RIYADH: Pakistan Falcons surprised Amer Holidays by 34 runs in a round-eight match of the Al-Kharj 40-over League, sponsored Saudi Arabian Investment Bank and organized by the Riyadh Cricket Association.

Pakistan Flacons elected to bat first posted a formidable total of 366 for 8 in the stipulated overs. Yassir Ahmed was the highest scorer with 109 runs. Hamza Abbasi (72), Owais Abbasi (50), Arif Hussain (43) and Waseem (30) were the other run getters. Irfan Mushtaq was the pick of the bowlers who bagged 3 for 50

Amer Holidays tried hard to make a fight of it but were all out for 332. Sami Arshad played a great knock of 106. Other notable contributions came from Kamran Hadi (60), Abdulrahman (47), Asim (34) and Shams (24). Arif Hussain did most of the damage with 4 wickets while Matiullah picked 2.

In another match, Falcons got better of Lahore Lions by 86 runs. Falcons batted first and were all out for 303. Farhan Mushtaq top-scored with 105 runs followed by Kaleemullah 51 and Asif Butt 43. For Lahore Lions, Mansoor picked 3 wickets while Muzaffar, Obaidullah and Jamshed got 2 wickets each.

In reply Lahore Lions were restricted to 217. Fahad and Qamar scored 68 each while Muzaffar managed 49. Farhan Mushtaq and Asmatullah picked 3 wickets each while Sirajuddin got 2.

Brief Scores:

Huraymala League: Fonte Star 162: (Waseem Jutt 69; Mateen Abbasi 5-24) beat KCC 152: (Meraj 38, Nasir 26; Afaq & Ghulam 3 wkts each) by 10 runs. L’usine CC 209-4: (Syed Adeel 107) beat Saudi Jaguars 208-6: (Danish 70, Umer 3 wkts) by 6 wkts. Super CC 110-1 in 7.1 overs: (Rashid 50, Adnan 40) beat Stallions 109: (Zia 24, Yassir 21; Mudassar & Babar 3 wkts each) by 9 wkts. Riyadh Warriors 210-6 in 18 overs: (Mohsin 52, Asif 43; Iftikhar 3 wkts) got better of Asia XI 209: (Nasir 101, Babu 48; Shakeel 4-15) by 4 wkts.

Hayer League: Patriots CC 179-1: (Abdullah 116) beat Riyadh Royals 178-1: (Banaras 66, Shahzad 66) by 9 wkts. Lahore Badshah Green 231-3 (Zeeshan 73, Afzal 61, Sahib Zahideen 50; Mithun 3 wkts) beat Green Bangla 158: (Al Amin 28, Kakon 27; Sahib Zahideen & Atif 3 wkts each) by 73 runs. FAST CC 166-7 in 18.3 overs: (Ejaz 49, Emad 44; Zainullah 4 wkts) beat Watan Paal CC 165: (Quraish 35; Majeedullah 4 wkts) by 3 wkts. Rising Stars 194: (Umar 76, Irfan 50; Ali & Kamil 2 wkts) beat AKCC Blue 160 (Haseeb 87; Usman, Junaid, Izhar & Nouman 2 wkts) by 34 runs. Punjab Stars 199-5 in 18.4 overs: (Yasif 67, Rustam 60) beat Insaf CC 198: (Yasif 5-18, Nouman 3 wkts) by 5 wkts. White Star CC 231: (Nadeem 52, Umar 38) beat Kingdom Warriors 119: (Rashid, Irfan Sagar and Irfan Mughal 2 wkts each) by 112 runs. Indian Strikers 204-5 (Sunil 64, Ashraf Talapadi 58; Majid 4 wkts) beat Imran XI 158: (Aqib 43; Ashraf Cherukoden 4 wkts) by 46 runs.

Diriyah League: Shumaisi Fighters 206-4 in 18.4 overs: (Mohsin 62, Sajjad 56; Rizwan 4 wkts) beat Sahara Net CC 205 by 6 wkts. Nouman Gymkhana 252-3: (Hafeez 77, Mubashar 75) beat Hara United 98: (Afzal 4 wkts) by 154 runs. Bannu Eagles 178-5: (Aziz 75, Sadaqat 53) beat Habib Telecom CC 177-8 by 5 wkts. Youngsters CC 149-3 (Fawad 60) beat Smashers CC 148: (Yassir 41, Fawad 4 wkts) by 7 wkts. Eirad Travels CC 189: (Ghazanfar 81; Azad 5 wkts) beat United Lions CC 163-9 (Hareesh 48, Nashan 39; Hashim & Zain 3 wkts each) by 26 runs. Challengers XI 125-2: (Karthik 39, Samar 35) beat All Blues CC 124 (Naleem 3, Abdu 2 wkts) by 8 wkts. Professional Creation CC 166-8: (Nithin 44, Guhan 34) beat Naz CC 124 by 42 runs. Seham 189-9 (Naveed 64) beat King Lions XI 188 by 1 wkt. Saudi Zaas CC 132: (Faisal 29, Faheem 27) beat Ravi CC 106: (Faheem 4 wkts) by 26 runs.