Dr. Sayed Ziauddin
JEDDAH — Indomie Cups Universal United, Crown Blue, ADI XI, GBest IDB, Stallions, New Young Stars, Al-Kabbani Cricket Group, Emper Perfumes and Nesma Holding emerged winners in the WPCA Morning T20 matches here.
Shamsuddin of Sadafco exhibited fine all-round performance with 57 runs and 5 wickets.
Indomie Cups Universal United defeated Sadafco by 2 wickets. Sadafco opting to bat, posted 174-6. Shamsuddin made 57 in 30 balls as he added 93 for the opening stand with Iqbal Patel (38). Khurram hit 35. Tariq Siddiqui took 2-30.
Indomie Cups Universal United, in reply, reached 176-8 in 104 balls. Umair blasted 57 in 29 balls, Tariq 16, Bilal 19 and Imran unbeaten 15. Shamsuddin grabbed 5 wickets for 23 runs.
Crown Blue downed Arcoma by 38 runs. Crown Blue, opting to bat, plundered 192-2. Saqib Butt hit 38 and Haseeb compiled 24 as the two added 57. Arif smashed an unbeaten 83 in 45 balls with 10 boundaries. Faiz remained unbeaten on 35 and the duo stitched together 106 runs in 62 balls for the unbroken third wicket.
Arcoma started well with Kaleem making 22 and Shareef 42. Middle order failed badly as only Ismail made 22 and Mustafa 36 to get to 154-5. Qurban scalped 3-28.
ADI XI won against Jeddah Gladiators by 18 runs. ADI XI chose to bat and posted 135-5. Bilal scored 22, Ahmed 26 and Omar Mehfooz remained unbeaten on 48 after early setbacks.
In reply, Jeddah Gladiators was all out for for 117. Hamdan scored 34 and Rasheed 25. Bilal scalped 3-25, Faisal 2-14 and Nabeel 2-14.
GBest IDB thrashed Deloitte by 10 wickets. Deloitte was restricted to 112-8. Owais made 47, Ibrahim 32 and Nabeel 15. Aleem took 3 wickets for 3 runs and Uzair 2-27.
GBest IDB, in response, got to 114 for no wicket in 63 balls as Aleem hit an unbeaten 45 and Rizwan 57 not out in 20 balls.
Stallions beat Hanifa Tigers by 76 runs. Stallions piled up 181-5 as Asghar made 45 and Adnan 16. Hassan Ali remained unbeaten on 67 off 34 balls as he added 86 with Abdulrafay who made 36. Rizwan grabbed 2-43.
Hanifa Tigers, in reply, was stranded at 105-5. Abbas made 34 and Zia 23.
New Young Stars had the better of Jeddah Challengers by 37 runs. New Young Stars, opting to bat, racked up 206-5. Amir Siddiqui hammered 52 in 20 balls, Bilal 32, Qassim 56 in 29 balls and Abrar 41.
Jeddah Challengers, in reply, could make only 169-9. Omar was the highest scorer with 71 in 38 balls with 5 sixes and 7 fours. Rizwan contributed 26, while Abubaker and Akram made identical 17. Amir Siddiqui grabbed 3-2, Abrar 2-28 and Masood 2-42.
Al-Kabbani Cricket Group prevailed over Kashmir Strikers by 6 wickets.
Kashmir Strikers, opting to bat, posted 151-5. Samiullah Najjar was the top scorer with 52 in 44 balls, Shabbir hit 25 in 19 balls with 4 fours and the two added 81 in 60 balls. Zahid and Ahmed contributed 31 each. Luqman Ulfat took 2-27.
Al-Kabbani Cricket Group, in reply, reached 152 for the loss of 4 wickets in 96 balls. Imran Qaiser hammered 63 in 25 balls as he added 80 runs with Khaleel (15). Luqman Ulfat remained unbeaten on 45.
Nesma Holding trounced Wolves XI by 5 wickets. Wolves XI, batting first, posted 130-4. Yasir made 53 in 35 balls and Sohail 44. Zafran took 2-21.
Nesma Holding rushed to 131-5 in 89 balls as Babar made 32, Akram 34 and Zubair an unbeaten 20. Sohail took 2-29.
