Westminster YTCA shock Durham to win Nissan Cup

Friday, Jan 21, 2011

Gulf News

Westminster YTCA shock Durham to win Under-17 title in Nissan Gulf Cup

Dubai Reuben Abraham’s sensational spell of three wickets assisted by Sairaj Venkat’s two wickets helped Westminster YTCA post a thrilling four runs win over fancied Durham County Cricket Club in the under-17 final of the Nissan Cup organised by Young Talents Cricket Academy.

Brief scores:

Nissan Gulf Cup Under 17 Final: Westminster YTCA beat Durham CC by 4 runs.

Westminster YTCA 105 all out in 29.5 overs (Adnan Kamil 22, Aditya Mavuru 38, Abhiraj Khatwani 17; Sameet Brar 2/15, Jack Hardy 3/17).

Durham CC 101 all out in 26.5 overs (Riece Carr 22, Sean Tindale 19, Jack Burnham 18, Jack McBeth 13 not out; Reuben Abraham 3/14, Sairaj Venkat 2/18). Man of the Match: Reuben Abraham of Westminster YTCA.

Challenger Cup; Szabist University of Dubai bt American College of Dubai by 9 wkts.

American College 106 for 9 in 20 overs (Yousuf Khan 23, Talha Fancy 21; Farhad Rafaie 4/21, Imran Tufail 2/16, Ahmad Butt 2/23). Szabist: 107 for 1 in 14.1 overs (Sufian Javed 19, Osama Salik 42 not out, Syed Abbas 29 not out).

Canadian University of Dubai bt American University of Dubai by 44 runs.

Canadian University 155 for 7 in 20 overs (Umair Khan 42, Jackson Stephan 41, Ronak Aswaney 23; Ashish Bandari 3/17).

American University 111 all out in 18.1 overs (Ashish Bandari 23, Nikhil Bahirwani 23; Ronak Aswaney 3/19, Dayan Ahmad 2/24).

Staff Report