KARACHI, Sept 21: FF Public School (FFPS) pulled off a major upset in the KCCA Inter-school cricket tournament when they defeated Pakistan championship runners-up Ebrahim Alibahi School by five wickets at the KCCA Stadium on Tuesday.
Slow left-armer Faisal Tahir captured four for 37 to dismiss Ebrahim Alibahi for 125 in the 46th over. FFPS, in reply, romped home for the loss of five wickets.
In the other match at Asifabad ground, Zahoor GBSS recorded an exciting two-wicket win over CDGK School, Lyari.
SUMMARISED SCORES:
EBRAHIM ALIBHAI 125 in 43.5 overs (Faisal Subhan 37, Anwar Ali 33; Faisal Tahir 4-37, Sumair Ali 2-11, Fahad Mushir 2-13); FFPS 129-5 in 42.5 overs (Arsalan Aslam 36; Abdullah Asad 2-19, Fawad Khan 2-24).
CDGK LYARI 137 in 37.3 overs (Akhtar Fahim 48; Tajuddin 4-20, Wasim Ali 2-16) ZAHOOR GBSS 140-8 in 31 overs (M. Afzal 55; Tabbasum 3-40, M. Asif 3-31).—APP