Khurram, Shoaib and Fouad dazzle

By Dr. Sayed Ziauddin JEDDAH — Khurram Keramat and Shoaib Ali of Crown Steel, Fouad Shams of APF and Shahid of Fuchs Alhamrani excelled in the SCC Premier T20 and Afternoon Tournaments, sponsored by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) and organized by WPCA. IDBG defeated APF by 7 wickets. APF put on 166-9, thanks to Fouad Shams, who smashed 84 in 36 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes. Aqeel contributed 23 and Ehtesham 15. Waleed was the pick of the bowlers with 3-22 and Abdullah Shah took 2-30. IDBG reached 169-3 in 94 balls. Rahat Chaudhary compiled 33 and Usman Gulab 35 as the two added 88 in 38 balls. Irfan Shah remained unbeaten on 34. He added 61 with Noor Butt (29 not out). Crown Steel thrashed Waqas Malik XI by 8 wickets. Waqas Malik XI was bowled out for 177. Ehsan made 31 as he added 65 with Tauseef (32). Waqas Malik hit 29 and Rashid Malik 38. Shoaib Ali was the most successful bowler with 5-29 and Javed Iqbal claimed 2-31. Crown Steel replied with 180-2 in 76 balls, thanks to a scintillating century by Khurram Karamat, who blasted an unbeaten 133 in just 44 balls with 10 sixes and 14 fours. He added a match-winning 148 in 63 balls for the unbroken third wicket with Shoaib Ali, who remained unbeaten on 43. Zahoor took 2-30. SCC Afternoon Awesome Iklil, UCC, Fuchs Alhamrani, Natpet and Nestle Milo emerged victorious in the SCC Afternoon Tournament. UCC prevailed over Lothers by 5 wickets. Lothers posted 167-7. Khurram Aziz stroked 47 as he added 57 with Yasir (20). Adarsh hit 18, Suraj 28 and Fazil 16 not out. Ahmed Faraz took 3-25, Shahnawaz 2-17 and Amir Mughal 2-27. UCC reached 173-5 on 106 balls. Shahnawaz Khan was the highest scorer with an unbeaten 84 in 43 balls with 10 fours and 2 sixes. Abid Ali hit 25, Ali Raza 23 and Raja Mudassar 14. Fazil took 2-38. Natpet humbled Youth Cricket Club by 110 runs. Natpet produced 143-7. Saqlain remained unbeaten on 45 as he first added 63 with Usman (27) and then 39 with Usman Arshad (26 not out) after the top order failed miserably to be struggling at 41 for 6. Usama took 3-37, Asad 2-15 and Ismail 2-17. Youth Cricket Club, in reply, crashed to 33 — the lowest total of this season — with only Sheroz Khan (12) making the double digit. Waqas was the destroyer in chief with 4-10, while Kashif had 2-10 and Saqlain 2-15. Fuchs Alhamrani defeated Zultrack by 50 runs. Fuchs Alhamrani piled up 166-8. Nazaish stroked 18, Zeeshan 27, Shahid 29 and Saqib 45 not out. Waqqas took 3-39, Yasir 2-25 and Rahil 2-32. Zultrack was bowled out for 116. Shahid grabbed 5-14. Ehsan scalped 2-22 and Zeeshan 2-13. Mohsin scored 21, Subbayal 23 and Kayam Khan 20. Awesome Iklil dominated over Marine Services by 8 wickets. Marine Services, opting to bat first, could get to 152-5, thanks to an 87-run partnership between Agha (37) and Ikram (64 in 34 balls) after they were reduced to 20-2. Naseer remained unbeaten on 15. Azeem took 2-21. Awesome Iklil, in reply, got to the winning target of 153 in 82 balls. Ahmed remained unbeaten on 84 off 47 balls with 11 fours and 2 sixes as he first added 96 runs in 52 balls with Asad (45) and then 57 with Ghulam S (17). Naseer took 2-46. Nestle Milo trounced Thales Group by 9 wickets. Thales Group tallied 107-9 through Fareed (26), Yasir (20) and Amjad (17). Abdullah Zahid took 3-17, Ejaz 2-20 and Bilal 2-25. Azfar Shirazi took 4 catches and 2 stumpings behind the wicket. Nestle Milo, champion of Summer League, took 85 balls to get to 108-1. Ejaz Butt smashed an unbeaten 54 in 42 balls, while Abdullah remained unbeaten on 36. The two added 103 in 77 balls for the unbroken second wicket.