JEDDAH: The second season of Ford Jeddah Champions Trophy hard tennis cricket tournament took off at Sulemania grounds here as host Azizia Deccan got off to a flying start against a spirited Super Chargers in a Group ‘A’ match.

Sent in to bat, Azizia Deccan posted a challenging 86 runs off the allotted 12 overs. Thanks mainly to a late flourish by their lower middle order, who scored 39 off the last 3 overs.

In reply, Super Chargers ran close through a solid 32 by Azam but eventually managed 75 for 6.

Man-of-the-Match: Ishaq Mohammed Khan of Azizia Deccan.

Azizia Deccan 86 for 7 from 12 overs: Ishaq 16, Minhaj 16; Abdul Ghafoor 2-10, Habeeb 2-18 beat Super Chargers 75 for 6: (Azam 32, Abdul Qadeer 12, Ishaq; 1-6, Taraq 1-8) by 11 runs.

In the first match of Group ‘B’, JWC Warriors secured an easy 21-run win against Azizia XI.

JWC Warriors tore the rival 11 bowlers apart and scored 105 runs. Courtesy, a 20-ball 33 by Kamran and 18 ball 25 by Arif. Azizia XI managed 84 runs. Azam and Fayaz scored 21 and 19 respectively. For JWC, Asif was the chief destroyer and claimed 3 wickets, and Kamran

Man-of-the-Match: Kamran

JWC Warriors 105 for 4: (Kamran 33, Arif 25; Basheer 1-16, Salman 1-20) beat Azizia XI 84 for 9: Azam 21, Faiyaz 19; Asif 3-23; Kamran 2-12) by 21 runs.

In the second match of the same group, Elseif Strikers romped home by 7 wickets against Empower Contracting in 8.4 overs as they chased a target of 81 set by Empower Contracting. Empower Contracting managed to score 80 with Musharraf and Faraz chipping in with 16 and 12 runs respectively. In reply, Elseif Strikers were on the rampage from the word go, Mubeen (28) and Naushad (20) being the main scorers.

Empower Contracting 80 for 7: (Musharraf 16, Faraz 12; Shamshad 2-10, Arif 2-23 lost to Elseif Strikers 81 for 4: (Mubeen 28, Naushad 20; Sohail 2-36, Munaf 1-14) by 7 wkts.

In the best match of the day was in Group ‘C’ where Eleven Brothers edged past Hyderabad Royals in the Super Over after the match was tied after the stipulated overs.

Eleven Brothers scored 73 runs through Mirza (26) and Farooq (11). For Hyderabad Royals Riyaz and Sajid claimed 3 and 2 wickets respectively.

In reply Hyderabad Royals scored 14 off the last over to tie the game with Rashid and Irfan scoring 20 and 11 respectively. For Eleven brothers Hassan and Nayeem claimed 2 wickets each before winning the match in super over.

Man-of-the-Match: Mirza

Eleven Brothers 73 for 6: Mirza 26, Farooq 11; Riyaz 3-10, Sajid 2-15 drew with Hyderabad Royals 73 for 6: (Rashid 20, Irfan 11; Nayeem 2-8, Hassan 2-10). Eleven Brothers won in Super Over.

The first match of Group D, which was another nail-biter, TwinCities Champions dominated throughout, only to lose on the final ball of the match. TwinCities Champions scored 90 from their quota of overs mainly through an outstanding 47 by Mir and 11 by Zaki. In reply, Ford Titans after being on the back foot for most of the match registered a superb victory as Sunil scored a 6 of the first ball of the final over to tilt the match in Ford Titans’ favor.

Man-of-the-Match: Sunil

Twin Cities Champions 90 for 5: (Mir 47, Zaki 11; Shyju 2-15, Subin 1-9) lost to Ford Titans 91 for 8: (Sunil 31, Sreeni 19; Imran 2-20, Rahmath 1-9) by 2 wkts.