Qalco Floodlit Cricket Tournament-2014 gets underway

June 10, 2014

Doha, Jun 10: The Qalco Floodlit Cricket Tournament 2014 got off to a flying start with Qalco having an easy victory over Qatar Quarry. Mr. Fawad Rana, Managing Director of Qalco inaugurated the tournament in which the eight top teams from the first Hannan Cricket Tournament qualified for this knockout tournament.

Winning the toss Qalco elected to field. Batting first Qatar Quarry scored a respectable 101 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 12 overs. Manju was the top scorer for Qatar Quarry scoring 17 runs with 2 sixes. Ajit 16 runs with a six, Jawed 13 runs with a six, Hemantha 10 runs with a six and Madhusudan 10 runs with a six each contributed to the total.

Majeed, Zaheer, Ifzal and Pali took a wicket each while there were 4 run outs.

In reply Qalco easily scored 102 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 9.4 overs. Majeed scored a quick fire 21 runs with 3 sixes, he earned man of the match award for his knock . Other contributors were Inthiqab 19 runs with 2 sixes, Buddika 16 runs with 2 sixes Aftab and Abbas scored 12 runs with 1 six each. Jawad and Manju took a wicket each.

In the Division-II Match, MIC Defeated UP XII by 20 runs.

Electing to bat MIC scored 95 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the allotted 12 overs. Amit was the top scorer with 23 runs including 2 sixes, assisted by Rizwan Pawne – 16 runs with a six and Anwar 12 runs with a six and a boundary. Arshad took 2 wickets, while Obaid and Sabir took a wicket each.

As one of the MIC players left the ground and was not available for fielding, UP XII’s target was reduced by 13 runs, i.e. they needed to score 83 runs to win the match.

However UP XII were all out for 62 runs in 10.5 over losing by 20 runs. Arfat was the only batsman to reach double figures being run out for 23 runs with 3 sixes.

Prasanna, Amit and Baqer took a wicket each while there were 6 run outs. Amit was awarded man of the match.

The finals of the tournament is shceduled to be played on Sunday the 15th of June.

QALCO FLOODLIT CRICKET 1

QALCO FLOODLIT CRICKET 2

QALCO FLOODLIT CRICKET 3

QALCO FLOODLIT CRICKET 4

QALCO FLOODLIT CRICKET 5

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

Agencies

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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