Naeem stars in Pak Stallions win

MADINAH — Naeem powered Pak Stallions to victory over United Stars in the My Care & Hala Saudi Premier League Cricket Tournament, organized by Madinah Cricket Association (MCA) here. United Stars lost to Pak Stallions by six wickets. Batting first, United Stars scored 169 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Jaffer scored 33, Ghulam Qadir 32 and Faizan 21. Faryad, Naeem and Adnan claimed two wickets each. In reply, Pak Stallions achieved the target by losing four wickets. Hitting two huge sixes and eight boundaries Naeem made 72. Hammad also batted well hitting 10 boundaries in his 50. Adnan contributed 34. Fayyaz took two wickets. Man of the Match: Naeem. Hasnain XI defeated Pak Eagle. Batting first, Pak Eagle put on 166. Sabir hit 42, Yasir 31 and Kamran 23. Israr captured 3 wickets and Khadim 2. In reply Hasnain XI recorded victory, losing 7 wickets. Khadim hammered 60 in 30 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes. Umer also hit 50 with 6 boundaries and a six. Khalil contributed 37. Rauf Butta, Fayyaz Chauhan and Sharafat took one wicket each. Man of the Match: Khadim. Kings XI beat Pak Madinah by one wicket. Batting first, Pak Madina taliied 164. Mushtaq top scored with 47. Alam Zaib and Azam shared six wickets equally. Kings XI reached the target by losing 9 wickets. Usman, Nadir and Aziz Ullah scored 25, 24 and 20, respectively. Farooq bagged 4-24. Owais captured 3 and Tariq 2. Man of the Match: Azam. Pak Eagle got the better over Green Hawks by 6 wickets. Green Hawks was bowled out for 133. Abdul Rheman top scored with 23. Kashif captured 3 wickets, Imtiaz 2 and Irfan 2. Pak Eagle easily achieved the target with 6 wickets to spare. The major contribution came from Touseef (43). Kamran and Rauf Butta scored 25 and 20, respectively. Man of the Match: Kashif. Bismillah CC lost to Hasnain XI by a huge margin of 148 runs. Batting first, Hasnain amassed 235. Khalid played a very fine knock of 55 in 23 balls with 11 fours and 1 six. The other contributors were Abdul Kareem (29), Abdul Hameed (26) and Amir (22). Irfan claimed 4 wickets. Chasing a big total Bismillah XI was bundled out for 47. Saleem only resisted a bit, scoring 43. Usman took 3 wickets and Umer 2. Man of the Match: Usman. Umpires panel: Waseem (Classic XI), Mohammed Amir (Sky Wars), Sultan (Kings XI), Haroon (Saudi Oger), Rizwan and Faiz (Shining Stars), Mohammed, Danish Asif and Ali (Pepsi Medinah) and Ali (Pak Stallions). — SG