Khulais ends MHA unbeaten run in JCA League

JEDDAH: Al Khulais ended MHA’s unbeaten run with a stunning five-wicket win during the eighth week matches of the Cricket Ke Badshah T20 Morning League, sponsored by MoneyGram under the umbrella of Saudi Cricket Center, organized by Jeddah Cricket Association here.
In the other matches of the same division, Al Boroj scored an impressive seven-wicket win over Butt Sports, Pak Young convincingly beat Al Gudaid by six wickets while Reel & Rom prevailed over Saleheen by 29 runs.
Highlights of the day were, Rehan’s quick-fire 84 of 38 balls for Al Boroj, Pak Young’s Arshad’s 5 for 19 and Naveed’s valiant 101 for Saleheen.
Brief scores:
Butt Sports 197: (Imran 29, Omar 33, Iqbal 20, Atif 28; Kamran Khan 2 for 46, Usman 2 for 30, Kareem 2 for 19) lost to
Al Boroj 198 for 3: (Rehan 84 not out, Jamshed 27, Kamran 30, Usman 28; Atif 2 for 22) by 7 wkts.
Al Gudaid 110: (Sajid 37, Fayaz 23; Arshad 5 for 19, Rizwan 3 for 36, Yasir 2 for 20) lost to Pak Young 111 for 4: (Abdullah 26, Aftab 25; Noor 2 for 28) by 6 wkts.
MHA 222 for 6: (Zia 67, Ali 82) lost to Al Khulais 226 for 5: (Javaid 69, Hafiz Ismael 72, Amir Bhatti 27 n.; Riaz Afridi 2 for 22) by 5 wkts.
Reel & Rom 250 for 5: (Nisar 66, Irfan 71, Waheed 24, Qasim 21, Rashid 23; Qamar 2 for 35) beat Saliheen 221 for 4: (Naveed 101, Naif 50, Rehan 25; Waheed 2 for 25) by 29 runs.

Mini League takes off

ICAD routed Jamco while Peeran Warriors scored a thrilling three-wicket win over Ktaykit during the first week matches of the Mini League.
ICAD, Jamco, Ktaykit and Peeran Warriors are the top four teams after the conclusion of the Afternoon League that have qualified for Mini League, the winner of which will then play the top team from the Morning League.
Brief scores:
Jamco 171 for 9: (Waseem 38, Aqeel 26, Malik Imran 20, Mubashir 26; Ajit 3 fir 20, Waqas 3 for 31) lost to ICAD 172 for 1: (Mohsin 114 n.o, Irfan 24, Shakeel 17 n.o) by 9 wkts.
Ktaykit 173 for 6: (Shafiq 20, Danish 20, Sarfaraz 45, Naseem 30; Hussain 2 for 42) lost to Peeran Warriors 174 for 7: (Hussain 74, Yousuf 44; Shafique 4 for 26) by 3 wkts.

Ace Travel, Desert Warriors, Mazco stay alive

In the Premier Division League, Ace Travel, Desert Warrior and Mazco scored convincingly wins to keep their hopes of qualifying for the knock-out stage alive.
ACE Travel eased past Tamer by 68 runs, Desert Warriors got the Micro Engineering by 30 runs and Mazco beat Hyderabad Green by 25 runs.
Brief scores:
Ace Travel 218 for 7: (Javed 51, Haroon Bin Mahfouz 50, Atta 51; Karam Ali 3 for 42): beat Tamer 150 for 9: (Afroz 58, Afsar 20, Masood 34; Zahid 4 for 32, Javed 2 for 13) by 68 runs.
Desert Warriors 204 for 6: (Adil 55, Jafar 32, Junaid 31; Maqsood 2 for 24, Abid 2 for 40) beat Micro Engineering 174 for 8: (Kaleem 22, Abid 39, Sami 34; Adil 2 for 29) by 30 runs.
Mazco 217 for 6: (Usman 46, Tabassum 39, Zaheer 22, Nasir 37; Amir Wahla 5 for 26) beat Hyderabad Green 192 for 8: (Furqan 43, Usman 59; Tabassum 2 for 44, Mustafa 2 for 30) by 25 runs