RIYADH, 22 March — Centurions Abdul Waheed and Arshad Mahmood guided Meezan Spices and Carrier to emphatic victories over Fighters and Sholan XI in the ongoing RCA 20 overs Saudi Hollandi Bank Cup played at the RCA grounds.
In the match at RCA-2 grounds, Fighters were scored 180 in their allotted 20 overs. Chasing the target, Meezan helped by brilliant unbeaten 106 (10x4s & 1x6s) by Abdul Waheed and a solid unbeaten 67 by Naimathullah outclassed Fighters by 10 wickets to record their second successive victory. Elsewhere, Arshad Mahmood’s swashbuckling 108 (9x4s & 5x6s) guided Carrier to their second successive victory at RCA-3 grounds. Other notable performers were, Friends C.C. Latafat (4 for 4); PIA Young’s Imran Kifayat 84 runs; and Saqib XI Raj Mohammed (4 for 12).
Scores:
(Fighters: 185 — Masood Hussain 3/35, Nasir Ali Khan 2/36 lost to Meezan Spices: 189 no loss — Abdul Waheed 106 n.o. Naimathullah 67 n.o.)
(Carrier: 243 for 3 — Arshad Mahmood 108, Rizwan A. Qayyum 63, Kashif M. Khan 23 beat Sholan XI: 118 — Arshad Mahmood 2/24, Asif Kazmi 3/21)
(Saudia Milk: 193 for 8 — Kashif 67, Arif Mahmood 24, Arif Nawaz 28, Jibreel Rana 2/38, Farid 2/35 beat A.S. Young: 132 for 9 — Roofi 33, Iqbal 4/18, Nazir 2/19)
(Al-Hamra: 139 for 4 — Nadeem 30, Lost to Young Friends: 141 for 2 — Muhammad Afaq 65, Afzal Pasha 44)
(PIA Young: 182 for 6 — Imran Kifayat 84, Manzoor Yousuf 44, Iftikhar Ahmed 33, Fayyaz 3/23 beat Kashmir XI: 127 — Shoukat 41, Shabir 22, Saad Osman 4/25)
(SAMBA: 180 for 7 — Raza Khan 25, Sajjad Haider 59, Irfan Khan 39, Dilshad 3/30 beat KSU XI: — Dilshad 52, Mazhar 49, Sageer 37, Farhan Asif 2/30, Abdul Mannan 2/18).
(Friends: 196 for 8 — Owais 50, Saif 37, M. Hussain 41 beat Al-Eid XI: 101 — Afzal 2/4, Tanweer 2/19, Latafat 4/4).
(Mehran C.C.: 199 for 3 — Jawad Shah 51 n.o., Adnan 50 beat GPT: — 146 for 6).
(United Stars: 176 — Raj Mohammed 4/12 lost to Saqib XI: 180 for 4 — Jameel Khan 51, Abdul Kareem 50, Sohail 23).
(Indo-Pak: 109 — Umair Khusro 2/12, Shehzad Ahmad 3/22, Aslam Sheikh 2/14, Mansoor Ali 2/4 lost to Saudi Ericsson: 114 for 2 — Salman Ahmed 25, Ahmed Badsha 25, Jaweed Khan 35 n.o.).
(Pak-Shaheen: 283 for 4 beat KFSH: 192 — Mansoor 55, Corey William 28, Ali 33 n.o.).
Kashif M. Khan dazzles in SHB tourney
Kashif M. Khan scored a dazzling 103 (3x4s & 12x6s) and guided Carrier to an easy victory over Pak-Shaheen at RCA-3 grounds in the inaugural week of the SHB 20 overs tournament. The other notable performers were Tabriz 93 (5x4s & 2x6s) of Indo-Pak , Asif (5 for 21) of Friends, Naimathullah 65 (5x4s) of Meezan, Humayun 67 (5x4s) of GPT and Asad 67 (11x4 & 1x6s) of Al-Eid XI.
Scores:
(Pak-Shaheen: 171 — lost to Carrier 172 for 2 — Kashif M. Khan 103, Syed Hasnain 51).
(Saqib: 144 for 6 — Jameel Khan 57, Abdul Kareem 24, Sohail 26, Prashant 3/20, Ali 2/18, Mujahid 2/18 lost to Al-Hamra: 145 for 8 — Imran 46, Bakhtiyar 23, Sohail 2/11, Naseem 3/19, Meeraj 2/24).
(United Stars: 175 for 7 — Mustafa 3/28, Khawar 2/17, Asif 2/32 lost to Al-Eid XI 177 for 2 — Adnan 52 n.o., Asad 67)
(KFSH: 190 for 6: Mansoor Ahmed 60, Mansoor Ali 21, Azher Hussain 36, Razi Mohiuddin 2/25 lost to Meezan C.C.: 190 for 3 — Nayeem Akbar 43, Naimathullah 65, Abdul Waheed 35 n.o. Masood Hussain 20 n.o.).
(Indo-Pak: 192 for 4 — Cliffy 22, Tabriz 93, Zoysa 33 n.o., Hamza Bakshi 2/35 beat PIA Young: 180 for 7 — Imran Kifayat 37, Iftikhar Ahmed 37, Fazal ur-Rehman 33, George 2/24).
(SAMBA: 121 — Raza Khan 39, Imran Javed 39, Irfan Khan 21, Rashid 3/24 lost to Saudia Milk: 123 for 3 — Khalid 54, Kashif 34, Rashid 28).
(Friends C.C.: 180 for 8 — Afzal 34, Asif 43, Tanveer 30, Saif 20, Ali Shah 2/31, Zaheer Ahmed 2/21 beat Young Friends C.C.: Zahid Mir 37, Asif 5/21, Saif 2/24, Latafat 2/16).
(Mehran C.C: 205 — Jawad Shah 44, Sher Ali Khan 22, Mohd. Owais 46, Nasir Ali Khan 26, Ali Akbar 26, Shahzad Ahmad 2/26, Mansoor Ali 2/43, Aslam Sheikh 3/25 beat Saudi Ericsson: 116 — Masood Ashfaq 25, Akhtar A. Samad 24, Adnan 2/33, Ali Akbar 2/17, Asad 3/26).
(Kashmir XI: 183 for 7 — Tassaduq 26, Fayyaz 24, Shabbir 28, Ajaz 22, Naseem 38 n.o., Nadeem 2/31, George 2/29, Hilal 2/38, Zulfiquar 2/33 beat GPT: 157 for 5 — Humayun 67, Fayyaz 3/23, Shabbir 2/23, Ajaz 2/22).
(KSU XI: — 179 — Dilshad 33, Nayeemuddin 57 n.o. beat Young Stars: 161 for 8 — Ahmed Sageer 2/12, Mazharullah 2/26).
(A.S. Young XI: — 162 for 8 — Roofi 46, Sufian Saeed 28 beat Marcos Goa Lion C.C: 106 — Asif 3/30, Talha Aslam 2/10, Farid 3/8).
