UAE U20 - News & Discussion

[heppa]

T. Ghafur (rws) 1-0-5-0, T. Tuntrace 0 (0b), B. Harper 14 (32b)
End of over 11 (5 runs) - England U20(36-2). 189 runs required from 39 overs. RR 3.27 RRR 4.85

Solid opening spell. Another two before drinks is key.

[heppa]

T. Ghafur (rws) 8-0-34-2, C. Richards 17 (13b), S. Coombes 14 (22b)
End of over 30 (2 runs) - England U20(137-5). 88 runs required from 20 overs. RR 4.57 RRR 4.40

We've taken enough wickets, but the RR is too high. Anyones game at the moment.

[heppa]

A. Abdel (rfs) 10-0-46-1, S. Coombes 35 (48b), C. Hansberry 0 (2b)
End of over 40 (3 runs) - England U20(186-8). 39 runs required from 10 overs. RR 4.65 RRR 3.90

Coombes rotating the strike well. Could go either way.

[heppa]

UAE U20 won by 2 runs

M. Murat (rm) 9.1-0-49-1, W. Clingly 11 (15b)
End of over 50 (maiden) - England U20(222-10). 3 runs required from 0 overs. RR 4.44 RRR 0.00

We left it late, but a good start to the week.

[Penky]

Jesus, we tried hard to lose that, was stressful waking up and scrolling through that

[MrMoose]

Scenes! Absolute thriller! Good to start the tour with a win!

[Penky]

Yeah we really needed that win to get us on track for promotion. Really can't accept anything less this tour

[MrMoose]

Tour Match # 1
Home: UAE U20
Away: England U20
Ground: west tigers CG
League: U-20 One Day 3
Date 23 Aug 21 00:00
Crowd: 18,000
Weather: Sunny
Pitch Slow

UAE U20 won the toss and elected to bat.

UAE U20 - England U20
Batting - Top Order: 10,228 - 10,687
Batting - Middle Order: 9,596 - 9,532
Batting - Tail: 5,320 - 4,537
Bowling - Seam: 9,892 (30) - 9,760 (30)
Bowling - Spin:11,937 (20) - 10,361 (20)
Fielding/Keeping: 11,384 - 12,047
Overall: 182,963 - 180,631

The Match in a Tweet: UAE WIN A HEARTSTOPPER!

Man of the Match: Caleb Hansberry (Eng)
5 Wicket Haul for the English Tweaker

Our best:
Isra'il Kaleel - 4/44 off 10 overs for the large medium.

Ahmad Kamal - 58 runs from the keeper followed up by two catches with the gloves.

Tawfiq Ghafur - The leggie spinning his way to 3/42 off his 10 overs.

Jawad Habib - An unbeaten 21 with the bat and then 1/29 off the quick's 10 overs. Also took a catch.

Junaid Fattah - 35 with the bat for the skipper and a catch.

A real team effort with the bat - 5 scores over 20. Then our bowlers turned it on late to stunt England's chase. England were 4/107 at drinks. After the 32nd over the Run Rate and Run Rate Required were equal with England 144/6. England's last wicket partnership threatened to take the game away - Hansberry with a frustrating 17 and Clingly with 11. Murat the hero winning the game in the last over with 2 runs to spare. You can't blame Hansberry going for glory though.

Around the Grounds:
USA beat Netherlands by 5 wickets.
Zimbabwe beat Pakistan by 37 runs.

Tune in at 00.00 tomorrow as we take on Pakistan and look to continue the win streak.

Trust in the process

[Exquisiteblue]

Wow what a game. Thought we were going to cruise it and then we snatch it at the death! Lovely stuff.

[heppa]

Won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan.

We got off to another good start thanks to Ata (56). The middle order collapsed, but a 70 run partnership from the two ARs got us to a decent total.

B. Ramadan (rm) 10-1-41-0, N. Abdulah 36 (29b), M. Murat 62 (64b)
End of over 50 (8 runs) - UAE U20(252-6) RR 5.04

[heppa]

T. Ghafur (rws) 10-0-38-0, A. Shanullah 29 (36b), B. Ramadan 3 (10b)
End of over 36 (3 runs) - Pakistan U20(152-5). 101 runs required from 14 overs. RR 4.22 RRR 7.21

Hardly any damage from our spinners. With a finisher at the crease, this could get interesting.

[heppa]

39.4
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Isa to Ramadan : [missed stumping] Ramadan plays for the spin but the ball goes straight on. Unfortunately Rafi was also playing for the spin and misses a simple stumping chance.
39.3
2
Isa to Ramadan : [dropped] Oh dear. Ramadan has sent the ball high into the air. Abdu'llah positions himself under it and... oh no, he's dropped it! Let me tell you, if looks could kill, Isa would be on trial right now...

Can always count on the UAE to make sure the game stays interesting!

[heppa]

Six dropped catches made it a lot closer than it should have been, but we got there in the end...

UAE U20 won by 3 runs

M. Murat (rm) 10-0-59-2, N. Akbar 17 (16b), B. Ramadan 43 (50b)
End of over 50 (8 runs) - Pakistan U20(249-7). 4 runs required from 0 overs. RR 4.98 RRR 0.00