Jumbo Sony Cup, 1997-98
Final, 40 Overs-a-Side Tournament
Expats A v Al Kabeer
Jumbo-Sony Ground, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
26 December 1997

Result: Expats A won by 22 runs.

Toss: Al Kabeer
Umpires:
Man of the Match: Ejaz (Expats A)

Expats A innings                                                R   B   4  6
Arshad Ali            lbw                b Aamir Butt          15
Walters Sequira       c Muneer Raja      b Naveed Akbar        11
Nirendra              c Mohammed Nadeem  b Naveed Akbar         2
Salim Saeed                              b Aamir Rafiq          4
Ejaz                  run out                                  76  94   7  0
Raja                  lbw                b Mohammed Nadeem     60  76   7  0
Laxmi Das             run out                                   9
Ajit Puthran                             b Suhail Butt         51  32   4  1
Kazim Ali                            c & b Aamir Rafiq          4
Surender                                 b Aamir Rafiq          0
Ryan D'Souza          not out                                   0
Extras                                                         26
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs)                   258

FoW: 1-24, 2-35, 3-35, 4-39, 5-157, 6-179, 7-253, 8-255, 9-258,
     10-258.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Aamir Rafiq             9.3     3      35       4
Naveed Akbar            7       1      30       2
Sajjad Butt             8       0      57       0
Nadeem Akhtar          10       1      29       1
Raheel Khan            10       0      60       0
Suhail Butt             5       0      39       1

Al Kabeer innings                                               R   B   4  6
Raheel Khan           c Surender         b Ejaz                17
Ahsan Khan            c Nirendra         b Ejaz                 0
Aamir Butt            c Raja             b Salim Saeed         29
Nadeem Akhtar         c Nirendra         b Ajit Puthran         0
Sajjad Butt           run out                                  51  65   5  1
Naveed Akbar          c Laxmi Das        b Salim Saeed          3
Iqbal Qureshi         st Kazim Ali       b Laxmi Das           45  61   4  0
Muneer Raja           lbw                b Salim Saeed         24
Aamir Rafiq                          c & b Laxmi Das           34
Suhail Butt           c Nirendra         b Laxmi Das            5
Mohammed Nadeem       not out                                   1
Extras                                                         27
Total                 (all out, 47.2 overs)                   236

FoW: 1-14, 2-22, 3-24, 4-75, 5-84, 6-118, 7-184, 8-196, 9-216,
     10-236.

Bowling                 O       M       R       W
Ajit Puthran           10       1      39       1
Ejaz                    7       1      37       2
Salim Saeed            10       2      28       3
Arshad Ali              8       1      44       0
Ryan D'Souza            6       0      27       0
Laxmi Das               7.2     0      43       3

• Despite the tournament being called the "40 overs-a-side tournament", the final was played 50 overs a side.

  Sources: Gulf News (www.gulf-news.co.ae), Khaleej Times (www.khaleejtimes.com)

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