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Ajman: UAE will have a Combined University cricket team for the first time in the history of domestic cricket.
The Ajman Cricket Council will be staging an Inter-University tournament today to create the first Combined University team from among the ten participating teams.
"Our Council will stage an inter university cricket tournament for the first time. Eighteen top performers from the different teams participating in this tournament will be picked to form the Combined University team," remarked Shaji Ul Mulk, Secretary General of the Ajman Cricket Council, to Gulf News.
"This Combined University team will be allowed to play in all the Ajman council tournaments free of cost. This is mainly aimed at grooming young talent to represent UAE in international matches," added Mulk. The participating teams have been divided into two pools. In pool A are Mahe Manipal University, Harriot Watt, Troy University, Szabist and ECMIT and in pool B are EHSAL, Emirates Aviation College, Preston University, Middlesex University and American University of Sharjah. The tournament is being sponsored by Mulk Holdings and Preston University.
Knock-out basis
"We are charging only a nominal entrance fee of Dh500. There will be individual awards for best batsman, best bowler, best fielder, best wicketkeeper, man of the series and man of the match from the knockout stage," he said.
The matches will be played on the council's astro turf wicket on a league cum knock-out basis.
"This tournament will be a twenty-20 event but we have plans to stage a 50-over inter university tournament too," said Mulk.
In the Oasis Chemical Cricket Cup being played under the auspices of the Dubai Cricket Council, Freddy Sidhwa and Javed Butt steered Seven Seas Strikers to a seven-wicket win over Friends Cricket Club. In another match, Century XI defeated Habib Bank by six wickets through Angelo's half century. In the Dulsco Corporate Cup tournament, ETA Ascon beat Halliburton Worldwide by 106 runs at Zabeel Park.
ETA Ascon put on 211 for five wickets and then bowled out Halliburton for 106 in 17.4 overs. Openers Abdeen and Tanvir Alam provided a good start putting on a 48-run partnership. Shafqat Ali top scored with 46 and took three wickets.
Scores
Oasis Cup: Seven Seas Strikers bt Friends C. C. by 7 wkts. Friend C.C 111 in 21 overs. (Saqib 41, Javid 4 for 6, Freddy Sidhwa 3 for 24). Seven Seas 112 for 3 in 13 overs. (Qasim 42, Qadar 33) Man of the match: Javed Butt of Seven Seas Strikers.
Century XI bt Habib Bank AG Zurich by 6 wickets. Habib Bank 140 for 8 in 25 overs. (Saleh 48n.o Mittul 3 for 35, Esmail 2 for 24, Rajeeb 2 for 30) Century XI 143 for 4 in 25 overs. (Angelo 60, Satish 32n.o; Kashif 2 for 32) Man of the Match: Angelo of Century XI
Dulsco Corporate Cup: ETA Ascon bt Halliburton Worldwide by 105 runs. ETA Ascon 211 for 5 (Shafaqat Ali 46, Tanvir Alam 36, Abdeen 30, Ramesh 25n.o, Usman 24n.o; Shoban Babu 3 for 44).
Halliburton Worldwide 106 in 17.4 overs (Sohail 28, Vikas Manniketh 24, Shafaqat Ali 3 for 2). Man of the match: Shafaqat Ali of ETA Ascon.
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