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Rest Schools get the better of Al Ain side
Rest Schools defeated Al Ain Junior school to lift the Klear Pure Drinking Water Twenty-20 Inter School cricket tournament at the Al Ain Sportplex.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:21 February 11, 2008
Al Ain: Rest Schools defeated Al Ain Junior school to lift the Klear Pure Drinking Water Twenty-20 Inter School cricket tournament at the Al Ain Sportplex.
Rest Schools posted 169 for 3 in the allotted 20 overs through Aashish Dhingra (44 off 30 balls), Fahad Tariq (44 off 33 balls) and Farhan (47 off 35 balls).
Al Ain could only manage 98 for 9 in their 20 overs although Sa'ad played brilliantly to make the only fifty of the match.
Farhan of Rest Schools walked away with the man of the final prize for his all-round performance (47 not out and 2 wickets).
The player of the tournament award went to Amjad Gul Khan of New Indian School, UAQ. He made 258 runs off 154 balls.
Taymoor Khalil of Rest Schools received the best batsman award while Shahir Qudwai of Al Ain Juniors School, who took 10 wickets, won the best bowler award.
He received a ball autographed by former Pakistan captain Mushtaq Mohammad, who also gave away the prizes.
Scores
Final: Rest Schools 169 for 3 in 20 overs (Aashish Dhingra 44, Fahad Tariq 44, Farhan 47) Al Ain Junior School 98 for 9 in their 20 overs (Saad 50).
Semifinal: Rest Schools 151 for 8 in 20 overs (Taymoor 53, Farhan 32
Adnan 3 for 15, Bilal 2 for 12 Cambridge Int'l School Dubai 115 for 5 in 20 overs (Anish Ahuja 40n.o, Adnan 39, Zohaib 2 for 5, Farhan Tariq 2 for 17, The New Indian School UAQ 159 for 8 in 18 over
(Amjad 40, Obaid 33, Usman 23, Mehtab 3 for 24, Adeel 2 for 20) The Al Ain Junior School 146 for 8 in 20 overs ( Saad 50, Abid 2 for 21) New Indian School UAQ 93 for 9 in 20 overs (Amjad 36, Jasim 3 for 18, Shahir 3 for 8, Zain 2 for 1)
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