Salman’s heroics in Zalmi’s double win almost enough

By Richard Boxall

The group stages of the 40 Over and T20 leagues were completed over the weekend, and the draws for the knockout stages have been made.

Limassol Zalmi made a bold late challenge, winning two T20 games in one day to draw level on points with Markhor and Royal in their group, missing out on qualifying only by virtue of an inferior net run rate, which allowed Markhor to progress as runners-up to Al Fatah in group D.

First Zalmi chased down Markhor’s 177-6 to win by two wickets...