It was an outstanding weekend of cricket, with three centuries, two five wicket hauls, the Hurricane’s first win, and a unique brotherly opening partnership. Our honours board has been updated with the names of Adeel Illyas, Abdullah Khalid, Shami Khan, Ali Rasa and Mohammed Rafid.

Saturday’s matches saw the Avengers be the first team to claim a sport in the second round with a win over Royal Challengers.
The opening match was dominated by a big innings from Adeel Illyas, 144* from 61 balls with 6 fours and 12 sixes, made out of the Eagles 237/4. In rely the Stars batted out their 20 overs, making 160/8, Junayed Tushar top-scoring with 32. Abdullah Khalid in an excellent spell took 5/31.
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The Avengers came out on top on the battle of the unbeaten teams, beating the Royal Challengers by 5 wickets. Ranvir Rana got the Challengers off to a good start, with 37, but some excellent bowling by Jaspreet Bajwa (4/16), well supported by the three spinners restricted them to 102/6, despite a hard hitting 27 from Mukul Diwan. Gurman Khurana’s 58 led the Avengers to their 4th win (by 5 wickets), and a guaranteed top four placing.
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Talha and Raza

The Hurricanes ran into a determined NSK team, and were bowled out for just 33. Nick Baxter took 3/6 in a fierce opening spell and Shami Khan polished off the innings with 5/8. NSK won by 10 wickets thanks to a unique family unbroken opening partnership between brothers Talha and Raza Riaz.
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Sunday got off to an explosive start, as Ali Raza made a sensational 137 out of a 170 run opening partnership with Anol Azad (retired hurt on 17) and Arafat al Nabi (38*). He hit 13 sixes and six fours, and faced 60 balls. The Tigers totalled 219/3. The Royal Challengers got off to a solid start with Amit Neghandi (41) and Ranveer Rana (26) putting on 71 for the first wicket. Both were out in the 9th over, falling to the spin of Nahin Ahmed (3/39), and despite Maanik Arora’s 41, Royal Challengers were beaten by 65 runs
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Hurricanes

The final match of the weekend was between the league’s new clubs, the Stars and Hurricanes. This too featured a century, this time from Mohammed Rafid who made 104* of the Hurricanes 235/1 – a real comback after being bowled out cheaply on Saturday. He was well supported by Chowdhury Safin Ibn Fayez (39) and Daiyan Ahmed (55). Junayed Tushar made 80 of the Stars 138/9 as the Hurricanes earned their first league win.
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