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28 March 2024

Afridi fails to stop Yo Power in Sharjah Sixes

Shahid Afridi in aggressive mood during his knock of 24 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. (SUPPLIED)

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Yo Power had a field day winning both their matches in the inaugural Sharjah Sixes, organised by the Sharjah Cricket Council at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday night.

The presence of Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi, who played for Dubai Lions, was the highlight of the day.

But despite his quick 25-run contribution, Yo Power defeated Dubai Lions by three wickets after UAE player Swapnil Patil cracked a fine unbeaten 29 to successfully chase a target of 54 with still a over to spare.

In their second match of the day, Sunny Patel produced one of the best bowling efforts of the tournament to scalp three wickets in his one over as YoPower ousted NTDE by six wickets.

His spell meant NTDE were bundled out for a meager 29 which Yo Power successfully chased in 2.1 overs.

After the first loss, Dubai Lions recovered well to trash NTDE by six wickets. A Shezad scored an unbeaten 30.

Danube Lions made their intentions clear in this tournament registering a comfortable four-wicket victory against Nucaf Tellicherry.

Danube Lions’ Adnan Mufti (22 not out) and Rohan Mustafa (13 not out) shone with the bat to hand Nucaf Tellicherry a four-wicket defeat.

In the other matches, Cricket Maxway defeated Radio Mirchi by seven runs; Desert Kings Waterproofing ousted RSS by a huge 73 runs; Team Interface recorded an easy four-wicket win over Oxford Account; NMC Healthcare also defeated Chaanakyas Kerala by four wickets.

Brief scores:

Yo Power bt Dubai Lions by 3 wickets: Dubai Lions 53 for 4 in 5 overs (Habib Ghazi 14, Shahid Afridi 25) Yo Power: 56 for 2 in 4 overs (Swapnil Patil 29 not out, M Shafiq 21)

Yo Power bt NTDE by 6 wickets: NTDE 29 all out in 5 overs (Sunny Patel 3 for 2) Yo Power 33 for no loss in 2.1 overs (S Manna 27 not out).

Danube Lions bt Nucaf Tellicherry by 4 wickets: Nucaf Tellicherry 41 for 2 in 5 overs (Abdul Rahman 27 not out) Danube Lions 46 for 1 in 4 overs (Adnan Mufti 22 not out, Rohan Mustafa 13 not out).

Dubai Lions bt NTDE by 6 wickets: NTDE 35 for 4 in 5 overs (Johar 11, Rajesh 11) Dubai Lions 40 for no loss (A Shezad 30 not out)

Cricket Maxway bt Radio Mirchi by 7 runs: Cricket Maxway 56 for 4 in 5 overs (V Rajan 30; H Khizer 2 for 10) Radio Mirchi 49 all out in 5 overs (S Khan 13; K Migai 3 for 8, S Chavan 2 for 5)

Desert King Waterproofing bt RSS by 73 runs: Desert King 103 for no loss in 5 overs (Farhan 28 not out; Zeeshan 31 rtd, Salman Baber 31 rtd) RSS: 30 all out (Riyaz Khaliq 2 for 6)

Team Interface bt Oxford Account by 4 wickets: Oxford Account 55 for 5 in 5 overs (M Perera 17, Bandaranayake 8) Team Interface R Rai 15, F Tariq 29 not out, F Ghafoor 14 not out).

NMC Healthcare bt Chaanakyas Kerala 6 by 4 wickets: Chaanakyas 50 all out in 5 overs (Nitin Bharatha 19 not out; Shadeep Silva 2 for 7) NMC 53 for 2 in 3.5 overs (Indika Sampath 16 not out, N Tennuwara 19 not out; Gopa Kumar 2 for 12)