JEDDAH: ARM struggled to get past Tamer by two wickets in the Premier Division cricket league sponsored by Ace Travel and Tours and organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association here.

In the other match of the same division, Pak Green routed Micro Engineering by 82 runs.

Tamer batted first and put up a fighting 172 runs. Thanks to Amir Wahla who scored a stylish 50 while Javed Makki got 36. Shani (3 for 28) and Nazeer (2 for 31) were the pick of the bowlers. In reply, ARM, who finished runner-up in the MoneyGram final, got off to a solid start with Sami Khan’s brisk 89. He received good support from Parvez (25) and Nazeer (22). However a rush of blood saw 4 wickets of ARM tumble toward the end as Karam Ali (3 for 20) and Shahzad (3 for 44) gave them a scare but ARM managed to scrape through and scored 173 for 8 wickets.

In the other match, Pak Green scored 202 for 7. Shan Manzoor scored a brilliant 77 of 44 balls. He got good support from Shahzad Ahmad (33) and Asim Khan (23). Mujahid bowled a tight length and bagged 4 for 30 while Jawed chipped in with 2 for 20.

In reply Micro Engineering were bundled out for 120. Shareef (28) and Ahsan (27) were the only batsmen who put up a fight against the accurate bowling of Adnan (2 for 14), Rana Shahzad (2 for 29), Rizwan (2 for 23) and Asim Khan (2 for 5).

Brief scores (first week): Mazco 162 for 8: (Nasir 32, Usman 29; Shahzad 2 for 26, Faisal 2 for 27, Kamran 2 for 28) lost to Tamer: 163 for 8: (Malik Usman 27, Maqsood 37, Faisal 33; Sabir 2 for 25,) Faisal 2 for 31) by 2 wkts.