Umair, Nazeer, Hafiz, Rizwan shine in Saudi Cup

JEDDAH: MB Stars, MCH Blazers, ARM United, Universal United and Pak Shaheen prevailed over their opponents during the fourth week matches of the Twenty20 Saudi Cup Cricket Tournament sponsored by Reel & Rom and UT Lines and organized by Jeddah Cricket Association.
MB Stars routed National Automobile Juffali by 73 runs mainly due to Hafiz Zia’s quick-fire 108 runs (10 fours and 9 sixes), My Care Hala Blazers thumped Jamoom Fighters by 10 wickets as Rizwan bagged 4 for 11 including a hat trick, ARM United made short work of Reel & Rom by 6 wickets, thanks to Nazeer Ahmed’s unbeaten 119 runs (12 fours and 6 sixes), Universal United raced to an exciting three-wicket win over Jamoom Tiger led by Umair unbeaten 141 (14 fours and 10 sixes) while Pak Shaheen crushed Gujarat XI by 93 runs.
In other matches, AJA got the better of ICAD by 30 runs, MCH Premier stumbled against Saudi German Hospital before they won by 4 wickets, Hala International School upset Faisal CC by 60 runs, Hyderabad Sharks overcame Peeran-XI by 44 runs, Saudi Oil outclassed Ittihad by 68 runs and Ace Travel beat Lahore Badshah by 7 wickets.

Brief scores:

MB Stars 258 for 6: (Hafiz Zia 108, Moazzam 64; Asgar 2-50, Hassan 2-50) beat National Automobile Juffali 185 for 7: (Assad 63, Asif 32; Yasir 2-29, Zia 2-17) by 73 runs.
Jamoom Fighters 118: (Usman 52; Rizwan 4-11) lost to MCH Blazers 123 for no loss: (Nadeem 62 n.o, Qamar 40 n.o) by 10 wkts.
Reel & Rom 228 for 4: (Imran 60, Afridi 61 n.o, Kashif 33; Moeed 2-43) lost to ARM United 232 for 4 in 19.4 overs: (Nazeer 119 n.o, Arsalan 35, Atta-Ur-Rahman 30, Kassim 2-35) by 6 wkts.
Jamoom Tigers 272 for 6: (Usman Butt 97, Ismail 49, Waseem 33 n.o; Waheed 3-45) lost to Universal United 275 for 7 in 19.5 overs: ( Umair 141, Ajaz 54, Shebi 36; Arshad 2-8) by 3 wkts.
Pak Shaheen 252 for 8: (Shaan 77, Usman 69; Ajmal 3-55, Adil 2-17, Arbab 2-33) beat Gujarat XI 159 by 93 runs.
AJA 151 for 4: (Umar 77; Hassan 2-24) beat ICAD 121 for 9: (Majid 28; Shahid 3-10, Qadir 2-13, Abdurrahman 2-26) by 30 runs.
Saudi German Hospital 175 for 4: (Awais 36, Assad 30, Taqi 30; Shahbaz 2-21) lost to MCH Premier 178 for 6 in 19.1 overs: (Shabazz 72, Kashif 34, Baber 35; Awais 3-45) by 4 wkts.
Hala International School 197 for 8: (Shahzad 93, Suleiman 31 n.o.) beat Faisal CC 137: (Faisal 48; Tariq 4-23, Nadeem 2-12) by 60 runs.
Hyderabad Sharks 203 for 8: (Aziz 67 n.o; Abdul Rahim 2-35, Bilal 2-43) beat Peeran XI 159 for 7: (Bilal 69 n.o, Ehtesham 37; Arif Hashmy 2-30, Naved 2-26) by 44 runs.
Saudi Oil 214 for 9: (Khalid 69, Ayaz 44, Sulaiman 30; Waseem 3-40, Rizwan 2-20) beat Ittihad 146: ( Fahad 50, Mohsin 37; Osman 4-5, Humayun 3-26) by 68 runs.
Lahore Badshah 135: (Sayeed 43, Waqas 31; Rashid 4-19) lost to Ace Travel 136 for 3 in 8.3 overs: (Abdul Waheed 40, Shahzad 29) by 7 wkts.