JEDDAH: Captain Kashif Shafiq’s unbeaten 160 helped My Care Hala Premier cruise past unbeaten Ace Travel & Tours by 101 runs in the fifth week of the Ace & Initial Saudi Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association.

The highlight of the match was a record 239-run partnership for the second wicket between Kashif and Shahbaz Rasheed who scored 92 runs.

Brief scores:

My Care Hala Premier 306 for 3: (Kashif Shafiq 160 not out, Shahbaz Rasheed 92; Abdul Waheed 3-63) beat Ace Travels 205 in 18.1 overs: (Moazzam Shoukat 75, Maqsood 39, Shahzad 37; Shahbaz 3-23, Adnan 3-36) by 101 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Kashif Shafiq

ARM United 207 for 4: (Arsalan 62 not out, Sami Khan 57, Tabrez 33; Parvez 3-42) beat Hyderabad Sharks 157 for 4: (Parvez 63, Zafar 40; Saadique 2-38) by 50 runs.

Man-of-Match: Arsalan.

Pepsi Deccan Knights 198 for 6: (Mohammed Quddus Athar 77, Wajid Samdani 54, Sohail Al-Yafai 33) beat Saudi Oil 176 for 7: (Mohammed Sulaiman 44, Sulaiman Malik 25, Chand 24; Ishaq Baghdadi 3-29, Naveed 2-26) by 22 runs.

Man-of-Match: Mohammed Quddus

Pak Green 257 for 7: (Aamir Gujjar 63, Jahangir 45; Amjad Jatt 2-45) beat ALS Warriors 84 in15 overs: ( Faisal 3-28, Rizwan 3-19) by173 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Aamir Gujjar

Kashmir Stags 164: (Tariq 29, Majid 27; Shakeel 3-31) lost to ICAD 165 for 6 in 19.2 overs: (Afzal 46, Faheem 23, Mohsin 23, Shakeel 21, Waqar; Nahid 2-25) by 4 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Shakeel

My Care Blazers 216 for 7: (Hafiz Rizwan 55, Riaz Afridi 52, Adnan Shah 50) beat MB Stars 210 in 19.4 overs: Hasnain 57, Ateeq Mansha 57, Aamir 26 Moazza Virk 25; Adnan Khan 4-20, Riaz Afridi 2-25) by 6 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Riaz Afridi.

Premier League

Reel & Rom, Pak Young and Jamoom Fighters scored contrasting wins against their respective opponents in the 2nd week of the Kanoo Premier League.

Reel & Rom routed KAIA by 124 runs, Pak Young struggled past Al Khulais by 3 wickets and Jamoom Fighters got the better of Hyderabad Green by 30 runs. In other matches Ittihad and ECU lines continued their good form defeating Kashmir XI and Al Boroj by identical margin of 7 wickets.

Brief scores:

Al Khulais 126 for 7: (Tariq 30, Adil 39; Shabbir 3-21) lost to Pak Young 127 for 7: (Subz Ali 23, Shahid 44, Humayun 33; Ansar 3-28, Adil Khan 2-22) by 3 wkts.

Jamoom Fighters 199 for 9: (Naeem 50, Usman Butt 58, Arshad 39; Badshah Khan 4-13) beat Hyderabad Green 169 for 9: (Sadiq 28, Atta 27, Waliullah 33, Zia 35; Usman Butt 3-25, Akmal 2-33) by 30 runs.

Reel & Rom 212 for 6: Imran Butt 61, Ilyas 52, Rasheed 32, Afridi 27; Amee 2-28) beat KAIA 88: (Ameen 31; Mustafa 3-7, Bilal 2-10, Amjad 2-13) by 124 runs

Kashmir XI 163 for 8: (Awais 53, Shabbir Ali 39; Abdul Waheed 3-30, Fahad 3-43, 2-10) lost to Ittihad 165 for 3: (Fahad 43, Azam 31, Waheed 26, Jamil 26) by 7 wkts.

Al Boroj 158 for 5: (Rehan 50, Mohsin 23; Zain 2 wkts) lost to ECU Lines 162 for 3: (Javed led 61, Umar 30, Azad 24) by 7 wkts.