RIYADH: Pakistan Falcons and Punjab Lions entered the final SAIB Easypay Twenty20 Huraymala Zone cricket tournament final, sponsored by Saudi Investment Bank and organized the Riyadh Cricket Association.

In the semifinals Falcons eased past Pak Force by 35 runs while in the second match Punjab Lions got the better of Pak Force by 35 runs.

Tila Yusafzayi hit a match winning 81 runs to help Pakistan Falcons set up a total of 206 runs. Hamza Abbasi propped up the innings with his valuable knock of 54. Azaz picked 3 wickets. Pak Force in reply managed 171. Raheem 46, Naveed 32, Awais 25 and Faisal 21 were the main contributors. Awais, Matiullah, Abdullah and Tila picked 2 wickets each.

Man-of the-Match: Tila Yusafzayi.

In the second match, Indian set their rivals a target of 207, which was achieved by Punjab Lions in the last over. Asmat Shahzad played a match winning unbeaten knock of 115 while Fiyaz added 41. Shahin picked 4 wickets.

Man-of-the-Match: Asmat Shahzad

Brief scores (quarterfinals): Punjab Lions 215: (Fiyaz 45, Usman 38, Ahmed 37, Usman Ali 30) beat KCC 160: (Ahmed 3 wkts) by 55 runs.

Falcons 209: (Arshad 87, Asif 75; Abdullah & Awais 2 wkts each) lost to Pakistan Falcons 210: (Tila Yusafzayi 119, Hamza 54; Manzoor & Saleem 2 wkts each) by 5 wkts.

Riyadh Fighters 143: (Taqi 45, Arshad 35; Shehin 4, Aneesh 3 & Renjith 2 wkts) lost to Indian Strikers 144 off 12.2 overs: (Shahnawaz 31, Junais 27, Prasanth 23; Majid 2 wkts) by 6 wkts.

FUCHS 190: (Imran Malik 3 & Azaz 2 wkts) lost to Pak Force 191 off 19.4 overs: (Imran Malik 91 not out, Faisal 32; Hafiz Asghar 2 wkts) by 2 wkts.

TBCC 168 for 7: (Ashraf 38, Sharif 26, Lajeesh 25, Anish 21; Atif 3 & Jahangir 2 wkts) beat Lahore Badshah Green: 122: (Khurram 32, Afzal 31; Abdul Salam 3 & Cheran 2 wkts) by 46 runs.

Nouman Gymkhana: 196 for 7: Amjad 82, Shahzad 32) beat AKCC 167: (Amjad 3 & Shahzad 2 wkts) by 29 runs. Seham 180: (Amjad 43, Nasir 43, Waseem 32, Majid 31; Wahid & Aftab 2 wkts each) beat Pak Eagles 156: (Badar 37, Aftab 35; Tahir 4 wkts) by 24 runs.

Royal Strikers 147: (Amir 4 & Adil 2 wkts) lost to Warriors 148: (Adil 69, Ateeq 41) by 2 wkts.