KARACHI, Jan 8: Dazzling centuries by openers Tariq Ali Khan (119) and Syed Talib Ali (112) who also put on 268 for the first wicket powered APWA GBSS to a massive 277 runs victory over Muslim School in the Siemens Inter-schools cricket tournament played on Tuesday at UBL “B” ground.

Batting first GBSS APWA amassed 421 for six wickets in their allotted 40 overs and then bowled out Muslim School for 144 runs.

Hammad Rafiq was in devastating form with the ball taking four wickets for three runs off three overs.

In the other match of the day GBSS Nazimabad beat Pak Al-Jadeed School by 29 runs played at TMC ground.

Summarized scores: GBSS APWA bt Muslim School by 277 runs. GBSS APWA 421 for six wickets (Tariq 119, Talib 123, Wasim Hanif 36, Muhammad Zeeshan 44, Salman Hafeez 31 n.o., Tabish Hashmi 3-72, Faraz Khan 2-62); Muslim School 144 in 28.4 overs (Faraz Khan 23, Rasheed Hassan 28; Hammad Rafiz 4-3).

GBSS Nazimabad bt Pak Al Jadeed by 29 runs. GBSS Nazimabad 160 (S.M.Tahir 73, Sohail 34; Sheraz Ali 3-15, Hasnain Iqbal 2-26); Pak Al Jadeed 131 for nine wickets (Abdul Jabbar 31; Jibran 2-16, Asif Hamed 2-15, Kashif 2-25).