Victories for ISC, Zawawi, QBG and RAY International
MUSCAT: A superb match-winning show by all-rounder Ansar Raza Ansari helped Indian Social Club (ISC) to a 32-run victory against White Lotus International in a B Division clash at Muscat Municipality ground I in Al Amerat on Friday.
Bishen Singh (57), Ansar (45) and Vineet Nair (35) were the leading contributors as ISC reached a respectable 193 for 7 in the stipulated 30 overs. Chetan Mallya chipped in with a useful 20. Nazish Mohammed and Davinder Kumar bowled well to claim three and two wickets respectively.
White lotus found the going tough against some tight ISC bowling and were soon in deep trouble at 94 for 6 in the 18th over. It was finally bundled out for 161 in the 29th over. Muhammed Nadeem Ashaq was the only noteworthy scorer with 47 off 51 balls. Chetan Mallya and Ansar Raza bagged three wickets each. Brief scores: ISC 193 for 7 in 30 overs (Bishen Singh 57 – 7x4, 1x6, Ansar Raza 45 – 5x4, Vineet Nair 35 – 4x4) defeated White Lotus International 161 all out in 28.2 overs (Muhammed Nadeem Ashaq 47 Mallya 3-12, Ansar Raza 3-32) by 32 runs. KALAIRASAN LIFTS ZAWAWI TO WIN In another B Division game won by an all-rounder, Kalairasan Natarajan powered Zawawi Powertech Engineering to a thrilling two-run win over Muscat Cricket Sports (MCS) at Muscat Municipality ground II on Friday.
Kalairasan took two wickets, lending excellent support to Satnam Singh and Prabhakaran Kannan, who both bagged three wickets each, as MCS was bowled out for 195 – 8x4. Chetan in the 30th over. Ovais Karim topscored for MCS with a fluent 39 while Ghulam Humayun and Ahmed Khan contributed 34 and 23 respectively. Brief scores: Muscat Cricket Sports 195 all out in 29.5 overs (Ovais Karim 38 – 3x4, Ghulam Humayun 34 – 5x4, Mohammed Ahmed Khan 24 – 4x4. Satnam Singh 3-28, Prabhakaran Kannan 3-42, Kalaiarasan Natarajan 2-31) lost to Zawawi Powertech 196 for 8 in 29 overs (Kalaiarasan Natarajan 95 – 12x4, 1x6, Asif Abdul Al Balushi 26 – 3x4. Bhavik Hirji 3-28, Mahid Ali 3-28, Atif Raza 2-36).
ADITYA STARS IN QBG WIN Qurum Business Group (QBG) eased past Attic Outdoors by 37 runs thanks to Aditya’s excellent show with the bat and ball in a C Division game at Muscat Municipality ground IV in Al Amerat.
Batting first QBG scored 151 for 7 in 20 overs, helped largely by opener Aditya’s 37 off 25. Fiyaz Kamal’s 21 and 17 extras were the other major contributors.. Brief scores: QBG 151 for 7 in 20 overs (Aditya 37 – 6x4, Fiyaz Kamal 21. Rossvin Anto 2-19) beat Attic Outdoors 114 all out in 19.2 overs (Vikas Sharma 49 – 4x4. Aditya 3-24, Shiyas Ibrahim 2-22) by 37 runs
ISRAR’S SEVEN-FOR FLOORS RAY Israr Irfan’s seven-wicket spell bowled MARH to a 4-wicket win over Ruqan Al Yaqeen (RAY) International in a D Division match at Muscat Municipality ground I on Friday.
Israr triggered an amazing collapse after Ray received a 61-run opening stand from Mohsin Javed (26) and David Raj (28). Brief scores: RAY International 100 all out in 16.4 overs (David Raj 28 – 4x4, Mohsin Javed 26 – 3x4. Israr Irfan 7-17, Sukhpreet Singh2-27) lost to MARH 103 for 6 in 15.4 overs (Muhammed Rizwan 37 – 7x4, V Ramesh 25 – 3x4. Sweetly Raj 2-07, Krishna Raja 2-13) by 4 wickets