Divyanda Shehkar produced brilliant spells with the ball as the Sharjah Cricket Academy’s under-12 and under-14 teams wound up their tour of England on a mixed note.
Divyanda, who featured in both the SCA teams, was instrumental in leading the under-12 outfit to a narrow one-wicket victory over Esher CC in their last match, but he failed to prevent the under-14 team from crashing to one-wicket defeat against the same team.
He dominated the proceedings, picking up five wickets in each match. Playing with the SCA under-12 team, he turned in a super all-round performance to seal a tense win. First, he took five for 15 and then cracked a fluent 35 to help SCA overhaul Esher CC’s total of 117.
The SCA under-14 match against Esher also turned out to be a close affair. Batting first, the SCA team scored 99 for nine in the allotted 25 overs. Akshay Pancholi top-scored with 20.
Esher CC, in reply, raced to the modest victory target in 19.4 overs despite Divyanda bagging five for 10. Chiraq Thakur was the other successful bowler, taking three for 12.
Brief scores:
Sharjah Cricket Academy U-12 team beat Esher Cricket Club by 1 wicket: Esher CC 117 all out in 22. 3 overs (Harris 18, Wadstat 13, Albrook 10, Littlewood 10; Divyanda Shehkar 5-15, Arsalan Amir 1-21, Tanveer 1-24, Chirag Thakur 1-28). SCA 118 for eight in 24.5 overs (Divyandu Shekhar 35 not out, Salman Raza 18, Dhruva Narendra 14’ Littlewood 2-17, Albrook 2-17). Man of the match: Divyanda Shehkar of SCA.
Esher CC beat SCA U-14 by 1 wicket: SCA U-14 99 for 9 in 25 overs (Akshay Pancholi 20, Aagam 14, Mario John 13 not out, Tom McKay 3-12) Esher CC 103 for 9 in 19.4 overs (C. Gill 39 not out, S. Tiltson 14, Hunt 13; Divyanda Shehkar 5-10, Chirag Thakur 3-12).
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