Aslam’s deadly spell

Published September 5, 2003

KARACHI, Sept 4: Noor Memorial Club (NMC) and Jamshed XI won their matches in Madar-e-Millat cricket tournament at Airport Stadium on Wednesday.

NMC whipped Victory Sports by 141 runs at Airport Stadium thanks to fine bowling by Muhammad Aslam who took six wickets 34 runs. In the other match Jamshed XI handed out seven defeat on Karachi Tigers with Saleem Ahmed hitting an unbeaten 103 not out.

Summarized scores:

NMC bt Victory Sports by 141 runs. NMC 256 all out in 38.2 overs (M.aslam 57, M.Nadeem 57, Adnan Muhammad 47, Masood Ahmed 30; Hussein 3-54, Shahbaz 3-44, Asad 2-48) Victory 115 all out 27.2 overs (Rizwan 40; Muhammad Aslam 6-34).

Jamshed XI bt Karachi Tigers by seven wickets.

Karachi Tigers 244-7 in 40 overs (S.M.Faheem 70, Irfan Shakeel 62, Mazhar Ali 38; Aamir Ahmed 2-57, Saleem Ahmed 2-30); Jamshed XI 247-3 in 36.3 overs (Saleem Ahmed 103 not out, Ghayur Ahmed 62, Shafi Ahmed 54).—APP

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