Dubai Mammoths win title
dubai — A final is all about holding your nerve. And Dubai Mammoths showed it in ample measure. They came up with a clinical performance against Mavericks CC in the final of the Dubai Cricket Council’s Ramadan League which was played at the Sevens Cricket grounds on Wednesday night.
Mavericks won the toss but were restricted to 147 for 8 by Sameer A Khan (2-20), man of the match Ambey Parwatkar (2-20) and Shiva Pagarani (2-28). Dubai Mammoths stuttered in their chase before Shadab Khan (45), Qais Farooq (38) and Abid Chaudhury (27n.o.) steered their team home in 21 overs.
Mavericks won the toss and elected to bat. But the plot took a twist as their batsmen, barring Gifsun D’Souza (56) at the top and No. 8 batsman Victor D’Souza (32), struggled to get into double figures.
Gifsun looked unperturbed by wickets falling at the other end and went on to reach his half century before falling to Ajay Joshi who finished the tournament with 15 wickets from five matches to be adjudged the Player of the Tournament.
Dubai Mammoths’ chase began on the wrong note with Nasir Hussain scalping three wickets. But they ran into prolific scorer Shadab Khan (45 from 31 balls, 3x6, 1x4) and Qais Farooq (38 from 44, 3x4) who together put on an invaluable 85-run partnership.
Both departed in quick succession but Abid Chaudhury proved a stumbling block as he blasted 27 from just 16 balls (5x4) to take Mammoths home.