Saudi- Brasa De Brazil Crown Blue Nesma Mazroi enter semis

(MENAFN- Arab News) JEDDAH: Brasa De Brazil will take on Al Mazroi while Crown Blue will fight it out with Nesma Holding in the Morning Cup semifinals of the Saudi Cricket Center sponsored league organized by the Western Province Cricket Center.

In the premier Cup afternoon session My Care Hala AOT and Crown Steel emerged victorious.

Nesma Holding edged past Emper Pefumes by 4 runs Mazroi routed Stallions by 57 runs ALJ Toyota lost to Brasa De Brazil by 6 wickets and Crown Blue scraped through against Al Saudi by 2 wickets.

Al Mazroi's Faisal Patel stroked an unbeaten 103 off 51 balls to steer his team to victory.

Brief scores:

Morning Cup (quarterfinals):

Nesma Holding 228 for 6: (Jawwad 63 Saidul 47 Rana 36; Babar 2 wkts) beat Emper Perfumes 224 for 6: (Usman Amjed 63 Babar 56 Sibghatullah 52; Javed 3 for 24) by 4 runs.

Al Mazroi 195 for 3: (Faisal Patel 103 not out Mohsin 35 Faruk 38) beat Stallions 138 for 8: (Zakir Habib 34 n.o; Farhan 3 for 28 Abdullah 2) by 57 runs.

ALJ Toyota 203 for 4: (Imran Rana 84 Naveed 55 n.o; Zaman 3 for 29) lost to Brasa De Brazil 207 for 4: (Omair 85 Zaman 42 n.o Allah Rakkha 27; Arif 2 wkts) by 6 wkts.

Al Saudi XI 135 for 5: (Nadeem Saad 34; Anwaar Chandi 3 for 26) lost to Crown Blue 136 for 8: (Anwaar Chandi 79; Shadaab 5 for 19 Adil 2) by 2 wkts.

Premier Cup

AOT 250 for 5: (Hisham 39 Faisal 26 Faiq 64 Naeem Shah 35 Qaiser Lateed 33 n.o Zeeshan 29 n.o; Imran Rasheed 2 Mustafa 2 wkts) beat Al Ghamdi 53: (Ali 32; Zeeshan 4 for 7 Imran 2 Usman 2 Faisal 2 wkts) by 197 runs.

MCH 236 for 3: (Qamar Abbas 89 Kahsif Shafeeq 78n.o Abdulmajed 37) beat Hala Friends 169 for 9: (Zahid 80 n.o; Mohammed Taiyyab 3 for 31 Jameel 3 for 41 Adnan 2 wkts) by 67 runs

Crown Steel was declared winner against Pepsi Deccan Knights as the opponents forfeited the match after they scored 130 for 7. Sohail 58 and Ather 40 were the scorers. Abu Huraira 3 for 12 and Shoaib Ali 2 were the wicket takers.

Afternoon Cup

APF 169 for 6: (Hasanat 60 Imran 43 Saleem 27; Yasin 2 wkts) lost to Marine Services 171 for 7: (Umair 37 n.o Ali 38; Ali 3 for 17 Hasanat 2 wkts) by 3 wkts.

Fuchs Al Hamrani 195 for 7: (Nasir Khan 113; Aftab Malik 2 wkts) beat Hala School 187 for 7: (Anas Malik 43 Junaid Bacha 33 Aftab Malik 25 Naseer 31; Hasan 2 Adnan 2 wkts) by 8 runs.

Thales Group 150 for 6: (Waqas 79 Amir Shahzad 31; Amir Sajjad 2 wkts) lost to Hala White 154 for 8: (Amir Sajjad 109 no; Amjad 2 wkts) by 8 wkts.

Jotun 142 for 8: (Sajid 30 Shafeeq 32; AbdulRehman 3 for 32 Hafeez 2 wkts) beat Adil Taasan 116 for 6: (Ali Malik 27; Imran 2 wkts) by 26 runs.

Limitless got a walkover as Pak Eagles failed to turn up.