In the Power Zone T20 cricket tournament organized by Riyadh Cricket League Mehran and Metrofile Sixers qualified for the Super League final, Cricket Samarwa and Saudi Jaguar for Premier League 1 final and Gujranwala and Riyadh Sports Club for Premier League 2 final.
Abid and Muqeem performed well with the ball while Waqar, Khalid, Faheem, Sajid, Abubaker, Farrukh, Kamran, Mansoor And Sana all had a fine display with the bat. Imran and Usman enjoyed all-round performances.
Summaries of semifinal matches:
On RCL-3 ground, Metrofile Sixers CC beat Friends CC by 4 wickets in the first Super League semifinal. Friends elected to bat first and set a target of 175 runs. Abid Khan 25, Muhammed Hussain 24, Abdulwahid 23 and Sajid Cheema were the top batsmen of Friends. Imran Khan and Basharat of Metro bowled well and each took 3 wickets. In reply, Metro achieved the target in 19.2 overs to win the match. Sajid played a sensible innings of 64 runs to help his team to the final. Imran Khan contributed 38 and Azhar Ali 23. Jamshaid made the decisive 9 runs to complete the target. Imran Khan of Metro was Man of the Match
On RCL-4 ground, Mehran CC won its match from Jawar Al Jazira CC by 58 runs in the second Super League semifinal.
Batting first, Mehran set a huge target of 236 runs. Khalid and Faheem Shah of Mehran made 59 and 58 runs respectively. They were supported by Usman Shah 45 runs. Abbas and Iqbal of Jawar each took 2 wickets while Rizwan and Zaheer 1 each. In reply, Jawar could not achieve the target and bowled out for 178 runs.
Haroon 40, Rizwan Manzoor 31 and Abbas 18 runs were the top scorers of Jawar. Shehzad of Mehran took 3 wickets while Assad and Usman 1 each.
Usman Shah of Mehran was Man of the Match.
On RCL-1 ground, Cricket Samarwa beat Super CC in super over as match was tied in the first Premier Leauge 1 semifinal. After winning the toss Samarwa invited Super to bat first which worked well as Samarwa bagged some early wickets and restricted Super at 184 runs. Noman 27, Adnan Malik 12, Shafeeq 15 and Adnan Nasir 17 runs were the top batsmen of Super. Aasif Sheikh and Kashif bowled well and took 2 wickets each. In reply, Super fought back and restricted Samarwa to 184 runs to tie the match. A super over to break the tie was bowled and Samarwa won. Abubaker played a sensible innings of 61. He was supported by Mujahid 43, and Waseem and Ameen 14 runs each. Baber took 3 wickets while Riaz and Rashid 2 wickets each.
Abubaker of Samarwa was Man of the Match.
On RCL-2 ground, Falcon CC defeated by Saudi Jaguar CC by 7 wickets in the second Premier League I semifinal. Saudi Jaguar invited Falcon to bat first. Jaguar bowlers bowled well and restricted Falcon to 185 runs. Farrukh Saeed played a fine innings of 62 runs. Nazim had 25 and Moazzam 17 runs. Owais of Jaguar took 3 wickets and Danish 2 wickets. In reply, Saudi Jaguar reached the target in 17.4 overs to win the match. Kamran Rao made 70 runs. Haider made 30 runs, Faisal 24 and Danish 25 . Syed Siraj and Syed Aun took 1 wicket each.
Kamran Rao of Jaguar was Man of the Match.
On RCL-3 ground, Gujranwala CC beat Karachi Titans CC by 26 runs in the first Premier League II semifinal in the morning session.
Titans invited Gujranwala to bat first which proved good for Gujranwala to set a reasonable target of 202 runs. Waqar scored 85 runs with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. Usman Ashraf added 38 runs, Umer Butt 28, Yasir 15 and Dastageer 13. Rizwan and Amjed of Titans took 2 wickets each. In reply Karachi Titans failed to achieve the required runs and bowled out for 176 runs.
Waqar of Gujranwala was Man of the Match.
Winning the second Premier League II semifinal in the afternoon session was Riyadh Sports Club which beat Black Caps by 17 runs. Riyadh Sports Club made 176 runs. Mansoor made splendid 88 runs. Nadeem Pilar scored 30, Yunis 14 and Shahnawaz 10 to strengthen their total. In reply, Black Caps failed to achieve the target and bowled out for 159 runs.
Mansoor of RSC was Man of the Match.
Mehran, Metrofile, Samarwa, Jaguar, Gujranwala and RSC in final
Mehran, Metrofile, Samarwa, Jaguar, Gujranwala and RSC in final
