ISLAMABAD, April 26: Half centuries by Zeeshan Shah and Muhammad Masood helped Al-Muslim easily defeat Classic by six wickets in the ICA-PTV League Cricket Championship on Saturday.

After Classic had put on 236 courtesy of Rana Ijaz (74) and Amjad Ali Afridi (51), Al-Muslim overhauled that total, thanks to Zeeshan’s 78 and a knock of 58 by Maqsood.

Summarised scores:

Al-Muslim bt Classic by six wickets. Classic 236 in 49.3 overs (Rana Ijaz 74, Amjad Ali Afridi 51; Kashif Allah Buksh 3-31, Muhammad Hanif 2-37); Al- Muslim 240-4 in 47.4 overs (Zeeshan Shah 78, Muhammad Masood 58, Hammad Kiani 45 not out; Sajid Ali 2-14).

Young Capital bt OGDC by six wickets. OGDC 262-5 in 50 overs (Mirza Ehtisham 116 not out, Muhammad Idrees 38, Rao Mursaleen 34 not out; Ishtiaq 2-25); Young Capital 264-4 in 45 overs (Imran Khateeb 113 not out, Balquis Khan 45; Yahya Tajweed 2-46, Ijaz 2-41).

Punjab bt All Lucky Star by 81 runs. Punjab 313-9 in 50 overs (Waseem Anwar 78, Raja M. Kashif Khan 72, Atif Amin Butt 51; Amjad Mahmood 3-39, Muhammad Imran 3-61); Lucky Star 232 in 43.4 overs (Syed Muhammad Irfan Shah 83, Muhammad Imran 52; Asadullah Khan 4-14, Jawad Hamid 2-47).

NHA bt Lucky Star by 176 runs. NHA 302-7 in 50 overs (Waqas Zafar 102, Usman Saeed 53, Ziaul Haq 53 not out; Zeeshan Amir 3-43, Muhammad Saeed 2-44); Lucky Star 126 all out in 37.4 ov ers (Muhammad Saeed 32, Furqan Majeed 32; Yasir Ashfaq 6-27, Maqsood 2-22).

Asif Memorial bt MUslim by seven wickets. Muslim 133 in 23.1 overs (Shaukat Khan 19; Mustafa Bashir 5-39, Raheel Majeed 3-25); Asif Memorial 134-3 in 25.3 overs (Raheel Majeed 56, Hammadullah 30, Azhar Ayub 20 not out; Muslim Saleem 3-34).