Double delight for MCCC sides with Junior League wins over ISD, SLSM

Sports Tuesday 17/December/2019 21:24 PM
By: Times News Service
Double delight for MCCC sides with Junior League wins over ISD, SLSM

Muscat: Adeel Abbas and Sameer Mohammed were the stars of Muscat Cricket Coaching Centre’s (MCCC) exciting win over Indian School Darsait in a Junior League Under-19 clash at Oman Cricket’s grassy ground 2 in Amerat on Saturday.

Adeel bagged 3 for 10 while Sameer and Mustafa took two wickets each, bowling out ISD for a dismal 75 in 16.2 overs. Arjun Rajesh topscored with 18. Sailing wasn’t smooth for MCCC either but it managed to cross the line without much damage, scoring 76 for 4 in 17 overs.

Sameer and Zakriya led the way with solid 21 and 20 respectively.

Brief Scores (Junior League U-19): ISD 75 all out in 16.2 overs (Arjun Rajesh 18 – 4x4, Mohammed Moin 12 – 1x4. Adeel Abbas 3-10, Mustafa 2-22, Sameer Mohammed 2-19) lost to MCCC – U19 76 for 4 in 17 overs (Sameer Mohammed 21 – 2x4, Zakriya Mohammad 20 – 2x4, John Adams 2-7) by 6 wickets.

Dhiman helps MCCC-Yellow past SLSM

In yet another weekend victory, MCCC-Yellow eased past Sri Lankan School Muscat (SLSM) with all-rounder Arjun Dhiman playing the lead role in a Junior League Under-16 game in Amerat.

Dhiman claimed 3 for 17 as SLSM was bundled out for 88 in the 27th over, Devin Wijayananda scoring 22. MCCC-Yellow raced to the target in the 14th over, scoring 90 for 7 thanks to major contributions from Rahul Manohar (28) and Arjun Dhiman (19). Talah Khalid captured four wickets for 34 runs.

Brief Scores (Junior League U-16): SLSM 88 all out in 26.2 overs (Devin Wijayananda 22 – 3x4, Abdul Basit 15, Arjun Dhiman 3-17, Aum Nrupen 2-4) lost to MCCC-Yellow 90 for 7 in 13.5 overs (Rahul Manohar 28 – 4x4, Arjun Dhiman 19 – 2x4, Talah Khalid 4-34) by 3 wickets.

ISWK too good for IS Seeb

Brief Scores (Junior League U-16): Indian School Al Seeb 109 all out in 24.1 overs (Bilal Hafeez 41 – 3x4, Dhyan Deepak 28 – 2x4. Siddh Mehta 4-27, Aman Singh 3-15, Chaitra Jitesh 2-10) lost to ISWK 110 for 1 in 11.2 overs (Abhas Ajay 63 – 10x4, Vasudev Yagnesh 21 – 1x4, Aayush Bharadwaj 1-28) by 9 wickets.

Brief Scores (Junior League U-16): MCCC-Blue 152 for 8 in 30 overs (Zeeshan 37 – 5x4, Oliver Mahintham 28 – 3x4. Abhinav Shaji 3-19, Devkarthik Joshi 2-27) lost to Indian School Al Ghubra 153 in 17.3 overs (Shinon Shijith 85 – 11x4, Nakul Mahesh 59 – 4x4) won by 10 wickets.

Brief Scores (Junior League U-13): MCCC-Green 111 for 5 in 20 overs (Gaurav Dinesh 30, Pankaj Kumar 20. Omidu Medagoda 3-19) lost to SLSM 112 for 2 in 17.4 overs (Vimantha Nuwan 34 – 1x4, Daniru Wickramaratne 29, Eshan Kummar 1-16) by 8 wickets.