Teams battle it out for semis spot

JEDDAH: The third season of Ford Jeddah Champions Trophy cricket tournament took an interesting turn during the 3rd week as teams, which were are the receiving end during the earlier rounds bounced back with some outstanding all-round performance in the Ford sponsored tourney organized by Azizia Deccan, making it a tough competition en-route the semis.
With only the top team from each of the 4 groups assured of a semis spot, the coming week is expected to be the decider as most of the favorite clash against each other to hold-on to their chances of making the play offs in the 15-over tourney.
Brief scores
Kingdom 97: (Furkhan 32; Munaf 3 for 11, Ansari 3 for 7) beat Empower Contracting 90 for 9: Sohail 45; Sibgathullah 4 for 14, Musaddik 2 for 9) by one wicket.
Man-of-the-Match: Sibgathullah.
Modern Town 93: (Ameen 34; Wajid 3 for 15, Noman 2 for 15) lost to Etihad Jeddah 94 for 4: (Noman 36, Hamed 21 n.o; Yousef 2 for 18) by 6 wkts.
Man-of-the-Match: Noman.
Jeddah Strikers 143 for 3: (Noushad 49 n.o, Fazal 40; Himayathulla 1 for 21) beat Warangal 91: Sajid 21 n.o, Ghouse 21; Noushad 5 for 18, Nayeem 3 for 20) by 52 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Noushad.
Azizia Deccan 81: (Sharib 31, Ishaq 26; Abrar 4 for 23) lost to Barkatiya 82 for 4: (Arshad 25, Abid 20; Amjad 2 for 12) by 6 wkts
Man-of-the-Match: Arshad.
Azizia XI 95 for 9: Muzammil 45 n.o; Ghulam 2 for 12, Parvez 2 for 14) beat Halwani Bros 68: (Ghulam 28; Taha 4 for 7) by 27 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Muzammil.
Jeddah Warriors 112: (Aneesh Lathief 28; Shafeeq 3 for 15, Habeeb 2 for 14) beat Super Chargers 72: ( Nadeem 16; Jasir 3 for 10, Aneesh Lathief 3 for 11) by 40 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Aneesh Lathief.
Kings XI Hyderabad 66: (Feroz 19; Abdul Qadeer 4 for 22; Naveed 2 for 6) lost to Deccan Youth 67 for 2: (Shahed 26 n.o, Shafeeq 17; Azeemuddin 1 for 9) by 8 wkts
Man-of-the-Match: Abdul Qadeer.
Ford Titans 101 for 7: (Prasobh 23, Sreeni 20; Ammar 2 for 10, Saleem 2 for 19) lost to Twin Cities Champions 102 for no loss: (Aslam 49 n.o, Mukarram 43 n.o) by 10 wkts.
Man-of-the-Match: Aslam.