BCL Golden League: Tornado A beat Matrix

Manama : Tornado A defeated Safetech Matrix by 74 runs in the latest matches of the BCL 25 Overs Golden League at the Busaiteen Grounds in Muharraq.

Batting first, Tornado A scored an impressive 228 for five in 25 overs thanks to fine knocks by Sarath (62), Vinu (59) and Gigin (35) with Arun (two for 22) the best of the bowlers.

In reply, Safetech Matrix were dismissed for 154 with Priyesh (46) the main scorer and Dinesh (four for 29) the pick of the bowlers.

Rock Star in another match easily beat SNB by 10 wickets after the latter were skittled out for just 87 with the only resistance from Fawad (18) as Ahmed (three for 20) and Nisar (two for 10) shared the wickets to fall.

In reply, Rock Star reached the target scoring 90 without loss in 5.5 overs as openers Sadakath (50) and Anil (35) eased the team to victory.

Other scores:

1)Panthers 154/6 in 22.1 (Ali 62, Sanjeev 3/25) bt Hempel Paints 152/7 (Manish 64, Faizan 3/19) by 4 wickets.

2)Hala 179/9 in 25 (Sharafudheen 79, Haris 33, Sumesh 4/31) bt G4S Legends 152/7 (Vijith 47, Abijith 47, Nishad 3/23) by 27 runs.

3)Gujjar CC 241/4 in 25 (Hisham 65, Arooj 74) bt GT Abdulaal 161/10 (Shams 38, Nabeel 3/26) by 80 runs.

4)Tornado Riders 179/8 in 25 (Manu 40, Sonu 35, Sayed 3/37) bt Karnataka Strikers 174/8 in 25 (Sandeep 27, Reji 3/28, Anto 2/24) by 5 runs.

5)Muharraq Eagles170/10 (Waseem 45, Marwan 28, Ruvin 3/20) b Alpha Fire Bahrain 165/10 (Amila 30, Zafar 33, Waqar 2/10) by 5 runs.

6)Union Group 168/4 in 21.3 (Javed 54, Rana 43, Ebtisam 32) bt Bulls 167/8 (Imthiyas 69, Mosin 3/21, Sajith 3/30) by 6 wickets.

7)SNCS Royal Riders 3Q 135/6 in 17.4 (Thanzeer 51, Jenson 2/15) bt Rising star 134/10 (Senthil 59, Riyad 3/19, Anishn 3/13) by 4 wickets.

Ali Mahmood - Panthers

SAdakath - Rockstar

Sarath - Tornado A

Sharafu - Hala

Vinu - Tornado A