Abu Dhabi Gymkhana side win with ease
Zeeshan Safeer and Haseeb Azam snared three wickets each to guide William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana to a convincing seven-wicket victory over the Veterans Cricket Association team from Hyderabad in the 23rd Sharjah Ramadan Tournament for the Interface Transworld Cup at the Sharjah stadium on Monday night.
The tournament, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council, is supported by 106.2 HUM FM and CBFS as associate sponsors.
Safeer conceded just six runs for his three-wicket haul while Azam gave away 21 as the visiting team from India were shot for 82 in the 22nd over. Only K.V. Seshagiri (40 off 30 balls with three fours and one six) offered some resistance.
The Abu Dhabi team raced to the easy target in just 11.3 overs with Haroon Iftikhar remaining not out on 24. Irfan Haider made 20 off 13.
Brief scores:
William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana beat Veteran Cricket Association, Hyderabad, by 7 wickets: Veteran Cricket Association 84 all out in 21.1 overs (K.V.Seshagiri 40; Zeeshan Safeer 3-6, Haseeb Azam 3-21, Mohammed Nadeem 2-17) William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana 86 for 3 in 11.3 overs (Haroon Iftikhar 24 not out, Irfan Haider 20; Chandrasekhar 1-14, Moshir Mehta 1-16, R.A. Swaroop 1-13). Man of the match: Zeeshan Safeer of William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana. Umpires: Iftikhar Ali and B.M. Abdullah.
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