Shahid, Babu and Yousuf shine in SCC Afternoon

By Dr. Sayed Ziauddin JEDDAH — Shahid of Jotun Paints, Abdulsattar Babu of Lothers and Yousuf of Jotun Paints excelled in the weekly proceedings of SCC Afternoon Cup at WPCA here. Jotun Paints defeated El Seif Engg Co, Lothers downed Natpet, Gujarat Eagles humbled Marine Services as Fuchs Al Hamrani got the better of Thales Group here in the SCC Afternoon Cup sponsored by Saudi Cricket Centre. Jotun Paints defeated El Seif Eng Co. by 152 runs. Jotun Paints, opting to bat, amassed 242 for 6 as Shahid blasted 140 in 59 balls studded with 14 fours and 8 sixes as he added 112 for the 3rd wicket with Usman (22). Shafeeq hit 18. Waqas claimed 2-37 and Maqsood 2-51. El Seif, in reply, was restricted to 90. Qamar made 17 and Kamran 16. Yousuf bowled well to grab 5 wickets for 15, Qasim 2-16 and Shabbir 2-17. Lothers trounced Natpet by 5 wickets. Natpet posted 157 for 8. Fareed scored 33, Akbar 45 and Ahsan 21. Abdulsattar Babu claimed 5 wickets for 11 and Noshad 3-22. Lothers, in reply, scored 159 for 5 with one ball to spare. Fazil remained unbeaten on 40 as he added match-winning 78 with Shafeer (38) after they were struggling at 81 for 5. Earlier, Khurram Azeez made 15, Mushtaq 24 and Suraj 25. Umar took 2-36. Gujarat Eagles won against Marine Services by 5 wickets. Marine Services could manage only 112 for 7. Akram stroked 63 and Farook 16. Adil grabbed 4 for 26 and Bakhtawar 2-16. Gujarat Eagles, in response, got to the victory target of 113 for 5 in 73 balls. Arbab scored 23 and Arshad 39. Naseer took 2-33. Fuchs Al-Hamrani had the better of Thales Group by 4 wickets. Thales Group posted 163 for 6. Junaid made 53 as he first added 73 with Fareed (41) and then 48 with Mohammed (24). Yasir remained unbeaten on 16. Irfan took 3 for 30. Fuchs Al-Hamrani reached the winning target of 166 for 6 in 110 balls. Nazaish compiled 30 as he added 71 with Abdul Ghafour (46). Arfan hit 22 and Mohsin Raja remained unbeaten on 25. Abid took 3-32 and Naweed 2-22.