PISJ-A to take on IISJ in SCC final

[caption id="attachment_106405" align="alignleft"] Yousuf Khalid — 41 runs and 3 wickets
[/caption] JEDDAH — Pakistan International School Aziziyah (PISJ-A) will take on International Indian School Jeddah (IISJ) in the final of the SCC T20 U-17 Inter-School Tournament, organized by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC) under its Youth Development Program and with the support of WPCA. PISJ-A beat Pakistan International School - English Session (PISJ-ES) by 24 runs and IISJ beat Al-Falah International School (DPS) by 101 runs to qualify for the final. PISJ-A batted first after winning the toss against PISJ-ES and scored 173-3. Mohammad Shahzad top scored with 54, followed by Yousuf Khalid 41, Husnain 40 and Khazar 13. Abdul Latif, Omer Latif and Rumman took one wicket each. In reply, PISJ-ES was all out for 149. Omer Latif (33), Hamza (27), Abdul Latif (18) and Hassan (12) were the main scorers. Yusuf Khalid took three wickets, while Haseeb, Shahzad, Khazer, Waleed and Abdullah got one each. Yousuf Khalid of PISJ-A was adjudged the Man of the Match. In the second match, DPS won the toss and put the IISJ into bat. IISJ amassed 185-6 through Abdullah (63), Zahid (38), Syed Masood (25) and Farhan (11). Ahmad and Rayyan took two wickets each, while Taha and Fayzan got one each. Wicketkeeper Ubaid made five stumpings and took one catch. In response, DPS was all out for 84. Its main scorers were Ahmad (26), Ubaid (21) and Imran (12). Suleiman and Saad (with a hat trick) took three wickets each, while Sohail and Zeeshan claimed one each. Wicketkeeper Syed Saud made four stumpings and took one catch. Abdullah of IISJ was named the Man of the Match. Earlier, in a league match, PISJ-A beat DPS by 48 runs. DPS won the toss and put PISJ-A into bat. PISJ-A scored 152-9 through Mohammad Shahzad (47), Yusuf Khalid (27), Husnain (15) and Sohail (11). Rayyan took four wickets and Ritik two. In reply, DPS was all out for 104 in which Taha (37) and Riytik (24) stood out. Khazar took four wickets and Yusuf two. In the last pool match, PISJ-ES beat Al-Waha International School by two wickets. Opting to bat first, Al-Waha scored 106 through Subhaan (29), Yasir (28), Yusuf (15) and Mohammad Mirza (10). Rumman and Omer took 3 wickets each. In response, PISJ-ES achieved the target for the loss of eight wickets. Fazan made 19, Osama 13, Omer 10 and Sabeer 10. Yasir took four wickets and Mohammad Mirza two. — SG