Muscat Municipality Cricket Tournament Kicks Off Tomorrow
Anisa al Ouf
The 4th edition of Muscat Municipality Cricket Tournament kicks off tomorrow on Friday Dec 20th at al Qurm natural park. The tournament is organized from 20 December 2019 till 10 January 2020. The tournament is a fruit of cooperation between the Municipality ant the Oman cricket Club.
There will be 16 teams playing 8 matches from 06:60 am till 4 pm. The teams will be Smile Strikers vs. Michael 11 and Asfandyar X1 vs. Shahdat Cricket Club. Simultaneously, MCC-Wadikabir-11 against AKTC and Abeer-11 vs. NMC Hospital. The fifth match will bond both Information Team and UGB-11 while Ruwi Shamshers will play against Royal Strikers. The sixth match will bond Prosad-11 against Abu Hatim and eventually OCT-Seeb vs. OCT-Ruwi.
This year’s tournament will have (32) clubs, (11) of which follow the Muscat Municipality, and (5) are civil Omani participation. There will be also another (16) teams for non-Omani clubs for private companies. The tournament will have two groups so that each group contains (8) teams.
Muscat Municipality aims through this tournament to promote the physical activity among its staff and to activate partnership with the private sector in various fields.