Amer, Mouzam, Mumrez dazzle in JCA League

JEDDAH: Mouzam and Mumrez Khan gave outstanding performances which helped Ace Travels score a stunning 20-run win over champions ARM in the fourth week of the MoneyGram Twenty20 Premier Division Cricket League organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association.
The highlights of the day was, Amer Wahla of Pak Green who scored an unbeaten knock of 130 against Arcoma Crown and Ace Travel’s Mumrez Khan, who had match winning figures of 4 for 37 against ARM.
In other matches, Pak Green beat Arcoma Crown by 7 wickets, Mazco got the better of Natco by 30 runs and Caravan Travels beat Desert Warriors by 5 wickets.
Other notable performers were Arsalan (67), Akram (79), Kaleem (88), Mouzam (88), Muzammil (54), Shahzad Ahmed (71 not out) and Sami Khan (62).
In the third week division I matches, Ittehad scored a thrilling one-wicket win over ECU Lines, Reel & Rom eased past Blossoms by 7 wickets, Eirad Travels routed Pak Young by 9 wickets and Al-Khulais-XI got the better of Jamoom Fighters by 32 runs.
In the second round matches of the Division-II Afternoon League, Saudi German Hospital got the better of Old Students by 19 runs, Jeddah Shaheen routed ICAD by 168 runs and Old Horses Shalimar outclassed Peeran-XI by 8 wickets.
The highlights of this week matches were Hussain and Irshad of Jeddah Shaheen who scored 114 and took 4 for 35 respectively against ICAD. Fine all round performance by Hasnain of SGH 82 runs and 3 for 29 against Old Students while Mubashir scored 50 and took 2 for 7 against Peeran-XI.
In the premier division, Ace Travels batted first and piled up 274 for 3 in their allotted overs.
Abdul Wahid hammered 54 runs off just 16 balls while his partner Mouzam scored a quick-fire 84 runs off 35 balls. Later, Shahzad Ahmed (71 not out) and Maqsood (52) propped up the innings to put their team in a strong position.
In reply the ARM’s fight back was not good enough as they managed 254 for 9. Sami Khan (62), Najam (33) and Thabrez (31) were the main run getters. Thirty-one runs came in the form of extras.
Mumrez Khan 4 for 37, Khalid 2 for 32 and Rashid 2 for 45 did most of the damage.


Brief scores:
Arcoma Crown 193: (88, Ismail 26, Shareef 26, Mujahid unbeaten 18; lost Maqsood, Farhan, Rizwan, & Asim Khan 1 each) lost to Pak Green 194 for 3 off 17 overs: (Amer Wahla 130, Asim Ashfaq 33 not out, Jawaid Iqbal 18; Mujahid & Sadaqat 1 wkt each) by 7 wkts.
Mazco 178: (Faisal Khan 25, Waseem 25, Mohammad Imran Mani 18, Asif 68; Ejaz 3 for 24, Sajjad 2 for 26) beat Natco 148: (Humayun Farooq 38, Ejaz 46; Faisal 2 for 21, Tabassum 2 for 28, Zain 2 for 21) by 30 runs.
Desert Warriors 206 for 6: (Jaffar 47, Junaid 35, Muzammil Riyaz 54, Adil n 42 not out; Safdar 2 for 33, Irfan 2 for 25) lost to Caravan Travels 210 for 5 off 18 overs: (Mohammad Arsalan 67, Mohammad Akram 79, Adnan 22; Islam 3 for 44) by 5 wkts.
Blossoms 154: (Shafiq 51, Sajid 31, Abdul Raheem 25; Imran But 4 for 16, Muneer Ahmed 2 for 10, Yaqoob took 2-19) lost to Reel & Rom 156 for 3 off 12.1 overs: (Imran Butt 39, Amjad Siddiqui 88; Siddiqui, Shaker & Sajid had one wkt) by 7 wkts.
ECU Lines 195 for 7: (Omer 63, Abdul Rehman 19, Shahbaz 56; Waheed 3 for 36) lost to Ittehad 198 for 9 off 18.4 overs: (Khaled 41 n.o, Fahad 31; Omer 2 for 44) by 1 wkt.
Pak Young 99 for 8: (Yahiya Khattak 12, Jaber 15; Sher Khan 3 for 26, Abdul Rehman 2 for 31) lost to Eirad Travels 100 for 1: (Shad Mohammad Khan 33, Usman 26 n.o, Khalid 61) by 9 wkts.
Al Khulais-XI 186 for 7: (Zahoor 21, Khalil 34, Irshad 43, Basharat 37 n.o; Saeed 4 for 18, Zulfiqar 3 for 49) beat Jamoom Fighters 154 for 6: (Saeed 49, Arshad 25, Waseem 26; Khalil 3 for 26) by 32 runs.
Saudi German Hospital 205 for 6: (Taqiuddin 51, Husnain Tariq 82, Ali 22 runs; Aman 2 for 35) beat Old Students-XI 187 for 9: (Izhar 20, Shahid 47, Abdul Qadir 28, Asif 21; Waqas 3 for 41, Hussain 3 for 29, Ali 2 for 32) by19 runs
Jeddah Shaheen 261 for 3: (Faisal Shahzad 23, Shams 38, Naeem Ahmad 52, Hussain 114; Mohsin 2 for 48) beat ICAD 93: (Mohsin 23; Arshad 4 for 35, Mirza 3 for 2, Mubashir 2 for 13, Karam 2 for 7) by 168 runs.
Peeran-XI 121 for 8: (Zaheer Peeran 23, Asad 19 not out, Abdul Razzak 22 not out; Shahid 3 for 18, Faizan 3 for 22, Syed Mubashir Hussain 2 for 7) lost to Shalimar: (122 for 2 off 13.1 overs: (Syed Nabeel Hussain 27, Zain Ul Salikeen 16 not out, Syed Mubashir Hussain 50 not out; Asghar 1 for 28 & Imran 1 for 29). by 8 wkts.