By Syed Mussarat Khalil

Saudi Gazette

JEDDAH — The trial matches for the Talent Hunt program under the strategic development program of Saudi Cricket Center (SCC) is ongoing at Jeddah, Riyadh and Abha.

In Jeddah, Western Warriors Blue defeated Western Warriors Green by 3 wickets. Green 278 for 8 in allotted 50 Overs. (Mohammed Moazzam 47, Ibrarul Haq 17, Malik Naeem 53, Touseef 27, Nadeem Naveed 58, Ihsan Ullah 16 and Mohammed Shibu 16; Husain Bhatti 2 for 28. Blue 279 for 7 in 37.2 overs. (Usman Gulab 68, Shamsuddin 20, Shoib Ali 26, Imran Qaiser 72, Wajiul Hasan 18, Hafiz Jafar 16 and Abdul Wahid 18 not out. Ibrarul Haq 2 for 53.

In Riyadh, Central Falcons Blue defeated Central Falcons Green by 103 runs. Blue 379 all out in 49.2 Overs. (Abdul Waheed 150, Hisham 76, Ali Murtaza 20, Hassan Javed-37, Bilal Wani 2 and Irshad Mubashir 33; Mateen Ur Rehman 4 for 79 and Shahzaib Hussan 2 for 58. Green all out 275 in 45.2 overs. (Mujahid Khan 77 not out , Shahzaib Hussain 42, Faisal Khan 36 and Muzaffar Majeed 29. Samiullah Baltistani 4 for 36 and Nabeel 3 for 65).

In Abha, Gladitors Green defeated Southern Gladiators Blue by 2 wickets. Blue 345 all out in 43.3 Overs. (Mohammed Zain 127, Khawar Zafer 78, Muhammad Waseem 71; Tahir Khawja, Farasat Afridi and Kashif Saleem took 2 wickets each for 47, 60 and 45 runs respectively.

Green 349 for 8 in 45 overs. (Abrar Mushtaq-166, Rashid Abbasi 41, Syed Ali Abbas 36, Mujahid Sameer-34; Ajaz Malik 28; Ali Hussain 2 for 35, Nazir Siddique 2 for13.