Singh stars in Zawawi Powertech win
Satnam Singh’s five-wicket spell guided Zawawi Powertech Engineering to a facile ten-wicket victory over Glory Bower Strikers in an Oman Cricket A Division match at Al Amerat on the weekend.
Opting to bat first, the Strikers lost four wickets for just seven runs in the fifth over. Wickets fell at regular intervals and the Strikers was dismissed for paltry 81 in the 34th over. Opener Tushar Verma scored 27 off 81 balls.
Singh received good support from Vijeesh Velunni who bagged three for 21.
In reply, Zawawi Powertech raced to the target in just 12 overs, thanks to Ramkumar Chinna’s 35-ball unbeaten 61.
Brief scores: Glory Bower Strikers 81 all out in 33.1 overs
(Verma 27; Singh 5-9, Velunni 3-21) lost to Zawawi Powertech Engineering 82 for no loss in 12 overs (Chinna 61 n.o.).
Other results: B Division: Basta CT 156 all out in 27.5 overs (Darwish Ellickal 34, Deepak Ghakar 32; Shameer Kariadan 3-37, Rajesh Shetty 2-18, Jaleel Mahmood 2-36) lost to Al Mada Engineering 157-4 in 20.5 overs (Jaleel Mahmood 58, Shaheer Najeeb 36 n.o.; Nazish Mohammed 2-25).
D Division: Douglas OHI 162-8 in 20 overs (Waman Jagannath 42, Eswar Sudharsan 31; Suraj Raj 4-19, Harish Mohan 2-25) beat Aptus CT 111 all out in 19 overs (Suraj Raj 30; Ramsheela Prasad 3-13, Viplav Kumar 2-27).
E Division: MSE 108 all out in 17 overs (Hillary D'Souza 28; Aboo P 4-25, Asif Rehman 2-8, Mohammed Shanid 2-21) lost to Al Rehwan 109-3 in 12.5 overs (Jibin Kunnumpurat 42, Sabeer Puthen 29; Tajul Islam 2-27).
F Division: Majees CT 137 all out in 19.2 overs (Rana Shahidullah 44, Arun Rajesh 25; Karthik Rajappa 2-15) lost to Design Group Engineering Consultants 138-6 in 15.4 overs (Dixon Maryadasan 38, Karthik Rajappa 34; Shahidullah 2-25).