Mirza spearheads Phoenix

Adil Mirza took six wickets to steer Phoenix Medicine to a thumping 235-run victory over Emistate and keep their chances alive in the Al Hamad Contracting division one tournament.

Published: Tue 8 May 2012, 1:19 AM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 1:58 PM

The burly captain and spinner returned with excellent figures of 4.2-1-11-6 to skittle out Emistate to 96 in reply to Phoenix’s 331 to register their second win in three games at the Zayed stadium.

Usman Manzoor and Sharjeel Khan, the opening bowlers, provided the early breaks by taking two wickets apiece. Mirza came in first change to run through the rest of the Emistate batting.

Asif Mumtaz stroked a top score of 81 and Sharjeel, the opener, hit 75 for Phoenix to post a challenging total. Emistate’s bowling also bordered on the untidy as they hurled down 34 wides in the 39 extras they conceded.

Mumtaz’s hit 11 boundaries in his 75-ball stay at the wicket and Sharjeel’s entertaining 37-ball contained 16 fours and a six.

New Medical Centre extended their winning streak to three in Group A after a 29-run triumph over Yogi Group. Asim Ijaz and Indika Sampath shared a 126-run partnership for the second wicket for NMC to post 290 and Shadeep Silva, the UAE national team spinner, grabbed three for 41 from 9.2 overs to dismiss Yogi for 261.

Sampath was the more adventurous, hitting 10 fours and three sixes, and Ijaz played the anchor role, facing 104 balls and hitting four boundaries.

Brief scores

Phoenix Medicine 331 all out in 46.2 overs (Asif Mumtaz 81, Sharjeel Khan 75, Khawar Baluch 34, Sanjeeva Dias 4-54) bt Emistate 96 all out in 15.2 overs (Adil Mirza 6-11, Sharjeel Khan 2-24, Usman Manzoor 2-31).

New Medical Centre 290 all out in 50 overs (Asim Ijaz 96, Indika Sampath 83, Aqeel Ahmed 31 not out, Salman Faris 3-43, Shehzad Mana 2-26, Praveen Achuthan 2-41) bt Yogi Group 261 all out in 47.2 overs (Anoop Ravi 67, Swapni Patil 49, Praveen Achuthan 25, Shadeep Silva 3-41).