The Royal Stars took on the Falcon Strikers in a friendly match played at the Al Mansoora Ground, which went right down to the wire and ended with the former emerging victorious.
The Falcon Strikers started in a nervous fashion with neither opener succeeding in scoring big. However, middle order batsman Hafiz Ameen rose to the challenge and scored a magnificent 66 runs in 50 balls to usher his team to a competitive total. His responsible knock consisted of 7 fours and 2 huge sixes. The Royal Stars bowlers displayed some disciplined bowling to restrict their opponents to an average 137 runs, for the loss of 5 wickets, at the end of 20 overs. Shaheer Azim took 2 wickets for 24 runs in his 4 overs.
The Royal Stars, chasing 138 runs, looked confident right from the word go. Opener Shaheer Azim continued his sublime form with the bat, scoring a stunning 83 runs in 69 balls with the aid of 7 boundaries. His knock sealed the match for the Stars, despite the Strikers bowling well, with Rameez and Faraz Alam picking up 3 wickets each for 18 and 20 runs respectively.
The Royal Stars won the match on the last ball by 4 wickets.
