United Arab Emirates v Hong Kong – Asian Cricket Council Trophy Elite 2012 (Group B) – Match Update
A timely half-century from Shaiman Anwar saw the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Global Cricket Academy in
Dubai.
The UAE won the toss and elected to field first – a decision which was justified by the performances of Ahmed Raza (10-0-27-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asanka-Manjula-Guruge-c46225 (5-0-34-3), both of whom did not allow any of the opposition’s batsmen to settle in at the crease.
Hong Kong opened their innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Atkinson-c46666 (23) and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nizakat-Khan-c79759 (who top-scored for the team with 40) teamed up for a 32-run partnership, which was followed by a 41-run stand between Nizakat Khan and Kinchit Shah (13).
Their combined efforts got the team total up to 137, but both were dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ahmed-Raza-c42350 before they could proceed further. The remainder of the innings featured mediocre performances – while Babar Hayat (12), wicketkeeper batsman Anshuman Rath (21),
Tanwir http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daljeet-Singh-c52134 (3) failed to reach double figures.
By the end of 50 overs, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nadeem-Ahmed-c78385 (7*) the lone batsman at the crease, Hong Kong finished, all out, at 215. While the total was a decent one, the team’s bowlers were unable to defend it, and the UAE reached 218 easily by the 43rd over,
with just 4 wickets down.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakoor-c89571 was followed by an
85-run stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saqib-Ali-c88733 (38), and a 55-run partnership with skipper Khurram Khan (19*).
By the time Anwar was dismissed by Nizakat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Azam-c76812 (19) got the team over the finishing line, enabling them to reach 218 with 6 wickets and 46 balls
remaining.
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