PANAJI
Goan cricketer Ambey Parwatkar at age 50 is representing UAE Masters Team in the 7 nations Carribean Mini World Cup being played at Barbados. He has been part of 4 Firstclass Teams during his illustrious cricket career. Working in Dubai for last 30 years as a Division Manager for an Indian company Yogi Group has played cricket in 15 countries.
He is also shortlisted in 20 probables for UAE team for upcoming Masters World Cup in 2023, to be held in South Africa.
On Friday, Ambey bowled a tidy spell against West Indies of 7.0.13.1 and scored the winning runs staying unbeaten on 4 in a low scoring rain reduced game. West Indies 144 for 8 in 34 lost to UAE 145 for 8 in 33.3 overs. Earlier, UAE’s match against England was washed off.
In their last league game against Canada, UAE batted first and scored only 95 all out in 33.3 overs, but fought hard before ending up loosing side. Canada beat UAE by 4 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
Nothing stopped UAE from qualifying into the semi-finals to play USA on Wednesday. Other semis is between West Indies (Barbados) and England.
