Brisk centuries were the highlight of the recent Premier Division action, which is sponsored by Sipco Pepsi Bughshan and organized by the Jeddah Cricket Association here. In the third week action Jawar Al-Jazira beat Babar Toor-XI by six wickets. Batting first Babar Toor made a respectable total of 215-8 in 18 overs. Its openers went cheaply, but Imran Choudhary withstood the attack and hammered 85. Zahid Bhatti added a useful 67 in a 109-run partnership with Imran for the fourth wicket. Kamran bagged 3-36, Adnan 2-51 while Zahid, Shehzad and Tariq claimed one wicket each for Jawar Al-Jazira. In reply the Jawar Al-Jazira reached the target 216-4 in 13.3 overs. Amer Shahzad played a match-winning innings of 113 not out off 38 balls. Adnan contributed 42 runs, Tariq 21 and Shahzad 20. Majid Bhatti, Hashim Khan and Rana Shahzad picked up a wicket each for Babar Toor. In the second match Zinda Tilismat-XI of Hyderabad beat Sultan Al-Abideen-XI by eight wickets. Taking the strike first Sultan Al-Abideen was bowled out for 151. Ihsan made 40, Faheem Pasha 31 and Aslam 18. Irfan bagged 3-23, while Jawed Ahmed, Ihsan and Shadab bagged a wicket each for Zinda. Zinda Tilismat reached the target 157-2 in 14.3 overs. Irfan played an impressive unbeaten knock of 68 runs, while Nazeer added 32 and Ahsan remained not out on 36. The third match of the 3rd round saw AOT Sonex humble Natco by 79 runs. AOT Sonex put on a target of 222-7 against Natco, Faisal hit 56 runs, Mohammad Husnain 41, Naeem Shah 39, Shani 25 and Nadeem Shah was 23 not out. Humayun claimed two wickets, Naveed 3, while Abdul Rauf and Attaur Rehman bagged one wicket each. Natco in reply was all out for 143. Qaisar bagged two wickets, while Shani, Qaisar Rana and Nadeem claimed a wicket each for AOT Sonex. In the matches played in the second week Kanoo Travel beat Sultan Al-Abideen by five wickets (Sultan 186-6 and Kanoo 189-5); Jawar Al-Jazira beat Natco by eight wickets (Natco 120 and Jawar 121-2); AOT Sonex beat Zinda Tilismat-XI by 87 runs (AOT 268-5; Zinda 181-9).
