Unique Elegant win with bonus point
MUSCAT: Unique Elegant registered a bonus point win against Europoles in the Oman Cricket League J division.
Europoles, batting first, could manage only 128 runs from 20 overs. Manukumar scored 39 not out. Unique Elegant chased the target in just 14.5 overs due to opening partnership of 76 runs between Gaurav Sangi who scored 60 in 46 balls and Rafeeq Siyad (29). Suketu Limbani scored a brisk 29 from 16 balls. BRIEF SCORES: Europoles 128-7 in 20 overs (Manukumar 39 n.o., Shelbbyn 31, Anniesh Devakumar 26 n.o.; Pavan Kumar 2-9, Vicky Chandrakanth 2-21) lost to Unique Elegant (Gaurav Sangi 60 n.o., Rafeeq Siyad 29, Suketu Limbani 29 n.o,; Rajan and Sajeev Sebastian 2 wickets each); Points: Unique Elegant 3, Europoles 0
TIMES TRIUMPH In I division, Times of Oman beat Hussan Fadhil.
Batting first, Times of Oman scored 184 runs in 20 overs. An allround performance by Muhammad Azeem, who scored 61 from 36 balls, and took 3 wickets for 38, Mujtaba Ahmed 54 and Imran Ali 35 could not help secure bonus point which could have made Times of Oman champions. Manoj wickets.
In reply, Hussan Fadhil managed 159 runs.
Sreeraj hit 31. Mohammad Azeem took 3 for 38 and Ovais Karim 2 for 18. BRIEF SCORES: Times of Oman 184-5 in 20 overs (Muhammad Azeem 61, Mujtaba Ahmed 54, Imran Ali 35; Manoj 2 wickets) bt Hussain Fadhil & Partners 159-9 in 20 overs. (Sreeraj 31, Johnson 29; Muhammad Azeem 4-0-38-3, Ovais Karim 2-18); Points: Times of Oman 2, HFP-CT 0 of HFP took 2
MATCH ABANDONED Another I division match between Mani’s Azad and Mecamec Royals was abandoned due to bad weather conditions at OAC III Ground. Both teams secured 1 point each.
DESIGN GROUP WIN In J division, Design Group beat Aster Hospital by 55 runs.
The match was reduced to 18 overs due to late submission of nominations. Design Group, batting first, scored 185-7 in 18 overs and secured a bonus point. Shabbir Ahmed scored brilliant 65 not out from 49 balls followed by Susheel Krishnan 24. Mehadi from Aster took 2 wickets.
Aster Hospital scored 130 wickets in their alloted 18 overs. BRIEF SCORES: Design Group 185-7 in 18 overs (Shabir Ahmed 65 n.o., Susheel Krishnan 24; Mehadi 2-24) bt Aster Hospital 130-7 in 18 overs (Ajimsha 28 n.o., Mehadi n.o.; Suraj Sukumar 2-31, Sushil Krishnan 2-18); Points: Design Group 3, Aster Hospital 0 for 7
PSM THUMP ISAS In the junior division under-19 match, Pakistan School Muscat (PSM) thumped Indian School Al Seeb (ISAS) by 8 wickets. ISAS after winning the toss could manage only 103 runs in 23.4 overs due to excellent bowling by performance of Abdul Rehman, who took 6 wickets for 35 runs.
PSM chased their target in 15 overs losing 2 wickets in the bargain. Nisar Tajamal (34) and Ehsan Ullah (31) remained not out. BRIEF SCORES: ISAS 103 all out in 23.4 overs (Mohammed Feshal 26; Abdul Rehman 8.4-0-356) lost to PSM 105-2 in 15 overs (Nisar Tajamal 34); Points: PSM 5, ISAS 0