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Alpha Fire beat Niazi CC in T20 Tournament

Alpha Fire Safety defeated Niazi CC by 21 runs in the latest matches of the Sprite BCL-CBA Premier League T20 Tournament at the Busaiteen Grounds in Muharraq.

Batting first, Alpha Fire scored 180 for eight in 20 overs thanks to a fine knock by Sameer (84,) with good support from Zeeshan (25) with Iqbal (two for 38) the best of the bowlers.

Niazi in reply, scored 159 for seven with the main scorers being Omer (61) and Junaid (30) with Zeeshan (three for 27) completing a fine all round performance. 

In another match, SOHA BOC were 51-run winners against Central Café after scoring 184 for six in 20 overs with the main scorers being Obaid (77) and Waleed (33) and Suraj (two for 36) the best of the bowlers. Central Café were then dismissed for just 133 with Ganesh (33) top scoring as Jamal (five for 16) ripped through the batting. 

Other scores:

AWAN CC 114/1 in 12 overs (Faisal Nazir 61, Yasser Nazir 26) bt Karnataka Royals 110 all out (Vasanth 37, Awad 2/22) by 9 wickets.

Khalid Saad Trading Tornado 187/7 in 20 overs (Suneer 65, Reneesh 38, Sreejesh 25, Luqman 2/32) bt Ritz Carlton 165/9 (Zeeshan 61, Imran 44, Sameer 3/25, Shiji 2/19) by 22 runs.

REDEX Bassali 153/7 in  20 overs (Imran 45, Mujtaba 26, Ihsan 3/23) bt Pak Lions 147/6 (Zia-Udin 37, Hassan 23, Raheel 2/26) by 6 runs.

VKL Kerala XI 138/5 in 14.3 overs ( Balaji 23, Ajith 3/7) bt Awali Gents 135 all out (Burhan 35, Biju 4/29, Balaji 2/27) by 5 wickets.

Monviso Shahzad Zafar 156/9 in 20 overs (Asad 57, Asif 2/17) bt God Father 106 all out (Asif 32, Farhan 5/22) by 50 runs.

R.K.C.T 160/5 in 20 Overs (Guru 40, Ashwin 36, Karthik 2/37) bt Bahrain Indians 117/9 (Paveen 29, Bharat 3/28 Harpreet 2/17) by 43 runs. ASMA CC 137/7 in 19.1 overs (Jalal 31,Mani 29) bt AA CC 133/9 (Hussain 39, Najaf 2/25) by 3 wickets.

Young Star 129/8 in 19.4 overs (Shakir 29, Usman 1/19) bt ACL 128/9 (Saeed 37, Fayaz 3/22) by 2 wickets.