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Tom Curran’s five-for demolishes UAE
- Updated: December 3, 2016
England Lions 190 (Alsop 44, T Curran 40) beat UAE 90 (Mustafa 45, T Curran 5-16, Leach 3-7) by 100 runs Scorecard
Tom Curran and Jack Leach combined to spark a spectacular UAE collapse at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium as England Lions took a 2-0 lead in their three-match one-day series.
Curran took 5 for 16 to follow a handy 40 with the bat, and Leach ended with 3 for 7 from 6.2 overs as the UAE lost their last nine wickets for 27 inside 14 overs. They face a final match on Monday with the series settled.
The home team seemed to be heading for a comfortable win to square the series at 63 for 1 after the Lions had struggled to 190 all out with 15 balls of their innings remaining.
But after Lancashire’s Liam Livingstone had broken the UAE’s second-wicket stand with some occasional offspin, as Ghulam Shabber pulled him to Keaton Jennings at midwicket, Leach and his Somerset team-mate Craig Overton piled on the pressure.
Leach had Shaiman Anwar caught at the third attempt by Joe Clarke, and Overton then produced an athletic piece of fielding to run out Mohammed Qasim from short fine leg.
Then Curran, who had taken the first wicket in a lively four-over opening spell, …
