The tie, which took place at Leaders Club in Kinondoni, saw Union Sports Club elect to bat once the outfit had won the toss, notching 193/5 in 20 overs.
Reliable cricketers in Union Sports Club made their presence count with solid knocks, seeing to it the batting team winds up its turn with the bat gallantly.
Experienced top-order performer, Danish Unia, was the most impressive cricketer at the crease, having ended with a century that was instrumental in his outfit's acquisition of the imposing total.
In his 101 runs, Unia that is also Union Sports Club's captain lately blasted 14 boundaries and four sixes.
The top-order player had Union Sports Club staying on course for finishing the innings with a bigger total, following in the footsteps of an equally stellar outing by opener Abdullah Jabiri.
The promising opener, Jabiri, ended six runs short of a half-century, with his stint comprising four boundaries and three sixes.
Unia's batting heroics were brought to an end by Patel Brotherhood A's medium pacer, Rijali Fentu, as the latter's tricky delivery took the former out in the 15th over.
Fentu's teammate Athumani Kassim, an experienced cricketer, went for a catch from the former's delivery to send the Union Sports Club's skipper back to the pavilion.
Union Sports Club has by then posted 168 runs after the 15 overs, Unia's batting exploits had the outfit putting up a huge total for Patel Brotherhood A to chase.
Left-handed batsman Seif Khalifa also ended with two-digit figures, as was the case for Ali Rehemtulla, as sought to take control of their turn with the bat.
Khalifa scored 14 runs not out and notched a boundary and Rehemtulla chipped in with 13 runs whilst nailing two boundaries in his stint.
Khalifa further had a solid partnership with another veteran cricketer Sameer Mussa later on as the latter wound up the innings with two runs not out.
Much as veteran all-rounder, Hasnain Damji, was three runs short of two digits, his early dismissal could not take the gloss out of Union Sports Club's impressive innings.
Dhavalkumar Patel was by far the only player with notable showing during Patel Brotherhood A's bowling stint, given the performer finished his stint with three wickets, leaking 24 runs in overs.
Amassing 194 runs to post victory happened to be a tall order for Patel Brotherhood A, as the squad ended with 78/9 in 16 overs to concede the loss.
The batting team's chase got off to a wobbly start, given reliable cricketers, Athumani Kassim and Keyur Patel, had a brief stay at the crease.
Kassim was three runs short of two digits, as his innings was brought to an end by Union Sports Club's Shahmeer Rizvi.
Kashif Anwar, slotted in at number three, did his best to bring stability to his club's stint with his 20 runs.
After another early exit of Dhavalkumar, the other top-order cricketer Riteshkumar Tailor had Patel Brotherhood A still showcasing resoluteness after the performer posted 16 runs which comprised two sixes.
Captain Harsh Patel battled hard to have Patel Brotherhood A ending with a respectable total, having chipped in with 13 runs.
The remaining Patel Brotherhood A outfit's cricketers could not withstand Union Sports Club bowlers' pressure, having left the crease at regular intervals.
Rizvi, Damji, and Ahmed Virjee had Union Sports Club successfully thwarting Patel Brotherhood A's efforts to mount a successful chase after taking two wickets each.
Rizvi and his fellow bowlers saw to it Union Sports Club took important wickets to keep the side on top of the game and leave members of Patel Brotherhood A's batting unit scattered in their pursuit of a successful chase.
In Rizvi's two wickets, the player conceded 13 runs in three overs and ended with a 4.33 economy rate, and Damji leaked eight runs in his two-over stint which had the pacer posting a 4.00 economy rate.
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