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Rameez Shahzad stars as Alubond Tigers win Al Dhaid Ramadan Cup; Plus results from Sharjah Ramadan Cup

Rameez Shahzad was the toast of the Alubond Tigers as he anchored them to a seven-wicket win over Red Flower Tourism in the final of the Al Dhaid Ramadan Cup.

Ahmed Rizvi

June 26, 2016

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Rameez Shahzad was the toast of the Alubond Tigers as he anchored them to a seven-wicket win over Red Flower Tourism in the final of the Al Dhaid Ramadan Cup.

Chasing 170 for a win, the Alubond Tigers got off to a jittery start, losing two early wickets, before Shahzad rescued the innings with a brilliant unbeaten 86.

Shahid Sadiquee contributed an attacking 45 to the chase and Amjad Gul made an unbeaten 23 as the Tigers won with three balls to spare.

Earlier, Amjad Javed (2-33), Sultan Ahmed (2-25) and Umair Ali (2-32) each took wickets as Red Flower Tourism, asked to bat first, put 169 for eight on the board. Ubadah Barmawar was the top contributor with 51, while Yassir Kaleem made 31. The knock took Kaleem’s aggregate for the tournament to 205 runs, and he later picked up the award for best batsman of the tournament.

Alubond Tigers’ Amjad Javed, who took nine wickets, was named the best bowler of the tournament, while Waqas Raja of Red Flower Tourism picked up the player of the tournament award.

Red Flower Tourism, though, followed the loss by winning at the Sharjah Ramadan Cup, where they defeated NTDE by eight wickets to book their place in the semis.

Raja played a part in the Red Flower win, taking two wickets for 15 as NTDE were bowled out for 114 in 18.5 overs. Anfal PM also had a two-wicket haul (2-20) and Mohammed Tariq bagged three wickets for 24, while Mohammed Fazil top scored with a 41 for NTDE.

Joining Red Flower Tourism in the semis are Multiplex International, who knocked out Alubond Tigers, as well as the Dubai Hawks and UBL.

Dubai Hawks drubbed Allmed by 120 runs, with Shahzad Malik (70) and Mohammed Usman (75 not out) putting the Allmed attack to the sword as the Hawks put a mammoth 259 for four on the board. Jamshed Ahmed and Ahmed Raza then took three wickets each as Allmed were dismissed for 139.

UBL defeated NMC by 64 runs with Mohammad Naveed (2 for 20), Humayun Ashraf (2 for 33) and Usman Saeed (2 for 30) helping restrict NMC to 135 for seven after Boota Mohammed had starred with the bat, smashing an unbeaten 69 as UBL put 199 for six on the board.

Full results

Al Dhaid Ramadan Cup final

Alubond Tigers d. Red Flower Tourism by seven wickets.

• Red Flowers Tourism: 169-8 in 20 overs (Waqas Raja 19, Rinku Kumar 12, Yassir Kaleem 31, Ubadah Barmawar 51, Anfal PM 10, Vipin Venu 18; Amjad Javed 2 for 33, Sultan Ahmed 2 for 25, Umair Ali 2 for 32).

• Alubond Tigers: 170-3 in 19.3 overs (Shahid Sadiquee 45, Rameez Shahzad 86 not out, Amjad Gul 23 not out; Waqas Raja 2 for 10).

• Man of the match: Rameez Shahzaad

Sharjah Ramada Cup quarterfinals

Red Flower Tourism d. NTDE by eight wickets.

• NTDE: 114 all out in 18.5 overs (Mohammad Fazil 41, Nadir Hussain 22, Mohammad Amjad 19; Mohammad Tariq 3 for 24, Waqas Raja 2 for 15, Anfal PM 2 for 20).

• Red Flowers Tourism: 118 for two in 10.1 overs (Yaqoob Masih 58 not out, Rinku Kumar 43 not out; Mohammad Fazil 2 for 28).

• Man of the match: Yaqoob Masih. Umpires: Ifthikar Ali and Syed Shabbir Ali. Scorers: Zameel Hameed and Mohammad Asif.

Multiplex International d. Alubond Tigers by 7 wickets.

• Alubond Tigers: 195 for nine in 20 overs (Shahid Sadique 56, Ghulam Shabbir 23, Rameez Shahzad 33, Amjad Gul 30, Umair ali 31; Zubair Khan 2 for 15, Zeeshan Khan 4 for 34).

• Multiplex International: 198 for three in 19.3 overs (Sapandeep Singh 46, Haroon Ahmed 81 not out, Mohammad Yasir 44, Akhlaq Butt 17 not out; Sultan Ahmed 2 for 20).

• Man of the match: Haroon Ahmed.

Dubai Hawks d. Allmed by 120 runs.

• Dubai Hawks: 259 for four in 20 overs (Fahad Tariq 29, Ahmed Shoukat 19, Shaimon Anwar 31, Shahzad Malik 70, Mohammad Usman 75 not out, Bilal Irshad 24 not out; Isham Ghouse 2 for 44).

• Allmed: 139 all out in 19.2 overs (Chirag Suri 17, Saif Janjua 17, Rohit Singh 31, Tahir Latheef 33; Jamshed Ahmed 3 for 31, Ahmed Raza 3 for 19, Naqash Basharat 2 for 22).

• Man of the match: Shahzad Malik.

UBL bt NMC by 64 runs.

• UBL: 199 for six in 20 overs (Syed Maqsood 24, Shahzad Manna 40, Amjad Ali 18, Boota Mohammad 69 not out, Usman Saeed 27; Manjula Guruge 2 for 27, Mohammad Tanzil 2 for 34).

• NMC: 135 for seven in 20 overs (Shahbaz Ahmed 51 not out, Tanzil Mohammad 34, Mazhar Bashir 15, Sandeep Shetty 12; Mohammad Naveed 2 for 20, Humayun Ashraf 2 for 33, Usman Saeed 2 for 30).

• Man of the match: Boota Mohammad.

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