Kings, Lions and Dolphins triumph in RCA Champions League

RIYADH: Al Kharj Kings, Dirab Lions and Diriyah Dolphins entered the third round of the RCA Champions League, organized by Riyadh Cricket Association in collaboration with Cricket Saudi International Academy.

Al Kharj Kings beat Huraymala Gladiators by eight runs: Al Kharj Kings batted first and posted 204 for 8. Thanks to Waseem Riaz’s 70 off 30 balls. Other notable contributors were Munawar Shafi 49 and Bilal Wani 41.

For the bowling side, Samiullah picked 3 wickets while Iftikhar Ali and Abdul Qadir got 2 each. Gladiators tried hard but failed to reach the required target. Abdul Qadir led the run chase with an unbeaten 77 runs.

Abdul Waheed added 37 and Imran Raja 24. Noman Ali and Munawar Shafi shared 2 wickets each. Man-of-the-Match: Waseem Riaz. Dirab Lions beat Hayer Tigers by three wickets: Tigers batted first scored 199 for 5. Nadeem Shah held the innings together and scored 88 off 58 balls. Umar Pervaiz scored 34 and Muzaffar Majeed 22. For Lions, Saqib Saleem and Jabbar Hussain picked 2 wickets each.

Lions achieved the target on the last ball of the 20th over. Syed Adeel 63 and Majid Bashir 23 were the main scorers.

Saqib Saleem played a match winning unbeaten innings of 40 and won the match for Lions. Muzaffar Majeed, Rustam Faiz and Majid Khan picked 2 wickets each. Man-of-the-Match: Saqib Saleem. Diriyah Dolphins beat Al Majma’ah United by 22 runs: Dolphins took strike first posted 187 for 9. Irfan Malik scored 57 and Abdul Wahab 28. Yasif Ali, Amjad Ali and Raja Ejaz picked 2 wickets each. United managed 165 in reply. Kamran Hadi scored 54, Amjad Ali 46 and Sunil Kulai 23. Malik Fahad picked 4 wickets while Abdul Wahab bagged 3.

Man-of-the-Match: Abdul Wahab.