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first Indoor Cricket Club World Series Last night’s finale at the UPro Sports Complex in Dubai, United Arab Emirates saw hometown favorites DBMSC beat a tough Barbarian Indoor Cricket Club (BICC) side from New Zealand/Australia in the Grand Final to claim its inaugural title.
DBMSC underlined their dominance by going unbeaten throughout the tournament, eight games in total. They beat unbeaten UAE team SFS 67-19 by 15 wickets in the semi-finals, while the Savages started the cup with an 82-61 win over tough Jamia Indoor Cricket Club team from England. showdown.
Twelve teams from UAE, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and New Zealand/Australia participated in the competition. The competition over five days saw teams play each other in two pools, culminating yesterday in a cup and cricket playoff. The idea behind the tournament, founded by UPro boss Manish Kishore, is to bring together club teams from around the world to compete at a high level, much in the same way international cricket is played.
Cup Final – DBSMSC (UAE) vs Barbarians Indoor CC (Australia/New Zealand)
The final brought together arguably the two best teams in the tournament. From their earlier 52-point loss to the same opponent in Game 2, BICC wanted to make amends and give their opponent their first loss in the final.
DBMSC bats first, sets competitive totals
However, the Emirates got off to a perfect start despite two 3-pointers from Daniel Van Hees and Clive Rose, Jay Joshi and Nadir Hussain in Game 1. scored 28 points. Vikrant Shetty and Ruwan Chandra added another 23, again repelling two late third balls from Matt Henderson and Jackson Hemingway’s partnership to bring the score to 50 midway through the innings.
BICC then fought back in the third pair. With Mitchell Rush in hot pursuit, the Van Hees dribbled past Farhan Khan’s ball in succession, while Charlie Finnie was on the next play. One more finish was added in , although Krishna Karate hit a seven. Hemingway etched another wicket to put the pair at 11 and BICC opened the door for the game.
It left for an interesting final four rounds, but DBMSC held their aces, Prashath Kumara, who has already won five match awards in the competition, and Dilisara Sasanka. Kumar, who has 168 runs in his first seven starts, didn’t disappoint, hitting Jared Tutty’s four first pitches. Despite a potential third-ball opportunity, Tutty and Todd Watson took over Henderson in the third inning, with consecutive fours yielding 15 runs. The duo combined for 37 points for a total of 99 after Clive Rose closed out the game, with BICC winning on 100.
BICC struggled hard to chase, DBMSC stabilized its position
An average of 25 is needed per pair, plus the pressure of the final, so a good start is essential.
Van Hees and Finnie were an established duo open for BICC and they delivered again. Van Hees continued his impressive game with 136 runs in seven games leading into the final. They navigated the first two overs well, overcoming Karate and Farhan’s two three-point chances. DBSMC was poor in the last two overs with 10 extra pitches including 6 from Shetty (all extra pitches had to be re-balled in the final overs of each batting pair) to provide ease for the batsmen run. However, the last ball ran out, he got a reprieve and the 28 they scored kept the teams tied after the first pair.
The tide of the game turned from the first ball of the 5th inning, after Tutty was out for karate bowling. Farhan’s final hit in the seventh put Tutti and Hemingway in a bind. The batting pair took 7 runs with 3 balls remaining and Josh took two wickets with the last ball off and they finished at -1 to make it 27 on aggregate.
Needing 73 points over the final eight games, Watson and Rush stepped up to the challenge. They scored decisively and each created boundaries. That includes 19 overs in the final two rounds, bringing the partnership to 28.
A final pair needing 45 runs was a tough ask for the final pair of Rose and Henderson. Shetty let Rose run out of third ball in the ninth despite several heavy strikes from Henderson, which left BICC needing 29 in the final. Josh had Rose catch the ball twice in a row and despite some finishing touches it was overall too much for the New Zealand/Australia team. On their home turf, DBMSC won by 24 points and declared themselves a force going forward in the club competition.
It caps off a huge event, the next of which is scheduled for 2024 in Sri Lanka. All eyes are now on the next major indoor cricket tournament, the New Zealand-Asian Cup, which will be held in Bangalore from May 2-5.
Cup Finals:
DBMSC (UAE) 99 (28-23-11-37)
Sasanka 20, Josh 19
Van Hees 1/4, Hemingway 1/6
Savages Indoor Cricket Club (Australia/New Zealand) 75 (28–1-28-20)
Rush 21, Henderson 21
Farhan 2/1, Josh 4/2
Player of the Match: Prasath Kumara, DBMSC (UAE)
Player of the Tournament: Prasath Kumara, DBMSC (UAE)
result: DBMSC wins by 24 runs and wins 2023 Indoor Cricket Club World Series
Available scores, results and final standings, courtesy of: United Professional Sports
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