Cricket teams from England fly into Dubai

Dubai: Schools and cricket academies from Sussex, Yorkshire and Durham now love to play in Dubai.

Cosmos School and Bids School from Sussex, Manningham Cricket Centre from Yorkshire and Army Barmy Cricket Academy from Sussex are all in Dubai to play matches against Young Talent Cricket Academy (YTCA).

"Teams from England now regularly come to play here. After we invited some teams from England to play in the Nissan Cup tournament, many teams now come to regularly play against our academy," said Shehzad Altaf, the chief coach of YTCA.

"By March end three more teams are coming here. They find the teams here competitive. Like last year, we have decided to stage another tournament in Durham for Under-11, Under-15 and Under-18 players," added Altaf.

At the Delhi Private School in Jebel Ali, YTCA beat Manningham Cricket Centre by nine wickets.

Though Manningham scored 226 for 8, YTCA reached the target with eight overs to spare through brilliant knocks from captain Abhinav Ghua (81) and unbeaten knocks from Kartik Venu (50) and Adil (57).

Cricket teams from England fly into Dubai

Schools and academy teams play matches against Young Talent Cricket Academy

Brief scores:

At DPS Jebel Ali: Young Talents Cricket Academy bt Manningham Cricket Centre, Yorkshire by nine wkts: Manningham Cricket Centre 226 for 8 in 30 overs (F. Rehman 84, U.Arshad 40, A.Hussain 31, Aditya 2 for 15) Young Talents Cricket Academy 228 for 1 in 21.5 overs (Abhinav 81, Adil 57n.o, Kartik 50 n.o).

Umm Al Quwain: First Hyper Group Cup tournament Trading Enterprises Honda beat Fortune Homes by 125 runs. Trading Enterprises Honda 202 for 3 (Asim 67n.o, Moosa 49n.o, Sanish 47) Fortune Homes 77 in 17.3 overs Sheeraz 25, Toufiq 3 for 11, Prashanth 3 for 21, Gulam 2 for 15). Man of the match: Asim of Trading Enterprises Honda.

Players CC beat Transgulf by 4 wickets. Transgulf 179 in 23.3 overs (Jijeesh 82, Subash 2 for 23, Rashid 2 for 25, Amit Arora 2 for 31). Players CC 180 for 6 in 21.3 overs (Amin 93, Amit 20n.o). Man of the match: Amin of Players CC.

Pak Emirates bt Solanki CC by 7 wickets. Solanki CC 150 for 8 (A Salam 57, Abdul Rehman 46; Waheed 2 for 27, Amir 2 for 31, Qadir 2 for 33). Pak Emirates 152 for 3 in 16.2 overs (Masood 72, Malek Wahid 29; Abdul Latif 2 for 31). Man of the match: Masood of Pak Emirates.

KCC Cup: Mysore Jafferiya bt Multiplex CC by 6 wickets. Multiplex 163 for 8 (Tariq 61, Shakarid 30, Raju 27, Kennedy 20; Nayeem 3 for 31, Zawar2 for 19). Mysore Jafferiya 165 for 4 in 20.1 overs (Hussain 44n.o, Jabir 28, Hyder 26, Nayeem 26). Man of the match: Nayeem of Mysore Jafferiya.