RIYADH: King Faisal Blues and Amer Holidays qualified to meet in the final of Al-Kharaj League for the Saudi Cricket Center Cup, organized by the Riyadh Cricket Association.
Seham and Detecon Eagles will clash in the Diriyah League final.
Amer Holidays stunned Pak Shaheen by 5 wickets. Pak Shaheen posted 224 for 7. Consistent Abdul Waheed showed his class again with striking 119 off just 60 balls including 16 fours and 2 sixes. Faisal scored 27. Nadeem was the pick of the bowlers and claimed 5 wickets. Thanks to marvelous stroke play from openers, Amer Holidays chased down the target in 19.4 overs. Sami Arshad blasted 128 off 64 balls with the help of 8 massive sixes and 11 fours. Irfan smashed 64 off 29 balls. Ateeq and Javed shared 2 wickets each. Sami Arshad was declared man-of-the-match.
In the other semis, Lahore Lions lost to King Faisal Blues by 4 wickets. Lahore Lions put up 161 in their stipulated overs. Muzaffar top-scored with 82 while Obaid helped prop up the innings with 29. Rest of the batting crumbled. Iftikhar bowled intelligently to grab 4 for 23. Imtiaz took 2 while Usman got 3 wickets. King Faisal Blues got to the target in 19.3 overs. Waqas 41, Nadeem Babar 36, Waseem 24 and Ayaz 26 batted well to steer King Faisal to an easy win. Mansoor took 2 wickets.
Diriyah League (semifinals): Seham thrashed Kashmir XI by 7 wickets. Kashmir XI piled up 141. Amir 25, Arif 17 and Shafat 18 gave their team good start, which the latter batsmen failed to take advantage of. Tahseen grabbed 3 wickets while Tanveer, Nasir and Ovais shared 2 wicketse each. Seham chased down the target in 16 overs. Nasir (57) and Alamgir (50) scored unbeaten innings and took Seham to finish line. Nasir was declared man-of-the-match for his all-round performance.
Detecon Eagles out played Naz CC by 89 runs. Detecon Eagles posted 183 runs in their innings. Naz CC were bowled out for a meager 94 runs.
Seham and Detecon Eagles will clash in the Diriyah League final.
Amer Holidays stunned Pak Shaheen by 5 wickets. Pak Shaheen posted 224 for 7. Consistent Abdul Waheed showed his class again with striking 119 off just 60 balls including 16 fours and 2 sixes. Faisal scored 27. Nadeem was the pick of the bowlers and claimed 5 wickets. Thanks to marvelous stroke play from openers, Amer Holidays chased down the target in 19.4 overs. Sami Arshad blasted 128 off 64 balls with the help of 8 massive sixes and 11 fours. Irfan smashed 64 off 29 balls. Ateeq and Javed shared 2 wickets each. Sami Arshad was declared man-of-the-match.
In the other semis, Lahore Lions lost to King Faisal Blues by 4 wickets. Lahore Lions put up 161 in their stipulated overs. Muzaffar top-scored with 82 while Obaid helped prop up the innings with 29. Rest of the batting crumbled. Iftikhar bowled intelligently to grab 4 for 23. Imtiaz took 2 while Usman got 3 wickets. King Faisal Blues got to the target in 19.3 overs. Waqas 41, Nadeem Babar 36, Waseem 24 and Ayaz 26 batted well to steer King Faisal to an easy win. Mansoor took 2 wickets.
Diriyah League (semifinals): Seham thrashed Kashmir XI by 7 wickets. Kashmir XI piled up 141. Amir 25, Arif 17 and Shafat 18 gave their team good start, which the latter batsmen failed to take advantage of. Tahseen grabbed 3 wickets while Tanveer, Nasir and Ovais shared 2 wicketse each. Seham chased down the target in 16 overs. Nasir (57) and Alamgir (50) scored unbeaten innings and took Seham to finish line. Nasir was declared man-of-the-match for his all-round performance.
Detecon Eagles out played Naz CC by 89 runs. Detecon Eagles posted 183 runs in their innings. Naz CC were bowled out for a meager 94 runs.
