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REPORT DAY 7 |
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HOT FAVORITES AFGHANISTAN &
NEPAL MARCH INTO THE FINAL |
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Kuwait City april 7, 2010 |
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Hussain Butt against Afghansitan's Mirwais - click by Travis Pittman |
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Favorites Afghanistan carried their reputation of being one of the top non test playing nations in the Asian region as they carved an emphatic 5 wickets victory over Hong Kong in the semi finals played at Unity grounds in Ahmadi in the ongoing ACC Elite trophy. Hong Kong chose to bat first after winning the toss and was in trouble soon as Nasir Hameed was back in the pavilion but Roy Lamson and Hussein Butt played enterprising cricket to put 49 runs on board. Roy played well to score 26 runs and Inlays Gull who came next rotated the strike and kept the score board tickling. |
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Afghanistan celeberating the fall of a wicket ---.click by Travis Pittman |
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Hussein Butt a compact cricketer with great temperament top scored with 63 runs in which there were three sweetly timed sixes and four boundaries. Inlays made 23 runs and late onslaught by Najeeb Amar & Nadeem Ahmed enabled Hong Kong to post 205 runs in 50 overs.Mohammed Nabi & Hamid Hassan took three wickets each for Afghanistan. |
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Stylish Mohammad Nabi, click by Travis Pittman |
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Flambouyant Afghanis started in a great note and nor Ali & wicket keeper batsman Shehazad entertained the large Afghanistan supporters with quality cricket. Nor Ali scored 28 runs while Shehazad made a valuable 35 runs. Spinner Nadeem struck twice for Hong Kong and brought them back in the game by dismissing Noor Ali & Shehazad but Mohammed Asghar striking with awesome power along with Raees Ahmadzai posted a match winning 80 runs partnership. |
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Mr. Bandula Wernapora awarding th eman of the match to Mohammad Nabi
Click by Travis Pittman |
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Asghar hit a scintillating 55 runs while Raees stroked a lovely 38 runs. Mohammed Nabi the prolific Afghani batsman hit an unbeaten 35 runs with 2 sixes and 2 fours to win the match in the 45 over. Nabi had earlier taken three wickets and was rightly declared man of the match for his all-round performance. |
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NEPAL EDGES MALAYSIA TO ENTER INTO THE FINAL |
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Malaysia playing quality cricket almost caused another surprise as they came so close to beat Nepal in a nail biting semi finals played at HUBARA ground at Ahmadi. In one of the most exiting matches played in the ongoing ACC Elte trophy, Nepal prevailed over Malaysia by just 8 runs to reach the finals. Malaysia won the toss and let Nepal use the wicket first. |
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Victorious Nepal with Nepal officials - Click by Salman Hussain Kazmi |
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Mahesh Chettri and Anil Mandal opened for Nepal . Mahesh played excellent cricket to score 43 runs and the lanky Shakti Gauchan elegantly stroked 52 runs to give a solid foundation to the Nepal total. An enterprising knock of 97 unbeaten runs by Sharad Vesawakar & 49 runs by Ghyanedra Mall was the highlight of Nepal innings. Malla was well composed and Sharad gave the much needed support and then opened up to exhibit some top class cricket. Malayasian bowlers Suresh Navaratnam, Shahrul & Eszrafiq Aziz took two wickets each. |
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Afghansitan supporters - click by Travis Pittman |
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Malaysia lost Damith in the very first ball but captain Suhan Kumar and Suresh Navaratnam posted 82 runs for the fourth wicket to take the game into Malaysian favor. Suhan scored a polished 70 runs with six hits to the fence while Suresh scored a memorable 115 runs in fact one of the best seen in the tournament so far. |
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Suresh Navaratnam receiving the man of the match award from Mr. Bandula Warnapura
Click by Salman Hussain Kazmi
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