By Dr. Sayed Ziauddin
JEDDAH — Zahid Ali of Timex Lothers belted a century but could not save his team against Crown Steel, Red Sea ALJ amassed a huge total of 277 to win, while Aftab CC, Zultrack, AOT, Emper Perfumes, Al-Safri and Zultec recorded victories in the WPCA Garameesh Rusk Super League.
Red Sea ALJ thrashed Reel & Rom Spiked by 136 runs. Red Sea ALJ plundered 277-4. Amir Siddiqui blasted 63 in 25 balls as he added 95 with Tanveer Zamane (22). Zeeshan then hammered 71 in 35 balls, Mohammed Amir G. unbeaten 65 off 33 balls and Bilal 15.
Reel & Rom Spiked, in reply, was stranded at 141-6. Wajid hit 23, Imran Amin 47 and Shahzad an unbeaten 24. Aftab took 2-24 and Amir Siddiqui 2-29. Man of the Match: Amir Siddiqui.
Aftab CC defeated Nesma Holding by 48 runs. Aftab CC racked up 197-7. Nayyar Fareed slammed 36 as he added 68 with Waseem Raza (33). Amjad Lateef scored 34, Shahid Imran 22 and Aftab Riaz 29 not out. Jameel took 2-33, Zafar 2-34 and Saqib Butt 2-47.
Nesma Holding was restricted to 149-9. Furquan Ahmed hit 21, Tasleem 52 in 43 balls and Mateen 23. Farhan took 3-19, Nayyar Fareed 2-30 and Waqas 2-30.
Man of the Match: Nayyar Fareed.
Zultrack trounced APF by 4 wickets. APF posted 168-6. Ali Ansar hit 45, Siddique 26, Sohail 25, Qasim 31 and Adnan 30. Qaim Khan took 2-21 and Waqas 2-35.
Zultrack, in chase, achieved 170-6 in 112 balls. Mohsin scored 38. He added 55 with Kashif (24). Aijaz Khan hit 39 and Yasir 37. Siddique took 3-21. Man of the Match: Aijaz Khan.
AOT prevailed over Fuchs Alhamrani by 48 runs. AOT piled up 191-8. Ilyas Lashi hammered 94 in 46 balls with 8 sixes and 4 fours, Rafeeq 16 and Maqsood 19. Saqib took 2-19, Zeeshan 2-31, Adnan 2-36 and Irfan 2-41.
Fuchs Alhamrani, in response, was bowled out for 143. Ghafour smashed 50 in 30 balls, while others just could not perform. Waqas claimed 3-4 and Rafeeq 3-27. Man of the Match: Ilyas Lashi.
Emper Perfumes won by 4 runs. Emper Perfumes, batting first, piled up 164-6. Rabih hit 19, Farhan Bobi 32, Sadiq 17, Basharat 23 and Hussain 28 not out. Imran Qaiser took 2-42 and Luqman Ulfat 2-24.
Al-Kabbani Cricket Group, in reply, was restricted to 160-6. Faisal Qayyum stroked 25, Luqman Ulfat 34 not out, Asad Ali 33, Nasir 27. Amir Shahzad took 3-26 and Mehboob Shabbir 2-40. Man of the Match: Amer Shahzad. Al-Safri had the better of Waqas Malik CC by 7 wickets. Waqas Malik CC was bowled out for 137. Fareed made 25, Rasheed 37, Zahoor 17. Manjeet Kumar grabbed 4-22, Tayyab 3-28 and Waqeeq Sherwani 2-24.
Al-Safri, in chase, got to 138-3 in 85 balls. Muneeb Ahmed stroked 21. Rehan smashed 59 in 38 balls as he added a match-winning 93 in 52 balls with Hasanat Ahmed who remained unbeaten on 43. Man of the Match: Manjeet Kumar.
Crown Steel had the last laugh against Timex Lothers by 61 runs. Crown Steel racked up a mammoth 263-6. Khurram Karamat hit 50 in 27 balls as he added 103 in 39 balls with Asif who made 74 in 29 balls. Babar Hussain remained unbeaten on 51 off 28 balls, Waqas Ausaf hit 25, Amjad Jutt 16 and Shoaib Ali 18. Waheed took 3-56 and Sami 2-44.
Timex Lothers was stranded at 202-7. Waqas hit 45 as he added 60 with Moazzam Shoukat (17). Zahid blasted an unbeaten 102 in 51 balls with 6 sixes and 8 fours. Imran Yusuf took 4-19 and Shoaib Ali 2-37. Man of the Match: Imran Yusuf.
Zultec downed MCC by 6 wickets. MCC posted 149-4. Khalid Butt stroked 28 and Ramazan 38. Zeeshan took 3-16.
Zultec responded with 149-4 in 99 balls to win by 6 wickets. Waqar hammered a match-winning unbeaten 68 in 43 balls, Shahbaz made 25 and Niaz 19 not out. Imran took 2-23. Man of the Match: Waqar.
