KARACHI, April 6: Salman Ahmed hit 86 and Afzal Khan blasted 85 in their team’s triumph in KCCA Centenary Inter-club cricket tournament on Tuesday.

At Airport Stadium, Salman made a superb 86 with nine boundaries and Muhammad Bilal slammed 79 with seven fours in Pak Star CC’s (PSCC) exciting seven-run win over Taj Sports (TS).

PSCC made 239-7 in 40 over and then dismissed TS for 232.

Afzal smashed an enterprising 85 with 11 hits to the boundary in Shaheen Gymkhana’s (SG) emphatic eight wickets victory over Crescent CC (CCC) at Shadab Ground.

In an another match at Dawood Sports ground, Doaib CC (DCC) beat Al-Hussaini CC (AHC) by nine wickets.

Summarized scores

PSCC bt TS by seven wickets
PSCC 239-7 in 40 overs (Salman Ahmed 86, M.Bilal 79, M.Asif 3-41, Jawad Khan 2-44)
TS 232 all out in 30 overs (Shafqat Ahmed 70, Mahboob Alam 60, Taqi Iqbal 2-41, Arshad Azam 2-43).
SGCC bt PCCC by eight wickets
SGCC 187-7 in 40 overs (Fazal Subhan 46, Masood Tirmizi 32, Asim Khan 21 not out, Zaid Mir 2-32)
SG 191-2 in 29 overs (Afzal Khan 85, Salman Saeed 54 not out).
DC bt AHCC by nine wickets
AHCC 164 all out in 25.4 overs (Aqeel Ahmed 51, Salman Mansoori 39, M.Shafiq 3-37, Nadeem 2-35, Rakimuddin 2-35)
DCC 166-1 in 20.5 overs (M.Nadeem 48, Wazir 46, Ghayasuddin 34).— APP

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