My Care & Hala defeated Lahore Badshah in the second week of the Madinah Cricket League (MCL) T20 Tournament, supported by Al-Rawi Restaurant Madinah, Madinah Electronics and Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC). Lahore Badshah opted to bat first and Sajjad played an impressive innings of 73 runs. Habib made 27 and Shahid 24. Lahore Badshah tallied 182-5 in 20 overs. Waqas took 2 wickets, while Rafaqat and Tauseef got one each. My Care & Hala started well in reply and took the match away from Lahore Badshah. Musawir made 84 not out and Shahzad 72 not out. Asif hit 11. Sajjad took 1 wicket. My Care & Hala achieved the target in 16.3 overs. ASDAF XI lost to a talented Young Star in the second match. ASDAF XI batted first and made 151 in 16.2 overs. Yousuf hit 59, Qasim 38 and Mohsin 13. Irfan grabbed 3 wickets, while Ibrahim and Bilal took 2 each. In reply, Young Star hit the target in 16 overs while losing only 2 wickets. Abdullah smashed 54, Ali Hadi 31 and Saleem 29. Yousuf and Qasim took 1 wicket each. In another match, IDB Green won easily over MBC Stars. IDB Green, batting first, amassed 210-2. Omer played an outstanding innings of 124 not out. Barket supported with 52 and Aleem made 11. Badal and Amir took 1 wicket each. MBC Stars, in reply, collapsed to 112 all out in 16.4 overs. Mansur top scored with 29, Badal 15 and Masuk 12. Javed took 4 wickets, while Aftab and Nadeem got 2 each. In the last match of the day, Crown Steel defeated Madinah Eagle. Crown Steel batted first and put on 195-5 in 20 overs. Waseem blasted 52, Fidaullah 51 and Mudassir 25. Hashim took 3 wickets and Tahir 2. In reply, Madinah Eagle was all out for 127 in 16.5 overs. Asif made 47, Sheraz 25 and Sadiq 9. Ali grabbed 4 wickets, Usman 3 and Sajid 1. First week's scores in brief: Kashmir XI 169-9 (Israr 65, Zubair 35, Asad made 21; Rafiq 3 wickets, Razaq 1 and Wajid 1). Shaheen XI 170-6 (Raees 51, Zaheer 34, Rafiq 26; Israr 3 wickets, Adnan and Afzal 1 each). Sahiwaal XI 214-5 (Faheem 83, Arslan 34, Rizwan 27; Mahir 3 wickets, Yousuf and Wahab 1 each). Hala 129-8 (Yousuf 30, Ilyas 24, Kashif 17; Hammad 3 wickets, Arslan 2, Faheem 2). Al-Hateem 217-7 (Hashim 101, Yasir 62, Adnan 11; Jahanzeb and Zakir 2 wickets each, Adrees 1). PRCC 150-9 (Zakir 26, Ijaz 26, Zafar 22; Baber and Aamir 3 wickets each, Zashan 1).
