By: Dr SAYED ZIAUDDIN

JEDDAH — Ahsan of Al Hamrani Fuchs, Waqas and Abdulwaahid of Lothers, Talha of ALS Warriors, Shamsuddin of Timex Lothers, Shabaz Rasheed of Zultec, Subaiyyal of Zultrack and Ilyas of Mercedes Benz excelled in the SCC Premier Challenge Cup 2017 sponsored by Saudi Cricket Center and organized by WPA.

Zultrack defeated OMD Tuskers by 8 wkts. OMD Tuskers 105 for 8. Juffail 29. Subaiyyal 5-13 and Yousuf 3-18. Zultrack 106 for 2. Ali 21, Jahangir 49. Mahesh took 2-19.

Waqas Malik beat Abudawood by 33 runs. Waqas Malik CC 188 for 4. Shahid 93 (47 balls, 4 sixes and 11 fours), Usman Gulab 19, Rana Harron 26 and Hafiz Adeel 25*. Abudawood 155. Usman Amjad 29, Babar Jr. 55, Waqas 22. Faiz 3-21, Danish 3-27 and Maqbool 2-33.

Al Hamrani Fuchs beat Contraco by 21 runs. Al Hamrani Fuchs 160 for 9. Ghafour 26, Razzaq 19 and Ali 55. Sami 2-25, Usman Maher 2-26 and Nadeem 2-37. Contraco 139. Nadeem 28. Sajid 5-16, Ali 2-16 and Ahsan 2-26.

Thales Group beat IDB Group by 2 wkts. IDB Group 134 for 4. Noor Butt 44* and Fayaz 26. Ali 2-30. Thales Group 135 for 8. Yasir 46 and Mohammed 28. Saim Sherwani 3-26 and Samer 2-33.

Zultec beat Jotun Penguins by 56 runs. Zultec 202 for 2. Shahbaz Rasheed 97*(48 balls, 4 sixes and 7 fours), Amir Sajjad 40 (20 balls) and Umair 49. Jotun Penguins 146 for 6. Siddiq 57 and Shafeeq 27. Abu Huraira 4-12 and Haseeb 1-13.

Stallions beat Al Safri by 6 wkts. Al Safri CC 115 for 8. Hasanat Ahmed 59 and Aftab Malik 23. Waqas 4-21 and Jawad 2-26. Stallions 116 for 4. Abdulrehman 28, Asim 30 and Jahanzeb 36*.

UCC beat Timex Lothers by 20 runs. UCC 176 for 7. Shahnawaz Khan 54, Waseem 53 and Ahmed Faraz 34. Suraj 3-31. Timex Lothers 156 for 6. Khurram Azeez 52, Yasar 19 and Gasni 38. Shahnawaz Khan 2-36.

Mercedes Benz beat Marine Services by 76 runs. Mercedes Benz 228 for 5. Ilyas 100 (42 balls, 6 sixes and 9 fours), Nadeem 49 and Imad 24. Kazi 4-37. Marine Services 152 for 7. Akram 35, Sohail 43 and Asad 19. Najam Uzbak 3-34.

Al Hamrani Fuchs beat Abudawood by 58 runs. Al Hamrani Fuchs 155 for 9. Zeeshan 55 and Ali 39. Babar 4-25, Amir 3-13 and Waqas 2-26. Abudawood 97. Usman Amjad 17 and Usman Khan 24. Ahsan 5-19 and Abdulrazzaq 3-24.

Lothers crushed Contraco by 201 runs. Lothers 260 for 5. Waqas 122* (52 balls, 24 fours), Moazzam Shoukat 29, AbdulWaahid 42 and Zahid 47. Amjad 3-48. Contraco 59 for 8. Nadeem 19. Abdulwaahid 4-17 and Zia 2-7.

ALS Warriors beat Thales Group by 18 runs. ALS Warriors 223 for 4. Talha 115 (49 balls, 5 sixes and 14 fours), Mohammed Khan 28, Humayun Khan 22 and Shoaib Ali 30. Yasir J. 4-30. Thales Group 205 for 6. Kauser 60 (31 balls) and Irfan 68 (39 balls). Abdulaleem 2-52.

Jotun Penguins won against Natcom on technical grounds.

IDB Group beat AOT by 2 wkts. AOT 182 for 7. Ilyas Lashi 26, Gulam Hussain Malik 21, Aqeel 38, Moiz Mulla 19 and Zakir 18. Saim Sherwani 2-29 and Hashim Khan 2-31. IDB Group 183 for 8. Nasser 34, Mohammed Farook 38, Hashim Khan 39* and Saim Sherwani 22*. Moiz Mulla 3-46 and Qaiser Lateef 2-37.

Nestle Milo beat Mercedes Benz by 64 runs. Nestle Milo 226 for 7. Fayyaz 39, Waseem 27, Ihsan Noni 48, Sher Bahadur 57 and Bilal Malik 21. Ashfaq 2-37. Mercedes Benz 164 for 5. Nadeem 86 (56 balls), Afzal 15 and Imad 26. Naeem Malik 2-20.

Timex Lothers beat Awesome XI by 93 runs. Timex Lothers 213 for 3. Subeer 43, Khurram Azeez 44) and Shamsuddin 101 (40 balls, 5 sixes and 13 fours). Awesome XI 120 for 6. Hafeez 53* and Talawat 20. Najo 2-8 and Amir 2-26.

Caption 1: Waqas ... 122 (52 balls)

Caption 2: Talha ... 115 (49 balls)

Caption 3: Shamsuddin ... 101 (40 balls)

Caption 4: Shahbaz Rasheed ... 97 (48 balls)

Caption 5: Subaiyyal ... 5 for 13

Caption 6: Ilyas ... 100 (42 balls)