Victory for CCA

Published August 19, 2005

KARACHI, Aug 18: Customs Cricket Academy (CCA) inflicted nine-wicket defeat on UBL Academy in Inter-Academies tournament at UBL Sports Complex ground on Wednesday.

Fawad Alam took four wickets for 29 runs and Rashid Ali slammed an unbeaten 78 in their team’s victory. But Yasir Hussain won the Man-of-the-Match award for his allround show, taking three wickets 26 runs, held two catches and making unbeaten 31.

Summarized scores:

UBL Academy 153 in 39.4 overs (Usman Farhat 80, Hasnain Abbas 20; Fawad Alam 4-29, Yasir Hussain 3-26, Amjad Manzoor 3-28)

CCA 157-1 in 25.4 overs (Rashid Ali 78 not out, Yasir Hussain 31 not out, Hafiz Asad 34).—APP

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