SeIia wins Ahu Dhahi GP

~Gulf
Toda~
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2010
Mghanistan )\ triumph in InterCon Cup at nsc " Cambridge's
Qazi excels
in Lifebuoy
cricket
FROM OUR ABU DHABI BUREAU
MOAAZ Qazi played a
stellar role to take Cam­
bridge High School eloser
to a semi-final spot in the
Under-16 division of the
Lifebuoy Abu Dhabi inter­
school tournament.
The all-rounder blasted
62 not out after taking
three for 15 from his five
overs to lead them to a
convincing eight-wicket
win oveT Sherwood, their
second in the Group A, at
the Abu Dhabi Cricket
Council gTounds on Tues­
day.
Qazi's 51-bali knock
was studded with five
sixes and a couple offours,
and he added 64 for the
third wicket with Valentin
Guiraud (18 not out) with­
out being separated. It
was the second time the
pair came together for a
match winning partner­
ship.
Sherwood sent into bat
found run-scoring hard .
The openers, Owais Jafar
(23 in 43 balls) and Shaun
Chako (8 in 23 balls) put on
46 in 11.1 overs. Bikram­
jeet Singh, the captain and
two-drop batsman, hit a
brisk 27 with three fours,
but the rest of the batting
failed to deliver.
Qazi was the pick ofthe
Cambridge bowlers. Bilal
Passela and Pasindu de
Silva took two wickets
apiece.
BRIEF SCORES
Cambridge b! Sherwood by 8 wkls.
Sherwood 119 all out in 25 overs
(Owals Jalar 23. Bikramjeel Singh 27,
Moaaz Qazi 3 for 15, Bilal Passela 2
fDr 33, Pasindu de Silva 2 lor 7). Cam­
bridge 120 for 2 in 17.3 over. (ShaI heer Jazill7, Moaaz Qazi 62 not oul,
Valentin Guiraud 18 fiot·Olll). Man 01 '
the Match: Moaaz Qazi. Caption:
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DUBAI: Afghanistan has. ; :
claimed the ICC Intercon- .. '
tinental Cup 2009-10 final,: .
with a seven-wicket victory :,
over Scotland at Dubai
Sports City Stadium on
Sunday.
Mirwais Ashraf and,
Hamid Hassan made light
work of the Scottish bats- .
men to dismiss the side for
a meagre 82 runs this,
morning, leaving Mo- '
hammed Shahzad to guide.· .
the team to victory with an ';
unbeaten
half-century.
after the Asian side chased ..'
down the target of 124 in '
just 26.4 overs.
,
Afghanistan
coach, .:
Rashid Latif said, "We're '
very happy to win the In- .
tercontinental Cup as this ,
is our first time in the com- .
petition. Previously Ire­
land have won the tourna- ,
ment three times, Scotland i
once and now for the first .. ,
timeMghanistan which is ;
very
pleasing
for J
Mghanistan and especially I
pleasing for me as coach." .:,
Meanwhile, UAE con- ",
tinued its battle against l '
Namibia on Sunday with :
Saqib Ali and Swapnil
Patil adding plenty ofruns "
to the board to help the "
host nation build a lead o[ t'·,
162 runs leaving every- I
thing well poised for the '
final day's play tomorrow.
in the ICC Intercontinen­
tal Shield 2009-10 final at
the ICC Global Cricket
Academy.
Scotland faced an uphill
battle at the start of the .,
third day's play at Dubai
Sports City stadium when
they resumed six wickets.
down for 64 runs and the
lower order failed to turn
. things round for Gordon
Drummond's side.
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Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa AI Nahyan presents the winner's trophy to Sami Selio as Jay Price and Thani AI Qamzi (right) look on in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.
SeIia wins Ahu Dhahi GP
FROM OUR ABU DHABI BUREAU
FINLAND's Sami Selio
won the Abu Dhabi Grand
Prix which was also the
penultimate round of the
UIM F1 Powerboat World
Championship 2010 at the
Breakwater in Corniche, on
Saturday.
Selio, who won the pole
position oil Friday, led from
start to finish. Champi­
onship leader Jay Price fin­
ished second and main­
tained his position at the
top of the table with 83
points, Closely on the heels
of the American is Selio
with 79 points. Team Abu
Dhahi's lead driver Thani
Al Qamzi finished third
and increased his tally to
61 points whereas his team
mate Ahmed Al Hameli fin­
ished fourth .
Selio (Team Mad Croc)
said: "Yesterday 1 was in
pole and today it is the
ninth win of my career - I
have won two times in Abu
Dhabi and it is my second
win of the season 2010.
Just a beautiful day, and I
am very proud for my fans
in Finland and my team be­
cause it was not easy but
good team work paid off.
"Today, during the race I
had some. problems with
the engine. At first, I
thought there was some-
thing wrong but then ev­
good achievement."
erything was sorted out
The top four places re­
and I finished first."
mained
unchanged
Qamzi (Team Abu throughout the 36-1ap race.
Dhabi) said: "Third time It was Selio's ninth career
that 1 finished third and I win and second in Abu
am really pleased to be on Dhabi having won in 2007.
the podium.
But third position for
It is nice for Team Abu Qamzi was not enough to
Dhabi. I started from sixth keep hirn in contention for
place and finished third in the 2010 UIM F1 World
the race. We should have Championship title.
done better. But yesterday
That will now be decided
we had the wrong set upo between Grand Prix ofAbu
But we conected it today.
Dhabi race winner Selio
I had a great start and and championship leader
came close to the champi­
Jay Price with the F1 race
onship. But it is nice to be in Sharjah promising a
finishing on the podium . nail-biting cJimax to the
with a boat that was run­
world's prernier waterborne
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ning very welI: So it is a race .
Coinciding with the
39th National Day it was
held under the patronage of
Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin
Khalifa Al Nahyan, chairman of Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club
(ADIMSC). He honoured
the first three winners of
the race.
From here the championship moves to Sharjah
where the eight and last
round will be held on Dee.
10. Team Abu Dhabi's
Hameli had sealed the
2010 UIM F1 Pole Position
Championship title, de­
spite finishing fourth in
Friday timed trials for the
Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi,
with one more round remaining with an unassail­
able lead of 103 points.
I Grand Prix of Abu Dhabl, UAE top
IInal resul!s
I 1. Saml Selio (FIN) Team Mad Croc
I 2. Jay Price (QA) ITeam Qatar 1.69.
pts
2. Sami Selio (FIN) Team Mad Croc 79
pls
3. Thani AI·Qamzi (UAE) Fl Team Abu
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4. Ahmed AI-Hameli (UAE) Fl Team . Raclng Team 9
Abu DhabI16.57.
4. Alex Carella (1) Team Mad Croc 9
pt.
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6. Ahmed AI-Hameli (UAE) Fl Team
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