Mesmerizing spell by Faizan

Published January 10, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 9: GBSS Korangi No.8, Royal Academy and GBSS Model Colony won their respective matches of the Siemens Inter-schools cricket tournament played at various grounds on Wednesday.

The highlight of the matches was the match-winning spell of five wickets for 17 runs by GBSS Model Colony’s right arm leg spinner Muhammad Faizan against Happy Palace School. Faizan’s exploits with the ball helped his team to a 87 runs victory.

Summarized scores:

GBSS Model Colony bt Happy Palace School by 87 runs.

GBSS Model Colony 240 for eight wickets (Hafeez Khan 74, Muhammad Shariq 33; Zahim Siddiqui 4-49); Happy Palace School 153 (Zaheem Siddiqui 71; Muhammad Faizan 5-17, Jawwad Hasnan 2-0).

Royal Academy bt GBSS Lyari No2 by four wickets.

GBSS Lyari No.2 237 for seven (M.Gulsher 81, Raheel 59; Faraz Ali 2-29); Royal Academy 239 for six in 38.1 overs (Sohaib Turab 52, Zohaib Ali 64, Uzair 30, Naveed 25; Khayam 2-39, Raheel 2-48).

GBSS Korangi No.8 bt GBSS PNT Colony by ten wickets.

GBSS PNT Colony 48 in 19 overs (Naveed Ahmed 3-14, Mehtab Khan 3-8, Faisal Ahmed 2-8); GBSS Korangi No.8 51 for no loss in 6.2 overs (Adnan 16 n.o., Ghayyur 24 n.o.).

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