RIYADH: King Faisal Specialists Hospital Blues eased past Shouraim by 8 wickets and entered the fourth round of the SAIB Twenty20 cricket Al-Kharj League, sponsored by the Saudi Investment Bank and organized by the Riyadh Cricket Association.

Shouraim batted first and put up a total of 219 for 4. Ahsan smashed 95 and Waqas got 38. In reply, KFSH Blues chased well and reached their target off 17.1 overs. Nasir Abbasi showed his class and scored 103 off 43 balls. Irshad supported him with 79.

In another match, of the same league, Sama Steel got the better of Lahore Lions by 27 runs. Sama Steel scored 227 for 3. Qaiser and Raja scored 80 and 85 respectively. Lahore Lions in reply managed 200 runs. Raja picked up 4 wickets while Asif got 3.

Brief Scores:

Huraymala League: KCC 179 for 7: (Qasim 37, Abdulwahid 31) beat Yusafzayi 176: (Nasir 4 wkts, Sohail & Abdulwahid 2 wkts each) by 3 wkts; Fonte Star 264 for 4: (Safdar 117, Bilal 62; Habeeb 2 wkts) beat Sinmar 192: (Zainul 35, Navas 32; Afaq 3, Yasir, Ghulam & Amjad 2 wkts each) by 72 runs; KFSH Green 171 for 7: (Ubaid 30, Noor 28; Umer 3, Bilal 2 wkts) beat AKCC 168: (Afzal 68; Junaid & Safdar 3 wkts each) by 3 wkts; Sulaiman XI 230 for 6: (Fakhar 73, Akhtar 64, Mudassir 42; Javed 2 wkts) beat FUCHS 210 for 9: (Akhtar, Mudassir & Shakeel 2 wkts each) by 20 runs; Stallions 216: (Saeed 37, Imran 35, Amir & Adnan 34 each; Muhammad 3, Faisal 2 wkts) beat Saudi Jaguars 213 for 8: (Awais 64, Muhammad 46; Saeed 3, Sohail 2 wkts) by 3 runs; Hyderabadi Warriors 259 for 5: (Mubashir 118) beat Crescent 127: (Imran 31; Imroz 4, Waseem 2 wkts) by 132 runs.

Hayer League: L’usine 223 for 7: (Adeel 88, Moazzam 55; Alvi & Sharaf 2 wkts each) beat Tigers 219 for 9: (Salish 59, Shaveet 36; Moazzam 4, Adeel & Rustam 2 wkts each) by 4 runs; Lahore Badshah Green 203 for 7: (Zeeshan 79, Khurram 31; Raheel 3, Waqas 2 wkts) lost to Grundfos 204 for 5: (Tahir 100, Saad & Zain 28 each; Babar 2 wkts) by 5 wkts; Green Bangla 209 for 3: (Said 76, Mazhrul 62) beat Bhera Tigers 150: (Hossain 3, Mithun 2 wkts) by 59 runs; Pasban 186 for 6: (Fawad 43, Arshad 35) beat FAST CC 151: (Murad & Ali 3 wkts each, Zain & Noman 2 wkts each) by 35 runs; Riyadh Royals 174: (Salman 50, Shoaib 31; Amjad 3, Anwar 2 wkts) beat Aisco 162: (Shehzad 45; Majid & Irshad 2 wkts each) by 12 runs.

Diriyah League: Strikers 148: (Ahsanullah 4, Asif & Obaid 2 wkts each) beat Phoenix 150 for 7: (Noman 54, Asif 37; Ammar 3, Omar 2 wkts) by 3 wkts; Al Momen International School 167 for 5: (Akhtar & Harisha 2 wkts each) beat ULCC 166 for 7: (Harisha 68, Sarfraz 26) by 5 wkts.