KARACHI, Oct 7: Generation School pulled off a thrilling victory by one wicket against ISS in the Askari Intermediate inter-school cricket tournament on Tuesday.

Generation, chasing a small target of 95, lost nine wickets before achieving their objective in the 20th over of the 25-over per side match at the PAD Park.

Karachi Grammar School, in contrast, romped to a crushing 157-run win over Jafar Public School at the NBP Sports Complex.

In another match, played later in the day at the same venue, St Michael’s School thrashed Foundation Public School by 76 runs.

On Monday, Avicenna School defeated Progressive School by a margin of 37 runs at the PAD Park.

Summarised scores:

*Avicenna School beat Progressive School by 37 runs:

AVICENNA 165 in 21.5 overs (Fahad Zubairi 35, Farooq Hasan 26, Kalimullah 24; Saad Wahid 3-30, Ibad Siddiqui 2-23, Ramiz Haji 2-34);

PROGRESSIVE 128 in 21.3 overs (Ramiz Haji 29; Ozair Syed 3-13, Saad Siddiqui 2-9, Kalimullah 2-29, Wasim Qureshi 2-33).

*St Michael’s School beat Foundation Public School by 76 runs:

ST MICHAEL’S 171-8 in 25 overs (Yasir Abdur Rehman 45, Pir Shiraz 31 not out, Wasim Shahzad 24; Noor Ali 3-24, Danish Lalani 2-28);

FOUNDATION 95 in 22.2 overs (Kamran Zia Malik 3-9, Faizan Bilal 2-7).

*Karachi Grammar School beat Jafar Public School by 157 runs:

KARACHI GRAMMAR 209-4 in 25 overs (Nadir Dausi 59 not out, Zohair Mukarram 49, Ali Aziz 47, Omayr Shaikh 22; Saad Samad 2-27);

JAFAR PUBLIC 52 in 17.2 overs (Wasay Anjum 4-6, Ammar Sikander 2-2, Muneeb Khan 2-4).

Generation School beat ISS by one wicket:

ISS 94-9 in 25 overs (Rafay Khan 20, Extras 46; Mirza Faisal 5-19, Ahmer Jamal 3-28);

GENERATION 95-9 in 19.4 overs (Ali Asfar 21, Ubaid Khan 20 not out; Mahmood Hussain 4-20, Fahad Rashid 2-17).