Durham County Cricket Club defeated Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) by 108 runs in the second one-day match played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Durham won the toss and elected to bat. ECB's young medium-pacers Qasim Zubair and Fouad Mohammad struck early. Qasim dismissed opener Lowe for 22, while Fouad clean bowled one-drop batsman G. Pratt for 1.
Opener Lewis went on to hit 118 (127b; 10x4, 2x6) with support from Breese (32) and Mustard (24). Durham recorded 255 for 7 in 50 overs.
ECB openers Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nadeem put on 32 runs. Breese and Davies picked two wickets each and restricted ECB to 147 for 7 in 50 overs.
Summarised scores: Durham 255 for 7 in 50 overs (Lewis 118, Breese 32, Usman 3 for 58) bt ECB 147 for 7 in 50 overs (M. Nadeem 26, Breese 2 for 23, Davies 2 for 20).
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