30 April 2005	Saturday	20 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1426

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KARACHI, April 29: Mohammad Aqeel narrowly missed a century by four runs, but his superb knock helped Taimuria Sports defeat Fazlaur Rahman Sports by 28 runs in the KCCA Centenary Inter-club cricket tournament tie at the Mansoora ground on Thursday. Aqeel’s 96 contained 14 boundaries while Owais Ali struck nine foues in scoring 77 as Taimuria Sports made 267 in 33.3 overs.

Fazlaur Rahman Sports replied with 239 for seven despite an unbeaten 92 by Azat Shah and 80 by Fahad Ansari.

In other matches, Friends Gymkhana beat Yousuf Plaza CC by 68 runs at the New United Ground and Bright Gymkhana secured an easy 85-run win over Iqtidar Sports at the Asifabad Sports Ground.

Summarised scores:

Friends Gymkhana beat Yousuf Plaza CC by 68 runs.

FRIENDS GYMKHANA 263-7 in 40 overs (Danish Ali 63 not out, Afzal Khan 48, Umair Shaikh 36, Nadeem Shah 40; Raqib Moin 2-46);

YOUSUF PLAZA CC 195-8 in 40 overs (Zeeshan Nasir 48, M. Amar 20; Sajid Ashraf 2-29).

Taimuria Sports beat Fazalur Rahman Sports by 28 runs.

TAIMURIA SPORTS 267 in 33.3 overs (Mohammad Aqeel 96, Owais Ali 77, Jahanzeb Mirza 25; Jahanzeb Anwar 3-35, Fahad Ansari 3-43, Azat Shah 3-56);

FAZALUR RAHMAN SPORTS 239-7 in 35 overs (Azat Shah 92 not out, Fahad Ansari 80, Kamran Ahmed 20; Jahanzeb Mirza 2-37).

Bright Gymkhana beat Iqtidar Sports by 85 runs

BRIGHT GYMKHANA 215 in 33 overs (Mohammad Shakir 84, Fahad Jabbar 40, Mohammad Azhar 38; Mohammad Nadeem 3-40, Kamran 2-45);

IQTIDAR SPORTS 130 in 31.1 overs (Kamran 38; Mohammad Akbar 3-35, Wasim Qureshi 3-43).