Rangoonwala Cricket Club came up against the Inverex Cricket Club, in a fixture of the 1st Boulevard Mall Ramzan Tournament 2017, being played at the Hill Park Ground on Tuesday.
Inverex CC, batting first, were off to a flying start, with opener Arsalan Farzand scoring a crucial 42 runs in just 29 balls, at a strike rate of 145. However, wickets kept falling at the other end with Muhammad Faizan Khan and Yasir Mushtaq playing small knocks of 18 and 10 respectively. The Rangoonwala CC bowlers dominated the first innings with Rafay Safdar, Khurram Humanyun and Wasim Ali taking 2 wickets each, in their respective quotas of 4 overs. Inverex CC, at the end of 20 overs, managed to put up 134 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
The second innings began with Inverex CC's strike bowler, Usama Basharat, making 2 early inroads, dismissing Asad Baig and Owais Rehmani cheaply in the early overs of the chase. Nevertheless, the Rangoonwala CC batsmen continued to struggle with Hamza Ganchi scoring a well-paced 20 runs of 24 balls. However it was Nasir who shone with the bat, with a blistering 53 runs of just 35 balls to guide his team to victory with 17 balls to spare. Arsalan Farzand also took 2 wickets for 30 runs in his 3 overs.
Rangoonwala Cricket Club won the match by 4 wickets.