KARACHI, July 18: Fine batting by Osama Ibrahim and good bowling by Jamshed Azhar helped Reckitt Benckiser by 10 runs in the 5th AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre cricket tournament at the AKU ground here the other day. Osama, a wicket-keeper/batsman, scored exactly 50 while skipper Jamshed Azhar captured four for 10 with his medium-pacers.
In another fixture, Meezan Bank pulled off an exciting five-run victory over Maersk thanks to a devastating burst by medium-pacer Mohammad Ismail, who took the last four wickets without any addition to the total. He finished with four for 18.
Summarised scores:
Meezan Bank beat Maersk by five runs.
MEEZAN BANK 112 in 21.3 overs (Shakeel Zia 21 not out, Kamal Hussain 20; Mubashir 3-17, Mohammad Tanvir 2-19, Hassan Mujtaba 2-22, Mohammad Tauseef 2-35); MAERSK 107 in 19.5 overs (Sarwar Ghori 24, Zafran Hussain 22; Mohammad Ismail 4-18, Kashif Aziz 3-32).
Reckitt Benckiser beat U-Fone by 10 runs.
RECKITT BENCKISER 120 in 19 overs (Osama Ibrahim 50, Mohammad Kaleem 35; Shahzad Khan 3-25, Sadaruddin 2-4, Mohammad Asif 2-6); U-FONE 110 in 20 overs (Aamir 38, Umar Yousuf 30; Jamshed Azhar 4-10, Naeem Khurshid 3-18).