Doha: Hosts Hanan XII posted a 48 run victory over Tulu Koota in the inaugural match of the 2nd Hanan Cricket Tournament 2015.
At the inauguration Abdul Rehman Vanoo, Managing Director of Hanan Group, who flew in from India, stated that he was very impressed and pleased at the running of the Qatar Veterans’ tournaments. He said that the League should seriously consider taking the game to a higher level. He promised all support for the same.
After winning the Toss, sponsoring team Hanan XII elected to bat first. Their opening batsmen Nayamat with Captain Kader gave a brisk start for their team by scoring 39 runs in the first three overs. Kader was run out while stealing a single when the team’s score was 47 runs. Nayamat retired after scoring 30 runs. Zamir kept the same momentum until 6thover, when HananXII’s reached 62 for 2. There after Tulu Koota came back with some splendid bowling and restricted Hanan XII to 129 runs for 9 wickets in15 overs. But some elegant fireworks from Imran ( 46 runs in 23 balls with five 6’s) along with Parvez 19 runs saw Hanan XII total 146 runs all out in 17.5 overs.
For Tulu Koota, Rizwan took 4 wickets and Arshad took 3wickets.
In reply, Tulu Koota were never on track and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Some excellent fast bowling from Litin (3 wickets for 5 runs) kept Tulu Koota well away from the target.
Man of the match Parvez took two wickets. Arafat was the only batsman who fought valiantly with his marathon 26 runs
Hanan XII 146 all out in 17.5 overs. Nayamat 31, Imran 46, Parvez 19. Rizwan 4 for 7, Arshad 3 wickets for 21 runs defeated Tulu Koota 98 runs all out in 19.5 overs. Arafat 26, Ganesh 17. Litin 3 for 5, Parvez 2 for 1.
Man of the match – Parvez of Hanan XII
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Qatar Quarry beat Al Jazeera Media Network by 64 runs.
Ideal Indian School defeated Vijay Arabia by 16 runs.
Force India beat Lovely Littles by 9 wickets
Serandeep A defeated Carson Logistics by 8 wickets.
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