Ahmad in the spotlight as Sahir ride on his century

Abu Dhabi: Saeed Ahmad of Sahir Chemicals slammed a century to hog the limelight in the weekend's President's Cup cricket matches played at the ADCC grounds.

Ahmad belted 104 to help Sahir score a 20-run win over NPCC in a group game of the President's Cup.

In other results that had a bearing on the event, Al Marjan Herbs advanced to the round of 16 in with a seven-wicket triumph over Discount to top group C in the weekend's matches.

In other matches, Thrifty Rent-a-Car defeated Abu Dhabi Gentlemen by 128 runs while Colombo Lions registered a huge 146-run win over Candor.

Brief scores: Al Marjan Herbs bt Discount by 7 wickets. Discount 142 all out in 21.4 overs. Al Marjan Herbs 146 for 3 in 18 overs (Tousif Shah 70 not out).

Sahir Chemicals bt NPCC by 20 runs. Sahir Chemicals 172 all out in 24.1 overs (Saeed Ahmad 104, Iqbal Khan 5-17). NPCC 144 for 9 in 25 overs.

Colombo Lions bt Candor by 146 runs. Colombo Lions 261 for 4 in 25 overs (Sumith Sampath 75 not out). Candor 115 for 7 in 25 overs (Prasanth Menon 50).

Adma-Opco bt Precision Survey by 19 runs. Adma 217 for 6 in 25 overs (Aruna de Silva 66, Wasim Rashid 81). Precision Survey 198 for 5 in 25 overs.

Thrifty Rent-A-Car bt Abu Dhabi Gentlemen by 128 runs. Thrifty 198 all out in 24.5 overs. Abu Dhabi Gentlemen 70 all out in 15.1 overs.

Nissan Al Masaood bt Etisalat by 10 wickets. Etisalat 91 all out in 21.3 overs (Mohammad Rafiq 4-32). Nissan Al Masaood 92 for no loss in 7.3 overs (Zaheer Baig 72 not out).

UAE Exchange Centre bt Consolidated Construction Company by 9 wickets. CCC 103 all out in 22 overs. UAE Exchange Centre 105 for 1 in 8.2 overs (Sandeep Shetty 63).

Abu Dhabi Warriors bt Capital by 9 wickets. Capital 150 all out in 23.2 overs (Mohammad Naeem 4-15). Abu Dhabi Warriors 151 for 1 in 20.1 overs (Aashiq Mehmood 55).

Sangrilla bt AICC by 81 runs. Sangrilla 144 all out in 18 overs (Abdul Munaf 5-18). AICC 63 all out in 14 overs.

Gasco bt Sunrise General Maintenance Company by 9 runs. Gasco 182 for 7 in 25 overs (Faisal Iqbal 53). SGMC 174 for 9 in 25 overs (Badar Ali 52 not out).

Emirates Hawks bt Abu Dhabi Friends by 5 runs. Emirates Hawks 178 for 7 in 25 overs. Abu Dhabi Friends 173 all out in 24.5 overs.