JEDDAH: My Care Hala Premier, Ace Travel, Pepsi Deccan Knights and Pak Green qualified for the playoffs of the Ace-Initial Saudi Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association.

In the 13th week matches, Ace Travel got the better of ALS Warriors by 4 wickets, My Care Blazers eased past Pepsi Deccan Knights by 41 runs, Pak Green crushed MB Stars by 108 runs and Saudi German Hospital had it easy against Kashmir Stags by 5 wickets.

This event is sponsored by Ace Travel & Tours, Initial Service Group and co-sponsored by ALS Borderless Logistics, Jotun Paints, Khind Electronics, Mizo Juices, Sipco and UT Lines.

The highlights of this week matches were Asim Abbas’ unbeaten knock of 100 runs for Pak Green against MB Stars and Osman of MCH Premier’s fast and furious spell of 5 for 25 against ARM United.

Brief scores:

ARM United 106 in 16.4 overs: (Sami Khan 42; Osman 5-25, Imran 2-29, Jameel 2-12) lost to MCH Premier 107 for 2 in 10.2 overs: (Qamar Awan 70) by 8 wkts

Man-of-the-Match: Osman

ALS Warriors 156: ( Talha 58; Abdul Wahed 3-46, Rashid 3-23, Faheem Pasha 2-18) lost to Ace Travel 156 for 6 in 16.2 overs: (Kashif 67 not out, Shahzad 34; Amjad Jatt 2-24, Abdul Aleem 2-28) by 4 wkts.

Man-of-the-Match: Kashif

My Care Blazers 199 for 9: (Asghar 84, Baber 33; Abdul Quddus 3-16, Hyder Quadri 2-53) beat Pepsi Deccan Knights 158 in 17.2 overs: (Ayaz 45, Sohail Bin Halais 33; Yaseen 3-16, Asghar 2-39, Riyaz Afridi 2-18) by 41 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Asghar

Pak Green 259 for 3: (Asim Abbasi 100 n.o, Aamir Gujjar 60; Tauseef 2-38) beat MB Stars 151 in 19.2 overs: (Ameek 40, Tauseef 36; Osman 3-36, Asim Khan 3-12, Adnan 2-35) by 108 runs.

Man-of-the-Match: Asim

Kashmir Stags 139: (Majid 25; Talha 3-23, Izhar 3-3) lost to Saudi German Hospital 140 for 5 in 12.5 overs: (Waqas 49, Asad 40 n.o, Izhar 22 n.o; Bilal 2-28, Shafiq 2-24) by 5 wkts

Man-of-the-Match: Izhar

Abdul Wahid, Umar Awan, Ashiq Ali dazzle

In the Kanoo Premier League, KAIA crushed Hyderabad Green by 122runs, ECU Lines routed Kashmir-XI by 75 runs, Sindh-XI eased past Ittihad by 50 runs, Reel &Rom had it easy against Al Khulais by 43 runs and Al Burj outclassed Jamoom Fighters by 50 runs in the 8th week matches.

The highlights of this week matches were a brilliant knock of 148 runs by Abdul Wahid of KAIA against Hyderabad Green, a quick fire 107 by Umar Awan of ECU Lines against Kashmir-XI and Ashiq Ali of Sindh-XI had magical figures of 5-14 including a hat trick against Ittehad-XI.

Brief scores:

KAIA 296 for 9: (Abdul Wahid 148, Javed 54; Safdar 3-50, Saifullah 3-54, Zia 2-50) beat Hyderabad Green 174: (Asif 32, Waliullah 30, Saifullah 37, Sadiq 21; Waqas 2-5, Zeeshan 2-19) by 122 runs.

ECU Lines 191 for 4: (Umar Awan 107, Junaid 28, Abdul Rahman 16; Danial 3-40) beat Kashmir-XI 116: (Owais 26, Abid 14; Abdul Rahman 4-22, Atif 3-28, Tauqir 2-30) by 75 runs.

Sindh-XI 173 for 4: (Sulaiman 54, Mohsin 57, Ayaz Meer 36) beat Ittihad 123: (Mohsin 54, Mubeen 22; Ashiq Ali 5-14, Mohsin 2-30) by 50 runs.

Reel & Rom 208 for 3: (Imran 87, Ilyas 60 n.o; Adil 1-37, Akbar 1-32, Shams 1-16) beat Al Khulais 165 for 8: (Sajid 51, Tariq 128, Irshad 17; Qasim 2-22, Irfan 2-28, Afridi 2-11) by 43 runs.

Al Burj 192 for 5: (Kamran 23, Usman 39, Rehan 66, Kamran Khan 28; Saeed 3-25) beat Jamoom Fighters 142: (Waseem 35, Zulfiqar 18, Umar 18; Kamran 2-13, Faizan 2-18, Rehan 2-3) by 50 runs.