By Aijaz Ahmed Khan

JEDDAH — Usman Butt of ACE Travel team, who hit 111 off 54 balls and had 3-34 against KIA, Sohail of BBB, who took 4-27 against ARM United, Riaz of Pak Shaheen, who took 4-21 against Naseem Al Zahra and Abdul Qadeer Akbar of Pepsi Deccan Knights, who had 4-36 against Malik XI Star One, sparkled in the Jeddah Cricket Association (JCA) CIT-SPL-3 matches.

Other star performers of the third week matches are Saddam Hussain of Hyderabad Sharks, who scored 66 off 28 balls against Saudi German Hospital, Bilal Moghal of Deccan Knight who hit 86 n.o. off 45 balls against Malik XI Star One and Ahmed Qureshi of ARM United, whose 90 off 57 balls went in vain against BBB.

The CIT SPL is sponsored by Canadian International Trading Company (CIT), co-sponsored by Initial Services, Air India, Hyderabad Sharks, Khind Electronics, Arrow Food Distribution Company (Mizo Juices) and Saudi Industrial Projects Company (Pepsi) and organized under the auspices of JCA.

Hyderabad Sharks beat SGH by 76 runs:

Hyderabad Sharks 251 for 7 — Saddam Hussain 66 (28 balls, 4 fours & 7 sixes), Yasir Saeed 59 (34 balls, 7 fours & 3 sixes), Asim 31 (13 balls, 1 four & 3 sixes), Saad Hussain 26 (2 fours & one six), Taqi 2 for 44. Saudi German Hospital 175 — Bilal Ahmed 68 (37 balls, 8 fours & 3 sixes), Taqi Ur Rehman 35 (4 fours & one six), Jawad 20 (4 fours), Mubashir 3 for 27, Ubaid 3 for 27. Man of the Match: Saddam Hussain

ACE Travel beat KAIA by 59 runs:

Ace Travel 200 for 4 — Usman Butt 111 n.o. (54 balls (10 fours & 7 sixes), Arbab, Nasir 27 (4 fours), Waqas 3 for 28. KAIA 141 — Majid Riaz 39 (24 balls, 6 fours & one six), Zubair Rana 22 (12 balls, 2 fours & 2 sixes), Arshad 22 (3 fours & one six), Abdul Samad 21 (10 balls, 2 fours & 2 sixes), Arbab Nasir 3 for 31, Usman Butt 3 for 34, Zia 2 for 16. Man of the Match: Usman Butt

Pepsi-Deccan Knights beat Malik XI Star One by 31 runs:

PDK 227 for 5 — Bilal Moghal 86 n.o. (45 balls, 6 fours & 5 sixes), Najeeb 60 n.o. (31 balls, 5 fours & 3 sixes), Babar 38 (18 balls), Adnan 3 for 31. Malik XI Star One 197 — Sagheer Hadi 74 (31 balls, 5 fours & 6 sixes), Madani 45 (3 fours & one six), Abdul Qadeer Akbar 4 for 36, Adnan 3 for 24, Abdul Quddus Ather 2 for 30. Man of the Match: Bilal Moghal.

Naseem Al Zahra beat Pak Shaheen by 78 runs:

Naseem Al Zahra 236 for 5 — Qamar Javed 55 (35 balls, 9 fours & one six), Yasir 45 (28 balls, 4 fours & 3 sixes), Jahangir 39 (14 balls, 2 fours & 4 sixes), Bilal Butt 3 for 33. Pak Shaheen 158 — Mahindra Mishra 30 (19 balls, 2 fours &2 sixes), Usman Khan 25 (2 fours & 2 sixes), Riaz 4 for 21, Adil 2 for 33. Man of the Match: Qamar Javed

Banswada Ball Burners beat ARM United by 18 runs:

BBB 204 for 9 — Amir Siddique 83 (37 balls, 13 fours & 3 sixes), Salman 31 (3 fours), Rahil Subhani 30 (3 fours), Mohammed Ashraf 2 for 19, Sami Khan 2 for 29. ARM United 187 for 8 — Ahmed Qureshi 90 (57 balls, 8 fours & 6 sixes), Waqas Khan 51 (28 balls, 2 fours & 5 sixes), Sohail 4 for 27. Man of the Match: Amir Siddique

ICAD beat IGLOO Kashmir Stags by 7 wickets:

IGLOO Kashmir Stags 188 for 8 — Wakeel 45 (31 balls, 6 fours & one six), Shabbir 39 (24 balls, 4 fours & 2 sixes), Majid Butt 25 (10 balls, 4 fours & 1 six), Shafeeq 24 n.o. (2 fours), Danish 20 (3 fours), Rafaqat 2 for 38, Shahid 1 for 11. ICAD 189 For 3 — Naeem 65 (31 balls, 12 fours), Mansoor 48 (26 balls, 7 fours & 1 six), Mohsin Raja 33 n.o. (16 balls, 6 fours & 1 six), Khurram 25 (2 fours & one six), Danish 1 for 28, Majid Butt 1 for 33. Man of the Match: Naeem

Player of the week Award: Usman Butt of ACE Travel won the player of the week award. He scored 111 not out and took 3 wickets for 34 runs. Most Runs (Orange Cap Winner): Mohsin Raja of ICAD is the current Orange Cap holder with 202 runs from 2 matches. Most Wickets (Purple Cap Winner): Arbab Nasir of ACE Travel is the current Purple Cap holder with 10 wickets in 3 matches.