Al Fara’a, DPS YTCA Enter Interface Under-18 Final

ABU DHABI — Al Fara’a defeated Al Ain Sportplex by 14 runs while Vignesh Rajan’s all round performance guided DPS YTCA to a six-wicket win over Zayed Cricket Academy (ZCA) in the under 18 semifinal matches of the Interface Gulf Cup cricket tournament.

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Published: Thu 18 Mar 2010, 2:10 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:41 AM

The tournament is organised by Young Talents Cricket Academy, under the auspices of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council.In the Al Fara’a-Sportplex semifinals, Al Fara’a made 197 for nine wickets in 30 overs and later bowled out Al Ain Sportplex for 183 runs in 29.1 overs.Opening batsman Waqas Ilyas was the leading scorer for Al Fara’a with 69 runs from 60 balls. Salem Qadoos (21), Taha Hussain (22) and Zain Zaheer (26 not out) also made valuable contributions for Al Fara’a.

Nilesh Bharghav claimed four wickets for Al Ain Sportplex.In reply, Al Ain Sportplex, despite Nabeel Sikander’s fighting knock of 48 runs and Nilesh Bhargav’s 42, fell short of the target by 14 runs.

In the other semifinals, DPS YTCA restricted ZCA to 160 runs and later scored 163 runs for the loss of four wickets.Vignesh was the hero.


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