Ganesh Srinivasan, General Manager of Gulf Incon, inaugurated the tournament in presence of Sajjad Khan, Sales Manager, Vincent Vimaldas, Product Manager of Gulf Incon and Qatar Veteran Committee members.
By Sports Reporter/Doha
Qatar Quarry defeated Metabo by 8 wickets in the 19th Gulf Incon – Metabo floodlit cricket tournament that got underway at the old Ideal Indian school grounds on July 15.
A total of 24 teams are participating in this annual floodlit tournament sponsored by Gulf Incon for the 19th consecutive year.
In both Division - I and Division-II, 12 teams each are divided into four pools. The matches during Ramadan will continue till 26th July and then the tournament will continue after Ramadan starting 16th August. The finals will be held on August 22. All matches would be of 12 overs duration. Top two teams from each pool in both divisions will qualify for the quarter finals.
After electing to bat, Metabo lost wickets in a heap and were tottering at 10 for 5 in four overs. However, they managed to play out the full quota of 12 overs before being bowled out for 59. For Qatar Quarry, Prakash and Bhushan took two wickets each while Pramod, Sumesh, Karthik, Saquib, Vinod and Fawzi finished with a wicket apiece. Shafi was not out on 13 runs while Sandesh and Latheef contributed with 11 runs each for Metabo.
Qatar Quarry easily got the required runs losing just 3 wickets in 7.2 overs. Vyzak scored a quick fire 20 runs off six balls and it was studded with three sixes. Fawzi got 16 runs with one six and two boundaries while Pramod (13 runs) with a six and a boundary.
Man of the Match went to Prakash of Qatar Quarry.
In the second match, Qalco defeated Delphi by 79 runs. Put into bat, Qalcoscored 168 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the allotted 12 overs. Budddhika with an unbeaten 28 with four sixes, Sarfaraz (22 not out) with 3 sixes and Lasantha (20 not out) with two sixes and a boundary shined with bat for the winners. Azar took two wickets while Arun and Mohamed took a wicket each.
In reply, Delphi could only manage 89 runs for the loss of 9 wickets. Mohammed with an unbeaten 21 runs and Gafoor with 15 top scored for Delphi. Intikab took two wickets while Talha, Lasantha, Nuwan, Mohsin, Shahid and Sarfaraz took a wicket each.
Man of the Match went to Sarfaraz of Qalco.
The sponsors Gulf Incon along with the Qatar Veterans’ Cricket League are concurrently running a Cricket Quiz where throughout the duration of the tournament 15 cricket enthusiasts can bag the generous prizes given by the sponsor. For participation log onto http://www.qvcleague.org.