Ajman: Syed Maqsood is in tremendous form — cracking centuries and half-centuries and carrying his form into various tournaments. After cracking a century in the Dubai Cricket Council’s Gold Cup tournament for Defenders Cricket Club at the International Cricket Council Academy grounds, Maqsood representing Mir Cricket Club, scored 68 runs to ensure his team a 42 runs victory over Iconic Cricket Club in the Junoon Cup being held in Ajman.
For Defenders, Maqsood had hit 106 runs and helped his team defeat Globelink Weststar Shipping by seven wickets. Maqsood had also hit 81 runs in Mir Clubs’ nine wicket win over Desert Lions in the Junoon Cup. He is currently the highest scorer of the tournament.
In Mir Club’s win against Iconic, Maqsood played a quick knock to score 68 runs quickly and with Dawood Ejaz, who hit 34 runs, put on 94 runs in the first nine overs.
Mir Cricket Club’s middle order batsmen wobbled as Shahrukh Shaikh and Sandeep Singh failed to put any runs on the board. However, Abdullah Azhar and Usman Saeed put together a partnership of 82 runs. Usman Saeed hit a breezy 50 runs in 21 balls with five huge sixes. Abdullah Azhar chipped in with 34 runs off 31 balls. Iconic’s Fawad Ghafoor took four wickets for 35 runs. Mir scored 200 for 4 in 20 overs. Iconic Club lost four early wickets in the first five overs of the game. Mir CC’s bowling attack looked sharp getting in early breakthroughs for their team. Touqeer Riyasat bagged three wickets, well supported by Saifullah Noor and Hammad Khan with took two wickets each. Except for Fahad Tariq, who top-scored for Iconic with 42 runs off 28 balls with six fours and one six, none of the other batsmen rose to the challenge. Mir thus recorded their second successive win in the tournament.
