ECB Blues face Phoenix in ‘Ring of Fire' final
Teams register comfortable wins to secure place at T-20 climax
Dubai: ECB Blues will play Phoenix Medicines in the final of the first Dubai Sports City Ramadan T-20 tournament at the international cricket stadium tonight at 9pm.
Both registered comfortable nine wicket wins in their respective semi finals. ECB beat Interface Transworld while Phoenix Medicines beat Yogi Group.
Fayyaz Ahmed got three wickets for 23 runs as ECB bowled Transworld for 100 in 18.1 overs. Transworld's Jagrit Anand put up some resistance with 27 off 24 balls, but wickets fell easy.
ECB reached their target in 14.2 overs. Arshad Ali hit 41 off 43 balls and Irfan Haider hit 41 off as many balls for ECB.
In the other semi final Phoenix shut out Yogi for 120 in 18.5 overs and achieved the target with three overs to spare. Haroon Ahmad was influential in offence, hitting 74 not out off 62 balls with nine fours and two sixes.
Sarjeel Khan also remained not out on 32 off 33 to kill off a Yogi comeback.
Brief scores
DSC Ramadan T-20 Cup: ECB Blues beat Interface Transworld by nine wickets: Interface Transworld 100 all out in 18.1 overs (Jagrit Anand 27, Fahad Tariq 19, Tushar Pant 16; Fayyaz Ahmed 3-23, Ahmed Reza 2-1, Mohammed Tauqir 2-27) ECB Blues 103 for one in 14.2 overs (Arshad Ali 41, Irfan Haider 41 not out). Man of the match: Arshad Ali of ECB Blues. Umpires: Tanvir Mehdi and Razzaq Shah.
Phoenix Medicines beat Yogi Group by nine wickets: Yogi Group 120 all out in 18.5 overs (Mohammed Rameez 43, Salman Faris 14; Shakeel Raza 3-25, Imran Khan 3-18, Shoaib Laghari 2-19, Zeeshan Khan 2-18) Phoenix Medicines 121 for one in 17 overs (Haroon Ahmed 74 not out, Sarjeel Khan 32 not out). Man of the match: Haroon Ahmed of Phoenix Medicines. Umpires: Tanvir Mehdi and Razzaq Shah
Dulsco Ramadan T-20: Brookefield Multiplex beat HSBC by 97 runs. Brookefield 184 for 7 (Tariq Farook 84, Saqib 27, Oswald 26*, Anil 16; Malik 2/33). HSBC 88 all out in 17.2 overs (Sidh 16; Nick 3/20, Daryl 3/24, Prashant 2/9). Man of the match: Tariq Farook of Brookefield Multiplex.
