Rustam Ali RIYADH – Falcons, KFSH Green and Riyadh Warriors recorded exciting wins in the fourth round matches of the RCA-SAIB T20 Tournament here recently. SAIB T20 is sponsored by The Saudi Investment Bank and organized by Riyadh Cricket Association (RCA). Huraymala League Falcons thumped Sinmar by 33 runs. Falcons piled up 241 for 4. Asif smashed 77 and Kamran 65. Sinmar managed to score only 208 for 5. Azim hit 58, Jamsher 52 and Nawas 44. Sirajuddin took 2 wickets. KFSH Green humbled Al Babtain by 33 runs. KFSH Green put on 212 with Ubaid scoring 95. Imran picked up 3 wickets. Al Babtain was restricted to 179. Rizwan top scored with 61. Kauser and Tahir grabbed 2 wickets each. Riyadh Warriors registered a 25-run victory over Kohsaar. Riyadh Warriors collected 177 in their allotted overs. Aziz batted well for his 80, Asif made 46. Kohsaar could manage only 152 in reply. Shakeel bowled exceptionally and picked up 7 wickets. Abdul Wahid (59) and Saqib (35) were among the runs. Fuchs beat Desert Falcons by 29 runs. Batting first, Fuchs racked up 215 for 4. Riaz etched 62, Javed 52 and Waqas 42. Desert Falcons was restricted to 186 for 7. Shahzad smashed 57 and Arshad 49. Afzal took 3 wickets and Shoaib 2. Pakistan Falcons lost a close battle to AKCC by 11 runs. AKCC posted 209 for 7. Mudassar (54) and Imran (55) scored fifties. Hamza took 4 wickets. Pakistan Falcons fought hard but could manage only 198. Waseem top scored with 51 and Junaid added 32. Afzal claimed 3 wickets and Mudassar 2. Sulaiman-XI thrashed Saudi Jaguars by 7 wickets. Saudi Jaguars compiled 184 in 20 overs. Akhtar, Mudassar and Sulaiman took 2 wickets each. Sulaiman-XI scored the required (185) in 13.3 overs. Akhtar, Afzal and Gul Khan scored 58, 47 and 34, respectively. Diriyah League Nouman Gymkhana downed Kashmir-XI by 5 wickets. Kashmir-XI put 184 on the board. Ali took 3 wickets and Aftab 2. Nouman Gymkhana reached the target for the loss of five wickets in 16.2 overs. Aftab was unlucky to lose his wicket on 99. Izhar scored 51. Bannu Eagles downed Saham by 4 wickets. Saham scored 176 with 70 coming off the blade of Waseem. Sajid took 2 wickets. Bannu Eagles scored the required (177) in 17.2 overs. Saad scored 51 and Fawad 40 to take their team to victory. Yasir picked up 3 wickets. Challengers-XI out-classed ULCC by 10 wickets. Anish ran through ULCC batting lineup, picking up 6 wickets and restricting it to 98. Challengers-XI rushed to the target in just 5.5 overs. Ashraf smashed 76 runs off 22 balls. Saudi Orix In the Saudi Orix Huraymala League semifinal, Falcons humbled Riyadh Warriors by 9 wickets. Riyadh Warriors was bundled out for 161. Asif (28) and Rahim (26) were the key contributors. Zaki picked up 3 wickets, while Nadeem and Sajjad bagged 2 each. Falcons was home in 12.4 overs. Nadeem smashed a brilliant unbeaten 102, while Zaki helped with his 47. Toufiq got the only wicket. In the Hayer League semifinal, Thales defeated Nouman Gymkhana by 32 runs. Thales amassed 225. Shahed (58) and Behzad (51) scored fifties. Nouman Gymkhana was all out for 193. Behzad picked up 4 wickets, while Obaid and Aziz scalped 2 each.
