Global Phone, TR Engineering and Spanio post easy wins

MUSCAT: A match- winning unbeaten 118-run partnership between Shanidh Koottara (69 off 42) and Sheriff Mohammed (49 off 33) helped Global Phone to an exciting 10-run victory against Muscat Masters in an E Division T20 League clash at Muscat Municipality ground 2 in Amerat.

Teetering at 57 for 5 in 7 overs, Global Phone staged a remarkable recovery to post 180 for 5 in its quota of overs thanks to brilliant batting by Shanidh and Sheriff. Jaleel Mahamood was the only other notable scorer with 25 off 19.

Requiring 9 runs an over to win the game, Masters made a valiant attempt but fell short by 10 runs, scoring 170 for 3 despite a superb 94 not out by Hemendrasinh Chatrapal. MUSHIR SHINES IN EASY WIN

FOR TR ENGINEERING In an F Division game, TR Engineering proved to be too good for OCT Al Nahdha, walking away with a comfortable 89-run win.

TR Engineering amassed 212 for in 20 overs thanks to handsome knocks by Mushir Nazir (56) and Hamid Syed (45).

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Only Rafeeq Mohammed (48) and Mohammed al Balushi (34) batted well against some tight bowling by Engineering boys. Haris Alam and Bharath Ram claimed two wickets each. DEEPESH STARS FOR SPANIO Deepesh Unnikoru bowled a brilliant 4-wicket spell, steering Spanio VDD to a 5-wicket victory against Sketch International in another F Division match.

Sketch was dismissed for a modest 133 in the 20th over as Deepesh became hard to negotiate in the final overs of its innings. Manish Bhatia (38) and Yusuf Pattanwala (22) were its only notable scorers. Spanio reached the target with seven balls to spare, Arun Kumar (40) and Hiren Oliyath (39) leading role in its chase.