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| February 27, 2006 | Monday | Muharram 28, 1427 |
Naveed slams century
LAHORE, Feb 26: Two more matches were decided in the 8th Inter-city Seniors cricket cup on Sunday. A fine century by former Test player Naveed Anjum and half-century by Manzoor Ellahi helped Lahore Whites beat Gujranwala by 151 runs at the Racecourse ground.
Naveed struck 145 with four sixes and 21 fours while Manzoor cracked 64 and Ameer Akbar 50 as Whites scored 354-5.
Ashraf Ali unbeaten 48 and Pervez Shah 34 were the other scorers.
In reply, Iqbal Zahoor and Ghaffar Kazmi snapped up three and two wickets, as Gujranwala could make 194 for nine wickets.
Only Arshad Warriach (54) and Abdul Latif (52) were the main contributors. Lahore Reds defeated Kasur by 14 runs at the Model Town Ground.
Batting first, Lahore scored 237-6 in 30 overs with main scorer was Dastgir Butt (50). Kasur were all out for 223 with Mazhar Ali being the top scorer with 62.
Summarised scores.
LAHORE WHITES 354-5, 30 overs (Naveed Anjum 145, Manzoor Ellahi 64, Ameer Akbar 50, Ashraf Ali 48 not out, Pervez Shah 34; Abid Sarwar 2-82).
GUJRANWALA 194-9, 30 overs (Arshad Warriach 54, Latif 52; Iqbal Zahoor 3-29, Ghaffar Kazmi 2-19).
LAHORE REDS 237-6,30 overs (Dastgir Butt 50, Tariq Baig 37, Mudassar 35 not out, Mujahid Khan 30, Ashfaq Ahmed 28, Khawaja Bilal 25; Muhammad Aslam 2-31, Mazhar Ali 2-29).
KASUR 223 for all, 29 overs (Mazhar Ali 62, Muhammad Akram 40; Mujahid Khan 3-23, Yar Muhammad 2-30).
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