October 23, 2002	Wednesday	Sha’aban 16,1423

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KARACHI, Oct 22: Karachi Port Trust (KPT) and Sui Gas scored identical victories in the Kardar Trophy matches which ended Tuesday.

KPT defeated Pakistan Air Force by 10 wickets at National Stadium while Sui Gas also achieved a similar result against Navy at KCCA Stadium.

Our Sports Reporter adds from Rawalpindi: ARL collected their first points in the tournament with a convincing nine-wicket win over Pakistan Television.

Resuming at the overnight eight without loss, PTV were bundled out for 175 on the last day of the three-day match with left-arm spinner Alamgir Khan grabbing six for 71 at ARL Ground.

The victory earned ARL full 12 points — their first points from three games.

ARL, who got a substantial first innings lead of 107 runs, then wiped out the required victory target of 69 runs for the loss of one wicket. Captain Abad Mohammad led from the front and remained unbeaten on 46 runs as ARL finished off the match shortly after tea.

Army escaped with a draw at Pindi Club Ground after Shiraz Khalid hit 94 against PTCL. Ajmal Shah remained unbeaten with 60.

Off-spinner Jawwad Hameed returned match haul of nine for 128 in 61 overs.

Summarised scores:

*At ARL Ground, Rawalpindi:

ARL beat PTV by nine wickets.

PTV 218 (Taj Mohammad 100; Sohail Tanveer 5-58, Alamgir Khan 3-77, Abid Akhtar 2-23) and 175 (Inayatullah 36; Alamgir Khan 6-71, Asim Raza 3-44);

ARL 325 (Noman Aman 103, Abad Mohammad 72, Asim Butt 52, Sohail Tanveer 38; Nadeem Sikander 6-97, Naseer Ahmad 2-118) and 70-1 (Abad Mohammad 46 not out).

*At Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi:

Match drawn.

PTCL 384 (Babar Naeem 119, Adil Hanif 80, Ameer Khan 59, Asim Kamal 43; Shiraz Khalid 5-74, Zubair Wattoo 4-116);

ARMY 210 (Shiraz Khalid 35, Hasnain Alam 30; Jawwad Hameed 5-66, Mohammad Hussain 2-88) and 222-7 (Shiraz Khalid 94, Ajmal Shah 60 not out; Jawwad Hameed 4-62).

*At KCCA Stadium, Karachi:

Sui Gas beat Navy by 10 wickets.

NAVY 143 in 63.1 overs (Asif Zakir 51, Mohammad Yaqoob 36 not out; Kashif Shafi 4-39, Mohammad Nadeem 3-23, Shahid Khan 2-30) and 187 (Wasim Naeem 54, Mohammad Waheed 42, Asif Zakir 41; Shahid Khan 4-61, Kashif Shafi 4-86);

SUI GAS 305 (Mohammad Hafeez 80, Asim Munir 64, Ali Hussain 48, Saleem Mughal 36; Nasir Khan 4-116, Mohammad Waheed 3-74) and 28-0.

*At National Stadium, Karachi:

KPT beat PAF by 10 wickets.

KPT 291 (Iqbal Shaikh 108, Fahadullah 70, Maisam Hasnain 41; Naseeruddin 6-77, Mohammad Asif 2-43) and 20-0;

PAF 141 (Shahid Iqbal 4-41, Mohammad Hasnain 3-28) and 168 (Shahid Khan 58, Mohammad Riaz 45; Fahad Khan 5-32, Shahid Iqbal 2-31).