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UAE D10: Fujairah book Qualifier berth with six-wicket win

by Cricket World & Chandresh Narayanan Thursday 6 August 2020

Sanchit Sharma was named player of the match

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Dubai International Cricket Stadium

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Fujairah Pacific Ventures booked a place in the second playoff with a six-wicket win over Dubai Pulse Secure in the Eliminator clash in the Emirates D10 tournament at the Dubai International Stadium on Thursday.

Match Summary - Dubai Pulse Secure v Fujairah Pacific Ventures Eliminator

Dubai Pulse Secure 95-6 (10)
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Adnaan Khan-0.5 ov), 2-6 (Faizan Sheikh-1.2 ov), 3-15 (Fahad Nawaz-2.4 ov), 4-17 (Rahman Gull-3.1 ov), 5-26 (Faisal Amin-3.6 ov), 6-75 (Ibthisam-7.6 ov)

Fujairah Pacific Ventures 97-4 (9.1)
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Ali Shan Sharafu-4.1 ov), 2-75 (Basil Hameed-6.5 ov), 3-81 (Asif Khan-7.5 ov), 4-81 (Muhammad Kaleem-8.1 ov)

Result - Fujairah Pacific Ventures won by six wickets

Scorecard

Fujairah will now play Sharjah Bukhatir XI in the second Qualifier on Friday afternoon to try and book a place in the final against ECB Blues.

After opting to bat first, Dubai Pulse Secure posted 95 for six in their 10 overs. The top-order of Dubai fell without any resistance. The Dubai innings slipped to 26 for five at the end of four overs. It required a fine rearguard action from Ibthisam Sait (46: 22b, 5x4, 2x6) to revive the innings. Sait shared a 49 run sixth wicket stand with Usman Munir (18 n.o.: 13b, 2x4).

The key wicket-takers for Fujairah were man of the match Sanchit Sharma (3-16) and Luqman Hazrat (2-10).

In the chase Fujairah chased down the target with five balls and six wickets to spare. Openers Waseem Muhammad (44 n.o.: 23b, 4x4, 3x6) and Ali Shan Sharafu (27: 16b, 4x4, 1x6)
shared a stand of 44 runs to put the chase on track.

Fahad Nawaz of Dubai Pulse Secure was the most successful bowler with figures of two for 19.

Teams

Dubai Pulse Secure: Adnaan Khan, Fahad Nawaz, Fahad Tariq, Faisal Amin, Faizan Sheikh, Ibthisam Sait, Mohammad Rashid, Rahman Gull, Shafaqat Ali, Umar Hafeez, Usman Munir

Fujairah Pacific Ventures: Ali Shan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Basil Hameed, Hamdan Tahir, Hassan Khalid, Iqrar Shah, Luqman Hazrat, Muhamad Kaleem, Sanchit Sharma, Sheraz Piya, Waseem Muhammad

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