Tournament Director Gul Jadoon presents the Man of the Match award to Galfar Cricket Club’s Aravinda for his five-wicket haul.
By Sports Reporter/Doha
Riding on a brilliant performance by Waleed, Commercial Bank inflicted a massive 93-run defeat on Master Cricket Club in the West End Park Ramadan Tournament on Monday evening.
The tournament is being held under the patronage of QOC secretary general HE Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.
In the other match of the day, West End Park Challenge Cup champions Galfar Cricket Club posted a two-wicket victory of Al Hanzab to kickstart their campaign on a high.
In the first match, Commercial Bank posted a mammoth total of 227 for 6 after they won the toss and elected to bat first. Waleed scored an impressive 97 and was ably supported by Habib, who scored 43. For the Challenge Cup runners-up, Chamara scalped four wickets while Mihira claimed two to try and halt the flow of runs but in vain.
Master CC faced a step up in competition at the Ramadan Tournament and were halted at 134 for 8 in the stipulated 20 overs. Lahiru (37) and Manjula (24) were the main contributors but couldn’t take Master past the target.
For Commercial Bank, Parvez Khan and Abbas scalped two wickets each.
For his efforts with the bat, Waleed was adjudged Man of the Match.
In the second match of the day, Al Hanzab won the toss and elected to bat, putting up a target of 141 for 9 in 20 overs. Even as Waqas (75) and Amjad (26) showed flair with the bat, Galfar’s Aravinda was in fine form with the ball taking five wickets. Nuwan pitched in with two wickets.
Saman, with his 45-run knock, ensured that Galfar were always in the hunt. Asran chipped in with 26 runs as Galfar overhauled the target with two balls to spare. Galfar posted 144 for eight for a two-wicket win.
Hanzab’s Mafaas and Amjad claimed 3 wickets each.
Aravinda was presented with the Man of the Match award for his five wicket haul.
West End Park chairman Mana Ibrahim al-Mana said: “Congratulations to Commercial Bank and West End Park Challenge Cup champions Galfar for their winning performances. A wonderful level of cricket was produced throughout the matches and I’m sure this will improve further as the tournament progresses.”
The West End Park Ramadan Tournament will see 12 teams play for the winners’ prize of QR 50,000. The runners-up are set to get QR 25,000.
Each team is allowed four overseas players.
Matches begin daily at 8:00pm and entry is free for the public.
