Top teams score easy wins in WPCA Premier League
Top teams scored comfortable wins in the Premier League cricket tournament, sponsored by Saudi Cricket Center and organized by the Western Province Cricket Association, here.
Dopco Stars routed Lothers by 128 runs, Crown Steel eased past Al-Ghamdi Cricket Stars by 51 runs while My Care Hala trounce AOT by 56 runs.
Dopco Stars racked up 222 for 3. Afaq top-scored with 75 runs followed by Afzal 51, Asim 52 not out and Nadeem 37. Lothers in reply were bundled out for 94. Nabeel made 26. Shahbaz took 3 for 14.
In the other match, Crown Steel put on board 168 for 8. Khurram Karamat 46, Umair 29 and Abu huraira 32 were the main run getters. Ali had 3 for 27 while Nadeem and Rafaqat shared 4 wickets. Al Ghamdi were restricted to 117 for 7. Ali 29 and Pervez 28 tried to make a fight of it. Aijaz Sagheer claimed 4 for 20.
MCH plundered 210 for 7 with Qamar Abbas scoring 83. Nasir 34 and Amjed 32 were the other scorers. Imran Yusuf took 3 for 41 and Abbas got 2. AOT replied with 154 for 9.
Faiq stroked 46 and Naeem Shah 25. Abid scalped 3 for 12 and 2 wickets each were taken by Adnan and Hafiz Jaffer.
Afternoon Cup: Al Safri 143: (Muneeb 66; Zeeshan 4 for 30, Shoukat 3 for 19) beat Pak Eagles 114 for 9: (Zahoor 35; Muneeb 4 for 22, Zafar 2,Waseeq 2) by 29 runs.
AOT Youngsters 114: (Noman 22; Murtuza 3 for 16, Tauseef 3 for 28) lost to APF 116 for 3: (Maqsood 56 n.o, Hasanat 26; Nadeem 2 wkts) by 7 wkts.
Elaf 164 for 4: (Ehtesham 45, Usman 44, Azeem 29) beat Thales Group 142 for 8: (Waqas 51; Azeem 3 for 7) by 22 runs. Hala International School 169 for 7: (Anas Malik 53; Waqas 2 wkts) beat MBCC 141 for 9: (Rana Haroon 41, Fareed 27; Junaid Amir 4 for 24) by 28 runs.
Nestle Milo 226 for 3: (Aijaz Butt 97, Abdullah Zahid 97 n.o; Imran 2 wkts) beat Zultrack 74: (Irfan 5 for 18, Zahid Qureshi 3 for 14, Bilal Malik 3 for 14) by 152 runs.
Al Mabani 143: (Naeem 31, Amjad Ali 33; Shahnawaz Khan 4 for 16, Yasser Ameen 4 for 24, Qasim Butt 2 wkts) lost to UCC 144 for 6: (Shahnawaz 38, Ahmed Faraz 37; Amjad Ali 4 for 20) by 4 wkts.
Morning Cup: Royal Brothers 171 for 4: (Bakhtiyar 55, Hamid 32; Ashan 2 wkts) lost to Aquafina Rapid Tech 172 for 4: (Asif 96 n.o; Amir 2 wkts) by 6 wkts.
Al Mazroi 179 for 6: (Sufiyan Laheri 91, Mohsin 31; Jameel 3 for 25) beat Al Kabbani 123: (Farhan 3 for 16, Saqib 2 wkts) by 56 runs.