Eastern Arabia wins Al-Majdouie cricket tournament 2012

January 1, 2013

Dammam, Jan 1: Al-Majdouie cricket Club invited eight teams for its second invitational cup 2012 which was played in Al Majdouie cricket ground Dammam Saudi Arabia.

The final was played between Eastern Arabia and Blue star. The match ended up in the nail biting finish and went all the way to the wire. Blue star won the toss and elected to bat, managed to put a challenging score of 188 in 20 overs. Imran of Blue star made valuable 85 and was picked as Man of the match.

In reply eastern Arabia lost early wickets which put brakes on the scoring rates. Mohammad Imran took the batting task to some extend and later Mohammad Afwan made valuable 40 and gave his team outside chance of winning the match. But it was Tanzeel who made sure his team is winning, scored fabulous 20 runs in the final over and last 3 runs came in the last ball.

Until last ball of 20th over nobody was sure which way the game was heading. Crowd enjoyed every bit of the match and nobody left their seats until the last ball was bowled.

Winning captain Mohammad Imran of Eastern Arabia was delighted with the team effort and dedicated the trophy to his team.

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AIE plane crash: Two NRIs in UAE thank God for missing flight at last moment

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August 8,2020

Dubai, Aug 7: One may call it good luck, but for two Indian expats it was God who prevented them at the last minute from boarding the Air India Express plane that crashed in Kerala, killing at least 18 people on board.

According to India's Civil Aviation Ministry, the Boeing 737 aircraft on a flight from Dubai to Kozhikode overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport on Friday evening. There were 184 passengers including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

Noufal Moin Vetten, an Ajman resident working as an office boy in a Sharjah school, was booked to travel on the flight and had checked in as per schedule.

Recounting his miraculous escape, Vetten, a resident of Malappuram, Thirunavaya, whose visa was cancelled a week ago, told Gulf News: “I was handed my boarding pass, but when I reached immigration, they told me I had to pay a fine of Dh 1,000 (Rs 20,430) for overstay. I had only Dh 500 (Rs10,215) with me.

"I called my school PRO and he told me to come back. He said they would follow protocols and pay the fines before sending me,“ he said.

Vetten was disappointed and called his family to let them know.

“When I heard about the crash, I was saddened for all the passengers. But I'm so relieved I missed it. God has been really merciful,” said Vetten.

Afsal Parrakodan, a resident of Abu Dhabi, had a similar stroke of luck.

“My work visa was cancelled about a week ago. After getting my boarding pass, I was told I had to pay a fine of Dh1,000 at the immigration counter, but I had only Dh500 on me.”

“I was very keen to board the flight and be with my family. So I called a friend who brought me the additional Dh500, but by then, my baggage had been offloaded and the flight's doors were closed,” said Parrakodan.

“I was feeling very sad and called my mother to tell her I had missed the flight. But a few hours later, when I learnt of the crash, I couldn’t help but feel relieved and thankful to God for saving my life,“ said an overwhelmed Parrakodan who plans to fly back next week.

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