Phoenix record twin success in T20 Cup
Place second in group with a game at hand
Abu Dhabi: Phoenix Medicine registered two wins in the UBL Twenty20 Cup cricket tournament and in both matches it was Sharjeel Khan who excelled to help his team stay on course for the knockout stage.
Phoenix first ended the unbeaten run of Yogi Group and then eased to a nine-wicket win over the Emirates Cricket Board Blues to take their tally to four points.
Phoenix now share second place in the group with Nissan Al Masaood with a game at hand. Sharjeel was the main contributor in both games, hitting 58 against Yogi and a breezy 77 not out against the young ECB Blues at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Sharjeel hit seven fours and three sixes and shared a 100-run partnership with Abdul Shakoor for the second wicket for their team to knock off the winning runs in 17.2 overs in reply to Yogi's 154 for nine.
He smashed 11 fours and five sixes in his 27-ball knock to steer them to a nine-wicket win with 12 overs to spare against ECB Blues.
New Medical Centre notched up their fourth win to complete the group stage remaining unbeaten in four games. Niresh Fernando anchored the NMC inning with a top score of 52 not out to lead them to a four-wicket triumph over Seven Seas Strikers. He hit half-a-dozen fours in NMC's 107 for six in 17.2 overs.
