Oman Cricket: Shuaib stars in OCT Muscat's thrilling victory over Sinha
Date
9/12/2017 4:12:57 AM
(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Omani all-rounder Shuaib al Balushi came up with a timely half-century to guide OCT Muscat to a thrilling two-wicket win over fancied Sinha CT in an Oman cricket A Division league match at the Al Amerat ground on Saturday.
Chasing a meagre 114 to win, OCT Muscat was struggling as it suffered a middle-order collapse before Shuaib's knock of 52 that included eight fours off 47 balls and Majid al Balushi's 21 steered the team to victory in 24.1 overs. Sinha pacer, Fonzeka, came up with a superb spell of six for 26.
Earlier, Zubair al Balushi bagged five for 36 to bowl Sinha out for 113 in 38 overs.
Brief scores: Sinha 113 all out in 38 overs (Lakmal 31; Zubair 5-36) lost to OCT Muscat 117-8 in 24.1 overs (Shuaib 52; Fonzeka 6-26, Baddage Don 2-22).
Other results: D Division: MARH 125-5 in 20 overs (Vis-hal Shetty 64; Sagar Ingle 2-17, Jijo Jackson 2-27) lost to Mott Macdonald 126-2 in 11.2 overs (Ingle 51, Tawsif Tambe 38).
E Division: Oasis Water 135-5 in 20 overs (Jerrin Davis 44; R Viyath 2-19) lost to Gazal Spices 136-6 in 14.3 overs (Owais Muhammed 38, Sajeev Sebastian 38).
F Division: Khalsa United 199-9 in 20 overs (Sushil Kadam 42, Shahid Ali Chohan 42; Mohammed Firoz 2-34, Ajithkumar Krishna 2-29) beat RAHRC 133-9 in 20 overs (Karthik Rajappa 30; Kadam 3-19, Muhammed Parvez 2-26).
G Division: Manis Azad International 194-6 in 20 overs (Adeel Anwar 80; Rashid Rasool 3-30) beat OCT Al Hail B 127-9 in 20 overs (Khalid Ra-him 53; Tariq 2-24, Riaz Abdul Kayum 2-17, Anil Anwar 2-19, Saleem Salam 2-30).
H Division: Sketch International 153-8 in 20 overs (Bhatia 34; Dosani 2-32) beat TR Engineering 139 in 18.3 overs (Shaikh 29; Din Mohammed 4-39, Murgha 2-13).
I Division: Kone 179-9 in 20 overs (Harshith Kumar 52, Rijo Kuriakose 50; B Ramadasan 2-10, Krishna Kumar 2-40) beats Al Siraj Holdings 134-9 in 20 overs (Krishna 44, Sandeep Penumudi 40; Mahesh Kumar Pillai 4-27, Harshith 3-27).
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