AL-QASSIM — Al-Fateh, Pak Dauliya, Bismillah XI and Paradise XI won their respective matches in the AQCL MoneyGram CKB matches, sponsored by MoneyGram under the aegis of Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) here recently.
In the first match Al-Fateh won against Stars-XI. Stars was bowled out for 130 as Irfan made 42 and Ali 22. Rizwan claimed 2 wickets. Al-Fateh achieved the target of 131 in 94 balls as Naeem hit 47 and Nawaz 39.
The second match saw Pak Dauliya get the better of Sialkot Stallions. Pak Dauliya piled up 193 with Yasir making 47, Sajid Cheema 45 and Atif 37. Aamir and Ansar accounted for 2 wickets each. Sialkot, in reply, could score only 174 as Aamir stroked 48 and Ansar 20. Nadeem grabbed 3 wickets, while Yasir and Imran took 2 each.
In another match, Bismillah-XI defeated Tigers-XI by 8 runs. Bismillah produced 168 through Imran (41), Nafees (40) and Asif (23). Tigers, in reply, was stranded at 160 with Jalal making 33, Joynal 31 and Suman 22. Waseem took 4 wickets.
In the fourth match, Paradise had the better of Pak Unaizah by 6 wickets. Pak Unaizah posted 146 for 8 in 20 overs as Imran hit 38 and Afaque Masudi 26. Bilal took 3 wickets. Paradise reached the target in 87 balls with Jaffer making 48, Abdul Basit 29, while Kashif and Abdul Razzak smashed 20 each. Imran had 2 wickets. — SG