December 4, 2001	Tuesday	Ramazan 18, 1422

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ISLAMABAD, Dec 3: Muhammad Rizwan Bhatti hammered a flawless century as XI Star scored a 201-run victory over Jinnah Club in the Chairman CDA cricket championship.

XI Star put on an impressive score of 323 for four with Muhammad Fiaz and Muhammad Altaf scoring half centuries apart from Rizwan’s fine 100.

Jinnah, in reply, could not cope with the accurate line and length maintained by the rival attack spearheaded by Muhammad Zubair who took four for 26 with Amir Butt taking two for 31.

Ali Abbas topscored for Jinnah with 41 while Muhammad Imtiaz struck a fine 20.

Summarized scores:

XI Star bt Jinnah by 201 runs at XI Star Ground.

XI Star 323 for four (Muhammad Rizwan Bhatti 100, Muhammad Fiaz 60, Muhammad Altaf 50 not out; Adil Chaudhry 2-62);

Jinnah 122 (Ali Abbas 41, Muhammad Imtiaz 20; Muhammad Zubair 4-26, Amir Butt 2-31).

Classic bt Shalimar by eight wkts at Diamond Ground.

Shalimar 65 (Naveed Tufail 25; Nasarullah Khan 4-2, Shahid Shahzad 4-26)

Classic 67 for two (Tahir Manzoor 40 no, Muhammad Zahid Farooq 12).

Majid Memorial bt Ismail by 201 runs at CRA Ground.

Majid Memorial 279 for eight (Nasir Butt 71, Kashif Hamayun 46, Imran Haider 33; Muhammad Sajid and Muhammad Abbas two wkts each)

Ismail Memorial 78 (Shafiq Ahmed Abbasi 18, Mustafa Raza 17; Nasir Butt 3-5, Rizwan Ahmed 3-25, Malik Sajjad 2-14).

Islamabad Gymkhana bt Azam by 104 runs at Marghazar Ground.

Islamabad Gymkhana 226 (Tariq Qayyum 81, Asif Ali Saeed 38, Rouman Talat 29; Shafiuz Zaman 2-26, Sarfraz Ali 2-38, Aamir Malik 2-58)

Azam 122 (Imran Khateeb 52, Shahid Iqbal 27; Aqeel Yousaf 3-10, Javedullah and Afif Haider two wkts each).

Najamul Hassan bt Mehran by 16 runs at Shalimar Ground.

Najamul Hassan 249 for four (Sohail Aftab 94, Aqeel Mukhtar 51, Aftab Ahmed 45 no; Naveed Iqbal 2-40, Bilal Qayum Butt 2-36)

Mehran 233 for eight (Imran Ali Ehsan 59, Asim Abbasi 25, Imran Akram 22, Waqas Waseem 21; Aurangzeb 3-36).