RIYADH, 11 January — Muhammad Hussain, Afzal, Khawar Hussain, Nazim Siddiqui and Khalid Qureshi slammed tons for their respective teams while Muhammad Mumtaz and Muhammad Saif turned in with good all-round performance against their rivals. Elsewhere, Daniyal Alam and Amer Ashfaq bowled superb bowling spells and helped their sides record easy victories in the ongoing RCA SFB tournaments at Al-Sulay grounds exit 17.
In the "A" division matches, Carrier outclassed Mehran C.C. by 85 runs at RCA-4 grounds. Batting first, Carrier with useful contribution from all their batsmen scored modest 234 all out. In reply, Mehran had no answer to the bowling of Mumtaz and were all out for 149. Mumtaz bowled beautifully and returned with figures of 6 for 24. Helped by back to back centuries from Afzal.
Friends C.C. easily got the better of Fighters C.C. at RCA-3 grounds. Taking the strike first, Friends scored mammoth 368 for 7. Afzal scored a brilliant 129 studded with 12 hits to the fence an Munawar contributed 74 with 6 hits to the fence. Chasing the mammoth score, Fighters did put up a good show but could not scored the required runs and was all out for 277. Muhamamd Hussain’s elegant 115 studded with 7 fours and 3 sixes went in vain for Fighters.
At RCA-1 ground, formidable Saudia Milk outclassed Saudi Ericsson. Batting first, Milkmen aided by a scintillating 93 with 6 fours and 2 sixes by Kashif.
Scores:Carrier C.C. 234 all out — (Kashif Mazhar Khan 36, Syed Hasnain 21, Rizwan Qayyum 28, Asif Kazmi 26, Muhammad Mouzzam 32, Muhammad Mumutaz 23, Nasir 3 for 21, Asad 3 for 30 beat Mehran 149 all out — Shahji 36, Muhammd Ali 43, Shahjahan 21, Mumtaz 6 for 24, Asim Raza 2 for 12)
Friends 368 for 7 — (Afzal 129, Tanweer 24, Munnawar 74, Mohsin 29, Tahir 22, Rashid Mirza 2 for 35, Baber Mirza 4 for 60 beat Fighters 277 all out — Waheed 31, M. Hussain 115, Sakhawat 29, Tanveer 2 for 58, Latafat 2 for 54, Nawaz 2 for 28).Saudia Milk 295 all out — (Kashif 93, Rashed Rana 83, Sohail 22, Amjad 31, Shazad 3 for 55, Mansoor 3 for 55 beat Saudi Ericsson — Masood 30, Aamir 36, Akhtar 44, Mansoor 29, Riaz 42, Umair Khusro 29, Rashid Rana 4 for 42, Arif Nawaz 2 for 30, Javid Munawar 2 for 40).
In "B" division, most of the matches were affected due to overnight rain. Khawar Hussain’s unbeaten 106 with 9 fours & Nazim Siddiqui 107 with 11 sweetly timed fours and 1 over it helped Al-Eid XI outplay Saqib at RCA-1 ground while Khalid Qureshi’s 135 with 8 hits to the fence and 8 over it and Ashfaq’s 5 for 35 helped Young Friends beat KFSH&RC at RCA-6 ground. Zaheer Ahmed fought a lone battle for KFSH & RC scoring 80 with 7 hits to the fence.
Daniyal Alam of SAMBA bowled immaculately and demolished Challengers XI with figures of 5 for 17 at RCA-7 while Muhammad Saif’s all round performance (5 for 48 & 44 n.o.) could not save Meezan Spices C.C. from defeat against United Star C.C. at RCA-8 ground.
Scores: United Star C.C. 216 — (Inam-ur-Rehman 50, Nawaz 35, M. Razi Mohiuddin 3 for 22, Mohd. Saif 5 for 48 beat Meezan Spices C.C. 166 for 9 — Naimathullah 24, Syed Taqiuddin 29, Mohd. Saif 44 n.o. Inam-ur-Rehman 2 for 10, Masood Ahmed 3 for 20).
Young Friends 302 for 5 — (Afaq 60, Khalid Qureshi 135, Amer Raza Shah 34 n.o., Zaheer Ahmed 2 for 65 beat KFSH & RC 223 for 8 — Mansoor Ahmed 45, Zaheer Ahmed 80, Ahmed Sagheer 33, Amer Ashfaq 5 for 35, Iftequar Qureshi 2 for 42). Al-Eid XI 386 for 5 — (Fayyaz 44, Salman 34, Nazim Siddiqui 107, Khawar Hussain 106 n.o., Nabil 26 n.o. Abdul Nayeem 3 for 57 beat Saqib 179 for 7 — Jameel Khan 31, Mouzzam 61, Bashar 24, Shakeel 28 n.o., Hanif Baber 3 for 10).
Challengers XI 89 all out — (Raza Khan 4 for 18, Daniyal Alam 5 for 17 Lost to SAMBA 91 for 1 Imran Javed n.o. 50, Tariq Kamran n.o. 22).
