Dr. Sayed Ziauddin JEDDAH — Aijaz blasted an unbeaten 104 runs to power SFCC past ADI-XI, while Basheer of ALJ Toyota slammed exactly 100 in the Morning Tournament sponsored by MoneyGram under the patronage of Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) and orgaized by WPCA. Crown Blue, QRCC, Sadafco, Brasa De Brazil and Al-Mazroi also won their matches. Crown Blue defeated DTT by 8 wickets. DTT put up 137 as Owais hit 41 and Adnan 27. Aqeel, Iftikhar and Saqib Butt got 2 wickets each. Crown Blue was home with 141 for 2 in 80 balls. Saqib Butt smashed an unbeaten 51 in 37 balls and Saleem Mehar remained unbeaten on 62 off 26 balls. SFCC trounced ADI-XI by 10 wickets. ADI-XI posted 143 for 6 through Farhan 37, Omar Mehfooz 28 and Talha 26. Tariq took 2-23. Saad Farooqui CC achieved the winning target of 144 with all the ten wickets in hand as Aijaz hammered an unbeaten 104 in 41 balls with 20 fours and 2 sixes.
ALJ Toyota won against Haneefa Tigers by 104 runs. ALJ Toyota racked up 201 for 5 as Basheer hammered 100 in 57 balls with 4 sixes and 9 fours. Farhan scored 38 and the two added 112 runs. Omer took 2-24 and Shahbaz 2-37. Haneefa Tigers was skittled out for 97. Imran made 38. Arif scalped 2-12, Naeemullah Khan 2-14 and Tanveer 2-27. QRCC downed Otex by 5 wickets. Otex scored 164 for 7, thanks to Talib Bhutta who made 47 and Irfan Choudhry 31. Farooq took 3-15. QRCC reached 168 with 5 wickets in hand as Zahid smashed an unbeaten 47. Sadafco thrashed Jeddah Royals by 34 runs. Sadafco racked up 183 for 4 through Muneer 43, Zubair 42 and Farooq 69 (32 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes). Imtitaz took 2-24. Jeddah Royals replied with 149 for 7. Nanaji smashed unbeaten 52 in 37 balls and Tahir Mehmood 40. Muneer claimed 3-23 and Iqbal Patel 2-29. Brasa De Brazil won against Aquafina Rapidtech by 9 wickets. Aquafina Rapidtech posted 130 for 9. Inayatullah hit 2 sixes and 6 fours to compile 68 in 43 balls. Allah Rakkha scalped 3-24 and Tariq Butt 2-14. Brasa De Brazil achieved the victory target of 132 with 9 wickets in hand in 90 balls. Farid Afridi smashed 48, while Tahir hit 54 in 34 balls and the two added 108 runs.
Al-Mazroi-XI humbled Al-Kabbani by 49 runs. Al-Mazroi-XI piled up 164 as Faisal Patel slammed 52 in 23 balls with 2 sixes and 7 fours and Farook 32. Luqman Ulfat took 4 for 30, Assad Ali 3 for 28 and Faisal Abdul Qayyum 2-32. Al-Kabbani, in reply, was bowled out for 115 as Faisal Abdulqayyum hit 41 and Luqman Ulfat 29. Sufiyan Laheri and Farhan took 3 each, while Faisal got 2.
