Khurram blasts ton in SCC Premier

By Dr. Sayed Ziauddin JEDDAH — Crown Steel, APF came out on top in the SCC Premier T20 Cup sponsored by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) and organized by WPCA here. Crown Steel trounced Friends XI by 72 runs. Crown Steel racked up 257 for 4. Khurram Karamat, in awesome touch, blasted 13 sixes and 7 fours to compile 121 as he first added 54 with Anwaar Chandi (13) and then 105 for the second wicket with Humayun (16). Faiq Habeeb scored 23, Khokar 22 and Imran Azam an unbeaten 18. Waqar took 2-44. Friends XI was stranded at 185 for 9. Anis Malik contributed 49, while Saleem, who was shaping well, was run out for 46. Muzaffar stroked 34 and Junaid 22. Imran took 3-15 and Ijaz Sagheer 2-34. APF defeated Waqas Malik XI by 18 runs. APF piled up 196 for 4. Majed smashed 51 in 29 balls as he added 66 with Siddique (27). Yasser remained unbeaten on 68 off 32 balls, Malik Aqeel unbeaten on 25 and Usman 18. Zahoor grabbed 2-33. Waqas Malik XI, in chase, could only get to 178 for 9. Rana Haroon hammered 70 in 43 balls studded with 8 fours and a six as he stitched together 80 with Waqas Malik who made 32. It lost 4 wickets once the openers were separated. Fareed Bhatti scored 20 and Shahid 15. Tariq Rao was the main destroyer with 4 wickets for 25, Siddique 3-26 and Majed Khan 2-38. SCC Afternoon T20 Cup Royal Brothers, Al-Safri XI and Awesome Iklil won their SCC Afternoon Tournament encounters. Royal Brothers crushed Natpet by 111 runs. Royal Brothers produced 148 for 7. Abdullah stroked 29, Waqar 24, Muneer 25 and Waqas 18 not out. Omer took 2-16 and Usman Mehar 2-23. Natpet, in response, crashed for just 37 to lose the encounter by 111 runs. Umar (13) was the lone batsman to touch the double digits. Hamed Khan grabbed 4 wickets for 6 runs and Umer 2-7. Al-Safri thrashed Youth Cricket Club by 124 runs. Al-Safri XI racked up 219 for 4.Rehan made 22. Manjeet Kumar compiled 64 as he added 147 in 77 balls for the 4th wicket with Shoukat (95 not out). Faizan claimed 2-25 and Ismail 2-39. Youth Cricket Club was bundled out for 95. Naser hit 36. Two wickets each were claimed by Rizwan (2-20), Rehan (2-8) and Aftab Malik (2-23). Awesome Iklil defeated Natcom by 5 wickets. Natcom posted 153 for 5. Waqas Khan made 17 and Shaad Khan 15. Ali top scored with 60 in 43 balls. Naveed Dadabhoy and Ahmed had identical figures of 2-30. Awesome Iklil had a disastrous start with 46 for 4 with Abdulrehman making 22. Asad then hit 53 not out in 36 balls as he added match-winning 72 with Khalil (19). Waqas Lala blasted 21. Noor Khan took 2-23.