IISJ, BISJ win inter-school openers

[caption id="attachment_102807" align="alignleft"] International Indian School Jeddah
[/caption] JEDDAH - The Saudi Cricket Center (SCC) under its Youth Development Program and with the support of WPCA is organizing SCC U17 T20 Inter-School Tournament here. There are eight teams, grouped into two pools, participating in the event. Group A consists of Pakistan International School Jeddah (PISJ) Aziziah, Bangladesh International School (BISJ), Al-Falah International School (DPS) and New Al-Wurood International School. Group B comprises: International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ), Bangladesh International School Jeddah (BISJ), Pakistan International School Jeddah (PISJ-ES) and Al-Waha International School. [caption id="attachment_102804" align="alignright"] Bangladesh International School Jeddah[/caption] International Indian School Jeddah beat Pakistan International School Jeddah English Session by 12 runs in the opening match. IISJ, opting to bat first, scored 167-6 in 20 overs. Sohail (47), Sulman (25), Farhan (21), Zahid (19) and Zakaria (16) were the main contributora. Saheer took 3 wickets while Abdul Latif, Hassan and Romain took a wicket each for PISJ-ES. In reply, PISJ-ES scored 155 for the loss of seven wickets. Shahryar (57), Hassan (37), Umer (18) and Nidal (13) were among the runs. Farhan claimed three wickets, Sohail 2, while Zahid and Abdullah bagged a wicket each for IISJ. In the Second match, Bangladesh International School Jeddah thrashed New Al-Wurood International School by 7 wickets. New Al-Wurood put on 114 with Nawaz (33) and Arif (10) scoring the bulk of the runs. None of the other batsmen reached double figure. There were 34 extras. Rehan claimed three wickets. BISJ achieved the target in 17.3 overs for the loss of three wickets. Fahad scored 29, Arafat 26 and Rehan 15. There were 32 extras. Adnan and Safin scalped a wicket each for New Al-Wurood. - SG