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Owais Steers Preston University to Easy Win

The tournament is organised by Young Talents Cricket Academy, under the auspices of Abu Dhabi Cricket Council. Batting first, Preston amassed a huge total of 230 runs for six wickets in 20 overs. Owais, who has been trained by Shahzad Altaf at YTCA since 1999 and has toured to the UK with the academy, displayed sheer aggression as he plundered five huge sixers and three boundaries on way to scoring 51 runs off just 19 balls.

Owais added to the oppositions woes after a fine second wicket partnership of 113 runs between Shoaib Sarwar and Mohammed Zaman. Shoaib hit 61 off 36 balls while Mohammed scored 48 off 31 balls.

Irfan Sajjad and Nuhman Mirza, both claimed a couple of wickets for Cambridge University.

In reply, Owais excelled with the ball too as he demolished the Cambridge middle-order by talking three wickets in an over. Owais sent back Nuhman Mirza, Ahmed Khan and Sarem Iqbal without disturbing the scorers as Cambridge crashed to 49 for nine wickets in 11.3 overs. Shoaib also did his bit as he took two wickets for 11 runs from four overs.

In the other Challenger Cup match, fine knocks by Amarjeet Singh and Varun Deshwal helped Institute of Management Technology (IMT) beat Canadian University of Dubai by 72 runs.

IMT scored 182 runs for one wicket in 20 overs and then restricted Canadian University to 110 all out in 13.4 overs.

Amarjeet, who retired hurt after scoring 68 runs, hit 10 boundaries in his 51-ball knock while Varun’s 50 runs off 55 balls was studded with one sixer and four hits to the fence.

The title Sponsors are Interface Transworld, and co sponsors are Nissan Tiida and Cool & Cool, Support Sponsors - UAE Exchange, Oudh Al Anfar, Everest Sports, Official Hotel - Copthorne Hotel, Radio Partners – Hum FM, Television Partners – NTV.

Brief scores: Interface Gulf Cup: Universities Challenger: Preston University, Ajman beat Cambridge University, Dubai by 181 runs. Preston University 230 for 6 wkts (Shoaib Sarwar 61, Mohammed Zaman 48, Owais Ali 51; Irfan Sajjad 2/37, Muhman Mirza 2/43). Cambridge University 49 for 9 wkts (Ali Chaudree 12, Owais Ali 3/5, Shoaib Sarwar 2/11). Institute of Management Technology (IMT) beat Canadian University of Dubai by 72 runs. IMT 182 for 1 (Amardeep Singh 68 rtd hurt, Varun Deshwal 50, Riohan Popli 28 not out). Canadian University of Dubai 110 all out in 13.4 overs (Minhas Younis 21, Saad rehman 17,Sachin Chauhan 3/20, Shailendra Bhaskar 3/25, Simran Nanda 2/15). London City American College (LACC) beat Preston University, Ajman by 7 wkts. Preston University 103 all out in 19.1 overs (Waqar Hassan 40, Ihsan Ullah 14; Shaikh Rizwan 3/5, Wasim Bari 2/19, Imran Khan 2/30). LACC 105 for 3 wkts in 17.4 overs (Abdul Rehman 38, Shaikh Rizwan 28, Imran Khan 23 not out; Wali Khan 2/18).