October 17, 2002	Thursday	Sha'aban 10, 1423

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KARACHI, Oct 16: Pacers Taha Lodhi grabbed four for 13 and Rehan Nazim three for 37 as DHA O & A Level registered their second successive victory in the Rev Father Robert D’Silva Golden Jubilee Invitation Inter-school cricket tournament.

DHA defeated Oasys by 38 runs at Pakistan Association of the Deaf ground Wednesday.

Sent into bat, DHA, who coasting along merrily at 121 for four, lost their last six wickets for only 38 runs in the slog overs, accumulated 159 for eight.

Talha Rehman top-scored for his side with 42.

Oasys, in reply, were never in the hunt as they lost their first six wickets with only 41 on the board. However Hasan Kazim (32) and Waqas Ali (21) carried the score to 121 to give Oasys a slim chance for victory but they lost their last three wickets with the total stationed at 121.

In another match played in the afternoon session, at the same ground, St Paul’s High School were lucky to beat Lecole by 18 runs with Salman Bukhari picking up four for nine.

Summarised scores:

DHA O & A LEVEL 159-8 (Talha Rehman 42, Levesh Rakhani 23, Aarish Jamil 21, Rehan Nazim 21; Ali Raza 2-16, Anwar Zaidi 2-23);

OASYS 121 (Hasan Kazim 32, Waqar Ali 21; Taha Lodhi 4-13, Rehan Nazim 3-37, Talha Rehman 2-6);

ST PAUL’S HIGH SCHOOL 113-9 (Shaleem Pervaiz 27; Umayr Tariq 2-18, Yasir Ali 2-26);

LECOLE 95 (Salman Bukhari 4-9, Uzair Younis 2-26).

Thursday’s fixtures: St Patrick’s High School v Beacon House Jubilee Campus at 9.30am; Oasys v St Peter’s High School at 1.30pm (both matches at P.A.D. ground); Karachi Grammar School v Bay View High School at NBP Sports Complex, match starts 1.30pm.