Riyadh Pirates, South Indian Stunners score narrow wins in RCL Prince Sultan Cup

RIYADH: Riyadh Pirates scored a hard-earned 16-run win over Rising Stars in a sixth round match of the Prince Sultan Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Riyadh Cricket League.
The Pirates owe their victory to Tahir who scored a match winning 97 runs in his team’s total of 226. He was supported by Yasin Moin’s 45. Omar bagged 2 wickets for the bowling side. In reply Detecon Rising Stars failed to reach the target as they managed 210 runs. Umer (24), Maqsood (41), Wali (59) and Ahmed (38) scores were not good enough for a win. Saadt took 3 wickets.
Tahir was Man-of-the-Match.
In another close encounter, South Indian Stunners eked past Pak Cricket Club by 1 wicket. Pak put up a total of 174 runs after they batted first. Waseem Khan was in good nick and top-scored with 81 runs. Jamal got 30. Farukh and Shoaib claimed 2 wickets each.
In reply South Indian Stunners reached their target off the last ball of the match. Waseem and Lateef scored 31 runs each and Younus got 24. Malik bagged 3 wickets and Jamal got 2.
Man-of-the-Match: Waseem.
The highlight of the day was Dirab Golf Yousuf Haroon’s splendid 157, which helped his team rout Sagar by 64 runs.
Other notable performers came from OSN Worriors Rafay’s four wickets against NAZ XI,
Tahir and Wali of Riyadh Pirates, Shahid of Super CC, Waseem of Pak CC and Salman of Dirab Golf. Muneer, Shakeel, Khalid and Farukh proved to be fine all-rounders

Brief scores

Chanar 121: (Muneer 39; Salim & Vipin 2 wkts each) beat SACO 71: (Kasim 18, Imran 17; Tarek 3, Jabran, Muneer & Farat 2 wkts each) by 50 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Muneer.
Run Riders beat United XI by 9 wickets.
United XI 157: (Azhar 33, Shuja 47; Shakeel 3 wkts) lost to Run Riders 158 off 12.8 overs: (Rayees 29, Shakeel 69, Minhaj 49) by 9 wkts.
Man-of-the-Match: Shakeel.
OSN Warriors 196: (Zahiruddin Khalid 35, Tahir 23, Mazhar 43, Taousif 52; Basith, Asim, Kashif & Shafiq a wkt each) beat NAZ 142: (Qaiser 20, Amir 33; Rafay 4, Shakeel & Imtiaz 2 wkts each) by 54 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Rafay.
Pakhtoon 230: (Arshad 44, Sher Alam 30, Farhan 26, Khalid 65, Jameel 30; Mudassar 3 wkts) beat Super 190: (Rashid Mirza 46, Shahid 59, Abid Meraj 30; Iqbal 3 wkts) by 40 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Khalid.
Fakhar’e Afghan 121: (Asad 25, Imran 19; Imran 3, Mushtaq & Tawqer 2 wkts each lost to JAMIA 122 off 12 overs: (Mushtaq 15, Ejaz 39, Javed 25; Asad, Inaam and Hannan a wkt each) by 7 wkts.
Man-of-the-Match: Mushtaq.
Dirab Golf Club 224: (Yousuf Haroon 157, Aurangzeb 13, Islam 15; Salman 3 wkts) beat Sagar CC 160: (Salman 48, Anwar Zaib 42; Imran 3 wkts) by 64 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Yousuf Haroon.
Shaheen XI 187: (Nabeel 42, Shakeel 35, Jamshed 26, Rashid 45; Zahid 3 wkts) beat Riyadh Avengers: 172 runs by 15 runs.
Man-of-the-Match: Rashid