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Imran strikes dazzling form

DUBAI - Imran Khan of Phoenix Medicine continued with his good bowling performance to once again dazzle for his team with a match winning spell against Wings XI in the Debonairs Pizza Floodlit Tournament conducted by the Dubai Cricket Council at the ICC Global Academy grounds in Dubai Sports City.

Phoenix Medicine elected to bat first but were rattled by the Wings XI bowling trio of Ilyas Bawa, Farmanullah and Mansoor Khan who had them on the racks when they gobbled up the first four Phoenix batsmen with only 37 runs on the board. Waseem Kiyani then took up the cudgels along with Khanwar Baloch and the pair put on 79 runs for the fifth wicket to steer them to safety. Waseem made 26 runs with three fours while Baloch made a cautious 37 runs with the help of five boundaries. Neeraj Moorthy then picked up three middle-order wickets but was a bit expensive as Aqib Malik 21, and Imran Khan 27, struck out towards the end to take their team to a challenging total of 196 runs.

Chasing a stiff target, Wings XI kept losing wickets regularly as Kamran and Imran Khan picked up the first six wickets to fall with the score board showing a dismal 46 runs. Imran continued his good bowling from the last match against Dubai Eaglets in which he picked up 3 wickets for 14 runs with a better spell in this game picking up 4 wickets for 17 runs to bowl out Wings XI for 72 runs and playing a match winning role in his teams win by a big margin of 124 runs.

Brief scores:

Phoenix Medicine beat Wings Group by 124 runs Phoenix Medicine 196 for 9 (Waseem Qiyani 26, Khawar Baloch 37, Imran Khan 27, Neeraj Ramamoorthy 3 for 48, Mansoor Khan 2 for 24, Farman Ullah 2 for 37). Wings Group 72 for all out (Rafeeq Mohammed 17, Abdul Fareed 17*, Kamran 2 for 29, Imran Khan 4 for 17). Man of the Match: Imran Khan of Phoenix Medicine.