JEDDAH: The Ford Jeddah Champions Trophy cricket tournament witnessed some nail-biting finishes in the super 32 knockout round. Empower Contracting and Ford Titans registered dramatic final ball victories over Deccan Youth and Mahajar Heroes respectively. In another tense encounter, Warangal Cricket Club defeated KSA Green again off the final ball to qualify for the super 16 knockout round.

With the tourney entering its knockout stage, some intense competitive cricket is expected in the Azizia Deccan organized tournament, sponsored by Ford Al Jazirah vehicles- for the fifth consecutive time – under the co-sponsorship of TREVI ASC (Trevi Group), E-Lounge, Spice Sense & MOA DIGITAL OUTDOOR MEDIA.

Teams that have qualified for the Super 16: Arabian XI, Azizia Deccan, Azizia XI, Empower Contracting, Ford Titans, Gulf West, Hyderabad Royals, IOE Cricketers, Jeddah Gladiators, JWC, Kerala Knight riders, KSA Blue, Nazar Guys, Reliance CT, Salama Falcons & Warangal CC.

Brief scores:

KSA Green 99 for 9: (Irfan 25, Shahid 3-21, Mubarak 1-28) lost to Warangal CC 99 for 5: (Sohail 22; Habeeb 3-12) in Super Over.

Man-of-the-Match: Mubarak.

Arabian XI 150 for 3: (Feroz 56, Yousuf 52 not out; Tahseen 1-22) beat Yorkshire 61 for 9: (Naser 34; Yahya 2-8, Nadeem 2-10) by 89 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Yousuf.

Kingdom CC 83: 14.3 overs: (Nasrullah 21; Siraj 4-21, Arshad 3-15) lost to Gulfwest 84 for 9 in 14 overs: (Shahil 15, Siraj 13 n.o, Furqan 4-13) by 1 wkt

Man-of-the-Match: Siraj.

KSA Blue 146 for 6: (Zubair 39, Sami 34, Faisal 3/38) beat Gulbarga CT 75 in 12.3 overs: (Girish 23, Shaker 3-10) by 71 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Zubair.

MHM CC 67 in 12.3 overs: (Sibgat 21; Asif Alavi 3-10) lost to Jeddah Warriors Club 68 for 3 in 11.1 overs: (Asif Alavi 42 n.o; Sibgat 2-9) by 7 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Asif Alavi.

BWC KKR 135 for 7: (Shabeer 35, Thekkemuri 33; Arif 2-29) beat KAKO 69 in 12.1 overs: (Rejeesh 14; Purakkal 4-13, Thekkemuri 2-9) by 66 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Thekkemuri.

Azizia Deccan Royals 102 for 7: (Iqbal 33, Sonu 19; Adil 2-28) lost to Jeddah Gladiators 106 for 3 in 11.5 overs: (Saleem Priya 40, Dinesh 32 n.o; Imran 1-18, Asif Agwan 1-28) by 7 wickets.

Man-of-the-Match: Saleem Priya.

Mahajr Heroes 96 for 6 in 13 overs: (Firoz 39; Sreeni 3-21, Kalandar 1-15) lost to Ford Titans 100 for 8 in 13 overs: (Kalandar 21 n.o; Firoz 2-13) by 2 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Kalandar.

Deccan Youth 118 for 6: (Hidayath 44, Shahed 42; Ali 2-19, Salman 2-20) lost to Empower Contracting 119 for 7: (Sohail 43; Rizwan 2-21) by 3 wkts

Man-of-the-Match: Sohail.