Butt Sports will clash with Saliheen in the Jotun Cup final. In the semifinals played recently, Butt Sports scored a comfortable 40-run win over Al-Khulais-XI while in the other match, Saliheen routed IBS by 7 wickets in the Jeddah Cricket Association organized tournament.
In the first semi Butt Sports, won the toss and batted first, amassed 242 for 6. Zeeshan Butt hit a brilliant 106, which came off 48 deliveries. Javed (51) and Junaid (20) were the other contributors. Shahid took 3 for 47 while Hafiz got 2 for 50 for the bowling side.
Al-Khulais were off to a flying 54-run start by openers Zahoor (27) and Aslam (20), which came from the first 4 overs.
After the fall of the top order, Hafiz Ismail (48) and Shahid (27) fought back and provided some stability. However, the other batsmen failed to put up a fight and wickets failed at regular intervals as Khulais caved in for 202 for 9. Tariq claimed 4 for 29, Abdul Rahman 2 for 43 and Umar 2 for 37 runs respectively. In the 2nd semifinal, IBS made first use of the pitch managed 174 for 9.
Saliheen replied with 175 for 7 with 5 overs to spare. Zia ul Haq top-scored for IBS with 66 runs, followed by Shoaib (24) and Waris (38).
Imran claimed 3 for 32. Tabassum had 2 for 13. Three IBS batsmen were run out .For Saliheen, Hameed Gul was the highest scorer with 64 runs. Faisal hit (23) and Sabir got (40).
Butt Sports to clash with Saliheen in final



