Captains Log In For Duty At ICC World Twenty20

The men hoping to lead their nations to glory in the ICC World Twenty20 put their rivalries aside to meet outside London’s Guildhall before the battle for sporting supremacy begins on Friday.
 
They will all be hoping to emulate the achievements of MS Dhoni, who lifted the trophy in 2007 after leading India to a thrilling victory over Pakistan in South Africa.
 
It was all smiles and handshakes at the historic landmark as the skippers met ahead of the first warm-up matches between Ireland and Netherlands, followed by a clash between New Zealand and India.
 
The tournament starts officially on 5th June when hosts England face the Netherlands after the opening ceremony at Lord’s.
 
Emirates is proud to be associated with the explosion in popularity of the Twenty20 format across the globe. As well supporting the ICC World Twenty20, it is the Title Sponsor of IPL side Kings XI Punjab.
 
As an Official Partner of the ICC, Emirates has sponsorship rights to all major ICC tournaments, including the 2011 and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cups, ICC Champions Trophy and ICC World Twenty20. It also sponsors the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier, ICC Under-19 World Cup, ICC Intercontinental Cup and the ICC Women’s World Cup.
 
In partnership with the ICC, Emirates will continue sponsoring the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and Referees. This agreement will see the Fly Emirates logo prominently displayed on the clothing of umpires at all ICC events until 2015.

Fly Emirates Stars Lead Denmark Demolition

The UAE National team, spearheaded by three Fly Emirates players, destroyed Denmark yesterday at the Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in South Africa.

Amjed Javed, with an amazing innings of 164 from 117 balls – including 17 fours and eight sixes – kept alive the UAE’s dream of reaching the 2011 Asia showpiece by leading them to an emphatic 112-run victory.

The result eased the Emirates Cricket Board into the Super Eights stage alongside Kenya and the Netherlands, with all three teams on six points with one Group B match remaining.

Javed’s man-of-the-match display inspired the UAE to a mammoth total of 379-6 off 50 overs, with skipper Khurram Khan smashing 56 off just 37 balls.

The duo – along with Arshad Ali – who chipped in with a handy 35, including six fours – prepared for the tournament playing for Fly Emirates against a host of top English County sides in the Emirates Airline Pro ARCH Trophy.

Remarkably the trio, who juggle cricket with busy workloads at the Dubai-based airline, were in the Fly Emirates side which inflicted a morale-sapping defeat on the UAE ahead of the trip to South Africa.

However, the players learned from the experience of facing English stars like Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard and shocked tournament favourites, the Netherlands, with a terrific two-wicket win in their second match.

The UAE had it much easier against the Danes, who put in a brave effort to reach 267 all out from 44.4 overs, with Frederik Klokker (77), Michael Pedersen (60) and Carsten Pedersen (58) leading the scoring, while Javed and Khan got in on the act again with a wicket each.

The UAE – who bounced back from a nine-wicket loss to Kenya to add a win over the Dutch to a four-wicket victory over Bermuda – take on Afghanistan on Wednesday in their final group match before the Super Eights gets under way on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Fly Emirates claimed another victory over the UAE at the weekend, beating the under-19 side in Dubai, with Lalith Dhanayake, Saby Fernandes, Nigel Fernandes, Muhammed Iqbal and Yasin Sikander all making valuable contributions.