Wednesday 24 / April / 2024
Muscat: In the Muscat Pharmacy sponsored Premier Division match, Muscat CT clinched a thrilling win over Enhance CT at the Al Amerat cricket ground.
Put into bat first, Noorul Riaz (98 run out) and Khawar Ali (82) helped Enhance to put up a challenging score of 267 for the loss of 8 wkts in 50 overs. Rajesh Ranpura of Muscat claimed three wickets.
In reply, Muscat achieved victory in 48.5 overs propelled by a third-wicket partnership of 129 runs between Jatinder Singh (82) and Vaibhav Wategoankarc(56). Nester Dhamba claimed two wickets for Enhance.
Brief scores: Enhance CT 267 for 8 in 50 overs (Noorul Riaz 98, Khawar Ali 82, Rajesh Ranpura 3-42) lost to Muscat CT 268 for 6 in 48.5 overs (Jatinder Singh 82, Vaibhav 56, Nester Dhamba 2-44). Points: Muscat CT 4, Enhance 0
ISC win
Khimji Ramdas sponsored A Division match saw ISC secure a win against IT Works. ISC, batting first, scored 231 for 6 in 40 overs. Parth Trivedi scored a brilliant 93 not out in 83 balls and Amandeep scored 46 in 48 balls. Mudassar Iqbal was the pick of IT bowlers claiming three wickets.
IT works in reply were all out for 223 in 39.4 overs. Farhan Khan (42) top scored, while Ali Abu Backer and Mudassar Iqbal made 34 runs each. Dipendra Dave claimed three wickets for ISC.
Brief scores: ISC 231 for 6 in 40 overs (Parth Trivedi 93 not out, Aman Deep 46, Mudassar Iqbal 3-64) beat IT Works 223 all out in 39.4 overs (Farhan Khan 42, Ali Abu Backer 34, Mudassar Iqbal 34, Dipendra Dave 3-34). Points: ISC 4; IT Works 0
Bonus for Al Mada
In the Al Ansari Group of Companies sponsored B Division match, OCT Amerat managed 181 all out in 29.2 overs with Abdul Aziz (30), Rafeeq Mohammed (28) and Riyadh Kadir (28) contributing. Nishanth Menon claimed three wickets.
Al Mada registered a comfortable win scoring 182 for 3 in 22.1 overs led by swashbuckling knocks by Imran Ali (72) and Nishanth Menon (56 not out).
Brief scores: OCT Amerat:181 all out in 29.2 overs (Abdul Aziz 30, Rafeeq Mohammed 28, Riyadh Kadir 28, Nishanth Menon 3 for 40) lost to Al Mada 182 for 3 in 22.1 overs (Imran Ali 72, Nishanth Menon 56 not out, Nasser Haider 6-0-36-2). Points: Al Mada 3(WB), OCT Amerat 0
Tied match
Newrest Wacasco and OCT Al Hail A played out an exciting tie. Put into bat, OCT Al Hail A scored 152 for 8 in 20 overs with Abdul Gani (42). In reply Dipu Ramachandran (44) led the chase but could not take Newrest Wacasco past the target, instead finished on 152 for 9 in 20 overs .
Brief scores: OCT Al Hail A 152 for 8 in 20 overs (Abdul Ghani 47, Tom Cris 2 for 11) tie with Newrest Wacasco 152 for 9 in 20 overs (Dipu Ramchandran 44, Mohammed Hanif 3 for 23). Points: OCT Al Hail ‘A’ 1, Newrest Wacasco 1.
Sayarti lose
Arabian Sea Bridge registered a comfortable win over Sayarti in the Enhance Sponsored D division match. Arabian Sea Bridge scored 173 for 6 and later bowled out Sayarti for a paltry 92.
Brief scores: Arabia Sea Bridge 173 for 6 in 20 overs (ShyamLeksaman 76, Praveen Kumar 37, Jeason Jacob 30 not out) beat Sayarti 92 all out in 13.1 overs (Mohsin Abbas 29, FlourryGearge 4 for 18). Points: Arabian Sea Bridge 3 (WB); Sayarti 0
Easy for Abu Maather
Abu Maather defeated WS Atkins with bonus point in a E Division match. WS Atkins batting first were bowled out for 105 in 17.5 overs. Abu Maather chased the target in 14.2 overs losing five wickets.
Brief scores: WS Atkins 105 all out in 17.5 overs (Raju Giriyappa 28, Suhail 3 for 13) lost to Abu Maather 106 for 5 in 14.2 overs (Parwez 25, Mateen 23, Mudassir 20), Prithwiraj Gopi 4 for 7). Points: Abu Maather 3 (WB); WS Atkins 0.
