Rehman guides Seven Seas Strikers to 10-wicket victory

ABU DHABI — Opener Atiq-ur Rehman guided Seven Seas Strikers to a comprehensive 10-wicket win over ESI Dare Devils in the Carpetland Ramadan Cup Twenty20 tournament at the Shaikh Zayed International Cricket Stadium on Sunday night.

By James Jose

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Published: Wed 25 Aug 2010, 12:10 AM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 3:55 AM

In the other game of the night, Kashif Nisar’s half-century helped Ibsons CC beat Pal CC by 18 runs.

Earlier, over the weekend, Nissan Al Masaood notched up third win to stay on course of a place in the knockout round.

Zaheer Baig smashed 74 from 45 deliveries to lead them to a 28-run win over Krithi Interiors, who are winless from two games.

Baig came when his side were precariously placed at 54 for five and struck half-a-dozen fours and four sixes to get his team to 165 for eight. Khurram Hameed (18) was the only other to get into double figures.

Krithi Interiors didn’t fare better either. Ishtiaq Asif hit 58 not out from 31 deliveries but the rest of the batting failed to deliver.

Phoenix Medicine kept their hopes alive in Group B with a comprehensive six-wicket triumph over ADFC, their second win from three games.

Adil Mirza, the opener, led their run chase with a top score of 55 from 45 balls, striking seven fours and a couple of sixes. Rohan Mustafa chipped in with a useful 36 not out and took two wickets.

Brief scores:

ESI Dare Devils: 40 all out in 13.5 overs (Qadir Nawaz Khan 3-9, Freddy Sidhwa 3-11, Farhan Ahmed 2-5) lost to Seven Seas Strikers: 41 for no loss in 3.5 overs (Atiq Ur Rehman 32 n.o) by 10 wickets.Ibsons CC: 200 for 3 in 20 overs (Kashif Nisar 62, Ghulam Fareed 48, Baber Malik 40, Pervaiz Nazir 24 n.o) beat Pal CC: 182 for 7 in 20 overs (Naveed Khan 43, Safdar Ali 32, Nadeem Ahmed 32, Umer Shah 2-23, Mohamme Tanveer 2-44) by 18 runs.

Earlier scores:

Nissan Al Masaood: 165 for 8 in 20 overs (Zaheer Baig 74) beat Krithi Interiors: 137 for 9 in 20 overs (Ishtiaq Asif 58 not out) by 28 runs.

ADFC: 122 for 9 in 20 overs lost to Phoenix Medicine: 123 for 4 in 15 overs (Adil Mirza 55 retd hurt) by 6 wickets.

Phoenix Medicine: 263 for 6 in 20 overs (Waseem Raja 99, Haroon Ahmed 60, Adil Mirza 33, Faisal Iqbal 2-53) beat ESI Knight Riders: 79 all out in 18.2 overs (Rohan Mustafa 3-12, Khawar Balouch 2-5, Tariq Shah 2-12) by 184 runs.

Ibsons CC: 259 for 6 in 20 overs (Ghulam Farid 69, Kashif Nisar 50, Pervaiz Nazir 35, Ifran Sajid 27 n.o, Khurram Khan 25, Nadeem Siddique 3-58, Abdul Rauf 2-27) beat Daman Insurance: 111 all out in in 18.1 overs (Sadiq 34, Muzammil Kulam 25, Fayaz Ahmed 3-22, Umer Shah 3-28) by 148 runs.

Muroor Stars: 170 for 7 in 20 overs (Qudrat Ullah 57, Syed Nawaz 27, Gul Afzal Khan 22 n.o, Asif Ghouri 3-21, Kaleem Shaikh 2-20) beat Tyger CC: 68 all out in 14.3 overs (Asif Ghouri 24, Raza Shah 3-12, Nazar Hussain 2-8, Sofiyan Gul 2-13) by 102 runs.

Brooke Bond Unilever: 125 for 7 in 20 overs (Iftikhar 30, Asif 26 n.o, Salman Faris 2-12, Shiva Pagarani 2-33) lost to Yogi Group: 126 for 2 in 17.3 overs (Swapnil Patel 72 n.o) by 8 wickets.

james@khaleejtimes.com


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