UAE U20 - News & Discussion

[MrMoose]

We’re back!!!!

Div 1 OD tour starts this week.

Games are 1000 daily.

Congratulations to all managers with players in the touring squad.

Let’s go and win another Div 1 title!

[heppa]

We come into this tour as the number 2 ranked U20 OD side. Would be another goal achieved if we could bump that up to number 1 by the end of the week.

We are a little light in some areas, but we definitely have enough to give it a decent crack.

[MrMoose]

Going to say the boss may have jinxed us.

Match Details
Home Sri Lanka U20
Away UAE U20
Ground White Hot Lane
League U-20 One Day 1
Date 17 Jul 23 10:00
Crowd 22,750
Weather Sunny
Pitch Slow

Sri Lanka U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 9,863 10,525
Batting - Middle Order 8,277 8,869
Batting - Tail 4,548 5,019
Bowling - Seam 9,702 (20) 10,195 (20)
Bowling - Spin 10,380 (30) 10,197 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,303 11,204
Overall 167,660 177,229

Result: Sri Lanka U20 won by 6 wickets
Toss: UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.
Man of the match: Chandradasa Kumarihami (3 points), Akila Cabraal (2), Arjuna Kumara (1)

Runs from Mu'izz and Dhakir saw us post 236 in Slow and Sunny Conditions.

Sri Lanka collapsed to 2/6 in the third over but were able to consolidate and large partnerships saw them steer home the chase with overs to spare.

We now move our eyes to our next match where we take on England who will also be looking to bounce back following an upset loss to the West Indies. Tune in at 1000.

[MrMoose]

We snag a win against England to keep our week alive. Bowlers felt like they were actively trying to lose the game.

[MrMoose]

Not a great week and we drop to Div 2.

We will be back in a few weeks for some T20.

[heppa]

Not a good week for the bowlers. The fielding didn't help either.

It has been a long and enjoyable ride in Div 1. Hopefully we can come back stronger in a few weeks.

[MrMoose]

We go again!

Another tour, this time it’s T20 and matches start at 0500 daily.

[MrMoose]

T20 tour has started with a bang.

3 wins in 3 matches.

We go again at 0500 tomorrow against Pakistan, with a win guaranteeing promotion back to Div 1.

Tune in!

[MrMoose]

4th win and we lock away promotion back to Div 1.

A win tomorrow will give us the silverware. Let’s get it done.

[MrMoose]

Apologies all been a touch busy IRL.

Last week we went and won a Div 2 T20 Tour with 5 wins from 5 outings.

Thank you to the following players who toured for the last time for the U20 Nat Squad:
Ishan Sa'eed - Emirates Academy - 237 OD Runs from 7 innings @ 39.50 (HS of 88) and 217 T20 runs from 8 innings @ 31 (HS of 55) - 5 Field Catches
Ramiz Jabir - Birds XI/SAMS11
Kaseem Karim - Cork City Cobra's - 1 wicket in their 1 T20 appearance
Afifi Kalil - Scott's Tots - 116 OD Runs from 3 innings @ 38.67 (HS of 53), 8 catches with the gloves and 1 stumping
Rahul Khaleel - The Bengal Tigers - 128 OD Runs in 6 innings @ 21.33 and 125 T20 runs in 7 innings @ 31.25

UAE VS Bermuda
UAE won by 5 wickets
2 wickets each for Sami/Rashid and 55 for Sa'eed

UAE VS NZ
UAE won by 5 wickets
53 runs for Rahim

Netherlands VS UAE
UAE won by 55 runs
52 runs for Alam and 41 for Mu'izz. 4 wickets for Bahib.

Pakistan VS UAE
UAE won by 5 wickets
3 wicket for Hafiz. 93 runs for Alam.

Zimbabwe VS UAE
UAE won by 8 wickets
2 wickets each for Sami and Bahib. 43 for Sa'eed and 68 for Imad.

Our biggest run scorers were Nizar Alam (154 runs) [3rd overall] and Kale Rahim (127 runs) [5th overall].
Ghassan Rashid, Aswad Bahib and Ghalib Sami all took 6 wickets [equal second best overall].
Zaki Kareem was the second best fielder on tour with his 3 catches.

Once again thank you to all managers who spared their players for Tour Week and to everyone who pulls UAE players!

Senior OD Div 1 tour starts next Monday with games starting at 1500. Tune in!

[MrMoose]

Tour time once again and it's a Div 2 OD tour in England (hosted by Kenya).
Games are 10.00 daily.

Aswad Bahib, Ghalib Sami, Gadil Sulaiman, Idris Jubair - Emirates Academy
Nizar Alam, Zaki Kareem - PKF Tigers 2nd XI
Bashshar Hafiz - Boundary Boys
Tawfiq Imad - Woodville-West Torrens Eagles
Isam Mu'izz - One Man Rock Band
Bilal Qudamah - Punt Road CC
Kale Rahim - PKF Tigers
Hanif Rasil - Los Pollos Hermanos
Wafiq Temiz - Uthaug
Aden Alam - VinodhFiring
Ghassan Rashid - Xanadoosra
Zubair Najeeb - SP Dragons
Abu-al Rashad - Hassanites
Kareem Murat - Sydney Cricket Club

Thank you to all managers who have spared their players for this tour week and thank you to all who youth-pull and train UAE players.

Let's go get back up to Div 1.

[MrMoose]

A strong start to the week with a big win coming courtesy of a Muizz hundred!

[MrMoose]

Disappointing loss yesterday but we go again!

[MrMoose]

Some of the UAE faithful had walked out the gate after our bowlers had given up 255 runs on a Cloudy day with a green top to bowl on, but our bats won’t going down without a fight. An 136 opening partnership, supported with some other top order performances but man of the week Mui’zz an unbeaten centurion for the second time this week.

The win and other results around the grounds mean there are 3 teams on two wins (us, Sri Lanka who we play tomorrow and New Zealand). All three other teams sit on one win. This is going to be a close run race this week and two more wins are needed to secure the ticket back to the big leagues.

[MrMoose]

The bats stutter over the line after a dominant bowling display.

Maths is easy for day 5, win = win the tour. Let’s get it done.