Abu Dhabi: Fancied United Bank Limited (UBL) suffered a second defeat and are in danger of making an exit at the group stage in the UAE Exchange Centre Twenty20 Cup cricket event.
The bankers with three UAE internationals — Amjad Ali, Naeem Al Deen Aslam and Ahmad Raza — went down to Takreer, who notched up their second successive win in Group F.
Mohammad Khalid took four for 35 to restrict the strong UBL batting to 141 for eight. Takreer in reply knocked off the winning runs for the loss of four wickets with 10 deliveries to spare.
Meanwhile, five centuries — Kashif Butt (132), Chatura Deshapriya (125), Ashraf Haider (171), Rahman Gul (100) Ijaz Bashir (112) and Malek Atif’s five wickets for seven runs for Adma-Opco — were the highlights of the weekend.
Mustaq Ahmad took six for 13 for Waziristan yet they ended on the losing side to Ace, who bowled them out for 75.
Brief scores: Takreer: 147 for 4 in 18.2 overs (Akthar Shehzad 48) bt United Bank Limited: 141 for 8 in 20 overs (Mohammad Khalid 4-35).
Adma-Opco: 249 for 6 in 20 overs (Ifqar Ali 87, Shahram Butt 64, Umer Khan 3-29) bt Daiyan: 93 all out in 15.3 overs (Malek Atif 5-7).
Robt Stone: 190 for 2 in 16.2 overs (Kashif Butt 132, Haroon Iftikhar 45) bt Colombo Lions: 188 for 3 in 20 overs (Chatura Deshapriya 125).
Emistate: 230 for 6 in 20 overs (Ashraf Hyder 171, Sajid Muthukumaran 44) bt Etihad Airways: 140 for 3 in 20 overs (Arshad Khan 61).
Thrifty Car Rental: 210 for 5 n 20 overs (Rahman Gul 100, Syed Nawaz 47, Osama Bin Nasser 4-19) bt Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank: 132 for 9 in 20 overs (Kashif Ahmad 58, Mohammad Muzammil 3-5).
Al Faraa: 183 for 9 in 20 overs (Ijaz Bashir 112, Sanjeeva Dias 3-14, Abdul Aziz 3-30) bt Al Fahim 92 for 8 in 20 overs (Chetan Kumar 3-13).
Ace 147 for 9 in 20 overs (Assad Saghir 57, Mushtaq Ahmad 6-13) bt Waziristan: 75 all out in 17 overs (Bilal Suleman 3-2).
Royal Gymkhana: 93 for 2 in 6.2 overs (Faisal Mustafa 42) bt Desire 90 all out in 14.5 overs (Asif Ghouri 4-27, Waseem Shehzada 3-22).
Tatweer: 186 for 4 in 18.3 overs (Afroz Pasha 64, M. Nadeem Al Deen 54 not out) bt Bin Ham Travels: 183 for 8 in 20 overs (Abdul Razaq 73, Abdul Rashid 45, Farhab Tariq 3-30).
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technology: 198 for 5 in 20 overs (Javed Khan 79) bt Abu Dhabi Gentlemen: 153 9 in 20 overs (Raja Baber 40).
William Hare Abu Dhabi Gymkhana: 206 for 3 in 20 overs (Arfan Haider 67, Ghulam Fareed 57, Mohammad Tayyab 3-33) bt Perth Salt Valley 155 for 8 in 20 overs.
