Old Students scored a thrilling two-run win over Universal in the second week of the Afternoon League match, sponsored by ACE Travel and organized by the Jeddah Cricket League. (JCA).

In another match of the same league, Munch Bakery continued their good show when they scored a comfortable 87-run win over Peeran XI.

Old Students batted first and put on board 181 for 5 in their allotted overs. Thanks to Abdul Rahman who scored a rapid 56 off 34 balls and Shahid who played a sedate innings of 23 runs off 29 balls. Atif chipped in with a quick 24 off 12 balls while Junaid got 18. Bilal took 3 for 23 and Abdul Ghani 1 for 27.

In reply Universal fought back well mainly due to the efforts of Haroon (63), Umar (22), Tauseef (20 not out). The match would not have been so close had not Old Students given away 25 runs in the form of extras. However, that too was not enough as they were all out for 179 runs,

Nazim and Abdul Rahman took 2 wickets each for 32 and 33 respectively. Ustad, Zeeshan and Asif chipped in with a wicket each.

In the other match, Munch Bakery, batting first put up a reasonable 153 runs. Zain-ul-Salikeen (22), Zain ul Huda (31) and Mustafa (28) were the main contributors. Asim (3 for 25), Umar (2 for 17) were the pick of the bowlers. Waleed and Zaheer had one wicket.

In reply Peeran XI were bundled out for a paltry 63 runs. Umar (2 for 19), Mustafa (2 for 16), Waleed (1 for 11) and Mubeen (1 for 2) made batting difficult for their rivals as only Fahad (19), Khalid (14) managed to reach double figures