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Seven Seas in G Force final

DUBAI - Qadir Nawaz’s fighting knock of unbeaten 49 runs helped Seven Seas Strikers to beat Fly Emirates by five wickets and move into the final of G Force Premier League, organised under the auspices of Dubai Cricket Council at Zabeel Park.

Seven Seas Strikers will now clash with Yogi Group in the final, which will be held in the first week of January.

Opting to bat first, Fly Emirates lost their top batters Mohd Iqbal, Amjad Javed and Arshad Ali with the score reading 25 runs. They struggled against the impressive bowling of Kashif (3-31), Farhan (2-14) and Asif (2-9). Middle order batsman Imran scored 34 runs, including two sixes and four boundaries, to give some respectability to the team’s score.

In reply, Seven Seas Strikers commenced well as Asif and Freddy Sidhwa put on 42 runs in five over. There was mini collapse when Arshad Ali picked up 3 wickets for 14 runs. His spell brought Fly Emirates back into the match as Seven Seas struggled at 62 for 5 in 10 over.

However, Qadir Nawaz once again played a match-winning knock of 49 runs as Fly Emirates overhauled the target in the 18^th over. He was later named man-of-the-match.

Brief score: Seven Seas beat Fly Emirates by 5 wickets. Fly Emirates 116 all out in 20 over (Arshad Ali 25, Imran 35, Kashif 3 for 31, Asif 2 for 9, Farhan 2 for 14) vs Seven Seas Strikers 118 for 5 in 17.5 over (Asif 38, Qadir Nawaz 49 not out, Arshad Ali 3 for 14). Man-of-the-match: Qadir Nawaz of Seven Seas Strikers. Umpire: Razzaq Shah and Tanveer Mehndi.