DCC edge past ADCC in points

BY : A STAFF REPORTER.
Dubai Cricket Council XI nosed ahead of Abu Dhabi Cricket Council XI by 0.02 points as the third game in the National Bank of Dubai Trophy finished in a winning draw for Dubai Cricket Council.

With this victory, all the three teams have featured in a winning draw with Sharjah edging past Dubai in the first game, then Abu Dhabi getting past Sharjah in the second and now Dubai has moved past Abu Dhabi by a fraction in the third game of this interesting two day series being played in this country for the first time under the sponsorship of National Bank of Dubai.

Abu Dhabi who had won the toss and asked Dubai to bat on the first day saw DCC, declare their first innings with 200 runs on the board in 61.3 overs in which Kashif Khan struck an unbeaten 103 runs in 149 balls. He hit 14 boundaries and the last of these helped him to reach his coveted hundred while DCC notched up 200 runs at the same time and the declaration was applied.

Tehseen Zaidi fought back for ADCC with a fighting knock of 50 runs while Yogesh Mistry supported him well with an unbeaten 31 runs to help ADCC to 106 runs in 29.5 overs when they declared their innings closed. Swing bowler Mukhtar Qadri dazzled with an amazing spell of 6 wickets for 49 runs to be the chief destroyer for DCC.

In the second innings, Kashif Khan once again continued from where he left in the first innings and stroked a lovely knock of 45 runs in 62 balls after both the openers, Arshad Ali and Akbar Rana failed once again.

Kashif struck five boundaries and was well supported by Irfan Dar, who stuck around with a dogged knock of 39 runs in 79 balls in which he hit four boundaries and a six.

Kashif dominated the match with his superb batting display and finished the game with 148 runs in two innings being dismissed once. Skipper Adnan contributed 20 runs while Taskeen batted well to remain unbeaten on 24.

Imtiaz Rasool was the pick of the ADCC bowlers with 3 wickets for 38 runs while Aslam bagged 2 for 46 runs.

Needing 255 runs to beat DCC with only two hours of play remaining was a tall task but ADCC did well to finish the day losing only one wicket of Kaif Ghaury (16), who was snaffled by wicket-keeper Zubair off left arm spinner Gopal Jassapara.

Tehseen Zaidi once again batted well hitting a neat 43 runs in 104 balls with six fours while Saqib Ali held his end with 19 runs in 43 balls.

The points tally at the end of this two day game saw DCC total (3.4 batting points + 4 bowling points = 7.4 points) while ADCC totaled (1.88 batting points + 5.5 bowling points = 7.38 points) which allowed DCC to fractionally edge ahead by 0.02 points.

Summarized Scores:

1st innings:
Dubai Cricket Council 200 for 6 in 61.3 overs declared ( Kashif Khan 103 n.o., Taskeen Siddiqui 30, Amjad Javed 17, Nadeem Haji 16 n.o., Mohammed Aslam 2 for 42, Imtiaz Rasool 2 for 50, Owais 2 for 65)
Abu Dhabi cricket Council 106 for 7 in 29.5 overs ( Tehseen Zaidi 50, Yogesh Mistry 31 n.o., Mukhtar Qadri 6 for 49)

2nd innings:
DCC 140 for 5 in 47.1 overs ( Irfan Dar 39, Kashif Khan 45, A.M. Adnan 20, Taskeen Siddiqui 24 n.o., Imtiaz Rasool 3 for 38, Mohammed Aslam 2 for 46)
ADCC 82 for 1 in 31 overs ( Tehseen Zaidi 43, Kaif Ghaury 16, saqib Ali 19)
Man of the match: Kashif Khan of Dubai Cricket Council.

Friday, April 30, 2004.
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