Butt Sports rout Saliheen for title

Butt Sports eased past youthful Saliheen by 72 runs in the final to lift the Jotun Paints Cup cricket tournament organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association, recently.
Al Khulais-XI finished third when they beat IBS by 42 runs.
Butt Sports amassed 222 for 9 in the allotted overs after they won the toss and made first use of the track.
Openers Tariq (56) and Zia (16) put on 40 in the first 4 overs. Later Javed (27), Abdul Rehman (48), Waqas (35) propped up the innings.
Farhad impressed with the ball as he took 4 for 28. He was supported by Faisal, claimed 3 for 29 while Tabassum took 2 for 56.
Saliheen failed to make a fight of it and were all out for 150. Openers Faisal Khan and Hameed Gul were out for 14 and 7 respectively Sabir Ali was run out for 15. Umar (22) and Tabassum (33) were the only batsmen who put up a fight. 1. Abdul Rahman 3 for 25 and Javed 2 for 13 were the main wicket takers.
Umar, Waqas and Zeeshan had one wicket each for 24, 18 and 13 runs respectively. Earlier in a battle for the third place, Khulais batted first and totaled 194. Irshad (68), Javed (19), Adnan (20) Shahid (27not out) were the main contributors. Nusruth and Mohsin claimed 2 wickets each frorn 25 and 51 runs respectively for the bowling side. IBS could manage only 152. Shoaib staged a lone battle and scored 56 runs. Shahid claimed 4 for 31. Chief guest Faisal Karim assured JCA of their (Jotun Paints) commitment for future events.
Award winners:
Man-of-the-Match: Abdul Rehman Batsman with maximum runs: Tahir of Al Barooj.
Batsmen with best averages: Tahir, Tariq Siddiqui and Faisal Khan.
Best batting performance in a match: Atta-Ur- Rehman of MHA.
Best bowling performance: Shahid of Al Khulais.
Bowlers with best averages: Shahid, Abdul Rehman and Tariq Siddiqui.
Best bowling performance in a match: Tasawwar from Pak Young.
Best All-rounder: Tariq Siddiqui of Butt Sports.
Best all round performance in a match: Atta-Ur-Rehman.
Best partnerships: Shani and Tariq of Butt Sports, Arif Hashmi and Tahir of Al Barooj. Umpires, Kumar Krishnan and Azam Khan were given appreciation medals.