Mumineen I vs Mumineen II @ Jaycee Park

This was the game alot of people were waiting for, Mumineen I vs Mumineen II. The weather was up to par. A Hadith was given by Aleem Mustapha and shortly after the game was underway. Mumineen I had went in to bat. Openers, Iqbal & Zaheer went in to get the innings underway. Iqbal started his innings attacking the opposition from the first over hitting a boundary and a couple 2's. The next over, there was a miscommunication in running and a direct hit to the stumps from Azad finished Iqbal off early for 8. Aseef was the next batsman in. Soon after, Zaheer was bowled between the legs by Fazal. Mumineen I were in trouble soon. Shaheed then came in, and soon after, Aseef then perished being caught at long on. In deep trouble, Mumineen I was desperate for a partnership...and so it came. Shaheed and Faran put on a clinical partnership that may have saved Mumineen I. With just sloggers and lower order batsmen remaining, Faran and Shaheed made sure a decent score was on the board with enough wickets left to start charging the ball. After a massive showing of boundaries and sixes from both batsmen, Faran was departed for a useful 16. Shaheed brought his 50 up, his first for the Inter Jamaat League & the 2nd this season overall for Mumineen I. Mumineen I wickets started to fall quickly as Brian, Omar and Shaheed, who scored 59, fell within 2 overs. But later on, with some hard hitting from Adam and Quadir, Mumineen I lifted the score to 137/9 after their 20 Overs.

Batting
S.Lall - 59
F.Khederoo - 16

Bowling
Azad - 4 0 17 3
S.Ikramelahai - 3 0 23 3

Mumineen II was set to chase 138 in 20 Overs to win. Openers, Fazal Deen & Afzal Ali was sent in to bat. Mumineen I started off with some wayward deliveries by Quadir and Brian, but still managed to keep the rate down. In Brian's first over, Afzal was dropped on 2 occasions, 1 being dropped at long off by Adam & 2 being dropped at mid-on by Aseef. Mumineen II started taking off as many wides was bowled by Brian and Afzal decided to take him on by hitting a big 6 and 4 from his over. Shaheed coming in to bowl, with Mumineen I under pressure, got Afzal to get caught behind for 15. Bud was the next batsmen in. He and Fazal formed a platform with their partnership to ensure victory. Bud was dropped early on in his innings by a tough catch from Brian. Aseef had stopped the flow of boundaries shortly, after bowling down Fazal for a well played 19. Kam was the next man in. Bud was then dropped again, this time by Adam again at long off. Another great partnership was formed by Mumineen II as Mumineen I seemed to look beaten. Dropped catches, extras & overthrows came in a flurry of time, which made Mumineen II look like they had the game in the bag with plenty of wickets to spare. Kam was caught by Javed Lall for 13. By this time, Bud had gotten his 50 already. Javed Lall and Zaheer caused some problems scoring for Bud and Fazal Baksh towards the end of the innings. This pushed back Mumineen II, and had forced them to score 10 off the last over to win. Shaheed came in to bowl the last over. The over began with 2 dot balls, exactly what Mumineen I wanted. Then a 2 was hit. With Mumineen II needing 8 from 3 to win now, the pressure was on for the batsmen. A single was taken. Then another 2. 5 was needed from the last ball to win and Fazal Baksh was on strike. He could only manage to get a single and Shaheed had bowled Mumineen I into victory. This was a very close encounter. Mumineen I had seem to take Mumineen II too lightly and almost gave the game away. Bud finished with a great score of 56 not out. Mumineen I gets away with another one to go 3-0 this season. They will have to work on their fielding skills and bowling in order to beat the strong and reinforced Alliance next week.

Batting
H.Amin - 56*
F.Deen - 19

Bowling
S.Lall - 4 0 25 2
A.Amin - 4 0 29 1