Tariq, Adnan shine

Published December 17, 2001

KARACHI, Dec 16: Dewan Sugar Mills Ltd beat Citbank by handsome margin of 57 runs in the finals to annex the AKU ramazan festival cricket tournament at AKU Sports Ground Saturday.

Adnan Kaleem of the winning side was declared Man of the Match who scored 40 runs and took two wickets for 33. Fine knock by Salman Khan (52) and Tariq Iqbal 73 n.o.) and Owais Ather (3-9) were other main features.

Summarised scores:

Dewan Sugar Mills: 193-8 in 20 overs (Salman Khan 52, Adnan Kaleem 40, Asif Zakir 32, Wusaat Hussain 29, Aziz-ur-Rehman 2-34, Waqar Baig 2-37, Qamar Alam 2-52)

Citibank: 136-5 in 20 overs (Tariq Iqbal 73 n.o., Aziz M. Ziberi 22, Owais Ather 3-9 and Adnan Kaleem 2-32).—APP

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