Dr. Sayed Ziauddin JEDDAH — Hala Academy White set up Hyundai Morning Tournament final against Crown Blue following their semifinal wins here recently. While Hala Academy White defeated Saad Farooqui Cricket Club by 7 runs, Crown Blue downed ALJ Toyota by 21 runs. Hala Academy White piled up 184-9 as Emaduddin (63 in 38 balls) and Abdulmoeed (49 in 34 balls) added 118 runs in 72 balls. Osama Amjed added 21. Haroon Rana took 4-34, Zameer 2-30 and Tariq Siddiqui 1-28. SFCC, in reply, had Abdulaziz hitting 8 fours to compile 74 in 46 balls, while Tariq Siddiqui contributed 27 and Rana Haroon 20. With 74 required off 30 balls, SFCC fell short by 7 runs. Adil took 3-33 and Safiuddin 2-35. In the second semifinal, Crown Blue racked up 180-9 as Anwaar Ahmed Chand stroked 34, Saqib Butt 40 and Junaid 34. Atif took 2-22, Imran 2-38, Tanveer 1-33, Bilal 1-33 and Naveed 1-12. ALJ Toyota started disastrously, but Tanveer Zamane made 47 in 33 balls, while Farhan remained unbeaten on 80 (2 sixes and 4 fours). Anwaar Ahmed Chand wrapped up the innings with 4-18, restricting Toyota to 159. Apart from Anwaar, Junaid took 1-18, Iftekhar 1-28, Saqib Butt 1-30 and Zahoor 1-24. Moneygram Cricket Ke Badshah T20 Tournament My Care Hala Green, QRCC, Myaco and Sadafo emerged winners in the first week's action of Moneygram CKB T20 tournament here recently. The tournament is being played all over the Kingdom in partnership with Saudi Cricket Centre. DTT posted 152-8 against My Care Hala Green. Ahsan hit 64 in 38 balls with a six and 7 fours. Azhar 2-18 and Azhar Shabbir 2-21 were among the wickets. My Care Hala Green achieved the target for the loss of 3 wickets to win by 7 wickets. Omer top-scored with an unbeaten 57 in 29 balls with 7 fours and a six. Raheel added 34, Azhar Shabbir 29 and Sadiq 26. Omair took 2-23. In the second match, QRCC racked up 183-4 against Nesma Holding. Mohammed Naseer blasted 84 in 50 balls as he added 138 with Abdulrauf (69 in 38 balls with 3 sixes and 6 fours). Benn took 2-35. Nesma Holding could muster only 159-6 to lose by 24 runs. Sheraz and Benn scored 46 each, while Kumar added 28. Saleem Shaikh took 2-47. Rapidtech, batting first against Sadafco, posted 164-7. Inayatullah hit 42, Shoaib 37 as the two added 81. Wasiullah took 3-27. Sadafco was home with 6 wickets (168-4). Muneer hammered 48 in 29 balls, while Zubair remained unbeaten on 56 as the two stitched together 115. Naveed took 3-30. Myaco beat Mercedes Benz in the last match.
