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
UAE vs Ireland
UAE beat Ireland by 31 Runs
May 05, 2006
Medium pacer Arshad Ali grabbed four wickets to help United Arab Emirates post a 31-run victory against Ireland 'A' in the last league match of the Eurasia Series.
Chasing a victory target of 204 runs, Ireland 'A' were all out for 172 runs in 46.3 overs in the inconsequential Group 'C' encounter at the Sheikh Zayed stadium yesterday.
India 'A' will take on Pakistan 'A' in the final on Friday.
Gary Wilson's patient half century knock went in vain as Ireland 'A' kept losing wickets at regular interval after Ali Asad removed both the openers and left the Irishmen reeling at 20 for 2.
The middle order --William Porterfiled (34), Wilson and Marthinus Fourie (20)-- tried to stich in the innings but after Ali (4-33) took the wickets of Wilson and Fourie, the lower order gave up without much fight.
Earlier, Ireland 'A' had produced a tidy bowling performance to restrict the hosts to 203.
Left-arm spinner Gary Kidd picked up three for 32 as Ireland wove a web around the UAE batsmen.
Fahad Usman was the top scorer with 38 but the hosts reached their final score after a valuable 49-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Mohammad Tauqir (35) and Ali Asad (28).
Scores
Result: United Arab Emirates won by 31 runsToss: United Arab Emirates
Man of the Match: Ali Asad
United Arab Emirates innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
Amjad Javed c Wilson b Mooney 3 26 14 0 0
*Arshad Ali run out (Armstrong) 10 29 21 2 0
Saqib Ali b Fourie 14 33 29 2 0
+Abdul Rehman c Mooney b Rankin 4 33 22 0 0
Khurram Khan c Mooney b Kidd 24 29 19 4 0
Fahad Usman c Hutchinson b Kidd 38 65 41 6 0
Naeemuddin Aslamc Whelan b Kidd 0 13 10 0 0
Mohammad Tauqir c Wilson b O'Brien 35 76 58 4 0
Ali Asad run out (O'Brien) 28 68 44 4 0
Zahid Shah not out 11 22 22 2 0
Ahmed Raza lbw b O'Brien 1 8 7 0 0
Extras (lb 7, w 20, nb 8) 35
Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 203
FoW: 1-23 (Amjad Javed, 5.2 ov), 2-23 (Arshad Ali, 5.5 ov),
3-44 (Saqib Ali, 12.6 ov), 4-44 (Abdul Rehman, 13.4 ov),
5-74 (Khurram Khan, 18.6 ov), 6-87 (Naeemuddin Aslam, 22.4 ov),
7-128 (Fahad Usman, 28.1 ov), 8-177 (Mohammad Tauqir, 41.1 ov),
9-196 (Ali Asad, 44.3 ov), 10-203 (Ahmed Raza, 46.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Whelan 6 0 32 0 (4nb, 5w)
Mooney 8 1 36 1 (4w)
Fourie 10 0 40 1 (1nb, 2w)
Rankin 6 1 25 1 (1w)
O'Brien 6.3 0 31 2 (3nb, 2w)
Kidd 10 2 32 3
Ireland A innings R M B 4 6
CM Armstrong lbw b Ali Asad 4 31 21 0 0
MK Hutchinson c Arshad Ali b Ali Asad 0 4 1 0 0
WTS Porterfield c Khurram Khan b Mohammad Tauqir34 89 78 3 0
GC Wilson b Arshad Ali 50 129 88 2 0
MJ Fourie b Arshad Ali 20 40 42 1 0
JF Mooney b Khurram Khan 0 3 2 0 0
KJ O'Brien c Amjad Javed b Mohammad Tauqir 6 7 9 1 0
KED Carroll c Nn Aslam b Arshad Ali 21 31 23 1 1
RK Whelan run out (Khurram Khan) 1 7 2 0 0
WB Rankin not out 5 8 9 1 0
GE Kidd lbw b Arshad Ali 13 7 7 1 0
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 2, nb 4) 18
Total (all out, 46.3 overs) 172
FoW: 1-3 (Hutchinson, 0.5 ov), 2-20 (Armstrong, 6.4 ov),
3-66 (Porterfield, 21.6 ov), 4-103 (Fourie, 34.5 ov),
5-104 (Mooney, 35.3 ov), 6-118 (O'Brien, 37.5 ov),
7-133 (Wilson, 40.5 ov), 8-142 (Whelan, 42.1 ov),
9-157 (Carroll, 44.5 ov), 10-172 (Kidd, 46.3 ov).
Bowling O M R W
Ali Asad 8 1 17 2
Zahid Shah 5 0 15 0 (3nb, 1w)
Mohammad Tauqir 10 1 41 2
Ahmed Raza 6 0 23 0
Khurram Khan 8 0 31 1
Arshad Ali 9.3 1 33 4
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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