Seven Seas Strikers romp to victory in Sharjah Sixes

The inaugural Sharjah Sixes heading in to its first weekend had all the ingredients to make it a perfect weekend on Friday night at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Many close and one-sided matches were played.

In some of those entertaining matches, Seven Seas Strikers scored a massive 49-run victory over RSS while Radio Mirchi defeated Oxford Account Desert Cubs by a close two runs.

Seven Seas scored a massive 112 for one in the allotted five overs with W Ahmed top scoring at 35 and S Afzal supporting him with 34. W Asad chipped in with a crucial 17 as Seven Seas managed big total.

In reply, RSS were held back with some good bowling from Seven Seas as RSS could manage only 63 for two in five overs with I Ali (25) being main contributor.

In another closely contested match, Desert Cubs, chasing 64 to victory, were looking set with M Perera (25) and I Batuwitaarachi (27) sharing a fine partnership. But despite their efforts, Desert Cubs fell short by two runs with H Khizer claiming two wickets.

Batting first, Radio Mirchi were led by a fine 24 from T Farooqui as Radio Mirchi scored 63 in 5 overs.

In the other matches, Alubond Tigers defeated Radio Mirchi by four wickets; Nucaf Tellicherry beat ECB Blues by 14 runs; Al Fara’a CC got the better of Radio Mirchi by 49 runs; Team Interface thumped Cricket Maxway by four wickets; NMC Healthcare ousted Desert Kings Waterproofing by six wickets; Alubond Tigers got past UBL by 42 runs; Cost Cutter CC defeated ECB Blues by four runs.

Brief scores:

Alubond Tigers bt Radio Mirchi by 4 wickets: Radio Mirchi 45 for 4 in 5 overs (Tariq Farooq 32) Alubond Tigers 46 for 2 in 4 overs (Zakir Malik 19, Umair Ali 19).

Nucaf Telicherry bt ECB Blues by 14 runs: Nucaf Telicherry 86 for 2 in 5 overs (Ali Asad 33 rtd, Shibith AP 9, Atiq Mahmood 13, Abdul Rahman 15 not out) ECB Blues 72 for 2 in 5 overs (R Jamwal 18, Adnan Khan 32 rtd).

Al Fara’a CC bt Radio Mirchi Hot Shots by 49 runs: Al Fara’a CC 91 for no loss in 5 overs (Baber Bashir 36 rtd, S Ahmed 25 not out, Ijaz Bashir 21 not out) Radio Mirchi Hotshots 43 all out in 5 overs (Asif Khan 12, Adil Muneer 11; I Maqsod 3 for 5).

Seven Seas Strikers bt RSS by 49 runs: Seven Seas 112 for 1 in 5 overs (W Asad 17, S Afzal 34, W Ahmed 35, S Ali 12) RSS 63 for 2 in 5 overs (Velan 15, I Ali 25).

Team Interface bt Cricket Maxway by 4 wickets: Cricket Maxway 53 for 1 in 5 overs (V Rajan 16, S Shetty 15) Team Interface 55 for 2 in 4 overs (R Rai 27, N Khaitan 24 not out).

NMC Healthcare bt Desert Kings Waterproofing by 6 wickets: Desert Kings 86 for 1 in 5 overs (F Baber 23, Z Akmal 31 rtd, S Baber 24 not out) NMC Health Care 87 for no loss (I Sampath 33 rtd, S Shetty 24 not out, N Thenuwara 20).

Alubond Tigers bt UBL by 42 runs: Alubond Tigers 94 for 3 in 5 overs (A Shakoor 23, Z Malik 32, U Ali 22) UBL 52 for 4 in 5 overs (Amjad Ali 16, M A Butt 14, Zahid Shad 10, N Aziz 2 for 7).

Radio Mirchi bt Oxford Account Desert Cubs by 2 runs: Radio Mirchi 63 for 4 in 5 overs (S Khan 12, T Farooqui 24) Desert Cubs 61 for 4 in 5 overs (M Perera 25, I Batuwitarach 27).

Cost Cutter CC bt ECB Blues by 4 wickets: ECB Blues 60 for 3 in 5 overs (R Jamwal 21 not out, Adnan Khan 33 rtd; Ansar Butt 2 for 12) Cost Cutter 63 for 2 in 4.4 overs (Intzar ul Haq 14, Itmad ul Haq 27 not out, Fahid Usman 21 not out)

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