A last ball thriller, two wins off the fifth ball, three half centuries, and a five-wicket spell in the Sharjah Ramadan League 2022 powered by Fancode S10 tournament
By K.R. Nayar
The Sharjah Ramadan League 2022 powered by Fancode S10 tournament at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium had everything that makes a 10 over format tournament exciting. A five wicket spell from Ansar Khan backed by a four wickets from Danish Qureshi destroyed Ajman Heroes’ batting to give MGM Cricket Club a thrilling two-wicket win off the last ball.
The Vision Shipping pulled off a six-wicket win with just one ball remaining against Karwan Strkers through a sparkling unbeaten 62 from Shahbaz Ali. Like Shahbaz’s unbeaten knock, Sandeep Singh, cracking an unbeaten 59, ensured a fifth ball last over win for InterGlobe Marine over arch rivals Brothers Gas. There were other emphatic wins too in the other matches that provided entertainment through some brilliant individual performances.
Ansar
and Danish share nine wickets
MGM Cricket Club’s win over
Sharjah Ramadan T20 Plate winners Ajman Heroes was a well fought one. Danish
Qureshi and Ansar Khan shared nine wickets between them with spells of 4 for 11
and 5 for 10 respectively to restrict Ajman Heroes to 80 for 9. MGM won the
match through Rahul Chopra’s 41 off 28 balls with four boundaries and a six. It
was a dramatic finish with 15 runs coming off the ninth over which included a
six and a boundary from Rahul Chopra off Sanchit Sharma before getting bowled
to the fifth ball of that over. With three runs needed off the last over from
Sait Ibthisam, Danish Qureshi got stumped by wicketkeeper Sheridan Hadfield for
12 off the third ball after bowling two dot balls. Afzal Khan too got run out
off the fifth ball but Ahmad Shafiq hit the winning run off the last ball.
Shahbaz
a match winner
The six-wicket win by The Vision
Shipping in the fifth ball of the last over was an intensely fought high
scoring match. Karwan Strikers had posted 126 for 3 through opener Sagar Kalyan’s
29, Ameer Hamza’s unbeaten 28, and Rana Jahandad Khan’s 48.
The chase to the target was another thriller. The Vision Shipping had lost four wickets for 44 runs in 4.4 overs. Despite defeat staring at them, Shabaz Ali and Ali Abid carried their team to victory. Ali Abid hit an unbeaten 28 off 12 balls with three sixes and Shahbaz Ali remained unconquered with 62 off 23 balls with nine boundaries and three sixes. Shahbaz scored two doubles off the third and fourth ball of the last over and took the winning single off the fifth ball from Ameer Hamza.
Aggressive
Sandeep a hero again
Another last over win in the
fifth ball was InterGlobe Marine’s victory over Brothers Gas. Whenever these
two formidable teams play each other, it has always been an exciting end.
InterGlobe Marine, fresh from their title triumph in the Sharjah Ramadan T20
Cup, once again displayed their ability to hold their nerves and win matches. Batting first, Brothers Gas could have posted
a bigger total. Opener Jiju Janardhanan hit an unbeaten 26 and Usman Khan too
chipped in with 26. Muhammad Waseem too helped their team swell the total
through a knock of 41 which came off 20 balls with four sixes and a boundary.
InterGlobe Marine chased the
total through their opener Sandeep Singh, who enjoys dominating the bowling.
Yasir Khaleem chipped in with 21 runs. Muhammad Waseem, bagging three wickets, tried
to make it tougher for InterGlobe Marine. Luqman hit Muhammad Waseem for a six
in the ninth over to get ten runs off that over. He also hit a six over long on
off Jiju Janardhanan in the 10th over before being bowled to the
same bowler in the 10th over. Sandeep Singh took the winning run off
the fifth ball of the last over.
Allround
show of Wajid Khan
Fair Deal Defenders defeated
Mideast Metals by 6 wickets with one over to spare. Mideast Metals posted 100
for 6 in 10 overs despite losing their opener and skipper Khurram Khaawaja for
5 and his partner Faizan Awan for a duck. Numan Khan and Rizwan with scores of
29 and 39 respectively lifted their team. Wajid Khan who dismissed Faizwan also removed
the consistent Ali Anwaar for 10. This resulted in Mideast Metals only reaching
the 100-run mark.
Fair Deal Defenders openers Fahad
Tariq and Wajid Khan registered an opening partnership of 41 in 3.3 overs.
