Green Bangla and White Star win thrillers

RIYADH - Round 4 of the RCA SAIB T20 Tournament came to an end here recently. The tournament is being organized by Riyadh Cricket Association (RCA) and sponsored by Saudi Arabian Investment Bank (SAIB). In Hayer League, TBCC beat Riyadh Panthers by 5 wickets. Panthers posted 170-7. Hashim scored 36 and Raza 28. Shareef Kaindar picked up 3 wickets and Shameem 2. TBCC was home in 16.5 overs. Faisal added 51 and Hakeem 42. Raza claimed 4 wickets. Detecon Eagles defeated Talented CC by 5 runs. Detecon Eagles, batting first, scored 175. Meer added 35. Abdulrahman bagged 3 wickets. Talented, in reply, managed 170-5. Shoaib added 70 and Haseeb 58. Aftab claimed 3 wickets. Kashmir XI beat Asia XI by 25 runs. Kashmir XI posted 173-6. Amir Sofi hit 28. Asia XI, in reply, could manage only 149. Tauseef scored 64. Amir Sofi performed well with the ball as well and picked up 4-13. Green Bangla beat Black Caps by 1 run in a thriller. Green Bangla posted 181 with Mithun making 43 and Zakir 40. Saud picked up 3 wickets. Black Caps fell short of target by 1 run as it managed 180. Kaleem blasted 59. Abdur Rahim Alamin was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 5-20. White Star beat Al-Harbi CC by 2 wickets in another close match. Taking the strike first, Al-Harbi posted 186-5. Mohib scored 43 and Farooq 40. Bilal picked up 2 wickets. White Star chased down the target in 17.3 overs. Naeem scored 41 and Qasim 40. Asif scalped 3 wickets. Rising Stars CC beat Thales CC by 8 wickets. Thales CC put on 163. Umer Pervaiz picked up 4 wickets and Sharafat Abbasi 3. Rising Stars CC reached the target in 13.3 overs. Umer Pervaiz hit 79 and Irfan Malik 58. In Diriyah League, Etihad CC got the better of All Stars CC by 3 wickets. All Stars CC batting first scored 188-6. Talal added 62 and Shayan 32. Saifullah and Aslam bagged 2 wickets each. Etihad CC reached the target in 18 overs. Talseen added 80 and Farhat 29. Osama and Asad shared 2 wickets each.