RIYADH, 19 April — Hyderabad XI, SACO, PMS, Al-Jeraisy, MEED, Crystal, SCC, Al-Mashrik reached the quarterfinals of the ongoing 2nd SACO Summer Cup being played at various grounds.
In last round matches, Sharif Ahmed scored a brilliant 95 runs and helped Hyd. XI to a fine victory over Al-Jeraisy, Muhammad Ashfaq slammed 73 as SACO brushed aside Sheraton, MEED’s Haneef bowled a deadly spell (6 wickets for just 8 runs) and Hussain also of MEED scored an elegant 54 to help their side beat Dar Al-Marwa., Ismail walloped unbeaten 92 for Al-Tayyar and helped crush Care Card while Abid played a fine innings of 57 for Crystal to beat ABB.
Brief scores:
(SACO: 253 for 6 — Muhammad Ashfaq 73, Jahangir 38, Isfaq 39, Anwar 41, Shoaib 3/43 beat Sheraton: 138 — Fawaz 61, Ilyas 15, Amir 4/20, Afzal 2/27, Jahangeer 2/11)
(MEED: 172 — Hussain 54, Faiz 29, Kaleem 20 n.o., Sadiq 3/25 beat Dar Al-Marwa: 63 — Ali 26, Haneef 6/8)
(Care Card: 148 — Imtiaz 27, Riaz 32, Mujeeb 18, Pererra 2/22, Waseem 3/21 lost to Al-Tayyar: 149 for 2 — Ismail 92 n.o., Tariq 25)
(Hyd. XI: 172 for 7 — Sharif Ahmed 95, Bader 17 beat Al-Jeraisy: 138 — Nayeem 34, Ashfaq 45, Shakeel-ur-Rehman 4/20, Shakeel Ullah 3/22, Khaja 2/31)
(ABB: 110 — Thomas 41, Wajid 2/26, Mazher 3/24 Lost to Crystal: 111 for 3 — Abid 57, Jaija 2/15)
(Al-Mashrik: 132 — Viju 34, Biju 22, Illyas 3/7, Minhaj 2/36 beat Dar C.C. : 88 — M.A. Khan 17, Rohit 19, Aji 3/20, Trilok 2/17).
