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The Oasys inter-school cricket got
off to a start with Bay View High
School playing The Lyceum
School in the first match of
Group “B”, a total batting collapse
let the BVHS boys down and The
Lyceum boys won this match with
ease.
The second match versus the
D.A.Public School O and A Levels,
batting first the Bayviewites
rattled up a modest score on the
P.A.D. ground, in their allotted 20
overs scored 142 for the loss of 6
wickets, Jahangir Shah Khan
top scored with a patient 78 off 73
balls, with opening batsman
Danial Naqi (16) and
Nizamuddin Sheikh (12) reaching
double figures. D.A. Public got off
to a solid start and after 4 overs
were going great guns, at a rate of
10 runs an over, a magic spell of
spin bowling from Usama Ibrahim
(3 for 11) turned the match around,
and with vice captain Asad Dalal
(3 for 23), Hisham Bokhari (2
for 32) and Jahangir Khan (1
for 24) skittled them out for 120
runs. Jahangir Khan with his
man of the match performance put
BVHS into the semi finals, with this
22 run victory.
The semi final was a tense affair,
with Bay View High taking on
Group “A” winners, The City
School P.A.F. chapter. Batting
first The city School were bundled
out for 128 runs in 19.1 overs,
Jahangir Khan (2 for 11), Usama
Zaman (2 for 20) and Aman
Jafri (1 for 11 in 3 overs)
doing the damage. Jahangir Shah
Khan again shone like a beacon,
and his solid knock of 72 runs, led
the way for BVHS reaching the final,
wicket keeper batsman Danial Naqi
(15), front order batsman Ozair
Qaiser (12), and pinch hitter
Aman Jafri supported Jahangir
to the finish, Bay View won by 4
wickets.
 The
final against last years champions
Southshore, was a thriller.
Batting first Southshore, who
were 78 for 8 in 14 overs, banged
the Bayviewites bowling all
over the park to score a reasonable
score of 146 runs in their
stipulated 20 overs, Usama Zaman
took 2 for 39 and Aman Jafri
3 for 31 of 3 overs. Jahangir
Khan opening the innings with
Danial Naqi, lost his wicket to
a fine delivery on the 5th
ball of the first over, the
Bayviewites were stunned, Ozair
Qaiser was sent in to replace
Jahangir, and with Danial
at the other end steadied the ship,
Danial got out after scoring
a quick fire 44 runs, hitting the
bowlers to all parts of the ground,
the Southshore boys fought on
with some fine bowling, pinch hitter
Nizamuddin Sheikh (16) was
sent in, but he was all nerves and
was soon back in the pavilion,
captain Mehdi Raza joined
Ozair, and what a responsible
innings he played, teaming up with
Ozair to the very end ,
needing 7 runs to win off the last
over, Ozair Qaiser 65 runs
not out, hit a 6 on the second last
ball of the match, to clinch victory
and the championship, Mehdi
remained 14 not out.
After the match was won the Bay
View High School boys went
berserk, there were scenes of joy
and jubilation all over, and it was
their first triumph as a team, and a
win after so many years. Ozair
Qaiser was adjudged man of the
final, and Jahangir Shah Khan
was declared the man of the series.
It was sheer delight for me as their
coach to see that their hard work
and dedication pay off in the end.
Well done boys, and keep up that
unity as a team, and you shall win
more in life.
THE TEAM: Mehdi Raza (captain),
Asad Dalal (vice captain), Danial
Naqi, Nizamuddin Sheikh, Ozair
Qaiser, Jahangir Shah Khan, Usama
Ibrahim, Sanakhawan Syed, Aman
Jafri, Hisham Bokhari, Usama Zaman,
Tayyab Khan, Moinuddin Sheikh, and
Humair Dawood,
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