RIYADH — Fonte Stars and Falcons advanced to the final following exciting wins in their respective RCA-SAIB T20 semifinals here. The tournament is sponsored by The Saudi Investment Bank. In the first Huraymala League semifinal Fonte Star beat Sulaiman-XI by 5 runs. Fonte Star piled up 229 for 3. Bilal Wani played an astonishing innings of 151 off 67 balls. Waseem added 35. Sulaiman-XI fought hard but could manage only 224 for 5. Akhtar (60) and Mudassar (55) scored fifties as Gul added 44. Bilal Wani was named Man of the Match. The second semifinal saw Falcons register a 68-run victory over Stallions. Falcons collected 242 for 5. Kamran blasted 109 and Nadeem 100. Amir took 3 wickets. Stallions were restricted to 174 as Adnan scored 56 and Shakoor 52. Azmat, Farhan and Nadeem bagged 2 wickets each. Hayer League (semifinals) Aisco thumped L'usine by 6 wickets. L'usine, batting first, was bowled out for a meager 90. Ali (25) and Adil (21) put up some resistance. Moin bowled brilliantly for a 4-wicket haul and Anwar claimed 2. Aisco rushed to the target in 7 overs. Amjad and Israr scored 24 and 22, respectively. Umer scalped 2 wickets. White Stars humbled Punjab Stars by 5 wickets. Punjab Stars put on 203 for 4. White Star was home for the loss of five wickets and 4 balls to spare. Umer top scored with 61, while Mudassar and Adel added 43 and 32, respectively. Rustam took 2 wickets. Umer was named Man of the Match.
