Cricket Warriors emerge champions

Maahir's make a happy picture after beating Dubai Dashers in the final of the D Division. - Supplied photo

Dubai - Blue Horse batted first and scored 88 runs with Adnan (15) and Usman (16) setting a good platform at the top. Cricket Warriors got off to a decent start, however, Blue Horse came back strong in the field with aggressive bowling and fielding.

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Published: Mon 21 Dec 2015, 8:24 AM

Last updated: Tue 22 Dec 2015, 2:03 PM

Cricket Warriors pulled off a win against Blue Horse in a final between two debutant teams in the C division of the Winter Cup at Insportz Club.
Blue Horse batted first and scored 88 runs with Adnan (15) and Usman (16) setting a good platform at the top. Cricket Warriors got off to a decent start, however, Blue Horse came back strong in the field with aggressive bowling and fielding.
Basit and Waqas had a colossal task ahead of them as they needed 32 runs in the last four overs. Waqas upped the tempo by attacking with some big hits to reduce the deficit to 22 in the last over.
Hammad lost the plot as Waqas and Basit took him on and completed a clinical chase to win their first C Division Championship for 2015.
Maahir's had to face a well-oiled machine in Dubai Dashers in their D Division final.
The game was a tight one from the very first ball. Both teams were matched equally and there was almost nothing given away.
Dubai Dashers had to huff and puff to make 45 runs. Amit did well to score 15 runs along with Bharath. Chasing 46 for victory Maahir started off disastrously with the first pair of Gautam and Vineet managing just 4 runs, however the subsequent pairs did well to get closer to the total.
The last over had Maahir's needing 10 runs to win the game and Dubai Dashers managed to restrict the over to 9 runs leaving the final scores leveled at 45 runs. Maahir won the game by virtue of gaining maximum skin points.

Published: Mon 21 Dec 2015, 8:24 AM

Last updated: Tue 22 Dec 2015, 2:03 PM

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