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By K.R. Nayar (For the International Cricket Council website). Click https:  https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3087868  for detailed coverage of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Qualifiers in Ajman   Ajman . UAE and Nepal extended their unbeaten run scoring emphatic victories over Kuwait and Malaysia respectively in the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier 2023 in Ajman. In another match Singapore defeated Hong Kong in a thriller by seven runs.   UAE and Kuwait team captains toss in the presence of  Match Referee Wendell Labrooy  So dominant have UAE and Nepal been in this tournament that it could well be a spectacular clash when these two meet on the final day of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier on March 2. The winner of this tournament will qualify for the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in 2024.   Once again, it was UAE’s Dhruv Parashar who emerged as the hero of their team’s eight

By K.R. Nayar Seven Districts and Karwan Cricket Club were the winner of the first day of the Sharjah 100 which commenced at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday. This format which is being introduced by Sharjah Cricket in domestic cricket was well received and keenly fought. The players adapted to the new type of rules and played enthusiastically. First match winners of Sharjah 100 Seven Districts pull of exciting win The first match was between Seven Districts and Colatta Chocolates ended in an exciting nine runs win for Seven Districts. Batting first, Seven Districts lost opener Muhammad Irshad, bowled by Gopakumar Gopalakrishnan for 5 by the 10 th ball. Opener Muhammad Irfan too followed clean bowled by Mazhar Hussain for 1 at the 16 th delivery. Wicketkeeper Farman Ali and skipper M Haider took the score to 68 in 66 balls when Haider got caught behind by wicketkeeper Shakeer Hydru off Junaid Shamsu for 24. Raees Ahmed too followed caught and bowled by Mohammad Rizwan Sabir

By K.R. Nayar (For the International Cricket Council website). Click  https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3086649  for detailed coverage of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Qualifiers in Ajman   Ajman . UAE’s Dhruv Parashar produced a brilliant around show to ensure UAE an eight-wicket win over Singapore at the Malek Ground -1 in the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier 2023 in Ajman. In another match, Nepal’s skipper Aakash Tirpathi and Hemant Dhami sparkled in a nine-wicket win over Hong Kong in Malek Ground-2.   Malaysia   outplayed Kuwait by five wickets at the Eden Gardens Oval through their skipper Sidharth Karthik Rajaratnam’s half century.   Nepal celebrates during their nine-wicket win over Hong Kong  UAE restricted Singapore to a paltry 101 runs in 37.4 overs through Dhruv Parashar’s five wicket spell giving away just 23 runs. Chasing the score, Dhruv Parashar then backed opener Aryansh Sharma, who cracked 50 runs off 32 balls with 10 boundaries.

By K.R. Nayar Sharjah Cricket which has been in the forefront of introducing many innovations in UAE's domestic cricket, has launched a 100 ball tournament. Ten top teams will take part in this special tournament which is being held from February 27 to March 17 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. This format will see two teams playing a single innings which is restricted to a maximum of 100 balls. This is shorter than Twenty20 format and has proved to be exciting for the players and fans. The tournament will be called Sharjah 100.  Ten top teams in the UAE will compete in this tournament with first match starting from 7.45pm and second match from 11.15pm. Revealing the playing conditions, Sharjah Cricket said it is a shift from overs cricket to number of balls cricket. It will be delight to watch as an over, wherever it is referred to in the Laws and Playing Conditions shall comprise 5 balls. Any reference to 6 balls or 6 valid balls in the Laws shall be replaced by 5 balls and 5

By K.R. Nayar (For the International Cricket Council website). Click  https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3083983 for detailed coverage of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Qualifiers in Ajman Ajman.  Singapore and Malaysia lit up the second day’s action in the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier 2023 in Ajman after both teams tied their scores and Singapore pulled off a Super Over win at the Malek Ground 2. UAE skipper Aayan Afzal Khan leads his team to the pavilion after victory over Hong Kong through a five-wicket spell  Singapore posted 202 in 50 overs through Sidhanth Srikanth’s 58 and Aryaveer Chaudhary’s 36. Malaysia fought back despite struggling at 116 for 6 at one stage to level the score through Muhammad Azri Azhar’s stubborn unbeaten 39. In the Super Over, Malaysia scored 7 for 1 but Aryaveer Chaudhary, who produced an allround show scoring not only 36 runs but also bagging three wickets for 25 runs, scored an unbeaten 8 to win the match. Singapor

By K.R. Nayar (For the International Cricket Council website). Click https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/3080091 for detailed coverage of the ICC Under-19 World Cup Asia Qualifiers in Ajman Ajman.   UAE and Nepal recorded assertive victories over Malaysia and Singapore respectively while Hong Kong registered a thrilling one-wicket win over Kuwait on the opening day of the ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Asia Qualifier 2023 in Ajman. Hong Kong Under-19 team that pulled off a one-wicket win over Kuwait  UAE’s out-and-out seven-wicket win over Malaysia displayed their strength in the bowling and batting department. They restricted Malaysia to 121 in 43 overs through brilliant bowling led by the Player of the Match Ammar Badami (2 for 25) and backed by Harit Harish Shetty (2 for 18), Aayan Afzal Khan (2 for 19), Dhruv Parashar (2 for 23) and Harshit Seth (2 for 21). UAE then raced to a seven wicket victory in 17.2 overs through a run-a-ball 48 from Aryan Saxena with six bo