Fahad fell to Khurram Khawaja for 16 but Wajid Khan kept the scoreboard moving
with Suleman Khalid before Wajid got bowled by Faizan Ali for 25. Suleman
Khalid, together with Rizwan Amanat, took the score to 91 in 7.2 overs before Suleman
Khalid fell to Hazrat Billal for 28. Ali Anwaar also got Rizwan Amanat out for
25. Saud Afzal hit the winning run off the last ball of the ninth over from Ali
Anwaar.
Faraazudin
shines with bat and ball
Kabul Zalmi paid the price of a
poor batting display in front of Future Mattress. Electing to bat first, they
were restricted to 48 for 7 with their opener Muhammad Shahzaib scoring 23
runs. None of the other batsmen reached double figures. Umair Ali (2 for 6) and
Faraazuddin (2 for 8) were the chief destroyers.
Chasing the target needed only a steady partnership from Future Mattress. Opener Ali Shan Sharafu hit a quick 13 off seven balls with three boundaries while his partner Saif Janjua hit 12 runs off nine balls with a six. Though Wasim Akram struck twice to removed Shoaib Laghari for 1 and Usman for a duck, Faraazuddin hit an unbeaten 18 runs to win the match in 5.4 overs.
Kaif
Ramzan’ role in four dismissals
HKSZ’s recorded an easy ten-wicket
win over Machos Cricket Club. Put into bat by HKSZ, the Machos Cricket Club
could post only 75 for 9 in 10 overs. If not for opener Adeel Rana’s fighting
35 runs, Machos would have folded up for even a smaller total. The destroyer of
their innings was Kaif Ramzan who removed Machos’s captain Rajesh Vasundaran
for 13 and Muhammad Fazil for a duck. He also clean bowled Vishnu A for 5 and ran
out Arshad Mohammad for 1.
HKSZ openers led by Khalil and
Shaamil Ramzan chased the total brilliantly. Khalil cracked an unbeaten 57 off
28 balls with seven boundaries and two sixes. Shaamil Ramzan played second
fiddle with 19 runs off 13 balls and win the match in 6.5 overs.
Brief
scores:
MGM
Cricket Club bt Ajman Heroes by 2 wkts. Ajman Heroes 80 for 9 in 10 overs
(Adnan Arif 28, Faisal Baig 30, Danish Qureshi 4 for 11, Ansar Khan 5 for 10)
MGM Cricket Club 81 for 8 in 10 overs (Rahul Chopra 41, Sanchit Sharma 2 for
35, Ankur Sangwan 3 for 4)
Our Souq Player of the Match: Ansar
Khan
The
Vision Shipping bt Karwan Strikers by 6 wkts. Karwan Strikers 126 for 3 in 10
overs (Sagar Kalyan 29, Ameer Hamza 28n.o, Rana Jahandad Khan 48, Rohid 2 for
35) The Vision Shipping 127 for 4 in 9.5 overs (Sajjad Ali 20, Ali Abid 28n.o,
Shahbaz Ali 62n.o, Tariq Mahmood 2 for 13).
Our Souq Player of the Match: Shahbaz
Ali
Future
Mattress bt Kabul Zalmi by 6 wkts. Kabul Zalmi 48 for 7 in 10 overs
(Muhammad Shahzaib 23, Umair Ali 2 for 6, Faraazuddin 2 for 8) Future Mattress
54 for 4 in 5.4 overs (Wasim Akram 2 for 15).
Our Souq Player of the Match: Faraazuddin
InterGlobe
Marine bt Brothers Gas by 4 wkts. Brothers Gas 107 for 3 in 10
overs (Jiju Janardhanan 26n.o, Usman Khan 26, Muhammad Waseem 41) InterGlobe
Marine 108 for 6 in 9.5 overs (Sandeep Singh 59n.o, Yasir Khaleem 21, Muhammad
Waseem 3 for 14).
Our Souq Player of the Match: Sandeep Singh
HKSZ Stars bt Machos Cricket Club by 10 wkts. Machos Cricket Club 75 for 9 in 10 overs (Adeel Rana 35, Kaif Ramzan 3 for 15) HKSZ Stars 76 for no loss in 6.5 overs (Khalil 57n.o) Our Souq Player of the Match: Kaif Ramzan
Fair
Deal Defenders bt Mideast Metals by 6 wkts. Mideast Metals 100 for 6
in 10 overs (Nauman Khan 29, Rizwan 39, Wajid Khan 2 for 13) Fair Deal Defenders 101 for 4 in 9 overs
(Wajid Khan 25, Suleman Khalid 28, Rizwan Amanat 25).
Our Souq Player of the Match: Wajid Khan
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