RIYADH: Thirty-nine teams are taking part in the Prince Sultan Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Riyadh Cricket League and played at the RCL Complex.

The tourney is dedicated to their patron, Prince Sultan bin Nasser bin Abdulaziz.

The teams have been divided into three groups. Twelve in the super league, 14 in the premier-I and 13 in the premier-II. Six matches were played on the opening day, which took off last Friday.

The highlight of the day’s play was the tied match between Diamond and Fakhar’e Afghan. Other good performances came from Nazar Abbas, Kamran, Shaji, Aamir, Ahsan, Ashfaque Qureshi, Zaheeruddin and Yasir.

In the first round matches, OSN Warriors routed Pure Health by 7 wickets, Run Riders got the better of Victory XI by 24 runs, Black Caps routed SACO by 73 runs, Riyadh Avengers crushed Derab Golf by 10 wickets and Maestro got the better of Diamond II by 4 wickets.

Brief scores:

Pure Health 130: (Jameel 23 runs, Feroz 44 & Waseem 20; Nishad 3, Rafi & Rafay 2 wkts) lost to OSN Warriors 131 off 13.2 overs: (Tahir bin Jafer 35, Zaheerudin Khalid 37, Faizan 25; Khaseem 2) by 7 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Zaheerudin Khalid.

Run Riders 141: (Rayees 65, Shakeel 18, Mahmood 23; Nazar 6, Atif 2 wkts) beat Victory XI 117: (Dinesh 34; Shakeel, Saleem & Sameer 2 wkts each) by 24 runs

Man-of-the-Match: Rayees.

Fakhar Afghan 148: (Hanan 56, Babo 24; Shaji 4; Rahim & Tayab 2 wkts each) drew with Diamond CC 148: (Taib made 33, Shafi 24, Khaja 17; Kamran 5, Abdulrehman 2 wkts).

Man-of-the-Match: Kamran.

Black Caps 144: (Mukeem 34, Saud 24, Yasir 25; Masood 3, Uday 2 wkts) beat SACO 72: (Yasir 3, Zahid 2) by 73 runs

Man-of-the-Match: Yasir.

Derab Golf 194: (Aamir 52; Aasif Sheikh 2 wkts) lost to Riyadh Avengers 195 off 13.1 overs: Aamir 90, Ashan 89) by 10 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Aamir.

Diamond II 157: (Azhar Mahmoud 76, Munazir 38; Feroz 2 wkts) lost to. Maestro 158 off 17.3 overs: (Jamal Khan 22, Ashfaque Qureshi 37, Mohsin Bhat 29; Ganesh 2 wkts) by 4 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Ashfaque Qureshi.