Ayaan, Aaqib shine in Muscat CT’s win
Electing to field fits, Muscat CT dismissed their Al Turki for 147 in the 39th over before achieving the target in 22.4 overs for the loss of two wickets
MUSCAT: Muscat CT stretched their amazing unbeaten run in the Premier Division to four successive wins with a clinical eightwicket victory over Al Turki NMC at the Ministry of Sports Affairs Ground I in Al Amerat on Saturday.
Putting Al Turki in to bat first, Muscat dismissed their hapless opponents for just 147 in the 39th over. For Al Turki, only Ajay Lalcheta showed some resistance with a fluent half century.
Ayaan Khan led the bowling honours for Muscat with a threewicket haul while Sandeep Gaud and Badal Singh bagged two wickets each.
It took Muscat only 22.4 overs to surpass the small total, scoring 150 for two. Aaqib Ilyas was once again the leading performer with a strokeful 63 that included four big hits over the fence. Swapnil Khadye batted well too for his boundaries-laden 39.
Brief scores: Al Turki NMC 147 all out in 38.4 overs (Ajay Lalcheta 57, Twinkle Bhandari 24, Sunil Singh 22; Ayaan Khan 3/22, Sandeep Goud 2/27, Badal Singh 2/25) lost to Muscat CT 150 for 2 in 22.4 overs (Aaqib Ilyas Sulehri 63, Swapnil Khadye 39, Sudeep Chavan 23).
Faisal lifts Enhance Eagles
Mohammed Faisal’s fast moving deliveries floored Sinha as MDC Enhance Eagles scored a six-wicket win in a 50-over A Division match at the Ministry of Sports Affairs Ground I on Friday.
Brief scores: Sinha 140 all out in 37.5 overs (Shashika Ranatunga 32, Mayura Silva 26; Mohammed Faisal 6/18) lost to MDC Enhance Eagles 141 for 4 in 33.5 overs (Parth Trivedi 50, Jason Manjila 31; Ishara Madushanka 2/34).
Salman Stores thrash NYDT
In another A Division game, Salman Stores handed NYDT a crushing 188-run defeat, thanks largely to Asad Ali’s superb 132 at Ministry of Sports Affairs Ground II in Al Amerat on Saturday.
Brief scores: Salman Stores 315 all out in 50 overs (Asad Ali 132, Jahanzeb Asghar Ali 87, Asim Kamal 36; Syed Taha 5/67, Obaidullah 2/29) bt
127 all out in 40.5 overs (Syed Taha 48, Imran Haider 3/33, Muzammil Ilyas 2/22).
PSD stun SARCO
A rare SARCO batting collapse handed PSD a comfortable 56-run win in a 30-over B Division game at Muscat Municipality Ground III.
Brief scores: PSD 177 for 8 in 30 overs (Sajeed Ahmed 46, Ahmed Murtaz 41, Manjit Singh 21; Jeetheesha 2/32, Pradeep Salian 2/34) bt 121 all out in 16 overs (Deepak Kumar 63, Ajay Menon 20; Chadith Lakmal 4/12, Ahammad Karim 3/18). Full story @ timesofoman.com/sports