September 9, 2003	Tuesday	Rajab 11, 1424

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ISLAMABAD, Sept 8: Tanveer Ahmed struck a sizzling 130 and Faisal Khan scored a brisk 50 as Margalla hammered Federal Gymkhana by 115 runs in the Islamabad Cricket Association President Cup.

In his fine knock, Tanveer hit 10 boundaries and four towering sixes to help his side post 247 for six. Muhammad Rashid took three wickets for 49.

Margalla after posting an impressive total, bowled out the rival team for just 132, Muhammad Saleem doing most of the damage with four for 22. Haroonur Rasheed was the top scorer, collecting 30 runs.

Summarised scores:

Margalla bt Federal Gymkhana by 115 runs at Punjab Ground.

Margalla 247-6 in 41 overs (Tanveer Ahmed 130, Faisal Khan 50, Asif Hameed 35, Muhammad Rashid 3-49); Federal Gymkhana 132 in 35.1 overs (Haroonur Rashid 30; Muhammad Saleem 4-22, Tanveer Ahmed 2-24).

Imran Memorial bt P&T by six runs at Marghazar Ground.

Imran Memorial 98 in 29.4 overs (Sajid mehmood 32; Naeem Akhtar 5-15, Muhammad Shabbir 2-19), P&T 92 in 31.4 overs (Jahangir Khan 22; Abbas Shah 3-21, Qaiser mansoor 3-27, Shafqat Ali 2-8).

All Youngstar bt Muslim bt four wkts at CRA Ground.

Muslim 137-8 in 30 overs (Saad bin Aleem 24, Qaiser Abbas 23, Aamir Kiani 23; Kashif Iqbal, Muhammad Idrees, Wakeel Butt and Ghulam Yazdani two wkts each); All Youngstar 138-6 in 28.5 overs (Muhammad Zahid 26; Saad bin Aleem 2-25).

National bt Ismail by 43 runs at Lalquarters Ground.

National 145-5 in 25 overs (Mudassir Razaq 43; Karamat Hussain 3-19); Ismail 102 in 19 overs (Shafaq Ahmed 28 not out; Munawar Ali 5- 11, Abdul Rehman 2-11).

In other matches, Galaxy bt ITR, Services defeated Classic, Evan bt Islamabad Hawks, Ghauri bt I-9, Shalimar bt Al-Muslim, Star bt Youngster, Lucky Star bt All-Lucky Star.