OCT Ruwi, Modern Muscat and Zubair post victories

Sports Sunday 10/November/2019 18:27 PM
By: Times News Service
OCT Ruwi, Modern Muscat and Zubair post victories

MUSCAT: Omani all-rounder Ali Akbar’s magnificent all-round performance powered OCT Ruwi to an emphatic 5-wicket win over GB Al Mardhuf in a B Division clash at Muscat Municipality ground 3 in Amerat on Friday.

Ali Akbar was instrumental in Al Mardhuf getting dismissed for 138 in 29 overs, taking 3 for 25 in his 6-over spell. Imran Al Balushi and Zubair Akbar took two wickets each.

OCT Ruwi raced to the target in less than 16 overs, scoring 139 for 5 thanks to brilliant batting by Ali Akbar who remained unbeaten at 75 while fellow opener Muzaffar contributed 33. Monty Navani claimed two wickets for Al Mardhuf.

Brief scores (B Division): GB Al Mardhuf 138 all out in 26 overs (Nadeem Ashaq 36 – 5x4, Saqib Akhtar 25 – 3x4, 1x6. Ali Akbar 3-25, Imran Al Balushi 2-09, Zubair Akbar 2-21) lost to OCT Ruwi 139 for 5 in 15.5 overs (Ali Akbar 75 not out – 9x4,
2x6, Muzaffar 33 – 6x4. Monty Navani 3-14) by 5 wickets.

Shine stars in easy win for Modern Muscat

Shine’s 4 for 22 helped Modern Muscat to a comfortable 7-wicket victory against Orient Travels GBL in a C Division game at Muscat Municipality ground 2. Invited to bat first, Orient Travels scored 160 for 8 in 20 overs, Anil Kumar topscoring with 56 off 40. Shine bowled well to take four wickets. It took Modern Muscat only 16.4 overs to overhaul the target, scoring 162 for 3 thanks to major contributions from Prokash Chowdry (42), Dharvesh Asath (36) and Peter Antony (35).

Brief Scores (C Division): Orient Travels GBL 160 for 8 in 20 overs (Anil Kumar 56 – 8x4, 1x6, Abrar Hussain 26 – 3x4, Shine 4-22) lost to Modern Muscat 162 for 3 in 16.4 overs (Prokash Chowdry 42 – 8x4, Dharvesh Asath 36 – 6x4, Peter Antony 35
– 5x4) by 7 wickets.

Fazal Khan bowls Zubair to victory

In another C Division match, fast bowler Fazal Khan bowled Zubair CT to yet another victory, this time against Mott MacDonald at Muscat Municipality ground 1.
Mott MacDonald was dismissed for a paltry 55 in the 8 th over, Khan and Parhiban Mohan taking four and three wickets each.

Zubair scored the required runs in only 6 overs thanks to breezy knocks by Naveed Akhtar Khan (21) and Amjad Mohammed (20).

Brief Scores (C Division): Mott Macdonald 55 all out in 7.5 overs (Nandkumar Jadhav 17 – 2x4, 1x6, Fazal Khan 4-26, Parthiban Mohan 3-4, Wasim Khatri 2-25) lost to Zubair 56 for 2 in 6 overs (Naveed Akhtar Khan 21 – 3x4, Amjad Muhammad 20 – 3x4, 1x6, Sainraj Rajappan 2-18) by 8 wickets.

Brief Scores (D Division): Ideal International 159 for 7 in 20 overs (Akbar Shaikh 40 – 5x4, 1x6, Suhail Hussain 35 - 5x4, 1x6, Shameer Mohamed 3-19) lost to NBO Muzn 163 for 4 in 16 overs (Muhammad Zeeshan 61 – 8x4, 1x6, Farooq Kamran 48 – 6x4, Zaheer Muhammad 2-24) by 6 wickets.
Brief Scores (D Division): Khalsa United C.T. 115 all out in 19.4 overs (Sushil Kadam 26 – 1x4, Arvind Singh 26 – 2x4, Ratheesh Puliyakottu 3-20, Shibin Padikkal 3-9, Ansal Chalil 2-10, Jerin Davis 2-21) beat Oasis Water 103 all out in 18.2 overs (Jerin Davis 21 – 1x4, Yasar Abdul Lathif 4-15, Muhammad Parvez 3-13, Arvind Singh 3-26) by 12 runs.