JEDDAH: My Care Hala routed Crown Steel by 8 wickets during the seventh week of the Premier Division 35-over MoneyGram cricket tournament organized by the Western Province Cricket Association.

Crown Steel batted first and put up 199 for 6. At one stage the Steelmen were reeling at 19 for 4. However, Imran Azam (78) steadied the sinking ship along with Waqas Ausaf (62). Both were involved in a 133-run partnership.

Abuhuraira (21) and Shoaib Ali (19) later propped up the innings. Adnan Dani ripped through the batting line-up and claimed match winning figures of 6 for 37. My Care Hala in reply started badly and were 17 for 2. Kashif Shafeeq (99) and Shahbaz Rasheed (70) added 183 for the unbroken third wicket partnership to get to the winning target of 200 for 2.

In another match, Hala Friends humbled Al Ghamdi Cricket Stars by 9 wickets. Aftab with 28 was the highest scorer for Al Ghamdi who crashed for 67. Wajahat Shah grabbed 3 for 24, Waqas 3 for 15, Khalid Iqbal 2 for 1 and Saleem 2 for 26. Hala Friends replied with 68 for 1. Saleem hit an unbeaten 43 along with Nasir who scored 22. The two added 64 runs for the opening stand.

Kashif, Talha and Anas Malik were the batsmen who impressed.

In the Afternoon league, MCC downed AMI Juffali by 7 wickets, MBCC beat Fuchs Al Hamrani by a similar margin, Hala Academy Blue crushed E T Zone by 55 runs, Al Safri defeated APF by 51 runs and Hala International School made short work of Zultrack by 60 runs.

In the Morning League, Tata Motors trounced Awesome XI by 95 runs, New Young Stars eased past against Jeddah Royals by 9 wickes, Brasa De Brazil outclassed Deloitte by 8 wickets, Emper Perfumes struggles past QRCC by 12 runs and Nesma Holding downed Johnson Control by 24 runs.

Brief scores:

AMI Juffali 162: (Shaboor 32, Moon Shah 26, Waqas 46) lost to MCC 164 for 3: (Mohammed Riyaz Khan 89, Ramazan 32, Naeem 24) by 7 wkts. Fuchs Al Hamrani 150 for 8: (Abdulghafour 24, Nasir Khan 40, Ali 28; Nasir 3 for 30, Hussain 2 for 12, Abdulrazzaque 2 for 31) lost to MBCC 151 for 3: (Nasir 2 for 34) by 7 wkts.

Hala Blue 221 for 3: (Talha Shaikh 115 not out, Hafiz Shahzad 28, Abdulaleem 69) beat E T Zone 166: (Usman 43) by 55 runs.

Al Safri 207 for 5: (Rehan 76, Saeed Ahmed 41, Abdulrehman 36, Zafar 21) beat APF 136 for 8: (Mustafa 37n.o; Zafar 2 for 15) 51 runs.

Hala School 207 for 4: (Anas Malik 105 n.o, Mustafa 41; Abbas 2 for 36) beat Zultrack 147 for 7: (Abbas 31) by 60 runs.

Tata Motors 196: (Irfan Qureshi 57) beat Awesome XI 101: (Azeem 45; Irfan Qureshi 4 for 24, Syed Ali 3 for 12) by 95 runs

Jeddah Royals posted 126 for 8 and New Young Stars in response achieved 132 for 1 in 58 balls as Amir slammed 91 in 32 balls with 12 fours and 6 sixes whereas Rifaqat hit 24) by 9 wkts.

Deloitte 131 for 8: (Awais 56; Waseem 3 for 25) lost to Brasa De Brazil 132 for 2: (Omair 66) by 8 wkts.

Emper Perfumes 223 for 4: (Usman Amjad 50, Babar 37, Usman Jani 31, Sibghatullah 29, Javed 44) beat QRCC 211 for 2: (Naseer 74, Sadiq Memon 82 n.o) by 12 runs.

SFCC 160 for 5: (Tariq Siddiqui 57, Fahad 54; Abid 2 for 14) lost to Zamil Cool Care 162 for 3: (Maqsood 56, Abid 50; Fahad 2 for 32) by 7 wkts.

Nesma 148 for 8: (Jawwad 35, Rana 35; Saeed 3 for 26) beat Johnson Control 124 for 7: (Awais 50, Furqan Shahbaz 24; Rana 3 for 25) by 24 runs.