Al Sadiq ‘A’ win schools cricket U-13 title

Al Sadiq sealed the title by restricting Sheikh Rashid School ‘Orange’ to -9 runs and later scoring 4 runs.

Dubai — Al Sadiq ‘A’ maintained an unbeaten run in the three-team round-robin finals to emerge worthy Under-13 champions in the inaugural Inter-schools cricket organized by Cover Drive YTCA Sports Academy in Al Quoz, Dubai.

Al Sadiq ‘A’, DPS Jebel Ali and Sheikh Rashid School ‘Orange’, competed in the round-robin stage after chalking out respective wins over Arab Unity, Indian International School, Ajman and Sheikh Rashid School ‘ Blue’ in the knockout stages. Having gone through the rigors of the league matches and the knock outs, the stage was finally set for the round-robin to decide the tournament’s first-ever winner.

Al Saqiq ‘A’ (42 runs) asserted their supremacy when they beat DPS Jebel Ali (41 runs) in the first match of the round-robin itself. In the next match, Al Sadiq sealed the title by restricting Sheikh Rashid School ‘Orange’ to -9 runs and later scoring 4 runs. DPS had some consolation when they scored 44 runs and restricted Sheikh Rashid ‘Orange’ to 17 runs, to finish in second position.