UAE U20 - News & Discussion

[Penky]

K. Pennefather (rfs) 3-0-13-1, A. Dhul 15 (23b), R. Salih 33 (38b)
End of over 14 (5 runs) - UAE U20(78-3) RR 5.57

Going a bit slow I think, wanted 140

[Penky]

E. Chimbetu (rws) 4-0-26-0, M. Aziz 17 (11b), R. Ibraheem 38 (18b)
End of over 20 (11 runs) - UAE U20(139-5) RR 6.95

Awesome hitting from Ibraheem and a lot of misfields (4 boundaries in the last 2 overs) get us to a decent score

[Penky]

P. Galvez (rm) 3-0-19-0, R. Esterhuizen 52 (47b), M. Perrin 4 (7b)
End of over 18 (5 runs) - Zimbabwe U20(118-3). 22 runs required from 2 overs. RR 6.56 RRR 11.00

Fielding not kind to us either with 4 drops so far. Going to the wire here

[Penky]

End of over 20 (14 runs) - Zimbabwe U20(139-4). 1 runs required from 0 overs. RR 6.95 RRR 0.00
19.63Galvez to Perrin : [missed runout] Perrin plays a cover drive towards the boundary. Ibraheem gathers the ball but the return is wide of the stumps and the batsmen just scrape home

[Penky]

Still unbeaten and in a quality position though! I might buy every youth UAE NT on market. Love having em play parts in these games.

2 left and now time to cement that top spot!

Try having 7 on tour and losing titles All for the good of the UAE though

[Penky]

But yeah, still looking good. A win would've all but sealed promotion, but we can still do that with a win tomorrow and a loss for England or Zimbabwe

[heppa]

That's very disappointing. 4 drops meant they had a chance to win it and then a missed run out on the last ball to tie. We rated higher in fielding too.

I guess if we aren't losing games like this, then it's a good sign.

[Penky]

M. Qutab (rws) 1-0-7-0, J. Fattah 19 (18b), A. Ata 8 (12b)
End of over 5 (7 runs) - UAE U20(32-0) RR 6.40

A. Shariq (lfs) 2-0-13-2, R. Salih 9 (4b), N. Abdulah 1 (2b)
End of over 8 (9 runs) - UAE U20(49-4) RR 6.12

Another example of good start on a crumbler = bad news

[Penky]

S. Moiz (rm) 4-0-24-1, N. Ommar 33 (25b), Y. Hadad 1 (2b)
End of over 20 (6 runs) - UAE U20(118-8) RR 5.90

Ommar carries us to a slightly sub-par score. Can see this one going to the wire too, we don't do t20 blowouts

[Penky]

UAE U20 won by 2 runs
H. Fawzi (lfm) 4-0-28-1, S. Hamid 6 (5b), S. Moiz 6 (5b)
End of over 20 (9 runs) - Pakistan U20(116-8). 3 runs required from 0 overs. RR 5.80 RRR 0.00

Fawzi and Abdulah hold their nerve!

[heppa]

Another good bowling performance. We tried to even things up with a couple of key misfields but we got over the line.

Somehow we're undefeated after 4 games and still need a win tomorrow for promotion. A loss will likely see us slip to third

[MOD-MrMoose]

A nervous win but a win none the less. Need to finish with a win tomorrow to guarantee top of the tour and the promotion.

Apologies for no Zimbabwe match write up just yet. I’ll get these last two matches written up tonight.