Natco, ICC Irfan Basha, Tamar and Kanoo scored resounding wins in the ACE Travel Premier Cricket League.
ACE Travel sponsored the tournament under the auspices of JCA (Jeddah Cricket Association).
Here in capsule form is the summary of the matches:
ICC Irfan Basha beat Kanoo Travel by 6 wickets: Kanoo Travel posted 178 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in its allotted overs. Kaleem (47 - 6x4, 1x6) and Arshad (27) provided a sound start by putting across 78 runs in 7 overs .
Later Mazhar 40 of 26 balls (5x4) and Adnan (24) chipped in with useful contribution. Umar took 3 for 26 runs while Nabeel and Amir claimed 2 wickets each for 28 & 34 runs respectively. In reply, ICC Irfan Basha lost openers Azhar and Irfan (27) cheaply but Raheel 59 (fours, 2 sixes) and Umar with an unbeaten 67 (five fours, 3 sixes) batted splendidly to give their team a strong foundation and reach the victory target losing only 4 wickets in the process. Waseem bowled well and claimed 3 scalps for 19 runs.
Natco defeated ACE Travel by 7 wickets: ACE Travel made 168 runs for 8 wickets. Wajid Samdani and Wahaj provided a sound start of 55 runs . Wajid hit 38 (5x4) while Wahaj scored 30 (5x4). Later Yousuf scored a quick fire 31 (2x4 +2x6).
Aijaz took 3 for 33 while Humayoon picked up 2 for 40. In reply, Natco scored 169 for loss of 3 wickets with 4 overs to spare. Fahad scored 56 runs of only 29 balls (6x4 +2x6), Humayoon hit 3 fours in his 20 runs while Chand blasted an unbeaten 46 (5x4 +1x6) to take his team to a convincing win. Hamid claimed 2 for 35 runs.
Kanoo hammered Jawar Al Jazirah by 8 wickets: Jawar Al Jazirah were skittled for a paltry 117 runs. For Jawar Al Jazirah Shaun scored 29 (6x4), Zulfiqar (17) while none of the remaining batsmen could reach double figures.
Najm and Mansoor had 3 wickets each for 33 and 30 runs while Moid had 2 wickets for 18 runs . In reply, Kanoo raced to 118 runs in 15 overs losing 2 wickets in the process.
Despite losing Irfan and Tabrez early, Faheem and Najam ensured no further hiccups and hit the required runs without being separated.
Faheem hit 29 whereas Najm was more aggressive and raced to 48. Adnan and Zahid had one wicket each.
Tamar routed Micro Engineering by 10 wickets: Micro Engineering could only manage 149 for 8 wickets in its allotted overs which Tamar crossed in the 11th over scoring 150 without losing a wicket. For Micro Engineering , Shareef scored 50 of 37 balls (4x4 +1x6) while Mujahid contributed 27 (2x6).
Waseem, Adnan and Khalid claimed 2 wickets each. In reply, Tamar hit the required runs in the 11th over. Khalid Butt blasted his way scoring an unbeaten 62 runs (10x4+2x6) while Shahbaz retired after scoring 28.
Afroz came in and scored an unbeaten 40 of only 11 balls with 2 fours and 4 towering sixes to give their team a huge win by 10 wickets.
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