Three centuries on opening day as Salalah league begins
Mohammed Ilyas of MRPC, Zafar Iqbal of Aden Gulf (A Division) and Sanil Kumar of Shaham al Janoob (C Division) hit centuries on the opening day as the fourth season of Oman Cricket's Salalah League began in Salalah recently.
The matches in the four divisions are being held at five grounds near A'Saada Sports Complex and Dhofar University. The A division games are 30 overs a side while the other three divisions feature T20 games.
Danube, Fonderie Bellie and Mohammed Riaz & Partners (MRPC) were the winners in the A Division.
Brief scores: A Division: Fonderie Belli 291-7 in 30 overs.(Waseem 79, Adil 55, Imran 46; Naeem 3-46, Ijaz 2-36) beat Aden Gulf 243 all out in 30 overs.(Zafar Iqbal 113 n.o., Osama 43; Abhishek 2-31, Abhijeeth 2-11).
Lantux 135 all out in 29.3 overs (Bibi 24; Zuhaib 3-20, Usman 2-10) lost to MRPC 137-3 in 13 overs (Mohammed Ilyas 101 n.o.).
Danube 173-7 in 30 overs (Sajjad 43, Sohan 29; Vijil 3-13, Humraz 2-30) beat Salam Air 172 all out in 28.2 overs (Kaiser 62, Shabeer 38; Manu 4-25, Numan 2-24).
B Division: Dhofar Insurance 101 all out in 16.2 overs (Abid 36; Fazalu 3-22, Sinu 3-13, Vinod 2-4,) lost to Creative Engineering Co 103-5 in 14.2 overs (Sajith 46 n.o.; Abid 3-19).
Civil Technology 234-8 in 20 overs (Abdul Bari 83, Shahbaz 55, Fahad 3-48) beat USG Zawawi 141-9 in 20 overs (Arun 47, Mehul 30; Shahbaz 4-12).
C Division: Shaham al Janoob 177-7 in 20 overs (Sanil Kumar 102 n.o.; Saleem 2-39) beat Noor Ghazal 149 all out in 16.4 overs (Aneesh 36, Vinay 34;
Lenil 3-18, Jereez 2-22).
Al Wasta United 177 all out in 20 overs (Shafiq 44, Sajid 35; Ragesh 3-25, Mrijesh 3-30) beat Al Aqmar Modern 140 all out in 19.1 overs (Swaroop 28, Jayprakash 25; Shafiq 2-29).
D Division: ONEIC 137 all out in 20 overs (Mithun 22; Mohd Saiful 3-30, Akash 3-9) beat Al Saqf Engineering 109 all out in 19.4 overs (Sagor 32; Vinu 4-13). Mohammed Pervez Trading 110 all out in 20 overs (Qumar Hafiz 25; Qasim 3-20 Suhail 2-21) lost to A'Safwah Juices 115-8 in 13.5 overs (Shirish 34, Suhail 30 n.o.; Qumar 3-25, Adnan 2-28).