Inam-ul & Liyanage hit match-winning half-centuries

 

Inam-ul & Liyanage hit match-winning half-centuries

 

Akash Babu excels with all-round display in QCA T20 cricket

 





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Former Qatar national skipper Inam-ul Haq and Imal Liyanage smashed superb half-centuries to carry their respective teams past the finish line in the opening encounters of the QCA T20 Tournament for the Premier Division teams.

 

At the West Bay Grounds, Firox Club set up a stiff 184-run target for Royal Stars after Qalandar Khan cracked two sixes and three fours in his 46 off 29 balls. Atif Bangash added a quick-fire 33 in 20 balls as he cracked two sixes and four boundaries. Waqas Bhatti put up 25 off 17 balls.

 

Haq showed his vintage class in his 29-ball 51 with a six and six boundaries. Harris Butt supported him well, racing to 40 not out with two sixes and two fours. Irfan Hassan’s 27 with three fours clinched the win in 18.2 overs. Fakhar Zaman of Royal Stars emerged as the best bowler in the match with three for 35 figures.

 

Liyanage of Warriors Club was in rich touch during a 149-run chase against Lankans Club. He fired a six and five fours to lift his team to an eight-wicket victory in 17.1 overs. Earlier Sandun Chamara hit 44, including a six and two fours, and Mohammed Nayeem collected 36 in 22 balls with two sixes and one four.

 

Akash Babu produced a fine all-round performance for Tusker Club who were chasing a 146-run target against Bangladesh Seniors. He followed up his two-wicket haul with 30. Rifayi was the top-scorer for the winners when he posted 39, which had a six and a four.

 

Brief scores

Warriors Club beat Lankans Club by 8 wickets

Lankans Club: 148 for 6 (Sandun Chamara 44 off 45, Mohammed Nayeem 36 off 22; Muhammad Murad Khan 1/17)

Warriors Club: 150 for 2 in 17.1 overs (Imal Liyanage 51 off 41)

Man of the match: Imal Liyanage (Warriors Club)

 

Tusker Club beat Bangladesh Seniors by 6 wickets

Bangladesh Seniors: 145 for 9 (Rasheed Mohammad 35 off 24, Ashraf 31 off 17; Akash Babu 2/31, Waleed Noman 2/22, Prem Sagar 2/23)

Tusker Club: 146 for 4 in 18.5 overs (Rifayi 39 off 33, Akash Babu 30 off 28; Rasheed Mohammad 2/34)

Man of the match: Akash Babu (Tusker Club)

 

Royal Stars beat Firox Club by 6 wickets

Firox Club: 183 for 9 (Qalandar Khan 46 off 29, Atif Bangash 33 off 20, Waqas Bhatti 25 off 17; Fakhar Zaman 2/35, Asrafullah Obaidullah 2/30, Sarmad Shahzad 2/35)

Royal Stars: 184 fo 4 in 18.2 overs (Inam-ul Haq 51 off 29, Harris Butt 40 not out off 23, Irfan Hassan 27 off 28; Mohammad Saleem 2/51, Junaid Amin 1/17)

Man of the match: Inam-ul Haq (Royal Stars)  

 

 

 

 

 

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