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The final day of the 3
day ICC Intercontinental saw another brilliant hundred
from ECB lad Fahad Usman who remained 102 not out, as
Nepal drew their match at the Sharjah stadium. At the
end of the match, the ECB were placed on 18 bonus
points while Nepal accumulated 14 points.
ECB continued their innings today with Fahad playing
a responsible knock and reached his first century. He
was ably supported by Mohammed Tauqir (31) who put on
89 runs for the 6th wicket as the ECB team declared
their second innings at 253 for 6 wkts.
In reply, set a target of 334 in 69 overs ,Nepal were
restricted to 141 for 5 wicktes at the close of play
with yesterday’s star performer and man of the match
Ali Asad, once again was the pick of the bowlers as
he amassed a 13 wickets match tally to pick up 4
wickets for 52 in the second innings.
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UAE V/s Nepal
- Day 2 |
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Ali Asad
picks up 9 wickets |
On the second day of
the icc intercontinental cup, ECB’s Ali Asad cast a
groom over Nepal as he wrecked their innings by a
brilliant 9 wicket spell of 27 overs 11 maidens 74
runs for 9 wickets. The lanky six foot four inches
Asad bowled at tantalizing length to keep up Nepal
batsman guessing. Had it not been for couple of drop
catches, Asad would have well ended with a 10 wicket
haul.
Nepal fought back well being 3 wicket down for 23
runs yesterday, with Paresh Lohani 34, captain Raju
Khadka 67 and Manoj Katuwal 24 stabilized the Nepal
innings. They were ably supported by Sharad
Veshwakar 18, Binod Kumar Das 17 and Raju Basnayat
17 to end their innings at 213 all out.
In the second innings ECB lost two early wickets
including first innings centurian Arshad Ali at the
score of 31. Asim Saeed 48, Naeemuddin 24 and Khuram
Khan 26 were the contributors.
The ECB were 140 for 5 wickets at end of the day
with Fahad Usman remaining unbeaten 26 alongside
Mohamed Tauqir on 2. The overall lead of UAE ECB is
220 runs with 5 second innings wickets in hand.
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UAE V/s Nepal
- Day 1 |
Arshad brilliant 143 puts UAE
(ECB) in strong position
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Arshad Ali of ECB became the
first centurion of the First Class match for the Associate
Member countries of the ICC in the Intercontinental Cup
played against Nepal at the Sharjah Stadium.
After ECB losing 2 early wickets at the score of 27 runs,
Arshad in the company of Naeemuddin stabilized the innings
with a 63 runs partnership to take the score to 100.
Skipper Khuram Khan joined
Arshad and both displayed an array of shots all round the
wicket. Khuram contributed 75 runs with 9 fours and a six in
just 78 balls.
Arshad Ali went for his hundred in grand style. His innings
of 143 runs were scored in 216 balls studded with 16
boundaries and 2 huge six’s. Tauqir too contributed 24 runs in
the middle order as the ECB side declared at 293 in 82.1 overs.
Binod Kumar Das was the outstanding bowler for Nepal picking
up 5 wickets for 61 runs in 23 over’s while Mehboob Alam
picked up 3 wickets for 26 runs.
In reply, Nepal were stunned by lanky ECB paceman Ali Asad, as
he bowled his heart out in an astonishing spell of 10 overs 8
maidens 5 runs for 3 wkts. Nepal at the close of play were 23
for 3 wickets in 20 overs. |
