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| June 21, 2005 | Tuesday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1426 |
All-round show by Zahid
KARACHI, June 20: A brilliant all-round performance by Zahid Raza helped ABN-Amro Bank beat Cougars by 76 runs in the 5th AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre cricket tournament at the AKU ground on Sunday. Batting first, the bankers scored 208 for seven in 25 overs with Salman Butt making 50 and Zahid Raza 45. Zahid then starred with ball by taking three for 25 as Cougars replied with 132 in 19.2 overs.
In another match, hosts AKU ‘A’ overwhelmed Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) by six wickets with Shahid Hussain scoring 50.
In matches played on Saturday, Ufone and AKU ‘B’ defeated Roche Pakistan and Meezan Bank, respectively.
Summarised scores:
ABN-Amro Bank beat Cougars by 76 runs.
ABN-AMRO BANK 208-7 in 25 overs (Salman Butt 50, Zahid Raza 45, Shiraz Ahmed 37, Nasir Yaqoob 23 not out; Danish Zaidi 2-40, Aamir Shah 2-49); COUGARS 132 in 19.2 overs (Hilal Yaseen 40, Aamir Shah 28; Zahid Raza 3-25, Moazzam 2-11, Rashid Azeem 2-23, Vijay Hazari 2-24).
AKU ‘A’ beat GSK by six wickets.
GSK 156-8 in 25 overs (Yasir Ahmed 56, Rana Kashif 26, Abdul Mateen 21, Sohail Khawaja 21; Rahim Suleman 2-20, Aslam Jindani 2-28, Adnan Jaffri 2-31); AKU ‘A’ 157-4 in 24.4 overs (Shahid Hussain 50, Iqbal Siddiqui 38, Adnan Jaffri 20).
U-Fone beat Roche Pakistan by 31 runs.
U-FONE 213-5 in 25 overs (Athar Shaikh 51 not out, Shahzad Khan 41, Qazi Qaseem 36, Sadruddin Salim 31, Umar Yousuf 23; Asif Khan 3-33); ROCHE PAKISTAN 182 in 23.4 overs (Salman Shimja 42, Babar Fida 40, Irfan Rahat 24; Qazi Qaseem 3-21, Shahzad Khan 2-8).
AKU ‘B’ beat Meezan Bank by 41 runs.
AKU ‘B’ 181-4 in 25 overs (Naeem Madani 41, Mohammad Ali 41, Razi Hussain 41, Jahangir 39 not out; Faisal Kasbati 3-36); MEEZAN BANK 140 in 23 overs (Saood Ahmed 50, Kashif Aziz 25; Karim Khan 4-22).—Agencies
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