Shabbir and Usman star in Tourism victory

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Shabbir and Usman star in Tourism victory
Umpire Iftihkar Ahmed giving away man-of-the-match award to Ghulam Shabbir.

Sharjah - Both batsmen showed a lot of aggression during their stay in the middle

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Published: Sun 23 Apr 2017, 12:05 AM

Ghulam Shabbir and Mohammad Usman scored brilliant centuries as One Stop Tourism registered an impressive seven-wicket victory over Sealine in a high-scoring match in the Group A of 43rd Bukhatir Premier League.
Chasing an imposing 326 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, openers Rohan Mustafa and Hafiz Kaleem gave One Stop Tourism a steady start with the duo scoring an identical 26.
But it was the partnership between Shabbir and Usman that set the tone as they guided their team to a superb win. The pair put on a massive 236-run partnership for the third wicket as One Stop Tourism achieved the target with more than eight overs to spare.
Both Shabbir and Usman showed a lot of aggression during their stay in the middle as they toyed around with the Sealine bowlers.
Usman scored 115 from just 92 balls including nine boundaries and three sixes while Shabbir remained unbeaten as he plundered 132 from only 94 deliveries with the help of 14 hits to the fence and three over it as One Stop Tourism scored 327 for three in 41.3 overs.
Earlier, Sealine got off to a rousing start with opener Waseem Rana scoring a fine 106 from 108 balls laced with nine boundaries and five sixes.
Rana along with Ashfaq Ahmed put together 185-run stand for the second wicket as Ahmed fired a 77-ball 81 peppered with five boundaries and as many sixes.
Waqas Raja chipped in with a 34-ball 29 before Irfan Sajid provided late fireworks


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