Mumineen I was set to go against last seasons champions, Alliance, for the second time this season. Alliance won the toss and decided to have a bat first on a warm day. It was a good start for Mumineen I as both openeres for Alliance were gone within the first 3 overs. Shalim and Saffie were in and they were starting to build a solid partnership. This was after some help with dropped catches and missed run-out AND a wayward over by Nazim in which he bowled 6 wides. Alliance eventually put on a solid score of 61/2 after 8 overs. Things took a horrible turn for Alliance as Captain Seefo was in the middle of his 2nd over. Both Shalim and Saffie were caught on back to back deliveries. Aseef was on a hat-trick delivery that failed to give him a wicket. More wickets started to tumble as Aseef continued having a field day taking 2 more consecutive wickets getting Khemraj and Tallim caught as well. He once again epically failed to get the 3rd wicket for his hat-trick. Alliance was in a world of trouble as they were down 99/6 after 15 overs. With some tight bowling at the end from Anoop, Quadir and Nazim, Alliance only scored 17 runs in their last 5 overs.
Alliance 116/7 After 20 Overs
Saffie Rahaman - 21
Aseef - 4 0 21 4
Anoop - 4 1 21 2
Mumineen I saw it was a low total to chase, but they weren't taking the Alliance bowling attack lightly. Openers Anoop and Razak decided they wanted this to be ended quickly. They both came out seeing the ball like it was a hot fudge sundae. In 3 overs, Mumineen I quickly had 34/0 on the board. The first wicket fell as Anoop got caught at straight, long on by Irshad for 10. The following delivery, Razak was caught at deep square leg for 27 after hitting 6 boundaries during his innings. For the 3rd time, someone was on a hat-trick, but Saffie as well failed to get it. After 2 quick wickets, Mumineen I decided to slow things down a little and play sensibly. Nazim and Altab saw the ball well and played through the rest of the chase. Altab wasn't close to his 50 this time, but he played a great knock. Nazim and Altab added 79 runs for the 3rd wicket. Mumineen I comfortably won by 8 wickets with 3.4 overs to spare.
Mumineen I 117/2 After 16.2 Overs
Nazim - 40*
Altab - 34*
Razak - 27
Saffie - 3.2 0 21 2
Mumineen I will be taking on Muttaqeen next, looking for a little payback after what happened in their first game.
In other news, Mumineen II lost against Nur-ul-Islam & Muttaqeen defeated Unity. Congrats goes out to Vivian Khan for scoring the first IJSCL century.
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