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Toss Report
The International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Intercontinental Cup flies to UAE as the hosts gear up to face Afghanistan in this month’s first 4-Day match of the competition, which kicks off today, October 5, 2011 at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE.
UAE Captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Khan-c71386, has won the toss and opted to bat first at the Sharjah venue, forcing the opponents to take on the new ball.
Team Afghanistan, under the Captaincy of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 - who secured the summit with their 2 wins from as many outings.
As for UAE, the Arabian side’s preceding 4-Day match was held in Nairobi, on July 28, 2011, against the Kenyan hosts, who were defeated by the tourists with a mammoth margin of 266 runs.
Hence, for the current bout, Skipper Khurram will once again rely on his side to put up another good show against the Afghanistan squad, which has already secured a strong ground on the competition.
Opting to bat first, UAE will kick off its innings with a slight change in its top order, built on opener Bakhtiar Palekar, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Swapnil-Mantri-c92119 Patil, followed by the middle-order and the eventual tail.
However, if the team is to suffer an early loss, the Captain will have to take on the task to retain wickets, and deliver another exceptional batting performance which he delivered during UAE’s last match against the Kenyans.
Starring in the middle order, Khurram managed to top score UAE’s line-up with 85 runs during the opening innings and trailed on to whack an imposing tally of 113 in the following one.
On the other hand, Skipper Mangal will be banking on his able arsenal of bowlers, kicking off with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamid-Hassan-c1524, who secured a superb bag of 10 wickets during his team’s preceding match against the Canadians, to restrict the opponent from producing a long-lasting
innings.
Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nabi-c77111.
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