Top teams had it easy in the third round of the BSF Twenty20 cricket tournament sponsored by Banque Saudi Fransi and organized by Riyadh Cricket League.
Riyadh Blues, National, Gamepro, Cybroam, Maestro, Black Caps and Mehran moved into the fourth round.
Another highlight of the day was fine batting performances by Zafar, Ejaz, Imran, Farhan, Nisar, Zeeshan, Alam and Bilal.
Assad Khan, Kamran Mirza, Fakhar, Salman Khan and Nashir Curtay performed well with the bat and ball.
Riyadh Blues scored thrilling two-run win over Indian Strikers.
Riyadh Blues made first use of the pitch and put up 182 runs. Zafar played a key role and scored a match winning 60 runs. Rizwan (37) and Shehbaz (24) later propped up the innings. Anees took 3 wickets while Sunil got 2.
In reply Indian Strikers made a fight of it but fell short by 2 runs. Yashik (52), Faiz (35) and Shaheen (33) did their best. Zain bagged 3 wickets and Shaqib had 2.
Man-of-the-Match: Zafar
Royal Fighters decided to bat first and made 147 runs. Salman Khan and Norman took 2 wickets each. In reply National achieved the target in 11 overs. Ejaz top-scored with 59 runs followed by Azeem (39) and Salman Khan (30). National won by 5 wickets.
Man-of-the-Match: Salman Khan
Game Pro routed Samarwa by 84 runs. Gamepro put on board 251 runs.
Imran and Farhan looked in good touch and made 65 and 64 runs respectively. Moizuddin (27) and Surjith (20) later added to the total. Hameed impressed with 3 wickets while Aamir got 2. In reply Cricket Samawara were bowled out for 167 runs. Abubakar was the only batsman who played with confidence and made 61 runs. Majed took 3 wickets while Moizuddin and Farhan shared 4 wickets.
Man-of-the-Match: Farhan
Cybroam routed Deccan Stars by 7 wickets. Deccan Stars set a target of 164 runs. Nisar (60), Shaji (20) and Tanzeel (20) were the main scorers. Atif Aslam, Mukhtar and Kamran Mirza of Cybroam bowled took 2 wickets each.
In reply Cybroam achieved their target easily. Zeeshan Haider Khan was the highest scorer with (64) while Kamran Mirza and Adil Khan made 34 runs each.
Man-of-the-Match: Kamran Mirza
Maestro edged past Kashmir Gymkhana by 2 wickets. Kashmir Gymkhana made 167 runs. Shabir Kanit (77) and Shabbir Bhat (21) were the main scorers. Nashir Curtay claimed 3 wickets.
In reply Maestro achieved the total off 19 overs. Contributions came from Umar Bashir (32 ), Muneer (24), Ashfaque Qureshi (22), Imran Shaikh (16) and Nashir Curtay (16). Zafar took 2 wickets.
Man-of-the-Match: Nashir Curtay
Mughal lost their match against Black Caps by 35 runs. Black Caps scored 192. Bilal Khursheed was in good form and 63 runs. He was supported by Danish with 44 runs.
Qasim took 2 wickets. In reply, Mughal could not achieve the total and bowled out for 157 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Bilal Khursheed
Mehran defeated Gamepro CC by 59 runs. Mehran batted first and made 218 runs in their allotted overs.
Assad Khan top-scored with an unbeaten 81 runs. He was well supported by Alam Khan (64), Anwer Zeb (25) and Fakhar (19).
In reply Gamepro were bowled out for 159 runs. Shoaib and Sharjeel scored who made 49 and 23 runs respectively. Fakhar did most of the damage and took 4 wickets while Ayyaz got 2.
Man-of-the-Match: Assad Khan
Top teams move into next round of BSF Cup
Top teams move into next round of BSF Cup










