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By K.R. Nayar Collaze Bake House skipper Renjith Mani is now used to becoming a match winner. Through a brilliant 65 runs and taking a breakthrough wicket he ensured his team a four runs win over Thambapanni Lions in a last over thriller in the 29th Bukhatir League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Tuesday night. Renjith Mani recorded a hat-trick of Player of the Match awards through this allround show. He had also bagged the Player of the Match awards in their previous matches against Z Game Strikers and Gems Education Cricket team too.   Skipper Renjith Mani’s allround show continues   Thambapanni Lions won the toss and elected to field. Collaze Bake House’s opener Qamar Awan got run out for 11 after being in an opening partnership of 27 runs with his skipper Renjith Mani. Then one-drop Shakeer Hydru and Renjith Mani put on 90 runs for the second wicket.  Renjith Mani got out to Glenn Warren Fernandes for 65 at the score of 117. His knock off 39 balls had...

By K.R. Nayar Sajid Iqbal’ fine knock of 65 gave Gems Education Cricket team an impressive 69 runs win over Z Game Strikers in the 29th Bukhatir League T20 on Monday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Gems Education Cricket team also bowled brilliantly to bowl out Z Game Strikers for just 82 runs in 16.2 overs while chasing a total of 151 for 7 in 20 overs.   Sajid Iqbal and Anwar Khan’s fine knock spur Gems Education Cricket team   Gems Education Cricket team won the toss and elected to bat. Openers Balraj Singh and Salman Shahid fell early. Singh got clean bowled to Shahid Bhutta for 3 and Shahid got out to Irfan Khattak for 6. This was followed by an 89 runs partnership for the third wicket between Anwar Khan and Sajid Iqbal. Anwar became Shahid Bhutta’s second victim for 43. Three runs later, Muhammad Salman got clean bowled to Faisal Altaf for 3 while Muhammad Farooq Momand got run out for 4.   Abdul Malik added another eight runs with Sajid Iqbal be...

By K.R. Nayar It was a bowlers’ day in the 29th Bukhatir League T20 on Sunday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Riaz Khaliq Kaku produced a hat-trick to bowl out First Abu Dhabi Bank for 75 in 15 overs and help Warriors Cricket Club record a nine wicket win in the 11th match of the 29th Bukhatir League. Nipun Babu, through a brilliant four wicket spell, helped CSS Group record a stunning eight-wicket win over Future Mattress in the 12th match. Future Mattress was bowled out for 84 and CSS Group won the match in 16 overs. Riaz Khaliq Kaku’s hat-trick show First Abu Dhabi Bank won the toss and elected to bat. Skipper and opener Sajish Siva scored eight out of the nine runs opening stand before falling to Arsalan Ahmed. One-drop Rahman Ghani got out to a duck, clean bowled also by Arsalan Ahmed. Next man Shabeeb then got out for a duck, clean bowled by Intizaar Ali. Opener Karthik, who kept the scoreboard moving, was caught behind by wicketkeeper Kaunain Abbas of Malinda Pushp...

By K.R. Nayar Kiran Mohan’s timely knock of 36 lifted newcomers Goodrich Gladiators to an exciting four wicket win over Z Game Strikers with three balls to spare in the ninth match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 contest on Saturday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. In the tenth match, The Vision Shipping recorded a five-wicket win over Shahram Dubai Knights  riding on Umar Arshad’s knock of 51 runs.   Kiran Mohan’s valuable knock spur Goodrich Gladiators   Z Games Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Opener and skipper Shahrukh Muhammad Amin along with opener Muhammad Furqan Khalil put on 67 runs in 7.5 overs. Muhammad Furqan Khalil got out to Shawn George after he had scored 34 runs. Shahrukh Muhammad Amin took the score to 72 along with Moazam before Muhammad Amin got out to Fayas for 27. Moazam steered the total past the 100 runk mark with Zainullah.   At the score of 139, Moazam, who had batted fluently, got out to Kumaran Raj for 36. Zain...

By K.R. Nayar Zohaib Khan’s stupendous allround show helped CSS Group record a huge 149 runs victory over First Abu Dhabi Bank in the eighth match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 contest on Friday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. CSS Group posted 215 for 6 in 20 overs through half centuries from Zohaib (57) and Jeevan Gangadharan (59n.o). In reply, First Abu Dhabi Bank was bowled out for 66 in 18.2 overs with Zohaib taking two wickets backed by Nipun Babu’s spell of three wickets for three runs.   Zohaib Khan’s fine allround show   First Abu Dhabi Bank won the toss and elected to field. CSS Group openers Zohaib Khan and Abhinand Maladath put on 36 runs in 3.1 overs. Sajish Siva trapped Abhinand Maladath leg before for 24. One-drop Fazal Oasis and Zohaib Khan took the score to 65 in 6.2 overs. Naeemuddin Aslam got Fazal Oasis out for 20. Abhiram Hrithwik too fell to Naeemuddin Aslam for 2 at the score of 72.   Vishnuraj and Zohaib then    steer...

