April 18, 2002	Thursday	Safar 4, 1423

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ISLAMABAD, April 17: Iesco, ARL and PTCL gained big victories Wednesday in the First Choudhry Sports League cricket tournament.

Iesco’s victims were the tournament hosts Choudhry Sports whom they crushed by 136 runs while ARL routed KRL by seven wickets and PTCL humiliated PTV by nine wickets.

Summarised scores: Iesco bt Choudhry Sports by 136 runs. Iesco 256 in 40 overs (Sohail Nasir 75, Zahid Khan 38; Afzal Javed 4-56, Arif 2-49, Waqar 2-48); Choudhry Sports 120 in 31.1 overs (Waqar 51; Kashif 3-25, Ali Raza 2-27, Akmal 2- 13, Iftikhar 2-9).

ARL bt KRL by seven wickets. KRL 245 for five in 40 overs (M. Naveed 51, Rashid Mehmood 95, Yasir Arafat 44; Asim Butt 3-36); ARL 247 for three in 38.4 overs (M. Nadeem 106 not out, Farrukh Sultan 80; Yasir Arafat, Naeem, Nadeem one wkts each).

PTCL bt PTV by nine wkts. PTV 202 in 40 overs (Taj Muhammad 51; Saqib Ali 4-34); PTCL 203 for one (Adil Hanif 82, Irfan Haider 103; Tahir 1-40).