Classic Club posts 308 in MCA 20-over tourney

MADINAH — Four matches were played in the second week of the first round matches in My Care & Hala Saudi Premier League (SPL) cricket tournament here. The tournament is being organized by Madinah Cricket Association (MCA) in collaboration with Jeddah Cricket Association (JCA), My Care & Hala and utlines.com. Madinah Diamonds registered its first victory in the tournament by defeating United Stars by eight wickets. After winning the toss, captain Jhahanzaib put United Stars into bat. United Stars posted 164 in 20 overs. Fayyaz scored 50 off 31 balls and Kamran 22. Faisal scalped 5 wickets in his four-over spell. Ayaz claimed 3, while Kashif and Mudasser bagged one each. In reply, Madinah Diamonds achieved the target for the loss of 2 wickets. Jhahanzaib played a fine knock of 75 off 40 balls. Kashif remained unbeaten on 61 in 33 balls. Fayyaz and Imran claimed a wicket each. Pepsi Madinah downed Pak Stallions by four wickets. Pepsi won the toss and invited the Stallions to take the strike first. Pak Stallions scored 186 with Hammad making 78, Ali 42 and Arif 24. Iftikhar from Pepsi registered the first hat trick of the tournament. Baber also captured three wickets. In reply, Pepsi Madinah achieved the target with four wickets in hand. Soahil with six sixes and four fours scored 57 runs. Arif made 51 and Mairaj 33. Faryad got two wickets, while Hammad, Hafeez and Waheed bagged one each. The third encounter saw, Classic Cricket Club thump Shining Stars by 204 runs. Classic squad played a historic game where it notched 308 runs, the highest ever in a 20-over game in Madinah. Zaheer played a beautiful knock of 92 with 10 sixes and 4 boundaries. Arshed Butt contributed 46. Kashif bagged three wickets. Chasing the huge target, Shining Stars could manage only 104. Rizwan and Talha scored 27 and 15, respectively. In the last game, Sky Wars edged Green Hawks by 14 runs. Sky Wars put on 196 runs with Mubashir scoring 63, Sohail 29 and Aamir Saeed 26. Green Hawks fought well, but failed to get to victory and lost the game by 14 runs. Abdul Rehman fought a lonely battle with 72 (1 six and 12 boundaries). Immad added 32. Aamir Saeed took 4 wickets and Emmad 3. Yasir, Rauf Butta, Haroon, Rashid, Afzal, Zafar, Sultan and Waheed officiated the matches.