Azhar Gul shines for G Force Academy

sharjah — Azhar Gul played a match-winning knock as G Force Cricket Academy posted a threewicket victory over My Perfumes in the Group C of the One Stop Tourism 43rd Bukhatir Premier League at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Needing 248 to win, G Force Academy did not have the best of starts losing a wicket early on. But Imran Nazir and Hrithik Bhatia came together to share 56 runs for the second wicket to put G Force Academy back on track.

Nazir faced 29 balls to score 39 consisting of two boundaries and a six while Bhatia hit a 25-ball 32 supported by three sixes.

But a couple of wickets did put G Force Academy in trouble before Azhar Gul and Clive Oswald Alfonso took complete control of the match.

The duo milked 95 runs together for the fifth wicket to ensure G Force Academy inched closer to the victory line. Alfonso perished after scoring a patient 40 from 50 balls including a boundary and a six while Gul remained unbeaten on 85 from 97 balls peppered with six boundaries and a six as G Force Academy overhauled the target in 41.3 overs.

For My Perfumes, Leon Carlo and Amit Kapoor claimed two wickets each.

Earlier, winning the toss and opting to bat first, My Perfumes opener blasted a superb 55-ball 88 studded with 11 hits to the fence and four over it to give My Perfumes a fine start. He shared a superb 87-run stand with Naeemuddin Aslam for the second wicket. Aslam faced 65 balls to hit 52 supported by four boundaries. > Brief scores: > G Force Cricket Academy bt My Perfumes by 3 wickets My Perfumes 247 all out in 46.5 overs (Farukh Kazmi 88, Naeemuddin Aslam 52, Sohail Bilal 25, Nigel Rodrigues 27; R Narayan 4-50, Imran Nazir 2-29) G Force Cricket Academy 248-7 in 41.3 overs (Imran Nazir 39, Hrithik Bhatia 32, Azhar Gul 85 not out).