NCB emerged JCL Division I champion and Kanoo Travel clinched the Consolation Cup in the Jeddah Cricket League Championship which was sponsored by Kanoo at the JCL Complex here. NCB made short work of Ravi in the Division I final while Kanoo Travel defeated Zinda Tilismath in the respective finals. Ravi opting to bat first on JCL ground 2 began cautiously through openers Aftab and Adnan who took the total to 49 by the 7th over. Aftab departed for 20. Then Amjad Ali (21) and Adnan (33) took the team's tally to 87 by the 14th over. As it was looking quite comfortable for Ravi, Arif of NCB struck in his second over with 3 quick wickets reducing Ravi to 97-5. Ravi could not recover and was bowled out for 109 in 18 overs. Arif took 4-13 in 4 overs whereas Zahid, Aizaz, Abdurrazzaq and Tariq got 1 wicket each. NCB chasing 110 to win started poorly as it lost opener Tariq for 1 followed by Irfan for 15 and Abdurrazzaq went for 4 to make it 35-3. It was then left to Zahid Rizwan who along with Arif added valuable 65 runs for the fourth wicket to take the total to 100. Rizwan made 52 in 30 balls with 7 hits to the fence and Arif remained unbeaten on 23. Sher Ali took 2-28, Aftab and Naeem claimed one wicket each. NCB became the champion by defeating Ravi in the 13th over as it was home with 111-4. In the other final for Consolation Cup, Kanoo Travels batting first against Zinda Tilismath piled up 190-5 in the allotted 18 overs. Kaleem made 44 off 21 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes. Pervez smashed 70 in just 32 balls with 1 six and 6 boundaries. Mamzaz was 22 not out. Ghulam took 3-31. Zinda Tilismath in reply could get to 157-5 in the stipulated 18 overs, losing the match by 33 runs. Amir made 48 in 32 balls with 1 six and 6 fours. Saadaat remained unbeaten on 43 with the help of a six and 5 fours. Nadeem took 2-34 and Faib 2-24. __
