There after some splendid bowling by Thisuru and Ayub kept GC Stars in check and they were all out for 143 runs in 19.3 overs For GC Stars, Zafar with 34 runs was the major contributor. Thisuru and Ayub took 3 wickets each for M. Pallonji, while Naveed and Alban claimed one each.
In reply, M. Pallonji had a shaky start and lost both their openers Amruth and Razik in the first over bowled by Shahid. But Thisuru 38 runs (5x6) changed the momentum in favour of Pallonji. Sandhesh (22) and Melroy (29) ensured that Pallonji reached the target in 14 overs. Shahid took two wickets, Nadeem, Khurram, Parvez and Omar took one wicket each. In the other matches, McDonalds defeated Metabo by 24 runs and QALCO beat Tulukoota by 91 runs.
Brief scores:
Qalco 203 for 7 wickets in 20 overs (Suminda 20, Azhar 31, Amir 24, Ifzal 32, Muzammil 33; Rizwan 2 wickets) bt Tulukoota 112 all out in 19.1 overs (Abdul Gani 36, Shukur 21; Majeed 2-7, Ruwan 2- 20)
McDonalds 175 for 9 in 20 overs (Bari 59, Iftikar 21, Haneef 2-39 runs, Shariq 2-36) bt Metabo 151 all out in 18 overs (Asif 55, Shariq 21; Chaminda 2- 14, Sudarshan 2-26 runs, Yasir 2-18 runs)
GC Stars 143 all out in 19.3 overs (Shahid 39, Naveed 25, Zafar 34. Thisuru 3-17, Ayub 3-23) lost to M. Pallonji 149 for 6 in 14 overs (Thisaru 38, Melroy 29, Sandesh 22. Sahid 2-1 run)