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By K.R. Nayar  The historic Sharjah Cricket Stadium became the stage for yet another special match on Saturday (January 30, 2021). Hollywood Golden Oldies, made up of veteran cricketers and passionate lovers of the game from Los Angeles, who are on a tour of the UAE and Pakistan, took on the Sharjah Veterans team in a 20 over match. Hollywood Golden Oldies and Sharjah Veterans before the start of the match It was a nostalgic trip down memory lane for all those who played in this match. For the Hollywood Golden Oldies, while playing at this venue, it was a recalling of the thrilling matches from the Sharjah Cricket Stadium that they have only seen on television. All of them seemed super excited to play at this historic venue. As soon as they reached the venue, most of them wanted to know where Javed Miandad’s last-ball six had landed way back in the 80's. Sachin Tendulkar's shower of sixes during his breathtaking Desert Storm knock was the other topic of discussion. Mazhar K

By K.R. Nayar T20 cricket blossomed to its full glory through a shower of sixes and belligerent batting from the heroes of Brothers Gas and InterGlobe Marine in the semifinals of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket stadium on Sunday.  For Brothers Gas, Usman Khan hit an unbeaten 80 off 36 balls studded with nine sixes and two boundaries while opener Muhammad Waseem cracked 76 off 37 balls with four sixes and eight boundaries.  For InterGlobe Marine, Asif Khan cracked 72 off 51 balls with four sixes and five boundaries while Yaseer Khaleem scored too scored 72 off 42 balls with four sixes and five boundaries. Twenty-one sixes were hit by these four match winners that carried their teams to the final. The spectacular knocks from four of these finest hitters of UAE's domestic cricket ensured that both the winning teams posted targets of over 200 runs. It was a run spree with a total of 738 runs being scored by the four teams in the keenly fought semif

By K.R. Nayar Twenty-five-year-old Rahul Chopra in his debut season for MGM Cricket Club played a stupendous unbeaten knock of 90 to put on the brakes on The Vision Shipping and reach the semifinal of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament. MGM, who finished third, will now take on InterGlobe Marine, the second-placed team, in the second semifinal on Sunday.  Rahul Chopra dominated The Vision Shipping bowling despite wickets falling at the other end. His 47 balls knock had seven boundaries and five sixes and that helped MGM post 200 for 4 as well as restrict The Vision Shipping to 151 for 9 and win by 49 runs.  This well-c0ntested tournament’s first semifinal between Brothers Gas, the table-toppers, and fourth-placed Karwan Blues will also be held on Sunday. The final will be played on Monday. Speaking about his knock that lifted his team to the semifinal, Rahul Chopra said: “I played my natural game. Our team’s aim was to post a total over 170 runs, and I was delighted I cou

By K.R. Nayar Twenty-year-old Lovepreet Singh, who has been scoring consistently, cracked a timely half-century to ensure Karwan Blues a five-wicket win over Bukhatir XI in the 25 th  match of the  CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday. This budding cricketer, who missed playing for the UAE Under-19 in the Asia Cup due to the tournament getting postponed because of Covid-19, and had crossed the age limit by the time the Asia Cup was held late last year, is displaying all his skills as a fine batsman in this tournament. Singh had cracked an unbeaten knock of 66 against InterGlobe Marine who had a strong bowling attack led by South African spinner Imran Tahir. On Thursday, his 50 off 30 balls lifted Karwan Blues to the third position in the points table and he now has a reason to ensure his team keeps winning their matches. Lovepreet has lived in UAE since he was three years old, and his motivation to perform for Karwan Blues stems from t

  By K.R. Nayar Aitizaz Habib’s 70 runs off 32 balls studded with seven sixes and two boundaries ensured The Vision Shipping an exciting 29-runs win over Karwan Strikers in the 24 th  match of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. It was a spectacular exhibition of power-hitting when in the 16 th  over Aitizaz hit five sixes off left-arm spinner Ahmed Shafiq to help The Vision Shipping post 183 for 6 in 20 overs. Chasing the score, Karwan Strikers could muster only 154 for 9 with Aitizaz sparkling with the ball too by taking two wickets to back Fayyaz Ahmed's three wickets spell. The hard-hitting spectacle began when Aitizaz was batting on 24 off 19 balls. He hit the first ball from Shafiq over long off, then played the second delivery back to the bowler. The third and fourth deliveries went over long on for sixes while the fifth was pulled for a six over mid-wicket. The sixth delivery was hit over the covers for a six to also bri

