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Shaikh Rashid School power home to easy victory
Shaikh Rashid School propelled by some good bowling from medium pacer Moazim Hussain progressed further into the knock-out stage of the Green Valley Under-15 inter school cricket tournament beating Emirates English Speaking School by 6 wickets.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:43 May 9, 2008
Dubai: Shaikh Rashid School propelled by some good bowling from medium pacer Moazim Hussain progressed further into the knock-out stage of the Green Valley Under-15 inter school cricket tournament beating Emirates English Speaking School by 6 wickets.
Emirates English Speaking were put in to bat and made 102 runs as medium pacer Moazim struck three deadly blows in one over to throw their innings into total disarray.
Amir Ashraf and Aamir Ali picked up five wickets between themselves.
Shaikh Rashid school rattled off the target as their openers Waleed Hanif 26 and Aamir Ali 23 gave them a flying start.
Skipper Amjad Khan Afridi with a quick 27 completed the formalities.
Brief scores
Shaikh Rashid School beat Emirates English Speaking School by 6 wickets
Emirates English Spkg. 102 all out in 19.5 overs (Pratik Shetty 32, Jarar 15, Ebrahim 15, Moazim Hussain 3 for 23, Amir Ashraf 3 for 6, Aamir Ali 2 for 8)
Shaikh Rashid School 103 for 4 in 14.2 overs ( Waleed Hanif 26, Aamir Ali 23, Amjad Khan Afridi 27, Rishikesh 2 for 12)
Man of the match: Moazim Hussain of Shaikh Rashid School.
Our Own Warqa beat Arab Unity School by 2 wickets
Arab Unityor 9 in 22 overs ( Adil Khalil 14, Taha Hussain 54 n.o., Ammar Zaheer 16, Ali Awais 18, Siddarth 2 for 38, Rahul 2 for 32, Sathyanarayanan 2 for 7)
Our Own 143 for 8 in 21.4 overs ( Sathyanarayanan 29, Bhargav 27, Devoul 20, Sai Pranav 34 n.o., Asad 3 for 29, Ammar 2 for 14)
Man of the match: Sai Pranav of Our Own School-Warqa.
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