Senior NAT Team - General Discussion

[heppa]

Head up lads, it’s difficult with the players we have available to us. Enjoy the write ups moose

[MOD-MrMoose]

Not enough runs. Not enough wickets. Same old story.

Tour Match # 3
VS
Result: win by 4 wickets

The Match in a tweet: UAE winless after 3 matches and need to turn it around to win the remaining two matches to gain some respect from the tour and hopefully avoid relegation.

Man of the Match: Peter Boucher

Our best:
Kamal Qassem 1/12 off his 4 overs.

The only really shining light in today’s game. Everyone except Salah got to mid teens with the bat and all bowlers took one wicket each.

Tune in at 0200 tomorrow as we take on Kenya.

Need to find something in the remaining two matches.

Trust in the process

[heppa]

We looked OK for a minute there. Lost 8-35 when we needed to kick on

[MOD-MrMoose]

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall”

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about to learning how to dance in the rain”

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement”


Have some pretty quotes about failure to focus on the future.
Let’s not focus on the fact that today’s loss means we will bottom out of this tour regardless of tomorrow’s result.
Let’s all equip a growth mindset and look forward to future successes.

Tour Match # 4
VS
Result: win by 45 runs

The Match in a tweet: Oh dear. UAE lose the last 8 wickets for 35 runs to hand Kenya an easy a win. A horror 3 overs saw 5 wickets drop for just 11 runs right when UAE needed to dig in and put up a fight.

Man of the Match:
Daudi Ngwale

Our best:
Aban Haqq - 4/26 off his 4 overs. Including a nice little cluster of two wickets in the 8th over right when Kenya were building nicely at 1/50. Foxed the last with a fully - rate that immensely.

Ismael Saad - a solid 39 from the opener and at 2/60 odd in the 10th over we were looking a real chance.
Then disaster struck!
None the less a pass mark for Saad.

Simply outplayed today. Our bowlers actually took a few clusters of wickets that slowed down Kenya’s innings a smidge. Unfortunately there was just nothing worth watching with the bat after drinks. It’s also worth noting that Kenya’s line up includes LeBron James and Romelu Lukaku.

Tune in at 02.00 tomorrow as we take on Sri Lanka and let us all pray for a win.

Trust in the process

[heppa]

Rubbish effort from our batsmen this week. At any sign of pressure, they all fell over.

Tough luck guys - onto the SOD tour now.

[MOD-MrMoose]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! NEW YEAR = NEW UAE



Well that's the first joke of 2021.

NEW YEAR = SAME OLD UAE. Leaked too many runs and stumbled late in the chase.

Tour Match # 5
VS
Result: win by 10 runs

The Match in a Tweet:
In the words of Clarkey himself "what a load of junk... GARBAGE"
T20 is a farce. It's like giving two toddlers large sticks, letting them smack each other for 3 hours and declaring the one with less bruises the winner. It's a brutes game, a snatch and grab for the entertainment of cricket casuals. A complete disrespect to the nuances and skill of the great game.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the UAE Management

Man of the Match: Ariyasiri David

Our best:
David De Gea - the big keeper was put up the order and did not disappoint. A solid 64 including an opening partnership of 55 with Saad.

Kareef Sameh - 3/48 of his four overs. Economically speaking Sameh was a leaky tap today but 3 scalps made him the pick of the bowlers.

Same old story unfortunately, bowlers leaked too man runs and the batsmen were unable to build from a handy start.

Tour Wrap will follow shortly - just need to bang my head against the wall for a min or two.

Trust in the process

[MOD-MrMoose]

Not a good week. Only team not to finish on three wins for the tour.

BANGLADESH Nat Twenty20 3 Tour 28/12/2020 - 01/01/2021

Results:
7 wicket loss to Bangladesh
20 run loss to Zimbabwe
4 wicket loss to South Africa
45 run loss to Kenya
10 run loss to Sri Lanka

Ladder:
1st. Bangladesh 3 wins 2 losses +0.44 NRR
2nd. Kenya 3 wins 2 losses +0.39 NRR
3rd. South Africa 3 wins 2 losses +0.24 NRR
4th. Sri Lanka 3 wins 2 losses 0.00 NRR
5th. Zimbabwe 3 wins 2 losses -0.08 NRR
6th. UAE 0 wins 5 losses -1.03 NRR

Everyone else ended up with 3 wins and the top 5 were incredibly close. Unfortunately we were bottom of the heap and didn't manage a win.

Now a look into how our lads performed individually this week:

Our Best Performers:
1. Amir Alam (197 fantasy points from 3 matches including one MOTM)
2. Aban Haqq (187 fantasy points from 3 matches)
3. David De Gea (176 fantasy points from 3 matches)

The Shockers:
1. Khayri Salah (6 fantasy points from 4 matches)
2. Rahul Jabbar (7 fantasy points from 4 matches)
3. Mujahid Zakiyy (11 fantasy points from 3 matches)

Most Runs Scored:
1. David De Gea (122 runs from 3 innings)
2. Ismael Saad (85 runs from 4 innings)
3. Alan Morrow (49 runs from 3 innings)

Best Score: David De Gea with 64 from 53 balls against Sri Lanka.

Most Wickets Taken:
1. Aban Haqq (5 wickets for 81 runs from 3 matches and 72 balls)
2. Kareef Sameh (4 wickets for 103 runs from 2 matches and 48 balls)
2. Amir Alam (4 wickets for 74 runs from 3 matches and 66 balls)
2. Majid Jaber (4 wickets for 72 runs from 3 matches and 72 balls)

Best Figures:
Aban Haqq (4/26 against Kenya)

Best Bowling Economy:
Kamal Qassem @ 4.83 an over from his 3 matches and 12 overs.

Best Fielder:
Rashid Oohood (2 catches and 1 runout from his 4 matches)

Goes without saying that this week didn't go as hoped for. Time to look to the future with a bit of optimism.

Next senior tour is a One Day Div 2 Tour starting on the 11th of January.

However, make sure you tune in for the U20s as they chase success in a Div. 2 T20 Tour next week.

U-20 T20 Div. 2 Fixture is:
4th January 09.00 Vs. Scotland
5th January 09.00 Vs. Bangladesh
6th January 09.00 Vs. Ireland
7th January 09.00 Vs. Sri Lanka
8th January 09.00 Vs. South Africa

Get around the young fellas as they are the future of cricket in our great nation.

Hope you've all enjoyed my ramblings this week. Pity about the quality of cricket.

Tune in as the youth take on the slash and dash lottery.

[heppa]

I thought Haqq was the only guy we could really trust this week. Thanks for the effort Moose, we'll see you next week

[heppa]

How can you say the best economy when there is an obvious better economy just under the player you highlighted? Just saying.
Majid Jaber economy of 6 even

Interesting bit of sass from a newer manager who has no affiliation with UAE.

I'd say Moose has done a fantastic job updating our community each day. It wouldn't be fair to point out a minor insignificant error while ignoring everything else.

[MOD-MrMoose]

How can you say the best economy when there is an obvious better economy just under the player you highlighted? Just saying.
Majid Jaber economy of 6 even

Good pick up Klauts.

I was initially going to do best bowling average as well as economy. Haqq had the best average and I must have confused myself when I decided to just do the economy rate - best ER was actually Qassem (have updated above).

Guess I am human after all and occasionally make mistakes.

Just glad someone is reading my nonsense to be honest.

[MOD-MrMoose]

I'd say Moose has done a fantastic job updating our community each day.

Thanks Heppa - appreciate it