By Dr. SAYED ZIAUDDIN

JEDDAH — Aijaz Butt, Mudassir Afridi, Waseem, Amir Wahla, Ali Jan Mugheri and Sohail excelled in the Saudi Cricket Center sponsored SCC Morning Challenge Cup here.

Reel & Rom Spikes beat Hyderabad Strikers by 75 runs. Wajid stroked 29, Ilyas 42, Junaid 22 and Sai 27. Aman took 2-30. Hyderabad Strikers totaled 96. Ali stroked 35. Naveed grabbed 3-12, Junaid 3-13, Muneer 2.

Universal CC trounced AGA by 67 runs. Aijaz Butt blasted 114 (67 balls, 7 sixes, 8 fours) and Umair 37. Yaseen took 2-43. AGA made 129 for 9. Jabbar stroked 29 and Mumzil 29. Asif scalped 3-27 and Ibad 2.

Cousins XI downed Jeddah Tigers by 2 wickets. Jeddah Tigers posted 118 for 9. Arif compiled 26. Sohail claimed 4 for 4 and Aqeel 2. Cousins XI scored 119 for 8. Naveed Qamar hit 24. Imtiyaz took 4 for 12 and Nanajee 2.

Al Mazroi Salonpas defeated Arcoma by 18 runs. Al Mazroi Salonpas tallied 164 for 4. Farhan remained hit 64 n.o., Salman 24 and Mohsin made 21. Nabeel took 2-23 and Asif 2. Arcoma managed 146 for 9. S. Shareef hit 27 and Ismail 32. Sohail took 2-12, Ayyub 2-15 and Sufiyan Laheri 2.

ATC trounced Sadafco by 5 wickets. Sadafco posted 153 for 8. Ali Jaan Mugheri scored 79 n.o. (54 balls), Ahmed Madni 22 and Salman 21. Fahad took 2-33 and Shahzad 2. ATC got 154 for 5. Rabih hit 37, Kashif 29 and Basharat 45 n.o. Madni had 2-23.

Red Sea ALJ beat Al Saudi Green by 13 runs. Red Sea ALJ made 158 for 8. Bilal hit 27, Amir 40, and Ghayour 27. Imran had 2-20, Nadeem Saad 2-35 and Adil 2. Al Saudi Green managed 145 for 9. Nadeem Saad stroked 31, Nazeer Farooqui 22., Mazhar Abbasi 36. Israr took 3-21, Bilal 2-24 and Tanveer 2.

MFCC beat Nesma Holding by 3 wickets. Nesma Holding totaled 199 for 9. Amir Wahla stroked 22, Rana Abrar 73, Furkhan 27 and Saqib Butt 21. Mudassir Afridi took 3-20, Farhan 3-29 and Mahmood 2. MFCC then blasted 201 for 7. Aqeel hit 44, Jibran 31 and Mudassir Afridi 80 n.o. in 34 balls. Zafar took 2-33.

Black Hawks defeated AGA by 14 runs. Black Hawks tallied 206 for 5. Asghar hit 43, Ishfaque 46, Rehan 23 n.o., Arsalan 21 and Aamir 28 n.o. AGA totaled 192. Jabbar hit 60 (35 balls), Muzammil 35, Atef 20, Tanvir 20 and Yasin 21. Ashfaq took 2-20 and Abdulrafey 2.

Super CC thrashed MM Group by 105 runs. Super CC hit 197 for 5. Waseem hammered 81 n.o. (49 balls), Althaf 29 and Imran 30 n.o. Sajjad took 2-8. MM Group tallied 92. Sajjad hit 23. Faiyyaz grabbed 4 for 15, Ayaz 2-6 and Althaf 2.

IDB trounced Crown Blue by 7 wickets. Crown Blue posted 151 for 4. Haseeb made 23, Rana Saif 35, Amir Waqas 28, Junaid 32, and Usman 21 n.o. Imtiyaz scalped 2-17. IDB raced to 152 for 3. Ghulfam hit 27, Rizwan 45 and Waseem 34.

Arcoma beat Cousins XI by 5 wickets. Cousins XI made 145 for 6. Aqeel stroked 39, Arfan Ashraf 23 and Irfan Khan 27 n.o. Pervez took 2-24, Shabbir 2-25 and Asif 2. Arcoma made 146 for 5. Pervez Abid slammed 50 and Ismail 22 n.o. Irfan Khan took 2-18.

ATC humbled NNG Sports by 70 runs. ATC hit 180 for 6. Sadiq Memon stroked 48, Basharat 41 n.o. and Shahzad Bhatti 38 n.o. Mubashir grabbed 3-27. NNG Sports managed 110. Salahuddin stroked 25 and Mubashir 27. Khadim scalped 3-17, Shahzad Khan 2-16, Fahad 2-25 and Amir Butt 2.

Apex Express beat IISJ by 4 wickets. IISJ posted 148 for 6. Saad hit 25, Faisal Patel 30, and Nithik 23 n.o. Asif had 2-21. Apex Express hit 149 for 6. Rizwan cracked 56, Nasir 19 n.o. and Asif Hameed 32. Zahid took 3-22 and Khalid 2.

Nesma Holding downed Behar International Fighters by 90 runs. Nesma Holding amassed 226 for 5. Amir Wahla smashed 81 (34 balls), Sheraz made 58 and Rana Babar 41 n.o. Asiq took 2-23, Moeen 2. Behar International Fighters made 136 for 7. Ziaul Haq scored 27 and Tahir 36. Rana took 2-16 and Imran 2.