Saturday 21 / June / 2025
Muscat: The decision of ARTT to field after winning the toss was proven right when left arm spinner V S Shiju ran through the entire top order of Zawawi Powertech and finished with the figures of 10 overs, 2 maidens, 5 wickets for 17 runs. Shiju was helped by Moshin who got one wicket, but bowled a tight line. Struggling at 32 for 6 in 15 overs, Ibn Eameen and Aqil Khal wiped out the tail with the scoreboard reading 66.
Chasing just 67 for the championship, ARTT young openers Adeel Abbas (13 runs in 11 balls) and Bilal Asim started positively against a strong bowling line up of Zawawi Powertech. At 18 for one in 3 overs, Shehbaz Nasir came in with all guns blazing with 32 runs of just 27 deliveries to finish the game. Bilal held one side with a solid 10 not out. ARTT chased the score in just 11.5 overs.
ARTT finished as champions and Sarco were runners- up. Powertech finished on number 3 on the net run rate. All the 3 teams were on 10 points each from 7 games with 5 wins.
Captain Ahmed Khan said: "We had played 3 quality left arm spinners in Shiju, Aqil and Sanjaya. In addition, we had Moshin and Ibn Eameen as our pacers who swing both ways. We also had a leg spinner in Zeeshan Siddiqui and 2 off spinners in Adeel Abbas and myself. With so many options, we were confident that we wouldn't leak a lot of runs. And no matter what ever would be the score to chase, we were confident of chasing it as all our 11 players have 40 plus score in professional cricket."