By K.R. Nayar Gems Education Cricket team’s Shahid Nawaz and Ali Afridi bagged three wickets each to destroy Goodrich Gladiators and win the match by five wickets in the seventh match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 contest on Thursday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Goodrich Gladiators were bowled out for 84 in 18.4 overs and Gems Education Cricket team won in 12.1 overs. Shahid Nawaz and Ali Afridi’s three wicket spells Goodrich Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat. Opener Banty Nandy got caught behind by wicketkeeper Salman off Abdul Malik for a duck. Soon opener Raweem Babar fell at the score of 14 to Shahid Nawaz for 8. Two runs later, Shawn George became Abdul Malik’s second victim for 5. At the score of 34, Kiran Jyothi got caught behind by wicketkeeper Salman off Shahid Nawaz for 15. When half the side was back in the dug out, Sowrabh Kesari fell to Muhammad Farooq Momand for 5. P.S. Mani carried the score to 75 scoring 13 runs before getting run out. At the sam...

By K.R. Nayar Collaze Bake House skipper Renjith Mani led from the front to ensure his team a five-wicket win over Z Game Strikers in the sixth match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 contest on Wednesday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. He not only top scored with a timely 31 runs but also picked a valuable wicket and produced a run out to restrict Z Game Strikers to 142 for 4 in 20 overs. Collaze Bake House won the match in 15.5 overs.   Skipper Renjith Mani shows the way   Collaze Bake House won the toss and elected to field. Z Game Strikers openers Muhammad Furqan Khalil and skipper Shahrukh Muhammad Amin scored 37 runs in the powerplay. Furqan Khalil got clean bowled to Mazhar Hussain for 12. Shahrukh Muhammad Amin, who kept the scoreboard moving, was clean bowled by Touqeer Riyasat for 33. Moazam and Awais Nazir pushed the score to 95 in 14.2 overs before  Nazir got run to Renjith Mani for 18.   Ashwanth Valthappa and Moazam then steered the to...

By K.R. Nayar Warriors Cricket Club skipper Kaunain Abbas’ knock of 60 and Faraazuddin’s unbeaten 52 steered their team to an exciting nine-runs win over Shahram Dubai Knights in the fifth match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. After posting a challenging total of 161 for 7 in 20 overs, Shahram Dubai Knights got restricted to 152 for 9 in 20 overs. A stupendous allround show from Shahram Dubai Knights’ Faisal Baig, who produced a hat-trick and bagged four wickets and hit 71 runs went in vain. Captain’s knock from Kaunain Abbas and Faisal Baig’s allround show It was Warriors Cricket Club second successive victory after they beat The Vision Shipping in their first match. Warriors Cricket Club won the toss and elected to bat against Shahram Dubai Knights. Abubakar Khan took the valuable wicket of Usman Khan, who had hit 105 in his last match, clean bowled for 2 with the fourth ball of the first over. Opener Shaurya Singh and skipper Kaunain A...

By K.R. Nayar Faisal Altaf’s three-wicket spell ensured Z Game Strikers record a nail-biting two-runs win over Thambapanni Lions in the fourth match of the 29th Bukhatir League T20 match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Monday night. Z Game Strikers were restricted to 163 for 7 in 20 overs but they fought back to stop Thambapanni Lions to 161 for 9 in 20 overs through some fine bowling and good fielding.   Faisal Altaf’s spell gives Z Games Strikers a two- runs win Z Game Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Opener Ronak Panoly went for the shots but at the score of 17 he got out to Hirantha Baddage for 11.  This was followed by a partnership of 64 runs between opener Muhammad Furqan Khalil and Shahrukh Muhammad Amin. At the score of 81, Furqan Khalil got out stumped by wicketkeeper Shabik off Samal Udawaththa for 28. One run later, Shahrukh Muhammad Amin too fell caught and bowled by Samal Udawaththa for 37.   Safeer Tariq and Ahaan Fernandes steered th...

By K.R. Nayar The second day of the 29th Bukhatir League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium witnessed one of the most dominant and destructive batting displays in UAE’s domestic cricket by Warriors Cricket Club’s opener Usman Khan. His knock of 105 chasing The Vision Shipping’s total of 148 for 9 came off just 53 balls studded with 13 boundaries and five sixes. So dominant was his batting that not only his batting partners but the bowlers and fielders too could merely watch his aggressive batting in awe. Warriors Cricket Club won the match by five wickets with two overs to spare. I n the first match of the day, Shahram Dubai Knights defeated First Abu Dhabi Bank by six wickets. First Abu Dhabi Bank was shot out for 105 in 18.5 overs and Shahram Dubai Knights  won the match in just 10.3 overs. Usman Khan’s show in Warriors Cricket Club’s win Usman Khan’s show was witnessed in the third match of the 29th Bukhatir League and the second match on Sunday. Warriors Cricket Club had wo...