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 123 runs
April 26, 2006
Bazid Khan hit a stroke-filled half century as Pakistan 'A' sailed to a convincing 123-run win over Holland in the BSNL EurAsia Cup cricket tournament at Abu dhabi.
The middle order bat hit an unbeaten 77 off 50 balls, studed with 11 boundaries, to guide Pakistan A to a mammoth 306 for four in the stipulated 50 overs yesterday. Later, they restricted Holland to 183 for 8 to script an easy victory.
Bazid, who was declared the man-of-the-match, played an entertaining innings slamming the Dutch bowlers all over the park, especially during the slog overs.
After electing to bat, Pakistan 'A' had a steady start before losing opener Y Hameed, who was run out at his individual score of 25.
T Umar (62) and Muhammed Hafeez (57) put up a 97-run stand for the second wicket to lay the foundation for a big total.
However, the Dutch bowlers managed to scalp three Pakistani batsmen within 40 runs and applied brakes on their run scoring spree for a while.
But they failed to keep up the pressure as Bazid and Misabah-Ul-Haq (45 not out) built an unbeaten 121-run partnership for the fifth wicket and saw Pakistan get past the 300-run mark.
For Holland, new ball bowler M Bukhari (2/50) was the pick of the bowlers.
Later, it was not a difficult task for Pakistan 'A', armed with experienced bowlers like Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat, to restrict Holland to 183 for 8 in the alotted 50 overs.
Scores
Result: Pakistan A won by 123 runsToss: Pakistan A
Pakistan A innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
Yasir Hameed run out (Borren) 25 40 34 3 0
Taufeeq Umar c Jonkman b Bukhari 62 154 96 6 0
Mohammad Hafeez c Kervezee b van Bunge 57 87 63 6 0
*Hasan Raza lbw b Bukhari 24 35 25 2 1
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 45 61 37 7 0
Bazid Khan not out 77 52 50 11 0
Extras (lb 4, w 7, nb 5) 16
Total (4 wickets, 50 overs) 306
DNB: Mansoor Amjad, +Zulqarnain Haider, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat,
Samiullah Khan.
FoW: 1-49 (Yasir Hameed,9.2 ov), 2-146 (Mohd Hafeez,28.3 ov),
3-181 (Taufeeq Umar,34.3 ov), 4-185(Hasan Raza,36.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Bukhari 10 0 50 2 (1w)
Ghaznavi 3 1 25 0 (3w, 5nb)
Borren 10 0 55 0
Jonkman 9 0 51 0
Seelaar 10 0 48 0
van Bunge 6 0 49 1 (1w)
Kervezee 2 0 24 0
Netherlands A innings R M B 4 6
TN de Grooth b Umar Gul 1 19 18 0 0
MWA van Nierop c Zn Haider b Yasir Arafat 0 6 3 0 0
+A Buurman c Taufeeq Umar b Mansoor Amjad 29 79 51 4 0
DLS van Bunge lbw b Mansoor Amjad 20 64 45 3 0
AN Kervezee b Samiullah Khan 25 71 76 3 0
PW Borren c Zn Haider b Hasan Raza 45 67 66 5 1
M Bukhari run out (Zn Haider) 5 9 3 1 0
*J Smits not out 9 26 27 1 0
PM Seelaar st Zn Haider b Hasan Raza 2 5 4 0 0
M Jonkman not out 12 11 8 2 0
Extras (lb 20, w 10, nb 5) 35
Total (8 wickets, 50 overs) 183
DNB: M Ghaznavi.
FoW: 1-1 (van Nierop, 1.2 ov), 2-12 (de Grooth, 4.4 ov),
3-67 (van Bunge, 19.1 ov), 4-67 (Buurman, 19.3 ov),
5-151 (Borren, 42.3 ov), 6-153 (Kervezee, 43.1 ov),
7-160 (Bukhari, 44.3 ov), 8-164 (Seelaar, 46.1 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Umar Gul 8 4 15 1 (2w)
Yasir Arafat 6 1 23 1 (3w, 1nb)
Samiullah Khan 9 1 27 1 (2w)
Mansoor Amjad 10 0 51 2 (2w, 1nb)
Mohammad Hafeez 8 2 11 0
Taufeeq Umar 5 0 7 0
Hasan Raza 4 0 29 2 (1w)
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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