ICC Intercontinental Cup and Shield

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES v HONG KONG Asia Group Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, April 24, 25, 26, 2005. Arab Emirates won by seven wickets. Points: United Arab Emirates 30 (win 14, batting 6, bowling 10), Hong Kong 12.5 (batting 6, bowling 6.5) First-class debuts: United Arab Emirates: Asghar Ali. Hong Kong: M.I.N.Eames, T.T.Smart, A.G.Gunthorpe, Tabarak Dar, M.Cheruparambil, Nasir Hameed, Ilyas Gul, Jawaid Iqbal, Nadeem Ahmed, Khalid Khan. HONG KONG R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s M.I.N.Eames c Mohammad Taskeen b Ali Asad 8 32 - - (4) b Khurram Khan 9 11 16 1 - *†T.T.Smart c Khurram Khan b Ahmed Nadeem 9 34 - - c Fahad Usman b Khurram Khan 20 66 81 2 - A.G.Gunthorpe b Mohammad Tauqir 38 93 3 - c Fahad Usman b Sameer Zia 46 97 116 4 - Tabarak Dar lbw b Khurram Khan 5 23 - - (1) lbw b Ali Asad 3 12 11 - - M.Cheruparambil c Ali Asad b Khurram Khan 0 5 - - lbw b Ali Asad 26 60 61 5 - Nasir Hameed lbw b Mohammad Tauqir 7 46 1 - lbw b Sameer Zia 2 16 13 - - Ilyas Gul not out 33 74 5 - not out 32 73 99 4 - Jawaid Iqbal b Mohammad Tauqir 1 10 - - (10) run out 3 21 34 - - Nadeem Ahmed b Rizwan Latif 9 25 1 - lbw b Ali Asad 0 3 6 - - Afzaal Haider c Ali Asad b Sameer Zia 5 31 - - (8) lbw b Ali Asad 3 31 34 - - Khalid Khan b Rizwan Latif 4 13 1 - c Ali Asad b Khurram Khan 0 4 9 - - Extras lb 6, w 2 8 b 22, lb 18 40 (66 ov) 127 (65.4 ov) 184 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s Asghar Ali lbw b Khalid Khan 0 7 6 - - lbw b Khalid Khan 2 9 14 - - Arshad Ali c Gunthorpe b Afzaal Haider 10 15 2 - lbw b Nadeem Ahmed 38 59 100 2 1 Fahad Usman b Khalid Khan 1 9 11 - - Syed Maqsood b Ilyas Gul 28 73 93 5 - not out 51 106 138 6 1 Khurram Khan b Ilyas Gul 56 77 8 1 not out 55 72 94 7 1 Sameer Zia c and b Ilyas Gul 6 38 48 1 - *Mohammad Tauqir lbw b Nadeem Ahmed 4 33 36 - - †Mohammad Taskeen not out 5 19 25 1 - Ali Asad c Nasir Hameed b Ilyas Gul 10 18 22 1 - Ahmed Nadeem b Ilyas Gul 0 3 2 - - (3) lbw b Ilyas Gul 34 30 40 4 1 Rizwan Latif b Khalid Khan 0 3 3 - - Extras b 3, lb 1, nb 3 7 b 1, lb 3, w 1 5 (48.4 ov) 127 (3 wkts; 46 ov) 185 United Arab Emirates O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall HK UAE HK UAE Ali Asad 8 1 19 1 - - 15 2 27 4 - - 1 16 (1) 1 (1) 6 (1) 9 (1) Ahmed Nadeem 8 1 20 1 - - 7 0 16 0 - - 2 26 (2) 8 (3) 56 (2) 55 (3) Syed Maqsood 3 0 11 0 2 - 3 56 (4) 21 (2) 72 (4) 95 (2) Khurram Khan 19 9 20 2 - - 14.4 1 35 3 - - 4 60 (5) 89 (4) 100 (3) Mohammad Tauqir 15 4 31 3 - - (3) 10 0 30 0 - - 5 68 (3) 98 (5) 112 (6) Rizwan Latif 8 3 11 2 - - (5) 7 2 13 0 - - 6 75 (6) 112 (7) 126 (5) Sameer Zia 5 1 9 1 - - 10 4 19 2 - - 7 77 (8) 112 (6) 146 (8) Arshad Ali (6) 2 0 4 0 - - 8 101 (9) 126 (9) 152 (9) 9 110 (10) 126 (10) 175 (10) Hong Kong O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 10 127 (11) 127 (11) 184 (11) Afzaal Haider 8 2 28 1 - - 10 1 47 0 1 - Khalid Khan 10.4 1 24 3 - 3 8 1 32 1 - - Nadeem Ahmed 13 7 31 1 - - 15 3 52 1 - - Jawaid Iqbal 6 1 24 0 - - (5) 5 2 10 0 - - Ilyas Gul 11 5 16 5 - - (4) 8 0 40 1 - - Toss: Hong Kong Umpires: B.B.Pradhan (Nepal) and S.S.Prasad (Singapore). Close of Play: 1st day: United Arab Emirates (1) 126-7 (Mohammad Taskeen 4*, Ali Asad 10*, 47 overs); 2nd day: United Arab Emirates (2) 144-3 (Syed Maqsood 31*, Khurram Khan 35*, 38 overs). Man of the Match: Khurram Khan (United Arab Emirates). 53 ICC Intercontinental Cup 2005