By Dr. SAYED ZIAUDDIN

JEDDAH — Abubaker Nagra of IDB and Amir of Red Sea ALJ cracked tons in the SCC Morning Challenge Cup 2017 Tournament sponsored by Saudi Cricket Center and managed by WPCA.

MM Group beat Reel & Rom Spikes by 5 wkts. Reel & Rom Spikes 131 for 8. Imran Amin 24, Jamali 21*. Ashiq 2-11 and Junaid 2-18. MM Group 132 for 5. Junaid 39, Umair 43. Junaid claimed 2-23 and Ilyas 2-14.

Universal thrashed Hyderabad Strikers by 66 runs. Universal CC 199 for 4. Tariq Siddiqui 50, Ziad* 50, Shebi 53*. Irfan 2-27 and Anwar 2-43. Hyderabad 133 for 6. Irfan Ayazuddin 71 (57 balls), Jaweed 18. Aatif 2-15.

AGA defeated Deccan Youth by 7 wkts. Deccan Youth 108 for 7. Hidayath 52*, Shahid 18. Hassan 2-10 and Muzammil 2-22. AGA 109 for 3. Jabar 47*, Aftab 37.

Cousins XI trounced Al Mazroi Salonpas by 6 wkts. Al Mazroi Salonpas 165 for 6. Salman 22, Mohsin 47, Sohail Bohra 25 and Zeeshan 20. Irfan Khan took 2-22. Cousins XI 167 for 4. Arfan Ashraf 28, Irfan Khan 54, Sardar 33*.

IDB humbled Arcoma by 116 runs. IDB 242 for 2. Abubaker Nagra 143* (59 balls - 6 sixes and 17 fours), Ghulfam 44, Rizwan 20, Waseem 25*. Arcoma 126. Abid Pervez 38, Ayaz 19, Ismail 20. Zohair 3-13 and Amer 2-12.

Sadafco beat NNG Sports by 58 runs. Sadafco 203 for 5. Salman 25, Ali Jaan Mugheri 24, Abdulrehman 56*, Zubair 39, Tauseef Akram 18. Minhaj 2-44. NNG Sports 145 for 5. Nauman 57, Tariq Jamal 42. Tauseef Akram 2-15.

Red Sea ALJ downed Behar International fighters by 81 runs. ALJ Red Sea 198 for 6. Zahid 36, Gayour 24, Basheer 22, Amir Gujjar 66* (27 balls). Nazaim 3-33. Behar International Fighters 117 for 9. Nazim 20, Tahir 44. Bilal 3-23, Jabran 2-15 and Tanveer Zamane 2-15.

Nesma Holding thrashed Apex Express by 101 runs. Nesma Holding 218 for 3. Amir Wahla 72 (48 balls), Rana 23 and Anwar Chandi 62 (28 balls). Apex Express 117 for 9. Adil 52. Javed 3-25 and Imran 2-11.

Deccan Youth trounced Reel & Rom Spikes by 77 runs. Deccan Youth 220 for 3. Shareef Q 87* (49 balls), Ibrahim N (51), Rizwan K (38). Reel & Rom Spikes 143 for 7. Wajid 82* (57 balls). Hidayath 3-28 and Khalid 2-29.

ADI XI beat AGA by 5 wkts. AGA 190 for 9. Jaan 57, Fahad 23, Tanveer 42. Yasir 2-16 and Salman 2-45. ADI XI 191 for 5 in 119 balls. Yasir 54 (27 balls), Salman 41, Nabil 26 and Afsar 30*. Jaan 2-22 and Fahad 2-39.

MM Group beat Hyderabad Strikers by 6 wkts. Hyderabad Strikers 142 for 8. Jaweed Ahmed 47, Irfan Ayazuddin 30. Raheemullah 4-44 and Junaid 2-28. MM Group 148 for 4. Jibran 31, Omair 32, Junaid 34*. Sarfaraz 2-16.

IDB beat Cousins XI by 7 wkts. Cousins XI 178 for 7. Irfan Khan 64 (44 balls), Raja Nasir 31, Sardar 27. Aslam 3-32 and Zohair 2-19. IDB 179 for 3. Rizwan 82* (38 balls), Abubaker 43, Gulfam 18, Vaseem 21.

Crown Blue beat Arcoma by 15 runs. Crown Blue 173 for 5. Hamza 54, Nasir 21, Rana Saif 28, Junaid 43*. Asif 2-30 and Pervez Abid 2-31. Arcoma 158 for 5. S. Shareef 65* (56 balls), Pervez Abid 39. Rizwan 4-31.

Jeddah Tigers beat Al Mazroi Salonpas by 4 wkts. Al Mazroi Salonpas 166 for 1. Farooq 77 (56 balls), Salman 64* (57 balls). Jeddah Tigers 168 for 6. Nanaji 65* (48 balls), Saeed 24, Wahid 40. Shakeeb 3-23.

Red Sea ALJ crushed MFCC by 116 runs. Red Sea ALJ 224 for 8. Abubaker 44, Tanveer Zamane 24, Amir 101 (46 balls - 2 sixes and 12 fours), Shamis 11. Asif 3-36, Mudasser 2-15 and Yaseen 2-42. MFCC 108. Jibran 20, Mudassir 18. Zahid 4-8 and Israr 2-26.

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Caption 3: Universal United..........winning all the way

Caption 4: Jeddah Tigers ........defeated Al Mazroi Salonpas

Caption 5: MM Group beat Hyderabad Strikers