By Dr. Sayed Ziauddin

JEDDAH — Zeeshan of Emper Perfumes claimed a hat trick against Crown Steel, while Zultrack, ALS Warriors, Fuchs Alhamrani, Timex Lothers and SGMI Nestle Milo won their respective matches in the WPCA Garamesh Rusk Super League sponsored by Garameesh Rusk and co sponsored by Advisor 360, Crown Steel, Nesma Holding, Zultrack, Cool and Cool and Pepsico.

Zultrack defeated Reel & Rom Spiked by 95 runs. Zultrack piled up 182 for 5. Subaiyyal remained unbeaten on 48. First he added 69 with Ijaz Khan (40) and then 76 with Umar Mukhtar who hammered 50 in 26 balls. Kashif scored 16. Fawad took 2-41, while Ali and Shehzad got 1 each. Reel & Rom Spiked succumbed to 87. Subaiyyal had 2-2, Yassar 2-19, Amjad and Wahid an identical 2-23 and Waqas 1. Man of the Match: Subaiyyal.

ALS Warriors beat Nesma Holding by 52 runs. ALS Warriors amassed 208 for 4. Emaduddin made 39 as he added 70 with Mohammed Khan (25). Humayun Khan hammered 87 in 39 balls with 7 sixes and 6 fours. He added 84 with Gulam Mustafa (26). Saleem Mehar took 2-37, while Saqib Butt and Zafar claimed 1 each. Nesma Holding, in response, was stranded at 156 for 9. Saqib Butt hit 39 while adding 62 with Tasleem 37. Zeeshan Soherwardy compiled 26, Mateen an unbeaten 17 and Nasir 18. Safiuddin scalped 4-19, while Haider, Faheem, Mustafa and Abdulaleem got one scalp each. Man of the Match: Humayun Khan.

Alhamrani Fuchs won against IDB Group by 3 wickets. IDB Group posted 165 for 9. Usman Gulab stroked 35 as he stitched 64 with Irfan shah (28). Ibraheem remained unbeaten on 15 and Hashim Khan made 21. Irfan Anjum took 4-37, while Ehsan, Ali, Mustaqeem and Saqib took one wicket each. Fuchs Alhamrani reached 167 for 7 in 117 balls. Irfan stroked 26 and Nazaish 21. Zeeshan remained unbeaten on 62 off 29 balls and Ali hit 20. Irfan took 2-34 and Mohamed Farooq 1. Man of the Match: Zeeshan of Fuchs Alhamrani.

Crown Steel crushed Emper Perfumes by 137 runs. Crown Steel racked up 250 for 7. Shafeeq Ahmed hit 69 in 35 balls as he first added 64 with Khurram Karamat who made 48 and then 104 runs for the second wicket with Anwar Chandi who compiled 45. Waqas Ausaf then hit 31, Amjad Jutt an unbeaten 25 and Imran Azam 18. Amir Saheb took 3 for 49, Zeeshan 3 for 51 with a hat trick and Jahangir 1. Emper Perfumes replied with 113 for 8. Sadiq Memon hit 30 and Farhan 35 as the two produced 64 runs. Amjad Jutt bagged 4-20, Ijaz Sagheer 2-35 and Junaid 1. Man of the Match: Amjad Jutt.

Timex Lothers downed Al-Kabbani Cricket Group by 26 runs. Timex Lothers piled up 180 for 9. Timex Lothers lost early wickets with Wahid making 26. Later, Zahid Ali smashed 63 in 43 balls to add 59 with Samiullah (23). Makki remained unbeaten on 24. Imran took 2-24, Anwar 2-38, Faisal 2-41 and Asad Ali 1. Al-Kabbani Cricket Group could manage 154. Faisal Qayyum contributed 27, Imran Qaiser 31 and Asad an unbeaten 31. Zahir took 2-29, Moazzam Shoukat 2-31, while Makki, Ali and Samiullah got one wicket each. Man of the match: Zahid Ali.

SGMI Nestle Milo had the better of MCC by 2 wickets. MCC hit 145 for 4. Ijaz Ahmed remained unbeaten on 47, Ramazan hit 23, Ahsan Nazir 23 and Naeem 32. Osama Amjad took 2-8 and one wicket each went to Ahsan Noni and Bilal Iqbal. SGMI Nestle Milo achieved victory making 149 for 8 in 111 balls. Abdullah Zahid hit 33, Mohammed Yasser 21, Imran Sarwar 16, Fayyaz 33 and Sher Bahadur 22. Ghafour had 2-9, Abdulrehman 2-25, while Ahsan, Khawar Sohail and Jawad took one wicket each. Man of the Match: Sher Bahadur.