Yousuf, Akbar guide Danmark and Taurus to easy wins
Junaid Yousuf slammed a scintillating century (120) off only 56 balls to muscle Danmark to a 25-run victory over Aster Hospital in an Oman Cricket G Division clash at Al Amerat on Friday.
Yousuf's knock was studded with 19 boundaries and two huge hits over the ropes.
In another G Division match, opener Ali Akbar struck an
unbeaten half-century to guide Taurus XI to a resounding seven-wicket win over Sketch International. Akbar’s unbeaten 76 comprised 11 boundaries. Brief scores: G Division:
Danmark 217-6 in 20 overs (Yousuf 120, Muzammil Ali 38; Noushad 2-31, Adi Raja 2-46) beat Aster Hospital 192-7 in 20 overs (Mohammed Basheer 56, Noushad 29; Javed Mohammed 2-18, Doresh Davender 2-30, Mayank Bharatia 2-37).
G Division: Sketch International 139-6 in 20 overs (Gurmit Ram 54, Davinder Kumar 30 n.o., Issam al Balushi 27; Ayaz Ahmed 3-8) lost to Taurus XI 143-3 in 16.3 overs (Ali Akbar 76 n.o., Faras 30; Davinder 2-20).
H Division: Abdul Aziz Ali Trading & Contracting 168-9 in 20 overs (Taqeer Shahzad 55, Naseer Ahmed 30; Nandakumar Nair 4-17, Manoj P V 3-14) beat Sam Royals 74 all out in 15.5 overs (Santhosh Kumar 26; Sunil Lal 4-17, Syed Naseer 2-9).
I Division: AWS Engineering 202-5 in 20 overs (Kirit Tandel 100, Dipak 33 n.o.; Chandra Kaipenchery 3-24, Majid Habib 2-25) beat ABT-Spartans 132-8 in 20 overs (Imran Baggad 38, Faisal Mundakkottil 36; Bhaumik Parikh 5-16).
I Division: Gitacs 173-7 in 20 overs (Mohammed Nawaz 60, Usman Siddique 33; Santo Joseph 2-28, Visakh Venugopal 2-33, Dinu Parameswaran 2-38) beat Multi-Pumps Engineering 144-8 in 20 overs (Vineesh Raj 29, Dinu Parameswaran 26; Ali Bilal 3-24).