JEDDAH — New Young Stars thrashed Awesome-XI by 104 runs in the WPCA Pioneer Morning Summer Tournament, which is being sponsored by Pioneer and organized by Western Province Cricket Association here recently. New Young Stars racked up 235 for 3 as Amir hit 57 in 27 balls, while his opening partner Rafaqat blasted 99 in 66 balls with 11 boundaries and 3 sixes. The two added 124 for the first wicket. Bilal hit 44. Awesome-XI, in reply, was bowled out for 131. Abdullah scored 68 in 52 balls. Rafaqat took 2-23. Harsco Baroom won against Royal Brothers by 83 runs. Put into bat, Harsco Baroom piled up 174 for 5 through Hasanat (30), Imran Nasir (74 in 49 balls) and Gaddafi (37). Hamed took 2-46. Royal Brothers challenge ended at 91. Saud (29) and Waqar (21) were the main scorers. Naveed Sulehria claimed 3-17, Nadeem Shabbir 2-24 and Fahad 2-9. Al-Mazroi-XI edged past Rising Stars by 13 runs. Al-Mazroi-XI plundered 177 for 5 as Faruk hammered 83 in 46 balls, while Sohail made 44. Imran took 2-28 and Naveed 2-31. Rising Stars, in reply, was restricted to 164 for 9. Abdulwahab hammered 81 in 44 balls, Yasir contributed 27 and Imran 26. Sohail took 2-23 and Farhan 2-27. QRCC was crushed by Nesma holding by 5 wickets. QRCC was bundled out for just 102 as Naseer battled alone with 66 in 45 balls. Shahidul scalped 2-10 and Javaid 2-27. Nesma Holding was home making 103 for 5 in 84 balls mainly through Shahnaz (24) and Shahidul (21). Rehab Riders won against Star-XI by 38 runs. Rehab Riders piled up 163 for 7 as Tanveer contributed 53 in 37 balls and Saqeb 18. Aboud took 2-37 and Wahab 2-29. Star-XI in chase managed 125 for 9 as Sajid made 19.
