Muscat: The A division of the Oman Cricket League Season 2022-23 started with Strenserv closely beating Orient Travels by 2 wickets.
Electing to bat first , Orient Travels started off a shaky start loosing 3 wickets for just 33 runs. Small partnerships with lone standing Amandeep Singh guided the total to 185 for Orient Travels.
The mighty turner , Vijeesh Velunni was the wrecker for Strenserv picking 4 wickets in his quota of 10 overs. To oppose , Strenserv got off to a stable start with their 1st wicket falling for 42.
The key batter in the chase for Strenserv was Ali Muhammed scoring a quick fire 56 of 48 balls with 8 fours to guide them to a convincing win. Strenserv play their next game versus Glam Homes on 28th October.
Brief Scores: Orient Travels 185/10 in 42.5 overs (Amandeep Singh – 52(68) 8×4 ; Vijesh Velunni – 47/4) lost to Strenserv 189/8 in 42.1 overs (Ali Muhammed – 56(48) 8×4 ; Syed Amir Ali – 32/2) by 2 wickets.
In another A division match, Fagor FCC beat OCT ruwi by a massive margin of 121 runs to account their 1st win.
Winning the toss, OCT Ruwi put Fagor FCC to bat first. With a stable start to the innings , Fagor FCC were looking to post a big total on the board but Mohammed Al Balushi’s spell of 3 wickets restricted them to 190 loosing all their batters in 46th over. The Fagor FCC bowlers were spot on with their plan s as they bundled out OCT Ruwi for a mere 69 runs courtesy 3 wickets from Chirag Mandaviya and Pradeep Kumar.
Brief Scores: Fagor FCC 190/10 in 45.3 overs (Shazaf Ali 36(55) 3×4,1×6 ; Mohammed Al Balushi 44/3) won against OCT Ruwi 69/10 in 29.3 overs (Chirag Mandaviya 11/3 and Pradeep Kumar 13/3) by 121 runs.
