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[MOD-MrMoose]

Tour Match # 3
Home: UAE U20
Away: Zimbabwe U20
Ground: Vegas ground
League: U-20 One Day 3
Date 25 Aug 21 00:00
Crowd: 17,000
Weather: Humid
Pitch Dry

Zimbabwe U20 won the toss and elected to bat.

UAE U20 1 Zimbabwe U20
Batting - Top Order: 9,647 - 10,084
Batting - Middle Order: 8,734 - 7,526
Batting - Tail: 4,280 - 4,241
Bowling - Seam: 10,138 (20) - 9,865 (20)
Bowling - Spin: 10,899 (30) - 9,624 (30)
Fielding/Keeping: 11,068 - 9,969
Overall: 172,544 - 161,676

The Match in a Tweet: UAE win and I wasn’t stressed the entire day. #winning

Man of the Match: Junaid Fattah (UAE)

Our best:
Junaid Fattah - 61 unbeaten to see out the chase comfortably.

Ali Isa - 3/34 off his 10 overs including 2 maidens.

Mustafa Abdel - 44 unbeaten and sees the chase done. Also snagged a runout!

Around the Grounds:
USA beat England by 5 wickets.
Netherlands beat Pakistan by 5 wickets.

USA and UAE sit unbeaten for the week with 3 wins. England, Netherlands and Zimbabwe each have one win. Pakistan are still winless.

Tune in at 00.00 tomorrow as we take on Netherlands and look to continue the win streak. A win tomorrow will lock away promotion and turn Friday into a tasty shootout for top spot!

Trust in the process

[heppa]

Won the toss and elected to bat against the Dutch.

R. Buddingh (rfs) 10-0-28-3, A. Abdel 1 (8b), N. Abdulah 56 (45b)
End of over 50 (6 runs) - UAE U20(198-9) RR 3.96

Our top order was very poor and we were looking at being bowled out for 150 if it wasn't for a brilliant innings from Abdulah. I still think we're 20-30 runs short of a good score, so we'll need our spinners to play well.

[heppa]

I. Kaleel (lm) 6-0-23-0, D. Hawkins 19 (30b), S. Aduard 8 (16b)
End of over 26 (4 runs) - Netherlands U20(97-5). 102 runs required from 24 overs. RR 3.73 RRR 4.25

A rough start from our seamers was brought back by Abdel and Abdulah. Hoping we can go on with it now.

[heppa]

UAE U20 won by 62 runs

N. Abdulah (rfs) 7-1-21-4, V. Engelsman 11 (9b)
End of over 39 (9 runs) - Netherlands U20(136-10). 63 runs required from 11 overs. RR 3.49 RRR 5.73

10 wickets to our spinners. Abdulah 56* and 4 wickets. One of the best performances I've seen at U20 NT level.

And with that we have confirmed promotion. We play against the USA tomorrow for first place.

[MOD-MrMoose]

10 wickets to our spinners. Abdulah 56* and 4 wickets. One of the best performances I've seen at U20 NT level.

And with that we have confirmed promotion. We play against the USA tomorrow for first place.

Came here to say exactly this, almost word for word.
Spinners were on fire

[Penky]

Abdullahs OD tour numbers are actually insane. Batting average of 163 and a bowling average of less than 12

[heppa]

UAE U20 won by 34 runs

A. Abdel (rfs) 8.1-0-21-4, B. Huff 17 (52b)
End of over 38 (maiden) - USA U20(144-10). 35 runs required from 12 overs. RR 3.79 RRR 2.92

Another superb performance from the spinners means we're 5 wins from 5

[Penky]

What a tour!
We were quietly confident of promotion when we won't he rights and we made the most of our strengths this time. Spinners were epic (3 of the top 7 fantasy scores on tour!) and our deep batting got us through every time (except vs Zimbabwe when it wasn't needed )

[Birdmandipper]

What a super tour, well deserved with some hard work being put in

Good to see Ghafur my homegrown spinner having a good tour

[MOD-MrMoose]

Tour Match # 4
Home: UAE U20
Away: Netherlands U20
Ground: 38th Parallel
League: U-20 One Day 3
Date 26 Aug 21 00:00
Crowd: 21,000
Weather: Hot
Pitch: Crumbling

UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.

UAE U20 Netherlands U20
Batting - Top Order 9,643 9,776
Batting - Middle Order 9,324 8,313
Batting - Tail 5,211 4,088
Bowling - Seam 10,006 (20) 9,734 (20)
Bowling - Spin 11,140 (30) 10,224 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 10,773 10,890
Overall 177,253 167,433

The Match in a Tweet: UAE win and lock away promotion and a date with USA in the final match to top the table.

Man of the Match: Nazmi Abdulah (UAE)

Our best:
Nazmi Abdulah - 56 not out with the bat to get the total close to 200! Then took 4 wickets, 4/21 off 7 overs including a maiden.

Ahmad Kamal - a gritty 62 that held our batting innings together. Took 102 balls but did smack three maximums. Then took two catches and a stumping with the gloves!

Anwar Abdel - 4/25 off 9 overs including 2 maidens.

Tawfiq Ghafur - 2/33 off his 10 overs and a catch!

Around the Grounds:
USA beat Pakistan by 4 wickets.
England beat Zimbabwe by 75 runs.

USA and UAE both lock away promotion and a chance to win top spot in the final match of the week!

Trust in the process

[MOD-MrMoose]

Tour Match # 5
Home USA U20
Away UAE U20
Ground AllStars! CG
League U-20 One Day 3
Date 27 Aug 21 00:00
Crowd 22,000
Weather Humid
Pitch Crumbling

USA U20 won the toss and elected to bowl.

USA U20 UAE U20
Batting - Top Order 9,224 9,820
Batting - Middle Order 8,760 9,028
Batting - Tail 4,864 4,402
Bowling - Seam 9,921 (30) 9,660 (20)
Bowling - Spin 9,056 (20) 10,710 (30)
Fielding/Keeping 11,037 10,574
Overall 167,519 171,774

UAE U20 won by 34 runs

The Match in a Tweet: UAE complete the perfect week. 5 matches, 5 wins!

Man of the Match: Tawfiq Ghafur (UAE)

Our best:
Tawfiq Ghafur - 15 not out with the bat! Then turned it on with the ball in hand. 4/33 off his 10 overs including a maiden.

Akram Ata - 62 for the opener that helped build our innings. Slow and steady wins the race.

Anwar Abdel - 4/21 off his 8.1 overs. Took the last wicket!

Around the Grounds:
England beat Pakistan by 7 wickets.
Netherlands beat Zimbabwe by 110 runs.

What a great week! The lads convincingly promote and don’t drop a game in the process!

Trust in the process

[MOD-MrMoose]

That’s a delicious looking table.