Malaysia v Maldives – Asian Cricket Council Trophy Elite 2012 (Group A) – Match Update
A five-wicket haul from Anwar Rahman, followed by Ahmed Faiz’ unbeaten half-ton, propelled Malaysia to a 7 wicket win over Maldives in their Group A match, during the ongoing Asian Cricket Council Trophy Elite 2012, played on October 7 at the Sharjah Cricket
Stadium.
Maldives won the toss and skipper Moosa Kaleem decided to bat first. However, Player of the Match Anwar Rahman (10-0-27-5) and Nazril Rahman (7-1-31-2) both ensured that Maldives were kept at bay, and eventually restricted all out to a final total of 146.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out at
the crease for a 50-run stand, which got their side’s total up to 63 by the 11th over.
However, Anwar Rahman intervened to break it up and sent both batsmen back to the pavilion, following it up with the dismissals of Mohotte Jayakody (10) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ismail-c64603 Nihad (2) in the 21st over, with both batsmen trapped lbw.
Maldives’ Ahmed Faiz remained not out on 39, but he received little to no support from the remainder of the batsmen. Mohamed Mahfooz (1), Husham Ibrahim (3), Hassan Ibrahim (3) and Neesham http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 (0) were all unremarkable, and by the end of 38 overs, Maldives
were all out at 146.
Malaysia’s innings got off to a shaky start, with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Faizal-Abu-Hassan-c76855 dismissed on duck in the very first over by Hassan Ibrahim. However, Anwar Arudin (31) and Malaysia’s Ahmed Faiz (who top-scored for the team with an unbeaten 66) rallied the side
almost immediately, setting up a 55-run stand for the second wicket.
Mohamed Mahfooz intervened in the 14th over to take http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Faiz-Mohammad-Noor-c42316, which got the team total up to 119.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Shafiq-Sharif-c77311 (6*) enabled the team to reach 147, with 7 wickets
and 105 balls still remaining.
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