STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Shakoor Ahmed’s five for helped Friends Cricket Club (FCC) Jammu to register win over Media-XI Cricket Club Jammu by a huge margin of 125 runs in a friendly match of 25 overs, which was organised by FCC Jammu at Sidhra Ground, here on Sunday.
Electing to bat first after winning the toss, FCC led by Skipper Faheem Tak made 216 runs for the loss of six wickets in the allotted 25 overs.
Rahul Dutta made 39 runs off 50 balls, while Irfan Dar scored 39 runs off 22 balls. Anshu Sharma scored 36 runs off 20 balls.
For Media-XI CC, Ashu Kumar and Des Raj alias Bittu took two wickets each, while Yash Khajuria scalped one.
Chasing the target, Media-XI CC led by Skipper Mir Imran was bundled out at paltry 91 runs and lost the match by a huge margin of 125 runs. Yash Khajuria and Amit Sudan made 19 runs each off 14 balls, while Sunil Bali scored 11 runs off 13 balls.
For FCC, Shakoor Ahmed bowled well and scalped five wickets, while Gourav Luthra took two wickets and Faheem Tak scalped one wicket in their five overs spells. Shakoor Ahmed was declared as Man of the Match for his five wickets haul.