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
Pakistan vs Holland
Pakistan A beat Holland by 6 wickets
May 01, 2006
Pakistan A bounced back from an agonising defeat against arch-rivals India to hand a crushing six-wicket win to the Netherlands A in the Eurasia Series Limited Overs Cricket Tournament.
After seamer Yasir Arafats bowling exploits (4/36) saw the European team being skittled out for a meagre 183, Pakistan A romped home with more than 17 overs to spare in the group D second leg match.
Top-order batsman Shahid Yousuf hit a well-paced 62 while captain Hasan Raza was unbeaten on 41. The duo featured in a match-winning partnership of 65 runs for the third wicket.
Scores
Result: Pakistan A won by 6 wicketsToss: Netherlands A
Man of the Match: Yasir Arafat
Netherlands A innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
TN de Grooth c Zn Haider b Yasir Arafat 12 16 13 1 0
ES Szwarczynski b Yasir Arafat 18 46 29 4 0
AF Buurman c Tahir Khan b Yasir Arafat 4 16 10 1 0
DLS van Bunge c Yasir Hameed b Yasir Arafat 4 2 4 1 0
MWA van Nieropc Yasir Arafat b Umar Gul 60 151 101 5 1
PW Borren b Mansoor Amjad 15 19 20 2 0
*+J Smits run out (Zulqarnain Haider) 12 36 34 1 0
Mudassar Bukhari b Tahir Khan 1 9 12 0 0
PM Seelaar c Bazid Khan b Mansoor Amjad 26 55 59 2 0
M Ghaznavi b Umar Gul 1 4 2 0 0
ES van Giezen not out 4 9 8 1 0
Extras (lb 13, w 10, nb 3) 26
Total (all out, 48.1 overs) 183
FoW: 1-18 (de Grooth, 3.3 ov), 2-35 (Buurman, 7.1 ov),
3-40 (van Bunge, 7.4 ov), 4-47 (Szwarczynski, 9.5 ov),
5-67 (Borren, 14.5 ov), 6-100 (Smits, 26.3 ov),
7-105 (Mudassar Bukhari, 29.3 ov), 8-165 (Seelaar, 45.2 ov),
9-175 (Ghaznavi, 46.1 ov), 10-183 (van Nierop, 48.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Umar Gul 9.1 0 44 2 (5w)
Yasir Arafat 10 0 36 4 (2nb, 3w)
Mansoor Amjad 9 1 34 2 (1nb, 2w)
Tahir Khan 10 0 31 1
Mohammad Hafeez 8 0 21 0
Hasan Raza 2 0 4 0
Pakistan A innings R B 4 6
Mohammad Hafeez c van Bunge b Mudassar Bukhari 9 5 1 0
Yasir Hameed c & b Borren 22 38 3 0
Shahid Yousuf c Szwarczynski b Borren 62 75 8 0
*Hasan Raza not out 41 59 3 0
Bazid Khan c Smits b van Bunge 8 13 0 0
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 15 12 3 0
Extras (lb 1, w 20, nb 6) 27
Total (4 wickets, 32.4 overs) 184
DNB: Mansoor Amjad, Yasir Arafat, +Zulqarnain Haider, Umar Gul,
Tahir Khan.
FoW: 1-14 (Mohammad Hafeez,1.3 ov),2-67 (Yasir Hameed,12.2 ov),
3-132 (Shahid Yousuf, 24.3 ov), 4-162 (Bazid Khan, 29.2 ov).
Bowling O M R W
van Giezen 4.4 0 24 0 (3w)
Mudassar Bukhari 3 0 32 1 (5w)
Seelaar 10 0 35 0
Borren 10 0 54 2 (1nb, 2w)
Ghaznavi 0.5 0 15 0 (4nb, 4w)
van Bunge 4.1 0 23 1
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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