LOCAL CRICKET Renaissance CT prevails
It was a match where bowlers dominated as Renaissance CT's Bilal Mohammed (five for 29) and Syed Muzammil (four for 28) triumphed over IT Works' Imran Mohammed (six for 35) in an Oman Cricket Premier Division match at Amerat recently.
Powered by Bilal and Syed Muzammil’s bowling attack, Renaissance registered an emphatic 43-run win despite being dismissed for 152.
Renaissance’s Waruna Sajith top-scored with 62. Imran Muhammed was wrecker-inchief picking six wickets for IT Works. Muzammil Ilyas provided him good support with two for 44.
Chasing a modest total, IT Works lost six wickets for only 46 in the first ten overs and was dismissed for 109 in the 32nd over. Adnan Ilyas (37) and Waseem Akhtar (30) were the only notable scorers.
Brief scores: Renaissance 152 all out in 38.1 overs (Sajith 62, Imran 6-35, Muzammil Ilyas 2-44) beat IT Works 109 all out in 31.5 overs (Adnan 37, Akhtar 30, Bilal 5-29, Syed Muzammil 4-28) by 43 runs.
Other results: A Division: EY 176 all out in 42.3 overs (Rana Zeeshan 55, Mohammed Nayaz 35; Chetan Mallya 4-31, Nalinda Prasad 2-31) lost to ARM Alpha 177-4 in 34.5 overs (Parth Trivedi 59, Shrey Wilson 40).
B Division: ACT 232-1 in 30 overs (Hafiz Irfan 142 n.o., Iftikhar Ahmed 114) beat PDO 153 all out in 20.3 overs (Mazhar Javed 38, Mohammed Shafaf 30; Rajesh Devashya 3-32, Puneet Mehta 2-22, Qasim Ali 2-22).
C Division: Bank Muscat 181-8 in 20 overs (Yousuf al Balushi 42, Rameshbabu 42, Zeeshan Tufail 32; Abdul Ghani 3-26, Nadhir Ghulam 2-26, Ismail al Balushi 2-34) beat OCT Al Hail-A 112-8 in 20 overs (Waleed Rahim 64; Ajay Hirlekar 3-18, Tufail 2-7).