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ADIS clinch U-16 crown

ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Indian School avenged their defeat to Cambridge High School in the group stage to win the Lifebuoy Abu Dhabi inter-school Under 16 final by a convincing six wickets at the Zayed stadium on Monday.

ADIS opted to field and the ploy worked perfectly well for them as Suraj Ambre and Anson Quadros took two wickets each to have Cambridge reeling at 20 for four, and with their top order and cream of the batters gone, Subhankar Misri completed the mopping up operation by claiming three for 20 from his five overs to bowl them out for 63.

ADIS were given an early scare after Valentin Guiraud grabbed four wickets but it still proved too little and too late for Cambridge, who were also guilty of bowling 22 wide deliveries while defending a small total.

Ambre had Shaheer Jazil (6) removed in his second over to a fine catch by Mohammed Israfil at point and Quadros provided a double blow by getting one through the defence of Bilal Passela (4) and Guiraud (0) caught at mid on in the same over.

Ambre then struck again to claim the prized wicket of Moaaz Qazi (2), the captain and top scorer of the tournament, who miscued a pull shot and caught by Ashfaq Anwar, and the writing was on the wall for Cambridge.

Abu Dhabi Indian School bt Cambridge High School by 6 wickets. Cambridge 63 all out in 17.3 overs (Kunal Kumar 12, Suraj Ambre 2-16, Anson Quadros 2-12, Subhankar Misri 3-20). ADIS 64 for 4 in 10.5 overs (Pankaj Samant 10, Mohammed Israfil 11, Subhankar Misri 10 not out, Valentin Guiraud 4-22). Man of the Match Subhankar Misri of ADIS.

james@khaleejtimes.com