By Syed Mussarat Khalil
JEDDAH — A brilliant unbeaten century (100) off 55 balls with 1 six and 12 boundaries from opener Abdul Waheed followed up a devastating spell of right-arm medium pace bowling by Iftikhar Ali (6-25 in 3.4 overs) as Riyadh Cricket Association (RCA) put itself in driving seat in the Mobily-SCC National Champions Trophy 2019 Super-Six round against Yanbu Al-Sinaiya Cricket Association (YACA). This first Mobily-SCC event, sponsored by Mobily Telecom Company Saudi Arabia and organized by Saudi Cricket Centre (SCC), is played at WPCA Eskan complex here.
RCA beat YACA by 10 wickets. Batting first, YACA was all out for 154 in 18.4 overs. Mohammed Thouseef 49, Mohammad Afzal 35, Naveed Akhtar 17, Inayat Saeed 16, Ibrar Shahzad 14 not out were instrumental for the total against the devastating bowling of Iftikhar Ali (6-25) and Mateen ur Rehman (2-27). In reply, RCA achieved the target without loss due to fine batting by Abdul Waheed (100 not out), Nasir Mehmood Abbasi (55 not out). Abdul Waheed earned the Man of the Match award.
Scores:
RCA won by 142 runs against ACL. RCA 276-3 (Abdul Waheed 175 not out, Nasir Muhmood Abbasi 30, Faisal Khan 23, Nadeem Baber 17, Irshad Mubbasher 25 not out). Saqlain Asghar 2-41. ACL 134-9 (Zaigham Abass 22, Muhammad Adnan Ayub 14, Farasat Ullah 33, Mudassar Ali 18, Nabeel Usman 18, Rashid Mehmood Abbasi 12, Ali Sher 2-13, Samiullah 2-21). Man of the Match: Abdul Waheed.
EPCA won by 6 runs against JCA. EPCA 154 in 19.2 overs(Zeshan Butt 52, Mohammad Munawar Chaudhry 30, Zain Ulabidin 23, Aqeel Azad Khan 21, Umar Hayat 4-26, Muhammad Zaheer Uddin 3-26). JCA 148-9 (Adil Butt 36, Muhammad Nadeem 33, Nadeem Abbas 24, Iftikhar Ahmad 20, Muqeem Qaiser 19). Mohsin Saleem 4-26, Raheel Shams 2-51). Man of the Match: Mohsin Saleem.
WPCA won by 35 runs against YACA. WPCA 205-8 (Abdul Wahid 56, Shamsuddin Englam Purat 24, Malik Muhammad Naeem 29, Ibrar 26, Muhammad Akram 17, Muhammad Moazzam 16, Muhammad Hamayun 20 not out, Mohammed Thouseef 2-44, Muhammad 2-38). YACA 170 in 19.3 overs (Inayat Saeed 51, Muhammad Nadeem Javed 36, Muhammad Tahir 20, Imran Yousuf 4-27, Malik Muhammad Naeem 3-21). Man of the Match: Abdul Wahid.
EPCA won by 8 wickets against WPCA. WPCA 134 all out in 18.2 overs (Muhammad Zeeshan Amin 32, Abdul Wahid 30, Muhammad Moazzam 16, Muhammad Hamayun 12, Zain Ulabidin 3-27, Mohsin Saleem 2-25). EPCA 136-2 in 16.5 overs(Kashif Abbas 47, Munawar Chaudhry 22. Abdul Wahab Khan 41 not out, Imran Yousuf 2-18. Man of the Match: Kashif Abbas.
JCA won by 9 wickets against ACL. ACL 160 in 18.5 overs. (Abrar Mushtaq 55, Zaigham Abass 29, Farasat Ullah 23, Rashid Mehmood Abbasi 14, Adil Butt 4-28, Mohammed Shoib Aziz 3-24, Moqeem Qaiser 2-33). JCA 163-1 in 15 overs. (Mohammad Shoaib Aziz 88 not out, Muhammad Nadeem 64 not out). Man of the Match: Mohammed Shoaib Aziz.
EPCA won by 29 runs against RCA. EPCA 195-4 (Abdul Wahab Khan 102, Raheel Shams 18 not out, Munawar Choudhry 16, Kashif Rashid Mehar 15, Kashif Abbas 14, Mateen ur Rehman 2-34). RCA 166-7 in 20 overs. (Amjad Ali 40, Nasir Mehmood Abbasi 32, Irshad Mubbasher 32, Iftikhar Ali 23 not out, Mohsin Saleem 3-41, Kashif Rashid Mehar 2-34). Man of the Match: Abdul Wahab Khan.
WPCA won by 3 wickets against JCA. JCA 194-6 (Umar Hayat 59, Muhammad Nadeem 39, Muqeem Qaiser 35, Adil Butt 17). WPCA 198-7 (Abdul Wahid 69, Muhammad Moazzam 34, Shahnawaz Ahmed Khan 30, Ibrar ul Haq 19, Umar Hayat 2-21, Adil butt 2-48). Man of the Match: Abdul Wahid.
ACL won by 10 runs against YACA. ACL 185-5 (Farasat Ullah 58 not out, Muhammad Nadeem 53, Zaigam Abass 32, Muhammad Shahid 22, Usman Ali 3-26). YACA 175-9 (Mazher Iqbal 41, Sarfraz Ahmed 20, Muhammad Afzal 19, Mohammad Thouseef 17, Inayat Saeed 15, Nabeel Usman 3- 28, Muhammad 2-25, Tahir Rasheed 2-37). Man of the Match: Nabeel Usman.
