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InterGlobe Marine’s Sandeep Singh’s 67 and Colatta Chocolates' Taimoor Ali’s 71 give their teams impressive victories in the CBFS S10 matches

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By K.R. Nayar Sandeep Singh hit a fine 67 runs to give InterGlobe Marine a 41-runs victory over Sona Gold & Diamonds while Taimoor Ali’s bright knock of 71 gave Colatta Chocolates a 30-runs victory over 11 ACE in the CBFS S10 matches held at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Both knocks were played with such domination that Sandeep’s 67 came off just 24 balls with seven boundaries and four sixes, and Taimoor’s 71 came off 26 balls with six boundaries and five sixes.   Sandeep Singh and Hameed Khan give InterGlobe Marine a huge victory The first match saw InterGlobe Marine’s batting excel once again. Opting to bat first, Sandeep Singh, who opened with Hameed Khan, scored at a brisk pace and put on a 104 runs partnership in 6.3 overs. Sandeep Singh did majority of the scoring by hitting 67 runs before falling to Syed Mohamed Hussain. One-drop Vishnu Sukumaran got out for a duck to the first ball he faced from Syed Mohamed Hussain.   Opener Hameed khan and D...

Iftikhar Ahmed’s stupendous unbeaten 83 helps Bangla Tigers leap past Delhi Bulls

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From K.R. Nayar in Abu Dhabi Iftikhar Ahmed’s stupendous unbeaten 83 from 30 balls studded with eight sixes and five boundaries helped Bangla Tigers leap past Delhi Bulls in the 19th match on the seventh day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.  Bangla Tigers who were at bottom of the points table recorded their second win and pushed Delhi Bulls to the last slot  in the battle of two bottom placed teams.   Iftikhar Ahmed... mighty shots  Delhi Bulls elected to field and began their attack through Imad Wasim. Bangla Tigers’ opener Joe Clarke hit Wasim’s third and fifth deliveries for boundaries. Clarke was more severe on Keemo Paul hitting the first, second and fourth deliveries for boundaries. Paul struck back with the last ball of the over by getting Clarke out for 25.   The third over was bowled by India’s veteran off spinner Harbhajan Singh. He gave away just seven runs preventing the batsmen from scoring any bound...

Dan Lawrence and Carlos Brathwaite’s brave hitting takes The Chennai Braves past Deccan Gladiators for their second victory

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From K.R. Nayar in Abu Dhabi Dan Lawrence and Carlos Brathwaite led The Chennai Braves brave march past Deccan Gladiator in the 18th match on the seventh day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Lawrence hit an 18-ball 40 runs with four boundaries and two sixes while Brathwaite smashed a seven-ball 27 runs with four sixes. The onslaught by this pair helped Chennai Braves record a six wicket win with three balls to spare.   Dan Lawrence.. superb timing shots  Chennai had only one win before this match and had lost three matches while Gladiators had won three matches and lost only one.   Chennai Braves won the toss and opted to field. Deccan Gladiators’s aggressive openers Jason Roy and Tom Kohler-Cadmore began confidently. Kohler-Cadmore hit Sam Cook for a boundary off the third ball to mid-off and a six off the last ball to long off. Roy glided Olly Stone’s third delivery to the third man for a boundary.   In the third...

Team Abu Dhabi’s Peter Hatzoglou and Andrew Tye wreck Samp Army’s batting for an 18 runs win

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From K.R. Nayar in Abu Dhabi Through a fine display of accurate bowling backed by some excellent fielding, Team Abu Dhabi destroyed Morrisville Samp Army’s batting and pulled off an 18-runs win in the 17th match on the seventh day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Though Team Abu Dhabi could post only 100 for 3 in 10 overs, Peter Hatzoglou (3 for 6) and Andrew Tye (3 for 17) backed by Fabian Allen (2 for 24) restricted Samp Army to 82 for 9 in 10 overs. Peter Hatzoglou... accurate spell At one stage, Samp Army were tottering at 28 for 8 in 6.1 overs before UAE’s Basil Hameed hit an unbeaten 47 off 18 balls with five sixes and three boundaries to give some respect to his team’s total. Team Abu Dhabi had won the toss and elected to bat. Samp Army began with UAE’s Ahmed Raza bowling the first over. He struck with the first ball clean bowling the dangerous Alex Hales. The ball spun past his forward defence to hit the bails. James Vince, who joined ...

Waqas Ali’s brilliant knock of 82 gives Karwan Cricket Club a big win while Amjad Gul’s breezy knock lifts Pacific Group to an exciting victory in the CBFS S10 matches

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By K.R. Nayar Waqas Ali’s fine knock of 82 off just 35 balls with ten boundaries and four sixes backed by Ameer Hamza’s 50 off 22 balls with five boundaries and three sixes gave Karwan Cricket Club a comfortable 38 runs win over Syed Agah Cricket Club. In another match, Amjad Gul’s breezy timely unbeaten knock of 33 runs helped Pacific Group to an exciting six-wicket win over The Vision Shipping with just one ball to spare.   Waqas Ali and Ameer Hamza partnership give Karwan Club an easy win The first match of the day began on a sensational note after Karwan Club elected to bat. Both their openers got    run out for no score. None then imagined that their team would post a huge total except Ameer Hamza and Waqas Ali. Both of them settled down and began to strike fluently.    Ameer Hamza put on a 123-runs partnership with Waqas Ali before getting out to Ansar Khan. He scored exactly 50 runs. Waqas Ali continued to score freely and with Ghulam Murtaza ...

Usman Khan and Adam Lyth lift Northern Warriors to a 34 runs win over Chennai Braves

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From K.R. Nayar in Abu Dhabi  Usman Khan and Adam Lyth’s stupendous batting display lifted Northern Warriors to a 34 runs win over The Chennai Braves  in the 16th match on the sixth day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Monday. Usman Khan cracked 65 off 24 balls with six boundaries and five sixes while Adam Lyth remained unbeaten on 54 off 25 balls with four boundaries and four sixes to help Nothern Warriors post a whopping 141 for 3 in 10 overs.   Chasing the target, The Chennai Braves could muster only 107 for 5 in 10 overs. Usman Khan... a six for the crowd Northern Warriors won the toss and elected to bat. Usman Khan opened with Adam Lyth and was in belligerent mood from the start. He began by hitting Patrick Dooley’s fourth and fifth deliveries from the first over for sixes to long off and mid-wicket.   Usman continued his big hits in the second over from Sam Cook . After hitting Cook for a boundary to mid-wicket off the second...

New York Strikers snap Samp Army’s winning run in the battle of debutants

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From K.R. Nayar in Abu Dhabi New York Strikers snapped Morrisville Samp Army's three match winning spree by pulling off a 12 runs win in the 15th match on the sixth day of the Abu Dhabi T10 at the Abu Dhabi Zayed Cricket Stadium on Monday. The battle of the two debutants to this tournament was intense with New York Strikers posting 110 for 8 through Azam Khan’s 47 and Paul Stirling’ 34. Samp Army were restricted to 98 for 5 despite skipper Moeen Ali’s fighting knock of 42 .   Azam Khan... superb shots  Morrisville Samp Army had won the toss and elected to field. New York Strikers’ opener Paul Stirling got  the first boundary of the day through an outside edge off Sheldon Cottrell’s fifth ball to the third man region. The last ball of that over too got him a boundary when he placed it past the point fielder.   Stirling was severe on UAE’s Ahmed Raza who bowled the second over. He hit him for two consecutive boundaries off the second and third ...