah 2 for 30, Basit 4 for 44) Production House 156 in 19.4 overs. (Taumer 68, Tariq 5 for 30, Faraz 3 for 27) Men of the match: Javed Butt and Tariq.