EurAsia Cricket Series Tournament
Abu Dhabi, April 22 to May 5 2006
The tournament runs from April 22nd until May 5th, and features the 'A 'teams of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Holland and Ireland, with the full UAE side completing the line up.Ireland will be the only associate nation taking part and their invitation to the tournament is seen as reward after they qualified for the World Cup finals.
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EurAsia Cricket Series Schedule
Abu Dhabi, April 22 to May 5 2006
Groups:
Group A: India, Holland, Pakistan.Group B: Sri Lanka, UAE and Ireland.
Match schedule:
League stage 1:April 22: Ireland v UAE
April 23: India v Holland
April 24: Sri Lanka v Ireland
April 25: Pakistan v Holland
April 27: Sri Lanka v UAE
April 28: India v Pakistan
League stage 2:
April 29: India v UAE
April 29: Sri Lanka v Holland
May 01: Pakistan v Holland
May 02: India v Ireland
May 03: Sri Lanka v Pakistan
May 04: UAE v Ireland
Final:
May 05: India v Pakistan
India vs Pakistan
Robin Singh looking for more consistency from players
April 27, 2006
Former Indian player Robin Singh, better known for his exploits as a one-day specialist and currently coach of the India A team, has said he wants consistency from his young and promising squad.
India A have already registered a smart win against The Netherlands but their big group match is tomorrow against Pakistan in the EurAsia cup series.
Singh saw his boys have a two-hour session yesterday morning at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. Unlike India A teams of the past, this side does not have too many veterans seeking a comeback.
Most of them are promising youngsters who have already had a taste of the pressures at the highest level. With names like skipper Venugopal Rao, Robin Uthappa, R.P Singh, VRV Singh, Dinesh Karthick all having played in the recent series against England this India A side is pretty strong.
Pakistan A outplayed
April 28, 2006
India A outplayed Pakistan A in all departments of the game for a convincing 34-run win in the EurAsia Cricket Series limited overs cricket tournament. After producing a powerful batting performance to post a challenging 269 for six, the Indians dismissed their arch-rivals for 235 in the day-night encounter at the Sheikh Zayed stadium.
The win saw India top Group A after the first phase of the league stage. Bazid Khan stood tall among the ruins with 87 for Pakistan Rudra Pratap Singh, Vikram Rajvir Singh, Reetinder Singh Sodhi and Ravinder Jadeja shared the spoils for India.Earlier in the day, openers Shikhar Dhawan and Robin Utthappa gave India yet another solid start with a 100-run stand that set the platform for middle-order batsman Rohit Sharma to prosper on. Sharma providing the icing on the cake with a 71-ball 62 that helped his side reach 269 runs for the loss of six wickets. Sharma lit up the evening for his team with some unconventional batting display.
Scores
Result: India A won by 34 runsToss: India A
Man of the Match: VR Singh
India A innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6 AR Uthappa lbw b Mansoor Amjad 52 97 61 6 0 S Dhawan t Zn Haider b Mohd Hafeez 52 78 51 11 0 Venugopal Rao c Hasan Raza b Mohd Hafeez 45 71 74 1 0 Rohit Sharma c Mohd Irshad b Umar Gul 62 94 71 4 1 KKD Karthik cYasir Hameed b Mansoor Amjad 33 46 37 2 0 RS Sodhi not out 3 14 3 0 0 S Badrinath c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul 1 2 2 0 0 RA Jadeja not out 5 4 4 1 0 Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 10, nb 3) 16 Total (6 wickets, 50 overs) 269 DNB: Piyush Chawla, RP Singh, VR Singh. FoW: 1-100 (Dhawan, 16.3 ov),2-121 (Uthappa, 21.5 ov), 3-186 (Venugopal Rao,36.3 ov),4-254 (Rohit Sharma,47.3 ov), 5-259 (Karthik, 48.3 ov), 6-263 (Badrinath, 49.1 ov). Bowling O M R W Umar Gul 10 1 51 2 (2w) Mohammad Irshad 4 0 27 0 (2nb) Yasir Arafat 10 1 57 0 Mohammad Hafeez 10 0 53 2 (2w) Mansoor Amjad 10 0 49 2 (1nb, 2w) Taufeeq Umar 6 0 29 0 (4w) Pakistan A innings R M B 4 6 Yasir Hameed lbw b VR Singh 1 5 2 0 0 Taufeeq Umar b Jadeja 51 123 84 5 0 Mohammad Hafeez b RP Singh 13 25 19 2 0 Mansoor Amjad b VR Singh 4 16 12 0 0 Bazid Khan c Dhawan b Jadeja 87 165 107 4 2 *Hasan Raza st Karthik b Piyush Chawla 11 16 21 0 1 Misbah-ul-Haq c Rohit Sharma b Sodhi 17 18 15 1 1 Yasir Arafat b VR Singh 0 5 4 0 0 +Zulqarnain Haider c RP Singh b Sodhi 1 14 7 0 0 Umar Gul b RP Singh 5 17 17 0 0 Mohammad Irshad not out 6 13 9 1 0 Extras (b 4, lb 20, w 13, nb 2) 39 Total (all out, 49.1 overs) 235 FoW:1-14 (Yasir Hameed,1.1 ov),2-40 (Mohammad Hafeez,6.1 ov), 3-53 (Mansoor Amjad, 9.5 ov), 4-125 (Taufeeq Umar, 28.2 ov), 5-146 (Hasan Raza, 33.6 ov), 6-170 (Misbah-ul-Haq, 37.6 ov), 7-171 (Yasir Arafat,38.5 ov),8-186(Zulqarnain Haider,41.3 ov), 9-212 (Umar Gul, 46.1 ov), 10-235 (Bazid Khan, 49.1 ov). Bowling O M R W VR Singh 10 1 33 3 (3w) RP Singh 9 0 39 2 (3w,2nb) Sodhi 6 0 34 2 Jadeja 9.1 2 28 2 (2w) Piyush Chawla 10 0 46 1 Venugopal Rao 2 0 10 0 (2w) Badrinath 3 0 21 0 (3w)
Zayed International Cricket Stadium
Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi
The new stadium, a bare fifteen minutes from downtown Abu Dhabi, promises a new era of sport in the Emirate. The Zayed Cricket Stadium, named after the UAE President, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, is a mutli-million dirham project that has been funded and supported by the Abu Dhabi Government with the aim of turning Abu Dhabi into a world class venue for international cricket tournaments. The architectural design of the stadium is itself bound to attract attention. The facility has an18000-seat capacity with eight pitches, five of these of turf. A massive curved shade canopy covering the Grand Stand pavilion is the highlight of the stadium. It is the largest unsupported structure of any cricket stadium, weighing around 1,000 tonnes and has three pillars placed behind at the centre, symbolising the three cricket stumps.The latest technology is being used for lighting and scoreboards to ensure accepted international standards for televising matches.
Harbhajan Singh Memorabilia
Singh's Magnificent Hat Trick
Own a piece of Indian Cricket History
On the 1st Day of the 2nd Test, India versus Australia, in March 2001, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Harbhajan Singh achieved what no other Indian cricketer had ever done - he snared a magnificent Hat Trick.
Limited Edition Magnificent photographic collage of the three dismissals with the hat trick at Calcutta capturing photograph in each piece being personally signed by Harbhajan Singh. Each piece .encased in a timber frame with Perspex glazing and is supported by A-Tag microchip authentication technology, and comes complete with a Certificate of Authenticity.
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