By K.R. Nayar  Karwan Blues openers Ahaan Fernandes and Fahad Nawaz recorded their second consecutive century partnership in the 23 rd  match of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday to take their team to the third slot in the points table. Their partnership of 107 runs ensured a 70-runs victory over Savannah Lions.  This opening pair had put on a 129 runs partnership in their last match nine-wicket win against Karwan Strikers too. If it was Fahad Nawaz who hit 66 to win the Man of the Match award against Karwan Strikers in their last match, this time it it was Ahaan Fernandes who top-scored with 62 to bag the award. In the match against Karwan Strikers too, Fernandes had hit an unbeaten 56. Fernandes’ knock of 62 off 46 balls had eight boundaries. First to go was Nawaz who hit 47 off 34 balls with five boundaries before Judandre Kruger had him caught off Timoty Alan. Fernandes added another 35 runs with Lovepreet Singh for the second

By K.R. Nayar Fahad Nawaz, who rose from inter-schools cricket to captain the UAE Under-19 team and then represent the UAE national team, produced an allround show to ensure Karwan Blues an emphatic nine-wicket win over Karwan Strikers. In the 22 nd  match of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday, Karwan Blues restricted Karwan Strikers to 130 for 9 and raced to victory through Nawaz’s knock of 66 and his opening partner Ahaan Fernandes’ unconquered 56.  Nawaz also picked two wickets with his left-arm spin. Karwan Strikers after winning the toss elected to bat. They lost both their openers by the second over. Ameer Hamza was the first to go to the fourth ball of the first over when he got caught behind by wicketkeeper Ashwanth Valthappa off Omid Rahman for a duck. Fayyaz Ahmed fell to the fourth ball of the second over, clean bowled by Asif Hayat for 4. Ali Khan and Furqan Khalil took the score to 56 by the ninth over before Khan got

By K.R. Nayar Brothers Gas snapped InterGlobe Marine’s five-match winning run to move to the top of the table while MGM Cricket Club advanced by recording a four-wicket win over Karwan Strikers in the 20 th  and 21 st  matches of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The architects of these teams’ victories were Brothers Gas’s Muhammad Azhar, who produced a three wicket spell to bowl out InterGlobe Marine for 86 runs, and MGM’s Niaz Khan, who also bagged three vital wickets, to restrict Karwan Strikers to 145 for 8. Match 20:  Niaz Khan’s vital blows derail Karwan Strikers Karwan Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Niaz Khan bowling the second over of the match struck by having opener Ameer Hamza caught by Nawab Khan for 4. At the score of 16, Danish Qureshi continued to strike early by clean bowling opener Aryan Lakra for 6. Fayyaz Ahmed and Ali Khan took the score to 48 when Bilal Asif had Fayyaz caught and bowled for 18. Ali

By K.R. Nayar Aitizaz Habib cracked an unbeaten 52 to carry The Vision Shipping to an emphatic seven-wicket win over Savannah Lions in the 19 th  match of the CBFS powered by Fancode T20 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Savannah Lions could muster only 103 runs and Aitizaz carried his team to the target and reached his half-century through a winning shot boundary. It was The Vision Shipping’s second victory in four matches. After winning the toss, Savannah Lions elected to bat. The Vision Shipping’s Jawad Ghani, the hero of their last match win over Bukhatir XI through his 13-ball knock of 43, struck with the ball this time. He removed Lions opener Robin Gow Kleinschmidt caught by Fayyaz Ahmed at extra cover for 1 in the second over. The Vision Shipping skipper Saqib Mehmood also removed the other opener Juandre Kurger caught by Shahbaz Ali at backward point for 11. Roshan Khan and Akshay Rathore added 24 runs for the third wicket before the experienced left-arm