XI, Zinda Tilismat-XI and Natco International posted wins in the 13th week matches of Jeddah Cricket Association Premier Division, which is sponsored by the Kanoo Group of Companies. In next week semifinals, Hijaz-XI will play Sultan Al-Abideen-XI while Kanoo Travel will play JPCC. The first match saw Hijaz-XI beat JPCC by 37 runs. Batting first Hijaz-XI scored 213-5 in 18 overs. Jeddah Projects Cricket Club (JPCC) made 176-8 in their allotted 18 overs. Wajid Samdani who is in good form with the bat this season hit yet another century as he scored 100 runs of 42 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and three towering sixes. Ayaz chipped in 45 off just 23 balls, Wahaj struck 24, Sajjad 13 and Awad 12 also contributed runs for Hijaz-XI. Asif Jr. bagged 1-26, Ahsan 1-36, Rabbani 1-42 and Mujahid 1-44 impressed with the ball for JPCC. For the Jeddah Projects Cricket Club, Abid Pervez made the highest 57. Ahsan 39, Rabbani 24 not out and Shareef 22 also contributed for their team. Naveed 3-24, Wajid Samdani 3-34, Wahaj 1-27 and Saeed Amoudi took 1-42 for Hijaz-XI. Kanoo Travel batting first scored 218-7 in 18 overs. However, Zinda Tilismat-XI of Hyderabad reached the target 220-3 in 16.5 overs and won the match by 7 wickets Mohammad Riyas Chukkan made 92 runs of 45 balls, Shareef 37 not out, Syed Kaleem 17, Najeeb 17, Akbar 16 not out and Ibrahim Bin Mehfooz made 11 runs. Mohammad Sadathullah, Sayeed Khan and Shadab took a wicket each for Zinda Tilismat. Javed Ahmed made an unbeaten 103 not out in just 36 balls. He hit five fours and a dozen sixes in his whirlwind innings. Irfan made a quick 52 off just 17 balls, while Sayeed Khan remained unbeaten on 22. Skipper Akbar bagged 2-49 while Mehmood had 1-58 for Kanoo Travel. Babar Toor-XI batting first scored 180-8 in 18 overs against Natco International. Rana Shahzad made the highest 67 not out in 26 balls with the help of 8x4 & 2x6, Adnan Butt 40 in 13 balls, Javed Iqbal 22, Hashim Khan 16 and Arshad contributed 11 runs. Humayun Farooq took 3-31, Jehangir 2-16, Ashique Ali 2-17 and Atif had 1-18 for Natco, In reply Natco reached the target 185-8 on the last ball of the day as Shahzeb Khan hit a six of the last ball to give Natco victory. Parvez Khan who made a match winning 62 runs off 35 balls played a vital role, Ashique Ali made 48 runs off 26 balls, Mumrez Khan 19, Shahzeb Khan 15 not out and Ather Ali hit 12 runs off 3 balls. Javed Iqbal took 3-48, Akbar Butt 2-42, Arshad, Bhatti claimed one wicket each for Babar Toor
