JEDDAH: Saudi Oil Company crushed Kashmir Stags by 135 runs while Saudi German Hospital kept their qualifying hopes alive when they routed Hyderabad Sharks by 124 runs in the 10th week matches of the Ace-Initial Saudi Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association.

In the other matches MCH defeated ALS Warriors in the morning and My Care Blazers in the afternoon by identical 8-wicket margins to top the table. ARM are also in contention with a 6-wicket win over MB Stars. Ace Travel got a scare from Pepsi Deccan Knights but won by 4 wickets in a low scoring match while Pak Green eased past ICAD by 8 wickets.

Brief scores:

MB Stars 164 for 7: (Ateeq Mansha 59; Sami Khan 2-26) lost to ARM United 165 for 4 in 14.5 overs: (Nazeer 87, Ather Ali 24 not out; Zia Anwar 2-27 runs.) by 6 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Nazeer Ahmed

Saudi Oil Company 238 for 7: (Mohammed Sulaiman 99, Ayaz 75 n.o; Zubair 2-58, Danish 2-28, Naveed 2-40) beat Kashmir Stags 103: (Waqas 3-19, Mustafa 2-33 runs.) by 135 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Mohammad Sulaiman

My Care Blazers 85 for 7: (Fahad 77, Adnan Khan 46; Adnan 2-35, Baber 2-19) lost to MCH Premier 86 for 2 15.3 overs: (Qamar Awan 103 n.o, Kashif Shafiq 41) by 8 wkts

Man-of-the-Match: Qamar Awan

Pepsi Deccan Knights 138 in 18.4 overs: (Wajid Samdani 62; Sami Khan 3 for 20, Faheem Pasha 2-20, Abdul Wahed 2-19) lost to Ace Travel 139 for 6 in 14.1: (Abdul Wahed 31, Maqsood 47 no; Hyder 2-26, Ishaq 2-42, Abdul Quddus 2-14) by 4 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Maqsood

ICAD 107 in 17.5 overs: (Shakeel 26; Adnan 4-28, 2-8) lost to Pak Green 108 for 2 in 9.5 overs: (Aamir Walah 58 Shan Malik 34 n.o) by 8 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Adnan

Saudi German Hospital 218 for 7: (Omar 54, Asad Maaz 48, Izhar 31; Mohammed Hasan 2-37, Tanveer 2-28) beat Hyderabad Sharks 94 in 11: (Omar 5-20 runs) by 124 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Omar

ALS Warriors 117 in 16.4 overs: (Amjad Jatt 32; Imran 4-27, Shahbaz 3-17) lost to MCH Premier 118 for 2 in 12.2 overs: (Qamar Awan 70) by 8 wkts.

Match-of-the-Match: Imran

Premier League

In the Kanoo Premier League, Al-Khulais scored a thrilling 7-run win over Hyderabad Green. In another match, ECU Lines thrashed Ittihad by 9 wickets.

Brief scores

Al-Khulais 189 for (Arshad 42, Adil 64; Aleem 2-32, Bilal 2-34, Saifullah 2) beat Hyderabad Green 182: (Saifullah 50, Sheraz 26, Safdar 22, Wali 24; Ansar 3-33, Adil 2-33, Munsif 2-35) by 7 runs. Ittihad batted 205 for 6: (Fahad 124, Salim 26, Azam 22, Nadeem 22; Abdul Rahman 3-42, Zain 2-10) lost to ECU Lines 209 for 1: (Omar 123 not out, Javed 35, Izhar 26) by 9 wkts.