17 August 2006
QATAR BATTERS THAILAND
Qatar v Thailand at The Royal Selangor Club
QATAR WON BY SEVEN WICKETS
Qatar raced to a seven-wicket victory inside 40 overs against plucky
Thailand at the Royal Selangor Club to almost guarantee themselves
a place in the quarter-finals.
On paper it may have looked like an easy victory, but Qatar had
to work for their runs and had the anchorman Muhammad Jahangir not
been dropped twice on his way to 90, then Qatar would have found
the going a lot tougher.
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| Muhammad Jahangir takes a run |
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Malaysian conditions have been very demanding on the Qataris, Jahangir
vomited on the pitch mid-way through his innings and centurion Irfan
Hussain was cramping badly after two hours of batting and retired
the moment he made a 100.
Thailand just don’t have an edge or any depth to their bowling
yet. As a batting team they’re certainly stronger and looked
to have things well in control at the 40 over mark at 190 for 4 but
then a rash of wickets fell and the platform to accelerate given
to them by John Hottinger (50), Richard Bowater (37), Zeeshan Khan
(29) and Shyam Sideek (40) was not built upon.
Spinners Saleem Akhtar and Qamar Sadiq bowled their 20 overs for
58 runs picking up 4 wickets. 229 was always gettable particularly
against the Thai bowling and even though they bowled their hearts
out, and took a super catch at square leg to dismiss Qatar’s
captain early on, Qatar won quite comfortably.
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| Doug Kinsella catches Omer Taj |
GROUP D
Qatar v Thailand at The Royal Selangor Club
QATAR WON BY SEVEN WICKETS
Thailand: 229 all out in 49.2 overs (J. Hottinger 50, R. Bowater
37, S. Sideek 40; Q. Sadiq 3-37)
Qatar: 233 for 3 in 39.4 overs (M. Jahangir, I. Hussain 100)
Man of the Match: Irfan Hussain (Qatar)
Points: Qatar 2, Thailand 0
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