OCC Matches
NPA-OCC Muscat 268 for the loss of 9 wickets off 35 overs (Shakeel Mahmood 73, Rafiq Mohammed 69, Sharif Pindook 27, Mohammed Aslam 22, Khalid Moosa 21 and Nadil Yousuf 20; Khurram Khan 3/52 and Irfan Pathan 2/37) beat Passage to India 207 all out off 28.1 overs (Jatinder Singh 75 and Sandesh Dhuri 45; Mohammed Aslam 5/18 and Shakeel Mahmood 4/30). Points: NPA-OCC Muscat 5 points (3 games, 14 pts) and Passage to India Nil (3 games, 4 points).
Hasan Juma Backer 109 all out off 15.4 overs (Waqas Zaman 33 and Abhinav Kherkar 28; Alkesh Joshi 4/28, Abbas bin Murthada 2/14 and Syed Osama Afaq 2/16) lost to Ernst & Young 113 for the loss of 2 wickets off 16.4 overs (Mohammed Nayaz 56no and Syed Osama Afaq 23). Points: Ernst & Young 2 points (3 games, 6 points) Hasan Juma Backer Nil (4 games, 4 points).
PDORC ‘A’ 162 for the loss of 4 wickets off 20 overs (Arif Aboobacker 55no, Prashanth M. 36, Jameel Zaidi 34 and Maqbool Moosa 24) beat Al Hatmy 161 for the loss of 8 wickets off 20 overs (Usman Siddiqui 36, Irshad Ahamed 30no and Rajendran Mukundan 25; Gopi M. 3/42 and Balachandra Modak 2/26). Points: PDORC ‘A’ 2 points (2 games, 2 points) Al Hatmy Nil (2 games, Nil points). |
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