JEDDAH: ARM United, Hyderabad Sharks, My Care Hala Premier, Saudi German Hospital, ALS Warriors and Pepsi Deccan Knights scored contrasting wins during the 9th week of the Ace-Initial Saudi Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association.

In the best match of the day, ARM United scored a thrilling one-wicket win over My Care Hala Blazers. Thanks to the trio bowling attack of Sami Khan, Saadique Merchant and Atta-Ur-Rehman.

In another interesting match, a spirited all round performance by Parvez helped Hyderabad Sharks upset Pak Green by 23 runs. Parvez scored 29 runs and then went on to rip through the rival batting line-up as he took 5 for 47 runs.

In the other matches, My Care Hala Premier routed MB Stars by 199 runs, Saudi German Hospital outclassed Saudi Oil by 6 wickets, ALS Warriors demolished Kashmir Stags by 146 runs and Pepsi Deccan Knights thrashed ICAD by 9 wickets.

Pink Ball

JCA has taken the lead in Saudi Arabia by introducing Pink Ball in its ongoing SPL from today.

JCA’s Muhammad Iqbal made the announcement at the Hala Academy training camp by calling the team captains to convey the pink ball decision. The captains who accepted the challenge are ready and eager to give a test to the Pink ball as they feel the excitement and energy to be part of the new era of cricket. The thrill to face the new challenges can be visualized from their gestures. Most players believe that reverse swing is inevitable and things will be changed for them, but they are prepared for the same.

Brief scores:

Hyderabad Sharks 210 for 8: (Ayaz Ali 65, Zafar 47, Parvez 29; Asim 2-41) beat Pak Green 187 in 15.5 overs: (Asim 65, Yasir Adnan 49; Parvez 5-47 runs) by 23 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Parvez.

ALS Warriors 244 for 8: (Talha 63, Amjad 33, M. Khan 45, Shahbaz 44; Kashmir Stags Zubair 3 for 32, Nihad 2-31, Danish 2-46) beat Kashmir Stags 98 in 16 overs: (Danish 31; Amjad Jatt 6-16, Shahbaz 3-31 runs) by 146 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Amajd Jatt.


MCH Premier 289 for 5: (Kashif Shafiq 150, Qamar Awan 60; Moazzam 2-49 runs) beat MB Stars 90: (Ateeq 30; Osman 4-22, Imran 2-14, Tayyab 2-13) by 199 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Kashif Shafiq.

ICAD 172: (Shakeel 58, Munawwar 44, Mohsin 33; Abdul Quddus 4-20, Ayaz 2-1 lost to Pepsi Deccan Knights 173 for 1 in 14.3 overs: (Abdul Quddus 100, Wajid Samdani 45) by 9 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Abdul Quddus.

My Care Blazers 136 for 9: (Shad Mohammed 32; Saadique Merchant 3-27, Sami Khan 3-24, Atta 2 wkts) lost to ARM United 137 for 9 in 18.2 overs: (Ather Ali 39; Faisal 3 for 33) by 1 wkt.

Man-of-the-Match: Ather Ali.

Saudi Oil Company 151 for 9: (Rameez 48, Mazhar 43; Irfan 4-31, Omar 2-26) lost to Saudi German Hospital 152 for 4 in 15.3 overs: (Waqas 66 n.o Izhar 49; Rameez 2-14) by 6 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Waqas.