Teams qualify to knockout round

SALALAH: Top two teams from the six groups qualified to the knockout round of the Salalah Cricket League organised by Oman Cricket Club, Salalah.

The teams qualified are: Group A: First Technology and Creative Engineering Consultancy,

Group B: Al Twarja Trading and Divin Trading, Group C: Al Ardaf Trading and Sa United, Group D: Diamond City and Raysut Oasis Trading, Group E: Ghazal Al Kadra and United Professionals, Group F: Al Taba Trading and Al Qasid Trading.

On the ninth day of Pocari Sweat Salalah Cricket League on January 20, Creative Engineering team defeated Khimji Ramdas by 3 wickets and Al Twarja team defeated NDTC by 6 wickets. In the afternoon matches, SA United defeated Al Ardaf Trading by 5 wickets and Raysut Oasis Trading defeated Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic by 43 runs.

With the matches, the league round was completed with a total of 36 matches. Parwinder, Sajan, Nazeer, Fayaz, Rizwan, Jamshed, Ravi and Naved were officiating umpires for the matches. Nandakumar, Jayraj, Ravi and Anil Kumar were official scorers. Prabhakar, Dilip and Francis did the commentary. Matches were attended by S Anil Kumar (secretary), Axay (vice-chairman), Nilesh (chairman), Narender and John from Oman Cricket Club Salalah, Dilip Chawda and Harish from Khimji Ramdas. Man of the matches awards were presented by Nilesh and Anil. BRIEF SCORES Group A: Khimji Ramdas 127-9 in 20 overs (Thimaiya 35, Prani 22 n.o.; Monesh 4-19-3, Mithun 2-14) lost to Creative Engineering Consultants 128-7 in 15.4 overs (Jyothis 50, Binu 31 n.o.; Thimaiya 4-24-4, Alamin 2-202); Man of the match: Jyothis Group B: NDTC 123-9 in 20 overs (Mustaq 57, Aziz 27; Sanooj 4-18-2, Asif Ali 2-19) lost to Al Twarja Trading 127-4 in 14.5 overs (Akram 61, Asif Ali 28; Sujith 2-34, Malik and Shyam took 1 wicket each); Man of the match: Akram Group C: Al Ardaf Trading 143 all out in 17.5 overs (Shahid 41 n.o., Shahbaz 40, Majid and Chema took 2 wickets) lost to SA United 1445 (Haneef 59, Qamar Hafeez 35; Ilyas 2-24); Man of the match: Haneef Group D: Raysut Oasis 174 all out in 20 overs (Mohammed Wahid 52, Abdul Gafoor 39; Nobin 4-33-4, Manoj, Shuhaib, Sinu and Joby took 1 wickets each) bt Al Ameen Ayurvedic Clinic 131 all out in 17.5 overs (Joby 45, Sinu 28; Rafi 1-14-2, Ajmal 3-20-3); Man of the match: Mohammed Wahid